Corvallis Hosts State Legion Convention With Big Entertainment
Corvallis prepares for Oregon American Legion state convention August 6 to 8 with 12 drum and bugle corps and a Detroit trip influence. Bell field and the college stadium will host parades and night performances under floodlights, with multiple district diversions and a midnight matinee honoring drum corps members.
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Corvallis
Oregon
American Legion
Legion
Detroit
Bell Field
College
C. R. Briggs
Pendleton attorney visits Athena friends for Monday evening
Attorney Will M. Peterson came up from Pendleton and spent Monday evening with Athena friends in a social gathering.
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Will M. Peterson
Pendleton
Athena
Beef Dairy and Sheep Figures From Oregon State College
Oregon State College extension service reports mixed signals for livestock. Beef stocks are light versus last year and average. dairy production outpaced use. sheep stocks are low though market supply should be adequate. Pasture conditions nationwide are poorer than normal. hay holdovers are near a May low since 1919. wool shows firmer demand with reduced southern hemisphere supply.
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Oregon State College
College
Price of Wild Horse Meat Drops in Oregon
Price of horse meat falls from $1 per hundred pounds live weight to 85 cents according to Dr. A J Dickman of Boise. The drop may affect the upcoming wild horse roundup in southern Malheur County Idaho and Nevada where about 20 000 mustangs remain. Wranglers led last year by Archie Meyers of McDermitt used aircraft to assist. campaign aims to stamp out disease and possibly dispose of ill horses via canneries bound for Europe or local farms.
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Nyssa
Oregon
A. J. Dickman
Boise
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Dickman
High Desert
Malheur County
Idaho
Nevada
Archie Meyers
McDermitt
Europe
Whitman Hosts Willamette in Conference Championship Series
Whitman College opened a three game series against Willamette University and Nig Borleske's Missionaries for the conference title. The opener began yesterday at Whitman with both teams pursuing the championship.
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Whitman
Willamette
Whitman College
Willamette University
Nig Borleske
Missionaries
Oregon seeks $3 flat auto license fee in 1932 election
Secretary of State Hoss urges a $3 flat annual auto license for Oregon as a relief measure amid tight finances. He argues revenues would still cover essential highway needs with gasoline taxes, though new road work would slow. He cites California and Washington as models and proposes placing the bill on the November 1932 ballot. Forests across the state are drying as winds uproot trees, raising fire risk and prompting heightened forest service effort to minimize timber loss.
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Salem
Oregon
Hoss
California
Washington
Forest Service
Secret Groups Target Salem High School Students
A Salem high school principal resumes a campaign against secret societies within the school. He eliminated 19 of 26 student nominees from the high school association ballot, reshaping the race for student offices.
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Wolf
Salem High School
Umatilla Sand Toads Sweep Athena in Windy Clash
In a tough Umatilla County league game on Sunday the Sand Toads defeated Athena 10 to 7 despite gusty winds. Umatilla led late with two decisive innings as Copacz hit a home run and Bryce Baker starred behind the plate with three hits and a walk.
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Umatilla Sand Toads
Athena Athletics
Athena
Umatilla
Brown
Woodward
Copacz
Hansell
Jenkins
Crowley
Pinkerton
Bryce Baker
Snip Snider
Wayne Pinkerton
Tudor and Baker
Woodward, Hyatt and Yeager
Snider
Tippy
Blake
Hyatt
Yeager
Tudor
Little
Moore
Suspects in Freewater Adams Robberies Taken
Eugene reports Sid Bennett and Fred Klinker, both under arrest after capture on the Pacific highway, amid a broad theft ring in Oregon. Cigs, tools, and J C Penny tags were found in their car. loot tied to The Dalles Hudson Duncan warehouse, Adams Kirby garage, and Freewater Penny store robberies. One suspect, Harry Raymond, already jailed. Sheriff Gurdane and Sheriff Sexton racing to identify loot.
