Mothers oppose smoking teachers for Roosevelt high
Seattle mothers campaign against tobacco use by staff at Roosevelt high school. They petition the school board to hire only teachers who do not smoke, sparking debate and a legal committee review of the board’s authority. Mrs Noble E Hightower urges protecting children from smoking influence.
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Eally
United States
Council of Mothers and Parenter Associations
Roosevelt
Noble E. Hightower
Seward P.T. A
Go to the Theater Week parade notes and oddities
A fragmented column notes a parade feature with no $50 prize and asks if Dan Landon will march in. Pauline Frederick is slated to ride a white horse. Amos Spry was injured after an auto incident. The piece riffs on flappers, humor, and local gossip in a casual, punchy tone.
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Dan Landon
Pauline Frederick
Mebbe
Famous Jurist Landis Resigns From Court to Focus on Baseball
Chicago Feb 18 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigned as United States district judge to devote all effort to his role as baseball commissioner. Ill health and heavy duties in arbitration and other acts were cited as reasons. He forwarded resignation to the president effective March 1.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
United States
Altho
Federal District Court
Moss
Aluse
Himeef
Landis Firet
Walla Walla Alimony Awarded To Mrs Lavina Bullock
Mrs Lavina Bullock, once famed as one of the city’s most beautiful girls, receives $50,000 alimony from Judge King Dykeman in a notable marriage case. Oh Joy croton tenants and rents feature in the real estate note. Home Brew prize contest suggested with turn to last page.
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Lavina Bullock
King Dykeman
Walla Walla
Home Brew's
King Louis Hart Receives Royal Guard Salute on Morning Drive
In wartime France satire turns to a governor star as Gov. Louis F. Hart is saluted by a Royal Guard of state highway patrol riders during a morning spin. The spoof note insists citizens need not salute the governor yet, and jokes about the patrol’s license duties and a captain L. D. McArdie.
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France
Louis F. Hart
Royal Guard
State Highway Patrol
Dot
Cnappy
L. D. McArdie
Liquor Smuggling Launch Driven Ashore At Ballard Canal
A 35 foot speed launch named Troy carrying 71 cases of liquor including John Dewar Old Crow and Old Taylor rammed ashore in Ballard canal near the Northern Pacific bridge before dawn. Harbor patrol operator BE Henderson alerted Ballard police who recovered the cargo and searched for the crew, with no arrests reported. Police sought the vessel’s owner by checking its registry as daylight approached.
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Troy
Ballard Canal
Ballard
BE. Henderson
John Dewar
Old Crow
Old Taylor
Henderson
Harbor Patrol
Lake Union
Northern Pacific Bridge
Doctors Plan Own Building In Seattle To Cut Rents
Seattle physicians and dentists organize to erect a 12 to 15 story cooperative office building costing about 2 million dollars. The site is under study with downtown locations considered. Current Cobb Building rents run 3 dollars per square foot annually totaling about 260 thousand dollars, versus a projected 470 thousand dollar building cost.
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Seattle
J. H. Snively
Secetary
King County Medical and Dental Societies
Snively
Cobb Building
Chief Searing fires two cops after misconduct probe
Police Chief W H Searing dismissed Ora Boltin and Ralph Bowen for unbecoming conduct and neglect of duty in failing to arrest a Japanese man with liquor. The pair faced extortion accusations later dismissed for lack of evidence. Judge Dalton criticized the conduct as intolerable. Stetson remains in office. civil service action planned.
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Star
Justice of Peace CC
Dalton
Searing
H. J. Stetson
Dallton
Extradition Fight Lost by Lindeberg
Sacramento February 18 Governor Stephen grants extradition of Jafet Lindeberg accused of conspiring to defraud his bank by illegal borrowing. Warrant of rendition signed this morning and extradition papers to be turned over to State Agent W B Severyns in Washington. Lindeberg believed to be hiding in San Francisco.
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Sacramento
Jafet Lindeberg
William D. Stepher
W. B. Severyns
Washington
Lindeberg
San Francisco
Cold Kills Boy in Refrigerator Car
In Boise yards a mute tragedy was found when workers opened a sealed and empty refrigerator car Friday evening. The frozen body of a man was discovered, the result of a futile attempt to escape death in the ice box.
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Idaho
Lce
Boise
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