Woman Wins Right to Whistle and $2000
A curious item notes a woman securing a legal right to whistle and a $2000 award, alongside a collection of humorous and satirical quips about politics, Prohibition, and city life in Seattle. The column blends social comment with light anecdotes, referencing figures such as Dan Landon and Joffre, and notes on local events like Flower Week and Canada US friendship.
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Seattle Kiwanis Club
United States
Canada
Woman wins damages after Eureka whistling arrest
Janet Sunter, a church worker from Eureka, wins 2000 dollars in a civil suit after police arrest her for whistling in public. The case sparked a public debate over a woman's right to whistle on streets.
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Gene Cohn
Eureka
Cal
Janet Sunter
Mises Sunter
John Frazer
Miss Sunter
Wrater
Fraser
Star reader prize for best 100 word letters
The Star offers $25 in cash prizes for reader letters of 100 words on the most satisfactory transaction resulting from reading Star advertisements. The two week period ends April 15 with letters due by April 20. Prizes: $15 best, $5 second, and five $1 awards. Letters must show clear facts and be on one side of the page.
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STAR
Soldier Arrested on Assault Charge
PORT TOWNSEND April 3 Elmer Bogt a former soldier lies near death in St Johns hospital from knife wounds. Serget Clarence Wilson Fifth C A Co is held in the county jail as his assailant. They were alone in Wilsons cabin and both had been drinking. Wilson used a 56 inch butcher knife stabbing Bogt deeply in the back.
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Port Townsend
Elmer Bogt
St. John’s Hospital
Fatal Motorcycle Crash Probed After Colision
Police and the coroner's office investigated the death of William Coupland 25 of 912 Ninth Ave after his motorcycle collided with an auto driven by F Cole 811 Columbia St at Minor Ave and Columbia St Saturday night. Cole was injured and admitted to Swedish Hospital. A companion F Wanderlick 4042 11th Ave NE suffered a broken arm.
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William Coupland
Ninth Ave
F. Cc. Cole
Columbia St
Minor Ave
Cole
F. If. Wanderlick
11Th Ave
N. E
Subsidy debate and raid at Butler hotel headline city
Washington reports on United States Shipping Board subsidies argue against government aid to shipping. Separately, a raid on the Butler hotel leads to arrest of manager John E Savage and staff with liquor violations. Bail for Savage set later. police plan license action.
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J. F. Richardson
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Great Britain
Britain
Cunard
Tec Cunard
British Board of Admiralty
France
Italy
Butler Hotel
Savage
Butler
William M. Whitney
Federal Prohibition Director
J. J. Haag
Police Ciry Squad
Whitney
Tom
Stamoulich
W. H. Searing
Lcense
Searing
Burch Panel Is Dismissed In Kennedy Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on April 3 Superior Judge Sidney Reeve dismissed the jury panel in Arthur C. Burch’s second Kennedy murder trial after defense cited jury tampering by District Attorney Woolwine’s office. Investigation to begin Wednesday will proceed separately from the murder case, and the trial will pause for one week before resuming next Monday.
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Los Angeles
Sidney Reeve
Arthur C. Burch
John Felton Kennedy
Woolwine
Burch
Former Empress Zita Expecting Eighth Child Soon
Vienna April 3 The former Empress Zita widow of Ex Emperor Karl who died in exile Saturday at Funchal Madeira is expecting her eighth child soon. A letter from a royal lady-in-waiting says the Hapburg family in poverty ends. The empress faces another confinement in May with seven children to care for plus a nurse and nursery maid. Coal and wood are scarce and the family is reportedly sent here with God as their only support.
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Vienna
Zita
Karl
Funchal
Madeira
Hapaburg
Tot and Countess at War Over $2 Million Estate
A Chicago court hears a fight over the will of Angela Gormully, widow of a bicycle magnate, with Baby Angela and Countess Casimir Karasza Siechawski as key parties. The countess and relatives claim undue influence. the baby’s side argues for upholding the will and its $100,000 education trust. If the countess prevails, Baby Angela could lose her provision and return to poverty.
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Roy Gmwons
Chicago
Angela
New York
Angela Co. Gormully
Casimir Karasza Siechawski
Warsaw
Poland
Gormully
Baby Angela
Countess Siedlawski
Mrs. Gormally
Nationalization of Coal Mines Urged by UMW Leader
John L. Lewis urged Congress to nationalize coal mines before the House labor committee. He told of a West Virginia incident where ten miners were shot at near Royal Raleigh County. Lewis warned operators have failed to remedy the strike and called for government takeover if needed.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Royal
Raleigh
T. L. Lewis
New River Coal Operators’ Association
Washington
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
House Labor Committee
Lewis
Ku Klux Klan Attends Church Service Quietly
About fifty hooded Klansmen attended a First Presbyterian service on Sunday to hear Dr. Matthews speak on Crime Wave Producers. The pastor denied advance notice or reserved seating, but said the visitors behaved reverently while several hundred other Klansmen were present in the congregation.
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Ku Klux Klan
First Presbyterian Church
L. M. McFarlin
Dr. Matthews
McFarlin
M. A. Matthews
Lloyd George seeks Commons vote of confidence in government
Premier Lloyd George asks parliament for support of his coalition government after defending foreign policy and outlining Genoa conference aims. He warns against altering existing treaties and emphasizes repairing Europe by addressing reparations, restoring Russian peace, and balancing budgets for foreign exchange stability.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ister
Ment
Pres
Trea Fent
T¢ Preme Council
Cannes
Genoa
Livya
George
France
Mier
Europe
Germany
Britain
Russia
Boxer Dies After Middleweight Bout in Eugene
George Tetzi, boxer who succumbed Saturday night to brain hemorrhages after a bout in Eugene, will be buried at his home in Brownsville, Oregon, tomorrow. Carl Miller, local middleweight, involved in the match, is connected to the incident.
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Eugene
Ore
George Tetzi
Saturn
Carl Miller
Brownsville
Opening chapters of If Winter Comes offered by The Star
The Star ran early chapters of If Winter Comes with back issues available for order by mail or newsboys. A circular with the early chapters was published and can be found on page 6, urging readers not to miss the novel touted as a greatest of the decade.
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