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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Oliver Law
Oliver Law was born in 1899 in Texas. He served in the American Army during World War One. He joined the Communist Party USA during the Great Depression and became an activist on labor issues.
Wikipedia notes, "Strongly opposed to Fascism, he led demonstrations against Italy's occupation of Ethiopia (Second Italo-Abyssinian War), and in 1936 he travelled to Spain to join the forces fighting against Francisco Franco and the Nationalists. An outstanding soldier with considerable military experience, he served in a machine gun company and soon became the commander of the battalion. It was the first time that an African American commanded white American troops."
The blogged site reports this quote from Oliver Law after the offensive at Jarama River in 1937,"We came to wipe out the fascists. Some of us must die doing that job. But we'll do it here in Spain, maybe stopping fascism in the United States, too, without a great battle there. "
Law is one of those men who died in the doomed Republican cause. He died on July 9th, 1937 attacking Mosquito Ridge in combat near Madrid. Harry Fisher, the battalion runner reported, "He was the first man over the top. He was in the furthest position when he was hit by a Fascist bullet in the chest."
Oliver Law fought on the losing side of a civil war far from his home expressing a belief in a cause (communism) that would fail to take root in the USA. Despite this, he remains an interesting historical note. It does indeed appear that he was the first black man to lead whites into combat in an American military unit. I am surprised no one has a made a movie about this guy yet. (Or maybe someone has and I am just not aware of it.)
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- drodg said...
That's a nice story - but what about the fact that Law, like Robert Hale Merriman, another Lincoln leader, was only promoted for propaganda purposes and was an incompetent officer, whose mistakes led to unnecessary deaths amongst his troops? Would that be included in the movie?
And what about the assertion that Law was - in an early example of 'fragging' - actually killed by his own men, because he was hopelessly stupid and his incompetence was killing too many of his own soldiers?
The assertion is made by another Lincoln member, William Herrick, in his book 'Jumping the Line', and historian Cecil Eby gives both the 'heroic death' and 'fragging' versions in 'Between the Bullet and the Lie'.
As to Harry Fisher's 'eyewitness' report, it should not surprise anyone that lifelong Communists stick to the Party line - Fisher no doubt learned his trade well in his long employment at the New York office of Tass, the Soviet news agency.
- ourland said...
My uncle Norman Law died in Spain in 1936 with the A.L. Battalion. My father was named Oliver and for more than 40 years thought the "other Oliver" was a corruption of my uncle's! Only when I showed him an article revealing his race did my father (a German caucasian) believe that they were not the same individuals. My uncle Norman's remains were never found and his actual demise remains a mystery. I would love to greet anyone who knows!
- Grover Furr said...
I have examined and completely refuted William Herrick's falsehood about Law's death. See "Anatomy of an Anticommunist Fabrication: The Death of Oliver Law, An Historiographical Investigation." In Reconstruction 8.1. (Published March 19, 2008) at http://reconstruction.eserver.org/081/furr.shtml
Grover Furr
Grover Furr has been proven to be nothing more than a Stalinist hack that some university unfortunately chose to hire. Anything he says about the Lincoln Battalion must be taken with a grain of salt.
One can believe the Party, or Furr's version. The other version, which he DID NOT refute, is that Lincoln veterans, sickened by Law's ineptitude and by the fact he had led them into several ambushes at Brunete claim that he was shot down by his own men after one such failed attack.
See Herrick's "Jumping the Line", his excellent historical fiction account, "Hermanos", Cecil B. Eby's "Between the Bullet and the Lie", and Wolfe's "The Great Prince Died" for what is more likely the true account.
Furr may also cite the late Harry Fisher's "Comrades" - Fisher also being a vet and buddy of Law's. But anything Fisher wrote must also be taken with a grain salt as he joined the TASS bureau in New York after the war and stayed with them, a willing apparatchik despite the horrific crimes of Stalin, including murder of the Jewish cultural elite in Russia, for over five decades.
- Grover Furr said...
Alan R wrote:
"The other version, which he DID NOT refute, is that Lincoln veterans, sickened by Law's ineptitude and by the fact he had led them into several ambushes at Brunete claim that he was shot down by his own men after one such failed attack."
In fact, I DID refute that lie, completely! See my article at
as cited above.
- sh said...
Grover Furr may be a Stalinist hack, but he is right on this one. And the attempt to red-bait Fisher doesn't dismiss the fact that he and the operating surgeon were closer to the scene than that renegade Herrick (upon whose latter-day account all the other fragging claims are based).
- libertas said...
Ourland, I have some additional information about Norman Law, but I think that you are mistaken about the 1936 date. I believe it must have been late 1937.
Stephen Smith
- Yuri Gagarin said...
vamos a ver payasos. Competente o no Law fue el primer afroamericano en comandar un batallón de blancos estadounidenses y tuvo que ser en España, mi país. No en vuestro remanso de paz y democracia donde los negros fueron segregados por su color de piel hasta bien entrado el siglo XX. Así que me río yo de vuestra democracia y las ganas que hay por aquí de dejar al señor Law como un negro incompetente con delirios de héroe.
