Fire sweeping vast forests near Angeles and Santa Barbara
More than a thousand firefighters struggle to contain wildfires raging across Angeles and Santa Barbara reserves. Fire lookouts warn watersheds feeding Pomona Glendora and others may be threatened, risking water supply and smoke blankets city streets as fires push toward Saugus and San Hermon.
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Angeles
Cal
Santa Barbara
KR. H. Chariton
Con
Saugus
San Hermo
Pomona
Onrovia
Glendora Ard
San
Forest Rangers
Bonita
Coldwater
Bureau
Objects to Crowds in Theatre Foyers
Dr. H. M. Read city health officer notified all proprietors Tuesday afternoon to cooperate to suppress the evil of crowded foyers after dinner. He urged Mayor Fitzgerald to instruct fire and department officials to enforce a city rule prohibiting crowds in foyers. He called the practice dangerous for spreading disease.
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H. M. Read
City Health Joner
All Propri
Fitzgerald
Read
Mexico Withdraws From Texas State Fair Exhibits
Mexico canceled its exhibits at the Texas state fair in S, Tex, due to Gov. Hobby's stance favoring armed intervention in Mexico. Col. John N., president of the fair, announced the decision today.
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S, Tex
Mexico
P. Hobby
Inter
John N
Put Up Job Joke Grabs Passersby in Honeymoon Car
Ruben Walden owner of Rube's Case explains a prank left his machine, decorated with rice and wedding signs, by the curb at Sixth Ave and Union St to resemble a honeymoon car. He had just returned from Anacortes where he was fined $50 for speeding and had gone home to rest, surprised to find the garish display on his vehicle.
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Sixth Ave
Union St
Ruben Walden
Rube's
Walden
Anacortes
Auto Backs Into Delicatessen Shop
Dr F Baasch proprietor of a delicatessen at 913 Third Ave reported a car collision when L A MacVey of Washington Sheet Metal Works backed into the shop at 10 0 a m on Wednesday. His five passenger vehicle struck the window pane, scattering breakfast patrons and upsetting dishes. a waitress was scalded when she spilled hot coffee in fright.
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Dr. F. Baasch
Third Ave
L A. MacVey
Washington Sheet Metal Works
MacVay
80 000 Reported Out in Ohio Zone
Cleveland dispatch reports that about 80 percent of Ohio steel industry workers were idle on the third day of a steel strike. The union claimed roughly 80,000 steel workers had suspended work statewide, including both union and nonunion employees affected by plant stoppages.
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Ohio
Cleveland, O
United
Preas
Paralysia
Chiio
Orgranieers
Tebeldi Trees Sustain Northwest Sudan Communities
Natives in Northwest Sudan rely on tebeldi trees for water during the dry season, with each tree storing an average of 340 gallons. The trees serve as a crucial local water source amid arid conditions.
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Northwest
Sudan
Elope youths foiled in rapid river crossing to Rainier Beach
Four youths aged 15 to 17 from Kennydale attempted to elope by boat across a lake toward Rainier Beach. Deputies halted them ten miles from shore after a fast dash. the girls were returned home and the boys jailed.
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Kennydale
Rea Lae
Charley Jarrett
Stewart Campbell
C. H. Kearney
Rainier Beach
Rain
Duwamish Residents Demand Mail Service Restore
Duwamish valley residents told The Star they had seven days without rural mail delivery due to postal authorities failing to provide a carrier. August Goellner, longtime RK. F. D. Route 6 resident, suggested vehicle options but urged prompt service restoration.
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Duwamish Valley
The
Star
Alaska
August Goellner
Albert Gray to be retried after jury deadlock
A jury hearing the grand larceny case against Albert Gray could not reach a verdict and was dismissed. Gray allegedly stole three tires from an auto owned by Frank Waterhouse at Peerless Auto Body Co on May 31 at 518 Westlake Ave.
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Albert Gray
Gray
Frank Waterhouse
Peerless Auto Body Co
Westlake Ave
Am clothes promise beauty with varied Pall suits coats and accessories
A promotional note advertises Am clothes offering more on each Pall suit coat DHSS and hat and highlights the Florence upstairs stole as part of a beautifying collection.
Movies Help Boost U. S. With Siberia
Herbert Griffin, a Y M C A worker who returned from three years in Upper Asia, says Siberians are moviemad and that American greatness and sincerity can be shown more easily through films than figures. He notes several studios are planned for Siberia as Y work expands.
