Ten Wonders Of World War Inventions Rated By Americans
A May 22 report lists war tech seen as American born or developed, noting eight of ten wonders trace to U S ingenuity. It credits Simon Lake for submarine concept roots, cites Lewis gun, machine guns, periscopes, aircraft and tanks as American in origin, with German origins for Zeppelin and gas measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Simon Lake
America
John H. Parker
San Juan
Thomas Dougherty
Osage
Fiendish Slayer Is Tortured and Burned Near Memphis
A mob of more than 5,000 in the Memphis area tortured and burned Eli Person after he confessed to decapitating 15 year old Antoinette Rappal. Dewitt Ford and another suspect were pursued for similar killings with authorities unable to prevent the lynching. Women cheered the proceedings as police intervened with federal custody for a captured chauffeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Eli Person
Macon Road
DeWitt
Ford
Antoinette Rappal
Jagkwotegis We Is
Dan Armstrong
Wolf River District
John Brown
Charlies Rappal
Dewitt Ford
LISTER TELLS THE STAR OF OUR WAR AIMS AND PLANS
Governor Ernest Lister discusses wartime aims with The Star in Olympia. He says there will be no special legislative session unless needed, food boards may be created to run midmen at profit, and Washington will receive wood and steel ship contracts. Wheat production is expected to reach 45 million bushels, and no new state highways will be built except for absolute need. He returns from Washington, D. C., with a sober, weighty outlook.
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Olympia
United States
Washington
Northwest
Gen. Goethals
United States Shipping Board
Ernest Lister
Lister
Washington, D. C
Gill names boards for city selective service registration
Mayor Gill appointed three of twelve district boards to register men aged twenty one to thirty in Seattle. Boards in Old Ballard Old First and Second wards West Seattle assign executive officers recorders and physicians. others to be named Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rdts
Seattle
Gill
Gov. Lister
Old Ballard
T. C. Tiedeman
T A. Brower
BE. C. Lee
Glover Desmond
Tobias
A. C. Bates
Eleventh District Board
West Seattle
Col. J. M. Hawthorne
Robert van Horn
Will H. Anderson
Echo June Zahl and Warren Kerrigan Plan Horseback Ride
Echo June Zahl and Warren Kerrigan met at 11 36 in the morning and agreed to go horseback riding Wednesday afternoon after lunch at the Washington hotel. Kerrigan, described as the movies handsomest man, will appear at the Clemmer on Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Echo June Zahl
Warren Kerrgan
Washington Hotel
Echo
Washington
Kerrigan
When You Are Offered a Real Bargain
Advertising manager's daily talk urges buyers not to pass up reduced prices on needed purchases. Features Seattle stores such as Standard Furniture Bush Lane Grote Rankin Ramaker Woodhouse Grunbaum Rhodes McCormack Fraser Patterson Bon Marche Frederick Nelson and Fraser-Paterson with movie news and ads. The Star promotes its regular best offerings and proclaims itself the fastest growing paper in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Furniture
Bush & Lane
Grote-Rankin Co
Ramaker Bros
Woodhouse-Grunbaum
the Rhodes Co
McCormack Bros
Movie News
Ada
Fraser-Paterson
the Bon Marche
Frederick & Nelson
Army Against Waste Gains New Recruits
The Army Against Waste in Seattle grows as neighborhood meetings begin and more women enlist. Officials praise the movement and urge individuals to save food for the war effort, with endorsements from public figures and local organizations. Mary Holden leads as chair at 1262 Denny Way.
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Cooper
Frank B
Thomas Burke
Legislative Federation of
King County
Mary Holden
Denny Way
Woman hosts neighborhood meeting to aid Waste Army
Mrs. Louis A. Rexford invites women from the Seattle area to a May 24 meeting at her home to discuss food conservation as part of the Women’s Army Against Waste. Rexford, using a wheelchair, emphasizes reducing waste, eating wisely, and economy in household cooking. Her husband assists with purchases and supports the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Seattle
Women's Army
Mrs. Rexford
Woman’s Army Against Waste Pledge Initiated
A call to enlist in the effort against waste during wartime urges women to pledge aid. The message frames conservation of food as a special duty and service to the country, inviting participation and commitment to the cause.
Sign the Coupon to Mail to Waste Editor
The reader is instructed to sign the coupon with their name and address and mail it to the Waste Editor of The Star, following the newspaper’s circulation or reclamation process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Abbott
the Star
Elsie Vick a Chinese Chorus Girl in U.S.
New York reports Elsie Vick the only Chinese chorus girl on the American stage. Stage name Elsie Young rehearsing for the Ziegfeld Follies. At 19 she blends Oriental charm with American vigor. She declares I am an American girl, first, last and always.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elsie Vick
Elsie Young
Elsie
Fire Destroys Atlanta Homes in Gale of 10,000 Homeless
A massive blaze in Atlanta's residence district left 10,000 people homeless and caused $3,000,000 in damage. One death, sixty injured. Fire started in a storage house and is suspected incendiary. mayor calls it possibly accidental. Red Cross and volunteers aid victims as authorities investigate.
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Atlanta
South
Bessie Hodges
Caidler Bieves
FortePherson
Red Cross
Candler
Senator Harry Lane Near Death In San Francisco
U S Senator Harry Lane of Oregon remains gravely ill with heart trouble at St Francis Hospital in San Francisco where he has been ill for several days and his condition is unchanged according to hospital statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SA Francisco
U. S
Harry Lane
Oregon
St. Francis Hospital
Shells on liners Mongolia and St Louis from Spanish American War
Washington May 22. The shells aboard the armed liners Mongolia and St Louis used against submarines were partly manufactured during the Spanish American War. Admiral Earie reported to Secretary Daniels that the shells were not faulty and their failure to function was an unexplained accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mongolia
St. Louis
Earie
Ordnance Department
Daniels
St Louis
Woman Attacks Former Husband In Court Room Brawl
After testifying in Judge Boyd Taliman's superior court that Akbar Kahn promised to take her from Seattle to India as his "queen of his harem" M Karen Kahn assaulted him Tuesday morning in open court. Attendants separated the pair as she yelled she would kill him. She is a witness for the defendant in Kahn's lawsuit against Georgetown grocer M J Green for $10 000 alleging alienation of affection.
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Boyd Taliman
Akbar Kahn
Seattle
India
M. Karen Kahn
Kahn
Mrs. Kahn
M. J. Green
Georgetown
Green
Attempt to Slay Kerensky Reported in Petrograd
A New York dispatch says an attempted assassination of War Minister Kerensky in Petrograd failed. Kerensky escaped while all participants were arrested, with rumors linking the plot to remnants of the old regime.
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New York
Kerensky
Petrograd
Por Ward
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Louis Gathman
War Department
Louis A. Rexford
Gill Names Boards
Derrise Helpa
Health
Cer McBride
Recorders
Daniel Buckley
W. C. Woodward
Co. W. Sharples
A. 0. Lee
W. Griswold
George Dowling
Dan Landon
J. W. Frerich
Walter Meyer
Lorin Grimstead
Will Whitney
Gates
Frank Gates
W. E. Gaines
Army Against
Star
Seattle Tf
Aurora Ave
Mr. Rexford
Woman's Army
U.S
Atlanta Fire
Biff
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