Johnson Discusses Army Post Plan and Draft Readiness
Congressman Albert Johnson visits Tacoma to promote immediate lumber orders for the American Lake camp and to affirm plans for universal military training. He says the Northwest mills will deliver 36,000,000 feet of lumber this week and that American Lake will be a Pacific Coast military hub for decades. He notes no opposition to the draft and stresses preparation, shipbuilding, food and munitions to aid the Allies.
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American Lake Army Post
Tacoma
Northwest Mills
American Lake
Pacific Coast
Congress
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Washington, D. C
United States
Lane
Portland
East
Northwest Lumber Mills
Northwest
Germany
Annual Public School Exhibition Opens at Aberdeen High
The Aberdeen high school gymnasium opened the annual public school exhibition of pupil specimen work in art mechanical drawing and commercial subjects. Centralized display replaces past scattered exhibitions in city schools. Music vocal and instrumental programs and dances by pupils will be presented this afternoon.
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Aberdeen High School
Strikes City Treasurer in Break-In Incident
Police yesterday arrested a man suspected of breaking into the house of City Treasurer T. H. Hill at 513 East Wishkah Street after a morning confrontation. Hill chased the intruder, subdued him with the help of Charles Pratsch, an accomplice impersonating an officer allegedly aided the fugitive, and the police later recovered him.
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T. H. Hill
East Wishkah Street
Hill
Charles Pratsch
Pratsch
Aberdeen Seeks Fire Protection Credit And Dog Control
City officials discuss maintaining fire protection standards and credit for gravity water supply in Aberdeen. Council considers dog licensing ordinance, Front street delays, street work plans, and a pole of municipal projects amid wartime context.
Mrs. Alpha Mann Dies at 34 in Local Hospital
Mrs. Alpha Mann aged 34 died Tuesday night at a local hospital. Survived by husband Earl D. Mann and four children of the 1210 East Wishkah Street home.
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Alpha Mann
Earl D. Mann
Wishkah Street
Resurvey City Aims to Lower Insurance Rates
Six field workers from the Washington State Rating bureau have begun resurveying Aberdeen to secure lower insurance rates. The effort follows a March promise by Lee McKenzie, head of the bureau, made at a Chamber of Commerce meeting after a campaign by S. K. Bowes and colleagues, Fire Chief W H Tamblyn, James A Hood, and Phil S Locke of the local commercial committee.
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Washington State Rating Bureau
Lee McKenzie
Bureau
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee
S. K. Bowes
W. H. Tamblyn
James A. Hood
Phil S. Locke
Red Cross Meeting to Explain Work at Aberdeen High
Red Cross Organization and Service will be the topic for an address by Miss Sarah Thornton of Seattle at the Aberdeen high school auditorium tomorrow evening. It marks the first public meeting of the local Red Cross chapter with a musical program and roll of members. A committee of Patterson Weatherwax and Cooney will represent Aberdeen in Portland Monday to push West Coast fundraising.
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Red Cross
Sarah Thornton
Seattle
The
W. J. Patterson
C. M. Weatherwax
Neil Cooney
Aberdeen Red Cross
Portland
West
Raid Two Vessels Snags Whisky in Raids
Acting Police Chief George Dean Captain Joe Searles and Patrolman Dick Graham led raids yielding 200 quarts of whisky from the steamer Avalon and 14 quarts from the Solano. Engineer John Bryant and Fireman H Bergman of the Solano were arrested in connection with a prior raid.
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Avalon
Solano
George Dean
Joe Searles
Dick Graham
John Bryant
H. Bergman
Clearing Moss and Back Yard Burns Under City Fire Precautions
Moss removal is underway citywide this week as dry weather nears. Fire Chief W. H. Tamblyn permits back yard rubbish burning by phone to applicants, aiding fire prevention.
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W. H. Tamblyn
Mass Meeting Urged to Boost Liberty Loan in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce plans a big mass meeting at the Bijou theater next Thursday to promote Liberty loan subscriptions. W. J. Patterson says bond sales are lagging and urges broad public participation with many small investors preferred over a few large buyers. G. W. Ripley donates theater use. local organizers seek wide publicity to fill the venue.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Patterson
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Patterson
Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee
G. W. Ripley
Western Circuit Amusement Company
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Jno
J. Carney
P. A. Bertrand
S. K. Bowes
T. B. Bruener
HOUSES FILLING UP IN ABERDEEN AS SHIPYARD WORKERS ARRIVE
Empty houses of modern architecture in Aberdeen are filling with shipyard workers. About 200 houses remain vacant, many lacking modern plumbing and lighting due to the influx of labor.
