Jobless Veterans in Seattle Ask For Jobs
The Star publishes 140 names of Seattle veterans most urgent for employment from Rainier Noble Post as job offers are requested at Elliott 479. Discharged service members are urged to leave name, address, and occupation with the Rainier Noble post adjutant in the Stuart building basement to be matched with permanent or temporary openings.
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the Star Today
Rainier-Noble Post
Seattle
Hervey Lindley
Elliott
Stuart Building
Fourth Ave
University St
Star
The
Benefit concert at Arena for Children’s Orthopedic hospital
Sunday evening attendance at the Arena will show if residents will fund yearly efforts to straighten twisted limbs and backs of children. 6,500 seats. tickets $1 at Sherman-Clay's. A First Division band from Canada, war veterans and musicians perform with vocal, piano, violin solos and interpretative dance. Proceeds go to the Orthopedic hospital through the Seattle Post American Legion.
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Senge
Sherman-Clay’s
Arena
Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Canada
Seattle Post
Orthopedic Hospital
One Arrested in Ship Strike at Pier A
A crowd rushed Pier A gates early Saturday to confront non union ship workers. M G Lang 2 fireman is held on an open charge after police stopped the assault. Pier watchman D W Scilliger says he will file a complaint. Injured include a cab passenger and eight others with bruises, a 29 year old man named A Wyngaard sprained ankle.
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M. G. Lang
City
D. W. Scilliger
Serst
J. A. Thomas
Lang
City Hospital
Pier 2
Alameda
A. Wyngaard
Condemned Powder Kills Four Soldiers in Blast
Search for the remaining fragments of four soldiers blown to death yesterday continued at Fort Sill Oklahoma after 500 pounds of condemned powder detonated prematurely. The dead are Luther D. Gee Snyder Oklahoma David Jod W Talley Vulcan Missouri David C Monroe Elizabeth New Jersey and Royal J Clark Cedarville Iowa.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Luther D. Gee
Synder
David Jod W. Talley
Vulcan
David C. Monroe
Elizabeth
N. J
Royal J. Clark
Cedarville
Defiance Returns to Port After Long Delayed Voyage
The schooner Defiance, 50 days overdue, arrived at Callao Peru from Grays Harbor Washington after 142 days at sea. The San Francisco owned vessel carried 750000 feet of lumber and arrived reported in sound condition. Calms blamed for the long voyage, with anxiety among the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and crew families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Defiance
Callao
Peru
Grays Harbor
Wash
Chamber of Commerce Marine Department
E. K. Wood Lumber Co
Is Harbor
Lumber Company
Crackmen blast cafe safe take $635 in loot
At the Butternut restaurant on Third Avenue two or more burglars used nitro to blast the safe, stealing $635, a $100 diamond ring, and a $50 watch. The kitchen safe interior was wrecked and hundreds of pennies scattered. entry came through a rear window with a barrel and pryed screen. Capt. Mason and patrolmen investigated the blast.
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Crackamen
Third Ave
Joe Kawakara
J. T. Mason
Fred Milla
Frank Bertrand
Veggn
Six Die As Freight Train Wreck Dips Into Ditch
EL PASO Tex May 14 Six persons are dead in a wreck of 12 freight cars that piled into a ditch yesterday at Eagle Flat Texas about 112 miles east of El Paso Train crews reported a coroner left for the scene last night for the investigation.
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EL Paso
Tex
Eagle Flat
el Pang
Watch Goes In Gut After Waiting Just A Moment
A man hurried through Second and University on Saturday checking his watch in the crowd. He wore astonishment and disgust, pressed the timepiece to his ear, and finally laid the watch in the gutter before hurrying away. The article notes the watch was not expensive.
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Second
University
Fire at Alta Mount Hotel Sparks Investigation
A blaze at the Alta Mount Hotel 1010 Union Street threatened occupants until a tenant found burning shavings under a stair. Firemen extinguished the flames and inspectors probe whether arson or negligence caused the fire. Proprietor Rose F B McNeil refused comment as detectives and fire officials investigate.
