California town struck by cyclone and storm damage
Sacramento reports its first cyclone causing damage to 30 homes and industrial buildings over a mile area, injuring six and estimating losses near 60 000. A tornado struck a steel frame school under construction, breaking windows and injuring two children as debris and shattered roofs spread through East Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Cal
Sacrato
California
N Booth
Elizabeth
Helen Skeels
Debria
Bleta
T Street Court
30Th
List
Serraway
Youth held in murder of girl in Madison woods
Suspect Janet Lawrence, 20, is jailed in Madison New Jersey on October 27 for allegedly hacking Janet Lawrence to death with a penknife after attacking her in Klaxen woods Jankona 20 and unnamed details.
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Madison
N. J
Suse
Janet Lawrence
Klaxen Woods
Jankona
Day Show at Hippodrome To Open Armistice Events
Eddie Han announced a free public vaudeville at the Hippodrome following a parade on Armistice Day November 11. The Armory will host an Armistice day dance to aid unemployed ex service men with 2500 to 3000 seats. National Guard and civic groups join the parade at 2:30 pm on Fourth Ave Lenora St. Also, Pauline Lina Muet died at 950 W 63rd St after long Seattle residence. funeral by Homeing Co.
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Hippe Hippodrome
Eddie Han
Armory
National Guard
Acto
Thompson
Fourth Ave
Lenora St
Seattle
Pauline Lina Muet
W. 63Rd St
Ing
Atlantic Coast Rum Runner Brings In Cargo Under Fire
Captain X, a college graduate and 30 ton motor boat skipper, details liquor smuggling from the West Indies to Norfolk. He describes dodging destroyers and submarine chasers, loading cargo on barges, and delivering to shore agents for profits around 15 thousand dollars per voyage.
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Max B. Cook
United Press
Norfolk
West Indies
Captain X
Peller
Prohibition Chief Names Legal Adviser Amid Attacks
Whitney, ex president of the Young Men's Republican club and GOP stalwart, faces personal attacks as Tacoma reports a private operative in Seattle. Lyle defends Whitney noting his ability and legal skill. A new legal adviser will prep cases for the district attorney to boost convictions under evolving federal prohibition rules. Prohibition headquarters sit in suite 415 at the Thompson building.
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Whitney
Young Men's Republican Club
Tacoma
Seattle
Lyle
District Attorney's Office
Prohibition
Thompson Building
Surrender of Karl Demanded by Little Entente
Vienna reports the Little Entente of Romania Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia demands surrender of former Emperor Karl to disarm and pay indemnities. If refused, mobilization for war with Hungary is threatened and invasion by Serb Czech and Romanian forces is warned.
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Vienna
Little Entente
Hungary
London
Matum
Karl
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho- Slovakia
Will Hold Kar and Zita Aboard Warship
Paris reports former Emperor Karl and Empress Zita to be interned aboard a British monitor in the Danube until the allies decide their fate. The council of ambassadors will reconvene Saturday to settle their disposition.
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Paris
Kar
Zita
Council of Ambassadors
Karl
Danube
Harding Witnesses Sham Battle at Camp Benning
President Harding watched a staged Argonne battle at Camp Benning Georgia on October 27 as shells and bullets roared nearby. The 29th Infantry formed for an assault toward the opposite hill while rain fell, then Harding moved on to Atlanta for a busy afternoon.
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Camp Benning
Harding
Marding
Atlanta
Educators Speak on Peace and Disarmament in Portland
At a Portland gathering, educators urged leaders to hear a clear call for disarmament and world peace. Dr. Sisson framed the Canada United States boundary as a symbol of friendship, while N W Durham warned that disarmament alone won’t stop war. Department meetings and alumni banquets accompanied the events.
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Sisson
United States
Canada
France
Germany
N. W. Durham
Spokesman Review
Spokane
Nea
America
Durham
The
Educational Association
Bellingham Armory
Peace Looms In Cafe Strike Seeks New Wage Scale
Peace prospects brighten as culinary unions and Seattle Caterers Association discuss a compromise wage scale after a three week deadlock. The proposal sets waitresses at 16 dollars a week dishwashers and kitchen help at 18 dollars a week waiters 360 dollars a day dinner cooks 35 dollars a week and fry and waffle cooks 30 dollars.
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Seattle
Caterers’ Association
Ten Thousand Dollar Liquor Raid in Tacoma
A major whisky seizure in Tacoma uncovered 70 cases of Canadian liquor valued about 10000 dollars in a barn loft. Arrests followed for Nick Knutson aged 65 and I T Smith aged 30. Police suspect a wider smuggling ring with Canada.
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Tacoma
Nick Knutson
I. T. Smith
Knutson
Smith
Canada
British Columbia Likely to Restore Beer By Glass
Vancouver dispatch reports BC likely to adopt Quebec style beer by the glass in hotels and trains. Legislature debates a beer clause while government stores sell all liquor. Vendors may pay the government 5 to 10 percent of receipts under new license rules.
