Channel Tunnel Plan to Connect France and England
British French plan a 32 mile tunnel under the Channel costing about a billion dollars, to take five years. Two 18 foot diameter tubes would lie mostly under sea, with a water lock for emergency flooding and Dover control. Trains run on electricity, with telegraph and pneumatic lines, cutting London Paris to six hours and enabling cross continental routes.
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English Channel
The
London
England
France
Dover
Folkstone
Channel
Paris
Constantinople
Rome
Brindisi
Bagdad
End of the World Rumors Stir Seattle Women
Seattle women fear a December 17 apocalypse after rumors link planetary conjunctions to doomsday. University of Washington astronomer Prof. Samuel F. Boothroyd refutes the claim, noting planetary alignments occur every 320 years and have no effect on sunspots or world events. He warns there is no danger now or in the near future.
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Seattle
Samuel F. Boothroyd
University of Washington
Porta
Boothroyd
Prof. Boothroyd
Warrant Issued for Mounted Policeman over Assault Claim
Deputy sheriffs served a noon warrant at 7500 45th Ave SW Gatewood for Mounted Policeman Urich M Carson on charges of second degree assault. Carson allegedly struck his 10 year old son Phillip with an iron rod and kicked him over slow multiplication. Bail set at 1600 after information filed in superior court. Phillip and his sisters Hazel and Suale remain in juvenile home custody.
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Urich M. Carson
45Th Ave. S. W
Gatewood
Phillip
C. H. Beebe
C. H. Jarrett
Ball
Anti Bolshevik Revolt On Foot In Soviet Russia
Washington December reports an anti Bolshevik group preparing action in Soviet Russia and influential members named by advices. Peasant revolts were described with insurgents marching south to join a volunteer army and urging the Bolsheviks to dispatch a regiment from the front to confront the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Soviet Russa Ia
State Department
Soviet Russia
Camels Return To St Louis In Prohibition Flurry
In St Louis on December 6, 1981, a festive scene emerged as federal judge Farin issued a temporary injunction easing wartime prohibition. Liquor sales resumed, barkeepers reopened, and thirsty caravans gathered as whiskey moved freely from bond amid fuel conservation era lamps and revived tavern life.
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ST. Louis
Louis
Mecca
Farin
United States
Faris
John Barleycorn
Youths Plead Not Guilty of Murder in Everett Case
Isom White and Darwin Morton, youths charged with the murder of Everett chauffeur Lee Linton, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and returned to their cells as they await trial. Linton's body was found on Home Acres road about two weeks ago.
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Everett
Isom White
Darwin Morton
Lee Linton
Linton
Home Acres
Here
Oregon Overrun by Caterpillars in Tillamook County
In Tillamook County Oregon millions of caterpillars cluster along creeks and banks with windrows and stream bottoms buried inches deep. As they mature into moths the air will be black with them and they have killed several million feet of Douglas fir and hemlock timber. Logging and natural causes may curb future breeding.
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Portland
Ore
A. J. Jaenicke
Forest Service
Illamook County
Oregon
Jaenicke
Actors Benefit Show Nets $1818 for Memorial Fund
Sir Harry Lauder and other theatrical folk performed a benefit vaudeville show at the Metropolitan Theatre Friday morning. Receipts totaled $1,818 for the actors' memorial fund, announced Saturday.
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Harry Lauder
Metropolitan Theatre
Actors’ Memorial Fund
Pulslet Sales Rise Boosting Grade Emphasis in Market
Local pullet receipts increase on the wholesale market shift dealers toward the cheaper grade. Pullets sell to retailers at 65 to 66 cents per dozen as jobbers say the lower grade eggs satisfy consumers and rival first grades in quality. Produce market quiet with no new California arrivals. Friday arrivals include 151 hogs and 164 cattle with hogs steady and cattle firmer.
