Forest fires threaten Sanatorium area near Seattle
Hot weekend conditions fueled forest fires around Seattle causing estimated damages between five thousand and ten thousand dollars. No casualties were reported as firefighters and volunteers worked to save Firlands and nearby homes, with other blazes in Echo Mod Ballinger lakes and Kelso under control.
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Seattle
Firlands
Lumber Co
Echo
Mod
Ballinger Lakes
Renton
North Park
Kelso
Cowlitz
G. C. Joy
Washington Forest Fire Association
Monroe
Pendleton & Pike
Everett
Dew Chutes Lumber Co
Thurston County
Chehalis Mill Co
Chehalis
Joy
Hottest Day Triggers Massive Southern Washington Forest Fires
In extreme heat 95 degrees and rising, wildfires threaten vast tracts of timber and more than a dozen logging camps in Southern Washington. Fire roars 20 miles southeast of Chehalis in the Onalaska La Camas area as winds feed the flames. Logging firms and private holdings face danger while District Fire Warden Wallace mobilizes crews and volunteers, awaiting wind shift or rain to curb the spread.
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Washington
Chehalis
Onalaska-l la Camas
En Gange Read
la Camas Logging Co
O’connel Lumber Co
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
Milwaukee Land Co
Cartisse- Penne Lumber Co
Wallace
la Camas Fir
Fire sweeps $18,000 HQME residence
A fire at 2657 87th Haineworth Avenue destroyed part of a home valued about $18,000. The family awoke to the roar of flames as Fire Department Battalion Chief C Hase arrived and extinguished the blaze. Losses to the structure were placed at $2,000.
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Haineworth
Hase
Record heat sweeps Oregon with record highs
Temperatures soared across Oregon with Portland posting the day’s peak at 95 degrees. Albany reached 90 as towns reported high heat yesterday marking one of the season’s hotter periods.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Portlan
Albany
Denby Pleased Over Signing of Treaties
Denby arrives in Tokyo and announces that American treaties have been ratified after talks with Premier Kato and Japanese dignitaries. He attends a reunion of Annapolis classmates in Yokohama and is warmly greeted by officials. A separate incident reports a theft at the Syverd hotel where $199 and 1000 rubles were taken.
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Denby
Tokyo
Washington
Annapolis
Yokohama
Kato
Daredevil Herrick Plans Campaign by Airplane
Oklahoma Representative Manuel Herrick, famed for bull fights and surviving a collapsing house, buys a surplus airplane for 500 dollars to campaign from the air. He says flying will avoid bad roads and train service, making his re election bid unique in American politics.
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Robert Talley Washington
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
America
Congress
Herrick
Dawes to Quit Budget Bureau After Economic Crusade
The article profiles Lewis W. Dawes known as Hell-on-Maria who plans to leave the U S Bureau of the Budget and return to work at a Chicago bank. Dawes describes his methods of executive pressure and budget reform and notes Brig Gen H M Lord as his likely successor.
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Hell-on
Maria” Dawes
U. S. Bureau
Frank J. Taylor
Budget Bureau
Chicago
Dawes
Federal Bureau of the Budget
Washington
Federal
Hell
Maria
H. M. Lord
West Coast post offices seek 60 new facilities
Postmaster General Work urged Congress to provide funds for at least 60 new post offices along Pacific coast states. The request comes amid a sharp rise in parcel post shipments from scarce space in existing offices, with items ranging from hay to clocks driving the need for expansion.
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Washington
Pacific Coast States
Congress
Auto crash leads to arrest on drunkenness charges
F. F. Michaelson was badly shaken after his car ran into a ditch along the North Trunk highway early Monday. He was arrested by a deputy sheriff and jailed on drunkenness charges filed by Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas.
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North Trunk Highway
F. F. Michaelson
Malcolm Douglas
Mayor Signs Petition on Education Equality Drive
Mayor Brown signed the 20-10 initiative Monday to give rural boys in sagebrush country the same education opportunities as city boys. Mrs J P Rieke and Mrs Harry Orr presented the petition to the mayor in Chicago. Luke FE Hart elected as supreme advocate in Columbus.
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Sagebrush
Brown
J. P. Rieke
Parent-Teacher Association
Harry Orr
Chicago
Luke FE
Hart
Joseph Pelletier
Supreme Advocate
Intgnta of
Columbus
Broker Slain by Assassins in Chicago
Police probe the murder of Thomas R. Petrotta a Sacramento broker shot while talking with a friend in downtown Chicago. Investigators consider Black Hand involvement and note a mysterious phone call lured him from a hotel. Petrotta planned a wine deal. letters and a photo of a girl named Rose were found in his bag.