Al principio de la guerra civil el comunismo en España era prácticamente inexistente . Fue la derecha española con la ayuda de la iglesia la Alemania nazi y la Italia fascista los que dieron un golpe de estado y derrocaron un gobierno legitimo votado por el pueblo. Law por lo menos tuvo los cojones de venir aquí a luchar por sus ideales. En España hubo una persecución sistemática por parte de la dictadura franquista para aniquilar a cualquier persona con o sin pruebas que oliera a otra cosa que no fuera fascismo. ¿Donde estaban los países occidentales, francia e inglaterra que se negaron a vender armamento a la república o los grandes estados unidos que pasaron de largo y le rascaron la barriga a franco porque preferían un dictador idiota y asesino que un posible gobierno socialista en su bonito marco europeo. Podéis meteros vuestra leche en polvo y vuestra ley Marshall por donde os quepa. La historia la crían los vencedores para gente como vosotros la siga alimentando. Viva españa y viva la república.

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If you're planning on serving turkey this Thanksgiving, have you ordered your bird yet? I'm guessing there are three possible reactions to this question: the self-assured nod of the well-versed foodie, the panicked "I've gotta get on that!" of the more forgetful among us and the "Why would I order one? I'm getting a Butterball from the grocery store." If that last one is you, you're certainly not alone, but we think you'd be better off choosing a pasture raised turkey or a heritage turkey. Traditional breeds are best suited to be raised in a sustainable manner and reproduce naturally, unlike the common Broad Breasted White found in industrial operations and, unfortunately, served at the majority of Thanksgiving dinners. In fact, heritage turkeys recently won in a taste test over conventional turkeys. So, now that you're convinced, where can you find one? Let's break it down by region:
A friend of mine living in Madison, Wisconsin recently looked for help through Facebook by posing the following question: "Madison friends: any advice on where to buy a fresh local turkey for t-day?" She got many helpful responses of farms that raise heritage turkeys, including Ruegseggers Farms and JenEhr Family Farm. Slow Food Chicago has this guide for a variety of purveyors in the area so you can also shop local!
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A similar model to Heritage Foods in California, Marin County's Belcampo Meat Company lets you order your pastured turkey online and then pick it up the week of Thanksgiving at their scheduled "Meat-Up." Slow Food Russian River is collaborating with the Sonoma County 4H on the Heritage Turkey Project 2013. Beyond Northern California, try Eat Wild's directory, which includes a clickable map so you can find the best locally-available bird for the big day.
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Mary's Turkeys sells organic, free range and heritage wholesale to many stores in the Northeast especially. Check the website to locate a store near you. Saugatuck Craft Butchery in Westport, Connecticut, offers sustainably raised turkeys from BN Ranch.
Belmont Butchery, in Richmond, Virginia, also takes orders for heritage Thanksgiving turkeys. Green Acres Farm in McDavid, Florida also has turkeys for sale who are "currently foraging in an acorn-rich pasture."
Heritage Foods USA purchases heritage turkeys from Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch in Kansas and Leaping Waters Farm in Virginia, available for purchase online through their website and delivered right to your door.
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A "power politics" move is currently at play that could set the stage for the end of the world. What is your perspective on whether Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon? Or, are Americans, President Barack Obama, and the Western world being bum rushed into military adventurism? Do you understand that the fate of the species is at stake?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel is "bullying the United States" over the alleged threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon; using the prospect of an Israeli military attack on Iran to force President Obama into military action. Considered "persona non grata" among Westerners, at the 67th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Ahmadinejad made what is likely his final address to the world body. As in previous years, Ahmadinejad assailed the United States, Israel and Europe, and called for a new world order. He also said, "Americans should be insulted if their government takes marching orders from Israel." Ahmadinejad's perspective is that Israel has no rightful place in the Middle East and is "an inconsequential interloper." Ahmadinejad's assessment is that "a few occupying Zionists" are telling the U.S. and President Obama "what to do" concerning Iran's nuclear issues.
The U.S. Senate just voted 90-1 to support the Israeli position, but to be fair, Ahmadinejad made valid points worth considering. For decades, the U.S. has been at Israel's beck and call. During recent months, Israel has stepped up threats of a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. With the U.S. Congress on its side and elections just weeks away, the pro-Israel lobby is exerting concentrated pressure on Washington to lay down certain "red lines" before Iran. It is with a high level of chutzpah that Israel, which is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is threatening an NPT signatory state for supposedly not complying with the treaty. Also, according to U.S. intelligence estimates, Iran is "not on the verge of having a nuclear weapon" and has "not made a decision to pursue one."
President Obama is "being bullied" by a premiere power in American politics and popular culture, because he continues to resist military adventures for Israel. Ralph Bunche, an African-American, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, for agreements he brought about that started the new state of Israel. Since then, Israel has regularly violated international laws and defied numerous U.N. resolutions.
Most of the world opposes Israel's policies, and especially its oppression of the Palestinians. Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations, said, "The whole world demands that Israel withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories." But on these shores, politicians and the media fervently support Israel. For decades, the U.S. provided Israel with critical military, diplomatic and financial backing, including more than $3 billion each year in aid. For more than 60 years, Black politicians who call themselves the "conscience of Congress" have been reliable supporters of Israeli issues and practices.
