Gottstein Spends Thanksgiving Day in County Jail
William Gottstein a real estate man on trial for the murder of John Murray a baggage checker found dead in the woods near Des Moines spent Thanksgiving Day in the county jail. The defense plans to resume Monday at 9 90 a m with witnesses to show he is the victim of circumstantial evidence. Attorney Walter I Allen said Gottstein hoped to expose an opium smuggling ring and gain a position with the federal department of justice.
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William Gottstein
John Murray
Woode
Des Moines
Murray
Gottstein
Allen
Federal Department of Justice
Job
Postmaster Battle
George Sryan
Department of Justice
U. S
Saunders
Clarence Good
4 000 000 Men Go For Turks
Chicago Nov 28 United States armed forces abroad and at home were to receive record Thanksgiving meals for more than 4 000 000 men The Great Lakes naval training station prepared 22 000 pounds of turkey 59 000 pounds of sweet potatoes and other dishes for 30 000 sailors amid a vast holiday feast effort.
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Chicago
America
United States
Uncle Sam
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Sugar allotment per person to rise to four pounds
California food administrator announced that the monthly sugar allotment will increase from three pounds to four pounds per person starting December 1. On the same date, restrictions on the manufacture of jellies and sherbet will be removed.
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San Francisco
California Food Administrator
Norway's Inga Orner Sings for Queen Anne Students
Norwegian soprano Inga Orner performed for Queen Anne high school students on Wednesday. Former Metropolitan Opera star will headline a concert at the Masonic Temple Harvard at Pike on Saturday November 40 at 420 p.m. accompanied by pianist Anna Grant Dall and the U S navy band for the benefit of French orphans.
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Misa Inga Orner
Queen Anne
Mias Inga
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Masonic Temple
Harvard
Pike
Anna Grant Dall
U. S. Navy
France
Seattle Lieutenant Killed in Action
Lieut Francia D Johnson son of Judge Charles Sumner Johnson and Mrs Mary D Johnson was killed in action November 9 while serving with the 316th Infantry in France after advancing from private to second lieutenant and then first lieutenant during officers training. His mother resides at the Hotel Stetson.
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Francia D. Johnson
Charles Sumner Johnson
Alaska
Mary D. Johnson
Stetson
Johnson
France
316Th Infantry
Workers Protest Soldiers Actions Over New York Raid
Telegrams to the war and navy departments, sent Wednesday by Secretary Hert Swain for the Seattle Metal Trades council, condemn the raid on a Mooney meeting in New York. The messages urge an investigation into the enlisted men and defend freedom and democracy.
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War and Navy Departments
Mooney
New York
Hert Swain
Seattle Metal Trades Council
Seattle
Free Vaudeville Show At South Yark Fieldhouse
A free vaudeville entertainment featuring professionals and amateurs on the bill will be held Friday night at the South Yark fieldhouse under the Playfield Dramatic club.
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South Yark Fieldhouse
Playfield Dramatic Club
British scientists push age of world to seven hundred billion
Based on radio active phenomena two British scientists advance a theory that the earth is at least 711 million years old.
Disbarment For Life Of Seattle Attorney Mille
The Washington state supreme court permanently disbarred Vdger C. Mille of Seattle from practicing in the state. Mille was found to have knowingly delivered a letter containing allegations to D. Be Thompson and to have exerted influence for a $24 000 payoff and a 99 year water rights lease amid a related blackmail case. Mille had been acquitted of criminal charges but the court ruled his knowledge of the letter’s contents warranted life disbarment. The decision was signed by five justices.
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Olympia
State Supreme Court
Vdger C. Mille
Seattle
Washington
Mille
Supreme Bench
Mills
Richards Deehmann
Take Crescent
Board of
Bar Examiners
Milla
Deehmann
Lake Crescent
D. BE. Thompson
Draail
Itim
Frank J. Richards
Thompson
Supreme Court
Tolman, Fullerton, Chadwick
Parker and Mackintosh
Great Parade Jets Over San Diego With 200 Planes
San Diego November 28 200 planes flew in battle formation for a giant aerial parade to honor American airmen in the war. Col Harvey Burwell commanded the event with machines from North Island Reamfield Oneonta and Otaymean converging on the city. The fleet included five acrobat planes and was valued at 7 400 000 dollars.
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San Diego
United States
Harvey Burwell
Army
Navy
North Island
Reamfield
Oneonta
Otaymean
Kobe Street Car Fares Rise Narrowly Delayed
Kobe residents protest a fare increase effective November 1 raising single rides to 2 cents with a half penny transit tax. A $1.50 book of tickets now costs about 11 3 cents per ride as ten more cars raise total service to 70 vehicles amid expected conductor pay boosts and reduced crowding.
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Tokio
Kobe
British Americans Raise Relief Fund
Funds to aid British wounded were collected at a Thanksgiving celebration by the British American Relief association held at Eagles hall. John Bull and Uncle Sam attended in full regalia.
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British American Relief Association
Eagles’ Hall
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Whale meat shipment heads for Seattle on Elihu Thompson
The steamer Elihu Thompson carries 60 tons of frozen whale meat bound for Seattle, offering an alternative food source during Thanksgiving when a turkey might be unaffordable.
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Seattle
Elihu Thompson
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Inga Orner
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