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Chicago
Thomas R. Petrotta
Sacramento
Cal
Atmbush
Petrotta
Rose
Student Drowns in Lake Quinault
HOQUIAM July 3 Terry Clark a University of Washington student and 19 year old son of J W Clark editor of the Grays Harbor Post Aberdeen drowned while swimming in Lake Quinault yesterday.
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Hoquiam
Terry Clark
University of Washington
Lake Quinault
Clark
J. W. Clark
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Musical Revue Tops Palace Hip Show
Around the Clock a unique musical comedy opens at the Palace Hip with four other acts and Shackles of Gold. Russell and Hayes perform clever capers while Jack Reddy’s Character Studies From Life is uneven but notable for a dope fiend impersonation. Jean Carpentier excels on trombone and brass while Fred Gray adds snappy narration.
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William Farnum
Russell
Hayes
Jack Reddy
Jean Carpentier
Fred Gray
Ams
Seattle hotel campaign for bonds advances ahead of schedule
W L Rhodes chairs meeting of division leaders and captains as Seattle prepares a hotel campaign for 2 700 000 in seven percent gold bonds. General committees meet midweek and 360 field workers remain to be selected with full organization aimed by July 14. Beginning July 17 an eight day intensive effort will start.
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Seattle
W. L. Rhodes
Citizens’ Committee
Plan to trim European armies proposed by Lord Escher
Paris July 3 Lord Escher of England submitted a disarmament plan to the League of Nations commission. The scheme would reduce France to 180000 soldiers and other powers to 90000 or 60000 with a 30000 unit, plus an international Geneva staff to study and enforce the plan. Admiral Seagrave urged extending the naval disarmament treaty beyond participants in the Washington conference.
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Paris
Disarmament Commission
The
League of Nations
Lord Echer
England
Lord Eecher
France
Poland
Italy
Greece
Rumania
Jugo- Slavia
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Switzerland
Lord Escher
Geneva
Seagrave
Great Britain
Washington
Unidentified Body Found in Puget Sound Near Trestle
Police sought to identify a man found Sunday in Puget Sound beneath the Northern Pacific trestle at Cedar Street. The body, in water about a year, bore a blue work shirt collar with "Ed" in the neckband and was taken to the morgue.
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Puget Sound
Northern Pacific
Cedar St
C. J. Hodges
Third Ave. N
Superior Fish Co
Scotch Picnic at Fortuna Park Held Tuesday
Under joint auspices of the Caledonian and St. Andrews societies and Clan Mackenzie No 164 a Scotch picnic is planned for Fortuna park Tuesday. Events include piping dancing and athletic contests with boats running from Lesehi every half hour starting at 9 am.
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Fortuna
Caledonian and
Dill Campaign Speech Opens Lions Club Address
Senatorial candidate Dill delivered the keynote before the Seattle Lions Club at the Masonic temple on Monday. The speech highlighted patriotism as a core theme in Dill’s bid for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Seattle Lions Club
Masonic Club
C. Dill
Cemberntie
Senta
Strikes Loom As Railroad Unions Threaten Wide Walkouts
A union crisis builds after talks among leaders of maintenance, clerks, stationary firemen and engineers signaling a possible total near 1.2 million. Jewell urges unity while workers brace, and police keep order at Burnside shops amid peaceful pickets.
Arrest Order Placed Over Kansas Strikers
TOPEKA Kansas July 10 The governor said an arrest order for striking railroad workers who picketed the Santa Fe shops was expected today He warned that picketing in front of the shops by workers who returned to work would violate state law and pledged state action if local officials fail to stop it
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Maintenance Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Grable
Bert M. Jewell
B. H. Fitsgerald
Timothy Healy
D. W. Het
Jewell
Burnside
Tilinola Central
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Henry J. Allen
Allen
Southern Pacific Shopmen Strike Widens Across West
Two thirds of Southern Pacific shopmen in Oregon California Nevada Utah Arizona and New Mexico are on strike. J H Dyer says 6217 of 16239 remain at work with union claims reaching 90 percent. Picketing of shops planned and efforts to hire replacements announced by Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Western Pacific.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Western States
J. H. Dyer
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Dyer
Santa Fe
Western Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Plan to End Coal Strike Hits Arbitration Proposal
Washington July 3 government chiefs at the Harding coal conference proposed that miners and operators appoint arbitration committees to determine a fair settlement basis for the national strike. The committees of six to ten leading operators and miners would deliberate during a one week adjournment and report back to the general conference.
