Sailors to Visit City as 361st Infantrymen Expected
About 4000 dollars will be raised to host returning servicemen celebrating sacrifices abroad. News arrives of several hundred U S Navy sailors arriving soon, many veterans of Atlantic duty. A Seattle welcome committee plans to honor the sailors with a bow-on visit by the craft they served in, pending navy yard approval.
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U. S Navy
Thie City
Harry A. Wield
Navy Yard
Seattle
War hero Captain Cohn returns to Seattle with newborn son
Captain Eugene Cohn of Company G 364th Infantry arrives in Seattle after earning three wound stripes and a distinguished service cross for 54 hours of active duty after severe wounds. His wife Miss Marthena Rhodes, daughter of local Bradner & Co. manager A J Rhodes, gives birth to a 10 pound boy during his homecoming at Lake Forest Park.
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Cohn
Marthena Rhodes
A. J. Rhodes
Bradner & Co
Fiest
Presidio
France
Vist
New York
Nee
Seattle
Lake Forest Park
Rainier Valley Sewer Contract Bids Readvertised
City advertises anew for bids on a planned 325000 sewer improvement in Rainier valley. Original bid opening April 11 moved to April 25 with work to run on Empire Way and Dind Ave. 8.
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Rainier Valley
Board of Public Works
Empire Way
Dind Ave
Fire destroys Hill Logging plant at Bunker Washington
Tacoma reports a Wednesday morning blaze leveled the Hill Logging Co. plant at Bunker Washington causing estimated losses around 100000. Insurance coverage is about 56000, according to Chehalis dispatches.
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Tacoma
Hill Logging Co
Bunker, Wash
Chehalis
Hoyt Funeral Held for Seattle Attorney Heber R F Hoyt
Funeral services for Heber R F Hoyt Seattle attorney who died in Houston Texas of typhoid fever were held Wednesday afternoon from Butterworth Lone chapel. Huge banks of flowers surrounded the casket with Rev W A Majer officiating.
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Heber RF. Hoyt
Seattle
Houston
Tex
Chapel of Butterworth & Lone
W. A. Majer
Camouflage for Warship Stripped as Peace Paint Appears
After Kaiser Mill urged striped barber-pole camouflage, sailors remove war paint from a battle cruiser and apply steel gray and white colors signaling peacetime reflagging. Officers report completion and return to standard markings.
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Kaiser Mill
Jackies
Master Mason to Speak at Angora Grotto Meeting
Archibald H. Huston of Columbus grand monarch of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets will address Angora grotto in Seattle Thursday evening on Masonry on the Athletic Seaboard. Open to all Master Masons in Seattle.
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Archibald H. Huston
Columbus
The
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the
Angora Grotto
Seattle
Pioneers Attend Funeral for George C Kenyon
Funeral services for George C Kenyon age 80 were held Wednesday afternoon at his home 2008 Westlake Ave. More than 200 attendees, many Pioneer residents, attended the service officiated by Rev. E. L. Raker.
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George C Kenyon
Westlake Ave
E. L. Raker
Welcome Planned for I61st Infantry Return to City
An eager reception is planned for the 161st infantry unit now in the homeland. Frank Gates Jr. says arrival in the city is expected within 10 days, with a large celebration, bands, planes, flowers, decorations, and a big feed. The welcome committee will meet Friday evening to review funding proposals as more funds are needed, with a goal of raising between $3,000.
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Frank Gates
County City Building
Orchids Roses Lilies of the Valley and Violets
A display features multiple flower varieties including orchids roses lilies of the valley and violets arranged for a garden fair.
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Oregon
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Tonopah
Weeeeee! Company
First Avenue
Madison
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Sam
I61st Infantry
Clemmer
Butler Drug Company
Hind
Stillman
Ricksecker
Daggett & Ramsdell
Purola
Nyal’s
Caldwell
Carter
Beecham
Najol Ave
Pape
Hill
Bayer
Universal
Goodrich
Ernie Hedlund
James
Butler Drug CO
J. P. Chase
Mgr
Elliott
Ieastieir
United States
Hollywood Gardens
Second Ave
Pime St
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