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California
China sees chance to boost trade as Jap boycott grows
J J Ting special trade representative of China urged Seattle businessmen to expand direct trade with China amid a harsh anti Japanese boycott. He noted China’s hunger for manufactured goods and hoped American and Chinese capital would finance a large cotton mill as China expands its markets with the United States as a key supplier.
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China
J. J. Ting
Ministry of Agriculture and
Foreign Trade Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Japan
Ting
America
Barkentine Thrasher Missing Off Coast After 18 Days Overdue
The barkentine Thrasher bound from San Francisco to Seattle is 18 days overdue after a recent coastal storm. No reports have been received, and it is believed she foundered. she left San Francisco October 26 and normally completes the voyage in 23 days. The power schooner Ruby from Bethel to Seattle is also overdue by over a week but considered less alarming due to frequent delays from heavy stores.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Ruby
Bethel
Kuskokwim
Beattle
Status of New York Stock Exchange opens with mixed moves
New York stocks opened irregularly with United States Steel at 164% and Republic Steel at 108% dropping to 106% after a financing announcement. Marine and Pan American shares fluctuated while sugar stocks rose on optimism about government restrictions removal. The market closed firm with several gains.
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New York
Dec
United States Steel
Southern Pacific
Texas Company
American Woolen
Sinclair
Republic
I Marine
United Sates Rubber
Crucible
Pan-American Petroleum
Republic Steel
International Mercantile Marine
Cuba
Punta Huger
Local Markets Chart with Multiple Produce Prices
A detailed list of wholesale prices for vegetables fruits and dairy items across various local markets. Entries include prices for cabbage carrots celery cucumbers onions radishes potatoes tomatoes and apples among others with regional entries such as Yakima Angeles and Washington stock notations. The column shows units and per unit or per bag prices with several misspellings in the OCR text.
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Sweet Petatore
Tomateeeioe
Angeles
Angeles, Tug
Tarwipe
Mek
Todd Yard to Reopen Tacoma Shipyard Monday
Todd Dry Dock and Construction corp shipyard in Tacoma will reopen Monday after a shutdown since October 1. Labor Commissioner RE P. Marsh announced the decision. The yard employs 5,600 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corporation
RE. P. Marsh
New York Coffee and Sugar Quotations
New York markets show coffee and sugar price quotes with mixed figures. Coffee and sugar quotations appear as 16 percent and 14 ½ cents per ton or related units, with reference to various grades and terms.
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New York
Rio
Foreign Exchange Rates and Commodity Prices Reported
New York many exchange figures show sterling at 2.65 dollars with slight gains from the opening. France checks hover near parity with minor fluctuations. Market listings include cattle veal and other goods with a range of prices noted, though many entries are garbled.
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New York
France
Sugar Shipments From California Reach Seattle Ports
Fifty thousand sacks of sugar were shipped into Seattle via Port McCormack One in November, with sixty thousand sacks sent through the same route in October, according to an company announcement Friday.
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Seattle
California
Lovejoy Takes Lumber From Stim Son Mill to San Pedro
One million feet of lumber will be loaded at Stim son mill in Ballard and shipped to San Pedro aboard the steamship H. B. Lovejoy. Thorndyke Trenholme announced the plan on Friday.
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San Pedro
Stimson
Ballard
H. B. Lovejoy
Thorndyke Trenholme
Steamers Manham and Jadden accepted after trials
The steamships Manham and Jadden, built by Seattle North Pacific and Skinner & Eddy, were accepted by the Shipping Board after successful trial trips on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manham and Jadden
Seattle North Pacific
Skinner & Eddy Products
Shipping Board
Iconium Makes Maiden Voyage To Orient From Smith Cove
The steamship Iconium Pacific 8S. 8 Co. completed her maiden voyage to the Orient Friday noon and berthed at Smith Cove port commission terminal. After discharging her Oriental cargo she will be reloaded for another trip to the Orient.
