Navy Victory Loan drive boosts Seattle with 600 sailors
The Victory Loan campaign hinges on a citywide effort as 600 Navy personnel visit Seattle to push subscriptions. Seattle has raised $272,850 on Tuesday toward an $8,214,900 remaining quota, needing about $2,005,700 daily through Saturday midnight. Bremerton shipyard workers average a notable per-person contribution, while statewide and railroad group totals also appear in incomplete returns.
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Bremerton
Seattle
Navy Loan Boosters
Second Ave
Madison
Union
H. C. Kennalie
Laherty
Navy
H. A. Piel
Navy Yard Ecomimpandant
Alaska
Porty-two Bend Clube
Railread Organications
Man Sues for Death of Son in Railroad Accident
Joseph W. Conrad files a $2 999 claim in superior court against the United States Railroad Administration director general alleging his S year old son died after a train train engine jerk threw him under a caboose on the Pacific Coast line at Hobart Washington November 15.
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Bull
Costa
Pacific Coast Company
Hobart
Wash
Superior
Joseph W. Conrad
United States Railroad Administration
Conrad
Be Tter
Huns Receive Treaty Today in Major Allied Gathering
Premier Clemenceau presides as President Wilson and key American delegates sit with Lloyd George and Foch near the French, British, and Allied plenipotentiaries. Delegations include Italy Belgium Greece Japan Portugal Serbia Brazil Romania Poland and others. The treaty spans about 75 000 words in a thick volume shown in parallel columns.
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Clemenceau
Cermane
Wilson
Lansing
Col. House
Henry White
Gen. Biles
Hieight
Hig
Lloyd George
Marshal Foch
Italy
Belgium
Greece
Japan
Portugal
Serbia
Brazil
Rumania
Poland
Caecho-Slovakia
China
Siam
Jugo Slavia
Panama
Cuba
Guatemalas
Nicaragua
Haiti
Honduras
Treaty
Prete
Hagueh
United States
British Empire
France
Bolivia
Ecuador
Guatemala
Hedias
Liberia
Peru
Czecho-Slovakia
Uruguay
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Candidates for Council Appointment Surface in Seattle
L Frank Brown a Seattle attorney announces as the first candidate to fill the unexpired term of the late Councilman Roland W. Cotterill who died at home. Other hopefuls mentioned include Woody of Hethell now in West Seattle George P Litman a former civil service commissioner A Proctor Levi union leaders Fred Hastings and possibly others. The council must pick Cotterill’s successor within 20 days. race is broad with no clear front runner.
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L. Frank Brown
Seattle
Roland W. Cotterill
Bis
Woody
Hethell
West Seattle
Aro Ie
Suee Seasor
Cotterill
George P. Litman
Listman
Civil Service Commission
Ole Hanson
LW. W
A. &. Proctor
Ea Levi
Fred Hastings
Omean
Poetic Fragment Echoes Strain of Labor and Waking
A fragmentary verse voice laments a weary load with lines about a poetess and a husband named Larry. The brief piece hints at labor and domestic tension without full context or narrative closure.
Welcome uncertainty surrounds Seattle welcome for returning troops
The city debates feeding 600 men at Chauncey Wright restaurants and adjusting plans for a large homecoming. Officials vow to resign if Seattle cannot spontaneously support the welcome for men who endured hardships, including Emery K. Jackson and others from the 47th machine gun battalion.
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Chauncey Wright
Portland
Gates
Seattle
Emery K. Jackson
Beattie
Puget Sound
Tons of Flowers to Pave Pathway for Returning Soldiers
Mrs. Jacob Lukey, chairman of the flower committees, calls for community help to pave a welcome pathway for returned soldiers. The flower drive runs at Hed Crone headquarters, 216 University, until 9 a.m. Thursday, with volunteers encouraged to contribute as Seattle residents join the effort.
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Seattle
Jacob Lukey
Hed Crone
University #1
Customs Officers Attend Conference in New York
Roscoe M. Drumheller collector for the Western Washington district Henry Mackwood special deputy collector and R F Brown examiner left Wednesday morning for New York to attend the annual conference of federal collectors and examiners The five day conference begins May 12 Roses Chestnut federal appraiser will supervise Drumheller's office during his absence.
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Roscoe M. Drumheller
Washington
Henry Mackwood
R. F. Brown
New York
Federal
Roses Chestnut
Drumheller
Clear Snow From Snoqualmie Pass
The Kittitas county commission will start work on the eastern part of the snow blockade closing the Sunset highway, with Snoqualmie Pass expected to reopen shortly after 18 at the latest. King County commissioners will proceed first and conservatively.
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Kittitas Cougi
Sunset Highway
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Snoqualmie
King County Commissioners
Mummies Returned From War Storage in London
Valuable pictures from London galleries and Egyptian mummy items from the British Museum and King George VI personal property are being moved from an unfinished postal tube storage during the war to shield them from air raids.
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London
Britishuseum
King 6
Treaty terms outline German surrender and postwar order
The accord bars Germany from most overseas claims, trims the army to 100000, disarms fleets, and imposes reparations and tribunals. It redraws borders with Poland and demilitarizes key regions while establishing the League of Nations framework and various commissions to govern territories and enforce the peace.
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Ides
Germany
Alsace
Lorraige
France
Danzig
Belgium
Denmark
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Poland
Europe
Moerreco
Egypt
Siam
Siberia
Shantung
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
Rhine Rased
Rhine
Holland
K Kaiser
League of Nations
Saar
High Commission
League
Malmedy
Schleswig
International High Court
Rsers
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Hird
Lew White
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Regal Dental
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