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Eugene
Sid Bennett
Fred Klinker
Oregon
Pacific Highway
J. C. Penny Company
Dalles
Adams
Freewater
Gurdane
Umatilla
Sexton
Wasco County
Hudson-Duncan
Kirby
Umatilla County
Harry Raymond
Wheat ships secured up to July first for Portland loading
Portland grain space for May through July remains largely booked despite no recent foreign sales. Most space fetches 23 shillings 9 pence, with only one chartered cargo, the Innesmoor from Vladivostok for Kerr, Gifford & Co. The Kinderdyk will carry 2000 tons for UK or continental delivery this week amid a clouded North Pacific grain market.
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Portland
United Kingdom
Pacific
Innesmoor
Vladivostok
University Enrollment Reaches 3609 for 1930 81
Registrar Earl M. Pallett reports total university enrollment at 3609 for 1930 81. Campus registration is 3359 while medical school in Portland has 260, excluding about 2000 correspondence division students and those in extension centers.
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University
Earl M. Pallett
Portland
Portland Girl Sets Air Race Record
Dorothy Hester, 19, of Portland Oregon, set a record claimed by Omaha air race officials for a single flight. She was aloft for 2 hours and 6 minutes as the closing feature of the air show which concluded Sunday.
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Portland
Dorothy Hester
Portland, Or
Omaha
Baker Slays Smiley and Is Sentenced in Yakima
O. O. Baker found guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of Frank Smiley of Walla Walla during a dispute over moonshine. Sentenced to five to 20 years in the state penitentiary in Yakima. Baker’s attorney will not appeal. Mrs. Mabel Hopkins, a state witness, is released. Baker, once of Pendleton Oregon, allegedly killed Smiley with a hammer last December and dumped the body on the highway after tying it to a car running board. Hopkins, who witnessed the event, was brought from Los Angeles with Baker after their return south. Baker pleaded self defense.
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O. O. Baker
Frank Smiley
Walla Walla
Yakima
Baker
Mabel Hopkins
Pendleton
Ore
Smiley
Rainfall Aids Pea Crop In Athena Neighborhood
A light shower Friday evening in the Athena neighborhood benefited the local pea crop. The brief rain helped soil moisture and boosted early growth for gardeners and farmers nearby.
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Athena
The Athena Congregation and First Baptist Church Notices
The Athena congregation operates under congregational governance with unity urged among Christians and a New Testament authority. Sunday worship services morning and evening, Bible school at 10, youth at 6 30, midweek devotion Wednesday. Francis M. Arant from Milton will speak at the 11 o clock hour and the sermon title is Seeking Correct Guidance. First Baptist Church Gerald C. Dryden minister holds Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with The Peace Offering, followed by 7 p m B Y P U and 8 p m evangelistic message False Hopes with prayer meetings Thursday 8 p m Jeremiah quoted.
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Athena
Francis M. Arant
Milton
Sias’ Stead
First Baptist Church
Gerald C. Dryden
Lewis Stewart
Jeremiah
Bingham Springs Hosts Multiple Local Picnics
Nurses from St. Anthony's hospital Pendleton held a picnic and swimming party at Bingham Springs. Athena high school and Adams high school hosted annual picnics. Juniper school families, MacHi Milton-Freewater students, and several local visitors spent weekends at Bingham Springs and the King cottage.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Pendleton
Bingham Springs
Athena High School
Adams High School
Juniper School
Wm, Newtson
Juniper
Mac-Hi
Milton-Freewater
John Hales
Bingham Oaprings
Rich Thompson
Bingham
Athena
L. R
Farmers National Grain unit shifts HQ to Pendleton
The newly formed Farmers National warehouse corporation subsidiary will base its headquarters in Pendleton instead of Portland. Northwest officials move to Portland on June 15, per district manager H. W. Collins. Pendleton office of grain growers and the Farmers National unit merge under Charles Cook, Pendleton local manager.
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Farmers National Warehouse Corporation
Farmers National Grain Group
Pendleton
Portland
Northwest
Farmers National
H. W. Collins
Oregon Faces Washington Suit Over Walla Walla River
The supreme court allows Washington to sue Oregon over water use from the Walla Walla river in a interstate water rights dispute.
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Oregon
Supreme Court
State of Washington
Walla Walla River
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