Ninety seven year old shipworker serves at Seaborn Yards
A. J. Dad Babenck, a ninety seven year old Tacoma shipyard veteran, has spent eighty years in the shipbuilding industry and founded Tacoma's first yard. Though retired from strenuous tasks, he remains at Seaborn Yards offering his services as an all time spinner and works daily.
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A. J
Dad" Babenck
Sam
Seaborn Yards
Tacoma
Wash
Babcnck
Dad
ForSale Quiet 4 Room Cottage In Nice Neighborhood
For sale 4 room cottage in a pleasant area with all modern conveniences. Merely 3850 cash, half to sub purchaser. 148 Mahncke Court listed. Also for sale Remington No 10 typewriter in excellent condition. Morgan, 108 W Commerce.
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Alamo Planing Mill
Mirge Int
Nlce
Halanen
Mahncke Court
Morgan
Commerce
Economists Argue Bonds Do Not Finance War
Letters from Panton of Holbrook Arizona and Arthur Kitson of Stamford England contend that government control of national credit makes bond sales unnecessary. They warn bonds impose taxation and that the state can issue credit directly, with checks drawn by creditors, avoiding interest charges.
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P. Panton
Holbrook, Ariz
Ami Auther
Arthur Kitson
Kitson Empire Lighting Company, Ltd
Stamford
Lincolnshire
England
British War Office
Admiralty
India Office
Crown
Arizona
The
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Empire Resources Development Committee
Canada
Financial Post
Toronto
George Palsh
Edwin Holden
George Paish
Kitson
United States
Banks of
Idoyd George
Hind
Bank of England
New York
A. Kitson
Map of German Prison Camps Holding Americans
The map marks twenty seven German prison camps where Americans are held with Tuchel near Danzig named as the main camp for captured U S servicemen. Red Cross reports two hundred thirty one men in June with twenty pounds of food weekly, clothing, tobacco and comforts supplied through Berne. The Red Cross also estimates about two hundred more prisoners in Germany awaiting permanent camp placement. A readiness system stores supplies in Berne or in transit to feed and clothe prisoners for six months if needed.
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America
Banking and Currency Reform League
Savoy Hotel
London
Moreton Frewen
Lord Desborough
London Chamber of Commerce
New York
Jane
Tuchel
Danzig
Red Cross
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Army
Navy
Germany
Sed Cross
Red Cross Relief Committee
Bankers Control War Financing and Monetary Science
Writer argues governments rely on bankers for monetary knowledge and that bankers manipulate finance. The note compares Canadian bond handling to overdraft methods and describes gilt edged securities used to secure London loans, detailing how banks profit from interest and asset shifts.
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London
Lightning storms bring terror with few deaths this summer
A New York World view notes widespread thunder storms causing deaths, injuries, and property damage. It cites unpredictable lightning behavior and localities prone to strikes while recounting odd anecdotes and a Harvard president tale.
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Germany
England
Hill
Harvard
Twlce Agin
White Mountains
New England
Ocunquit
Carranza Declares U S Gold Coin Legal Tender in Mexico
President Carranza issues a decree making United States gold coins legal tender in Mexico to ease monetary conditions in northern and western states. The decree fixes exchange rates with the Mexican peso and allows foreign coins to be used for obligations without the usual exchange discount.
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Carranza
U. S
Washington,d. C
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Department of Finance
Alabama Doughboy Brings Home German Rifle Sights
An Alabama soldier deserts a front line post in France and recovers a Dutchman’s rifle with fine sights. He boasts of aiming at Atlanta from his dugout, then explains he retrieved the weapon after a cemetery ambush, before offering to show the sights to his captain.
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Wrll Street Journal
St. Louis
Kaiser
Kyebange
France
Alabama
Alahaiman
Atlanta
Airplane testers face perilous job in new design trials
Aircraft test pilots fly unproven planes over fields and hedgerows risking crashes as they push radical new designs. They face defects may end in a plunge despite precautions while frontline pilots hold the thrill, and bombers harness rapid trials before mass production.
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Onty
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Serpliies
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