Kidnapped Baby Case Sparks Frisco Ticket Push
Tickets remained on sale at several stores and restaurants as a Seattle committee prepared to select six top contestants for a final judges’ appearance. The winner is favored for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.’s New York show and a Mayflower films engagement with Miriam Cooper. Salesgirl contestants perform mid show and again with the full company. tickets must be bought before theatre entry.
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Seattle
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
New York
Miriam Cooper
Two Scientific Discoveries With Big Public Value
Dana Sleeth praises small scientific advances that could cut living costs, citing improved car carburetor for low grade distillates and Washington University coal conversion yielding high grade fuel. He urges broader public use and promises periodic abstracts of such findings to benefit society.
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Department of Industrial Chemistry
University of Washington
Pennsylvania
Quake Jolts Los Angeles Area With Local Fault Burst
A 4:20 am tremor rattled Los Angeles and nearby towns, with no damage reported though earlier quake at 12:36 pm yesterday caused more concern. Inglewood residents slept outside, moon guarded for fires. local fault activity linked to Pacific coast tremors. Statue and mausoleum damage noted. St. Marys academy candies spilled. Venice shop suffered $300 in kewpie dolls broken. Inglewood officials request no aid.
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Los Angeles
Inglewood
Moon
Pacific Coast
St. Mary's Academy
St. Joseph
Venice
Chamber of Commerce
27 Counts Against New York Firm
Indictments returned by a federal grand jury in New York charge profiteering in men's clothing sold by Gimbel Brothers department store. The firm is identified as Gim bel Brothers with Frederick A. Gimbel Joseph Dowell and Charles D Slanter named. There are 27 counts in the indictments.
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New York
Gimbel
Frederick A. Gimbel
Joseph Dowell
Charles D. Slanter
Gimbel Brothers
Seattle woman begins around world paper selling stunt
Miss Helen Carlisle arrived in Seattle on the President from Los Angeles and started selling The Star at Second and Cherry with crowds at noon and later at First and Marion. She vows to travel the world for free, selling daily papers to fund her trip, planning a new town every two days.
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Helen Carlisle
Seattle
Los Angeles
Cherry
First
Marion
Miss Carlisle
Londonderry Food Crisis Triggers Military Response
The city faces severe food shortages after drivers refuse milk bread and other supplies. Authorities and citizens appeal to Dublin Castle for troops. Assistant Inspector General Roberta is shot and his chauffeur wounded when an armed group attacks the car en route to Dublin Castle. Troops arrive from Mel fast as the sit uation deepens. Sentries with fixed bayonets guard the streets. Hundreds of soldiers patrol and many sleep in the streets.
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Londonderry
Dublin Castle
Roberta
Melfast
Atl
Victory Medals Made in Seattle for U S Government
An order for 800000 Victory Medals has been placed with Joseph Mayer & Bros. of Seattle. Two other plants in St. Louis and Newark, N J are producing the medals. Each badge goes through four distinct processes.
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Joseph Mayer & Bros
Seattle
St. Louis
Newark
N. J
Butte Man Robbed After Conventi on Incident
PORTLAND June 23. Tom Smith a Butte mining engineer was jabbed in the back with a hypodermic needle amid Shriners crowds and knocked unconscious. He was dragged away and robbed of more than $1,000 in currency.
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Portland
Tom Smith
Butte
Polish Forces to Evacuate Vilna
Polish troops prepare to evacuate Vilna as Bolshevik attacks intensify. Dispatches from London report ongoing military withdrawal amid rising pressure around the city.
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Vilna
London
Tacoma Man Elevated to Imperial Potentate of Mystic Shrine
Kilis Lewis Garretson of Tacoma was elevated to imperial potentate of the imperial council of the Mystic Shrine at a Portland meeting. Ernest A. Cutts of Savannah was chosen imperial deputy potentate and James B. McCandless of Honolulu was made imperial chief rabban.
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Portland
Kilis Lewis Garretson
Tacoma
Imperial Council of the
Mystic Shrine
Ernest A. Cutts
Bavannah
James 8. McCandless
Honolulu
Rabban
Gas Shortage Eases as War Delays Lift and Refineries Add Capacity
John McLean of Standard Oil predicts near normal gas supply next year despite wartime delays. He notes expert ear-tank refilling, a planned $10 million California refinery with high pressure processing, and new stations to meet demand. Winter storage will cover summer needs, easing consumer worries.
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Drake
McLean
Standard Company
California
Rejoice
Sugar wholesale price falls again in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 23 the wholesale sugar price declined for the third time in 12 days. Jobbers are buying at 23 dollars per hundred pounds as prices ease further.
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San Francisco
Tickets On Sale For Scott Show Benefit At Levy's Orpheum
Tickets for the BCatt Kiddies fund benefit at Levy's Orpheum tonight are on sale at multiple local shops including Meves cafeteria Second Ave Holdt's cafe 1414 Third Ave Rube's cafe 521 Union Keen's cigar store 1406 Third Ave McDonald Collier 621 Third Ave Juy's drug store Second and Ves ler Cascade Drug 24th N W Market Ballard Confectionery 2001 Market Ballard Bartell Drug 5349 Ballard Ave Metropolitan cafe Fremont and other outlets Proceeds go to Deputy Sheriff Robert Scott's family killed during an arrest effort. Tickets cost 60 cents and should be bought before arrival at the theatre.
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Scott Kiddies’ Fund
Levy's
Orpheum
Seattle
Bcatt Kiddies
Levy
Salesgiria
Ziegfeld
Meves
Second Ave
Senecast
Chauncey Wright
Kelter & Bernbaum
Second Ve. Holdt
Third
Rube's
Union
Keen’s Cigar
Third Ave
McDonald & Collier, Tailors
Mayer
Juy's
Vesler
Cascade Drug Company
N. W
Market At
Ballard
Market St
Bartell Drag Company
Ballard Ave
Metropolitan Cafe
Fremont
Robert A. Scett
Kidnaper Orville Brewington Demands Seattle Meeting
In Tacoma jail, Orville Brewington says he will reveal the child’s hiding place if reporters arrange a visit with his ex wife Mrs Inez Brewington in Seattle and she agrees to let him see their son. He claims the baby is in San Francisco and warns only court-ordered access will ease the situation.
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Orville Brewington
Star
Tacoma
Mra
Inez Brewington
Seattle
Kmimer
Frisco
San Francisco
Brewington
Freckled King to Be Crowned in Seattle Parade
A Seattle contest offers a 20 dollar prize to the child age 7 to 14 with the most freckles. The winner, crowned by Mayor when he returns, will ride in a Second Ave parade to city hall with a Buick automobile provided. Readiness at the Liberty theatre Saturday morning with 15 free admissions to the theater for top freckles.
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Wesley Barry
Wes
Liberty Theatre
John von Herberg
Liberty
Seattle
John
Second Ave
Caldwell
Ray Fox
Buick Company
Rader Trial Shocks Court as Defense Rested Early
Wealthy Lake contractor Gram Rader faced the noon session with no defense witness after Mrs. Rowena Curtis testified about the events leading to her husband’s death. Prosecutor Brown announced the state’s case closed and Judge Hall moved to jury instructions on murder degrees and possible life penalty.
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Gram Rader
Wealthy Lake
Calvin S. Hall
Fred C. Brown
Aimong
Rader
Rowena Grace Curtis
John D. Mody
Mrs
Thomas Long
Robert Hodge
Long
Hall
Curtis
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Betty Cinnamon
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Clara Barth
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Dana Sleeth
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Alaska
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John McLean
Standard Ol' Peddiers
Northwest
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