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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1920
Page
1
A writer laments the hollow Memorial Day orations and recalls a bygone Nebraska town memory. He contrasts solemn national reverence with modern loud rhetoric and describes quiet, communal rituals of past Decoration Day. He doubts future devotion and contemplates not writing further on the day.
Early reports tally twelve deaths in three locations from train and automobile crashes. Oklahoma, Ohio, and Pennsylvania incidents killed five, four passengers died in an Interurban collision, with numerous injuries. A cloudburst in England drowned twenty, and a Mexican plane crash killed four with many injuries.
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 31 the 500 mile sweepstakes started with 22 cars. Ralph De Palma in a Ballot led after the 250 mile mark, ahead of Joe Boyer in a Frontenac and other top drivers including Gaston Chevrolet and Rene Thomas. Early incidents sidelined several cars and Klein overturned en route to 100 miles.
Fe lume every American who hears his at once begs him for some. M. Jin of the Japanese liner Maru announced he will his name to something else she returns to Japan.
A parade honoring veterans featured a color line that did not exist as a Negro sergeant marched beside white comrades. Mayor Caldwell and ex-chief Joel Warren appeared amid other veterans including Chateau Thierry survivors and Civil War riders. Scot in kilts joined the march as drum majors from the Elks and Eagles performed, with memorial exercises at First Presbyterian church drawing fewer entrants than expected.
Billie Pierce a S year old Renton school boy wandered afield Sunday seeking the straw hat season. He is described as wearing worn tennis shoes and a slouch hat and is identifiable by a field of large brown freckles around his nose.
May 31 reports detective stop of an auto led to the arrest of Ralph Henry a Stevens county farmer. Detectives found moonshine in jugs bottles cans and jars aboard his vehicle and he was taken to jail.
Seattle observed Memorial Day with a large parade honoring veterans from World War I and earlier conflicts. Veterans from Gettysburg to the Argonne joined alongside Canadian and local units as bands played, flags waved, and taps rang at graves and harbor ceremonies.
Rita Dane speaks from her Broadway experience about the Ziegfeld contest to pick America’s prettiest salesgirl for a stage career. She warns laziness treks many into failure and stresses punctuality and industry as essential for the road to fame.
A Star contest coupon directs Seattle salesgirls to Bushnell or James Merrihew studios for entry in the Ziegfeld beauty show and Mayflower photoplay with Miriam Cooper. Applicants print name, address, store, department and age between 17 and unspecified limit, to have photo taken and entry filled.
Several commanders of the Greater Berlin garrison met with Dr. Gassler the finance minister and announced that they and their troops had assumed office to shield the constitution by force against any coup attempts from either the right or left.
The Washington State Rabbit Breeders association said 80 percent of furs sold originate from rabbits and outlined plans Saturday to expand and develop their industry including research and promotion efforts.
William Chariton, 8, son of Mrs Agnes Chariton, climbed onto a back roof and stepped on a skylight. The glass broke and he fell about 30 feet, possibly fracturing his skull. He was taken to City Hospital after visits with Mrs Wells.
A pet dog died when three cars collided on the Pacific highway near Auburn. Howard R. Neal of 1421 Belmont Ave rammed Hanson’s auto from Bremerton, sending Neal’s car into Peterson’s vehicle. All three vehicles plunged over the bank. Hanson’s dog was killed.
A head on collision between Frisco passenger trains No. 403 and No. 112 near White Oak Oklahoma left five dead and 25 injured. Both engines welded together, engineers killed at their posts. firemen survived after attempting to jump. Authorities cite a wreck on a sharp curve with trains meeting near Vinita under unclear official explanation.
A Springfield Center crash near Akron leaves five dead when an interurban car struck an automobile. Victims include Eva Rafferty 18 Albert Rafferty 18 Sylvester Rafferty 22 Elmer Rafferty all from Grampian Pa and Lucinda Barcus 19 of Akron with Catherine Rafferty injured critically. The auto engine stalled on the tracks.
Two men were killed and ten passengers injured when Lehigh Valley Train No. 6 traveling from Buffalo to New York collided with a derailed freight engine twelve miles west of Sayre Pennsylvania early today.
A large military plane crashed in Menico City killing its four passengers instantly. The explosion from the gasoline tank injured more than twenty bystanders and sparked fires across the area.
In Louth England on May 91 a cloudburst sent a three foot wall of water through the town washing away terraces and destroying houses. Twenty known dead and many missing as residents sheltered indoors during the storm.
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