Pacific fleet maneuvers lauded as peak naval display
The Pacific fleet's three day battle drill off San Francisco Bay showcased seven dreadnoughts and 16 destroyers in coordinated formations. Aboard the Arkansas, correspondent Paul N. Wilson observed flawless team work under warlike conditions as air scouts and ships executed precise maneuvers aligned with a mock enemy.
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Paul N. Wilson
San Francisco Bay
Navy
United States Navy
West Coast
Pacific Fleet
South American
Arkansas
Paul Bunyan and the Saginaw Lumber Co Tale
Thirty seven years ago a camp hired a famous duo from Maine, Paul and Hill, to work for the Saginaw Lumber Co. Paul Bunion, a boastful giant, told grand feats of log drives and a blue ox, while the crowd drank in his tales. The drive failed in spring, revealing the legend’s limits, and many old timers recall Jack Monroe and Gary’s Rocks in a remembered ballad.
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John G. Shephard
Saginaw Lumber Co
Union
Paul
Hill
Maine
Bill
Paul Renton
Hell
Paul B. Bunion
Paul Bunion
Pike Pole
Peavey
Jim Butler
Jack Monroe
Aul
Jack Mon
Gary
Prince of India healer arrested after luring two UW students
Two University of Washington students feared for their friends' safety and caused the arrest of T C Pondexter a self styled prince of India and magic healer from 215 24th Avenue Auburn area. Pondexter allegedly used mesmeric claims of divine healing to extract $600 plus per daughter for examinations and treatments before planning to flee with the younger girl to Hindustan.
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University of Washington
T ‘Omwor
Ht. C. Pondexter
India
24Th Ave
Hindustan
Hindustan. the Girl, Who Had Gone To the “Prince
Slater
Lythe
Prince Fanson
Funson
Claypool
Pondexter
Fanson
Vets Fight Pro Japan Propaganda In Seattle Posts
A four post American Legion group in Seattle replies to pro Japanese articles by Rev M A Matthews and others in the Business Chronicle. The letter argues Americans will not intermarry with Japanese and warns the Japanese threat is the nation’s gravest since 1861 citing birth statistics from Seattle in 1920.
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Sam Hill
Dr. Matthews
Seattle
American Legion
M. A. Matthews
W. B. Henderson
T. S. Lippy
Eugene Hunt
J. L. Gordon
Thomas Burke
Business Chronicle
Edwin Selvin
Selvin
Roosevelt Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fortson-Thygesen Post
United
Japan
George Shima
Congressional Committee On Immigration
Pacific
Furn T
Resurrection Confusion At Woodlawn Apartments Ended By Doctors
Police and Dr. Botts answered a call at 2516 Third Ave to find Charles McLaughlin aged 80 appearing dead after a fall. He revived after help arrived and asked who he was, prompting relief from tenants and officers.
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Charles McLaughlin
Woodlawn
Third Ave
KE. L. Botts
Elity Hospital
C. G. Stanley
KB. B. Oakes
Three Girls Escape Juvenile Home Breaks From Detention
Three girls escaped from a juvenile detention home at 200 Broadway during supper hour Tuesday. Police sought Lola Mondorf 17 Walterine Nissen 16 and Blossom Dines 16 Wednesday as investigators pursued the runaways.
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Broadway
Lola Mondorf
Walterine Nissen
Blossom Dines
Cable Break Halts Street Car Service On Yesterway Line
A cable break on the Yesterway line stopped street car traffic at 11:30 Wednesday morning. Service was to resume within about half an hour per railway office statement. No serious damage was reported.
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Yesterway
Secretar y Houston proposes broad tax hikes across items
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Houston asks Congress to raise the federal tax rate on incomes under five thousand dollars by two percent while raising surtaxes on higher incomes. He also seeks a 20 percent corporation tax, higher taxes on tobacco candy and gas, a two cent gasoline tax, and new taxes on autos, theatres, chewing gum and stamp duties to yield about two billion dollars yearly.
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Ralph F. Couch
Washington
The
Houston Today
Congress
Houston
Nccomes
Gillett
House
Sudbury Fire En Route to Port of San Pedro
The freighter Sudbury, a 3400 ton vessel bound from New York to San Francisco, races toward Los Angeles harbor with a fire in her hold endangering nearly a million dollars in cargo. Fire crews and a harbor tug stand by to assist on arrival as wireless reports place her about halfway between San Diego and San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Cal
Sudbury
San Diego
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles Harbor
Man faces federal auto theft charge under Dyer act
William F. Brennan, first in Western District of Washington to be charged under the federal auto theft act, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in U S district court. He is accused of transporting a stolen car from Portland to Seattle, crossing state lines under the Dyer act.
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William F. Brennan
Washington
U. S. District Court
Brennan
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Robbers Target Kawayaki's Shop on Main Street
Two rough men visited K Kawayaki's shop at 86 West Main Street on Tuesday and robbed the store, making off with an automatic pistol. The victim was present during the incident.
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K. Kawayaki
W. Main St
Tuesaday
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Snoqualmiels
H. Munion
Mr. Hemp
Hemp
William Fanson
Auburn
C. BE. Claypool
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Fenson
Young
Ed Young
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