Community Chest Plan for Seattle Unity Across 43 Organizations
A major Seattle effort unites 43 charities and citizenship groups under a single Community Chest. Budgets totaling 750000 dollars will be raised through regular yearly payments to prevent overlap and cut overhead, with a central committee coordinating the drive. Citizens and businesses are urged to participate and support this coordinated program.
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Seattle
The
Star
Ortson
Peacemakers and Buffer States in Postwar Debate
R J Wilson of the Public Ownership League criticizes punitive peaces and buffer state ideas. He recalls 1814 proposals to neutralize North America with Indian allies, praising direct border stability and warning against savagery and fort walls. The piece targets street railway funding, property owners, and public ownership. An advertisement for Daddy Rolt's Butterborns appears at end.
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Ohio
Cecil
R. J. Wilson
Public Ownership League
Failure causes and paths to success in business analysis
A discussion on how successful people study others to gain profitable ideas and how to analyze defects that prevent weakness from growing. It argues prosperity stems from schooling, experience, and patient saving, with capital and business conditions as key factors and opportunity arriving when doors break.
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Standard Oil Co
Bill to make impersonating royalty a felony in Oklahoma
Representative Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma proposes a bill making it a felony to impersonate a king or queen in show or carnival. He argues such conduct undermines the government’s founding plan and could suppress widespread ideas. The measure faces strong opposition from playing card manufacturers who warn of broader bans on royal imagery.
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Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
United States
Merrick
Major Importance in appointing a science committee
Secretary Wallace forms a five scientist panel to tackle land use in the United States. He argues 1 billion acres lie idle but hold future value, with growing population and needs for reclamation drainage and fertilization shaping the country’s destiny. Washington state feels the impact as youths must learn these sciences.
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United States
Wallace
America
Washington
Allies face choice on German indemnity payments
Germany can pay the indemnity with its manufacturers if allowed by the Allies. The Allies fear unemployment and may postpone most payments, accepting long term German bonds. American experts opposed a heavy indemnity as uncollectible, while Allies devise a delayed settlement plan.
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Germany
United States
America
Smallpox on This Coast Sparks Crusade for Vaccination Reform
A newspaper summary warns of an alleged 800 percent rise in smallpox across Washington, Oregon, and California since 1915. It blames lax vaccination laws and urges immediate government inquiry, calling for accountability if experts are misrepresented.
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U. S. Health Service
Washington
Oregon
California
Public Health Service
Henry Ford’s Price Cut Drives Record Production
The article notes Henry Ford selling tins at $55 below prewar prices, breaking all records in the last three months for machines produced and sold. It argues that a price reduction stimulates purchases and highlights efficiency as a key business lesson, contrasting with railroads and builders benefiting from price hikes.
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Henry Ford
Henry
Readers condemn Main Street in Star letters
The editor sees a reader objecting to the novel Main Street for misrepresenting Seattle. The writer mocks the book for omitting local landmarks, businesses, and cultural details, insisting the work is bunk and urging a Star critique.
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Bir
Main Et
Japanese Commercial Bank
Moler
Barber College
Okasawa
Mandarin Cafe
Fire Department
Seattle
Main St
Reader criticizes delayed World Cable Directory probe
A Star reader urges quicker action by Prosecutor Douglas in the World Cable Directory Co affair. He questions the six week delay, cites supposed rosy promises by promoters, and asks why the attorney postponed investigation while warning against public official procrastination and campaign pledges.
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Edlier the
Star
The
World Cable Directory Co
Douglas
Nabatame
Nakatame
Mr. Douglas
Fiditor
Malcolm Douglas
Tours
P. O. L. Man Attacks Churches Over Fare Debate
A column attacks churches for not funding streetcar fare reductions strong on moral critique of big business and city council. It cites a 2 million tax shift hurting taxpayers while rail patrons profit, and laments clergy silence before public outcry for cheaper fares.
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Waiter the Star
Christian Church
Seattle
South
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