Victory Loan drive set to begin with county support
Organizing crews and local leaders ready to launch the Victory loan drive on April 21. Judge Thomas and Sir Lord of Olympia urge national unity and top effort as Coffman of Chehalis promises a top-ten push with King County leaders forming the campaign committee and planning immediate actions.
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Navy Club
Thomas
Lord
Olympia
United States
Coffman
Chehalis
Washington
Ellis
Lean Organiza
Co. & Willis
King County
Jo An
R. MH. MacMichael
Dexter Nortonna
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Cost of living rose more than wages during war
Washington reports the cost of living increased 21 percent during the war while wages lagged. An hour's wage in 1918 bought only 79 percent of the food value of 1913. The department notes wartime wage gains averaged 33 6 percent higher than 1913 for all trades in May 1918.
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Washington
Department of Labor Today
Department
Congressmen to Attend Chamber Luncheon Next Tuesday
Tickets for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Arcade area go on sale at the chamber offices and H C Abney. Seven members of the naval affairs committee of the house of representatives will be guests at the event to be held at the Masonic club.
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Chamber of Commerce
Naval Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Chamber
H.C. Abney
Masonic Club
Bremerton Bank Chief Charged With Misappropriation
Charlie S. Thomas former president of the First National Bank of Bremerton will plead before Judge Jeremiah Neterer in U.S. district court on April 4. He was to enter a plea Friday but received an extension. Thomas is out on a $5,000 bail.
Seattle banquet aims to form engineering society
Dr. Calvin W. Rice secretary of the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers was guest of 65 leading local engineers at a New Washington banquet Friday night. The event sought to organize an engineering society in Seattle.
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Calvin W. Rice
American Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Washington
Seattle
Fort Jackson Ferria Type Tug Launched at Tacoma Yard
The new Ferria type shipping board steamer Fort Jackson was launched at the Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. plant Thursday and towed to Seattle for the installation of engines and boilers.
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Ferria Type Shipping Board
Fort Jackson
Tacoma Shipbuilding Co
Seattle
Laxative Brom Quinine Tablets Sold by B. W. Grove
Advertisement notes a laxative brom quinine tablet product sold with B. W. Grove’s signature on the box. Priced at 30 cents.
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B. W. Grove
Senate Plans League Attack in Early Senate Battle
Washington March 9 The first skirmish in the league of nations battle will unfold as the next senate opens organ izing the foreign relations committee to gauge sentiment. A report favorable or unfavorable could sway allies and opponents as Republicans seek to fill vacancies with league foes while Democrats and Republicans dispute committee membership splits.
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Washington
League of Nations
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League
Foreign Relations Committee
McCumber
Republican Committee
Pollyanna Contest Winners Named in Seattle
The Metropolitan Sunday features twenty five Pollyanna contest winners aged 12 to 14 from Seattle area entries. Names include Elizabeth Fuller Rose Gradstein Bernice Abrams James Morford Olga Haugen Mildred Lovett Edith Davis John Hardie Nellie Zackovich Elenore Dannia Mary Dunklee W Oliver Baker Hazel Collins Mabel Lindsley Alice Patty Lester Deels Elizabeth Humphrey Anna Dorris Dorothea Farmer John Hans Thelma Curtis Mary O Kyrne Regina Biddle Ruth Muir Leon Witherbee and more. Winners receive two tickets to Sunday afternoon matinee. tickets claimed at Metropolitan box office before 1 40 p m.
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Pollyanna
Metropolitan
Elizabeth Fuller
California
Rose Gradstein
Yeater Way
Bernice Abrams
B. Alder St
James Morford
Jefferson St
Olga Haugen
19Th Ave
Mildred Lovett
Bagley Ave
Edith Davis
66Th St
John Hardie
Broadway N
Nellie
9Th
Ruth Muir
Mercer St
Leon Witherbee
N. Sint At
Red Cross Clothing Drive Extended To Collect More Garments
The Red Cross headquarters at 915 University Street extends the clothing drive another week. Volunteers and sub committees organize old clothes collection including undergarments and warm garments. Donations of packing boxes and ready-to-pack clothing are urged to meet a Seattle chapter shipment goal of 600 pounds.
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Red Croes
University At
Beattie
Red Cross
Seattle
Man posing as cousin robs Mrs Kendall at rooming house
A man about 24 years old entered a vacant room at the Busy Bee rooming house 2222 Sint and knocked down Mrs Kendall after asking to show a room at 2 am. He stole 985 from her purse and wore dark clothes and a hat. Police were alerted.
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Mra. Wharton
Busy Hee
Sint
Mra. M. Kendall
Mra. Kendall
Man Killed in Lumber Yard Prank Incident
Thomas Cummings about 35 living at Meattle was killed Friday while at work at Hiesel Lumber Meadows by a prank. He leaves a wife and three children. Luna Park Natatorium opens March 29.
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Thomas Cummings
Meattle
Hiesel Lumber Company
Meadows
Cummings
Aeroplane Show Opens in Chicago Coliseum
The first national aeroplane show in the Middle West opened at the Coliseum in Chicago on March 29 and runs to April 5. Exhibitors display diverse planes and predict a new era with passenger, freight, and racing models gaining popularity. Light craft start around 3500 dollars while racing planes range from 10000 to 75000 dollars.
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Chicago
Aircraft Manufacturers Association
Madison Square Garden
New York
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