Hoover Arrival in Paris Takes First Step Toward World Food Plan
Herbert Hoover arrives in Paris and meets with Allied officials as the first world food administrator. He plans to aid in feeding devastated regions of France and Belgium and then address broader issues, including Central Powers, with emphasis on transport and precise food-supply balancing. Col. House remains bedbound but Hoover will relay American mission data.
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Community of Nations
Paris
France
Belgium
Col. House
Hoover
500 Diver Battles Fought by Yankees
American naval forces engaged in 500 battles with submarines. Ten U boats sunk and 36 damaged. Destroyers Fanning Nicholson Tucker and armed yachts Lydonia Wakiva Kanawha II Noma Christobel participated. Sub chasers Nos 215 129 128 95 179 338 and the submarine AL-2 were involved.
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London
Fanning
Nicholson
Tucker
Lydonia
Wakiva
Kanawha II
Noma
Chriatobel
Two More Ships Are Launched Here
The Iconium a 400 ton steel freighter was launched Tuesday at Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding with Mrs John Twohy sponsor. The Iconium is the third product of Seattle’s infant steel yard. The auxiliary powered schooner Benson was also launched Tuesday at Patterson McDonald shipyard with Mrs Adam Patterson Jr sponsor. The vessel is built for Australian interests.
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Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company
John Twohy
Seatle
Benson
Patterson-McDonald
Adam Patterson, Jr
Seattle attorney E C Hughes dies of stomach cancer
The Seattle attorney and former school board member E C Hughes died Tuesday in The Dalles Oregon from stomach cancer. Born 1855 in Pennsylvania he declined a Taft era U S district judge appointment to remain in private practice and originated the Washington school code. His body will be brought to Seattle by widow Mrs Hughes and daughter Mrs Somervell with funeral plans to be announced.
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EK. C. Hughes
Seattle
Dalles
Ore
Seatle
Mra
Nma Hughes
W. M. Somervell
Hia Hiness
Hughes
Hughes, McMicken, Ramsey & Rupp
Pennsylvania
Taft
United States
Washington
Bocie Commander Tossed Overboard by Teuton Seamen
Granton Scotland November 27 report says German navy officers remove troublesome commanders. A British officer and a German workmen and soldiers council representative confirm the tale. A junior officer on a torpedo boat says the commander was thrown overboard four days earlier after giving trouble.
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Bocie
Teuton
Granton
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Salmon Return Spawns Lake Chelan After Fifty Years
Reported salmon have appeared in the Chelan river and lake for the first time in half a century. Native residents and pioneer whites in the district attribute the ascent to blasting of the stream bed by Great Northern Railway construction which destroyed cascades and other barriers.
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Chelan River
Chelan Lake
Great Northern Railway
Densmore Accuses Fickert of Sedition in Mooney Case
John B. Densmore, federal employment head, claims dictaphone records show San Francisco’s Fickert made hostile remarks about Gov Stephens and Mooney. He says unions press for Mooney’s pardon or retrial and that Fickert should be prosecuted for sedition. Densmore also denies listening in on the prosecutor’s line.
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Tom Mooney
Densmore
San Francisco
Mooney
Stephens
Griffin
Fickert
John H. Densmore
United States Employment
John B. Densmore
Seattle
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Fieckert
Hell
Densorme
Denemore
Chile and Peru Meet Tensions Over Consular Posts
Chilean minister in Buenos Aires reports Seoul? wait. Peruvian officials say troops to Northern porta were sent to prevent anti Chilean outbreaks. Lima dispatch notes Peru’s congress held a secret session with the foreign minister.
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Buenos Aires
Peru
Chile
Porta
Lima
Furth Dies After Long Illness at 40
Fred C. Furth former Vulcan Manufacturing manager and Seattle civic member died Tuesday after weeks with diabetes at his home 1616 E Howell St. He was 40. Survived by widow Hazel Furth and son Fred C. Furth Jr. 17. Nephew of the late Jacob Furth.
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Fred C. Furth
Vulcan Manufacturing Company
Masonic Fraternity
Seattle Elks
Howell S
Jacob Furth
BK. Hazel Furth
Seattle
Mooney Strike Approval Grows as Workers Vote
San Francisco scene reports that 600000 American workers have voted to join the December 9 general strike. Thomas J Mooney issues a statement from San Quentin penitentiary praising planned demonstrations set for December 13 and urging solidarity with Mooneys cause.
