Revival of Industrial Prosperity Prompts Seattle Factory Spread
Secretary R. H. Mattison reports a broad industrial revival driven by war orders, spurring potential expansion in Seattle with Eastern manufacturers planning branch plants. Beulah Board Co. and Beaver Board figures noted as catalysts, as merchants and manufacturers rebuild stock and operate full capacity to meet demand. A luncheon note at the Hollywood, 212 Pike, closes the item.
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Seattle
R. H. Mattison
Publicity and Industrial Bureau
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
New England
Mattison
Apectal Atton
Bureau
Beaver Board Company
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W. F. McGlashan
Middle West
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Appeal Likely On R R Decision On Seattle Rail Line
It is believed Crawford former president of Seattle Ren ton Southern railway will appeal Judge Kaufman’s order to wind up the company and sell assets. If the appeal fails the city could bid to take over the line and integrate it into a Ballard Renton car system.
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W. R. Crawford
Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway
Ralph Kaufman
Ellenabure
Kaufman
Crawford
State Supreme Court
Ballard
Renton
I Fa
Jitney
Powder Plant Explosion at Hagley Near Wilmington
An explosion at the DuPont Powder Company plant in Hagley, near Wilmington, wrecked the facility twelve hours after news that the firm had received an order for 72,090,000 pounds of powder from the allies. The plant stored 300 pounds of explosives. damage is estimated at $50,000. No workers were injured and the cause was not yet learned.
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Wilmington
Del
DuPont Powder Company
Hagley
Here
Life of Baby Saved by Girl Neighbor
Gordon Barnhart a 0 year old, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Barnhart, owes his life to Blanche Thompson a neighbor. Her quick action after a fire started by a lit candle wrapped him in a rug and summoned a doctor. Gordon suffered minor burns while Blanche's hands were badly burned.
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Gordon Barnhart
Earl Barnhart
Ave N
Blanche Thompson
Barnhbarts
Gordon
Miss Thompson
Wiggam to Talk to Sunday Club
Albert Edward Wiggam, famed for efficiency and eugenics, will lecture at the YMCA Sunday club meeting at 3 p.m. on How Eli Got There. He speaks again at 6:20 p.m. friendship supper and returns Saturday for Star Lyceum course at 15 dollars in the YMCA auditorium on Heredity and Human Progress.
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Eli
Albert Edward Wiggam
Wiggam
Star Lyceum
City May Pension Disabled Workers Plan
After Frank G Stewart filed a 10.49 claim against the city for an injury on the municipal railway, the council discussed creating a permanent pension policy for injured employees. The issue was sent to the legal department to develop the pension scale.
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Frank G Stewart
Steamer City of Seattle Ashore in Granville Channel
The steamer City of Seattle of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co ran ashore in Granville channel and was dry docked at Prince Rupert on Saturday after ten hours on the rocks. All passengers and 19 crew members were rescued by the fishing schooner Abaltross and taken to Prince Rupert. The vessel was en route from here to Southeastern Alaska ports.
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Granville Channel
City of Seattle
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
Prince Rupert
Albatross
Alaska
Fire Chief Attends Blaze in Dress Suit
San Francisco reports Fire Chief Murphy adhered to his rule of attending every fire and arrived last night in a dress suit. He wore a helmet and directed his crew at the scene.
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San Francisco
Murphy
Five Prisoners Escape From Kansas State Prison
Five inmates fled the Kansas state prison last night by tearing a hole in the coal house roof. Posses, aided by local residents, scour the surrounding country for clues as authorities pursue the escapees. The case involves M. B. Cue, publisher of a Centralia paper, and Joe Lucas, a Centralia theatre proprietor, who had been joined in a $ dispute and were discharged from a Tacoma dispute on Friday due to lack of agreement.
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Lane
Kan
Kansas State
M. BE. Cue
Centralia Paper
Joe Lucas
Centralia
Tacoma
Theatres and Stars Draw Week at Local Venues
Laura Hall stars in Dem Tasse at the Orpheum with Nanette the violinist and Swan Wood Orient dances, plus Flying Wernts and Madgascar travelogue. At the Pan start The Girls From the Orient with John Burke and Mae Burke, and a Ragtime Soldier. Moore Moore Moore screens Twin Heda and Ne al of the Navy. Daddy Long-Legs opens at the Metropolitan. bright bill incl Happy Jack Gardner and The Act Beautiful with a white horse and dogs.