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Alta Mount Hotel
Union St
Rose FB. McNeil
Straw Hat Week Opens with Hay Roof Garden Prize
Straw hats of all shades were on display at city hall as Maj. Carl Reeves received the prize hay roof garden puff. He plans to buy a new ribbon next year. The Chamber of Commerce offered a $50 prize for guessing the number of Kellies sold in the coming week.
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Maj
Carl Reeves
Public Utilities
Retail Trade Bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce
Rainbow Veterans Meet for California Convention
Veterans of the Rainbow division gather in Sacramento for their annual California, Washington, Oregon, and Nevada reunion and convention. They plan business sessions at the state capitol, screening films of the unit, and a ball tonight led by John Witching of Los Angeles, president of the Coast organization.
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Sacramento
Cal
Mystery Fires Struck Queen Anne Oddly Within Hours
Two fires occurred within two hours at Queen Anne avenue and Galer street campy Saturday. A shoe repair shop suffered $800 damage from an overheated stove. A second blaze damaged the Little Queen Anne grocery, owned by Broad and Baker, for $500 with no cause found. Fire officials investigate the incidents.
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Queen Anne Ave
Queen Anne
Broad & Baker
Jail to Yawn for Small Bootleggers
Prosecutor Malcolm Douglay announced he would urge jail sentences for anyone connected with liquor operations as a business. He warned a man with a pint or a sackful could not escape punishment even on minor or pleaded intents.
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Malcolm Douglay
See the Pretty Gas Pumps Hope for Seattle Ordinance
Visible gasoline pumps made here but not for sale here. Next Monday the Seattle council will introduce an ordinance authorizing their use. The pumps show how many gallons you receive when you ask for 10 gallons.
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Council
Seattle
These Men Went to War for You Workers Then Lose Jobs All
A long list shows names and occupations from bankers to laborers including NR J Harrison, J Cooke, Dante Dagens, Chas Zweigart, J Canin, and many others. The piece notes many individuals out of work after wartime mobilization and lists diverse trades from accountants to machinists and hotel staff across Seattle area addresses. The tone is a community notice of employment loss and occupations affected.
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J. Harrison
J. Cooke
Boylston
W. Turner
Shaw
Bari T. Owens
Boylston M
Hirtland
Toren Ave
Dante Dagens
Barker Hotel
Anleaman
Hamiiton
John At
Saleeman
Robert Dingfield
Carman W. Durr
Leslie Wi Larson
Queen
Anneava
Wilson
Rockefeller Ave
Everett
Chemical Eneiier
Frasier
Cherry
Enleeman
Frank W. Johansen
17Th Ave
Lindekou
Frank Beaupre
Rorep Ave
If W. Hoppe
Eighth Ave
W. ¥. Jennings
14Th N
Stephen A. Morin
Fifth Ave
N. E
Cement and Steel
Co. M. Leonard
19Th Ave
R. C. Calvert
Union
Philip Deshnais
8Th Ave
M. F. Hartlett
F. G. Benson
St. James
HW. Creagh
Geo Wricht
Righth
Albert H. Lockwood
W. Gist St
Chas. A. Crane
Federal Ave
Willard H. Swan
Chas
Lima
Spokane
H. A. Jensen
16Th N
MM. C. Armstrong
42Nd Ave
Fh. L. Stroud
Fourth
D. A. Dimitek
Lee
KR. W. Huff
Community Service
Stuart Block
Howard N. Bell
D. W. Duncan
27Th
Lewis A. Denny
New Arrington
A.L
Laueniif MacDonald
Aupvery
Louis L. Richards
69Th Ave
Jack Pellow
State House Deserted As Circus Arrives In Olympia
The Olympia state house stood sparsely with officials gone as a circus set up nearby. The note describes tents with gaudy pennants, elephant trumpets, straw odors, and pink lemonade vendors, signaling the circus in town.