Though Blacks oppose any criticism of Obama, the Israeli lobby openly castigates the president. Amid tension between the U.S. and Israel over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli-supporters criticize President Obama for "failing to put Israel at ease." When Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly, he issued a stern warning to Iran, but stopped short of drawing the "red lines" Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded.
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DELAND, Fla. _ Life is good in the Florida sunshine for the Lipscomb Bisons baseball team.
The Bisons opened the 30th annual Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Championships with a 14-0 win over Campbell Wednesday morning here at Melching Field at Conrad Park, the home field of the Stetson Hatters.
The Bisons, the No.1-seed, pounded 17 hits while holding Campbell, the No. 6-seed to only two hits.
The 14-0 gap was the second largest in the history of the A-Sun Tournament in a shutout win. The record is held by Georgia Southern which beat Stetson 18-0 in 1987.
The win was also the first in A-Sun Tournament history for the Bisons. Last season they lost 4-3 to Stetson and 4-1 to Gardner-Webb. Heading into Wednesday's game the Bisons were the only current A-Sun baseball team to have never won a game in the conference tournament.
The Bisons 14 runs are a season-high, besting the 13 runs scored April 1 against Middle Tennessee State in a 13-6 victory. The 13 runs batted in by the team also are a new season high. The Bisons twice had 12 RBI in a game this season against Belmont March 1 and Middle Tennessee April 1.
The Bisons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Shortstop Jorge Gutierrez grounded out to open the inning. Center fielder Allen Bolden singled through the right side of the infield. Catcher Caleb Joseph and left fielder Blake Bratcher both walked to load the bases. That set the stage for a line drive shot to deep center by designated hitter Justin Sanders that cleared the bases. Sanders tried to stretch his double to triple and was thrown out on the attempt.
The Bisons scored five more runs in the second inning. Third baseman Branden Cadavid lead off with a ground ball single into left field. He advanced to second on a bunt single that Campbell pitcher Ryan Hamme was unable to field. Gutierrez flied out on a bunt attempt to third.
Bolden reached on a fielder's choice as Williams was out at second. Campbell attempted the double play but Campbell shortstop Zach Johnson threw the ball wide to first. Cadavid scored on the play.
Joseph singled to left field. Bolden scored second, sliding at home to beat the tag from catcher Stephen Parsons. Bratcher followed with a single to right field that scored Joseph.
Sanders, facing a 3-2 count, picked up two more RBI when he slammed a home run over the 335-foot mark down the right field line which also brought Bratcher home.
With two out in the fourth inning Joseph reached base on an error by Campbell third baseman John Watlington. Joseph then stole second. Bratcher doubled to left center to send Joseph home.
In the eighth the Bisons struck again. Cadavid, Ben Williams and Gutierrez each singled to right field to load the bases. Bolden slammed a double to left center that scored Cadavid and Ben Williams.
Joseph welcomed Campbell reliever Josh Fish by blasting the first pitch he threw more than 400 feet over the left-center field fence for a three-run home run, his 15th of the season.
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The mother of a Hasidic student gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge dedicated a museum Tuesday to the memory of her slain son, calling the Jewish Children's Museum "the answer to
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Year: 2017
Duration: 1h
IMDb: 8.2
Country: USA
Actors: Christopher Meloni, Ren Colley, Alexander Jameson, Katie Beth Hall, Joseph D. Reitman, Catherine LeFrere, Benjamin Snyder, Michael Maize, Allen Enlow, Bryce Lorenzo, Lili Mirojnick, Scott Burik, Ben Cole, Dante Pereira-Olson, Michael Ryan Segal
Nick Sax awakes on a hospital gurney. He's a hit man, used to be a cop; it's all part of the job. What's troubling Sax isn't his serious injury, it's the seriously perky flying blue horse. That claims it is the imaginary friend of someone in serious trouble. The horse's name? Happy, of course. Adapted from a Grant Morrison story.


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Book Review: 'Fifty Shades Darker' by EL James
November 28, 2012 in Book Reviews, Reviews by pacejmiller
There are significantly fewer reviews of Fifty Shades Darker, the second book of the Fifty Shades Trilogy by EL James, than its predecessor. My guess is that the reason is the same as why sales of the trilogy have dipped noticeably after the first book: readers stopped being titillated by the erotica and got sick of the Twilightesque melodrama and bad writing.
As for me, after powering through the first 150 pages of Fifty Shades of Grey (review here) with ease and excitement, I am saddened to say that the rest of the series has thus far been a chore to get through. I began reading Fifty Shades Darker immediately after the first book, and even though I had a lot going on in between, it still took me a full four months to complete.
(By the way, this review is going to have spoilers for those who haven't read the first book, so be warned.)
Fifty Shades Darker picks up almost right where Fifty Shades of Grey left off — the young, recently deflowered Anastasia Steele (based on Bella Swan from Twilight) is devastated because had just broken up with her young billionaire lover Christian Grey (based on Edward Cullen from Twilight) over her belief that she can never fully satisfy his sadomasochistic desires.
