Wooden ships to be rushed in emergency program
Admiral Capps told shipbuilders urgent action is needed as both wooden and steel ships must be built quickly. He stressed that delays to gain profit cannot be tolerated and that every ounce of strength must go into the ships of the program. He noted the importance of both ship types in the emergency effort.
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United Frees
Washington
Emergency Corporation
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Capps
Speeders Paying Fines Boost City Coffers
The city collected 292 in fines from auto speeders on Tuesday with 22 of 24 appearing before Judge Gordon paying penalties. A separate note states glass was manufactured 3,500 years ago.
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Gordon
Washington boys prepare for state congress at Bainbridge Island
One hundred two Washington towns send 16 to 19 year old youths to a state boys congress training camp on Bainbridge Island. Chosen from nearly four thousand applicants, they will endure a strict routine, start at 6:50 am, and travel by auto for city tours before departing for the island. The event, called by Gov. Lister, includes a second session for younger boys August 9 to 15 at Moran School on Manitou Park.
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Boys’ Congress
Washington
Bainbridge Island
Gov. Lister
Commercial Club
Congress
Moran School For Boys
Manitou Park
Tainbridge Island
Two American Ambulance Workers Die In France
Paris reports two American ambulance workers Perley Raymond Hamilton of Clinton Massachusetts and James Wilson Galley of New Park Pennsylvania were killed by a shell in France. Their funeral honored by the French army with the flag draped coffins and a war cross pinned by a French general. Hamilton drove the ambulance and Galley closed the rear door as the shell struck. Two sitting patients died with them while two lying cases survived.
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United Freee
Paris
France
Perley Raymond Hamilton
Clinton
Mass
James Wilson Galley
New Park
Pollus
Automobile Gift to Col Cavanaugh Stirs Canal News
In a Tuesday meeting the board of county commissioners approved funds to buy Col J B Cavanaugh an automobile after a Washington wire stated the gift would be acceptable. Cavanaugh who supervised the Lake Washington canal construction refused payment for services.
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Washington, D. C
Board of County Commissioners
Col
J. B. Cavanaugh
Lake Washington Canal
Col. Cavanaugh
Russian official speaks at Rotary luncheon in Washington
Dr. Alexander Kohhanovski, secretary to the Imperial Russian consulate in Petrograd, spoke before the Rotary club at the Hotel Washington Annex. The club announced its annual picnic will be held Saturday at Wildwood park.
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Alexander Kohhanovski
Petrograd
Rotary Club
Hotel Washington Annex
Wildwood Park
Bookkeeper Phelan Dies at Pinkham Lumber Co
P. J. Phelan aged 45, a bookkeeper for Pinkham Lumber Co, collapsed and died of heart failure while at work Tuesday afternoon.
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P. J. Phelan
Pinkham Lumber Co
Did Bull Snakes Milk Wilkinson’s Bovine
Regan North Dakota August 1 A mystery troubles locals as Hob Wilkinson finds his cow, pastured near town, dry after ten days of no milk A 48 hour watch yielded no intruders fueling legends of milk fed bull snakes and king snakes in the cow country
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Wilkinson
Regan
N. D
Hob Wilkinson
Florence Ursrams Store Overstocks Suit Coat Dress Hat
A fragmented poem-like notice from a Florence store advertises savings on suits coats dresses and hats at a second street and union location. The spoofed tale mentions a farmer, a tin, and a 44 plant in a playful mock story about fixing things. The ad invites shoppers to save pes com on purchases.
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Florence Ursrams Store
Second and Union
Little Lands at Alderwood Manor Offer Home in a Garden
The piece extols Bolton Hall and his book A Little Land and a Living, highlighting Little Lands at Alderwood Manor as a model for affordable, comfortable homes that provide living spaces for families. It stresses practical, non speculative land use to combat homelessness and hunger in Seattle.
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America
Alderwood Manor
Seattle
Bolton Hall
Mr. Hall
Little lands promise steady living at Alderwood Manor
A Puget Mill Company promotion explains the Alderwood Manor project as a plan for small acreages to provide homes and a living. Filbert orchards offer profits in 6 years, with 1000 to 2000 pounds per acre potential. Quarnberg leads the filbert program. exhibit and book available at the Walker Building Seattle offices. visitation encouraged via Everett Interurban lines and North Trunk Boulevard.
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Filbert and Horticultural Department
A. A. Quarnberg
Quarnberg
Washington
America
Puget Mill Company
Walker
Seattle
Puget Sound
Alderwood Manor
Everett
Fifth
Pine
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Victor Records
Victor
Empress Victrola de Luxe
Standard Furniture CO
SAT
L. Scholnied
Metal Trades Council
Speen and Progreas Wan Report
H.T. Harvey
Michigan State Board
Eitel
N. W. Cor
Second and Pike
Swift's
Elliott
Congressboys
Dean Melville
Norman Lynch
Kennewick
Bookkeeeper
City of the Future
Little Lands
United States
Puget Mill Coo
Walker Building
Second and University
Land Department
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