Shipping board tangled in dark diplomacy probes
Washington December 3 A shadowy diplomacy crisis hits the Shipping Board after secret joint conferences with Senate and House committees. The issue echoes probes by Senator La Follette and Poindexter as calls for accountability linger while officials deny policy details.
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J. F. Richardson
Congressional Select Committee On Shipping Board
Washington
Dec
Shipping Board
A. D. Parker
Commerce Committee
Senate
Marine Committee of
House
LaFollette
W. L. Jones
Poindexter
Jones
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Marine Committee
Rampeyer
Iowa
Lasker
Blame Dead Driver for Killing of 13
A Special board of inquiry in San Francisco held the M1-year-old Red Bluff high school bus driver responsible for the deaths of 13 students after a fast train struck the bus near Gerber last Wednesday. The driver was killed in the crash.
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San Francisco
Red Bluff
Gerber
Return of Married Stars to Broadway Lures Audiences
New York reports a wave of famed actresses returning from retirement to stage life. Bessie Barriscale joins The Skirt for her husband Howard Hickman, while Lillian Albertson resumes theatre after motherhood. Mrs. Leslie Carter, Julia Arthur, and Virginia Harned also return, proving the stage’s enduring pull.
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New York
Bessie Barriscale
Howard Hickman
Miss Barriscale
Lillian Albertson
Ap x
Leslie Carter
Nessy Varriscale
Julia Arthur
Nash resigns as head of state normal school
Dr. G. W. Nash resigns as president of the state normal school in Bellingham to lead the educational foundation established by Congregational groups.
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Bellingham
G. W. Nash
State Normal School
Educational Foundation
Congregational
Husband Confined In Infermary, Wife Seeks Divorce
Mrs Edith Macdonald sues in superior court of Kalispell Montana alleging her husband D R Peeler Bank of Commerce president, found shot dead in his office, believed suicide. Peeler once Kalispell mayor. He has been confined in an insane asylum for 11 years and is deemed incurable.
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Edith Macdonald
Kalispell
Mont
D. R. Peeler
Bank of Commerce
Kalixpel
Caldwell Responds to Security League Data
J. L. Marvey, executive secretary of the National Security League, counters Mayor Caldwell’s repudiation of league figures showing Seattle as having the highest per capita city expenditures among comparable cities. He cites the Census Bureau’s Financial Statistics of Cities as the source, urging critics to challenge the department of commerce figures, not the league.
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J. L. Marvey
National Security League
Caldwell
League
Seatle
Harvey
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Statieticolans
Clites
Engineers Endorse Mercer Island Span Feasible Cost 510000
Seattle engineers say a 3000 foot panteon bridge to link Mercer Island with the mainland is feasible with an estimated cost of 510000. Plans call for 25 year life of sunken ships repurposed as bulwarks for a 20 foot wide floating bridge to shorten travel by about 3 1/2 miles.
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Mercer Island
Seattle
American Association of Engineers
Lake Union
Sidney Strong to Speak on Australia and New Zealand Visit
Dek Sidney Strong will present a stereopticon lecture on his recent trip to Australia and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Club meeting. The event takes place in the S. C. Mith building restaurant at 630 p.m. Monday.
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Dek
Sidney Strong
Australia
New Zealand
Commonwealth Club
S. C. Mith Building
Benefit Concert Aids Woodyard Purchase in Seattle
A benefit concert to raise funds for purchasing a woodyard for Seattle's unemployed will be held Wednesday evening under the Millionair club at the M M A auditorium. Performers include Shirl H. Blelock soprano Frances Drager violin Corinne Wilson harpist Thirman Dawney soprano Minnie McDowell Klingberg dramatic reader and the American Hawaiian quartet.
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Seattle
Millionair Club
Shirl H. Blelock
Frances Drager
Corinne Wilson
Thirman Dawney
Minnie McDowell Klingberg
Beattie Residents Donate for Bailey Gatzert School Purchase
Japanese residents of Beattie Friday gave Seattle school board a check for 1078.70 to buy a motion picture machine and educational films for the new Bailey Gatzert school. A concert by the university chorus will be held December 7 under Dean Glen.
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Seattle School Board
Bailey Gatzert School
Theatra
University
Haydn
Dean Glen
Col of Fine Arta
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