Daring Captain Matloge Leads Bandit Pursuit
In Marfa and El Paso region reports say Captain Matloge, famed for his 18 years in service, leads a punitive expedition against Mexican bandits who kidnapped Lieutenant Peterson and Davia. Air support resumes at dawn with four planes reinforced. contact remains scarce as a lone plane returned with bullet holes.
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EL Paso
Ava
Eighth Cavalry
Petersonnd Davia
Jens
Marfa
Matlock
Davin
Mexics
Mexico
Salvation Army to Open Here Tonight in Pondleton
Envoy and Mrs Coppock of the Salvation Army arrived to establish a permanent corps in Pondleton. Officers from nearby towns expected to attend the opening service in the Berne Church this evening. Public invited. Mr and Mrs D W Miller visiting from Idaho.
New State Textbooks Arrive for Grammar and High School
New school texts are available with wide supply for grammar and high school, except spellers, physiologies, and fenders for grades six to eight. Agriculture, fifth grade history, and civil government texts arrive in three weeks. distribution begins Friday with book purchases allowed now. Exchange values show minimal allowance at eleven cents average. exchange ends with fall term.
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Freziers Bookstorp
Pendleton
Mace
Palmer x
Senate approves repeal of daylight saving law over veto
The Senate votes 57 to 19 to repeal the daylight saving law, sending the bill to become law after overcoming the president's veto. The House previously passed the measure despite opposition, finalizing the repeal.
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Senate
Washington
House
Ritter Girl Seeks Round-Up Entry at Grant County Show
Miss Prieda Hector of Ritter seeks quick change race entry at the Round-Up event in Pendleton. Her favorite horse died recently, but she hopes to compete in the cowgirl races on September 18 19 and 20. She has never ridden in a Round-Up but aims to challenge veterans.
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Prieda Hector
Pendleton Recruits Forecast For Regional Colleges
Pendleton students anticipate about 20 new entrants to major Western colleges this fall with fifteen local high school grads entering college. Oregon Agricultural College and University of Oregon lead, plus Whitman College and others. Names include Thutell Aiey, Min Frances Morgan, Gwendolyn Horseman, Blanche Furniah, Marjorie Treland, Alfred Koepper, Ned Strahorn, and Laura Kearney among others.
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Aleo
Institutiona of Learning
Pendleton
Oregon Agricultural College
University of Oregon
Northwestern
Thutell Aiey
Whitman
Min Frances Morgan
Elmira Collewe N
Dean Test
Coldemo
Chicago
Pacific
Gwendolyn Horseman
Aim State Normal School
Monmouth
Blanche Furniah
Marjorie Treland
Alfred Koepper
Lloyd Montgomery
Ned Strahorn
Gheratine Winn
Eivin Relbert
Frank Embagh
Crell Brown
Claston
Corvallis School
Tte
Hubert Smith
Laura Kearney
Feed
Colect
Portland
Irene King
Washington State College
Pull
California
Washington
Exhibition flights to test passenger service here this week
Pendleton readers will see two aviation concerns showing exhibition flights this week. One plane remains ground ready in frelane yards for a nearby landing field while another aircraft from Webfoot Aircraft Co of Salem plans flights to The Dalles Bend and Maid Mas. Lieut Elmer Cook pilots the Webfoot craft with two passengers on short flights.
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Pendleton
Vielra
Frelane Yards
Miho
Ace Aircraft Corporation
Portland
TE. F. Roth
Salem
Dalles
Bend
Maidmas
McCroskey
Hermiston
Elmer Cook
Walla Walls
RoundDp. Co
Cummings Not Persona Non Grata in Mexico
Mexico City August 29 Seaman Denal reports that Birth Charge Affaires Cummings was expelled from Mexico for lack of official standing due to the British government not recognizing the Mexican administration Carranza ordered that Cummings receive the same courtesies extended to British subjects New York August 20 President Carranza says relations with the United States improve daily and Mexico would be pacified by the end of the year if arms could be received from the United States
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Mexico
Ciry
Seaman Denal
Cummings
Percona
Foreign Office
United Prem
Ciranea
Carranza
Comimbinge
New York
United States
Presidentarransa
Bolshevists Lead in Ohio Mine Riot
In Helwent County Ohio Fort Pitt coal mine near Bolshevists clash as 200 radicals fight 100 nonjoiners over wage demands. Deputies with riot guns guard the mine while federal authorities investigate. Sheriff Osborn sought aid from Central Coal company to restore order amid defiance of the United Mine Workers.
