Scouts Speed Up Big Drive in Seattle Area
Direct appeals expand the Boy Scouts of America drive in Seattle and King County aiming for 4000 adult members. Campaign uses four minute speakers at local clubs and in departments while officers and volunteers push national expansion fund donations. Reginald H. Parsons is reelected Seattle Scouts president with Frank Waterhouse and R R Fraser as top officers.
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Boy Scouts of America
Seattle
King County
B.C. Beck
Citizen's Committee
of the Scouts
A. Schoenfeld
Bon Mar
Frederick & Nelson's Inn
Y Scouts
Army and Navy Club
Reginald H. Parsons
Seattle Boy Scouts of America
Frank Waterhouse
R. R. Fraser
B. C. Beck
Lawrence S. Hruce
Zw. V. A. Smith
A. I. Elseworth
John Piper
Cecil H. Bacon
C. FE. Bo
President to Visit Belgium Plans Unfold for Wilson
President Wilson will visit Belgium with a press briefing at Adinkerke before touring the Belgian front at Nieuport and Ypres. He will travel to Malines and meet Cardinal Mercier, then dine with the Brussels royal household and visit Louvain before returning.
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Brussels
Wilson
Albert
Adinkerke
Nieuport
Yprce
Louvain
Call Professors to Solve Coin Mystery
June 13. Numiema and a mix of archaeologists antiquarians historians paleontologists and geologists may attend a midsummer conference at the University of California. Oliver M. Washburn identifies copper coins found in a canyon by Chester Frost as minted then old then mystifying needing close inspection.
Awards War Medals To Yankee Officers
Dist distinguished service medals awarded on war department recommendation to Brig. Gen. William T. Wood Col. C. Kniskern Lieut. Col. Harry H. Wilkins Col. Thomas Matthew Robins Col. Gilbert F. E. Humphreys Col. James T. Kerr Col. A. Owen Seaman Col. Charles T. Harris Jr. Col. Robert F. P. Lamont Col. William C. Spruance Jr. Col. Herbert Walden Col. G. A. Burrell Christian Girl and W. H. Marshall assistant chief of production of the ordnance department.
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Washington
United Preas
War Department
William T. Wood
General's Department
C. Kniskern
Harry H. Wilkins
Quartermaster Corps
Thomas Matthew Robins
Gilbert FE. Humphreys
Engineer Corps
James T. Kerr
A. Owen Seaman
General Staff
Charles T. Harris, Jr
Robert FP. Lamont
William C. Spruance, Jr
Herbert Walden
Ordnance Department
G. A. Burrell
Chemical Warfare Service
Christian Girl
Motor Transport Corps
W. H. Marshall
Portland Police Overtime Pay Boost Cleared by Council
Portland city council passes ordinance to pay time and a half for police overtime. Overtime to be paid for court appearances and official inspections only. other off duty duties previously unpaid to be curtailed. Target is reducing overall overtime while ensuring compensation for mandatory duties.
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Portland
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