We were left thinking that the spanking, nipple clamps and anal beads were going to be a deal-breaker for these two star-crossed lovers, but for some inexplicable reason they are back getting it on by chapter two as though nothing ever went wrong in their relationship and all problems have been forgotten.
I don't get it either, but rest assured that the young couple is less tormented by each other in this second book and more by external forces who want to keep them apart.
In a sign that James's planning and structuring has improved, the story feels slightly less "roaming" and has identifiable story arcs this time. There's Ana's sleazy boss who continues to hit on her, Christian's "Mrs Robinson", the woman who "saved his life" but turned him into a freak in the bedroom, and some skinny-ass looney girl who used to be one of Christian's subordinates and can't get over him. These stumbling blocks appear intermittently throughout this 544-page (paperback) epic to offer some breathing room from the passions of the central characters and to inject some much-needed tension and suspense.
The writing is also generally better, with improvements addressing some of my worst complaints from the first book, but on the whole it is still messy and occasionally downright amateurish. On the bright side, James has cut down on her reliance on mundane email correspondences (that go on for pages and pages without purpose), the constant blushing, cocking of the head to one side and the repetitive descriptions of Christian's unbelievable beauty — though I suspect the reason is because James got sick of writing these things over and over as opposed to a conscious decision to pare back.
Hanging around, however, the unbearable references to Ana's "subconscious" and her "inner goddess", which still drive me up the wall every time they start doing backflips and other acrobatic crap (which is probably at least a hundred times). They are not the same thing, by the way, because she sometimes refers to them both in the same sentence. And call me pedantic, but how can anyone be CONSCIOUSLY aware of what their SUBCONSCIOUS is thinking or doing is beyond me.
You can also almost tell from reading the book when James begins and ends a session of writing because she goes through phases where certain terms are used repeatedly and excessively. For instance, she goes through chunks of the book referring to Christian as "Fifty". Maybe I'm being a dick here, but I can't imagine anyone thinking it is endearing to nickname the love of their life a "number" representing their psychotic behaviour and bi-polar tendencies (well, maybe apart from 50 Cent).
Another interesting style change is James's decision to cut back on the sex scenes, even using the "fade-to-black and skip to next scene" technique we often see in PG movies. It's a catch-22, really, because when I was reading the sex scenes I was like, "Man, this is so boring and repetitive, I wish she would just skip it", and when she skipped them I was like "Man, why am I reading this book if she's skipping all the good parts?" — before realising how unfair I was being.
You can also tell that James has been experimenting after reading too many commercial crime thrillers. Bearing in mind that the series is otherwise told entirely through a first person narrative from Ana's perspective, the introduction to the novel is inexplicably written in first person through the eyes of Christian when he was a child — and it's an insignificant piece of information that gets little attention for the rest of the novel. Even more bizarre is the sudden turn to third person narrative for the final pages of the book, from the perspective of a character who has, up to that point, been little more than an annoying, inept nuisance, but is for some reason set up to be the major villain in the final novel. Your guess is as good as mine.
Strangely, despite all my bitching, I actually think Fifty Shades Darker is, on the whole, no better or worse than its predecessor. It's a different kind of novel that does some things better and other things worse, is more consistent but has less highs and lows. The series has kind of transformed since the first book, much like a relationship. It started off hot and heavy but its mellowing and become more about the emotional connection than the physical one. For some readers, that might be refreshing, and dare I say, rewarding.
There are three problems, though. One, people started reading the book because of the erotica, and the erotica is not that exciting anymore. Two, the relationship has never been very interesting or believable. And three, the book is way too freaking long.
2 out of 5
PS: Yep, reading the third book now.


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There is definitely connection between the Angus McDonald family, the McKanna family and the Penglase family.
The story is that Vivian met Hilary at Uncle Angus McDonald's home in West Seattle. Angus's daughter Helena Mary McDonald married a Claude Penglase and had George Robert Penglase. I have shared the information on the Penglase family when I posted about Angus McDonald's family on this blog before. Angus is Keith's uncle and Ronald's brother.
Hilary's parents were Michael Bernard McKanna and Katherine Rooney.
There is a blog that shares information on the McKanna family:
A Convergence of Families: Willis and Hermsen, McKanna and Rooney, Steltjes and Fleming, Caldwell and Lynch at the following link
There is more at this blog so take your time to explore. I am not an expert on the McKanna's but I do believe the writer is one.
The Convergence blog tells the story of the McKanna's. The spelling of the name was apparently McCanna in the beginning.
The blog also has a picture of the tombstone of Michael Bernard McKanna.
Robert "Mickey" McKanna, Michael and Katherine's grandson, told me the story of how he and his kids hiked up to see the gravesite at Miner's Cemetery, on top of the Chilkoot Pass, near Lake Bennett in British Columbia. This was no small feet to get to the cemetery. I was visiting Mickey at his cabin in 2002.
