Army actors make big hit at Camp Lewis show
Members of the students army training corps packed the Metropolitan theatre for the Camp Lewis players first vaudeville show. Funds raised to entertain wounded men in convalescent hospitals. The program mixed stage acts and audience participation with lively demonstrations. The engagement ends Sunday with a matinee Saturday.
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Metropolitan Theatre
Camp Lewis Players
Ege
Wong
Yell
Fred
Clara Nessler
Pecetti
Gil Rinkle
Venerable
Porter
Ayeleworth
Joe Roberts
Copper City Quartet
International Four
Lewis Musical Comedy Company
Broadway
Inventors Aided by Seattle Business Men Form Group
Seattle businessmen form an organization to aid meritorious inventors with demonstrations and financial help. The first event at 721 Second Ave opposite Bank of California to showcase the Scarlett Life Baying Device begins Saturday.
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Seattle
Second Ave
Bank of California
Rent Hogs Must Tell Tenants Their Story
The Anti Rent Profiteering league plans a campaign in Seattle to question landlords about high rents. Tenants in apartment blocks will form committees to interview landlords and press for explanations. The league, now with a 24 member executive board, pledges renewed vigor in pursuing the campaign.
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Seattle
League
Outing Flannel Pajamas and Gloves Advertised
Advertisement lists warm flannel pajamas for $2.25 and driving gloves for $2.75 made with wilk and cape, plus auto gloves at $3.00 in gray washable material.
French Law Proposes $100 Gift to Each Soldier
Paris reports a French deputy introduced a measure to grant each non commissioned officer and man a $100 gift before demobilization plus an income of $2 monthly per year served at the front. A second bill would let soldiers keep their steel helmets as souvenirs of the war.
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NELA
Paris
Probe on Minor Labor in Shipyards Examined
The state industrial welfare commission met at the Frye hotel to review reports of excessive minor employment in shipyards. It will consider employer complaints that the 15 percent apprentice limit is unfair and Chairman C. H. Younger plans to tour the yards.
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State Industrial Welfare Commission
Frye Hotel
C. H. Younger
Survey to gauge demand for vocational training in Seattle
The Chamber of Commerce and the University of Washington vocational department will soon survey Seattle retail stores to estimate the need for trained men and women. Plans and committee selections were finalized on Thursday to conduct the study.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
University of Washington
Shipment of Rare Liquors Seized by Justice Dept
Beer gin champagne cognac and rare wine seized by department of justice authorities. The shipment was consigned to South America but Seattle identified as the destination. The seizure highlights enforcement actions against illicit alcohol shipments.
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Department of Justice
South America
Seattle
Canary Birds Freed From War Seed Embargo
The war embargo on birdseed is lifted per J Macphee Ferell special war trade board agent in Seattle. Canary birds may now eat their fill and resume normal feeding.
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J Macphee Ferellon
Special War Trade Board
Seattle
Alsatians to Celebrate Strasbourg Statue Unveiling
Alsatians in Seattle will celebrate the unveiling of the Strasbourg statue draped in mourning since the war. The event is hosted by L'Union Francais and L Association Alsacien-Lorraine and marks the reunion of the provinces with France.
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Alsatians
Strasbourg
Varia
L’union Francais
L'Association Alsacien-Lorraine
Seattle
France
Commonwealth Club Meets Monday Talk on Skagit Project
The Commonwealth club meets Monday at the Good Fata cafeteria at 6 30 with J D Ross superintendent of Seattle light department to discuss The Development of the Skagit Project What It Will Mean to the Future of Seattle Public invited
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Commonwealth Club
J. D. Ross
Seattle Light Department
Skagit Project
Seattle
Roger Jones Pleads Guilty In Larceny Case
Roger Jones, who earlier faced grand larceny charges, pleaded guilty to petty larceny in Judge Clay Allen's superior court on Thursday and was sentenced to one day in jail.
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Roger Jones
Clay Allen
KOCGS Addresses Chamber By Lucien H Bogee in Seattle
Lucien H. Bogee of San Francisco spoke at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club luncheon representing the alien property custodian for the Pacific coast. He addressed members Friday.
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KOCGS
Lucien H. Bogee
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
War veteran to address Company A Auxiliary Friday
Dwight Hawley, wounded in the Chateau Thierry drive, will speak to members of Company A Auxiliary, infantry, Friday night at the Swedish Club hall on Eighth Ave between Vine and Olive streets.
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Dwight Hawley
Chateau Thierry
Company A
Fiet Infantry
Swedish Club
Eighth Ave
Vine and
Olive Streets
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