Aid Wounded Yanks The Ice Covers Wasp
A faulty OCR fragment describes naval events with ships, pennants, and sailors including Thomson and six companions aboard SC 294. It mentions the flotilla flagship changes, crew members named like Rosco Howard and R W Capps, and a rescue at Fire Island where 125 men were saved from a wreck before reaching York Harbor.
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Thomson
Melrose Place
Seattle
Guard
S.C
Bremerton
Puget Sound
Rosco Howard
Pacific
Atlantic
R. W. Capps
Charles Thomson
H. M. Janney
Wooten
Coxs
Omar Welch
H. H. Horne
Fire Island
Thom
Sailors Recall Chaser Afloat in Bitter Winter Storm
H Horn of Seattle, a machinist's first class on a flagship eight, claims the crew of the subchasers faced seasickness and hard times. Seattle pals Coxs Fred Welch and Boatswain Thompson describe the chasers as sturdy. They recount rescuing soldiers from a stranded Pacific craft, drifting for three days with an anchor failing and ice tearing rails, while wounded were ferried to destroyers.
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H. Horn
Seattle
Fred Welch
Gem
Tretchers
Sub Chasers Sailors Recall Rough Caribbean Voyage
Navy cooks recall long voyages on patrol boats with rough seas. A. R. Coons of 737 71st IN describes hard tack meals and submerged dinners during 48 days on submarine R15. He notes the slogan rougher the fewer and shares memories from Caribbean trips.
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A. R. Coons
Coons
Seattle
Navy
Seaman Hewitt Survives Caribbean Storm Aboard Submarine 296
Ensign Wilmer Hew of Seattle, executive officer on submarine 296, recalls a terrifically severe Caribbean gale. The crew faced four days without meals as they battled waves and wrecked galley conditions while maintaining gun engine readiness. Hewitt, commissioned at Fremerton, was on convoy duty from Charleston in 1918.
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Wilmer Hew
Seattle
Ser
Caribbean
Hewitt
Hremerton
Chalexton
Not Near Enough to Home Folks Is Gods Only Kick
Not Near Enough to Home Folks mentions the home folks not being there or near enough, with a note about the sub chaser fleet making up for lost time and returning home today. It references A Williamson and H Oxborne with Lake Forest Park addresses, but provides little concrete event detail.
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da. Williamson
Terry St
H. Oxborne
Lake Forest Park
Navy
Ensign Cappe Commands Subchaser 294 In War Service
Ensign R W Cappe of Seattle spoke bravely from Subchaser No 294 describing sub chasers as cork like. He enlisted June 1 1917 and gained commission five months later. He serves with the convoy service out of New York and recently sailed via canal in command of his boat.
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R. W. Cappe
Ensign Cappe
Seattle
University Club
U. S. Navy
New York
Kaiser Fate to be Discussed in Secret Peace Conference Session
Paris April 29 The fate of Wilhelm Hohenzollern will be fur ther discussed in a secret plenary session of the peace conference. The session will consider the completed treaty and has not set a date. The conference will likely formally accept the majority report of the responsibilities committee, which states the former Kaiser shall stand trial before an international tribunal. The minority report, signed by Japan and the United States, argued he bears no personal liability for the war.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Paris
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Responsibilities Committee
Kaiser
Lansing
Wilhelm
U S Officers Seize Alleged Smugglers Near Sumas
U S immigration officers arrested Carl R. Tiffany and George Cannon early Tuesday in Sumas while attempting to smuggle four Chinese nationals across the Canadian border into the United States. The group had just boarded a car when detained. The two white men appeared before the U S commissioner at Bellingham for a Tuesday hearing.
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Carl KR. Tiffany
George Cannon
United States
Sumas
Bellingham
British Troops Leave Fiume After Italian Walkout
A British battalion stationed in Fiume since the armistice departed Geneva on April 29 to avoid friction with Italy after Italian delegates quit the Paris peace conference.
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Geneva
Fiume
Paris
Here Come the Boys in a Victory Parade
A celebratory city scene greets returning soldiers marching down crowded streets. The homecoming honors the Argonne veterans as banners wave and crowds cheer, marking a moment of national pride and peace.
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Argonne
Radio watch brings naval entertainment to sea
The article describes US Navy sub chasers at Seattle docks using wireless telephony and a phonograph horn for onboard music during the war era. It notes radio watch as a practical five mile range tool and highlights the loud talker system for fleet-wide dances and songs, plus underwater listening devices identifying ships and submarines by sound.