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Iconium
Pacific 8S. 8 Co
Orient
Smith Cove Port Commission
VESSEL MOVEMENTS AT CAPE AND SEATTLE PORTS
Sightings and movements of ships near TATOOSH ISLAND and SEATTLE include arrivals from SAN PEDRO, HONG KONG, YOKOHAMA, and Vancouver. Vessels listed with times December 5 6 in Noon to evening passages. several ships underway to San Francisco, San Pedro, Seattle, Yokohama and Hong Kong. Multiple ports of call and in port vessels at Seattle with tankers, tenders, and cargo ships.
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Argyll
San Pedro
Tacoma
Stanley
Heongkong
Motor Ecir Wakena
Vancouver
Eter Jadden
Manhan
Seattle
Alaska
Arayll
Admiral Nicholson
Wallingford
Kahell
Milo
Kainter
San Francisco
Str
San Diego
Etr
J. A. Moffett
Philadelphia
Gray Cloud
Balboa
Hong Kong
Tyndareus
Manila
Yokohama
Btar Midridge
KORE
Weet
Islip
Beattle
Ison
Yorkohama
Weat Segovia
BAN Francisco
Atias
Point Wells
Leman Stewart
Admiral Farargut
Bee
B. C
Victoiia
BR. C
Htr
Manila Maru
Htr Manila
Porta
Mukistero
Sehr Melrose
Mahukona
Richard Yotroke
Port Townsbend
Sir Fred Baxter
Beattie
Hongkong
Norwood
Lost Harbor
Northwestern
Seatte
Honolulu
Mush Point
P. m
Rainier
Fred Baxter
Richmond
Weat Ison
Kobe
Cape Wiattery
Admiral Redman
Ketchikan
Rmith Cove
Korgum
Great Northern Pier
Rush
Great Northern Elevator
Wastern
Bell St
Achilla
Adria
Capraria
Elestra
Delwin
Abydos
Arcademia
Academia
Peruta
Black Wolf
Birkland
Bastine
Blanford
Agron
Anthon
Fort Harrison
Port Stanwix
Imufku
Kiten
Scott
Dione
Cagacan
Cosian
Cineyras
Cardia
Eliasa
Sehre Azalea
Henry Wilson
Salvator
Alice
Wawona
Bee Corus
Bk Oriental
Fan Wan
Tanginak
Kodiak
U. S
Surveyor
Patterson
Sehr
Maid of Orleans
Bee Freano
Charles R. Wilson
John A
Elihu Thomson
Washington
Bolcom Canal
Mder Company
Sehr Kirketind
Atimson Mill
Clodia
Chicago Market Report shows grain futures rally after export buys
Prices fluctuated as exporters bought large amounts of oats and rye, with December corn slipping at open and finishing higher, January and May corn moving to mixed closes, oats advancing after initial drops, and soybeans and related futures showing varied actions.
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Cthiicago
Chicago
Aeese Eweeee
Lara
Jon
Neceee U
Portland Market Report Cattle and Hogs Weakened Despite Steady Cattle Prices
Portland market reports on December 6 show cattle receipts at 23 head with steady prices for good to choice steerage and varied values for others. Hog market weaker with mixed prices for prime and rough weights, while sheep hold steady with lambs topping around $11.50 to $12.60. Butter, cheese, and various poultry prices are listed with minor fluctuations.
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Portland
Denver Market Status and Livestock Prices Report
Denver market news dated December 6 shows cattle receipts around 2,000 head with steady activity. Steers bring 10 to 12.50, cows and heifers 7 to 9.60, stock and feeders 7 to 11.50, calves 7 to 12.60. hogs reported at 0 head, top 13.80 with bulk around 15.40. Sheep receipts reach 26,000 with market steady to lower. lambs 13.50, ewes 7 to 5, feeder lambs about 13 to 34.36.
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Denver
Selower
Frisco Market Status Report At Week's End
Frisco market news shows varied pricing with banana and fruit items, poultry by the dozen, and cheese quotes. Notable rates include 670 per pound for Butver Katras and 30 cents per pound for California flats cheese, with other figures listed for eggs and undersized poultry per dozen.