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Reylmre
Ohio
Helwent
Fort Pict Deal
Here
John W. Osborn
Central Coal Company
Ming
Greene
Pirliers
United Mine Mine Workers
Germans and Poles clash in Silesia sparks martial law
Martial law is declared in upper Silesia after a clash between German and Polish forces. German officials minimize the incident, noting only 15 German deaths while asserting the Polish government was not involved. Chancellor Bauer told Weimar the invaders were not regular troops and that the German commander is in control.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Bauer
Weimar
Jews Refuse Burial To Tibor Szamuely
Vienna reports the Jewish Cemetery board in Wiener Neustadt Lower Austria refused burial of Tibor Szamuely a Jewish community leader killed while attempting to cross the Austrian frontier. The board official cited Mosaic Law against burying murderers in consecrated ground noting Szamuely’s murder of forty men. The body was taken toward Sauerbrunn frontier town after death.
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Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Lower Austria
Tibor
Szamualr
Moses
Sauerbrunn
Seamutiy
New Water Bases for Army April Expanded Base Ports
Rotterdam and Antwerp will serve as base ports for the American army of occupation under Colonel J. Sewell. Deep draft barges seized by the French and Belgians will plow the Rhine, supplanting the Bodac route to the front. Fortifications will be erected at Rotterdam and Antwerp, with the new route freeing rail capacity and establishing New York as the callhead for supplies and troops. Rations and supplies for the troops will depart from New York for Copenhagen.
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Rotterdam
Antwerp
New York
Cobhenk
Woman faces accusation in laundering case
In Cabpar Wo August 20 Beemar the alhers, John Billa and Wik wife Mabel charged her with improper conduct with certain men. Mrs Susie Crowder presented a writ in the Matrict court seeking damages of 5,000 dollars from each of the Bilbeo.
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Cabpar Wo
Beemar
Alhers
John Billa
Wik
Mabel
Mra
Susie Crowder
Bilbeo
Red Cross Drive Sets Autumn Campaign for Members
November 2 to 11 marks a nationwide Red Cross membership drive announced by Dr. Livingston Farrand. The campaign aims to enroll members for 1929 and seeks a $15,000,000 fund to meet war obligations at home and abroad, support chapter needs, and aid soldiers, sailors, and disaster relief in the United States and allied nations.
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Red Cross
Livingston Farrand
Uamitilla County
Med Crom
Campaien le
Red Crow
United States
One Man Killed in Rioting at Cudahy Milwaukie
Milwaukee August 20 The packing town of Cudahy near Milwaukee was placed under martial law after yesterday's riot. Four hundred fifty state guards arrived to take charge. One man was killed, eight wounded, and many others hurt by flying bullets and bricks. Twenty five women workers at the Cudahy office were marooned inside all night for safety. Saloons were closed by military orders.
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Columbus
Army Reserve
Forte
Milwaukee
Cudahy
Here
Cudahy Company
European coal crisis prompts plan for commission
Paris Aug 20 representatives from France Belgium and Italy met with Herbert Hoover head of the international Hoover to urge the supreme council of the peace conference to appoint a European coal committee to coordinate coal distribution and avert a disaster. Hoover cited Europe's 55 percent below normal output and shipping shortages delaying relief. He refused to take permanent charge saying the matter is strictly European and cannot be solved by the United States.