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United States Navy
Seattle
Seattle lagging in Victory Loan drive as updates show shortfall
Seattle remains two days behind its Victory loan quota with only 5,187,300 subscribed of 7,000,000 by Tuesday morning. State and county leaders vow overshoot, citing strong efforts by workers, including speeches by Corp. Leonard Regan and Frank Walker, and campaigns at shipyards and industrial plants led by W. W. Ladd and William Short.
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J. A. Swalwell
K. H. MacMichael
Seattle
Thoroly
North Pacific Shipbuilding Company
Corp
Leonard Regan
Frank Walker
Union
W. W. Ladd
Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
William Short
Washington State Federation of Labor
City council drops probe into vice quarantine system
The council ended the investigation Monday after rejecting Councilman Harry Bolton’s report calling the system unjust and graft prone. A motion to place all related items on General File was approved despite opposition from Bolton and Erickson. Assistant counsel Kennedy and Health Commissioner Read draft an ordinance to regulate quarantine procedures.
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Harry Bolton
Fitegerald
Bolten
Erickson
Altho
Tom Kennedy
Read
Woman to Manage Automobile Plant
Miss P. Michelson a San Francisco attorney was chosen general manager of the Golden Wear Motors plant in Sacramento and will assume active management within a few days. She denies being a swivel chair manager and says she will work in the facility.
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Miss P. Michelson
San Francisco
Golden Wear Motors Company
Senator King Praises League Covenant Draft
United States Senator King of Utah endorses the new draft of the League of Nations covenant calling it satisfactory and believes the Senate will ratify it. He spoke in Salt Lake City and expressed confidence in the provisions amid ongoing criticism exchange.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United Press
United States
King
Senate
Sub Chaser Crewman Recalls World War I Service
H G Baldwin, former First National bank assistant cashier, helped launch sub chaser 293 in Seattle harbor marking the end of his war service. He recalls convoy duty from Bremerton to the Azores, passing Diamond Shoal before torpedoing, and days at sea with hydro planes and dirigibles overhead. He describes escorting transports, rescuing debris and mines, and the lack of guns on his fleet.
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H. G. Baldwin
Seattle Harbor
Seattle
Navy
Baldwin
First National Bank
Windsor Apartments
Bremerton
Azores
New York
Germany
Vacation of Car Taxes Seeks Seattle Traction Lines
Walter F. Meier and Chief Deputy Kennedy appeared before State Tax Commissioner Clark R. Jackson to urge vacation of the Seattle traction lines assessment. James B. Howe and Norwood Brockett argued the assessment was premature as ownership would soon transfer to the city. Jackson valued the lines at 12 million dollars, risking a $200,000 city tax if not withdrawn, and the city contends the action was rushed.
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Seattle
Walter F. Meier
Kennedy
Clark R. Jackson
Olympia
James B. Howe
Norwood Brockett
Traction Company
Jackson
Hun Divers Kept Clear of Chasers
Ensign Robert Capps of Seattle commanded sub chaser 294 the flotilla flagship spoke at Everett dock Monday about convoy duty on the East Coast. He recalled enlistment in 1917, Bremerton assignment, New London fitting of antisubmarine gear, and long patrols with little shore leave. The crew faced towing duties, tests of subs, and constant readiness without firing depth charges.
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Robert Capps
Seattle
New York City
Capps
Fire Island
Cifle
San Diego
S. C. 294
Freighter Sub Chaser Heroic Narrow Escape Off Jersey
William Warnell native of Mississippi, with long service on the flagship, recalls a close brush in fog off the Jersey coast. His ship had listening gear down when an American steamer approached and passed just 12 feet from the bow before engines were cut.
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William Warnell
Mississippi
Jersey
Sub-Chaser 293 Rescued 87 Men From Transport
The Sub-Chaser 293 was first to reach the grounded transport off Fire Island and carried 87 men to safety in New York. N W Butcher of 126 Taylor Ave reported aboard as a crew member and said the rescue involved most of the New York duty fleet. Several ships later served as convoys from Norfolk and Charleston.
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Northern Pacific
Fire Island
N. W. Butcher
Taylor Ave
Atlantic
New York
Norfolk
Charleston
8. C
Pershing Confers on Troop Returns
Paris April 29 Speech focuses on Pershing Kent Wilson talk last night. No official statement issued. believed to concern continued withdrawal of American forces. It is understood Pershing favors bringing troops home as quickly as possible, leaving only a small force in Germany.
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Paris
Speec
Pershing
Kent Wilson
Germany
Road projects awarded by State Highway Commission
Olympia reports contracts totaling 215,144 dollars were let by the State Highway Commission on Monday for road paving and bridge building to begin immediately.
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Olympia
State Highway Commission
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