Empress Eugenie Watches Allied Victory With Hope
Special to The Star reports the aged Empress Eugenie in England observing Allied strides toward Compiegne. The city holds romantic and military significance dating to Napoleon III, who once offered her marriage there. She prays Germans fail to seize it as she tended wounded English soldiers at home.
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London
Eugenie
France
England
French Republic
Complegne
Napoleon III
Paris
Seattle Rent and Transit Hinder Shipbuilding Growth
The housing section of the shipping board warned Seattle’s leaders that shipbuilding will not expand without better housing and fair rents for workers and improved transportation. A wire from Mayor Hanson quoted the board urging cooperation between the traction company and the city, with Stone Webster interests present at the Philadelphia conference.
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Seattle
Hanson
Hugh Caldwell
Fitzgerald
Thomson
Shipping Board
Philadelphia
Stone Webster Traction
Traction Company
Steel pledges to fleet corporation for yearly steel flow
The War Industries Board has promised the Emergency Fleet Corporation 50 000 tons of steel plates and 16 000 tons of steel shapes weekly for the next year, per EFC vice president Charles Pies.
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Whiladelpihia
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charles Pies
Permission Granted to Build 1000-Ton Warships
Everett reports that James M. Rhoades secretary of the Commercial Club has obtained from FE N Hurley shipping board chairman permission to construct 1,000 ton vessels for private interest. It is unclear which shipyard Rhoades represents.
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James M. Rhoades
Commercial Club
FE. N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Rhoades
Steel Yet for F. Duthie Shipyards Faces Delays
Three shipways at the Duthie yards remain unoccupied though steel was promised for quick delivery. A special steel shipment is expected late next week as J. F. Duthie travels East with David Rodgers of Skinner Eddy and George Armes of Moor Shipbuilding to attend the Pacific coast shipyard wage scale conference in Philadelphia on August 5.
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J. F. Duthie
East
Philadelphia
David Rodgers
Skinner & Eddy
George Armes
Moor Shipbuilding Company
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Silk From Canada Maru Reaches Seattle For Unloading
A barge carrying silk from the wrecked Japanese liner Canada Maru arrived in Seattle Friday afternoon towed by the Wanderer of the Skinner and Eddy fleet. Unloading began Saturday morning. The Wanderer, on entering, also pulled the British motorship Mabel Stewart off a grounding after the ship went ashore at Puget Sound point Friday morning.
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the Wanderer
Skinner & Eddy
Wanderer
Mabel Stewart
Weasel
Puget Sound
Met and Pantages and Palace Hip announce next week shows
Alexander the Man Who Knows remains at the Metropolitan theatre for another week starting tomorrow with The Nartel Sisters and Simla Beance. Next week at the Pantages opens Monday with En Route starring Marty Brooks and a cast including Jimmy Gildea and Gladys Davia. Palace Hip features Days of Long Ago headlining with Comedy Flirtalogue and other acts. Oak presents Izzy from Yakima final showings with Monte Carter in Izzy in Mexico and a cast including Blanche Gilmore and Lou Davin.
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Oak
Alexander
Seattle
Metropolitan Theatre
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Jimmy Gildea
Howard Clinton
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Charles Morat
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Lucy Gillette
Izzy
Yakima
Monte Carter
Izy
Mexico
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George White
Blanche Gilmore
Lou Davin
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Oak Trio
Canada Maru Wreck Salvors Fight Rising Seas
Wireless reports from the Canada Maru wreck indicate slim chances of saving the vessel as water floods hold No 1 and 2. Cargo includes silk valued at $4,000,000 being jettisoned. a $15,000 lighter was torn free and shattered on rocks. Salvage efforts continue amid heavy seas and Oriental merchandise strewn ashore.
Visiting Japanese Officers Honored at Hotel Butler Dinner
A dinner at the Hotel Butler honored officers from the Japanese dreadnaught Kirishima. Lieut. F. N. Becker and fellow U S Navy officers hosted the Nipponese guests Friday night.