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Paris
France
Belmium
Italy
Herbert
Supremé Council of the Peace Conference
Hoover
London
Supreme Economic Council
Tie
Europe
United States
Mr. Hoover
European Coal Commission
King George names heroes in wartime honors list
Aug 20 report from Lontdon states field marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Admiral Sir David Beatty will receive peerage for war services. General Allenby and several other officers are slated for honors. The King also recommended generous financial support for Britain’s armed forces and the navy in Parliament today.
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Lontdoin
Dough Haig
David Beatty
Allenby
Vilieehart
Herbert Plumber
Henry 2
Raentlineen
Julian Bynes
Henry S Herne
Britain
George
Admiral McCormick Undergoes Appendix Surgery At Sea
Rear Admiral McCormick was operated on for appendicitis in mid ocean aboard the New York last night. The operation was a complete success and the ship was due to reach Honolulu the morning after the procedure.
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T & & New York
McCormick
New York
Honotole
Peace Parley Pleases Both Friends and Foes
Washington April 20 delegates report encouragement after a White House discussion with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Some senators say the president’s answers favor their view. others remain opposed, signaling renewed intensity in the fight over the peace treaty and League of Nations covenant.
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Washington
Witson
Senate
Lecture by Lt Tooze at Pendleton Sept 3 for Oregon women
Alumni and University of Oregon students join in organizing a lecture by Lt Toose, veteran of the Siet Division, to be held in Happy Canyon Pendleton on September 3 to benefit the Women’s Bulletin. Admission is five cents, with a male quartet performing and a possible postlecture dance. Open to the public. students and alumni plan to meet at 7:20 in the Whrarvy for arrangements.
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University of Oregon
Lamar Toose
Siet
Pendleton
Toore
Europe
Happy Canyon
Oregon
German moves to curb luxury smuggling border controls
Berlin reports the government will tighten frontier controls to halt the smuggling of luxury foreign goods into Germany. French and English merchants are accused of storing chocolate cigars and soup in occupied territory and shipping them nightly, aided by occupiers authorities.
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Berlin
Germany
Camioad
Spyglass Bet Costs Ex Navy Man Ten Dollars
Denver report recounts a Navy veteran William Taylor detailing a con game Tuesday night. He says he was swindled when paying $10 for a so called bet on an electric sign, couldn’t read the fine print, and the stake money vanished with the gang.
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Navy
Denver
Cout
William Taylor
Bette
Meing & Navy Man
Montana Fires Threaten Ranches and Lives in August Blaze
Billings reports two deaths as fires across Selway Nez Perce and Clearwater burn or threaten many ranches. Monarch and surrounding areas are surrounded by flames. In Spokane, residents rush loved ones to safety as stock losses mount and several ranches burn north of Missoula. Fire crews contend with out of control blazes on mountains and in forested areas.
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Spokane
Mimsouls
Mack
Tames
Placer Creek
Wallace
Nes Perce
Clearwater
Secretary Daniels to lead fleet voyage to Astor and Portland
Secretary Daniels and party prepared to land at 8 o'clock as part of a fleet voyage. The schedule lists stops at New York and Honolulu with a meet planned for September 1. The trip includes Astor, Portland and Puget Sound on September 4.
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New York
Dan
RDU
Honolulu
Daniels Ana
Francisco
Astor
Portland
Pafet Sound
Government to crack down on retail profiteers
Washington claims the government will take drastic action against retail profiteers believed to drive prices higher. Attorney General Palmer told the House Agricultural Committee the department has more complaints about gouging than any other issue and seeks action with congressional consent. In Paris, demobilization of the French army proceeds on schedule despite uneasy public sentiment and fears of a renewed German push after Marshal Foch’s armistice testimony.
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Washington
Palmer
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Paris
Foch
Soldier waits 32 years for divorce after 1882 wedding
In Edinburgh, John Wilsonn, a soldier, finally learned in court a divorce he sought since 1884. He married in 1882 as his regiment was ordered to Ceylon, and in 1887 he discovered the wife had a child with another man. He could not afford the divorce at the time.
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Edinburgh
John Wilsonn
Ceylon
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D. W. Miller
Idaho
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Ritter
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Silesia
Tibor Szamuely
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