Betty Cinnamon to Star in Veterans Bonus Show at Metropolitan
Miss Betty Cinnamon, winner of the Ziegfeld national cow beauty contest, will lead in the veterans bonus bill show at the Metropolitan on October 22. She performs in two numbers Hello Seattle Veterans and For Theyre All Sweeties, and joins the pony chorus Kick In. The fundraiser, under American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars auspices, supports the soldier bonus bill and features Armistice Night in France plus a musical revue. Edith May Leuenberger, Wisconsin, is training in New York for a Ziegfeld show.
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Betty Cinnamon
Metropolitan
Miss Cinnamon
Edith May Leuenberger
Wisconsin
New York
Mrs Cinnamon
Seattle
Pony
American Legion Posts
Veterans of Foreign Wars
France
Testify Against Betty aS to Care XX-KISSES From Murderers Row
Roy Wolff, condemned in California for the Elmer Greer killing near Bakersfield, is portrayed through his mother Mrs. Margaret Wolff. She recalls his tough boyhood, work ethic, and prison life letters ending with childlike kisses from the death row.
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Yakima
Roy Wolff
Elmer Greer
Bakersfield
Cal
Margaret Wolff
Fred Wolff
Roy
Seattle
State of
California
Mayor of Cork Terrence MacSwiney in fast continues
London dispatch reports from Brixton and Prix ton prison on October 15 that Ter ence MacSwiney the lord mayor of Cork remains on a hunger strike. Prison officials and Home Office side refuse comment while his wife Muriel MacSwiney says doctors keep him alive with heat and nourishment at his bedside yet she believes he will die to prove his resolve. Sinn Fein supporters view him as a martyr with potential to outlast medical care.
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Prixton
Cork
Home Office
Brixton
MacSwiney
Muriel MacSwiney
Oun
Terry
Sinn Fein
Mac&winey
Going Up The Seattle Star Maintains Lead In Daily Circulation
The Seattle newspaper scene shows The Star as the leader with 11,749 in the year ending October 1, while other Seattle papers suffer circulation losses. Morning train service ferries papers north to Bellingham Vancouver and beyond, with a 9:20 edition heading to Beattie and a 9:20 press run delivering the first papers as the nation wakes.
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Seattle Oe A
Po Seattle
Star
Northern Pacific
Points North
Seattle
Bellingham
Vancouver
Points Between
New York
Washington
Chicago
Europe
The
Beattie
The Star circulation methods and delivery promise
The Star explains its fast news reach with a van and train system from Fastlake Ave to University Bridge and beyond. It notes delays, mentions airplanes experiments for Lake Washington, and urges readers to share the newspaper by mail or carrier for fifty cents a month in Washington State.
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Northern Pacific
Interbay
Fastlake Ave
Fremont
University Bridge
University Station
Ravenna
Keith
Washington
The
Star
Lake
the Star
Seattle
State of
British coal miners plan nationwide strike amid nationalization demand
British coal miners will strike starting Saturday after an executive vote to halt work. Officials fear revolutionary overtones as miners push for nationalization, with government embargo on coal exports and food distribution plans activated. Many factories likely to shut down. triple alliance silent on policy.
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Charles M. McCann
London
Miners’ Federation
United Kingdom
Scotland
Board of Trade Today
Robert Horne
Transport and Food Departments
Triple Alliance
Lloyd George
Thieves Enter Agnes Corlish Home Steal Bedding
Thieves broke into Mrs. Agnes Corlish’s home last night and carried off all the bedding. The Firemen’s Pension Board held its bimonthly meeting in Mayor Caldwell’s office Friday.
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Agnes Corlish
Firemens Pension Board
Caldwell
Landlords Under Fire as Rent Increases Spark Public Outcry
The Star reports a nationwide trend toward lower prices but highlights sharp rent hikes from 35 to 60 percent. It vows to publish rent cases and invites tenants to present grievances to the Court of Public Opinion starting October 15, arguing high rents drive people to move.
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The
Star
Court of Public Opinion
Betty Brainerd Extradition Hearing Amid Kidnap Case
Betty Brainerd faces extradition proceedings as part of a high profile kidnapping case involving Bobby Stagg. The hearing in New York magistrate court was continued to allow papers from Governor Hast to arrive. Prosecutor Fred Brown and Deputy Beebe discuss legal hurdles while Strickland vows to pursue extradition and potential charges against New York and Virginia suspects if Betty is returned.
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Erastus Brainerd
Betty Brainerd
Miss Brainerd
Saat
New York
Bobby Stagg
Sheriff's Office
Henry Wahaske
Betty
Living
10Th Ave
Herbert Beebe
John A. Frater
Bobby
Wahaske
New York City
Captain Land
Hast
Herbert Bingham
Stage
Tacoma
Fred Brown
William Travers Jerome
Brown
Beebe
Strickland
Strickland Betty
Rigmund Saxe
Johan Cohen
Richmond
Eastlake Car Hair Loss Sparks Lost and Found Wit
A woman misplaced most of her hair on an Eastlake streetcar. City officials joke she should claim it at the Lost and Found department, noting a lachrymal reaction after the mishap and prompting lighthearted commentary on the mishap.
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Ree Sader Jones
Brainerd
Will
Miss Betty Cinnamon
Murderers’ Row
Roy Wolfe
Borton
Reese
Cagwright
United Prem
Terence Mactiwiney
King St
Red Menace
England
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