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Ban Francisco
Butver
Egan
California
Public Markets Westlake Meats and Groceries Listing
Mtalle 12-13 home made comp pickled pork 26c and 20c th. steak stall 166 6 bare Monday soap 26c 3 pkgs corn the 36c can maple syrup 246 17 3 canes corn or peas Loc 3 bare Olive soap Sle Albers Peacock wheat phe Stall 19% 2 piches ded Hijecuist 17c 2 cans Sunrise Zhe nice prunes the Stall pkgs Post Toasties the 26c cam Camp's pork and beana 18e
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Westlake Mtalle
Corner Corner Corner Market Ad Listing
Bulk coffee special 36a 2 for 1.00. Eggs 2 dozen tall cane milk 22c. Peanut butter ground 20c. 2% milk 47c. Full cheese 3fc. Cream brick. Finke White 86c. Cod red snapper crab 200 each.
Market stalls list with assorted produce and prices
A syndicated shopper note lists items at stalls including potatoes 2.25 per 100, cranberries 10c, almonds 40c, coffee 1.45, 1.09 to 2.10, citrus powder, navy beans 26c, and milk 226 at stalls 11 and 102 with various quantities and prices.
Grocery Prices and Stall Listings Noted
The listing notes prices and items from stalls including Pike Place Stall 79 with milk at 12e quart and Carnation milk at 12 percent, 60 cents for lard, bacon and soup, sardines, flour at 2.96, tomatoes, macaroni, pork and beans in tomato sauce, with stall numbers 1503 and references to multiple canned goods.
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Pike Place
Burbank ledger notes varied item prices and stalls
A clipped listing shows prices for items such as a fancy Burbank sack at 2.20 and a Jonathan box at 1.90, with stall numbers 27 through 38 and mill or shop marks. Additional entries include coffee at 2.36, White bars at 0.26, and canned goods like Van Camp's pumpkin at 0.16.
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Bpoconomt
Burbank
Jonathan
Roman
van Camp
Barkentine Wins Struggle at Sea
A threemaster barkentine believed to be the Thrasher, overdue from San Francisco, arrived near the straits after a storm last week. The vessel was spotted by a party at Tatoosh Island and reported to Merchants’ from the coast, weathering the danger and reaching safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Straits
Tatoosh Island
French Award Medal Granted to University President
Henry Suzzallo, president of the university, received a copy of the French school medal from the University of Friday. The medal honored the school’s students and their role in the wartime effort.
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Henry Suzzallo
University of Friday
If Ignorance Were Bliss Would Be More Happiness
The line ponders whether bliss from ignorance could yield greater happiness than knowledge. It suggests a contrast between contentment and awareness and questions how knowing more might affect joy.
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Long Island
Channel Tunnel
Iver
Calais
New York Stock Exchange
Delictome
Jonathane
Fancy Mtayman
Famey Romes
Ceeces
Beoanes
Ieatemaia, M
Almerta
Hemey—Comb
Orate Ec
Creese Socl TS
Wisconsin
Limburger
Todd Yard
Dacks
Turkere— Ory
Cssceseescee Boq
Timothy Hay
Perth
Run
Irving M. D. Glen
Meany Hall
Peoples Savings Bank
Second Ave
Pike St
National Bank OF Commerce Secondary
Med
Title Trust Co
Gp Et Cie
Lovejoy
U. & Weather Bureau
Mt. Klamath
Cleer
SITRA
Ste Admiral Vane
U. 8
Naval
Chicago Market Report
Portland Market Report
Frisco
Barkentine
Struggle At Sea
Victory
Ses
Esas
Morris Brothers, Inc
Capital
Main
Elliott
Dexter Horton
Cherry St
Dexter Horton Trust
Savi Bank
Dexter Hort National Bank
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