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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1918
Page
3
Marion Walsh of Butte Montana becomes the first woman to raft at Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Co. James Woodside, ex-foreman, is now assistant superintendent of hull construction. He hails from Scotland. An editorial excerpt in Lets Go defends shipbuilding as a man’s job and urges workers to stay on task for comrades overseas.
Councilman Robert Hesketh wore a fly mask at a meeting and refused to remove it. He finally confessed he had not shaved for five days, prompting colleagues to urge him to take off the mask briefly.
Ruth Noble of 1118 Madison Street says she is not married. She sought Star office help after an erroneous marriage certificate linked her as the wife of Harry Ajax, a courthouse employee, insisting the record is a mistake and she remains single.
A pickpocket on an Alki street car robbed Richard Barrie of Our Home rooming house of a pocketbook containing $95 in cash and a $35 check. Barrie, an employee at Seattle North Pacific shipyards, was the victim.
A United Press report notes Switzerland urges Germany to open the Rhine for international commerce and seeks free access to the sea. It calls for Rhine control by a future league of nations and notes neutral status and Swiss protection against Prussian power as peace talks loom in Geneva or Lausanne.
Lukyn Gotuto weuk of 807 Fighthave reported a major break in his room Monday after a door lock was broken. A $100 Liberty bond, $515 cash, a $600 power office negotiable certificate, clothing and other personal items were stolen, representing years of savings.
The November term of the U S district court opened Tuesday with three bailiffs and one other reappointed by Judge Neterer. All cases were assigned for the term. William Bouck the ranger faces trial in January. Arthur Cranwell and Isaac Kay charged with attempting to smuggle mold out of the country go before the jury December 24.
The United States Railroad Administration announces a public notice urging travelers to save time and avoid crowding at ticket offices by buying interchangeable scrip books valid for all passenger trains under federal control. Seattle advertising will be coordinated through C. W. Meldrum, assistant passenger agent of the Great Northern Railway Co.
Miss Louise Hamilton, UC student and dancer, insures her ankles for 5000 after injuring one while teaching Terptichore to children at an Oakland playground. A former star in Miss Morgan's troupe, she supplements college work with daily labor.
Capt. Paul Dentley Mackie, a U S Army captain and Seattle native, met Miss Nona Lawler, Oregon Daily Journal society editor, at a Multnomah hotel dance. After brief overseas service, telegrams and months apart, Lawler married Mackie in New York ten days after their meeting.
An army of women mans the front lines at Seattle’s emergency influenza hospital in the old county courthouse for nearly five weeks. Nurses and helpers toil under strain while physicians, orderlies, and Red Cross aides support the effort amid scarce staff and wavering volunteers.
In Paris dated Nov 6, Americans halted a German retreat and captured forty planes stored in hastily evacuated Hunnish facilities along the road between Noneard and Meudrecourt. The site included a mile of bar racks, amusements, and officers quarters with phonographs and electric lighting.
London Nov 5 Canadian infantryman Corporal Filip Konowal, holder of the Victoria Cross, earns acclaim as a top fighter on the Western Front. In four days he accounted for 62 guns with rifle and bayonet, said to set a record for enemy kills.
Thieves broke into the room of H. J. Hotchkins at the O K hotel Monday night and stole a new pair of black lace shoes bought earlier that day. Hotchkiss is anad.
Major Bishop, famed as the British ace of aces with 80 official kills, is now Lieut Col W A Bishop V C D OM, commandant of a new Canadian air force formation. He returns from Dayton and U S camps where he trained pilots and prepared to lead ground efforts while continuing to fly if possible. The air chiefs value his leadership over further combat, and he has begun organizing the Canadian air force.
Paris dispatch reports German civilian plight evident in enemy handbills found at Roye. Civilians are urged to gather nettles, dry them, bundle them, and sell to Germans for 28 marks per 200 pounds. The cloth is made from nettle fibers, a method used since ancient Egypt.
A recently captured Austrian airman told Italian examiners that Austrian aviators cannot fly without army operations branch consent. He said in six months at the front he flew over the lines only five times. The order aims to reduce loss of aircraft.
Paris reports indicate a steady return to normal theatre activity. Theatre tax receipts show 170000 dollars in August and a higher total in September as crowds fill Paris venues again.
First Lieut. Raymond C. Hill of Lewiston Idaho was shot through the heart while taking official photographs of the old Hindenburg line. He had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism with the 99th Aero Squadron.
Government inspectors found and seized three large barrels of whisky on the Hanford street dock late Monday. The liquor will be held and disposed of by the marshal's office.
More than 400 carpenters are needed to build houses for shipyard workers in Bremerton. Local workers sign up at 110 Cherry St. The U S employment bureau reports 770 workers placed in essential war work, with many coming from Eastern Washington to meet the demand.
Ithaca N Y Nov 5 Doctor Andrew J D White Cornell Universitys first president and former minister to Germany died at his home Monday from paralysis.
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