State tax commission to meet in Tacoma on Sept 12
The state tax investigation commission will hold its next meeting in Tacoma on September 12 at the Hinckley building headquarters. About 35 members attended yesterday's session to hear business and taxpayer views as the panel weighs changes to Washington tax systems. Upcoming hearings are set for Yakima October 10, Spokane October 12, Walla Walla October 12, with November meetings planned in Bellingham or Everett. Funeral services for William M. Simons were set for 6:30 p m Wednesday at Bleitz parlors.
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State Tax Investigation Commission
Tacoma
Hinckley
Washington
Yakima
Spokane
Walla Wreilla
Bellingham
Talented Children Act in William Fox Classic Over the Hill
Mary Carr and two clever child actors headline the William Fox screen classic Over the Hill at the Metropolitan. The prologue reveals a group of youngsters whose antics spark hearty laughs for the capacity audience.
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Mary Carr
Forest fires set, charge Spokane
Forest fires across Idaho and Montana burn over thousands of acres. RE F White, government forest supervisor, says incendiaries started most blazes while seeking grazing ground. Six settlers have been convicted on incendiary charges. In Washington the fires are burning.
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Spokane
Idaho
Montana
RE. F. White
Government Forest
Washington
Washington coal mines to reopen with non union crews
After nearly five months closed, Washington state coal mines will reopen as soon as non union crews can be obtained. The Washington Coal Operators association provides wage scales for an eight hour day: contract miners at seven to fourteen dollars, underground day shift six dollars, underground common labor five dollars and twenty five cents, above ground day shift six dollars, and above ground common labor four dollars and fifty cents.
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Washington
Timber Losses Rise in Cowlitz County Areas
In Cowlitz county timberlands suffered extensive destruction and cattle were killed, signaling severe damage to both forest resources and livestock in the region.
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Cowlitz County
Adopt U S War Attitude By Webb Miller
United Press reports that the allied supreme council chose to preserve strict neutrality in the Graeco Turkish war no military or credit aid no interference with private commerce. Lloyd George urged the parallel to America's 1914 stance while Col George Harvey noted the legality of such a course.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Patus
America
Allied Supreme Council
Lloyd George
Col
George Harvey
Sny
Clues to Lost Priest Drive Mount Sierras Search
Police squads scoured the high Sierra trails chasing rumors about Father Patrick Heslin missing priest from Colma. From Truckee and Reno parties found camps but no proof of Italian captors or a prisoner, amid persistent but unverified reports since he vanished from the Church of the Holy Angels over a week ago.
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San Francisco
High Sierras
Patrick Heslin
Colma
Truckee
Cal
Reno
Nev
Big Basin Forest
Portola
Pacific
Church of the Holy Angels
Trapper and deckhand drown in steamer Carca incident
Y T Dawson and Frank Dickenson on the steamer Carca are reported drowned. A second trapper’s name is not known. Pioneer prospector John Meloc has been missing for one month.
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Dawson
Y. T
Smith
Frank Dickenson
Carca
John Meloc
P Prospector
City Teacher Held by Russ
Miss Adelia M. Parker Broadway high school teacher left Seattle on April 18 for a Far East tour and is believed jailed by Bolshevik officials in Soviet Russia, according to Christian Paschke of Seattle who recently arrived from Siberia. Parker is sister to Dr. Maud Parker and Charles E. Parker.
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Adelia M. Parker
Broadway
Seatte
Far East
Soviet Russia
Christian Paschke
40Th Ave
Seattle
Siberia
Paschke
Americans Reach Narva on Way Home from Russia
Six American prisoners in Russia reached Narva and crossed into Estonia heading for Reval. Walter Lyman Brown met Soviet representatives at Reval seeking guarantees for prisoner safety and continued relief work. Boris Litvinoff and M. Shapalin accompanied the delegation.
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Riga
Russia
Narva
Reval
Walter Lyman Brown
Boris Litvinoff
M. Shapalin
Brown
Iern
Paris
Red Crogs
Raps Dropping Cronkhite Case
Maj. Gen. Albert Cronkhite protests the Justice Department decision to drop the inquiry into Maj. Alexander P. Cronkhite's 1918 Camp Lewis death. He plans a private probe after forwarding the protest to Secretary Weeks. Two ex servicemen, Sergt. Roland Pothier and Capt. Robert Rosenbluth, faced arrest. charges not pressed.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Ths
Alexander P. Cronkhite
Albert Cronkhite
Maj
Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Wash
Sergt
Roland Pothier
Robert Rosenbluth
Panama Canal Zone
Births Report From Area Listings
A long list of birth notices appears with names and partial addresses. Entries include Victor H. Barry boy at 1607 14th Ave and several girls and boys born to families at addresses across Seattle and nearby locales. Names include Geor WwW Bradley Anne Suess and many others with varying street numbers and cities.
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Barry
Victor H
14Th Ave
Bradley
Geor
Anne
Locan
John
Girt
Constanting
Terrace Natley
Tobert M
W. 57Th
Martin J
Cherry St
Gale
Paul B
Fremont Ave
Piaice
George A
Shelby Ave
Robiniaon
Albert I
Arnold
Herbert J
Gunderson
George G. Bellingham
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M. Simons
N. 42Nd St
Bleitz
Vancouver
Pioneer
la Center
Pacific Highway
the Star
Star
The
Seattle Star
RUSS
Esthenia
Narva Bay
Hgll
Cland
Leary Ave
Boy
Vilas
Frederiksen
Estella
Carlson
Edwin J
Seattle Olson
Eather
Cripe
Alice Viola
Portland
Boyle
James E
Cruikshank
Beulah
Berg
George
Jones
Anna
Hartman
Richardson
William
Hunter
Edith
New York
Killman
Ira
Laskey
Nora
Walls
Roy L
Bremerton
Sutherland
J. G
Bremerton Erickson
John Edwin
Betsy
Myers
Myrtle
Walter F. Neeby
Orette
Thomas. Bounds
Bertha A
William Marg Pardson
Eisie Dell
Kimer Uy. Hansen
Florence
Albert BE
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Legal Legal
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Elore
Duvelyn
Velvet
Georgette Crepe
Fiue Pownstairs
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