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Aberdeen
Oakville Cheese Factory Organization Under Way
Oakville plans a new cheese factory with $50 000 capital subscribed. Directors are William Austin Fred Rosmond William Duvall John Porter and Oscar Blechschmidt. O H Fry is president B F Williams vice president H W Paul secretary manager and C N Mills treasurer. A 40 by 80 foot modern building is being planned and production may start in a few weeks.
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Oakville
William Austin
Fred Rosmond
William Duvall
John Porter
Oscar Blechschmidt
O. H. Fry
B. F. Williams
H. W. Paul
C. N. Mills
Community Fair At Matlock Draws Large Attendance
Hold community fair in Matlock last Friday by schools in districts 14 21 19 46 and 49 showcased cooking sewing wild flower collections maps and native woods attracting a large crowd.
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Matlock
Women Will Knit for Hoquiam Soldiers
At a Tuesday meeting of the Woman's Service League in Hoquiam twenty women signed up to knit for soldiers and sailors of the United States Army.
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Hoquiam
Woman's Service League
United States Army
Workmen Get Extra Pay For Highway Here
County commissioners declare an emergency and authorize paving of 2 1/2 miles of Olympic highway east of the Country club on a 10 hour basis with extra pay. Travel to the county seat shifts to South Side road a 14 mile run and Wishkah-Wyncodie road 24 miles, routes that will improve with traffic and offer smoother highway and nicer scenery.
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Olympic Highway
Country Club
Aberdeen
Wishkah- Wyncodie
Germans Put Wireless Station Near Elk Creek Queets
A Seattle timber cruiser reports to U S secret service agents that a German wireless station operates on Elk Creek feeding the Queets river. He claims three Germans carried the station materials into the Elk Creek country on their backs due to rough terrain.
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Elk Creek
Queets River
United States
Secret Service
Seattle
Recruiting Lags for Company G 2nd Washington Infantry
Lieut. J. J. Sexton reports slow progress on Grays Harbor for Company G of the 2nd Washington Infantry. Aberdeen shows scant recruits with about 60 men still needed to reach full war strength, threatening closure of the Aberdeen office.
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Wash. Inf
J. J. Sexton
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Sexton
Company G
Barge No 38 To Be Launched On Grays Harbor
May 31 report notes Barge No 38 of the Columbia Contract company which ran aground March 20 during a storm will be launched soon on Grays Harbor. It has been moved nearly a half mile across the sandspit to the harbor.
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Dyehut
Columbia Contract Company
Grays Harbor
Cosmopolis Forms Red Cross Chapter
A Cos mopolis Red Cross chapter was started at a well attended gathering of local women on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Chittick is chairman, with Mrs. N. H. Steadman as vice chairman and Miss Pauline Wellington as secretary.
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Cosmopolis
T. J. Haggerman
W. T. Younger
R. L. Phillips
J. C. Craig
Ocosita School to Add Gymnasium for Fall Term
May 31 report that the local school house will receive a $2,000 addition by fall term opening. The project includes a gymnasium to expand facilities at the school.
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Ocosta
Piper to Speak at Dinner Here
Edgar B. Piper editor of the Ore gonian will be honored guest at a Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce dinner next Wednesday evening in the Hotel Washington main dining room. The event marks the chamber’s likely last meeting before summer. tickets available from W C Mumaw S K Bowes or chamber offices.
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Edgar B. Piper
Oregonian
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Washington
Piper
West
Chamber of Commerce
Grays Harbor
T. B. Bruener
W. C. Mumaw
S. K. Bowes
Payments of Old Accounts Tickle Phipps
Two long overdue accounts surface. A man who moved away sent $2 for wood ordered three years ago. A Cincinnati woman sent 50 cents to cover a subscription to the Olympia Olympian managed by Phipps a decade earlier.
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Harry Phipps
Wood
Cincinnati
Phipps
YMCA Fund Campaign Put Off For Week
The Aberdeen committee postponed the YMCA drive to raise 1000 for YMCA work with the American army this year. The plan aims for Aberdeen’s share of 40000 statewide fundraising. A meeting with mill shipyard and industry employees, chaired by W. C. Muman, will be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Monday evening to secure broader collaboration.
