Buck Private May Lead American Legion
Efforts to build the American Legion World War Veterans organization focus on open diplomacy and policy over partisan politics. Delegates push for press exclusion from caucuses but favor public reporting of actions, with Roosevelt seen as a leading future voice and potential president of the legion.
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Buck
May
American Legion
EF. C. Rodgers
ST. Louis
American Legion World War Veterans
Chamber
John J. Sulll
Seattle
Veterans’ Organization National
Jocal
Roosevelt Ro
Roosevelt
Boas
France
American Expeditionary Forces
Europe
Col. Roosevelt
United States
Legion
The Nation Salutes You and the Legion Politics
The piece argues that the American Legion could nominate and elect the next president if nationally organized, with Theodore Roosevelt as a key figure yet facing opposition within the party. Roosevelts public stance and the anti Roosevelt sentiment shape the legion's leadership dynamics and potential 1920 outcomes.
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Legion
Theodore Hoosevelt
Bennet Clark
Heaven and Earth
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Young Roosevelt
War Veterans’ Organization
Republican Party
Wall Street
Col. Roosevelt
Youth Arrested in Auto Theft Near West Seattle
Clifford Fountain an 18 year old man at the West Seattle merchant marine training station was arrested early Thursday at Sixth avenue and King street by Policemen G. W. Wilson and A. Aasland who caught him taking an automobile. The line about necessity appears as an editorial aside.
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Clifford Fountain
Sixth Ave
King «St
G. W. Wilson
A. Aasland
Fountain
West Seattle
Pistol Fracas Ends With Poolroom Clash Arrests
A pool hall brawl at 414 Fifth Ave escalated to gunfire and baton use before officers separated the crowd. Shipyard worker Mike Kosoff and Bill Betanoff face fighting charges after a dispute over $10 led to a near riot in the poolroom.
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Fifth Ave
Mike Kosoff
Alex Gotoff
Cotoff
Will Betanoff
Harry Gasaloff
Betanoff
Konsoff
Gotoff
Cgasaloff
G. W. Wilson
H. Aaslund
I. F. Keefe
Bill Betanoff
Beating the Gate Earns 165 Day City Stockade Term
A. Bergetadt, 19, employee of Seattle and North Pacific Shipbuilding Co., was sentenced by Police Justice Gordon to 165 days in the city stockade after being convicted of beating the gate. He checked in, shined over the fence, and left the yard after drawing pay without doing work. This marks the first jail sentence for violators.
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A. Bergetadt
Seattle & North Pacific Shipbuilding Co
BK. Carey
Gordon
Bergetadt
We stock charges rampant price peering in fish trade
San Francisco reports state market director Harry Weinstock accusing peering in the fish industry after price fixing ceased. He says prices rose about 4 17 percent despite larger catches and that 32 percent of the catch was diverted to fertilizer. Last week sand dabs catches rose 20 percent with higher retail prices.
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San Francisco
United Prem
Harry Westock
Weinstock
Hold Negroes for Attempted Hold Negroes for Attempted
In San Francisco in May a series of arrests followed an alleged attempted abduction linked to a boxing event. A Siamese motive is suggested after a suspect transferred from a suspect to a unit. One victim, identified as Leah Delivideo, a Yale student, was found gagged and bound with heavy wire and nearly died.
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San Francisco
United Press
Leah Delivideo
Delivideo
Yale
Too many persons evericok its own faults
A fragment reflects on people focusing on others faults while ignoring their own. It hints at self examination and common human bias, with the phrase suggesting a caution about hypocrisy and misplaced judgment.
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Roosevelt Legion
Te Congress
United Ap
Congress
Polit
Puget Sound
Tages
Down Town
Nion
Carleton Park
Aleton Park
Fort Lawton
First Avenue
Salmon Bay
Western Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
West Wheeler Street
Carleton
Jones and Phinney, Inc
Second Ave
Rarleton Park
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