Revival Seen as Northwest Trade Grows in 1921
C H Black Jr president of the Hardware Co predicts a rapid revival in the Northwest with business returning to prewar levels by 1917 standards. Executives note improving activity in mills, railroads, and construction as 1921 outlook turns optimistic in Seattle and surrounding regions.
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West Ie
Black, Jr
the Hardware Co
Gale Department
Oregon
Idaho
Alaska
Charley
Willis
Black Con
Wilis
Abductors Seek $50,000 Ransom in Los Angeles Case
Mrs. Gladys Witherell is missing, with police and private investigators tracking a gray haired suspect seen leaving her Hollywood home. A note demanded 50 thousand dollars. rewards totaling 2 thousand funds raised by Los Angeles business leaders. Relatives say she would not abandon her 16 month old baby, and authorities press for answers.
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Los Angeles
Gladys Witherell
Ths
John’ C. Kratz
Detroit
Witherell
Hollywood
Mra. Witherell
Fred Erwing
Erwing
Mrs. Witherell
Ford Motor plant reopened after month shutdown
Ford Motor Highlnd plant in Michigan resumes operations with department heads and foremen returning. By Monday the plant will run at about 25 percent capacity and schedule four days a week. Workers are being phased back as the site is cleared and production readiness is rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mich
Motor Company
Eastern Silk Mills Resume Operations
SHAMOKIN PA January 28 Five mills of the J. H. and C. K. Eagle Silk Company will resume operations after a three week shutdown. About 3 500 employees will return to work at a rate of 25 percent in wages.
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Shamokin
Eagle Silk Tron
Rivers and Harbors budget set at 15.26 million for next year
Washington January 28 The appropriations committee reported a rivers and harbors bill authorizing 15.26 million dollars for the next fiscal year. The government department had requested 57 million and the sum approved is about 4 million more than the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Government de Ite
No Decision Made on Pacific Naval Base
Washington January 28 members of the subcommittee choosing the base site adjourned without a decision and said new discussions on the location delayed completing the report.
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Pacific Naval Base
Washington
Water Shutoff Notice on Holgate and Adjacent Streets
Water will be shut off on Holgate Street from Third Avenue South to Ninth Avenue South and on Fourth Avenue South and Sixth Avenue South from Holgate Street to Forest Street on Sunday January 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Holgate St
Third Ave. S
Ninth Ave. S
Fourth Ave. S
Sixth Ave. S
Forest St
Five Negroes Rushed to Pen in Marion Ark
Five negroes were moved from the Marion jail to the state penitentiary in Little Rock amid fears of mob violence. They are suspected of aiding in the escape of Henry Lowrey, accused of killing two whites and wounding two others at Nodena on Christmas Day. Lowry was seized from a Mississippi train and taken over 100 miles to the crime scene, where he was chained to a stake and burned.
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Marion
Ark
State Penitentiary
Little Rock
Henry Lowrey
Nodeda
Lowry
Mississippi
Auburn marshal shot. prisoner identified in larceny case
Erwin Prairie, 27, mechanic, was identified by Auburn city marshal Fred McCumber as the man who shot him December 14, 1920, during an explosion at a cracked safe. Prairie was arrested January 14, 1921 on a grand larceny charge and jailed. McCumber's wounds heal slowly.
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Erwin Prairie
Fred McCumber
Auburn
Prairie
Fred Francisco
Kent
McCumber
Hare to plead Monday on narcotics charge
Walter Hare, charged with violation of narcotic laws, is scheduled to plead in federal court Monday. He was indicted last year but not apprehended, surrendered recently in Everett and was moved to Seattle by U S Marshal Frank Colligan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitt
Jimmy O’brien
Jimmy
Walter
Hare
Everett
Seattle
United States
Frank Colligan
Thieves Strike Lorain Fire Alarm Wire
Lorain Ohio January 28 municipal officials report thieves stole more than 1000 feet of wire crippling the city fire alarm system yesterday. The loss leaves the system inoperative while investigators search for suspects and replacement parts are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Ohio
Explosion at Tacoma home kills mother and injures son
Jan 28 fire and police investigators probe a blast at the Caster house on South Steele in Tacoma. Mrs Cora Castner, 55, died under ruins. her son Melvin, 26, died at a hospital. Debris and broken windows are reported as officials weigh gas accumulation versus possible dynamite in the house.
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Tacoma
Caster
South Steele St
Cora Castner
Melvin
Albertson
Melvin Castner
Agreement on German reparations must be reached today
Paris dispatch reports Premier Lloyd George warned that allied talks on German reparations would be broken off if an agreement is not achieved today. Briand urged immediate fixation of indemnity but George remained unmoved by the French premier's plea about cabinet stability.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Great Britain
George
Briand
Mrs Marshall Field Enters Competition as Sports Promoter
Chicago January 28 Mrs Marshall Field challenged Miss Anne Morgan and announced her entry into sports promotion She vows three championship wrestling matches in Chicago for Washington's Birthday to aid devastated France and raise funds for city children.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Anne Morgan
Miss Morgan
France
New York
Field
Japan Watches Americans Say Asahi Reports
Tokyo implements strict surveillance on Americans in Japan. The Asahi newspaper asserts authorities including a top foreign affairs official and the metropolitan police will investigate Americans on sightseeing tours for military conditions and other security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Asahi
Metropolitan Police
Japanese Plan Revision Pact With England
Tokyo reports a plan to revise the Anglo Japanese alliance to free Japan from obligations. The Kokumin cited advice after Ambassador Hayashi’s note to England, interpreting article four as leaving Japan isolated and unprotected.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kokumin
Hayashi
England
Minister Prepares to Defend Himself in Divorce Case
Los Angeles January 28 Rev Baker P Lee plans to travel to Custer Delaware to obtain affidavits and documents for the Alfred J DuPont divorce case. He will return to Los Angeles to defend himself against charges by the Episcopal diocese accusing him of officiating at a recent DuPont Ball marriage violating a church canon.