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Washington
Harding Coal Conference
Ski jumper injured in long fall at Paradise Inn event
Drennan Holten of Revelstoke British Columbia fell 110 feet during an exhibi tion at Paradise Inn Rainier National Park injuring his foot and eye. He may be unable to compete in the finals of the fifth annual ski tournament on July 4.
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Paradise Inn
Rainier National Park
Drennan Holten
Revelstoke
B. C
Holten
Witness Couldn't Attend Naturalization Hearing
Ernest Hancock faced a continued naturalization hearing when a witness, H. A. Adama, remained jailed on grand larceny charges in the county. In San Francisco, Joseph Tisna, 26, a mechanic, was shot and seriously wounded on the eve of his wedding under unclear circumstances.
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Ernest Hancock
Candian
Boyd J. Tallman
H. A. Adama
Hancock
San Francisco
Joseph Tisna
Business Family Affairs in Arlington Real Estate
Mrs. Lillian Summers runs an Arlington New Jersey real estate business and plans to take her two daughters into partnership. She recalls starting 13 years ago when male competitors sneered at a woman in business and says women can succeed by using their minds and understanding men’s dispositions.
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Lillian Summers
Arlington
N. J
Navy fleet on parade as visitors tour battleships
Report details the Pacific fleet’s readiness with six months grub on each dreadnought and a fresh water plant capable of 22 000 gallons daily. Crowds tour the flagship and other ships at Pier 1 as California Arizona and Idaho draw sightseers.
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Idaho
Tennessee
California
Yesterway
Pennesylvania
Arizona
Navy Tales and a Girl Who Hates Sailors in Los Angeles
In a лighthearted interview, Phil Burt laments a navy fixation, reveals his girlfriend hates the sea, and jokes about socialist sailors while a city editor and reporters share banter. Acker's capture for murder in Prescott closes the item, with Germany’s unemployment in building trades noted.
Boy Hit by Auto Leaves 4 Year Old Badly Hurt
Four year old L Norman was struck by an automobile Sunday afternoon while being cared for at home in Redmond. Sheriff Matt Starwich and Justice of the Peace Down reported the incident.
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L. Norman
Redmond
Matt Starwich
Justice of the Peace Down
Girl, 7, Hurt After Running Into Auto Path
Truman Goldsburg of We natechee reported to Sheriff Matt Starwich that a 7-year-old girl ran in front of his car Sunday afternoon as he drove into Rent. The child was seriously injured, according to the report.
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Truman
Goldsburg
Wenatechee
Matt Starwich
Wayfarer Cast to Learn Holy Land Details
R M Dyer, member of the executive committee, returns from a tour of the Holy Land and will provide first hand information and descriptions of living, costumes, and scenes to the Wayfarer cast and chorus at the weekly First Methodist church rehearsal Monday evening.
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The
Holy Land
First Methodist Church
R. M. Dyer
Dublin battle continues as Free State troops attack insurgents
Fierce assaults launched early today by Free State forces against insurgent positions in O Donnell Street area. Artillery and machine gun barrages supported bayonet charges as Red Cross flags appeared amid claims of rebel casualties and uncertain leadership of Famonn De Valera or De Valera escape via tunnels or armored car.
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George Macdonagh
Dublin
Free State
O'Donnell Stripgte
Red Cross
Famonn de
Chateau Thierry
Dublin Lord Mayor Reported Seized
London reports the seizure of Lord Mayor ONeill of Dublin with unconfirmed details. The captors are not specified as rebels or Free Staters and no location beyond Dublin is given.
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Dublin
London
O'Neill
Wreck Tragedy Hits Train Near Winslow Junction PA
A train wreck near Winslow Junction Pennsylvania leaves one dead and many injured. Rescue workers in dim light pull bodies from mangled cars while state police search for 12 unaccounted passengers. University of Pennsylvania football player Miller helped direct the rescue effort.
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Atlantic City
Winslow Junction
Miller
University of Pennsylvania
Telephone Girl Is Heroine of Wreck
HAMMONTON N J July 3 Miss Margaret Loughman Hamonton telephone operator was the heroine of the Philadelphia Reading wreck today. Miss Loughman was told of the wreck by a tower man a few minutes after it happened. The girl immediately plunged thru calls six at a time. She called every doctor and nurse for miles around, summoned the fire department of Hammonton and called out members of the Red Cross and American Legion. Scores owe their prompt rescue to her coolness.
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Hammonton
N. J
Margaret Loughman
Philadelphia & Reading
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