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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
5
A New York police view portrays a surge of deluxe burglaries with diamonds and jewelry valued from ten thousand to thirty thousand dollars. The report links rising crime to sudden wealth and easy money in the postwar era, noting many thefts at country clubs and upscale flats while authorities censor sensational detail.
Richard F. Scholz of the University of Washington will address the King County Democratic Club about foreign relations. The meeting is slated for Saturday at noon at Meve's cafeteria.
Miss Marjorie Wood, star of Zahra in Chu n Chin Chow, promotes physical fitness and athletic culture. She leads the Chow hiking club and supports women in sports, arguing acting demands real physical courage and that baseball offers independence, morale, and mental alertness.
Members of the joint congressional committee on naval affairs examined needs at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton and the torpedo station at Keyport. They attended a ceremony where Admiral Coonta was honored and joined the Puget Sound Navy Yard No 4 banquet with about 900 guests. The panel planned travels to Portland Astoria and San Diego.
In Kokomo Indiana on November 12 Mrs Grant Wrighteman left a purse containing three fives and three ones in the oven for safekeeping. She smelled burning and found the purse and its contents burned.
Aileen Claire recounts department store tales of bargain driven shoppers and honest returns. Claims adjusters discuss customers who exploit policies, while a parasol clerk notes counterfeit fashion items and feathery displays. The piece blends anecdotes on honesty and clever retail mischief in Seattle.
A finding shows four human hairs are capable of suspending a weight of one pound indicating remarkable tensile strength in fine hair fibers.
Dr J C Merm of UC reports discovery of prehistoric elephant skeletons in La Brea oil sands. The imperial elephant skeleton measures about 15 feet at the shoulders, far taller than modern elephants, with many others found in craterlike pits preserving bones.
London reports the aerial mail service between Paris and London completed 2 101 voyages in its first year. It carried 4 339 passengers and about 72 tons of merchandise and traveled roughly 4 000 000 miles.
London reports Helen McMahon hailed as the world’s beautiful woman marries James Com Brady son of Anthony N. Brady. The couple wed at Westminster Cathedral and spend their early marriage in England. Brady, widower twice before, rises in Wall Street circles with a fortune and mergers. Mrs Brady, once an artist’s model, is said to share his passion for horses and art.
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