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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
12
The N C 4 navy plane praised as best for Atlantic flight enters Rockaway tests. It carried 22 900 pounds with a six man crew and reached 600 feet in altitude with good speed. The American flight is expected to start early next week.
May 2 report from the Presidio notes 147 California members of the 362nd Infantry engaged in equipment checks and final payrolls as they demobilize. The doughboys say the regiment saw heavy combat, with many wounded, and they claim the unit fought more in the Wild West division than others.
Mrs Mayer received bruises and shock after her truck collided with a car driven by Mrs Greer at 11th Ave and Pine. Mayer said Greer turned the corner without warning on a slippery street and could not stop, both vehicles involved near Providence Hospital.
Des Moines reports Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas criticized war department supply failures for the 36th division and praised American soldiers. He condemned secrecy and recounted a France trench tale about German notes to the 35th division, illustrating the folly of hiding movements.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said the historic battleship Oregon may be turned over to Oregon or Portland for exhibition by Oregonians. The Oregon and three other Spanish American War type battleships are to be decommissioned. the department hopes to avoid scrapping Oregon by transferring it if maintenance can be funded locally.
New York city volunteers rush to enter a contest testing intoxicating effects of 2.75 percent beer. Promoters consider Madison Square Garden for the test with an overflow in Central Park. Letters pour in as thousands seek permission to participate.
General Aurelonio Blanquet’s head was shown in Vera Cruz on April 16 after he was killed in a minor clash while aiding Felix Diaz’s revolutionary movement. Francisco Bobadillo, secretary to a bank official in Mexico City, reported improved conditions across Mexico.
EDINBURGH May 2 American Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his staff inspected the German warships interned at Scapa Flow. After the inspection they were entertained at luncheon by Rear Admiral R. K. J. Prendergast, commanding the Orkney and Shetland stations.
London May 2 Britain faces coal shortage as 70 million tons lie flooded in South Staffordshire and other mines. Government moves to pump out and operate the flooded mines to relieve scarcity. In one area 40 thousand tons of water must be raised.
E H Sothern and Julia Marlowe will return to the stage next October, manager Lee Shubert announces.
Frank Beal, 64, told Judge Timothy Fitzpatrick in San Francisco he has spent 35 years in San Quentin and pleaded guilty to burglary five times. He lamented luck and previous releases as the judge cautioned against sending him back to jail.
New York May 2 The Columbia Alumni News prints an overseas letter from Oscar Myers class of 16 to his mother Mrs B O Myers Mount Vernon saying he is having six shirts made to measure from silk fabric wings of his air ship Obie Myers rowed on the varsity crew at Columbia.
A sharp earthquake shook Redding California at 1 20 this morning waking residents who said it was the most distinct since 1908. No damage was reported as buildings rattled and doors banged during the United Press dispatch.
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