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San Francisco
San Quentin Penitentiary
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Industrial Workers’ Defense League
Turks Urge American Control In Gendarmerie and Education
A group of nine Constantinople newspapers on November 27 urged American control of the gendarmerie and finances and American supervision of the education system.
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Constantinople
Enterprising Thief Steals 25 Turkeys from Beatle Produce Co
Twenty five turkeys cleaned and plucked were stolen from Beatle Produce Co at 1500 Western Ave Tuesday night. The theft was discovered when the store opened Wednesday.
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Beatle Produce Co
Western Ave
Senate panel strikes out auto license tax plan
The senate finance committee removed a proposed federal annual automobile license tax of 19 to 50 dollars while continuing a tax on miles. In other news, Walter Andrews, a farmer near Kilis Circus Leopard Armstrong reports spotting a full grown leopard in his feed yard after it escaped from a circus train.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Turaday
Kilis
Leopard Armstrong
Walter Andrews
Minute Men Meet at Washington Hall
Minute men of Precinct 211 will gather at Washington Hall on 14th Ave and FE for their first Wednesday night meeting at o'clock.
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Precinct 211
Washington Hall
14Th Ave
Girls Workers Face Peril as Jobs Fail in War Effort
Washington dispatch reports seven thousand girls in the capital may lose work by peace proclamation and warns of rising vice threats. The article urges government action to fund return home and protect war workers nationwide, noting possible two week notices and transportation aid efforts.
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Washington
Lke
Congress
War Industries Board
Harney” Baruch
Showdown Demanded From Burleson Over Phone Rates
In Olympia Washington the public service commission asks Postmaster General Burleson to submit to state jurisdiction and permit hearings before new phone rates become permanent. The commission says residents feel phone service costs exceed value and faces a verio-comic position due to the rate dispute.
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Olympia
Burleson
Public Service Commission
Commission
Washington State
Washington
Civil Service Exams Set for Watchman Position
Third grade examinations for a watchman at the U S assay office will be held December 14 by the civil service commission.
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U. S
Civil Service Commission
Rail artillery to be used for coast defense
American railway artillery, soon to be brought home, will defend the coast at New York Boston Seattle and San Francisco and be available for border service. High authority said coastal guns were removed from forts and larger calibers are needed. long range railway guns could deter ships but cannot cover every shore point. Coast artillerymen have been overseas since February as production ramps up.
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Washington
New York
Hoston
Seattle
San Francisco
Thies
War Office
America
Masquerade Ball Invites Service Men In Uniform
The sixth annual masquerade ball of the Young Men's Firebrew Association will be at Broadway Christensen's Hall tonight on Thanksgiving Eve. Prizes for best costumes. the Young Men's Hebrew Association invites all men in uniform to attend free of charge.
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The
Young Men's Firebrew Association
Broadway
Christensen's Hall
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Coast Artillery Upgrades Cited For Postwar Plans
The article notes sixes, tens, twelves and fourteens among U S coast artillery pieces, with 14 inch navy rifles boasting about 40 000 yard range. Maj Gen Coe, chief of the coast artillery corps, is expected to present concrete recommendations on increases or improvements.
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U. S. Coast Artillery
America
Coe
Coast Artillery Corps
Rumor of Chile Argentina Mexico Alliance Denied
Lima dispatch reports Pepuvian papers discuss Buenos Aires rumors that the Chilean ambassador conspired with President Irigoyen to form an alliance of Argentina Mexico and Chile to oppose intervention in South American affairs by the United States or Europe. Former Argentine minister Pue says no basis for rumors exists.
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Lima
Bueno Aires
Irigoyen
Mexico
Chile
United States
Europe
Pue
Temors
Flight to Washington Abandoned After Arizona Crash
A crash in Gila Bend, Arizona injures pilot 8. T. Myerhofer and mechanic Leo F. Flint. Their Diplane flight to Washington, D. C. is halted.
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Tucson
Ariz
Gila Ben
T. Myerhofer
Leo F. Flint
Washington, D. C
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