"Michael came over from Ireland and settled in Stearns Co., Minnesota. There were locust infestations for 4-5 years in a row and that is when they then moved onto Fargo, ND where they had a child. In Miles City, MT they had Emmett and Phillip (Mickey's dad). They moved on to Douglas, Alaska where they had Hilary who was apparently the youngest of the clan. Michael McKanna, the grandfather, was starting back to the US and became sick at Lake Bennett south of Fairbanks.
Years ago Mickey took two of his sons on a hike to find this grave's location. A forest service person marked the trail for Mickey so they could find the cemetery. It had 13 graves of which one was his grandfather Michael. Michael died at 49/50 years old. Mickey thinks that his aunt made it to the grave because of the style of the inscription." Spoken by Mickey McKanna grandson.
Source: Journal of Trip to Yakima and Spokane, July 2002, by B. J. MacDonald. There are Spracklins who live in the Miles City, Montana area. The Spracklins are one of Keith's older families through his grandmother Amarilla Spracklin Barclay.
Based on my notes from Mickey I have the following information about this family.
Please be advised that I only have this information that follows because I was curious. When I knew Mickey I was a munchkin so I didn't pay any attention to this stuff. This family of the McKanna's is only related to my family by marriage. So I have not taken the time to really dig and get the facts. I refer you to the Convergence blog I listed above for the real story.
Michael apparently emigrated from Ireland per Mickey's sharing, but I have no detailed information on him other than his death and there is a picture of the tombstone on the above mentioned blog. Katherine was born about 1852 maybe in Canada and died about 1939.
NOTE: Find A Grave has a tombstone for a Katherine A. McKanna buried in the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Goldendale, Klickitat County, WA. The dates are 1852 to 1939. Of course I would have to verify this information.
The children of Michael Bernard McKanna and Katherine A. Roovey
1. Elizabeth McKanna 1875-1930. She married a man named Robert Willis, and had a son names James E. Willis 1912 to 1930. See the Convergence of Families blog.
2. James McKanna – no further information on this child? Again check out the Convergence blog for more information.
3. Emmett Joseph McKanna 1879-1958. Emmett Joseph was born 8 Jun 1879 and died 15 Mar 1958 in Yakima, Yakima Co., Washington. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Yakima not too far from the McDonalds that I have been posting about. I stumbled on this family when I was researching the Calvary Cemetery where Ronald, Nellie, Miriam, Gordon, Vivian and Eddie are buried.
He married Lillian Mary Penglase who was born 28 Feb 1885, and died 6 Dec 1975 in Yakima and is buried next to her husband. Thanks to the Convergence blog for this piece of information about Lillian's last name.
Private funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Paul Cathedral in Yakima for Mrs. Lillian M. McKanna, longtime Yakima resident who died Friday in Seattle. Mrs. McKanna moved to Seattle upon the death of her husband, Emmett J. McKanna, who was a longtime real estate agent in Yakima. She moved to Seattle to live with her daughter. Suvivors include a son, Emmett Jr. of California; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Dietzen of Yakima and Elizabeth McFadden of Seattle; two sisters Frances Barnhill of Los Angles and Rose Moran of San Francisco; 14 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Source: Obituary for Mrs. Lillan McKanna (Out of Town), December 11, 1975, Yakima Newspaper (Unknown). Found at the Calvary Cemetery office in Yakima, WA.
These are note cards copied by the Calvary Cemetery office showing information on the burial location of these burials:
McKanna, Vivian (Leola) Age 82 618 So. 3rd St. Selah, WA 98942
Blk D, Sect 84, E 1/2 Gr 2, Langevin & Mussetter 14 Nov. 1984, 6/18/81 $185.00 Buril $311.31) pd 12/3/84
McKanna, Lillian M. age 90 Blk D, Sec 26, W1/2, Gr 6 Dec 12, 1975 Fisher-Kalfus Funeral Home, Seattle, St. Pals $331.75 pg. 4/27/1976
McKanna, Emmett J., Age 78 Blk D Sect 26, W 1/2, Gr 5, Mar 19, 1958, St. Paul, Fr. McRath. S&S.
McKanna, Lt. John Willis Blk D, Sec 26, W/12, Gr. 7, Aug 14, 1943, Age 28 Shaw & Sons.
John Willis McKanna and Lillian Mary McKanna's tombstone
They had:
a. Lt. John Willis McKanna 1915-1943 was born 23 Jun 1915 and died 10 Aug 1943. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Yakima next to his parents.
b. Emmett McKanna Jr. b. ________ died after 1977 in La Jolla, California. He married a Marjorie J. Young and she died 2 Nov. 1977 in La Jolla, California. They had Susan who married a Humiston and Sarah who married Schneider and had John and James.
c. Mary McKanna married a Dietzen
d. Elizabeth McKanna married a McFadden
4. Philip McKanna 1896-1941 was born 1896 in Montana and died about 1941 in California? He married a Kathleen who was born about 1898 in Washington and died in California?
A curious piece of information at Find A Grave has a Phillip F. McKanna born May 17, 1884 d. August 6, 1940 in the same cemetery at the Katherine above – Holy Trinity?
