French Airman Heads for Dakar in Goliath Flight
Paris dispatch reports Lieut Boasoutrot piloting the giant Goliath from Villa Coublay near Paris to Dakar Senegal. The flight began at 1 20 yesterday morning and reached Casa Blanca at 4 40 pm. The crew of ten plans to complete the 4000 kilometer trek in about three days at an average of 130 km h. Guns and rifles to be loaded in Casa Blanca for potential tribal encounter en route.
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Paris
United Preas
Goliath
Lieut
Boasoutrot
Casa Blanca
Morocco
Dakar
Senegal
Villa Coublay
Paria
Domsoutret
Pacific Fleet to Get Destroyers
Three new destroyers will be added to the Pacific fleet shortly. They include the destroyers Zane and Litchfield, launched Tuesday at Mare Island navy yard, and the destroyer Marvine, launched Monday at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's yard.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Zane
Litchfield
Mare Island Navy Yard
Marvine
Bethlshem Shipbuilding Corporation
Plans Set for Editors Welcome in City Final Sessions
The National Miditorial association schedules final sessions in the city Friday and Saturday. A luncheon meeting of the advertising bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club was planned for Tuesday at noon in the Bon Marche dining room.
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National Miditorial Association
Advertising Bureau
Chamber of Commerce and Commerceial Club
Bon Marche
Lift off Corns With Your Fingers
A tiny bottle of Freezone at any drug store promises instant relief. Apply a few drops to the corn or callus and it stops hurting, allowing the corn or callus to lift out, root and all, without pain.
Officer Hill Tales a Deaf Mute Motorcycle Chase
Motorcycle Patrolman A J Mill chases two motorcycles on Madison Ave at 23 mph over the limit. One rider escapes to Madison Park while Hill detains the other, finding the drivers are deaf mutes who cannot communicate. The rider is identified as Walter Lichtenberg of Tacoma. bail fails and the machine is held.
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A. J. Mill
Hill
Madison
Lincoln Boulevard
Madison Park
Fill
Signe
PMN
Til
Walter Lichtenberg
1548
BK. St
Tacoma
Theatrical Managers Fight Actors in Major Suits
The Producing Managers association plans court action against the Actors Equity in a $600,000 suit in U S district court. Prominent actors named include Santley Bernard Truex Foy Nash Nazimova Fairbanks Hart Taylor Robertson and many others as managers predict additional filings. The Lyric shifts to film and Sothern forms a group to oppose Equity with Warfield Finke Miller and Kyle named as recruits.
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New York
Producing Managers’ Association
Shuberts
United States District Court
Actors’ Equity Association
Florens Ziegfeld, Jr
The
Equity Association
Ziegfeld
Joseph Santley
Sam Bernard
Ernest Truex
Fadie Foy
Mary
Florence Nash
Alla Nazimova
Fred Stone
Otis Skinner
Julia Sanderson
Francis XX. Pushman
Richard
Lester
George BE. Stoddard
Harry L. Cort
Lyric Theatre
Legit
B. H. Sothern
Equity
McMahon's Goat Escapes After Rope Chewing in Seattle
Attorney Thomas B. McMahon received a goat from David Whitcomb and kept it at his Seattle home. The goat wandered, was tethered, then gnawed through Manila rope and escaped again, prompting a citywide search as McMahon seeks the animal.
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Habitat
Switzerland
Thomas B. McMahon
David Whitcomb
Richmond Beach
Seattle
Fred C. Brown
McMahon
Tom McMahon
Tom
Manila
Man Seeks $1 From City Clerk Over Bacon Purchase
Frank Lappin asks the city council to reimburse him one dollar after claiming he was shorted by a clerk at the bacon market. He said he bought a 165 pound slab of bacon and three cans of tomatoes for $19, receiving $2.45 in change. The council reviewed prices and sent the claim to the finance committee.
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Frank Lappin
Lth
Sindawe
N. W
Finance Committee
Nestlé
United States
Nestle
University of Washington Adds 33 To Teaching Force
The University of Washington expands its winter term faculty by 33 new members to replace those who left for other institutions or wartime duties. Names include Howard Woolston, Matthew Lyle Spencer, George McPhail Smith, W D Mortarity, W R Camp, Paul Howard Douglas, and many others across sociology journalism chemistry education and military science roles.
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University of Washington
Howard Woolston
Matthew Lyle Spencer
Journalism
George McPhail Smith
W. D. Mortarity
W. R. Camp
Paul Howard Douglas
Harry E. Smith
Clarence L. Anderson
Ralph Mason Blake
Mildred Lemon
Mary Dever
Elsie Ziewe
Sergi Powell
George F. Whitwell
Frances Skinner
Eugenia Worman
Paul Gustin
Hermance Mullemeliater
Waldo Semon
Helen MacKinnon
Clarence Edmundson
Paul M. Higgs
Lillian Wood
Charlies Johnson
Riot Alarm Sparks Tense Moment in Chicago Black Belt
Police respond to a riot alarm in the black belt as a portly woman warns it may erupt if her husband does not give her money. She quips that it has not started yet but will soon.
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Chicago
Brandenburg Held on Staten Island Scheme Inquiry
Chicago August 12 KF B Brandenburg is jailed awaiting to tell the district attorney more about an alleged plan to mine asbestos rubles amethysts and other items on Staten Island as part of a larger scheme.
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Chicago
KF. B. Brandenburg
Staten Island
Portland Dance Scandal Prompts Mayor to Target Shimmie
Aug 12 Portland reports Acting Mayor Bigelow orders police to remove the vulgar shimmy from public halls. The city official cites decency standards and directs enforcement to curb dancing varieties deemed inappropriate.
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Portland
Bigelow
Invitation to Finn Minister for Seattle Visit
A proposed Pacific coast trip to Seattle has been extended to A. H. Saasto moinen the Finnish minister to the United States by the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club inviting his visit and engagement with local business leaders.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
A. H. Saastomoinen
United States
Finland
The
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Scout Leader Jailed For Killing Bear Out Of Season
C R Carson a Boy Scout leader from Tacoma was arrested after shooting a bear near Lester during a hike with scouts. He claimed hunting to aid pest control but admitted seeking a loan for bait. Deputy game warden Shoemager witnessed events and Carson was released on bond pending trial.
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G&o
C. R Carson
Tacoma
Carson
Lester
Eph
Brain
Co. F. Shoemager
Seattle
Hunt for Seattle airfield picks 100 acres flat land
A special Chamber of Commerce committee led by A. J. Rhodes decided the Seattle landing field must span at least 100 acres and be flat with a water approach for hydroplanes if possible. Chairman David Whitcomb and members F. W. Graham S. W. W. Peters led the panel alongside an advisory group of city officials and state lawmakers.
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Seattle
A. J. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
David Whitcomb
F. W. Graham
The
Transportation Club
S. W. W. Peters
Air Service
Woman sits with husband. court suspends fire violation sentence
In New York on August 12 Mrs. Samuel Perlmutter sat on her husband’s lap in a crowded movie theater. The court ruled this violated fire laws but suspended the sentence.
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New York
Samuel Perlmutter
Farmer seeks wheat guarantee to cover six bushels
Samuel Harvey of Cleveland requests the $2.26 wheat guarantee stay in force until he raises six additional bushels. He bought a $12 watch at auction and found it missing its works.
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Cleveland
Samuel Harvey
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