Ex-soldier employment push lists veteran job calls
Harold J. Doane notes scarce permanent openings as 50 to 100 ex-service men wait daily in Seattle for work. The campaign reports only 10 of 64 positions filled permanently, with many jobs lasting a few hours. Slate of registrants includes Eliott 0479 and numerous veterans seeking cashiering, driving, labor, and clerical roles across Seattle, Rainier, and surrounding addresses.
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Rainier Noble Post
American Legion
Star Legion
Stuart Building
Eliott
Harold J. Doane
Seattle
Robert A. Leavens
Jack Wheeler
Park Hotel
G. R. Hurley
Lonsdale Hotel
Robert Corbett
16Th Ave
Ethea P. Thomas
Sather Hotel
C. Hoffman
W. Norberg
Clay St. Elliott
Garfield
Third Ave
Thomas H. Wherry
17Th Ave
D. B. Kinney
36Th Ave. S
Rainier
Big Tim Murphy Held in Jail in Dearborn Station Robbery Case
Chicago labor leader and Gas House Workers union president Big Tim Murphy is in jail on $100,000 bond connected to a $325,000 Dearborn station mail robbery. Murphy denied yesterday’s confession and claimed he only held the money for others. Vincenzo Cosmano, arrested with him, remained silent.
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Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Murphy
Gas Whouse Workers’ Union
Dearborn
Vincenzo Cosmano
Star Seeks Help To Locate Missing Relatives
The Star requests readers assist in reuniting separated relatives or friends. Report disappearances to The Star or share information with other papers. Mrs. R. Klutz reported seeing the inquiry and wired her sister in Concord, North Carolina. she lives at 1607 Harvard Ave N.
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The
Star
Fleo
Printing houses in St. Louis adopt open shop plan
Fifty eight large printing houses in St. Louis have signed an agreement to operate under an open shop plan for five years. The move aims to reduce union influence and standardize labor relations across the industry. Abbas learned.
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ST. Louis
Abbas
Grown Up but She Likes Dolls at Dressing Room Museum
Myrtle of Man, a lively dancer in George Cohan's Mary at the Metropolitan theatre, preserves a lifelong doll collection. Her dressing room, shared with another dancer, is a museum of dolls, including a new figure named Mary modeled after the show’s leading character.
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Myrtle
George Cohan
Mary
Metropolitan Theatre
Stop Marine Expense: United States Shipping Board Takes Action
Washington, June 15. The newly sworn United States shipping board under Albert D. Lasker began liquidation of the three billion mercantile marine. The board moved 2.25 billion to the debit side and outlined 750 million as disposal basis for government vessels. Plans aim to sell ships under the American flag to private lines and junk the unmarketable wooden fleet, to stop taxpayer leakage of over two million weekly.
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Russell Browning Washington
United States Shipping Board
Albert D. Lasker
United States Mercantile Marine
Lasker
Harding
Johnson Urging Mine War Probe
Senator Johnson of California declares a renewed push for Senate adoption of his resolution to investigate the West Virginia mine war. He cites a telegram from Frank Morrison AFL secretary forwarding a convention resolution in support of the investigation from the Denver federation meeting.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Senate
West Virginia
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Divers Locate Two Lost Transformers From Lake Union
Henry Finch of the Finch Co. Divers recovered two large electric transformers from Lake Union, believed lost during the University bridge construction four years ago. Each unit valued at 1600 dollars, found in good condition and moved to the city lighting department. The search also aimed to recover a trunk said to contain Mrs Kate Mannys body. The finding drew a remark from Detective Captain Tennant about the unusual haul.
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Lake Union
Henry Finch
Finch Co
Kate Mahoney
University Bridge
City Lighting Department
Tennant
War Contract Fraud Alleged harbors high profit schemes
President Harding nullifies war department contracts with United States Harness company after Attorney General Daugherty finds a conspiracy by former temporary officers to secure millions in surplus harness. Weeks made the announcement as Daugherty signals prosecutions of profiteers in war contracts.
