Photos from the day

January 23, 1933

More than 6,500 persons attended events, which closed the 1933 winter carnival at Government Camp, and paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Marie I.

Lewis & Clark College - Wikipedia

Albany College became Lewis & Clark College and moved to Portland in 1939.

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January 22, 1933

Albany College rejects merger proposal for Oregon's independent colleges, announcing instead a ten-year plan to develop its own campus and expand its student body and endowment.

And The Oregonian editorial

The Oregonian political cartoon from the day.

January 21, 1933

State Treasurer Holman fires back at Governor Meier over Oregon's finances, denying crisis and accusing him of political grandstanding to embarrass the treasurer's office.

January 20, 1933

The @oregonian.com launches a relief effort to help freezing unemployed families in Portland and Multnomah County who stocked wood last summer but now lack the means to move fuel to their homes.

January 19, 1933

About 2,000 men tried to shove their way into the unemployment office in Portland, which has a capacity of 100. It took a dozen police officers to restore order. The men were waiting for snow shoveling jobs.

More on fishwheels from the Oregon Historical Society.

www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/his...

January 18, 1933

Commercial fishing groups are pushing a bill to bring fish wheels back to the Columbia. They’ve been banned since 1927 after a sports‑fishing initiative. Catches remain steady, but profits and tax collections have fallen with the shift to pricier gillnets.

This story was in the Oregon Journal. Here is a photo in the next day's Oregonian.

January 17, 1933

One nattily dressed suspect believed to figured in Portland's recent bridge game robberies was captured, and a companion escaped with bullets flying last night.

January 16, 1933

Calling upon the Great White Father to protect their rights, members of the Confederated Tribes of Yakima Nation were in federal court to tell about certain white people breaking the treaty between the US and the indians regarding their fishing rights.

January 15, 1933

Interest of Portland soccer football fans will be centered today in the first semi-final playoff of the Bennett Cup between German Sports at the St. Johns Bachelors.

Also, Jefferson HS leads the race for the Portland interscholastic championship.

January 14, 1933

A threatening letter, crudely penciled, demanding $30,000 ransom "or your husband will be found in the river," was received by Mrs. Lee Schlesinger. Schlesinger disappeared on December 28. Police believe the letter is a hoax.

Gov. Meier's message to the Legislature: Spending debauch in Oregon scored by governor in vetoing tax repeal.

January 13, 1933

The House sustains Gov. Meier's veto of the state property tax repeal. By this result, the House has restored the property tax until such time as some other source of revenue is found.

January 12, 1933

In 24 hours in Portland, holdups, safe robberies, burglaries, and petty thefts totaled 36. Police took 75 suspects into custody.

The Jackson County Rebellion The Jackson County Rebellion explores a dramatic if little-known populist insurgency that captured national attention as it played out in rural Oregon. Jeffrey LaLande traces the rebellion’s roots bac...

Here is an excellent book about the Jackson County Rebellion

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January 11, 1933

Denunciation of published threats of mob violence and overthrow of the constituted authority in Jackson County was made today by the Medford post of the American Legion.

January 10, 1933

The orthodox Chinaman, Walter Tinket (Tickle) Achiu, defeats Hal Cox in the main event of the grappling exhibition at the Labor temple. Tinket took the odd fall with a Boston crab as the method of untold pain.

January 9, 1933

Wall Street insiders are looking for the next Republican leader after the death of former President Coolidge. A favorite is Oregon's Sen. Charles McNary, the incoming Senate minority leader. McNary is seen as a break from the past, being a West Coast progressive.

January 8, 1933

Portland city employees have asked the city council to transfer $40,000 from their salary deduction fund into the general and water funds to help balance the city budget.

And The Oregonian's editorial on this day bemoaning legislators' fear of instituting a sales tax.

The day's editorial cartoon.

More.

January 7, 1933

To set the state budget, legislators propose reducing spending by $3.5 million, including cuts to state employee salaries by up to 40% and cutting $1 million from colleges. On the other side of the ledger, it is drawing up plans for a state property tax repeal.

January 6, 1933

150 men and several women left the Communist headquarters in Portland in a hunger march to Salem. In Salem, they plan to make demands on the Legislature for unemployed insurance.