Economic Optimism Cited by Chicago and Northwest Leaders
W L Ware of the Chicago Association of Commerce says fundamental business changes point to improvement across many sectors and recovery is visible in dry goods millinery clothing shoes and building materials. KG Quamm of the St Paul Federal Reserve notes bottoming mood with expectations for better fall business. Portland Chamber of Commerce reports a fair Northwest crop and merchants stocking for a strong winter outlook with bright prospects ahead.
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W. L. Ware
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
Bualneas
K G. Quamm
St. Paul Federal Reserve Bank
Northwest
Portland
Ore
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle and State Climb in 3 Months
Government reports and local leaders report improving business in Seattle and Washington. Retail sales rose 6 percent in June from May, unemployment declined in Puget Sound, and farmers crops boost optimism as public morale grows about the near future.
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Seattle
Washington
Robert &. Boyna
Puget Sound
Senate bill seeks five million to aid famine Russians
Washington August 11. Senator King Utah introduced a bill appropriating 5 million dollars for the president to extend relief to famine stricken Russians. The measure aims to provide substantial aid through the executive branch.
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Washington
Senate
King
Utah
Theyll Fight It Out With Oratory
Nathan Eckstein and Worrall Wilson will debate Friday noon as the central feature of the Chamber of Commerce program at the Masonic club Arcade building. Eckstein portrays Optimium and aims to overwhelm with prosperity proofs while Wilson as Pessimium delivers a lively burlesque. Musical numbers complement the event.
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Nathan Eckstein
Worrall Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Club
Eckstein
Four claimants seek $2,000 trunk reward in Lake Union case
Reported sightings of a $2,000 trunk in Lake Union spurred four claimants to seek the reward. Willard Sperry and Rex Gardner recount their raft mishap and tug Audrey’s seizure of the trunk, while George Richards and Dave Rhind recall racing for the prize. Additional claims are listed for J. E. Barnett and Martin Cammon, with police diver J. Bell noted.
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Mahoney Trunk
Lake Union
Willard Sperry
Footatool
Rex Gardner
Audrey
Willard
Rex
Alrcasties
George Richards
Dave Rhind
Dave
Fuhrman Ave
Fairview Ave
J. EB. Barnett
Martin Cammon
Audrey H. J. Bell
Bank employees tied to Seattle messenger holdup task force
Seattle police report that two Kansas City suspects Edward Patton and Louis Gordon confess involvement in a $25,000 Seattle bank messenger holdup. Five suspects including three women are held in KC. Seattle police seek to extradite others and release decisions hinge on habeas corpus actions.
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Seattle
Kansas City
Edward Patton
Louis Gordin
Gordon
Patton
Charles Edwards
Myrtle Moore
Louis Gordon
John J. Murphy
San Francisco
John J. Fox
San Diego
Eva Ducker
Edwards
Man slain by a long knife over a woman on city street
A confrontation over a woman led to Steve slashing Temple Robinson with a long knife at Sixth Ave and King St. Robinson, badly gashed, was taken to city hospital. Steve, a Black man known as Steve, fled before police arrived after an argument in which he allegedly acted when too friendly with Robinson’s wife.
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Steve
Temple Robinson
23Rd Ave
S&s
Sixth Ave
King St
Robinson
Hedges
Theatre Prices to Be Cut in Gotham
New York managers plan a 20 percent cut in regular admission with many expected to match the move by Christmas.
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Gotham
New York
Bank messengers held up claim framed theft in duo
The suspects said they aimed to hold up two bank messengers for 75000 but were thwarted as the pair left. They claimed misfortune while attempting to steal a car and noted a wife in custody. Patton admitted past time for a Minneapolis holdup and is sought in San Francisco for highway robbery.
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Patton
Minneapolis
San Francisco
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