King Albert appeals for American aid to Belgium
King Albert of Belgium urged U S credit at a luncheon in San Francisco, praising American aid and Hoover’s leadership. He described Belgium’s wartime suffering, winter approaching, and the need for economic reconstruction through a sustained American generosity to help rebuild industries and jobs after the 1906 earthquake lessons.
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Don BE. Chamberlain
San Francisco
King Albert
Belgium
California
Bell
Herbert Hoover
Cour
War suspect after chase arrested on fraud charges
Carl Morris alias Carl J. was arrested after a Monday afternoon chase on Fourth Ave Pike St and jailed to face a complaint for passing fraudulent checks. He was identified by K Shoncair and G Fuji for cashed $10 checks and held on an open area.
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Carl Morris
Carl J
Fourth Ave
Pike St
S. E. Dotson
Morris
K. Shoncair
G. Fuji
Union St
Benson
M. J . Morris
Dysart Elected Leader of Campus Veterans Society
Dysart, former Belleau Wood captain, is named head of the campus veterans group. The election was announced by President Rote with Louis Sea as vice commander of Elmer J Coast and other legion members joining the auxiliary branch to support scholastic circles.
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University of
Tagion
Alof
Legion
Dysart
Belleau Wood
Rote
Louis Sea‘Vis
Elmer J )Oast
Power pumping plants studied in California and New Mexico
Researchers report early experiments with large scale power pumping plants conducted in California and New Mexico. The work tests feasibility, efficiency, and environmental effects while outlining next development steps for grid integration.
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California
New Mexico
Buncombe Probe Stirs Debate On High Prices
At the National Grain association convention in St. Louis on October 14, A E B Reynolds read a report calling government inquiries into rising costs political buncombe. The document warned such interference could foster total dependence and argued high living costs stem from lack of production, extravagance, and postwar spending.
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ST. Louis
United Preas
National Grain Association
A. E B. Reynolds
Crawfordsville
Tod
Thomas BE. Wilson
Chicago Packer
Labor to Quit Round Table
Washington Oct 4 A fight over the labor group resolution for mediation of the steel strike won the day at the industrial peace conference. Adjournment was taken for lunch after a motion to refer the resolution back to the general committee failed unanimously. Rumors circulated labor might quit the conference if the resolution is defeated this afternoon. AFL members were noncommittal though pessimistic. One railroad brotherhood delegate suggested AFL leaders favored leaving the talks.
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Washington
United Press
Llabor
Capital
American Federation of Labor Group
Altho
Railroad Brotherhood
Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Mayor Urges Seattle to Aid Roosevelt Memorial Day
Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald issues a proclamation urging all Seattle residents to support the Roosevelt Memorial association in promoting Americanism. The document calls for October 27 as Americanization and Roosevelt Memorial day with a public gathering and program urging loyalty and the ideals Theodore Roosevelt stood for.
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Seattle
Roosevelt Memorial Association
C. B. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Theodore Roosevelt
Bust of Prima Donna Creates Sensation in Art Circles
Chicago sculptor Gilbert Riswold has finished a portrait bust of Lucile Palmer the California prima donna composer now exhibited at the O'Brien Art Galleries on Michigan Boulevard. The piece is praised as an excellent likeness and exquisite bit of modern sculpture creating a real sensation in art circles.
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Chicago
Gilbert P. Ris ‘Wold
Lucile Palmer
California
O'Brien
Michigan Blvd
Eling
Rodin
Madame Vichuna
Salvation Army drive lags in Seattle campaign
City Chairman W H Kliepper of the Elks Salvation Army committee warns the campaign risks failure unless Seattle backs the drive. The goal is a $250000 project for a working girls home and working man's hotel, with subscriptions posted in stores and offices. A kangaroo court resumed Monday to run for a few days.
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Seattle
Salvation Army
W. H. Kiepper
The
Elks’ Salvation Army Committee
Collins
Kliepper
Elks’ Club
Bomb maker among Gary arrests as plot traced to New York
Army officers in Gary Indiana report arrest of a bomb maker tied to a nationwide mailing campaign aimed at business leaders and officials. Investigators search for a New York printed handbill linked to the communist party and seek the factory that produced incendiary literature.
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Gary
Ind
Aitho
New York
Chicago
Russia
W. 8. Mapes
Communist Party of America
Horse Survives Twenty Day Fasting Episode
Brooklyn, Oct. 14. A team fell from Pier No. 1. One horse drowned. the other drifted away. Twenty days later Captain E A Small from the army supply base heard whinnying under the pier and found the missing horse. It was dragged out and to be restored to health and usefulness.
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Brooklyn
Pier No. 1
E. A. Small
Deutschland Submarine Overhauled and Reaches Yarmouth
The German merchant submarine Deutschland has been overhauled and arrived at Yarmouth. A fee was charged for the King's Fund for Sailors. The vessel was captured in English waters during its second voyage to the United States.
