Steel workers back on jobs after wage dispute
One thousand two hundred Pacific Steel Co. employees resume work after a settlement described by Sam Boddy acting president of a Metal Trades council. Arbitration board to be named to resolve remaining disputes. Auxiliary No. 10 to meet Tuesday night. kits for the next draft to be issued as crews prepare for Camp Lewis.
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Pacific Steel Co
Mus
Sam. Boddy
Metal Trades Council
A. Pies
Greyerbieh
8Th Ave. S
Jackson St
Camp Lewis
Bodies of 26 lost on torpedoed American ship Onega
Bodies of 26 missing crew from the American steamship Onega, torpedoed by a German submarine Monday night at 6, have washed ashore at a British port. The captain's body was recovered, and 29 on board landed safely. The Onega, 3,636 tons gross, was operated by Barber & Co. of New York and had previously been named St Luckenbach, Brooklyn Oddam and British Queen. Built in Belfast in 1880.
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Onega
Barber & Co
New York
St. Luckenbach
Brooklyn
Oddam
Belfast
Furniture salesmen form new union with Retail and Drug Clerks
W. Fr. Hendley is named president of the newly organized furniture salesmen's union, which will affiliate with the Retail and Drug Clerks' union. Chauncey Wright restaurants will release 109 male waiters for federal employment on September 10, to be replaced by union women waiters.
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W. FR. Hendley
Furniture Salesrmen's Union
Retail and Drug Clerks’ Union
Chauncey Wright Restaurants
Allied Air Victory. Allies Lead German Aces Four to One
London reports official British figures show Allied air forces downing more than 4,000 German planes from July 1917 to July 1918 with about 1,000 Allied aircraft missing. Officials say the overall Allied advantage across fronts exceeds four to one and is increasing, though not every sector maintains supremacy at all times.
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London
British Air Ministry
Western Front
RAF Activity in World War I Surges with Bombing and Reconnaissance
The Royal Air Force vastly expanded its role in June 1918, firing 915,308 rounds at ground targets and conducting 74 bombing raids in Germany in addition to battle area work. Over 40,000 photographs were taken behind enemy lines, and RAF personnel increased more than 200 fold. Production and repair of aircraft surged as the service rebuilt faster than its wartime needs.
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Royal Air Force
Germany
RR. A. F
Allied Air Superiority Grows As War in Skies Advances
A wartime bulletin reports British aircraft destroyed and German losses across fronts including Naval North, Acriutune, Salonika, and Egypt Palestine. It cites 3,456 British machines accounted for and 1,186 missing, while Allied air strength rises and German capacity declines amid pending American involvement.
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NAVAL
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Acriitune
Germany
Salonika
Egypt
Palestine
West Front
America
Two Boats Sunk by Submarines Off Newfoundland
ST JOHNS N F Sept 3 The fishing schooner Elsie Porter Lun enburge N B and schooner Potentate of La Have NS have been sent to the bottom by a German submarine according to crew members. The Elsie Porter captain was taken prisoner and a boatload from the Potentate including her captain are missing.
Moore urges Seattle steel mills to boost postwar industry
James A. Moore, a long time Seattle business leader now back in talks, proposes local steel mills that would produce 600 tons of steel plate daily. He states doctors prevent his return but believes Seattle can offset postwar depressions by such an industry expansion.
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Seattle
James A. Moore
Moore
American Airmen Bomb German Targets in France
American airmen dropped two tons of bombs on Audun Le Roman and Languyon, with two squadrons returning safely. Three hostile aircraft were shot down in six combats. German bombers were repulsed near American positions while artillery activity increased in the Woevre and Vosges. An ambushed German patrol north of Toul was driven off. The Kaiser’s propaganda sheet America in Europe was dropped over Allied lines.
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France
Audun le Roman
Languyon
Woevre
Vosges Nectern
Toul
Jansens
Kaiser
America
Europe
Libraries purge books with pro German taint urged
Mrs Ruth Karl McKee regent of the University of Washington spoke at the ninth annual Pacific Northwest Library association meeting at the YWCA. She urged America's libraries to purge books with pro German taint.
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America
Ruth Karl McKee
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest Library Association
Farewell for 14th U. S. Infantry Cadets at Fort Lawton
The first girl cadets of Washington will host a farewell for men of the 14th Infantry now at Fort Lawton. The event is Wednesday evening at Mime Lepper's Hall 1604 Fourth Corp M. E. Stepp will deliver the keynote address. Public invited to boost the boys On to Berlin.
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14Th U. S. Infantry
Washington
14Th Infantry
Fort Lawton
Mime
Lepper
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