New Plays Coming to Movie Theatres
A wartime lineup features Liberty with Missing a story of two English sisters and a soldier, Clemmer shows Maciste in The Fairbanks of Europe, Pershing's Crusaders at the Metropolitan, A Desert Wooing at Strand, plus multiple listings including Hearts of the World and The Blue Bird at Coliseum and Orpheum.
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Liberty
Humphrey Ward
Sylvia Bremer
Thomas Meighan
England
Nell
Hester
George Surratt
Surratt
France
Magnums
Pershing
Crusaders
Louise Haff
Wild Youth
Clemmer—Maciste
Parepe
Maceriinek
Marbird
Maeterlinck
Blue Bird
Coliseum
Robert Harron
Hearts of the World
Levy
Orpheum
Gen. Pershing
Maciste
Fairbanks
Europe
the Clemmer
Enid Bennett
Colonial
Francis Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Cyclone Higgins
D. D
Mission
The Man Who Makes $10.00 Per Week
A short promotional note contrasts living within means with saving for future growth. It touts The Equitable Bond Company's plan for wage earners to invest small savings and earn six percent interest compounded annually while sharing in profits.
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Equitable Bond Company
Desert Courtship of Barton Masters and Avice
Barton Masters, a breezy Western millionaire, woos and wins Avice who agrees to marry him. The couple travel to his Arizona home where the romance deepens amid a desert setting watched by her mother and several friends.
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Barton Masters
Avice
Arizona Desert
Congress Faces Broad Call to Curb Profiteering
Washington July 20 A growing demand for price fixing on essentials appears in Congress as readers flood in with letters urging action against profiteering. Farmers and small employers push for limits on prices for shoes clothing farm machinery and other needed goods. The Ayers bill from Kansas is the only general price fixing measure before Congress and may be advanced or sidelined depending on evolving sentiment.
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Washington
Congress
Ayers
Representative Ayers
Kansas
Agricultural Committee
House
Portland Heir Faces Choice Work or Jail
William C. Barker heir to large timber holdings was arrested under the idler ordinance in Portland Oregon. He was sentenced to four months in jail but appealed and is free on bond. He may return to work immediately or risk another arrest for idling.
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Portland
Ore
William C
Billy) Barker
Barker
Salvage Drive Appeals for Twine in Seattle
The Red Cross Salvage department urges Seattle residents to save every piece of twine, wind it into balls, and deliver it to the salvage warehouse at Fourth and Virginia. Book ends, music and phonograph records are also requested.
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Red Cross Salvage Department
Seattle
Red Cross
Fourth
Virginia
Theda Bara Salome to Premier in Seattle Soon
The first showing of Theda Bara's Salome will open in Seattle soon with date to be announced. Colonial presents Who's Your Neighbor for three days starting Sunday with Willard Mack and Rankin Drew directing and a cast led by Christine Mayo and William Sherwood. Victory Theatre opens tomorrow at 1424 Third Ave with The Love Brokers starring Alma Rubens and Tex as Guinan. Cyclone Higgins and the Mission Sunday feature stars Francis Bushman and Beverly Bayne in a Southern town tale with Cyrus Higgins D D as preacher and Francia Rushman in the comedy роль.
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Theda Bara
Salome
Seattle
Willard Mack
Rankin Drew
Vitagraph
Christine Mayo
William Sherwood
Frank Morgan
Mabel Wright
the Victory
Third Ave
Love Brokers
Alma Rubens
Texas Guinan
Cyclone Higgins
Francis Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Yellville
Cyrus Higgins
Francia Rushman
Higgins
A Thrift Stamp a Day Keeps the Hun Away
A wartime slogan notes that buying thrift stamps daily supports the war effort. The phrase promotes regular savings to fund military resources and boost national defense.
Woman Jurors May Eat Candy During Trial Ruling
The Washington Supreme Court denied a new trial to Frank Millroy in a sale of misrepresented property case. The ruling notes a juror may toy with candy during a trial and decide votes by tossing the candy, a point raised in the appeal of misconduct.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Frank Millroy
Millroy
Lumber Camp Labor Problems Discussed
Portland officials and lumber magnates met with Col. Brice P. Disque of the U S signal corps to discuss arbitration provisions for camp labor disputes. Provisions included open shop eight hour day after the war a conference committee in each camp and a general committee named by Disque.
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Portland
Ore
Brice P. Disque
U. S. Signal Corps
Paris Police Replace Wood Bats with Lighted Staves
White batons used by Paris police are being replaced by flat luminous staves. Each staff carries small discs that reflect light, improving visibility and signaling presence. The new equipment aims to enhance coordination and public safety.
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Paris
Cold bacon sandwiches fuel trend at society function
London observers report a new fad as cold bacon sandwiches become popular after Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of the premier, served them at a recent society event.
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London
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Metropolitan
Strand Sunday
Jack Holt
Avice Brereton
Frourams Metropolitan
Alma Hobeus
Levy's
Dd. W. Griffith
DL. W. Griffith
Maurice Maeteriinck
Maurice Tourneur
Tylly
Mytyle
Robert Macdougall
Tula Belle
Lillian Cook
Fairy Bergline
Lowman Building
Elliott
Pike and Union
Salvage Department
National Beat
Bart Masters
N. EA
Amsterdam
National Committee
Olympic Hot
Port Angeles
At Springs
Olympic Hot Springs CO
Elwha
Wash
Dept. Dy Resinol
Baltimore
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