Poor ships cause many sea wrecks says J F Richardson
J F Richardson argues ships built for the Shipping Board suffer from faulty materials and bad workmanship not sabotage. He cites cracked forgings at Cleveland and misaligned propeller shafts at Beaumont as examples, noting profit for builders while sailors are blamed for failures.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Shipping Board and
Classification Bureau
Beaumont
Tex
Aioemi
South Atlantic
Weet @east
Shipping Board
Department of Investigation
World War Hero York Faces Mounting Farm Debt
The famed Medal of Honor recipient Alvin C. York returns to his Tennessee hillside farm to farm and host hospitality after war glory. Financial distress follows as crops slump, taxes rise, and a 12500 dollar mortgage looms with growing debt and a large grocery bill. York credits religious faith and Providence for endurance, insisting credit belongs to the Sons and vowing to persevere.
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Alvin York, Jr
America
Argonne Forest
York
Marshal Foch
Cialize
India
Tennessee Mountains
Alvin C. Jr
Seattle Kids Splash Water at Local Beaches
Seattle youngsters ages 4 to 16 splashed at Madrona and Mount Baker beaches, propelling themselves a few feet with the dog paddle. Instructor Ernest Wells says fear of water must end first, then Dead Man's float and dog paddle. Free swimming classes offered by the park department resume Wednesday at Seward Park beach with girls 10 am to 1 pm and boys 1 30 to 4 pm.
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Seattle
Madrona
Mount Baker Park
Ernest Wells
Park Department
Seward Park Beach
Child Drowns Saving Friend at Wapato Lake
In Tacoma July 12 Doris Anderson aged 10 died after swimming to save her 10 year old companion Dorothy Voight who faltered in Wapato lake near Tacoma. Dorothy was pulled from the water by Al Sodenberg another boy swimmer but Doris disappeared beneath the surface and could not be found. Both girls could not swim.
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San Francisco
Gallers
Shipping Board
America
Tacoma
Doris Anderson
Dorothy Voight
Wapato Lake
Here
Voight
Jis
al Sodenberg
Dorothy
Doris
Movies Seized by Police in Hungary
Budapest reports that after a June executive decree nationalizing cinemas, police seized theater screens showing anti government messages. The piece questions shipping losses and accuses authorities of failing to prosecute those behind widespread damage to ships, noting 2 000 cases linger in government files.
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Hungary
Budapest
Horthy
Shipping Board
Shipa
Iig
Wington
Vancouver News Snippet Mentions Sze San Francisco and Russia
A terse item from Vancouver notes Dr. T Sze from Peking and a new doctor in San Francisco amid references to the army of Russia. The fragmentary text provides no dates or outcomes.
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Vancouver
B. C
T.sze
Peking
New Dr
San Francisco
Army of Russia
Old Bottle Starts On Page One
Terrific winds across the Northwest felled vast timber, leaving 6 000 000 000 board feet of fallen trees impossible to log. Debris blocks access, with no roads through a 60 mile stretch from La Push to Quillayute. Government forest, east of the Olympics, remained untouched. Fire danger remains extreme despite patrols and limited personnel.
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United States
Walta
la Push
Quillayute
Olympic Mountains
Government Forest
W. GO. Weigter
Snoqualmie National Forest
Washington Forest Fire Association
State and Association
State National Guard
Lake Crescent
Wel
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J. F. Richardson
His
BON Marche
Seattle Better Business Bureau
Main Fla
Louis
Baby Louis
Hughes
Union Street
Shakespeare
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