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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1920
Page
3
Altmann was chosen from over 2500 photographs of beauties from across the states District of Columbia and Hawaii after a five hour deadlock among four New York experts was broken by Coles Phillips the famed artist.
Briscoe Motor Corporation of Jackson Michigan has acquired the John Bohnet Co of Lansing. The Bohnet Co is a leading manufacturer of closed bodies and frame work for cars. Briscoe plans to upgrade the plant to handle 1979 production, which will double any prior year.
Fragmentary note reports congested conditions and the establishment of a service between London and Birmingham. No further details on dates or operators are provided.
The main gravel highways in the county show better conditions than a week ago yet remain below normal. Ruts and chuck holes persist on Kent De Moines and Renton Maples, Woodinville Davall Pasabie, and Renton Falls City routes. Sunset Highway near North Bend is mostly excellent for 18 miles toward the summit with no snow there.
Savings clubs in stores and schools mark National Thrift Week January 17 to 21 with Budget Day and Pay Your Bills Promptly Day. Retail Merchants Association backs plans, stores to display thrift designs and hold talks while schools sponsor essays on life insurance home ownership and budgeting with prizes for top 400 word pieces due at thrift headquarters in the Y M C A by Thursday.
Parents opposing the compulsory physical exams for entry to Seattle public schools were denied a hearing and directed to court relief. Several students were refused entry when parents refused exams, while the board upheld the refusals. The buildings committee reports 175 total district properties after adding 76 new structures since August. George H. Walker was named chair of the auditing and finance committees with Henry B. King and E. B. Shorrock.
Forty seven students graduated as fall quarter closed on December 19. Seventeen earned bachelor of science degrees and sixteen earned bachelor of arts degrees. More than 350 students had filed applications for graduation for the present and spring quarters.
Dr Frederick Falk a former U S Army captain who served in France and Germany has returned to Seattle and opened offices at 302 Cobb Building He practices eye ear and throat medicine and has been in service for over two years.
Fire swept the American liner St. Louis while under renovation for passenger service. Only the steel hull remained as workmen rebuilt after war service as the transport Louisville. Estimated damage reached a million dollars.
A satirical ad targetting lawyers shows a man facing trouble as money drives profit. It promotes the Florence Upstring Store and Florence Upstairg Store at Second and Union, claiming savings on suits coats and dresses amid mock legal hustle.
Lae Aviation is News Wing Slip Seattle aviators gathered Friday at the Army and Navy club under the Aero club of the Northwest to honor Lieut A K Easterbrook home on leave from the Mexican border. The banquet supported a March bond issue to fund a Seattle landing field with Easterbrook praising coordinated city efforts.
Seattle voters in the March 2 election will decide a $500000 bond issue to establish a landing field for airplanes. The city council, at a Friday meeting, voted to submit the bond to the people, first step toward gaining public support for passage next March.
Government would fund hangars and equipment as one or two air squadrons may be sent to Puget Sound for coast defense and forest patrol. Aero Club president Teel Williams urged Seattle to maintain national standing with a premier landing field. Willam Boeing and local leaders called for united support at the banquet.
Arrested two weeks ago while riding into town in an automobile said to contain liquor, J. B. Strickland and George Strickland were bound over for action of the grand jury by Commissioner R. W. McClelland. William C. Chritenson was dismissed for lack of evidence. Final hearing for Louie Lee Lee Sing and Yee Sing on morphine possession set for January 17.
Ellensburg report says Fred Suttle, I W W general organizer, was found guilty in the superior court of violating the criminal act. Judge Davidson to sentence early next week. Jury deliberated 30 minutes. Seven co defendants to face trial this morning.
The citizenship of the United States was granted to twelve new citizens by Superior Judge Everett Smith. Among them is Alexandria Walker, who immigrated from Fingland in 1904 and served as a nurse in an American base hospital during the war.
A provocative remark challenges the idea that a man can discuss any topic just because he speaks. The quote questions breadth of knowledge and cautions against assuming competence from mere speech.
A Middletown New York woman touts Peruna as a cure for a nervous breakdown and a bad cold. She credits the remedy with restoring strength after protracted illness and coughs, praising its digestive, blood-purifying, and nerve-toning effects. The ad notes Peruna sold in tablet or liquid form by local dealers.
The 1919 income tax return form 1040-A for incomes not exceeding 5000 dollars was mailed by the U S Internal Revenue Department on Friday. Forms were sent to all who filed a return last year and each taxpayer gets two copies one to keep. Additional copies available at the federal building for those who did not receive them.
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