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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1930
Page
5
Formal notice to quit was served on Seattle jitneys by Carl H. Reeves. busses must stop operating after July 6. About 200 permit applications are held. only feeders for the municipal railway may continue. Some routes listed. others withdrawn under a new ordinance proposal.
The board of public works approved regulations banning standing of for hire motor cars on most downtown streets and establishing six central parking stations. The action followed a district traffic committee investigation led by Lieut. C. G. Carr and included J. W. Bollong and W. E. Davidson. Stations A through F were designated at Dillingham, Jefferson, Pioneer Place, Spring Street, Seneca Street, and Fourth Ave. with penalties for noncompliance.
George Kotros and George Herrin alias George Haralampou were charged in federal court on Thursday with bringing into the United States an alien woman who was denied admission.
San Francisco July 2 ward observers note Democratic women seconding nominations wore varied gowns with hats off as required. Julia Brown West Virginia and Guilford Dudley Tennessee presented white outfits. Bessie Dwyer Philippines in black satin. Martha Nelson McCan Los Angeles in dark workwear. George Tass noted as a leading figure in women's faction. The California flea and yell leaders Palmer Cox also drew attention amid platform debate and a fourth or fifth session question.
New York July 2 The famed racing figure E E Smathers known for major bets and horseflesh ownership sits in an uptown brokerage office downplaying his market influence while Wall Street traders credit him as a leading speculator in the Waldorf circle He previously bankrolled Baxters debts and now runs a quiet life in Westchester county with a bold reputation in antics and painting collecting.
The housing office established during the war by the Chamber of Commerce closed yesterday. From January 1918 to July 1926 it received 80 930 applications and 12 663 of these led to homes through the bureau’s recommendations. Miss Anna E. Moses led the bureau.
In honor of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels the Chamber of Commerce and King County commissioners plan exercises at the Sand Point flying field and a banquet next week. Daniels will depart for Rainier National Park after his Seattle visit.
An overturned kerosene lamp destroyed B. T. Leona’s home at 35th Avenue and 8th Street Thursday, causing a 1206 dollar loss. The rural house was nearly razed when fire crews arrived and the building lay outside city limits.
Fire at N 100th St and Dayton Ave lit an extremely red sky over Phinney Ridge Thursday night. The blaze died out on its own within about thirty minutes.
Funeral services for Frank Calvert, former Seattle newspaper artist, who died last Tuesday at his Oroville home, were held Friday from Bonney-Watson's.
A thunderstorm in Kansas City Missouri caused a fatality when a man was struck by lightning. The storm disrupted wire communications and halted some services as authorities investigated the incident.
The state public service commission finished hearing charges that Seattle Lighting Co supplied poor quality gas and that reserve tanks mains and producing machinery were inadequate. Commission members said a ruling would be issued soon as city witnesses described gas as impure and low quality while gas company witnesses defended holdings and costs of laying mains in Seattle.
Gov Louis F P Hart appeals to the Northwest to back the reclamation congress in Seattle on September 16. He stresses greater production, homes for ex service men, and fostering enterprise by reclaiming unused lands for agriculture.
Police faced a midnight incident at 419 Jefferson Avenue when a plainclothes officer demanded a search for booze. Harry Foss yielded but did not have liquor. The officer left with no item, yet Foss later found his purse missing containing 17 dollars.
Northwest mills reported a 15 percent rise in new lumber bookings in the last week of June, compared with the prior week, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's report.
Sand Point air field may be named Kinney Field to honor Lieut Claire Rawson Kinney a UW alumnus who died October 4 1918 from wounds received while flying on the Western Front. Kinney earned the Distinguished Service Cross and lived at 5727 25th Ave NE as a member of the 49th Aero Squadron.
More than 2,000 Pythians attended the reception and dance celebrating the opening of the new Pythian hall on Third Avenue near Westlake Avenue. The honor guest was Harry W. Nice of Baltimore the imperial prince of the Dramatic Knights of Kho rassan.
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