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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1930
Page
19
M Perkins named assistant postmaster in Seattle after a lengthy delay. He has wide experience in mail service and was to assume postmaster duties May 1 1918 but was instead made superintendent with the assistant postmaster role abolished as Postmaster Battle had no assistant at that time.
A man identified as Reid, 20, of Cedar Valley, was injured when a charge exploded under his feet while he examined the scene after a blast failed to go off. He died from concussion in Edmonds undertaker establishment.
W. E. Waldo of Seattle has been named president of the Osteopathic association. Dr Roberta W Ford of the city was chosen secretary of the Osteopathic Women’s National Association at the convention.
After Mrs. Castleman arrived in San Francisco, granddaughter Mary Hone from New York assured there would be no mismanagement at the convention. Castleman, claiming to be the oldest living woman party delegate, is also a member of the national committee’s executive committee.
Seattle mail carriers and clerks received a pay raise on Thursday with a new minimum of 1400 dollars and a maximum of 1800 dollars as part of postal wage adjustments. The move affects executive and clerical staff across the Seattle area.
The civil service reform bill entered into effect while temporary clerks continue to be paid 60 cents per hour. Report notes a cultural salutation method described as finger cracking used by some African tribes.
The widow Helen Elwell discusses his alleged view that women are fools and recounts his vanity, gambling life, and disdain for convention. She describes his charm, obsession with appearance, and the idea of a “snake woman” as his ideal. Prohibition agent James S. Shevlin reports Elwell involved in a whisky ring buying liquor for speculative resale before his death.
The quote notes that investigators seek information to support a theory that unnamed transactions may have led to the murder. It cites Shevlin saying they are pursuing data to substantiate the connection.
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