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State House
Olympia
Hiszower
Willie Coyle
Epictetus
Renewed Fierce Fighting In Matewan West Virginia
The Matewan battle in Mingo county continues as miners on strike clash with hired workers and state police. Casualties rise with bodies reported near Spriggs Kentucky and Dan Whitt among the dead. Communication to the Tug River valley remains interrupted as fighting persists through the night and into morning.
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Williamson
W. Var
Matewan
Mingo County
J. J. Brokus
Tug River Valley
Howard
Abburn
Spriggs
Kentucky
Charles Stafford
Butcher
Merrimac
Dan Whitt
C. W. Smith
Gogslin
Tug River
West
Virgins
Kentucky Hills
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Theodore Roosevelt
Springfield
Ill
Pier A
Port Callao
Oday
Rainbow Veterans In Convention
J. Simpson
Wred Winks
Puget Hotel
Lawin D. Waller
TES Tien AW
Aim
Wm. Berlick
Gherimesen
K. Gaylord
Fighthave
Frank F Geta
Emis Ave
South
Cook
T -A. Malone
Baatiake Ave
James BE. MacDofalé
18Th
E. Clerk Siew
Chester G. Begh
Edward C Smith
John Emery
B. Springet
J.D. Tressel
Larned
Clarence & Fortner
Louis A. Skipstarey
P. O. Box
James J
Ronda
Renton
Auto Mechanica
O. F. Dickerman
Carpenter and Bridgeman, Co
HH. Cartoon
Plata Ave
Thos
H. Chadwick
First Ave
Ralph Rochey
EB. Wingemann
Billott
Age Krine
Kimer MH. Small
Brooklyn
Paul W. Randolph
Frank L. Arnold
Russell L. Williams
Omaha
Joan Onék
Francie O'Neill
Til Willow At
Herbert EB
Swank
Lake Drive Apts
Terry
Dickey
Knob
Waah
Fyte
Farrar St
Ah L
Bullen
Seth & W
Emteten Jr
EB Pike
Canara
Yester Way
Roy & Hord
A. Aw Sager
Apt
Atu Bellevue
Augin
Pine St
Wm. Hammond
Clay
Apta
Ruseill
Warthow
Fletcher St
Charlies Gerstunberger
Fairview Ave
Rutolph A. Aulaug
Rainier Ave
Walter F Powell
Yesterway
A. KR. Wyatt
Salisbury
Thomas Stevenson
Seventh Ave
James M. Lenihan
Robert
Tullock
Chilberg
BR. McLaughlin
Kent
O. Coulbert
Americas St
HH. T
McClellagh
Columbia
D. A. Brown
Fitthave
Wm. N. Schinx
Melrose N
Arthur L. Richry
Geo. A. Tallman
BE. Pratt
Lifth Ave
Hiram Young
Madison St
Little Village
Carl Appelberg
Seaman
J. D. McCumber
15Th Ave
James F. Downey
Weller St
Louis W. Racey
Austin St
Oscar Sundt
General Delivery
Richard Jones
Terry Apts
Peredur A’ Hiehes
18Th Ave. S
Lieryd FE
Thompson
14Th N. B
Peter Angerinous
Lin Shields
William Antenne
Ferry Ave
Fiial Warner Hansen
Victor D. Williams
W. 65Th Et
Carpenter
Adam Duncan
48Th
John Carney
Boren Ave
B. Wacon
Eastlake Ave
B. Dutseh
Pansy Apts
Ford
Robert Haag
G. B Field
Spring St
Oscar J. Vincent
Broadway
Alf Watkins
Charlie Roberts
Gladstone
Narnett
Fuhrmann Ave
John C. Wouisch
Carson Ave
A. Leslie Meyes
Seventh
Arthur Kemper
Millman
JR V
Puette
Ravenna Bivd
Ramond W
Camp Sherman
Ohio
County
West Virginia
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