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Vooveel
le Imate
Laura Nelson Hall
Orpheum
John
Mae Burke
Frances Dyer
the Empress
Happy Jack Gardner
Hie E Company
Heautiful
Mumford and Thompson
Seymour and Robinson
Fisherman Sues Broker for $2,237 in Superior Court
J B Linville a fisherman files suit in superior court against J B Jakobsen a fish broker alleging misappropriation of funds from Alaskan fish sales. Linville claims Jakobsen marked sixteen shipments as sour and unfit for food and resold them to profits.
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J.B. Jakobsen
W. Stewartst
Superior Court
J. B. Linville
Jakobsen
Linville
Alaskan
Mystery Deepens in W. E. Singleton Death Case
The Port Orchard junk dealer W. E. Singleton was found dead last July with a cord around his neck and a weight in the bay. Charles F. Knox, once a Port Orchard post office worker, was convicted of forging Singleton’s name to a bogus sale contract and sentenced to prison. Knox was brought to court for a secret session with Beattie Bar association grievance committee counsel to discuss proceeds from the sale of Singleton’s property, with attorney Glenn Hoover present.
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W. E. Singleton
Port Orchard
Singleton
Charles F. Knox
French
Kitsap County
Knox
Shattuck
Beattie Bar Association
Glenn Hoover
Turkey growers warn of high prices from blackhead disease
Milwaukee news noted on November 13 that turkey growers forecast higher Thanksgiving prices as blackhead disease is killing hundreds of turkeys, threatening supply and raising costs for consumers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
No Funds For A Probe Of Graft In Police Dept
Prosecutor Lundin cites lack of funds to investigate alleged graft in the police department. He fears little to present to the grand jury when it meets Monday and issues a fresh call for informed witnesses to come forward. The grand jury of 17 will be chosen from 40 names drawn last Monday and convene at 11 a.m. in Presiding Judge Gilliam's court.
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Lundin
Gilliam
Lecture on Legal Assets of Seattle Scheduled
Howard A. Hanson assistant corporation counsel will deliver a free public lecture on Legal Assets of the City Government in the Commercial Club auditorium Monday evening November 15.
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The
Commercial Club
Howard A. Hanson
Corporation Council
Jon
Burglar Injury in Jail Prisoners Scrimmage for Thanksgiving Game
During a jail yard scrimmage between county jail prisoner teams for the Thanksgiving game, L. A. Stockdale the burglar and East Tank captain was hurt. C. Mapes stopped the play with a flying tackle. Crawford White and Riley McCoy volunteered to arrange a public field and hire a brass band for the event.
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L. A. Stockdale
Stockdale
C. Mapes
Milwaukee
Crawford White
Riley McCoy
Star Appeals for Funds to Help Mother Ryther's TB Daughter
The Star reports urgent fundraising for a mother whose daughter suffers tuberculosis in a Chicago sanitarium. $29 more is needed to reach a $50 goal to enable the mother to visit, with donors contributing anonymously and plans to mobilize friends.
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Chicago
German Submarine Sinks Ancona Claim War With Italy
Rome dispatch to the Evening Sun reports a German submarine sank the Ancona and asserts Germany is at war with Italy without a formal declaration. The claim specifies the submarine was German, not Austrian, altering wartime attribution.
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New York
Ancona
Germany
Italy
Rome
Evening Sun
Debaters Open With Monroe Doctrine Debate Victory
Franklin and Lincoln high school teams defeated Renton and Kent in two Friday night debates. The teams argued the resolution that the Monroe Doctrine should be discontinued, with strong performances highlighting doctrine critiques and historical context.
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Franklin and Lincoln
Renton and
Kent High Schools
Water carrier rises to own Cambria steel holdings
In New York on November 13, J Leon Repogie, once a water boy, won the bid against former superior officer William Donner to acquire the Pennsylvania Railroad's Cambria steel holdings, completing the sale and surprising Wall Street.
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New York
J. Leonard Repogie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambria Steel
Wall Street
Repogle
William Donner
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