Ogden News Roundup Mentions Demostrations and Travel
A predominantly Ogden Utah page lists Weber County farm bureau fruit canning demonstrations in multiple towns, notes hiring for a Ford repairman, and reports on local travel to San Francisco, Portland, and Yellowstone. It covers city court status, building updates, health notes, sports moves, and new local businesses including Cafe Marion, plus family news and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Band Givers Welcome at Local Elks Club Practice
The Southern Vacific shop band was invited to practice at the Elks Club bowl. Under Director Scntt, the group played popular and patriotic numbers on the veranda to a crowd of motorists and others gathered around the club house. It is expected the band will perform there during pleasant weather.
Ogden Boys Excel In Grueling Camp Training
Captain J Ray Wand praises Ogden Oden boys for their steady performance under hard training at the Jordan Nan camp. He notes southern state troops faltered, while Ogden men smiled through the strain, aiming for rapid, tough conditioning at Tanda Vista and Ugment to lead in real hard work. Lindquist’s failure to meet physical exams draws strong comment from Ward about his high standards.
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Oden
Jortan Nanrows
J. Ray Wand
Orden Bose
Nery
Tanda Vista
Shoes poured in from Ogden for war relief drive
Eight hundred pairs of shoes have been donated in a rural drive led by George J. Bennett of Metropolitan Life and M. 22. Goddard in the Eccles building in Ogden's campaign. The Methodist church basement serves as the collection hub with women, children's and men's footwear, many new, awaiting shipment to displaced families in Europe. The effort aims to reach a quota of 1,000 pairs this week as volunteers encourage more contributions to the church basement.
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Allie P
Ogden
Methodist
Eumpa
Indita
George J. Bennett
Metropolitan Life Company
Goddant
Eccles
Huay
Atri
Tin born set for bone dry era celebration
Crowds will celebrate the beginning of the bone dry era this evening. Nolae makers are expected to be in demand and large quantities of confetti will be thrown. If the Order of the Omnipresent Thirst limits themselves, a demonstration may occur at Washington Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street, rivaling New Year’s Eve and Halloween festivities.
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Onden
Order of the
Washlaxion Avenue
Automobile Goes Over Embankment in Weber Canyon
Hyrum C. White, barber at the Need hotel, lost control in Weber Canyon amid wind and rain, sending his car over the embankment to the old roadbed between Bergen and Fetecon. Deputy Hagbert Anderson reported the canyon rocked by landslides and mud holes with widespread damage and muddy streams.
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Weber Canyon
Hyrum C. White
Need Hotel
Hagbert Anderston
Kaine Warden
Ogden
Morgan County
Bergen
Fete Eon
Anderson
Mr. White
Two Little Imps Not Arrived At Ogden Theater
The Ogden theater manager N W Peery disappointed patrons by missing arrival of films for the scheduled Two Little Imps. A substitute feature titled In Slumberland, a Keystone comedybased tale with fairy superstition humor, was presented instead.
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Ogden
N. W. Peery
Parone Harday Night
Spartoedis
Mrs Gale Hosts Sociable Party at 359 Thirtieth Street
Last Friday Mrs H Gale entertained more than thirty guests at 359 Thirtieth Street with games and musical entertainment, a late summer bouquet adorned dining table, and refreshments served around 10 30. Attendees included numerous named guests and local residents, with further notes on visitors from South Pasadena and Fairmount.
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Lie Dudman
Fred Gale
Hany Joldé Gale
Robert Carr
Ernest Jap Joes
Leland Hichardson
Cecil Darney
Harry Kemmerer
Frank Janeson
John Corlett
Germans Attack French British Front in Belgium and France
German forces launch counter attacks along the Belgian and French front near Dixmude and Boesinghe. French assaults across the marah region penetrate to the first German lines as Entente forces report light Allied casualties. Bavarian divisions pull back to regroup amid the barrage, while British troops break through their own fire to block German escape.
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France
Delcium
Dimeult
Dizmude
Boesinghe
Marah
Flandera
Earognd Orden
Ogden Canyon
Leloy
Fairmount
Masked Men Rob Spokane Valley Bank in Broad Swoop
Ten masked men robbed the First National Bank of Medical Lake sixteen miles west of Spokane, locking the cashier in the vault and making off with about 12000 dollars in sacks before fleeing in an automobile.
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First National Bank of
Medical Lake
Spokane
Wash
Great Foreign Trade of U S
United States foreign trade in 1937 reached a record total of 8.953 billion dollars with exports of 6.294 billion and imports of 2.659 billion. June exports were 576 million and imports 307 million, producing a yearly trade balance of 3.635 billion.
