Seattle Builds Vast Shipyard Boom Tied to War Demand
Seattle emerges as a major shipbuilding center as wartime demand revives wooden vessel making. Local engineers and firms race to expand docks, sheds, and yards along the waterfront, with nearly 20 million dollars in orders and employment rising rapidly. The shift marks a swift return of a trade believed long dead, and signals Seattle’s ascent among world shipbuilders.
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Seattle
Islands
Alaska
Orient
Elliott Bay
Northwest
Pacific Coast
East Waterway
War F. Boeohal
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
United States Moves to End Pacific Coast Waterfront Strike
Immigration Commissioner Henry M. White announced that the labor department will dispatch special agents to confer with longshoremen and employers in affected cities to push a settlement over months. Madsen said financing arrangements were set and strike benefits would begin immediately. About 75 strikers intercepted workers at the Stacy street wharf during cargo handling aboard the Admiral Evans before scattering.
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Sam
Department of Labor
Pacific Coast
Henry M. White
White
Madsen
San Francisco
Port Commission
Stacy St
Admiral Evans
Tides at Seattle High Readings and Times
Tide data shows 2.1 ft at 2:22 PM with a 16.2 ft high tide near midnight and a 12.6 ft reading later in the day. The article records 7318 m as a reference value for the Seattle area tides.
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Seattle
Law
Deutschland Fate Lies in Conference Over Return or Internment
Promoters and German Ambassador Von Bernstorff plan a crucial meeting in Baltimore to decide whether the Deutschland will be interned or attempt a return, pending the safety of its sister ship Bremen which is due in Boston. A high Eastern Forwarding Co officer confirmed Bremen’s orders to avoid Allied fleets off the Virginia Capes. The article also notes a secrecy-heavy University of Washington Hart case hearing led by Prof. H P Torrey with Suzzallo and Hart present, and witnesses notified for 2 PM.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Baltimore
Deutschland
von Bernstorff
Bernstorf
Luderitz
Bremen
Capes
Boston
Germany
Virginia Capes
Eastern
League
Fourth Ave
University St
H. P. Torrey
Reed College
Portland
American Association of University Professors
J. K. Hart
University of Washington
Torrey
Suzzallo
Hart
W. D. Lane
M. C. Harris
Sydney Strong
Death Toll in Tunnel Disaster Rises in Cleveland
In a Lake Erie water works tunnel 125 feet below the surface, a gas pocket triggered by electrical equipment caused a massive explosion. Twenty three workers were reported dead by 1 p.m. with ten bodies recovered and thirteen feared dead. Eight rescuers led by Gustave C. Van Dusen died behind steel doors as help arrived hours later.
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Cleveland
New Water Works
Lake Erie
Gustave C. van Dusen
Widows of Guardsmen to receive same gratuity as regulars
Treasury Comptroller Warwick announced that widows of National Guardsmen killed on the Mexican border are entitled to the same gratuity as widows of regular Army personnel.
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Washington
Treasury
Warwick
Darling Dimple Leads Wilkes New Star in Seattle
Cornelia Glass profiles J Anthony Smythe the new Wilkes leading man at the Orpheum arriving with trunks missing outfits and a famous dimple in his chin He confesses nervousness on opening night and recalls scrambling to assemble wardrobe before the performance amid a bustling Seattle theatre scene.
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Wilkes
Darling Dimple
J. Anthony Smythe
J. Anthony
Seattle
Orpheum
Wells-Fargo Express Co
Mr. Hackett
Council Calls Special Session to Tackle Lawbreakers
A Seattle city council plans a 2 p.m. Tuesday special session to devise ways and means to drive professional lawbreakers from the city. Councilman Hesketh prepares a resolution urging drastic action to aid the mayor and police in suppressing gunmen like the Billingsley type.
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Hesketh
Wiley and Weedin
Billingsley
Seattle
Billingsley brothers held on murder charges in police shooting
Logan Fred and Ora Billingsley and father R W Billingsley are jailed amid a manhunt ordered by Mayor Gill after the killing of Officers Weedin and Wiley at Westlake and Ninth. Prosecutor Lundin vows first degree murder charges and coroner's inquest delays. Bail denied. arrests include Logan in Judge Gordon's court on liquor-law violations.
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Logan
Fred
Ora Billingsley
R. W. Billingsley
Gill
Weedin
Wiley
I. Suhiro
Billingsley
Westlake
Ninth Aves
Billingsleys
Beck
Tennant
Hedges
Gordon
George Vanderveer
Lundin
Logan Billingsley
Sergeant Weedin
Gunfight Kills Two Police Aides and Japanese Watchman
Police driver Robert Wiley lies near death after a shootout at Ninth and Westlake. Sergeant John Weedin and Japanese warehouse guard Suehiro are dead, Wiley claiming a shadowed gunman attempted a hold up before a close range duel. Wiley fired after being shot in the groin, Weedin dying as Suehiro was fatally wounded. The Japanese shooter later died at the hospital.
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Robert Wiley
John Weedin
Suehiro
Billingsley Brothers
Ninth and
Westlake Avenues
Sergi Weedin
Wiley
Weedin
City Hospital
Brother
Ford Automobile Plant
Ninth Ave
Westlake
Billingsley
Charley
Amazing Grace begins in Monday’s Star serial
The Star starts the novel a week serial with Grace Christie directing a young writer through the opening installment. The tone previews intrigue and a dramatic debut as readers are urged to read the first chapter.
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Grace Christie
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