Seattle Parks Prepare Fourth of July Festivities
Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and Seattle Displaymen’s association arrange decorations for eight city parks with eight leading stores competing for the best display. Athletic directors and volunteers plan children’s events at Volunteer Park with candy prizes and wading pool activities. General Chairman Pliny L. to preside as details are finalized.
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Seattle
Civic Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Displaymen's Association
Alki Park
Grote-Rankin Co
Jefferson Park
the Rhodes v
Mount Baker Park
Fraser-Paterson Co
Madrona Park
McDougall & Wick
Seward Park
Standard Tyre Co
Volunteer Park
Ick & Nelson
Woodland Park
Bon Marche
Salmon Bay J. 8S
Graham, Inc
Victor Zednick
Alki
R. M. Knapp
Woodland
Neal
Eva Jurgensohn
On Bay
Willston Waren
Goldie Bryant
Spe
Chamber of To
Athchairmen
Pliny L
Senator Jones Due Monday For Seattle Talks on Alaska
Important conferences on Seattle free port project and Alaska development scheduled Monday with United States Senator Wesley L. Jones and Seattle Chamber of Commerce foreign trade and Alaska bureaus. Meetings follow a noon luncheon at the Masonic club and include Kiwanis club and Chamber of Commerce support. Jones to confer with Alaska bureau and discuss the Alaskan situation amid Senate cutoff funding for the Alaska railroad.
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Seatttle
United States
Wesley L. Jones
Foreign Trade
Alaska
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Club
Jones
Allsg
Kiwanis Club
the of Commerce
Industrial Bureau
Chamber
Commission
Club
Senator Jones
Alaska Bureau
Senate
Seattle
House
Federal Employment Service to Continue Operations
The federal employment service will keep placing returning soldiers in jobs and will not close for funds. Sufficient appropriations have been secured to operate the service, announced to the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. Lawrence Wood has led the federal service.
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Federal Employment Service
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
State
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Lawrence ‘Wood
Guessing the Ice Breakup Wins $1797 Prize in Alaska
A. J. Ghezzi won exactly 1797 dollars for correctly predicting the minute of the Tanana river ice breakup at NENANA Alaska on July 2. The annual ice breakup draws strong public interest among Alaskans near the Tanana and Yukon rivers, likened to the Kentucky Derby in local sport.
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Nenana
Alaska
A. J. Ghezzi
Ghezzi
Tanana
Yukon
Purse Snatch Near Imperial Hotel
Nellie Klee of the Imperial hotel loses seven dollars Tuesday night when a man about 35 years old in a blue suit and soft hat snatches her purse at Third avenue and Seneca Street. Two women were with the thief.
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Nellie Klee
Imperial Hotel
Fourth Ave
Union St
Third Ave
Seneca St
Eddie Rickenbacker to Attend Seattle Events
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, famed American ace, arrives by yacht Taconite at 4:30 PM for an invited outdoor barbecue at Volunteer Park followed by a Masonic Temple reception and dance in his honor. Lieut. Tee Williams will present him with a parchment scroll and honorary life membership in the Seattle Flyers. Rickenbacker is in the West to officiate Fourth of July auto races in Tacoma and is credited with 26 aerial victories.
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Eddie Rtckenbacker
Seattle
Taconite
Volunteer Park
Masonic Temple
Chamber of Commerce
Flyers’ Club of
Rickenbacker
Seattle Flyers
Tee Williams
City to Send 15 Delegates to State Chamber Meeting
Seattle Chamber of Commerce will accredit 15 delegates for the Spokane meeting on July 21. An automobile corps will transport delegates including visits to Walla Walla Yakima and Wenatchee. Open sessions will feature Dr. H E Lindley William Short N B Coffman and E M Chandler.
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Washington State Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
State Development Bureau
Seattle
Automobile Corps
Walla Walla
Yakima
Wenatchee
J. W. Spangler
Worrall Wilson
United States Housing Bureau
Maj
J.¥. Douglas
United States Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Rhodes
Maj. J. F. Douglas
P. H. Watt
Robbery on Train Locks Up $24,000 From Sleep
S F Guenther of Tonasket slept in a G N train smoker en route to Seattle Tuesday and woke to find a bank book certificates of deposit for 22 900 a railroad stock certificate for 500 and 300 cash stolen from his pockets. Police noted the theft occurred while he slept.
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Iowa
Tonasket
S. FE
Guenther
G. N
Seattle
Continue Hearings On Traffic Measure In City Council
Public safety committee discussed the revised traffic code on Wednesday morning. Minor changes were proposed and will be drafted by Assistant Corporation Counsel George Meagher focusing on parking and standing limits in the downtown zone. The committee plans another meeting this week to finish the code and present it to the city council next Monday.
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Public Safety Committee
George Meagher
Council Committee Seeks Advice on Auditor Appointment Error
The judiciary committee asks Assistant Corporation Counsel Frank Griffiths for guidance on correcting the city council's illegal appointment of J. F. Leghorn as auditor of appropriations in Seattle. Griffiths is preparing an opinion on corrective steps.
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Frank Griffiths
City Council
J. F. Leghorn
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
City Seeks Taximeters in All For Hire Cars
The city department of weights and measures urges all for hire vehicles to install taximeters and bill fares by meter. A letter to the corporation counsel asks if the department has authority to order this under city laws governing automobiles.
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City Department of Weights and Measures
Corporation Counsel
U S Watching Booze Evasion In War Time Prohibition
The attorney general is monitoring nationwide violations of the war time prohibition law. Arrests are expected in cases selling 375 percent beer to test legality, with Supreme Court action due next October on whether 275 percent beer is intoxicating. Atlantic City reports flagrant open violations as saloons move to close. Some dealers allegedly bottle whisky in beer or wine bottles.
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Washington
United Press
Attorney General's
United States
United States Supreme Court
Atlantic City
N. J
Department of Justice
W. L. Frierson
Circus la Petite heads Palace show opening Thursday
The Bally-Hoo Three present Circus la Petite in a circus atmosphere with a female escape artist, Russian dancing, and escape stunts. Also on the bill Mann and Mallory in Breezy Bits, Winter Garden Four, Jack and Eva Arnold, and Paula Armstrong and Neville with balancing act tricks.
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Palace
la Petite
Bally-Hoo
la Dare
Williams
Mann
Mallory
Winter Garden
Jack
Eva Arnold
Paula Armstrong
Neville
Hercules
Took Time Fleeing Suspect Arrested In Grand Larceny
In San Francisco on July 2 Louis Hawkins grabbed a watch from Victor Galli and fled. Police officer Rudolf Maier caught Hawkins, identified by Galli, and charged him with grand larceny after the watch was later found where Maier says Hawkins dropped it during the getaway.
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San Francisco
Louis Hawkins
Victor Galli
Galli
Hawkins
Rudoph Maier
Maier
Old Boy Re-Enlists But Proves Aged Veteran
Capt. John P. Robinson of Auburn California visited San Francisco recruiting HQ at 660 Market Street and expressed a wish to re-enlist. He is 85 years old, a Civil War veteran, and a Medal of Honor recipient for saving his colonel at Gettysburg.
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San Francisco
John P. Robinson
Auburn
Cal
Market St
Gettysburg
Big Timber Vigorous Northwest Novel by Sinclaire
The Star runs a Thursday feature introducing Bertrand W. Sin clair’s vigorous Northwest novel Big Timber. The piece previews the setting and tone, noting the author’s adventurous depiction of frontier life and rugged landscapes.
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The
Northwest
Bertrand W. Sinclair
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