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Vancouver
B. Cgc
British Columbia
Quebec
Pre-Volstead Beer Can Be Sold Now
Secretary Melion announced medicinal beer regulations allow sale of stocks of real beer held by brewers some made before Volstead. He said he would move quickly to implement the rules and ensure expeditious operation of the program.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
Chinese Delegates Rush East to Washington Conference
About 100 Chinese delegation members journey to Washington for armament talks aboard a special train to beat a railroad strike. Led by M. N. Liang the group arrived by steamer and transferred to a ferry to Oakland, urging peace and international cooperation.
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San Francisco
China
Washington
M. N. Liang
Oakland
Laing
Fragments of ZR-2 Exhibit Reach Northwest
Relics of the giant dirigible ZY from the recent English wreck arrive via J F McGuire of the Canadian National Railways in the Northwest. Graphic photographs of the disaster accompany the display drawing daily crowds at the ticket windows on Second Ave.
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England
J. FP. McGuire
Canadian National Railways
Second Ave
Homecoming slated for December at University of Washington
The annual University of Washington Homecoming will take place December 1 2 and 3 announced by student body president Robert W Macfarlane. The main event is the December 3 football game against Penn State with activities including College night Women’s night class reunions and an all university dance Clayton Rychard chairs the general committee.
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University of Washington
Robert W. Macfarlane
Penn State
Clayton Rychard
Westinghouse Buys Kilbourne Clarke Plant in Seattle
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co has purchased the Kilbourne Clarke plant at West Spokane Street and Marginal Way, Seattle. District Manager W D McDonald says the facility will be used to make swivel boards and instrument panels and to assemble electrical machinery.
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Seattle
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
Kilbourne & Clarke
W. Spokanest
E. Marginalway
W. D. McDonald
Westinghouse Co
Snoqualmie Cow Tops Eight States in Milk Output
Chimicum Belle F. a registered Holstein owned by Thomas J Owens of Snoqualmie Valley Cow Testing Association produced 2582 pounds of milk and 116.2 pounds of butter fat in the last monthly test. Washington led in cows yielding 40 or more pounds of butter fat at 19.8 percent, ahead of Oregon 19.7 and California 18.6. The combined rate for Utah Nevada and Arizona was 68 percent.
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Thomas J. Owens
Snoqualmie Valley Cow Testing Association
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Letter From Avridge Mann to Mrs Rose in Seattle
A humorous exchange between Avridge Mann and Mrs Rose M. R of Seattle. She complains letters are bunk while praising his wit, urging daily letters. Mann replies with light humor noting shared sentiment and that he is also married, ending with a playful quote about two souls.
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Avridge Mann
Nile
Avridge Tame
Rose M. R
Seattle
Rose
Ordinance Favored in Spite of Veto
The utilities committee recommended passage of an ordinance authorizing expenditure of 680000 for retracking First Avenue and other railway extensions over Mayor Caldwell's veto. A Vancouver cable from Australia reports 53 plague cases and 20 deaths.
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First Ave
Utilities Committee
Caldwell
Vancouver
RB. C
Australia
New German Cabinet Members Announced
Berlin reports the new German cabinet will include Chancellor Wirth as foreign minister, interior minister Kofler, finance minister Zapf, and defense minister Geosler. A Queensland note appears garbled. The federal medical director predicts the worst outbreak will occur in March and April.
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Berlin
Wirth
Kofler
Zapf
Geosler
Queensland
New Northwest Rates Approved By ICC
Washington dated report states the Interstate Commerce Commission approved the proposed revision of class and commodity rates in the territory west of the Cascade mountains from Portland Oregon to Vancouver British Columbia. The commission made exceptions for carload commodities and certain class rate relationships.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cascade Mountains
Portland
Ore
Vancouver
B. C
Slayers Commanded by Marine Officers
Senatorial inquiry into Hayti atrocities hears Maj. Turner say Haitian laborers claim 200 killed by native police under U.S. marine officers. Turner unsure on death toll but cites widespread mistreatment and killings reported in Hayti.
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Slayers
Marine
Washington
United States Marine
Maj
T. C. Turner
Senate
Hayti
Turner
Chocolate Gifts and Delicacies Featured in Candy Shop
Glace gloves in 12 button length with embroidered backs offered in Brown Tan and Gray for $5.50. New candy shop displays highlight chocolate cigars and cigarettes as high grade Dutch chocolate. Children's boxed toys made of chocolate wrapped in silver and foiled. Frou Frou wafers with milk chocolate sold per pound for $1. Droste's Breakfast Cocoa from Haarlem noted for flavor and purity in 4 pound tins at 60 cents.
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Droste
Haarlem
Holland
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