Lived Thru War to Fall Victim of Seattle Fourth
World war veteran William Bailey lay in Cushman hospital Tacoma in critical condition after a Fourth of July celebration incident in Seattle. He endured Argonne forest combat but was struck by a torching torpedo thrown during a holiday smoker at the Arena. The blast triggered shell shock and left him unconscious despite hospital hopes for recovery.
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Seattle
William Bailey
Cushman Hospital
Tacoma
Argonne Forest
Bailey
Arena
Bathing Girls to Be Selected Friday Evening By June d Amour
Bathing Girls to Be Selected Friday Evening By June d Amour. The noisy scene around here is blamed on cigars more than forest fires. Advice to Bill urges saloons closed on election day. Sea serpent sighting reported in Lake Washington. A lighthearted column mixes urban humor and local notices with campaign jests and playful asides.
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Bill
June d’Amour
Bathing beauties contest at Saxony Knitting Co office
The 100-044 bathing beauties must appear between 7 and 9 p m at 2000 Fifth Ave to pass in review before judges J F Maxwell A L Johnson C W Stenz and J W Hopkins. Sixteen entrants will be narrowed to 14 models tonight with three cash prizes of 75 15 and 10. Selected girls receive pay for next week noon modeling meals and a custom bathing suit. Bring bathing salt to the event.
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Star
Saxony Knitting Co
Fifth Ave
J. F. Maxwell
A. L. Johnson
Pacific Knitting Co
C. W. Stenz
Olympia Knitting Mills
J. W. Hopkins
MacDougall Southwick
Antlers Lodge destroyed by fire near Blue River
Fire swept Antlers Lodge hotel and annex and a residence at Blue River, Oregon, 45 miles from Eugene, with the blaze reaching jogged-off land behind the hostelry. Sizeable loss pegged at over $25,000 amid limited wire reports on July 21.
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Eugene
Ore
Antlers Lodge
Blue River
McKentzie River
Yosemite Avalanche Injures 11 on Ledge Trail
An avalanche on the Ledge trail in Yosemite National Park injures 11 hikers as about sixty people are on the path. One woman is severely hurt while ten others sustain minor injuries as panic spreads among the crowd. Police and park rangers assist at the scene.
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Yosemite
Cal
Ledge
Yosemite National Park
Searing Named Commanding Officer at Columbia City Station
Capt. W. H. Searing was assigned to command the Columbia City station by his successor Chief W. B. Severyns. He succeeds Lieut. Gue V. Haswelblad, who will remain at the station under Searing.
Deadlock in Tacoma streetcar clash over fares and jitneys
Mayor A V Fawcett and the Tacoma Railway and Power Co clash over fares amid jitney threats. Sullivan unveils a weekly pass plan starting next Monday as repairs to tracks are ordered. Franchises on parts of South Tacoma and Point Defiance lines loom.
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Tacoma
A. V. Fawcett
Tacoma Railway & Power Co
Fawcett
Spokane
Seattle
Richard T. Sullivan
Power Company
Sullivan
Mrs. Montgomery Lynch Keeps Time In Wayfarer Rehearsals
Mrs. Montgomery Lynch, wife of baton waving director of The Wayfarer, serves as organist and pianist for the production. She has accompanied her husband for 18 years and attends every rehearsal, playing through rain and cold on a truck piano during tryouts.
Battle at Fayette coal fields bursts into shootings and dynamiting
At the Fayette coal fields in Pennsylvania a clash between striking miners and guards escalates as 1,100 national guardsmen move to restore order. A mine is targeted with fire and a bomb is hurled at a tipple, while a deputy sheriff’s home is burned. Fremont Nebraska also deploys 150 deputized citizens amid railroad strike turmoil.
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Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Pittsburg
Fayette Eco
Dearth
H. C. Frick Coke
National
Some Life Jackie Coogan's Autobiography Preview
Jackie Coogan the child star known as The World’s Wonder Boy rose from spankings to earning 2500 dollars weekly in films. His six chapter autobiography Some Life promises frank chapters on Chaplin, how he entered movies, and the bright future of his life. The Star previews the Monday start of the serial.
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Jackie Coogan
Jackle
Charlie Chaplin
Jackie
Girl Admits Killing Man in Alabama Police Hold
Mildred Willis Brewer 15 granddaughter of a former congressman surrendered to police claiming she killed her uncle A Portis McKelithen 36. She was held in Montgomery county jail pending investigation and has refused to speak since surrendering yesterday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mildred Willis Brewer
United States
A. Portis McKelithen
Mins Brewer
McKeithen
Lamping Enters Senate Run amid Rumors in Seattle
Rumors about Col. George Lamping port commissioner seeking the Republican nomination for the U S Senate were quieted Friday as it became known he will file soon. The Star reports authoritative knowledge that he will enter the race, though Lamping has not issued a statement.
Tacoma youth confesses auto theft and robbery
Vancouver Wash July 21 TR Thomas a 17 year old Tacoma Negro confessed to stealing a car owned by James Buchanan of Tacoma and driving to Vancouver where he robbed J A Troeh a Northwest trap gunner of a shotgun and trinkets after his arrest last night
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Vancouver
Wash
TR. Thomas
Tacoma
Thomas
James Buchanan
J. A. Troeh
Northwest
Two Hospitalized After Ban Ardo Wreck In Salinas
Salinas. July 21. Hope for recovery of two of eleven victims from yesterday's automobile stage wreck near Ban Ardo near here faded. W Mansfield of Los Angeles and George Readdon of Salinas likely will not recover.
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Salinas
Cal
Ban Ardo
Bardin Hospital
W. Mansfield
Los Angeles
George Readdon
The Classified Will Help You
As seasons change homes evolve and items become obsolete or needed again. Tell readers what you have to dispose of through THE STAR CLASSIFIED to reach interested buyers and find new homes for usable belongings.
Noted author William Allen White faces arrest in Kansas
Emporia July 21 A test case of free speech in Kansas centers on William Allen White author of Henry and Me as he faces arrest for violating an anti picketing law. Governor Henry Allen seeks service of a warrant while White vows the matter will not affect his friendship with the governor or personal life.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Emage
Henry
Withers
Kansas
Kansasdustrial Court
Allen
White
Emporia Gazette
Gov. Allen
Nation faces industrial crisis amid rail and coal strikes
Across the United States the combined rail and coal strikes paralyze industries and threaten a light and heat shortage. Reports describe increasing disorders from coast to coast with sabotage, kidnappings, and violence as mines reopen and state troops deploy in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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United Press
Washington
New England
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
New Hampshire
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