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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
8
Civil and naval police hunt H. W. J. Meyers 20 a destroyer crew member for absconding with 72000 from the navy yard at Norfolk. Meyers disappeared yesterday and the loss coincides with his disappearance.
The county commission petitions for condemnation of 10 acres at Sand Point for aviation use near an already purchased site. The case will be heard in superior court on January 17, a first of its kind for aviation purposes in the county.
The sole woman lecturer identified is Teresa Labriola who teaches law at the University of Rome, marking a notable presence in Italian higher education. Her role signals early gender progress in academia within Italy.
Listings show Heecee Arbuckle in The Life of the Marty and Douglas Pairbanks in The Mark of Zoro at theaters across the city. Tom Mix headlines The Texan at Colontal with The Furnace also billed. Winter Garden features Douglas Pate and Banks in The Mark of Zoro.
The Clemmer shows The Mark of Zorro a popular action tale with daring stunts led by a noted actor. Fatty Arbuckle stars in The Life of the Party at the Liberty with a humorous outfit and a stormy night mishap. Marshall Nelson receives San Francisco’s key for filming Dinty at the Coliseum.
Marshal Nellan a renowned motion picture producer aged 29 began as a San Francisco stock actor. He rose to prominence with Mary Pickford, first as her leading man then as her director. Now with First National, he produced hits including Go and Get It The River's End Don't Ever Marry and Dinty at the Coliseum starring Weasley Barry.
Spectacular Frontier Days scenes in The Texan at the Colonial star Tom Mix who also judges rodeo events. Also shown Dice of Destiny at Rex with convict Jimmy Doyle falsely accused. The Furnace at Hive Mouse Seattle showcases lavish wedding and ballroom scenes and Agnes Ayres leads cast.
Will Rogers has completed work on a new picture titled Boys Will Be Boys from Irving Cobb's story directed by Clarence Badger. Goldwyn officials expect Cobb and Rogers humor to yield an unusually funny and praiseworthy comedy. Pauline Stark is in Banff Canada making Snow Blind.
Constance Talmadge returns from Europe with a ewagerretick in her latest project. King Vidor begins work on The Sky Pilot from Ralph Connor as Wiliam Lawrence models for Christy and others. Katherine MacDonald finishes My Lady's Latchkey from Williamson. Hille Ritchie is humiliated in Wet and Warmer. Pola Negri features in Passion for Du Barry. Edgar Life Law adapts Tarkington with a Christmas tool caper.
A brindle bull rampages through Jackson Missouri as ringside crowds press in. Onlookers witness spectators fainting and running into shops while the animal tramples the square. the owner is knocked down and the bull is finally stopped by a gunshot.
Spencer R. Meyers, a 10 year old, through guardian C D Meyers sues the city for 25000 dollars for the loss of four toes claimed to have been cut off by a street car on May 6. The plaintiff alleges his foot caught in a rail and the motorman failed to stop in time.
Annie Harvey a 62 year old inmate of the King county farm jumped into the Duwamish river Monday night aiming to die but as the water proved cold she crawled back to the river bank and returned to the farm.
Bristol residents protest the export of cats to France claiming the practice enables theft of felines in the city.
In Lugo Italy a futurist opera titled Airman Dro uses a motorcycle engine fitted to a cycle behind the scenes to mimic the drone of an airplane propeller, an integral part of the orchestral sound.
Brussels reports a sharp decline in alcohol related offenses since the prohibition act. Sentences for spirit abuse dropped from about 21,000 in 1913 to around 4,100 in 1916, reflecting reduced enforcement and arrests.
A. S. Franklin, a former city jail inmate, was freed partially recovered after giving a pint of blood in a vain effort to save Emanuel Lund, who died from asphyxiation. Franklin was to be released Sunday but remained in hospital until Monday afternoon due to weakness.
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