Camp Lewis Soldiers To Stage Benefit Vaudeville Show
Fifty soldiers from Camp Lewis join a cast of local girls for a Metropolitan theatre benefit show for the Overseas fund. The Headquarters vaudeville from the 64th Infantry was seen by 2000 at Liberty theatre last week and repeats with Beatle numbers and a 30 piece 344th band. Private Ray Hicks directs the entire ten act program.
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Camp Lewis
64Th Infantry
Metropolitan Theatre
Liberty Theatre
Almon
Ray Hicks
364Th Inf
California
Newsboys Carnival Runs All Week in Hon Marche Park
The Newsboys Carnival continues through the week and Sunday in Hon Marche park with Thursday being laundry workers night and Friday featuring a teamsters celebration. A sick benefit fund grows as merry makers enjoy the event and roadways high school boys pledge summer war work via a questionnaire. Hundreds of boys will replace vacations with agricultural and industrial work under Uncle Sam's program.
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Newsboys
Hon Marche Park
Aick
Teamsters
Roadway High School
Uncle Sam
Brother hood and war coat in Florence store ad
What makes a man enlist for war What makes him wish to fight The brotherhood born in men speaks to the soul The ad thanks readers for savings on suits coats dresses and more at the Florence Upstains Store Second and Union.
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Beth
Florence UpstTains
Second
Union
Kathleen Clifford Demonstrates Quick Dressing In Seattle
Renowned photoplay star Kathleen Clifford appears on the Orpheum circuit at the Moore vaudeville house in Seattle. She performs in a serial role showing a boy disguise and rapid wardrobe change to prove a girl can dress in a jiffy.
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Seattle
Kathleen Clifford
Paramount Pictures
Orpheum
the Moore
Kathleen
Miss Clifford
Theo Karle to Sing Farewell for Red Cross
Theo Karle, noted Seattle and Olympia tenor who has joined the national army, will sing a farewell concert for the Red Cross at First Presbyterian church. Proceeds aid Red Cross relief before he departs for Camp Lewis for training. His journey from schoolboy to national performer ends with a call to service.
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Greene
Theo Karle
Seattle
Olympia
National Army
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Camp Lewis
Karne
New York
Tragic Collision Leaves Woman With Severe Injuries
Helen M. Aronson suffered deep head cuts and body bruises when a motor truck driven by her husband collided with a street car Wednesday. Also noted are local meetings, awards, and a fire warden appointment, plus community notices and funeral services.
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Helen M. Aronson
M. Aronson
Minute Men
Precinct 88
Queen Anne I
P. m
Chicago
J. H. Bloedel
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Olympia
D. C
Franklin High School
E. B. Sutton
Washington
Occidental
Mary Kennedy
L. H. Darwin
Commonwealth Club
Mary Weaver Holcomb
Standard Ice Co
Railroad Ave
Oregon Girl Marries Aviation Officer in Texas
Hood River Oregon May 23 relatives of Miss Dorothy Epping received a telegram stating she had married Lieut Frank T Elliott in Fort Worth Texas. Elliott serves in the aviation corps and the couple are UC Berkeley graduates with high honors.
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Hood River
Ore
Dorothy Epping
Miss Epping
Frank T. Elliott
Fort Worth
Tex
Eliott
Aviation Corps
University of California
Katherine Stinson Sets Course for Chicago to New York Flight
Chicago May 23 Miss Katherine Stinson began a proposed nonstop flight to New York City carrying 67 mail pieces including a letter from Chicago Postmaster W B Carlyle to the New York postmaster.
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Chicago
Katherine Stinson
New York City
W. B. Carlyle
Graduation frock fabrics and trims on sale
Picor edged nets and organ dies offered to tailor dainty graduation frocks with tucks ruffles and shirring from 12 to 18 inches deep on a forty inch depth. Prices range from 2.00 to 3.75 per yard. Georgette crepe shades such as artillery red cavalry yellow infantry blue service green khaki burnt orange terra cotta and duck blue priced at 2.25 per yard. Firet Floor.
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Service Corps
New Silk Suits priced at 22.50 for summer wear
The advertisement promotes silk suits in Belgium blue plum with unique collars belts and pockets. Available in Brown Navy Black for women and misses. Exceptional value at 22.50 each.
Velvet Velveteen Jackets For Summer Wear
Regulation and sleeveless styles with roll lapels and self material trim gain new followers. Jackets feature patch pockets, are faced with white serge, and lined in gold or white satin. Price 15 dollars at Basement Salesroom.
Two Y M C A Men Stand During World War I Bombardment
During a May 22 bombardment near the Picardy front two YMCA workers Frank West of Madison Wisconsin and FE A Starks of Montclair New Jersey stayed at their posts aiding the wounded and entertaining peers. They carried a phonograph into a dugout and played Harry Lauder’s Beautiful Sunday as shells burst around them. West was gassed and sent to the rear though not seriously harmed. Starks was knocked by a nearby explosion and suffered shell shock.
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Picardy
Frank West
Madison
Wis
A. Starks
Montclair
N. J
Harry Lauder
West
Starks
Franchise Petition Dismissed After Supreme Court Ruling
The Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co petition seeking relief from franchise obligations was dismissed by the state public service commission. The case was deemed adjudicated on points of law by the Tacoma Supreme Court decision dated April 27. Caldwell motion to dismiss followed the Tacoma ruling.
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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
State Public Service Commission
Tacoma
Supreme Court
Corporation Caldwell
Seattle Women to Drive Motor Ambulance Cars
A recruitment drive by the women’s Red Cross motor corps in Seattle aims to fill the unit to strength. The corps will be organized on a rigid military basis with mechanical work starting in June and members placed in public garages gas stations and battery shops to gain practical knowledge before a six week training and licensing examination by the department.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Seattle
Lawton
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