The children of Philip and Kathleen:
a. Alice McKanna born about 1928
b. William McKanna born about 1926 and died about 1970 and may be buried in Arlington Cemetery, VA? He married Marilyn Jean Pebley and had about three children. Bill was in the Navy and Air Force?
c. Robert "Mickey" John McKanna born about 1930 in Alaska. He married Christine Henschield on 9 Aug. 1958 in Spokane. She died several years ago. They had 6 children. Mickey is the nephew of Hilary McKanna and came to live with Hilary and Vivian. Mickey is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Spokane. See below.
d. Mary Jane McKanna born about 1933 may have married a Teratino.
Apparently Philip McKanna was married a second time to an unknown person and had 3 children a Hugh, Phil and a Francis. I have very little information about this marriage. Mickey said it was a prior marriage that gave him 1/2 siblings.
1940 Census – Linden Lane, Line 34, 629, 99, 12, 20.00, McKanna, Philip, Head, M, W, 55, M, No., 44, 30, Montana, XOXO, No, No, No, No, O, 8, 13, 130, No. McKanna, Kathleen, wife, 1, F, W, 42, M, No, 42, 10, Washington, No, — McKanna, William, son, 2, M, W, 14, S, yes, H1, 9, Washington, McKanna, Alice, daughter, 2, F, W, 12, S, yes, 5, 5, Washington, McKanna, Robert, son, 2, M, W, S, yes, 5, 5, Alaska. McKanna, Mary Anne, daughter, 2, F, W, 7, S, yes, 1, 1, Alaska.
Source: Philip McKanna Family, 1940 US Census, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, Block 5, SD#18, ED#59-58, Sht#3A, April3-4, 1950, enumerator Randal W. Brooks. Ancestry.com.
5. Robert McKanna – This is Bob and Theo of which I have lots of pictures from Vivian's photo album, loaned to me by Mickey McKanna.
6. Hilary Michael McKanna born 11 Jun 1892, Douglas Island, Alaska and died 18 Oct 1957 in Medical Lake, Spokane Co., Washington. He is buried in the St. Joseph's Cemetery in Spokane. He married my Aunt Leola Vivian McDonald 25 June 1924 in Cheney, Spokane Co., Washington. I have posted about this marriage in past posts. Vivian is Keith's older sister as you will remember.
Note: Internment has a listing for the St. Joseph Cemetery in Spokane, WA and there are McCannas and McKannas buried there including Hilary.
Find A Grave has St. Joseph Cemetery in Spokane:
When Philip, Hilary's brother died suddenly, Bill the son was invited to come and live with Hilary and Vivian in Greenacres, Spokane, WA where they settled. Mickey McKanna came to visit his brother and liked it and decided to stay. Hilary and Vivian didn't have children of their own so Bill and Mickey became very important to them.
Now you know why Keith, the subject of this blog, and his siblings all knew Mickey (Robert John McKanna) and his brother Bill (William).
The photo above shows the connection to the McKanna's. Ronald (R.S.) McDonald is the father of Vivian and she is standing between her nephew Bill McKanna and her husband Hilary McKanna.
Again, for more details about the McKanna family and Hilary's and Bill's ancestors see the blog: A Convergence of Families: Willis and Hermsen, McKanna and Rooney, Steltjes and Fleming, Caldwell and Lynch at the following link and take a look around for more information.


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Apple's CEO, Tim Cook has sent out an email to Apple employees, and vice president of iOS product marketing, Greg Joswiak has posted a Q&A to AppleWeb outlining some of the messaging and thinking behind the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c products announced at today's iPhone event. Here's an excerpt from Tim Cook's email, posted by Mark Gurman on 9to5Mac:
Today is an important day for Apple. Many of you and your coworkers have been hard at work developing the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, which are the result of incredible collaboration between hardware and software which only Apple can deliver. In the weeks and months to come, especially as we approach the holidays, our Retail teams will help millions of customers experience these amazing products for the first time. We are also thrilled to be launching iOS 7 next Wednesday.
Cook also reveals why the even wasn't live streamed to other Apple corporate and retail locations, never mind to the general public: the small Cupertino Town Hall venue proved to be a limitation. (The iPhone 4S event which took place at the same location was also not live streamed).
Joz's Q&A was longer, and also posted by 9to5Mac:
What was the thinking behind adding the iPhone 5c to the lineup?
This is a big moment for iPhone, because we've created two new phone lines to replace the existing iPhone 5. This is the first time we've done this. iPhone 5c refines and advances the popular iPhone 5-which was out most popular iPhone ever.
Joz goes on to explain how solid it feels in the hand, thanks to the steel-reinforced, hard-coated polycarbonate shell, but never really answers the question.
Both the email and the Q&A are very high level, talking-point stuff, which is to be expected, but it's still interesting to see how the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5c are being positioned internally, and where Apple might be going with the product line. Give both of them a read.


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Do you want to learn the samba in Chicago, or perhaps the Lindy hop or the waltz? Maybe you want to know exactly how one gets jiggy. Well, all you have to do is wander into Grant Park in the summer, Chicago's Summer Dance is the nation's largest annual outdoor dance series. And for our series, Summer Nights, NPR's Sonari Glinton stopped by Grant Park for a tango.
SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: Just after work on a Thursday evening, you can see crowds forming in the Spirit of Music Garden on the edge of Grant Park.
NETSA ROLDON: We would like to welcome you to the Chicago Summer Dance Festival. Tonight, as you know, we have Argentinean Tango.
GLINTON: That's dance instructor Netsa Roldon(ph).
ROLDON: Ready? Listen to the music. Ready? Three, two, one.
GLINTON: Every summer for the past 17 years now, there is a temporary dance shell, with dance floors and hundreds of people learning to dance every Thursday through Sunday.
ROLDON: In your arms, on your arm, (unintelligible) do whatever you want now. That's the way.
GLINTON: But not only do people learn dance steps, they learn culture.
ROLDON: The influence of the African culture in the tango is crucial, okay? Because this rhythm that you dance came from the blend of the cultures. Music, and do it.
GLINTON: What's the hardest part about teaching people how to tango?
ROLDON: The hardest part is to make them forget to think, you know. The hardest part is that they don't think that they can do it. My easiest part is when they feel it instead of thinking.
GLINTON: Molly Baker(ph) and Casey Gruin(ph) are doing a lot of thinking.
MOLLY BAKER: He's not very coordinated so it's pretty hard.
GLINTON: I hear you're having trouble.
CASEY GRUIN: I'm having some trouble.
GLINTON: What's your biggest trouble?
BAKER: I think our feet. We just kind of step on each other's toes a lot.
CARLOS PORTAVELO: My name is Carlos Portavelo. I'm the program coordinator for the Chicago Summer Dance Series and I work for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. People just go up to one another very casually and ask one another to dance and it's just a very beautiful thing to see.
GLINTON: There are almost as many spectators as there are dancers, like Charity Loven(ph).
CHARITY LOVEN: Well, I'm just resting and I'm just watching now because it's kind of crowded, so I thought I'd cool out. You know what, I'll get up, you know, when they start dancing and I'll just kind of like do a free thing.
GLINTON: What's a free thing? I mean, there's lessons right now.
LOVEN: I'll just be doing the dance that I know how to do, but I'll be trying to do the tango.
ROLDON: This is the place tango and samba that you can hear in this part of the country. So let's welcome (unintelligible) String Quartet.
GLINTON: After the lessons are over, a live band takes the stage and in the middle of a garden, along the busy street in a giant city, people pause to dance, including Charity Loven.
LOVEN: Everybody is together and the music is so lively, the music is always lively. And anytime there is music, people feel good. Well, I do anyway.
GLINTON: Sonari Glinton, NPR News, Chicago.
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Review: Tonya Harding tale 'I, Tonya' sticks the landing
"I, Tonya" is the Tonya Harding film you never knew you wanted: an outrageously entertaining reappraisal of the Olympic figure skater who, in 1994, was involved in a scheme to injure her main rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
Resurrecting Harding from the yellowed pages of '90s tabloids may seem about as necessary as a production of "Lorena Bobbitt on Ice." But yesterday's media spectacle has been very good for today's movies. It's no surprise by now that the tabloid caricatures sketched in a sensational news stories don't always do justice to the truth.
The more layered truths behind scandals of the past have made for some great documentaries (particularly last year's "O.J.: Made in America" and "Hot Coffee," the illuminating story behind the coffee that was "too hot") and a number of recent dramatic highlights, like Aaron Sorkin's upcoming "Molly's Game," about the woman callously dubbed the "poker princess" by the tabloids.
This image released by Neon shows Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in a scene from "I, Tonya." (Neon via AP)
Craig Gillespie's movie - an "I, Claudius" for less regal times - isn't a sober reassessment of Harding. It's a winking, rollicking dark comedy both empathetic and pugnacious. It reframes Harding's story as an American tragicomedy with some of the unapologetic, this-is-the-real-America sneer of "GoodFellas." ''I, Tonya" is a peek behind a media circus that can't help going along for the ride, too.
"I, Tonya," written by Steven Rogers, is introduced as: "Based on irony free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly." It begins in a mock-documentary style with the characters - Margot Robbie as Harding, Sebastian Stan as Gillooly - giving present-day interviews recalling "the incident." Their stories sometimes converge, sometimes deviate and the movie - in a well-worn gimmick - playfully pauses at various points with characters turning to the camera to relay their perspective.
The approach sometimes spoils the fun of "I, Tonya" but Tatiana S. Riegel's editing is kinetic and the performances keep "I, Tonya" hurtling forward. Especially Allison Janney. She plays Harding's bitter, abusive chain-smoking mother, LaVona, and her performance is a monument of brutal, caustic wit. In the film's early scenes at their Portland, Oregon, hometown, she puts a 4-year-old Tonya on the ice and smirks as she skates loops around much older and more well-to-do competitors. But she's downright mean, too. In one scene, she refuses to let Tonya go to the bathroom. When Tonya pees herself, LaVona declares, "Skate wet!"
