Labor council endorses repeal of selective service law
The Central Labour Council of Seattle urges Congress to repeal the selective service act. They argue that protesting select service is free speech, while advocating forcible resistance is sedition, and stress national unity under the commander in chief. They cite democracy as essential to world peace and urge strict wartime national effort.
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Central Labor Council of
Seattle
Congress
United States
Army
Navy
Green Lake Carpenters’ Union
Central Labor Council
Select Service
Hulet M. Wells
Frank Gates
Gates
James Duncan
Wells
Sam Sadler
No Conscription League
Pacific States
Anti-Conscription Roundups Reach Several Cities
May arrests target anti-conscription activists as Justice Department agents sweep New York Chicago and Ohio. Columbia University student Owen Cattell and peers are taken into custody amid protests against the draft and constitutional rights claims. A minister Rev C L Lehnert is arrested in St Paul as authorities press anti conscription campaigns. A 24 year old man, Mon Hennacy, is seized in Columbus for distributing militarist literature.
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New York
Department of Justice
Owen Cattell
Columbia University
Kay Cattell
Chas. Francis Philips
Wilson Parker
American Congress
Daniel Kiefer
Cinwall
Kiefer
Paul
C. L. Lehnert
Lehnert
Minneapois Liberty
Heep
Wilson
Columbus
Missouri tornado leaves dozen towns hit. dozens dead
A Missouri tornado last night killed at least 16 people and injured nearly 100 across a belt from Cape Girardeau to the St. Louis area. Mineral Point was hardest hit with 7 dead and 45 injured, while Palmer, Graniteville, and other towns reported deaths and extensive property damage as communication lines failed.
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Amd Preas
Palmer
Mineral Point
Graniteville
Biamarck
Bon Terre
Marquard
Salem
Annutthouse
Lennox
Maples
Licking
Edgar Springs
Edah
Castle Dropped on Roof in Flight Disaster
In Mohawk Camp at the Royal Flying Corps training ground a plane exploded after an engine fault. Dancer and instructor Lieut Vernon Castle escaped serious injury while W. F. Frazer of Winnipeg, a cadet, was killed when the aircraft smashed into a building and burst into flames.
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Toronto
W. F. Frazer
Winnipeg
Vernon Castle
Royal Flying Corps
Mohawk Camp
Castle
Jitney Drivers Face Restraining Orders and Donation Car Plan
Jitney bus drivers were to be served with temporary restraining orders to halt operations while prepared to convert their buses into donation cars. Twenty five donation cars were already in service in Seattle. Attorney Howe for Traction Co. says 60 to 80 more defendants may be named in the case aimed at driving the drivers from the streets. No action is planned against the donation bosses at present.
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Seattle
Howe
The
Traction Co
Smith
Villistas Close In Toward U S Border
A May 31 report from San Antonio says Villistas are approaching the International border. The Mexican consul at Presidio warns there is nothing to fear, noting the Southern department has sufficient troops along the border to protect American towns.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Department
Presidio
Greek barber James Viahos dies of heart trouble
After a post mortem Thursday deputy coroners ruled the death of James Viahos 40 a natural death from heart trouble. The body was found Wednesday morning at 218 Fourth Ave. Friends suspected foul play due to a missing $250 they believed he had.
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James Viahos
Fourth Ave
Stop Buying Permits Business Drops at County Liquor Counter
A county liquor permit counter saw a sharp decline on Thursday as consumers learned the dry law would affect ordering. Previously the business had been breaking records, but a sudden drop followed the warning.
Dr Hillis To Speak On Liberty Loan At Orpheum
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis will address a Saturday afternoon meeting at the Orpheum in Seattle urging support for the Liberty Loan. The event, free admission, discusses Liberty bonds and America's war position with promoter Lawrence Chamberlain and clergyman Dr Mark A Matthews also noted. Alonzo Helms is jailed Thursday on a white slavery charge, wife Kila Helms providing details.
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Seattle
Liberty Loan
Uncle Sam
Patriotic Fund
Seattie
Pioneer Square
Union St
Second Ave
Edgar C. Snyder
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Orpheum Theatre
America
Hillis
Liberty Loan Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Dreamland Pavilion
Hillin
Lawrence Chamberlain
Mark A. Matthews
Wilson
Arrest Speakers Against Registration Under Federal Scrutiny
Federal agents intensify pursuit of anti registration plots amid mass meetings by W W and anarchist sympathizers. Officials say speakers preaching anti registration will be arrested and meetings watched through Tuesday to curb potential antidraft riots in major cities.