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Los Angeles
Baker P. Lee
Custer
Alfred J. DuPont
Lee
Episcopal Church
du Pont
Jessie B. Ball
Good Citizenship league asks mayor to drop dry agents
In Cincinnati on January 28 the Good Citizenship league urged Mayor Galvin to remove certain dry agents who are said to drink the evidence.
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Cincinnati
The
Good Citizenship League
Galvin
Army Appropriations Bill Reported With Lower War Cost
Washington January 28 the army appropriation bill was reported to the house by the appropriations committee with war department estimates cut by 699 million 275 thousand 502 93 dollars. The bill totals 391 million 222 thousand 612 62 dollars based on an army of 150000 men and provides for 14000 commissioned officers up from current numbers.
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Washington
War Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Philippine Scouts
Flying Cadets
Bound Over for Attacking Officer
A. H. Johansen charged with assault on a federal officer was bound over to the grand jury on a $1,000 bond at a Friday hearing before U S Commissioner McBowman. Johansen and John J. O'Brien are accused of attacking Capt. Lonedale of the coast guard cutter Arcata two weeks ago.
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John Schmitt
Jimmy O’brien
A. H. Johansen
Grand
United States
McBowman
Johansen
John J. O'Brien
Lonedale
Coast Guard
Arcata
Gophers to Hold Social Saturday
All residents of the Gopher state are invited to attend an indoor basket social at Collins playfield 16th Ave and Jefferson St hosted by the Minnesota club. The event includes an election of officers and dancing with "Hats" at seven.
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Gopher State
Collins Playfield
16Th Ave
Jefferson St
Minnesota Club
Nine More Robberies Last Night
Police report nine robberies from dusk Thursday to early Friday with loot totaling $222.50. Victims include Mrs. Ethel Partridge at 923 27th Ave and A Brown at the U K hotel, with degrees of force and valuables stolen. Additional incidents involve Miss Ruby McCall’s bag snagged on Cedar Street and several other holdups around Green Lake Blvd, Latona Ave, and nearby streets.
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Ethel Partridge
The
Western Grocery Co
27Th Ave
Partridge
A. Brown
U. K
Sovas
Brown
Fort Lawton
C. Burnstein
Burnestein
Miss Ruby McCall
Cedar St
First
Second Aves
Pp. m
Miss McCall
Western Ave
Lavaliliere
Marry Haskell
Green Lake Blvd
Latona
Haskell
H. O'Shea
Warminster
Fourth Ave
Cherry St
Fifth Ave
O'Shea
Carmine Kiss eca For Valentines Card Tip
A quirky advice snippet explains making a homemade Valentine card by rougeing lips, pressing to a white card, and adding perfume to evoke romance. It touts the effect as a sure way to make him receive a kiss.
Badly Wounded Bandit Sinking After Shootout
Ernest Smith was shot during the Motor Inn incident and remains in grave condition in city hospital. Deputies search for Roy Miller, reportedly a wounded companion, while Robert Smith, Ernest's brother, is held in county jail as the alleged third bandit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Motor Inn
City
Roy Miller
Robert Smith
Ernest
Vaccinate at Two Schools Over Smallpox Case Count
With 74 smallpox cases in the city, Dr H M Read says Beacon Hill and Longfellow grammar pupils may choose vaccination or show recent vaccination or two weeks quarantine. Dr F E Smith of the department has returned from Firlands sanatorium after a three week confinement with the disease.
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H. M. Read
Beacon Hill
Longfellow
F. EF. Smith
Firlands
Anti narcotic bill advances in house committee
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney C A Batchelor reported that the house committee on public health favored the anti narcotic bill sponsored by the White Cross. The measure makes narcotics sales a felony and authorizes quarantine for addicts.
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C. A. Batchelor
Olympia
Committee On Public Health
House of Representatives
White Cross
Batchelor
Grand Jury Recesses as City Street Railway Probe Continues
King County grand jury, probing the city street railway purchase, adjourned Thursday afternoon and will resume Saturday morning. A report is expected for Superior Court on Saturday or Monday.
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King County
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Heattile
North
Hal Armstrong
Herbert Munter
Starwich
Louis Silvain
Silvain
Ford Motor Plant
Eastern Silk Mills
Dorothy Lucile Whiteford
Joseph J. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Ryan
Marshal
U. S
Henry W. Kinney
Army
Gophers
R. C. Curtis
Juneau
Harvard Ave
Seneca
Knights of Columbus Evening School
Broadway
Marlon
Curtis
Kolb and Dill
K. Teukro
Midway Hotel
Eighth Ave
Washington St
Roy Debrits
Lakeside Ave
Mount Baker Blvd
Debritz
George Smith
Carmine Kisseca
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