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Washington
Harding
Daugherty
War Department
War Baker
United States Harness Company
Harness Company
Wainwright
Officer Fatally Wounded by Boxcar Bandits in Portland Yard
Portland, June 15. Special agent J. Th. Phillips of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Co died after a gunfight with two boxcar bandits in Albina yards. He and fellow agent H. G. Schneider exchanged fire as the bandits tampered with a car. Phillips was struck near the heart and died at a hospital after an operation failed.
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Portland
Ore
J. TH. Phillips
Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co
Albina
H. G. Schneider
Phillips
Schneider
Hazel and the 2 Percent Kiss Headline Discovery
Cincinnati June 15 report notes Leo B Forst retired head of the federal lab says toilet waters with added chemicals can produce a strong bitter taste and a kick like alcohol from a kiss. Taxpayers face expense for lake dredging tied to the mystery trunk.
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Cincinnati
Leo B. Forst
Federal
Pure Food and Drug Laboratory
Bon Marche unveils new wool tuxedo sweater design
The Bon Marche presents a new wool tuxedo sweater featuring revers in an open-work stitch and ribbed body. The sash across adds a decorative touch. Shown in white with pink, blue with buff, black with white, and navy with white on the second floor.
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Copenhagen
BON Marche
Girls Khaki Outing Clothes Catalog Entry
Norfolk coats with two pockets priced 4.95 in sizes 14 and 16. Trousers with pockets and cuff laces sell for 2.25 2.95 in sizes 10 to 18. Bloomer suits with knicker knees and pockets in sizes 10 to 14 1.85 for middy skirts 8 to 14 on second floor.
Jersey jackets go on sale at Bon Mard
100 good looking jersey jackets priced 7.95 offer fashion value for many outfits. Pinch back effects with patch pockets and slender belts appear on navy black brown and colored models including scarlet and vivid green. Second floor Bon Marché.
Corsets Offered as Seconds at Corset Shop
An advertisement for Bala Spirite Corsets lists seconds at a very low price. Elastic, low, medium and high bust models available in short and long versions. Corset Shop on the second floor presents these bargains.
New Aprons for 1 59
Unbleached muslin slip over apron with taped bright appliques of Oriental cotton crepe two pockets sash ties and fast black detailing offered for Apron Thursday at a bargain price.
Cretonne and Gingham Fabrics for Summer Use
The advertisement offers 800 yards of cretonnes in 10 to 20 yard lengths with bright summer patterns, and 2,000 yards of Bates nurse striped gingham 27 inches wide in 10 yard pieces. Suitable for camp or beach cottage decor and children's clothing.
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Cretonnes
Bates
Daily Grocery Specials on the Upper Main Floor
Full Weight Bread twelve cents per loaf and fifteen varieties. Cream Puffs five cents each. Nut Bars eighteen cents a dozen, two dozen for thirty three cents. Jelly Rolls in the Basement fifteen cents. Fairy Soap four bars thirty cents. Phez Jams one and a quarter pound cans twenty cents. Cocoa Powder fifteen cents per pound, two pounds for twenty five cents. Finest Crab can forty cents. Mayonnaise forty cents per pound Made fresh daily. Cucumber Dill Pickles five cents each three for ten cents. Lynden Creamery Butter thirty five cents per pound. Armour Star Sliced Bacon thirty cents per package fourteen pounds fifty eight cents per pound. Upper Main Floor.
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Lynden Creamery
Armour’s
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Big Tim
Bureau of Missing Relatives
Myrtle Gilman
Atee Gordon
Rainier Ave
Ferdinand St
Alic M. Henehan
33Rd Ave
Seattle General Hospital
Ed P. Kelly
George M. Hurley
Third Ave. N
Second Ave
Pike St
Hurley
Kelly
A. D. MecCleverty
BE. Denny Way
Mali
Finch
Baker
Hazel
Smart
Eeeeeeee
Portieres
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Yccee Ene
W. S. Griswold
Washington League of Women Voters
Douglas School of Dancing
A. T. Wanamaker
Herbert E. Coe
Charles B. Ford
James & Merrihew
Bandeaux
Bungalow Cretonnes
Bates Ginghams
Oakland
Union Street Basement
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