And that is, on the scale of things, not the worst of the abuse heaped on Harding. Once she finally flees her mother's cruelty, she moves in with Gillooly - a leap from the frying pan to the fire if ever there was one. Their romance is sweet at first, but he soon begins hitting her, especially as Harding's career blossoms. (She was the first U.S. skater to land a triple axel.)
"I, Tonya" casts its infamous protagonist, nicknamed "Trashy Tonya," as a working-class insurgent in a glitzy and prim sport. She's proudly "poor and redneck," jogging with bags of dog food hoisted on her back and performing skating routines set to ZZ Top. Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl," ''Their Finest Hours") fills his movie with tasteless interiors and period scrunchies, and scores it with a blaring rock 'n roll soundtrack that plays across Harding's on-ice triumphs and domestic poundings, alike.
Robbie, in her finest performance yet, plays Harding as above all a survivor, smiling through pain and prejudice as she pursues her dream, only to be dragged down by those around her. She's a punching bag who should be pitied, but is instead made a punchline when the Coen brothers-esque scheme by Gillooly - likewise a victim of his associates - and bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser) rapidly spins out of control.
"I, Tonya" has fun with the various versions of the Kerrigan attack, treating it like "Rashomon" for idiots. But the main takeaway is a believable one: that Harding, just 23 at the time, deserved better than yet another beat-down meted out by a much-entertained public.
"America," she says. "They want someone to love, but they want someone to hate."
"I, Tonya," a Neon release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "pervasive language, violence, and some sexual content/nudity." Running time: 121 minutes. Three stars out of four.
MPAA definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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This image released by Neon shows Sebastian Stan as Jeff Gillooly, left, and Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in a scene from "I, Tonya." (Neon via AP)
This image released by Neon shows Allison Janney as LaVona Golden from "I, Tonya." (Neon via AP)
This image released by Neon shows Sebastian Stan as Jeff Gillooly, from left, Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding and Julianne Nicholson as Diane Rawlinson in a scene from "I, Tonya." (Neon via AP)
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September 2007
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the evidence that it is working has continued to grow. Because of this law, teachers and parents are getting the information and help they need to help every child reach his or her best in school—and as a result, student achievement is rising across America. While school districts and states have made great progress in implementing the goals of No Child Left Behind on behalf of students and families, our work is clearly far from over.
When schools do not meet annual performance goals for several years running, No Child Left Behind provides families with choices, including free tutoring and school transfers so their children can attend a better-performing school. By now, though, we have all read reports or heard stories of families unable to take advantage of these important options. That's why, in December 2006, I launched a project to learn more about how the public school choice and supplemental educational services provisions of the law are working. As part of this project, staff from my Office of Innovation and Improvement visited 14 school districts across the country, from Anchorage, Alaska, to Little Rock, Ark., to Miami, Fla. They listened to families, educators, and local and state administrators, and learned a great deal about the challenges and successes experienced in providing these options to parents.
This handbook details the results of those discussions, providing ways for districts and states to make No Child Left Behind's public school choice and tutoring provisions work for students and families. Together, we must continue to find effective ways to give parents information and to implement these options faithfully for the students who need them.
I've seen for myself that these options can make a profound difference in students' lives when—from the superintendent, to the teacher's aide, to the tutor—there is mutual dedication to making them work. It's not an easy task, but it is an essential one to the future of our students and our country.
As I have said many times before, parents know what is best for their children. I hope that this guide is useful to you as you help empower parents with information and options.
Margaret Spellings, Secretary
U.S. Department of Education
September 2007


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Consumer Smoothing Concerns Over Suave Keratin Infusion Product
According to CNN.com, hundreds of women nationwide are suing the manufacturer and designer of Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion 30-Day Smoothing Kit, a hair treatment product designed to smooth frizzy hair. The consumers are saying the product caused them severe hair loss and other damages.
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Camphor overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or 1-800-222-1222 for a local poison control center.
Alternative Names
Vicks VapoRub overdose
Poisonous Ingredient
Where Found
- Camphorated oil
- Some moth repellents
- Topical pain relievers
- Vicks VapoRub
Note: This list may not be all inclusive.
- Abdominal pain
- Burning of the mouth or the throat
- Excessive thirst
- Excitation
- Muscle spasms
Nausea and vomiting
- Rapid pulse
- Restlessness or agitation
- Rigid muscles
- Skin irritation
Slow breathing
- Twitching facial muscles
- Unusual behavior
Home Treatment
Seek immediate medical help. DO NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by Poison Control or a health care professional.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- The patient's age, weight, and condition
- The name of the product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
- When it was swallowed
- The amount swallowed
However, DO NOT delay calling for help if this information is not immediately available.
Poison Control, or a local emergency number
In the United States, call 1-800-222-1222 to speak with a local poison control center. This hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms (such as seizures) will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
- Activated charcoal (if other substances were taken along with the camphor; activated charcoal does not absorb camphor very well)
- Breathing support
- Tube through the mouth or nose into the stomach to wash out the stomach (
gastric lavage)
Expectations (prognosis)
How well a patient does depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment was received. The faster a patient gets medical help, the better the chance for recovery.