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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
3
Seattle July 23. Mayor Bertha Landes moves to abolish professional dancers at city halls sparking a clash with 340 “women scorned” who defend their livelihoods. The dispute centers on control, propriety, and the city’s Western social norms in a tense, highly public confrontation.
Supporting children they earn between 40 and 60 dollars weekly at five cents a dance. The Dance Hall Entertainers' Association, linked to the AFL, protests Mrs Landes for calling them dance hall girls, arguing the term harms their reputations and jobs. They demand respectful treatment.
Ed Robertson of Wallonia was critically hurt when his car left the road and overturned into a ditch. radiator water scalded him severely and he was injured in the incident reported from Seymour Indiana on June 25.
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