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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
3
Subscription rates for Athena Press list one copy for one year two dollars and six months at seventy five cents for a half year in Athena Oregon dated November 23 1928.
The piece notes a $20,000,000 Jones-White loan pool to aid American merchant marine construction, with three fourths funding via low interest loans from the shipping board. It highlights board struggles over scrapping, selling, and insuring government vessels, and exposes risks of insurers paying out on wrecked ships bought by unscrupulous buyers.
Union leaders urge labor backing for universal draft as Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, calls for a service to all and an end to profiteering in war. He links peaceful aims to stripping profit from conflict and cites postwar reflections on wealth and duty.
More than 250 automobiles were stalled in snow drifts ten miles south of Salt Lake City as winter tightens its grip. Drifting snow threatens trips and shuts down travel amid blizzards.
Gerald Kilgore installs an electric blinker sign on the Kilgore Cafe storefront. The center oval reads Kilgore's Cafe Fountain in red on white, circled by a stationary red border while the oval blinks.
On Sunday November 25 at 2 p m Arthur Coppock and Mabel Tompkins wed in Athena. The groom is son of pioneer Robert Coppock and the bride is the second daughter of William Tompkins of the city. The item also notes local artists, travel, sleighing, a Thanksgiving dinner, and various residents' activities and purchases.
In the County Court of Oregon Umatilla County the estate of Mary Tompkins is administered by executors Arthur R. Coppock and John Tompkins who were sworn in by the court. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to attorney S. A. Newberry room 250 Post Office Building Pendleton within six months from the notice dated November 8 1928.
Notice to all concerned Herman Peters is appointed administrator of the William Matheny estate. All claims must be presented with vouchers to the administrator at the Will M. Peterson law office in Pendleton Oregon within six months from the first publication dated November 16 1928. George R. Lewis and Will M. Peterson attorneys for administrator.
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