New Railroad Order Reduces Shifts for Millions
A sweeping wartime eight hour schedule brings off Sunday freight, cuts overtime pay, and aims to create more jobs for veterans. Locals report machinists and helpers moving to eight hour days with noticeable pay cuts. engineers and firemen receive set hourly ranges on Cascade and Spokane divisions. Prospects point to a summer revival as business remains quiet but improving.
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War Labor Board
Navy
Cascade
Spokane
Logan
Senate debate over 100 million food fund use
Opposition grows in the Senate over the 100 million food bill with testimony from Thomas Taliaferro of Detroit alleging a plan to dump salted meat on Southern Europe. Senator Gore claims the funds could shield big meat packers from losses on pork exports, prompting further questions.
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Senate
House
Thomas Taliaferro
Detroit
Senate Agricultural Committee
Talalaferro
England
Europe
Norris
Gore
Agricultural Committee
Committee On Agriculture
Stabil
Packing-mouse products shield packers from probable loss
The report discusses measures to diversify packing-mouse products and bolster protections for packers against anticipated financial setbacks. Strong emphasis on risk mitigation and practical steps for sustained operations.
Empson Packing Co Versus L D Lumber Co Trial Remains Open
The case from Chicago against Leavenworth based Lamb-Davis Lumber Co before the Wenatchee Superior Court remains undecided as of late yesterday. It stems from a long term contract damaged by a sale of Lamb-Davis to Great Northern Lumber Co which refused to honor the agreement.
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Empson Packing Co
Chicago
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Great Northern Lumber Co
City Council Seeks Joint Meeting With Old Council
A regular city council meeting is planned for next Tuesday night with hopes of having several former council members present. The aim is to discuss the Icicle Canal Co. bill for repairs at the intake last year and determine the citys share of costs since the agreement was not written.
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Old Council
Icicle Canal Co
Lighting Rates To Be Taken Up Next Monday Morning
City clerk Gowing says the lighting question will be taken up at 9 oclock next Monday morning in the city hall. On a petition of 25 citizens the Public Service Commission ordered a 60 day suspension of Tumwater Light and Water Co rates from February 1. PSC representatives have reviewed the company books this week and council members, along with involved parties, will discuss the case next Tuesday morning at the city hall seeking a satisfactory agreement.
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Cuty
Gowing
Public Service Commission
Tumwater Light & Water Co
U. S. S. Houston
Galveston
O. K
Lee
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Salvationists
Soldiers and Sailors to Get New Insurance Options
Washington reports six new government life insurance forms for soldiers and sailors within five years, including ordinary life and endowments. Policies provide disability benefits and dividends, with postmasters collecting premiums. Existing policyholders may convert holdings up to current amounts. overall, 4.48 million policies have been issued, with nearly 35 thousand death awards totaling about $294.72 million.
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Washington
Henry D. Lindsley
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Local importer loses valuable case booze
A bootlegger stole a case of Sunny Brook liquor from a local importer during a snowy night. A broken window and witness accounts pointed to the theft, with the package vanishing from a cottage after the crime. Police were reportedly investigating the burglary as the Echo noted the missing bottle and ongoing inquiry.
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Cedar Brook
Round House
Oriental Limited
Echo
Northwest urged to fund Pacific Northwest tourism push
Howard H. Hayes of the U S railroad administration urges Washington Oregon and British Columbia to renew advertising funds after railroads stopped promoting travel. The Pacific Northwest Tourist Association previously secured 125000 annually from regional governments for a two year campaign. Hayes emphasizes states must continue promotion to sustain traveler interest and railro ad era benefits.
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Pacific Northwest States
Howard H. Hayes
Bureau of Service of
United States Railroad Administration
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
Hayes
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Pacific Northwest
Death of Mrs Hutchings At Home Of Son Frank Hutchings
Mrs F H Hutchings died last Saturday at the home of her son Frank Hutchings after years of illness She was known for her charitable nature Her husband died in California on December 20 Her sons I F Hutchings of Seattle and Frank Hutchings of this city were present at her death Funeral services were by Cascade Undertaking Co with brief church services before burial in Seattle
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F. H. Hutchings
Frank Hutchings
California
I. F. Hutchings
Seattle
Cascade Undertaking Co
Everett newspaper man dies after weeklong illness
New ton Green a longtime Everett Daily Herald staffer dies at his home in Everett after a week of illness from pneumonia. He was forty five and survived by his wife and child. Green had worked with the Boston Herald and served as Cuba war correspondent before returning to Everett duties.
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Newton Green
Everett
Boston
Nasaga
Everett Daily Herald
Boston Herald
Cuba
Mr. Green
Seattle Labor Strike Faces Uncertainty and Federal Question
The Seattle shipyard strike unfolds orderly at press time but the mood shifts as food pinch and strikebreakers loom. Rumors of federal troops, a million dollar union treasury, and cancelled orders loom over a dead shipbuilding industry with little work available.
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Seatte
Chelan County Tops Apple Tree Counts In State Census
The state department of agriculture report shows 6,617,785 apple trees statewide with Chelan county home to 2,664,047 trees. Chelan leads in varieties including Winesaps, Jona-thans, Rome Beauties, Spitzenburgs and Staymans with thousands of each, plus 83,215 pear trees and smaller numbers of peach, plum, prune, apricot and cherry trees in the county.
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State Department of Agriculture
Chelan
Okanogan
Douglas
Grant
P. Darlington
Chelan County
Rome
Bartlett
Anjou
Leavenworth Mercantile Manager Plans Portland Trip
Mr. E R McClain of Leavenworth Mercantile Co will depart Sunday for Portland Oregon and be away ten days to two weeks seeking relief from illness with a change of scene. Yakima’s 1918 wool clip totaled 1,700,000 pounds valued at $787,000.
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E. R. McClain
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Portland Ore
Yakima
Former Railroad Man Back From France
Harry H. Fairleigh, a Spokane area railroad man, returned from France where he served as a private in a U S naval battery unit of 500 sharpshooters and gun crews. He described 14 inch shells, dugouts, and rail gun positions, with praise for French aid and criticism of the Y M C A. His brother Milton faced peril aboard ships in the same war.
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Harry Farleigh
Harry H. Fairleigh
W. G. Fairleigh
Pittsburg Street
France
Fairleigh
United States Naval
Milton
S. Fairleigh
Southampton
Milton Fairleigh
U. S. S. Charles
Spokane
Mare Island
Hampton Roads
Cuba
Naval Battery
Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
St. Quentin
Lunaville
Soissons
Altho
Prohibition Amendment Referendum Threat Highlighted By Distillers
The Distillers' Association of America asserts 14 states with active legislatures have not begun the 90 day referendum window, challenging the binding effect of ratification. They claim only 28 states have effectively ratified, pending public vote in many jurisdictions.
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Frank L. Polk
Distillers’ Association of America
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Ohio
Utah
Oregon
Washington
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L.D. Lumber CO
NEW Council
Council and Lighting Company
Mrs. Hutchings
State Agricultural Department
Big Gun
Wetl
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