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Washington
America
Shrinkage in Gold Reserve Seen as Possible Threat
Washington July 31 observers note a slight drop in the German gold reserve reported abroad. The small shrinkage is not fatal but linked to appeals for citizens to surrender jewelry. Explanations include export of gold to cover trade imbalances, reluctance of Bulgaria and Turkey to accept German notes, and the need for gold for propaganda efforts in Russia and elsewhere.
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Washington
Geerman
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Siermany
Rusaia
Censorship Enforces News Publication Limits
Washington on July 31 reports the new censorship regime begins by barring newspapers from publishing stories announced in official quarters. Officials offered limited details on the forthcoming Delgian mission visit to Boston and the Russian embassy’s announced shipment to Chicago as part of Commerce Department notes.
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Washington
Commttes
State Department
Delgian
Walt
Doston
Chie Caro
Department of Commerce
Navy transfer of three Coast and Geodetic ships halted
Three vessels named as Aks Iafs, Cache and Surveyor, formerly of the coast and geodetic survey, were referred to the Committee on Public Information for review and publication. Secretary Redfield later announced their transfer to the navy, leading to a withdrawal and suppression request.
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Navy
Committee On Public Information
Redfield
Aks Iafs
Cache
Surveyor
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Commissioner of Labor Arrested in Austin Case
C W Woodman state labor commissioner was arrested in Austin on July 21 and charged on eight counts of perjury linked to allegedly padded expense accounts. He posted a bond of $1000 on each indictment.
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Austin
Tex
C. W. Woodman
Concreton
Woodman
Jury Probing Fire Causes in Elk River Tragedy
A coroner's jury in Fernie British Columbia investigates a deadly Elk River valley fire that killed eleven. The inquest, held in rain, sees focus on forest infermedles and calls for tighter woodland fire restrictions and greater forest conservation powers. Another fire at Michel colliery is reported under control.
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Fernie
B. C
Elk River Valley
Michel
Wheat Crop Is Badly Burned In Saskatchewan Provinces
Regina reports from crop correspondents show wheat yields averaging ten to fifteen bushels per acre with areas so badly burned that reseeding is useless. South country districts expect about twelve bushels for wheat and oats around three bushels as grain rots rapidly amid fears of a repeat of 1914 conditions.
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Regina
Sask
Threaten lives of U S financiers in bombshell dispatch
A garbled July 31 report claims an individual accused of threats against major financiers including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller was arrested. It alleges German nationals of military age were moved from offices and replaced by older men as deportations intensify, with dispatches sent to the state department from Kent, Belgium and Washington.
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New York
P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Jubia
D. Rockefeller
Ella Koodinopf
Mtusata
Kent
Delgium
State Department
Delgiana
Wasilington
Army staff reorganization outlined by Dent in house plan
Washington July 31 Reorganization of the army general staff is proposed in a bill by Chairman Dent. It creates two assistant chiefs of staff and places the war college under general staff supervision. The plan would empower the president to adjust strengths for quartermaster and ordnance, abolish the court artillery division, and add the chief of staff as a senior member.
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Washington
Army General Staff
BME
Dent
House Military Committee
Stam
War College Umier
Sini
Quartermaster
Ordnance Departments
Court Artillery
Chiet
Gen
Bijl'a Chlet Provie ‘Sions
London Comment On Lansings Speech In N C
London observers comment on Secretary Lanning and President Wilson in North Carolina. The Times notes American resolve and popular confidence while urging reliance on spoken words to rally the nation and awaken the people to the war’s significance.
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London
Lanning
Mad Non Harricks
N. C
the Times
Americana
Wilson
Lancing
Eighteen Heat Deaths Reported in Chicago
Coroner Hollman announced eighteen deaths attributed to heat in Chicago during the last twenty four hours. The government thermometer showed 107 at 1 p.m. and continued to rise.
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Chicago
Hollman
German Submarine in Spanish Port at Corunna
In Corunna harbor the German submarine UB-23 anchored with only its periscopes showing after a damaging incident. Madrid reports UD-23 was to Ferrol for repairs as Spain enforces a ban on belligerent ships entering its waters and ports. King Alfonso’s decree forbids belligerent submarines from navigating Spanish waters, with strict enforcement through the war’s end.
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Conunna
Spain
Madrid
Dito
1O Corunna
Ferrol
Nayal
Corunna
Alfonso
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Random Reference
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J. DB. Koehne
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W. W. Jensen
Ogden Packing & Frovision Company
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Jbealth
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George B. Barker
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Plain City
George 4. Barker
Ball Lake
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Erie
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