Visitation Schedule for Union Pacific Visit to Seattle
A detailed itinerary from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening lists arrival at Union Station at 6 a.m., welcomes at King Street, plant inspections at Ames Shipbuilding Dry Dock Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding and Meacham & Babcock, J F Duthie, Skinner Eddy plants, and related luncheons. Highlights include a banquet at Rainier club, a parade review, and a trip to Rainier National Park with subsequent depart for Tacoma and Seattle. Charles M Schwab sponsors a launch at Skinner Eddy No 1 and leads talks with Metal Trades Council and district officers of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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King Street
New Washington
Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Washington Wood Shipbuilders’ Association
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company
Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company
Erickson
Seattle
New Washington Hotel
Rainier Club
Northwest Steel Shipbuilders’ Association
Seattle Preas Club
Shipping Board
Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding
J. F. Duthie Shipbuilding
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Rainier National Park
Tacoma
Tacoma Commercial Bodies
Puget Sound
Todd Shipbuilding Company
Vialting
Tacoma Shipbuilding
U S Men Repel Heaviest German Attacks in Pointed Battle
American forces held a fierce frontline defense as waves of German infantry surged repeatedly. Mortar units wiped out multiple battalions, prisoners were few, and German aircraft suffered heavy losses while strafed from the ground. The fight raged across the day with continued artillery duels into evening.
New Great Northern Schedule Cuts Tacoma Route
A new Great Northern schedule in Seattle takes effect Sunday. The Oriental limited and fast mail trains will terminate in Seattle rather than Tacoma. Freight service south of Seattle on the Great Northern will be continued.
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Great Northern Railway
Seattle
Tacoma
Great Northern
Ship Boss Schwab Inspects Seattle Shipyards
U S Ship Boss Schwab arrives in Seattle for a series of yard inspections visiting the Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock plant Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co plant and Washington Wood Shipbuilders Association luncheon. A brass band welcomes the delegation as workers in overalls march along and discuss shipyard details with Schwab.
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Behwab
Schwab
Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Plant
Washington Wood Shipbuilders’ Association
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co
Schwab and Pier
Teutons Hope to Smash French Forge Front
American reports describe German forces on a 16 mile Marne front with three miles penetration between Fossoy Jaulgonne and Dormans Rheims. British leaders note American counterattacks yielded prisoners and halted the advance while Gen Foch plans remain firm.
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Teutons
Fossoy
Jaulgonne
Marne
Trotasy
Dormans
Bligny
Troisay
Rheims
Chateau Thierry
Rheima
Yankees Press Forward in Marne Counterattack Report
Allied forces describe a ferocious ten hour assault against German positions at the Marne. American artillery and machine gunners coordinated a relentless push, driving the foe back across the river while many German troops reportedly drowned or were forced to retreat.
First Carload of New Wheat Arrives in Portland
The first carload of the new crop wheat, Turkey Red from Arlington, arrived in Portland weighing about 60 pounds to the bushel. Officials say the early arrival signals a potentially good crop due to recent favorable weather. A separate Jacksonville dispatch reports a massive blaze at the American Chemical Company fertilizer plant, destroying thousands of tons of fertilizer and causing losses over 1.5 million dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Arlington
Jacksonville
Fla
American Chemical Company
French American forces repulse attacks along Marne fronts
Communique reports continued heavy fighting from Chateau Thierry to Rheims with French and American troops resisting fiercely. Prisoners taken, Mareuille Port held, line north of Marne held, heavier losses borne by French forces amid intense assaults south of the Marne.
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Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Marne
Chatiilon-Sur-Marne
Agnan
la Chapelle-Monthodon
Bouquigny
Mareuille
lon-Sur-Marne
Emat Wood
Prunay
See- Romaine
Frank H Ball Dies After Surgery in Los Angeles
Frank H. Ball longtime advocate of manual training in schools died in Los Angeles after a surgical operation. He pioneered Porto Rico government training programs and later directed training in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Santa Barbara and other cities. He was 66 years old.
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Los Angeles
Frank H. Ball
Porto Rico
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Santa Barbara
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Orpheum
Madison
United States
Dr. W. Griffith
Liverpool
Fim
Union Sta
Metal Trades Council
U.S
G. N
S. E. Corner
First
Pike
Skinner & Eddy
Mayor Hanson
Herbert Hanson
Pacific Shipping Alustratsd
Duthie Workers
Gen. Foch
Coorly
Fred Brown
Oscar Wilcox
Paris
Francis Bacon
Soloelle
Armstrong Soloelle
Chickering
Montelius
Armstrong
Pianista
Montelius Soloelle
Pianista Soloelle
Third Ave
Corner University
Clarence Eddy
Pantages Theatre
Champagne
Picardy
Dniester
Baltic
Rumania
Germany
Turks
War Office
Soualn and
Peurlus
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