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Kirishima
F. N. Becker
United States Navy
Invincible Freighter Ready to Launch at Bethlehem Yard
The 12,000 ton steel freighter Invincible, built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, is ready to launch at Alameda California. Officials say the keel was laid on July 4 and the ship will enter the water on Sunday after 32 days since keel laying.
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Alameda
Cal
Invincible
Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Corporation
Three Enter Race to Head Builders
A three cornered contest for the presidency developed at the meeting of the Building Trades Council Friday evening. H. F. Jones C. H. Vick and James Murray were nominated for the office. William Smith C. W. Doyle and Berry Ault are in the running for president as well.
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H. F. Jones
C. H. Vick
James Murray
William Smith
C. W. Doyle
Berry Ault
Hoss Seeks Democratic Nomination in Third District Race
In Olympia on August date unknown congressman Albert Johnson faces Theodore Hoss of Centralia as Hoss files for candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the Third district.
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Aug
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Theodore Hoss
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Hoss
Approve Increase of Bank's Capital in Seattle
Washington August 3 Approved increase of First National Bank of Seattle capital from 400000 to 500000. The action grants higher funds for operations and lending capacity.
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Washington
First National Bank of Seattle
Rawson Seeks Republican Nomination in Washington District
Vi Rawson, former city attorney and Spanish War veteran, files for the Republican nomination for Congress from the First Washington district.
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Rawson
Congress
Washington
Will Recommend Commandeer Rent Hog Realty
Fred Nelson, chairman of the Anti Rent Profiteering league, supplies the shipping board housing section with a list of owners who profiteered in rents. A communication is sent to Washington DC Tuesday requesting commandeering of these properties by the government.
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Anti Rent Profiteering League
The
United States Shipping Board
Washington, D. C
Floods devastate crops in southeast Africa
Heavy floods in southeast Africa have destroyed millions of acres of crops and caused thousands of deaths among locals, prompting aid appeals and emergency relief efforts.
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Southeast Africa
The Man Who Makes $10.00 Per Week
The piece contrasts earning and spending habits and notes The Equitable Bond Company offers a plan for wage earners to save small amounts safely at six percent interest compounded annually, with potential profit sharing.
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Equitable Bond Company
Rainier Valley Activists Push Henderson Street Extension
Community groups in Rainier Valley drive support for extending Henderson Street to link Rainier and Duwamish valleys. Edward P. Weaver, Seattle, recently graduated from the U S government navigation school and is to become a deck officer. Local bankers plan treasury certificate talks in San Francisco. Real estate partners set up at 1016 Third Ave. Pilot Alan Winslow among first Americans to down a German plane in France. Tacoma pioneer Charles Walton Seymour dies in Madison Wisconsin. Court testimony covers a spite fence dispute. Divorce request denied amid child care concerns. Millinery bargains at Red Cross Jumble Shop. Yankee aviator Douglas Campbell recalls near ground dogfight. Rev. Lieut. A. P. Gouthey to speak at First Methodist. Flour hoarder case adjourned. Mount Baker car line observer notes patrols by police.
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L. Grandy
Bualhem
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Alan F. Winslow
France
Winslow
Clay Allen
A. P. Gouthey
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C. D'Amico
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Mount Baker
Noted British Ace Reported Missing
London august 3 Major Edward Mannock, a leading English ace with 58 confirmed victories, was reported missing after last seen flying over German lines. Angeles august 3 Claude Grievank, 13, was accidentally shot by his 9 year old playmate Raymond Cdeddings while playing in an alley near their home.
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Edward Mannock
England
Mannock
108
Angeles
Claude Grievank
Raymond Cgeddings
Little Wanderer Is Missing Again
Lloyd Harrison, 12, is missing from his home at 673 Yesterday since Sunday July 28. Police request help locating him. His name appears on the missing person file at police headquarters at periodic intervals as he has a wandering habit.
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Little Wanderer 'R
Lloyd Harrison
Young Harrison
Lance Dowling Convicted Spy Sentenced in London
London report says Lance Dowling of the Connaught was convicted as a Hun agent and initially sentenced to death, a royal clemency commuted the punishment to life penal servitude.
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Lance Dowling
The
Connaught
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