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Aberdeen
W. C. Muman
Chamber of Commerce
Cargo rates soar on Grays Harbor routes
Freight rates rise this week on Grays Harbor to Africa and Hawaii routes. Lumber shipments to African ports jump from 17.50 to 19 per unit and the Grays Harbor to Hawaii lane climbs from 250 to 260 shillings.
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Grays Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Insurance men blamed for marks in Aberdeen districts
Field staff of the state insurance rating bureau, not I W W or blackhand, are named as the culprits behind marks on house fronts in the Broad Way Hill district and other Aberdeen areas. Six inspectors had been at work for days, but alarm rose only on Wednesday and the mystery was solved yesterday.
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State Insurance Rating Bureau
Broadway Hill
West End
Aberdeen
Recruiting Tour Ends Soon for Elma Campaign
Elma reports the recruiting drive led by Recruiting Officer Glenn will pause tomorrow as he departs for a tour of Saginaw Malone Oakville and Gate. He will return to Elma after completing the schedule.
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Elma
Mar
Glenn
Saginaw
Malone
Oakville
Gate
Memorial Day Observed with Solemn Harbor Events
Across Grays Harbor Memorial Day passed with no merchandise or weekday celebrations. A small but impressive parade along Heron street featured G A R veterans, Spanish American War vets, Boy Scouts, and students. Fern Hill cemetery services drew about 500, with an orchestra, speeches by Judge Loomis, invocations by Rev. Greene, and a flag drill and national anthem. Flowers were cast into the waters from the Heron street bridge by the W R C in tribute to fallen sailors.
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Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Montesano
Elma
United States
Heron
Fern Hill Cemetery
Fechter
Grand Theater
Stars and Stripes
F. W. Loomis
F. F. W. Greene
Nat Hart
Boy Scouts
F. W. Hastert
Heron Street Bridge
Buy a Home Campaign Planned by Grays Harbor Dealers
A Buy a Home First campaign will be launched by Grays Harbor realty dealers following a Tuesday luncheon at the Washington. Plans to urge citizens to own homes will be adopted next week and pushed vigorously. Tri-State Realty convention meetings in Aberdeen in August will be at Electric Park with delegates taken on trips to the Bay City whaling station and Westport Cohasset beaches.
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Grays Harbor
Washington
Aberdeen
Electric Park
Bay City
Westport
Cohasset
Tobacconists Seek Tax Reduction on Tobacco Levy
Aberdeen tobacconists urged Senators Jones and Poindexter to cut a war tax on tobacco they called heavier than other luxuries. The plan would raise tobacco tax by over 100 percent, though dealers say they could meet a 40 percent increase.
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Jones and
Poindexter
Aberdeen
United States
W. L. Jones
Miles Poindexter
Aberdeen Elks to Present July Circus for Grays Harbor
Aberdeen Elks plan a circus from July 17 to 21 featuring Foley and Burks animal show as a main attraction. A committee led by M. J. Welsh H. E. Phipps A. C. Girard and A. L. McKean will manage details with goal of netting several hundred dollars for Company G and Grays Harbor naval militia divisions.
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Foley & Burks
Aberdeen Elks
Company G
Grays Harbor
M. J. Welsh
H. E. Phipps
A. C. Girard
A. L. McKean
Soldier Boys
Makes pet of deer in Montesano by rescuer
Harry Pickering of Montesano plans to raise a nearly starved fawn as a pet after obtaining permission from game commission official D. W. Fleet. Dr. Gerard Tanning recounts the rescue after an auto trip to upper Satsop, noting blood stains suggesting the mother may have fallen to a cougar.
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Harry Pickering
Montesano
D. W. Fleet
The
Game Commission
Gerard Tanning
Satsop
Pickerinz
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Senator Lane
Council of Fire Insurance Reduction
Washington Surveying and Platting Bureau
Roy C. Sargent
Sargent
Grant
Front Street
Tony Pista
Fred Herren
Highland Home Addition
Eighth
Ninth Streets
McKinley Avenue
F Streets
Third Street
Young Street
B. H. Allen
Wishkah
Mrs. Alpha Mann
Patrick
New Orleans Times-Picayune
McKenzie
Timber Cruiser
Portland Oregonian
Y. M. C. A. Fund
Elks Plan Circus
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