Drenching Rains Aid Oregon Farmers Across State
Eastern Oregon to the coast drenched by a powerful storm bringing unseasonable rainfall. Cherry growers report 60 to 70 percent crop losses with damage estimated at 500000 to 760000 dollars. One death reported as Raymond Beezley drowned near The Dalles in a sudden flood. Lightning struck two houses and a streetcar in Portland but caused no injuries. Pendleton saw 0.85 inches in a week, easing drought fears for Umatilla wheat, while Grants Pass added about 1.69 inches and Medford recorded 1.50 inches in the Rogue River Valley as the 48 hour downpour continued.
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Grants Pass
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Sanstol Retains World Bantamweight Title in 15-Round Win
Montreal’s Peter Sanstol, the world bantamweight champion per the Montreal Athletic Commission, defended his title tonight by defeating Art Giroux in a 15-round bout. It marked the first 15-round contest in the city in nearly 25 years.
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Montreal
Peter Sanstol
Montreal Athletic Commission
Art Giroux
1000s of Island Universes Seen By Mount Wilson Telescopes
Panxdena California June 17 AP report on a science meeting where Dr Hubble and colleagues described observations of island universes, or external galaxies, visible due to the Mount Wilson telescope. They discussed light travel times, brightness levels, and dust obstructions within the Milky Way, noting about thirty million island universes within reach and some twenty thousand counted on photographic plates.
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Paslover
Ho Akies
America
Mount Wilson
Milky Way
Hubble
G A. Langler
San Francisco
Winners of W C 7 U Essay Contest Named Winners
Montana Women’s Christian Temperance Union announced essay contest winners at Billings. Fourth grade winners Patricia Mead Wibaux Ruth Moore Terry and Margaret Erb Huntley placed first second and third. Sixth grade Dorothy Rogerson Wibaux Warren Fans Terry Mildred McIntyre Worden. Eighth grade Lucille Thomas Terry Beverly Schott Terry Esther Rohrer Bridger. High school winner Marjorie Carr Roberts.
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Montana Women's Christian Temperance Union
T. S Stockdsl
Patricia Mead
Wibaux
Ruth Moore
Terry
Margaret Erb
Huntley
Dorothy Rogerson
Warren Fans
Mildred McIntyra
Worden
Lucille Thomas
Beverly Schott
Esther Rohrer
Bridger
Marjorie Carr
Roberts
Thirty Women Arrested In Wage Dispute At Saw Mill
In Napie City South Dakota on June 17 about 30 women including strikers wives daughters and sympathizers were arrested amid the wage dispute between the Warren Lamb Tall and the Saw Mill Workers union. More than 75 men were arrested yesterday for violating an injunction against mass picketing at the mill. all but eight were released on recognizance while eight remained jailed for refusing to promise no further violations.
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Warren-Lamb Tall
Saw Mill Workers’ Union
Hollywood in sync with Nathan on talkies not dying out
Hollywood figures dismiss Nathan’s view that talking pictures will die. Directors and stars insist talkies grow stronger and will find their own medium within five years. Prominent critics and stage figures like Mamoulian Chatterton Montgomery and Selwyn weigh in on the evolving arts landscape.
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Hollywood
Hubbard
Calif
George Jean Nathan
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Puta
Wathun
New York
Rouben Mamouglian
Dictator’s creed: everything within the state, nothing outside
The source quotes the Duce asserting that religion is to be guided by state control. He claims children will be taught catechism and sent to communion in uniform, with priests handling religion while politics remains exclusively his. He emphasizes absolute state sovereignty unshared by any outside influence.
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Balliia
Eight Millions Added to Government Deficit
Washington reports the deficit rose by about 6 million dollars as income tax receipts offset only partly the day’s spending. Treasury data show total deficit at 1,099,909,063 dollars with postal allotments and higher departmental expenses fueling the rise. Analysts note the year-end outlook remains near Hoover’s estimate of 950 million dollars despite the increase.
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Washington
Treasury
Hoover
Kettering Blames Industrial Stagnation for US Woes
New York June 17 C F Kettering vice president General Motors told the Advertising Federation convention that the nation faces industrial stagnation, caused by standardization and endless same model production. He warned people will not buy if products remain unchanged and urged focusing energy on creating desirable goods instead.
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New York
C. F. Kettering
General Motors Corporation
American
Kettering
Prohibition Agents Expanded To Target Major Violators
A federal plan to train 869 new agents by mid July expands enforcement against large scale liquor violators. The 350 new staff will be assigned to 13 cities including Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago and San Francisco with two weeks of intensive instruction on investigative methods and legal limits. Woodcock states the effort will focus on six commercial bootleggers rather than small operators and that schooling begins July 1 with agents in New York remaining there under supervision to target major violators.
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Kansas City
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Woodcock Wnrd
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Prohibition
GOAT AND HAT HELP 70 CONVICT BANK ROBBER
Seattle reports a coat and hat found after the Royal Bank of Canada robbery helped convict Neil Nelson of the 1926 crime. Nelson identified by witnesses wore the garments and denied the charge as he faced a second five year term for an attempted Royal Bank robbery earlier this month.
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Neil Nelson
Royal Bank of Canada
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Poller
Wit
Nenteg
Nolson
Nelson
Tonleo
Royal Bank
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