Veterans Get Charter for Seattle Post No 1 American Legion
The American Veterans of the Great War with about 400 members received their charter in the American Legion and will be known as Seattle Post No 1 American Legion. They fund work through fees and entertainments and offer aid to veterans. A regular meeting on August 6 set the election for August 20 and urged all members to attend.
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American Legion
Seattle Post No
Third Ave
Trench
West Veterans’ Hall
Harry Edison
City to Pick Landing Field for Aerial Mail Service
A committee led by Sidney Peters F W Graham and David Whitcomb will choose a city landing field to foster commercial air travel and a possible Seattle port of call for the federal aerial mail service. They expect city purchase of the field with Mayor Hanson’s support.
Two Seattle Yanks Win War Crosses
Ranald Ferong, son of Mr and Mrs J G Ferong of 4315 12th Avenue, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre with two citations while serving in France with the Second Division field artillery. George E Feich of Colfax received the Italian Croce di Guerra at local recruiting headquarters. he formerly served as a private in the 31st Infantry of the List division.
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Ranald Ferong
J. G. Ferong
Perong
France
George E. Feich
Colfax
Croce di Guerra
Fetch
3É1st
List
Meeting Night Brings Past Colleagues Together
A gathering marks an annual meeting night where familiar faces from former assignments come together to reconnect and share memories. Attendees include former colleagues from varied posts and districts, highlighting ongoing professional ties and shared history.
Japanese Lease Profiteers Face Seattle Real Estate Push
Seattle realty leaders propose taxing leaseholds on hotels and apartments to curb lease speculation by Japanese holders seen driving rent hikes. They argue housing shortages and high costs keep investors from building, urging home ownership and new housing to restore competition and lower rents.
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Francis KR. Singleton
Seattle Real Estate Assn
Beattie Real Matate Association
Seattle
Real Estate Association
Eseagie
City Hears Salary Pleas On City Wages
City employees packed a special session to petition higher pay in the 1920 budget. They urged a 25 per month increase with data on rising costs from hair nets to granulated garlic. Council members debated, with no action taken but pledged consideration when setting future wages.
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William Hickman Moore
John FE. Carroll
Parisian Styles to Go by Air Freight
London buyers plan rapid Paris fashion runs by air once government permission is granted. They will fly in the morning to gather the latest frocks hats hosiery and boots and return the same day with new styles for a London department store.
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London
Matl
de Luxe
Paris
Tacoma Hotel Sold to Alexander Co for 275000
The Alexander Realty company purchased the Tacoma hotel for 275000 and plans a remodel. The sale closes a major local realty deal announced in Tacoma on an unspecified date in August.
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Tacoma
Alexander Co
Aug
Alexander Realty Company
Spokane Discusses Hiring Publicity Expert for Irrigation Plan
Spokane officials and the Chamber of Commerce explored hiring a publicity expert to promote the Columbia river basin irrigation project. BE F. Benson, state agricultural commissioner, attended the session with the survey commission.
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Spokane
Survey Commission
Chamber of Commerce
BE. F. Benson
Reverend Cairns to Preach at Fremont Baptist Church
Rev. George Robert Cairns will deliver sermons at Fremont Baptist Church in both morning and evening services on Sunday, sharing spiritual guidance with congregants.
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George Robert Cairns
Fremont Baptist Church
Timber Workers appeal for aid in Bloedel- Donovan dispute
William Short of the State Federation of Labor urges aid for Timber Workers Union members fired by Bloedel-Donovan Mill Co. of Bellingham. He notes 1,500 to 2,000 workers walked out and says the company blocks the right to organize. He calls for contributions to James K. H. Dyke, secretary of the Timber Workers, to assist the strikers.
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Bloedel- Donovan Mill Co
Bellingham
William Short
State Federation of Labor
Bloedel-Donovan Company
Timber Workers’ Union
Bloedel Donovan Company
Bloedel- Donovan
Bloedel-Donovan ‘Company
Metal Trades Council
The
Building Trades
Central Council
James KH. Dyke
Timber Workers
Seattle Veteran Back From France
First Lieut. Frank I. Marshall, who went overseas as a second lieutenant in the supply company of the 161st Infantry, the old Sec ond Washington, has returned to his Seattle home after twenty months overseas. He served on the Mexican border with the Second Washington Infantry in 1916. He was commissioned second lieutenant in May 1917 and promoted to first lieutenant in April 1919.
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Frank I. Marshall
161St Infantry
Second Washington
Seattle
Second Washington Infantry
Canon City Editor Opposes Government Utility Ownership
Congressman Guy A. Hardy editor of a Canon City Colorado newspaper, visiting Seattle, said the public opposed government ownership of utilities. He arrived from Portland where he attended the National Auditorial association convention, of which he is president.
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Guy A. Hardy
Canon City
Colo
Seattle
Hardy
Portland
National Auditorial Association
Mass Meeting Spawns Union Rally in Bellingham
Short returns from Bellingham after attending a large mass meeting of union workers on Friday with a call for the boys to win.
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Dock St
Bellingham
Short
Alaska Railway Chief Chosen by Wilson Arrives in Seattle
Col Frederick Mears named Friday by President Wilson as chairman of the Alaska engineering commission will reach Seattle with his family and a party of commission officials and Northern Pacific railroad representatives. Mears recently returned from France where he led railway operations for the American army and has prior army service dating back to 1899. He replaces Chairmal Co. Edes as consulting engineer of the commission amid vacancies still unfilled.
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Frederick Mears
Wilson
Alaska Engineering Commission
Seattle
Commission
Northern Pacific Railroad Wednesiny
Col. Mears
France
Chairmal” Co
Pact's Deadly Ocean Pact Involves Helen Steel Case
John Shippie 22 of Oakland told police a pact with Helen Steel 18 daughter of a Los Angeles contractor led to her jumping into the ocean off Lurline pier near San Francisco. Shippie, found poisoned, fled after she cried out, later took a druggist’s poison bottle contents. He is jailed as investigators sort fact from fiction while Los Angeles officials are asked to aid.
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San Francisco
Helen Steel
Los Angeles
John Shippie
Oakland
Shippie
Lurline Pier
Soning
Shipple
Gelee
Yakima Men Push Sunnyside Project Completion
Yakima business leaders urge finishing the Sunnyside-Tieton reclamation project and seek a joint Washington State Chamber of Commerce and Farmers Federation committee to back the Mondell bill. A proposed panel includes Ross Tiffany Orpheus Soots Thomas Hill Gordon Spangler and R Cottrell with two others.
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Yakima
Sunnyside
Tieton
Washington State Chamber of Commerce
Washington Farmers’ Federation
Washington
Ross K. Tiffany
Orpheus C. Soots
Thomas B. Hill
Gordon C. Od
Eight Thousand Painters Strike in New York
Eight thousand painters and decorators threaten a strike in New York today over pay. Union officials report demands of one dollar per hour and a five day workweek as the core terms of the dispute.
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New York
Mira Ors in a Big Turn Amid Local Tirm
A fragmented notice shows Mira Ors involved in a notable local turn at a site named Tirm. Details are sparse but the items point to a civic or social change event with community interest.
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