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Yarmouth
King's Fund
United States
Washing Hung Out on London's Broadway Protest Clothesline
Park Lane on London's Broadway saw a line of clothes drying in a mansion garden in an unexpected protest against high laundry prices. The display drew astonished passersby and highlighted rising domestic costs.
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London
Broadway
Landon
Inoculate 100000 to Fight Cholera in India
Simla reports one hundred thousand men inoculated in two weeks as part of the British government effort against cholera in India. The target action shows rapid vaccination to curb the outbreak and protect troops and civilians.
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Simla
India
Brooklyn Plans Fifth Avenue Bus Service
Brooklyn will gain Fifth avenue bus service if Mayor Hylan’s plan is approved. He instructed Grover A. Whelan, commissioner of plants and structures, to investigate conditions for starting business in the borough across the river.
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Brooklyn
New York
Fifth Avenue
Hylan
Grover A. Whelan
Parliament Curious Members Seek Vacation After War Office Inquiries
London Oct 14 MacCallum Scott M P says MPs are the most inquisitive people. Delegated by Churchill to answer war office questions he has replied to 22 000 letters and been interviewed by 200 MPs weekly. He now wants a vacation.
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London
MacCallum ‘Scott
M. P
Scott
Winston Churchill
War Office
Cosmopolitan Club Formed by University of Washington Students
Sixty Filipinos ten Chinese eight Russians and no Japanese attend the University of Washington and have organized the Cosmopolitan club. Clifton Worthen is elected president and the group will meet every other Friday night on campus.
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University of Washington
Clifton Worthen
Soldier seeks home for four children after wife lost at front
London Oct 14 A soldier at Uxbridge who lost his wife while serving at the front has had several offers of marriage from women but appealed to the Board of Guardians to provide a home for his four children. He has distributed the children among relatives while searching for a home.
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London
Uxbridge
Board of Guardians
Three Planes Lost in Fog Over Omaha Flight
Three westbound planes in the transcontinental air derby became lost in heavy fog en route from Des Moines to Omaha. Captain Roy Francis, piloting a Martin bomber, landed at Yutan about 60 miles away. Captain Felix Steinle and Lieut. J. T. Johnson missed Omaha by about 10 miles and found pasture landings. All aircraft are held at Omaha and St Paul due to the fog.
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Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Roy Francis
Yutan
Here
Felix Steinle
J. T. Johnson
St. Paul
Oil Liner Nembe Burns Off West Africa Coast
The Nembe, an oil liner, was set ablaze off the west coast of Africa and burned for a week before the crew reached Liverpool with the tale of the fire that consumed about 40 000 cases of oil.
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Liverpool
Nembe
Africa
First Philadelphia Shoemakers Strikes on Record
Historian records show Philadelphia journeymen shoemakers conducted strikes in 1796 1798 1799 and 1800. Early shoe production also reveals no distinction between right and left boots before 1800 when styles shifted from buckled low shoes to high ones.
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Philadelphia
Wedding cake ships attract crowds at Southwick dock
London dispatch notes visitors at Brighton attracted to Southwick where hollow concrete block superstructure war ships sit in dry dock. Known as wedding cake ships they were intended for war use but details remain a mystery. Each was planned to cost five million dollars, yet none were completed when the war ended.
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London
Brighton
Southwick
Altho
Motor bandits driven from London after war
Scotland Yard announces London is free from motorcar bandits for the first time since the war as of October 14. Police say the city has been cleared of the menace and no further incidents are reported.
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London
Scotland Yard
Frisco Nears End of Dock Strike Settlement Move
Settlement of the San Francisco bay district dock strike appeared closer as control shifted from the strike committee to union officers. Water front employers had refused to conference with the long shoremen's union as it was constituted, prompting the change in leadership.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay District
Long Shoremen’s Union
New York Longshoremen Vote on Strike End or Continuation
Voting was under way in 54 local unions of the International Longshoremen on whether to end or continue the strike by some 11,000 dock workers. The six day walkout has halted shipping in New York Harbor and threatened food and fuel shortages in the city.
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New
Junk
United Press
International Longshoremen's Union
New York
Alaska Indians Headed to Chemawa School in Oregon
Four Alaskan Indians aboard the Santa Anna docked at Seattle en route to Chemawa Indian School near Salem Oregon. H Mark of Seattle juvenile department met them and escorted the youths to the public safety building before they depart for Portland. The group includes Nick Nix 17 Blanche Edenshaw 14 Fiera Alexander 14 and Rebecca Natlan 12. They will study three years before returning home to the North.
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Ketchikan
Chemawa Indian School
Mear Salem
Ore
Santa Anna
H. Mark
City Juvenile Department
Public Safety
Portland
Nick Nix
Thee
Blanche Edenshaw
Fiera Alexander
Rebecca Natlan
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