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Carl D. Groat
United Piece
Washington
Germany
America
Altho
W. W
Department of Justice
50 000 Will Defy Draft Slacker Census Initiated
A secret census of anti conscriptionists and slackers began across the United States. Emma Goldman and anti draft groups organize 60 000 members. 10 000 New York youths vow to refuse registration June 6. American Union Against Militarism offices opened on Fifth Avenue with leaders including Roger N Baldwin and civil liberty supporters coordinating exemptions.
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United Re
Star
New York
U. S
Emma Goldman
Louis Lochners
American Union
American Union Against Militarium
Fifth Ave
Roger N. Baldwin
War Department
L. Hollingsworth Wood
The
Society of Friends
John Haynes Holmes
Norman M. Thomas
Harry Ward
Boston
Scott Nearing
Yoledo
Edmond C. Evans
Meat prices retreat as consumers trim intake
Amid soaring costs, consumers reduce meat consumption with no organized boycott. Packers report broad cutbacks in purchases across the country. Sheep and lamb prices fall from last week while cattle and calves also ease, reflecting the tightened market.
Bond drive message urges support for war financing
A wartime appeal highlights the need to buy war bonds to fund military efforts. The message emphasizes collective sacrifice and urges citizens to invest, presenting bonds as a practical way to support troops and national defense.
Autos Aid Registration Effort In Seattle Area
Mayor Gill accepted an offer of 100 patrol cars to transport interpreters between precincts and move officers to outlying precincts. Some units may serve the county to rush registration results to Seattle for telegraphic transmission to the governor and the war department. The county registration board includes Sheriff Stringer Audstor Wardall and Health Officer.
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Gill
Seattle
War Department
County Registration Board
Sheriff Stringer
Audstor Wardall
Select Service Clarifications On Page Six
Readers are directed to page 6 for answers to common questions about select service registration. For unresolved items mail inquiries to The Star Select Service Editor.
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of the Star
Seattle officials plan second permanent county board lineup
Sparling recommends the second permanent county board members with Thomas F P Revelle as executive officer A C Wilson as recorder and Dr W E Gibson as physician. Seattle aims to register 600 to 800 Japanese with an interpreter from the immigration department. Prospective exemptions will be heard after the board is chosen by lot. Provost marshal details indicate five hundred thousand to be drawn for the first call.
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Permanent Registration District Boards
Seattle
Pastor Resigns Over Flag Display at Unity Church
The Rev. Charles E. Beals resigned as pastor of the Church of the Unity in Worcester Massachusetts after parishioners demanded an American flag be raised over the choir loft. Beals, a formermilitiaman and military chaplain, is noted as a prominent pacifist.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles E. Beals
Church of the Unity, Unitarian
Altho
Haines Named Delegate to Pacific Coast Chamber Committee
A. F. Haines is appointed delegate to the committee of 15 of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific coast to represent the local body by President A. J. Rhodes.
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A. F. Haines
Associated Chambers of Commerce of the
Pacific Coast
A. J. Rhodes
Tax Committee Works On Postage Tax
Washington May 1 The Senate Finance Committee advanced basic changes in the $1,800 war tax bill and took up the publications tax. Postmaster General Burleson pressed for a flat rise in second class postage to match higher first class rates. He questions the fairness of the house zone system.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Burleson
Sen. Simmons
Survivors Rescued From Norwegian Bark Dione Sinking
Two Americans aboard the Norwegian bark Dione were saved after the vessel was sunk by a German submarine on May 2. Survivors named are C. H. Edwards of Norman Tennessee and H. K. Parker of Portsmouth. All crew members survived.
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United Presse
New York
Travelera
C. H. Edwards
Norman, Tenn
H. K. Parker
Portsmouth
Marksmen ready as Iowa Sportsmen pledge support
A regiment of trapshooters was proposed at the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association annual meeting in Waterloo. The group of 2,500 members pledged government support and voted 500 dollars to buy Liberty bonds. Public invited to parish fair to reduce church debt at St Edward's hall Hillman City this week.
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Hy United Press
Waterloo
Iowa State Sportsmen's Association
St. Edward's Parish Hall
Hillman City
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