Japanese Pilot Grounds Famous China Liner After Protest
In Shanghai the China liner of the China Mail Steamship Co was grounded by a Japanese pilot despite the Chinese captain’s protests. The ship struck a reef, cameras were seized, wireless was cut, and efforts to tow it failed until it was floated and towed to drydock. The incident fuels anti Japanese sentiment amid a China Japan trade dispute.
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Shanghai
China
China Mail Steamship Co
Nagasaki
Bor
Shangal
Filma
United States
Great Northern
Japan
Moving Dead Has Objections and Navy Probe Details
Objections to recovering dead soldiers from France and shipping them home are voiced as an impossible, years-long task with grim implications. A second story notes a double inquiry into Navy wartime work, including Sims' charges and a court of inquiry into Pletcher's Brest command.
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Carolyn Vance Bell
Washington
France
Stephen T. Early
Infantry
United States
Marged
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Pletcher
Brest
Sima
Daniela
Naval Court
Senate
Wedding Rings Grow Scarcer in Leap Year
New York reports a rise in marriage licenses across the country in Leap Year has led jewelers to note a ring shortage. A gold scarcity and growing demand cause a wave of a ring famine with talk of a combined engagement wedding ring design to satisfy both purposes.
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New York
Wholemle Jewelers
Local machinist held after automobile thefts near Fifth and Union
Mount patrolman Albert Olstrom arrested Frank Williams, a machinist, Tuesday evening for stealing from cars near Fifth and Union. Williams was found with kodaka, flashlights, and other articles, suggesting larger theft activity.
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Frank Williams
Albert Olstrom
Fifth and
Union
Downstairs Store Apparel and Fruit Gum Drops Special
Downstairs Store showcases skirts in wool velours and serges with accordion and box plaited effects in prices from 12.50 to 17.50, plus black taffeta and cloth skirts in navy and black at 5.75 to 12.50. Also promotes a Thursday-Only fruit gum drops sale at 35 cents per pound with assorted flavors.
New Walking Oxfords Arrive in Spring Shoe Section
The Downstairs Store showcases Spring arrivals of walking Oxfords with medium toe and modest military heels. Goodyear web soles are noted, priced at $9.00 for tan calf and $9.50 for brown or black Vici Kid selections.
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Oxford
Goodyear
Georgette Blouses Reduced at The Downstairs Store
Georgette blouses offered in white flesh and bisque tones with sizes 36 to 46, featuring frill trim embroidery and beading. Reduced to 3.65 dollars though complete size and color ranges are not available in any single style.
New Four in Hand Ties Feature Spring Styles
Spring arrivals in VEN accessories highlight new colorings and patterns across plain shades stripes scroll designs and polka-dots in poplin satin and domestic weaves priced at 1.25 dollars. A spring-weight elastic wide-ribbed weave item in blue or lavender stripes with knit wrist collar and ankle is offered at 4.00 dollars by The Downstairs Store.
Tuck-bordered Scrim Curtains at $2.00 Pair
White and ecru scrim curtains in 28 inches wide and 21% yards long. Easy to launder and serviceable, often substituted for finer curtains in spring and summer. Unusually low price at $2.00 per pair from The Downstairs Store.
New Display Spring Foulards Priced at 3.50 Yard
The article highlights new spring foulards with tasteful brown blue and black prints. They come in 86 inch width and are offered at 3.50 per yard, emphasizing enduring appeal and advancing design ideas.
Newly Arrived Printed Voiles At 65 Cents Yard
AINTY fracts of fascinating sheerness accent the new Voiles with floral and stripe patterns on light and dark grounds. Thirty six inches wide and priced at 65 cents per yard.
Weave Sale at the Reine Store
The Reine Store advertises sheer and lovely weaves in small blue, pink, lavender, and rose dots on white grounds and blue, lavender, and buff grounds with black dots. Priced at $1.00 per yard.
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Reine
New Coverall Aprons For Spring House and Garden
Two styles shown in sketch. One features large checks with a wide belt and two large pockets. The other is dark blue percale with small figures stripes or checks and trim of rick rack braid and pearl buttons. Priced at $2.95.
Downstairs Store Offers Low-Priced Kids Sweaters
Early Thursday sale targets children ages two to six with maroon fawn color Oxford gray sweaters priced at 2.75 dollars. The offer applies to sizes 2 through 6 years at The Downstairs Store in White.
Springtime Tub Frocks For Little Tots
Girls wear plaid and check ginghams in bright Springtime colors and chambray styles with self sashes and white poplin collars. The featured dress in blue or pink gingham with self sash and white trim costs 2.50, in sizes 2 to 6 years from The Downstairs Store.
Crepe Kimonos Offer Attractive Colors at Low Price
Lovely cotton crepe kimonos offered in light blue shell pink and lavender with Persian designed binding. They feature multiple rows forming a yoke effect and are priced at two dollars and twenty five cents.
Valenciennes Laces 75c Bolt Feature at Downstairs Store
Valenciennes laces in French Normandy two thread varieties are offered by the bolt for spring sewing needs. Insertions and téd match options are highlighted, all priced at 75 cents per bolt at THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE.
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Valenciennes
Normandy
Women’s handkerchiefs 15 cents each
Attractive values at this price in hand kerchiefs of sheer soft lawn some hemstitched and embroidered in white or colors others with colored stripe border 15 cents each
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EAY
Cluny pattern laces offered at low prices
Clunypattern laces in 1 14 and 2 inch widths, mercerized finish, priced at 124c yard. He Cruet sketch is among three styles in the Downstairs Store, with clear finish and substantial character. Laces retail 35c 40c 50c each.
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Isity of Washington Extension
Assembly Room
Emilio Goggio
G. W. Montgomery
Port Commission
Anna M. Morrison
Charles 8S. Johnson
Kenwood Place
Den
America
Seattle Lighting Company
Frederick
Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Ohio
Frederick & Nelson
Downstairg
Oxfords
Jersey
Hursday
Copenhagen
Colonial Glass Oil
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