Noted Figures and Events Across the Pacific Northwest
A mixed set of brief items notes the Lausanne treaty ratified by the Parla chamber after 14 hours of debate by 410 to 171, a cine actress Lila Lee’s newborn, Lin Lee married to James Kirkwood, a Honolulu church body opposing Defense Day observance, Indiana guardsmen killed in a truck crash near Camp Knox, the U S ship Trenton bearing a consular body from Persia, and Seattle’s municipal phone survey funding rejected by the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parla Chamber of Deputies
A Gon
Lila Lee
Los Angeles
Lin Lee
James Kirkwood
World Aviators Return From Greenland Flight to Labrador
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant Erik Nelson return to Labrador after a perilous North Atlantic crossing from Ivigtut to Ice Tickle. Accompanied by mechanicians John Harding Jr and Leslie P. Arnold, the crew completed the first continuous aerial circumnavigation of the earth excluding North America and the earliest westbound Atlantic crossing. Navy ships guarded the route, with landing at 1 18 PM EST after a 6 49 hour over-water run. Newsmen, fishermen, and a Sullivan detail witnessed the arrival at the Ice Tickle cove two miles north of Indian Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John Harding Jr
Leslie P. Arnold
North Atlantic
Erly
Iceland-Greenland
North American
Thelr
Atlantic Ocean
Greenland
Atlantic
Davis Strait
Lawrence
Soviet Rule Attacked in Georgia as Rebels Revolt
An attempted overthrow of the Soviet regime in Georgia was reported in a Georgian council communiqué. Rebels seized Tahlatoury in Kutals district but were driven out and the uprising was declared fully suppressed. Washington reports broad support for shifting 51 percent of foreign commerce to American vessels, with over 1000 shipper replies to T. V. O'Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifulia
Georgia
Georgian Council of Commissars
Tahlatoury
Kutals
Washington, D. C
T. V. O'Connor
Shipping Board
Trip Made in Safety to Skagway via Open Boat
Juneau Alaska report of Linder B Penta and family traveling with wife and pets in a 16 foot open boat. They arrived Saturday night en route from Seattle to Skagway after 1000 miles with no serious difficulty. They left Seattle and paid expenses by working a few days in printing copies at visited towns.
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Juneau
Alaska
Linder B
Penta
Goat
Seattle
Skagway
Three Boys Die in Ranch Fire Near Ryegate
Three boys ages four ten and twelve die in a ranch fire near Ryegate Montana after an alleged smoking experiment in a barn on the Daugherty ranch. The blaze destroyed hay as the youths reportedly lit cigarettes.
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Butte
Mont
Ryegate
Thomas Daugherty
Itan
London Opens Doors to Russian Aliates Under New Treaty
Emma Goldman and other Russians are expected to be among the first admitted to Britain under new treaty rules for cross nationality admission. Goldman is currently in Berlin after being compelled to leave previous posts by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lonion
Emma Goldman
Great Britain
Bha
Mise Goldman
Berlin
Germany Adopts Dawes Plan Amid Political Deals
The Reichstag approved the Dawes reparations plan with a 614 to 127 vote on the railway bill and backed the banking and industrial debenture measures despite nationalist opposition. A late parliamentary deal promised cabinet reshuffles to include nationalists and a grain tariff concession, while vocal extremists jeered as supporters and opponents clashed.
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Berlin
Reichstag
London
Birelow
Forelen Miniater
Stresemann
Btrese Rwan
Admiral von Tirpitx
Nationalst
Von
Explosion at gas garage kills seven in Pittsburg
An explosion in the garage of the People's Natural Gas company on Forbes Street Pittsburg badly damaged property worth about 10000 dollars. Seven youths aged between 6 and 7 were killed and thirteen injured with six dead and seven hurt. Victims include John Meselna Hobert Me Falla Patsy Degrogzia Patrick Kane James Montgomery Edward Burnley Francia Browne. The boys were playing in the street near the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
People’s Natural Gas Company
Forbes Street
John Meselna
Hobert Me Falla
Patsy Degrogzia
Patrick Kane
James Montgomery
Edward Burnley
Francia Browne
Ranch Buyer Jailed in Pendleton For Fraud
A man identified as D. A. Watson bought a ranch near Hoppner for about 60000 then bought an auto and clothes in Pendleton. He gave checks that bounced and is held in Hoppner for Umatilla county officials awaiting transfer to Pendleton on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Watson claimed to come from California.
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Pendleton, Or
D. A. Watson
Hoppner
Pendleton
Umatilla
Lim
Watson
Heppner
California
Bond Brokers Indicted in Los Angeles Conspiracy Case
Five men and bond broker Harry C. West were indicted by the county grand jury on a conspiracy charge tied to false pretenses in securities marketing. West and Barney A. Schwarz were arrested and faced bail of 6000 and 10000 dollars respectively. four others remained at large.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry C. West
Woelst
Barney A. Schwarz
Furnio
Phoenicia and the Waterloo Bargain
A young woman named Phoenicia, famed for hard bargaining since teen years, negotiates marriage as a business deal with her fiancé. Her aunt boosts her allowance to enable the match, but love falters when the engagement ends, exposing the limits of a life ruled by bargaining.
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Fife
Phoenicia
Phoenicia Cnid
Miss Miint
Eaile
Waterloo
Herries
Heard on the Beach Reflects on Human Insignificance
A fragment evokes a sailor like contemplation of self and the vast sea. The lines hint at humility and the existential ache of being small against vast firmament and tides.
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Pacific Northwest
International Church Federation of Honolulu
Dixie Highway
Camp Henry Knox
Kentucky
U. S
Trenton
Bushire
Persia
United States
Robert W. Imbrie
Teheran
Brown
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Th Adria Life Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn
Vacheries
St. Phillips’ Catholic
Cavite Navy Yard
Engel
Morath
United States Army
John J. Pershing
Mount Glennen
Morrison
Colo
Mastridms
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Pike's Peak
O. E. Bradtute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Bureau
Reavard
He Wold
Z. Colon O'Farrell
First Baptist Church of
Harbord Hill
Camp Caster
Mich
George van Horn Mosely
World Aviators
Labrador
Germany
Blast
Hurts
William T. Carleton
Mr. Carleton
England
By Margaret Morison
W. Ritchie
Oregon
Sam Ganger
Good Service
Vulcan and Oliver
Superior
Fairbanks Morse
Myers
Star and Aermotor
Winona
Paul G. Balliger
Ione, Oregon
Independent
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