Seattle From 1500 Feet Aboard Terah Maroney Flight
Miss Cornelia Glass details her Saturday ascent of 1500 feet over Seattle with aviator Terah Maroney. The Star will publish her eyewitness account tomorrow plus a 2000 foot aerial photo by Frank Jacobs. The motion pictures of the flight premiere at Clemmer theatre this week. Jacobs captured the first successful city overhead shot at 2000 feet.
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Seattle
Terah Maroney
Miss Glass
Frank Jacobs
Star
Maroney
Clemmer Theatre
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No Buyer Yet for Hum Frey Duck Pond Asset
A suggestion notes nobody has offered to purchase the Hum Frey duck pond at a cost of 169500 to Uncle Sam. The Reliable P.1 calls it valuable business property but wonders about adding Ayres Bank terminals to entice a bid.
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Uncle Sam
P.1
Ayres Bank
I Dreamed of Flying Over Seattle With Mr Maroney
In North Bay Ontario a reporter recalls a first flight over Seattle with aviator Terah Maroney and his aeroplane. She describes the takeoff on Harbor Island, rising hundreds of feet, the city below, and the exhilaration of flight with vivid detail and personal reflection.
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Beaven
Harbor Island
Mr. Maroney
Officer Wiley Dies of Wounds in Shootout
New warrants charging Fred and Logan Billingsley with first degree murder may be issued Monday after a gun duel at the Billingsley house left Patrol Driver Robert Wiley fatally wounded. Wiley, 28, joined the police in 1913 and was serving as chauffeur. his death deepens the coroner inquiry into the Weedin case as investigators pursue a second Japanese suspect and note three women were in the car. Wiley survived by a widow and child, with his parents and brother in Arlington.
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Logan Billingsley
Robert Wiley
Gill
Lundinlley
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Providence Hospital
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Sergt. Weedin
Three Hundred Men to Be Hired for Government Railway
Three hundred laborers will be hired Tuesday for government railway work in Alakaa. Seattle officials received a tablegram asking to send the men north on the transport Crook August 5. Workers will have eight hour shifts at 45 cents an hour due to rush demand on the Turnagain branch north of Anchorage. A special employment office will open at the Hell Street port commission terminal.
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Anchorage
Hell St. Port Commission
Two Americans Die in Border Clash near Fort Han cock
A detachment of Troop F, Eighth U S Cavalry, clashed with Mexican bandits at Sanchez ranch below Fort Han cock Texas at 5 30 am. Two Americans Robert Wood and John J Twomy were killed and Sergeant Louis Thompson wounded as five bandits were killed. Pursuit into Mexico was considered. Capt M H B Cushing reported the engagement to Gen Bell at Fort Bliss.
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Louis Thompson
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MH. B. Cushing
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Militia Training Planned for El Paso District
El Paso reports three months of training for local militiamen. Army officers say the period could extend the militia on the border for the next quarter.
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Doctor Thos C Frary Dies in Hoquiam at 75
Dr. Thos C Frary, former mayor, collapsed and died on a Hoquiam street. He was 75 years old.
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Hoquiam
Thos C. Frary
Prosecutions to Follow Blast That Killed Ten in New York
A massive investigation into the Black Tom munitions blast unfolds as state and federal authorities prepare prosecutions. Officials report early casualties and warn of further deaths, while prosecutors await the scene reports and outline charges against several suspects.
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J. P. Yoder
United Press
Black Tom
Hudspeth
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jersey City
Deutschland Steam-Up Signals Departure from Baltimore
At 1 30 p m tug Thomas F Timmins began clearing away barges to free the Deutschland now at the foot of Andrest Bay awaiting departure. A crew member predicted the U boats imminent go down the bay as the Bremen neared the three.
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Thomas F. Timmins
Deutschland
Andrest
Bremen
Locust Point
Tides at Seattle High Show Low and Rising Levels
Tides in Seattle show a low early morning reading of 3.36 feet at 3:36 a.m. with a high around 11.86 feet at 11:86 a.m. followed by a midday low near 1.9 feet at 6:20 p.m. and a 12.9 feet high tide later.
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Seattle
18 Year Old Girl Surges 1400 Feet in Parachute Dare
18 year old Tiny Broadwick jumped from a plane over Harbor Island Sunday and descended 1400 feet using a parachute invented by her father Charles Broadwick. Another Harbor Island aviator, Tiny Glenn, plans to join the dropping feats soon. She has two years of flight experience but has not yet made a first jump.
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Broadwick
Harbor Island
Charles Broadwick
Squall on Lake Washington detains boats
A sudden evening squall off Lake Washington drove more than 200 canoes to shore as wind and waves stranded paddlers. Dozens camped near Sand Point while a University club boat capsized. its male occupants swam to safety.
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Sand Point
University Canoe Club
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