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Siberia
Herbert Griffin
United
Upper
Asia
Griffin
America
Saya Griffin
Hold Funeral for Man Drowned at Sea
John Owens, lost overboard while returning to Seattle from the San Pedro naval training station, will be buried next Saturday September 27 from Collina Undertaking Parlors. His body washed ashore after February 25 near the Columbia river mouth and buried temporarily in Astoria. He served in the Spanish American War and later enlisted in World War I. he was a brother of Mrs D Co O'Connor. He lived at 317 27th Ave, Bo.
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John Owens
Seattle
U. S. Naval Training Station
San Pedro
Cal
Collina Undertaking
Owens
Columbia River
Astoria
Ore
United States
Germany
Mra. D. Co, O'Connor
27Th Ave
Motorcycle Held Fined $45 for Speeding on Eastlake Ave
Acting Police Judge Eugene Childe fined Dan Semple $45 and ordered his motorcycle held by police for 30 days after he rode 35 miles on Eastlake Avenue Tuesday.
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Eugene Childe
Dan Semple
Eastlake Ave
Caldwell lunch stand serves breakfast at 75 cents
Herbert Corey notes a remarkable morning in Caldwell Kansas finding a clean breakfast room with tidy service and appetizing breakfast at a surprising price of 75 cents. He wonders if benevolent mischief or a budding Big Business man runs the stand.
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Caldwell
Kan
Iris
Sheep population in Australia drops from hundred million to below seventy million
In 1891 Australia housed over 100 million sheep. Current estimates show the national flock reduced to under 70 million as livestock counts adjust to long term trends.
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Australia
Explorer Back From Ice Trip
Arctic explorer Storker Storkerson, longtime member of Steffansson’s last Arctic party, returned to Seattle last night from Alaska arriving at the New Washington hotel. The five man drift voyage aimed to pass a Northwest passage with scant provisions and little success.
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Storker Storkerson
Arctic Explorer
Steffans
Son
Northland
Seattle
Aleska
New Washington Hotel
Storkerron
Storkerson
Steffansson
Arctic
Strike bill likened to involuntary servitude by union leader
Washington testimony to the Interstate commerce committee features W. M. Doak of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen condemning the Cummins railroad bill as an attempt to shackled workers. He calls it the boldest bond of economic bondage since the Civil War, opposing its constitutional spirit.
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Washington
Cummins
W. M. Doak
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainie
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cvil
Bayonet Stops Car During Royal Reception Parade
In Vancouver a daring auto driver tried to cut in ahead of the Prince of Wales procession. A guard officer halted the car and a trooper’s bayonet fired, bursting a rear tire and forcing the vehicle to the curb. The royal reception continued without further incident.
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Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Guard of Honor
Policemen to Be Measured for New Uniforms
On Tuesday September 20, police officers will gather at the station to be measured for updated uniforms. The plan hinges on officers having funds and willingness to acquire new gear.
Northwest Light and Power Association Opens 12th annual convention
The Northwest Light and Power Association opened its 12th annual convention at the Hotel Washington with an address of welcome by Mayor Fitzgerald. The three day meeting features speakers from Puget Sound Traction, Westinghouse Electric, and General Electric. Officers include H. J. Gille of Seattle as president and regional vice presidents H. L. Walther of Medford, William T. Wallace of Boise, J. F. Roche of Butte, with W. E. Herring of Seattle as secretary and treasurer.
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Fitzgerald
Northwest Light and Power Association
Washington
G. E. Quinan
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
William H. Easton
Westinghouse Electric Co
C. A. Winder
General Electric Co
H. J. Gille
Seattle
H. L. Walther
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Tacoma
Puget Sound Bank and Trust Company
Scandinavian American Bank
the National Bank of Tacoma
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Tacoma Savings Bank & Trust Co
Henry A. Rhodes
Rhodes Bros
I. F. Alexander
Pacific Steamship Company
Chester Thorne
National Bank of Tacoma
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Diamond Rubber Company
Kelly-Springfield
Republic Tire Company
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Worth
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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Western Underwriting Company
Claridge
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Lyon Ride Seattion
Duwamish
Union
Society For
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U. S
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Aru
Herbert Corey
Explorer
Armola Company
Woodward Ave
Detroit
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East Pike
Eastlake
Marion
Palace Hip
Mary “the
Maclaren
Sme
Lighting and Power Association Meets
Henry F. Miller
Shoninger
Lester and Kohler & Campbell
Third Avenue
Emmy Wehlen
Kelle
the Boss
Wilkes Rivers
Pine Elliott
Alex Luce
Teddy
Frank Bush
G. Swayne Gordon
Company
George Howard
Comedienne
McNamara
Clinton
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Athletica
Orpheum Theatre
Lew White
Norman Friedenwald
Honolulu
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