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Newspaper
Gunnison Valley News
Location
Gunnison, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
6
A rapid roundup covers election day golf policy in San Francisco, prison sentences for former agents in Los Angeles, court rulings on wage laws in Arizona, and notable arrests in Buffalo and Brooklyn. It also notes Chilean and European political maneuvers, Greek Bulgarian front lines, and cultural items from America’s press scene.
Federal state and local leaders from President Coolidge to mayors helped stage American Education week November 10 to 22. The American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary and other groups promoted Visit Your School and Community Health Day with broad public campaigns and corporate support from retailers and bankers across 175 national organizations.
The American Legion auxiliary sponsors a national art poster contest to promote citizens' military training camps. National prizes of 150, 100, and 60 dollars will be awarded. two honorable mentions follow. Posters chosen from state and territorial entries.
The 1926 American Legion membership card will feature the Fidac seal beside the Legion emblem. National adjutant James I. Burton announced that about three quarter million members will be recognized as Fidac members in fact as well as in name. The seal's inclusion follows Fidac congress resolutions prompting member associations to adopt the seal on cards.
A Spokane Washington event shows a Legion post led display of proper flag handling. Soldiers from a nearby fort march along a main street banked flags and step aside to present the flag in the correct position under command.
Sixteen people killed and over twenty injured as a tornado struck Pike County Alabama. Homes destroyed and thousands in damages. First aid rushed to Troy area as nearby hospitals strain to treat the injured. Losses reported in Good Hope Laverne Union Springs Comer and Eufaula with deaths also near Brantley Glenwood and Goshen. The storm followed heat and a severe electrical rainstorm.
Mrs Lilian Duke dies in poverty amid a famed romance with James Buchanan Duke. Friends recall her devotion to the one man she loved as she learned he left fifty million and a hundred million estate to others. She died of heart trouble after years of hardship and alleged neglect, once found foodless by a pupil.
Early reports from the Persian Gulf describe a cyclone combined with an earthquake that killed thousands and destroyed Pearl fishing vessels. Dispatches to the Daily Gazette note about 7000 lives lost and more than 200 boats sunk, with only minor damage to British naval ships.
Nationalist cabinet members Herr Schiele interior minister Dr Von Schlieven finance minister and Dr Albert Neu haus economics minister resigned. No cabinet crisis expected as Chancellor Luther will appoint nonpartisan replacements for ratification of security fact and arbitration treaties started at Lecarne.
Roland Wildash age 13 months became one of the youngest children to voyage solo across the Atlantic. His grandmother took him to Canada where his parents planned to join, but his mother could not go so the baby was sent back alone in a special cabin under the ship's matron care.
District court delays execution for Ralph W. Seybolt while Governor Crockett grants a further reprieve. Reclamation work at American Falls Idaho paused as dam design debated. Salt Lake utilities dismiss Humtsville water rate plan. Injuries at Silver King mine from a drilling accident. Utah primary results announce city commissioner and auditor victors. Typhoid inoculations ordered for Price mine workers. Sugar beets projected at 6000 tons in Carbon county. Gibbons pass to shorten Ogden Spokane route. Creosote plant explosion at Provo causes $500 damage. Historical church historian building razed for $350,000 medical arts building. Poultry feed prices shift Utah eggs demand. Chamber of Commerce favors removing municipal waterworks from city politics.
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