Fair Rentals Commission Opens to Combat Rent Profiteers
The government fair rentals commission begins work at 989 Securities Building. Board members including Howard Cosgrove as chairman pledge to curb rent profiteers aiding war industries. The panel vows to house war and shipyard workers and to deny extortionate rents while allowing reasonable profits. War workers can request a questionnaire. cases judged on merit.
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Securities
Howard Cosgrove
KE. & Goodwin
Ll. Roddy
Metal Trades Council
A. T. Albertson
Mra
Ida M. Levi
Army
Navy
United States
30000 Seattle Shipbuilders Strike Over Wage Scale
About 30,000 Seattle shipbuilders quit work at the end of their morning shift on Saturday as directed by the Metal Trades council. The walkout follows the Macy board’s failure to report a new wage scale expected by September 2. Workers demand overtime on Saturday afternoons and a permanent 44 hour week, with the first strike having occurred the previous Saturday.
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Seattle Shipbuilde
Metal Trades Council
Macy Board
Seattle
West Coast Lumber Seen Key to Rebuilding Europe
Dwight H. Davis of the Washington Coast Lumbermen's association told members at the New Washington meeting that 7,000,000 feet of lumber from the West Coast would likely aid reconstruction in war torn Europe. The estimate comes from a survey of devastated areas.
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West Coast
Europe
Dwight H. Davis
Washington Coast Lumbermen's Association
Washington
Jesse Lynch Williams
Selwyn & Co
Roi Cooper Megrue
Metropolitan
Astor Theatre
New York Company
Nat C. Goodwin
Edmund Breese
Ernest Lawford
Leonard Mudie
Otis Robb
Louise Randolph
Anne Morrison
United States
Trial of Gourley at Bellingham Opens Tuesday
P. H. Gourley leader of the Holy Rollers faces charges of using disreputable language as the trial commences in Bellingham Tuesday with local officials and witnesses ready for court proceedings.
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P. H. Gourley
Holy Rollers
Bellingham
Building Up Our Womanhood A Health Message for Women
An advertisement urges women of all ages to improve health with Peruna tonic or tablets. It cites a testimonial from Miss Clara Lohr of Grand Rapids Michigan who reports weight gain and recovery from a severe cough after six bottles. The Peruna Company offers a free health book and a Peruna Almanac via mail order.
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Clara Lohr
N. Gold St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Company
Dept
Columbus
Ohio
Eight acts headline Moore Orpheum vaudeville week
Moore theater opens a varied vaudeville week with James J. Morton as eighth feature. Albertina Rasch leads with a premiere danseuse act, Whipple and Huston in Shoes, Lightner Girls and Alexander, Rev Frank W Gorman songs, Pistol and Cushing in The Stranded Minstrels, James Watts and Rex Storey in A Treat in Travesty, Australian Creightons acrobatics, Travel Weekly Washington scenes, Allied War Review in Europe, and an orchestral bill.
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Orpheum Circuit
James J. Morton
Albertina Rasch
Whipple
Huston
Lightner Girls
Alexander
Frank W. Gorman
Pistol
Cushing
James Watts
Rex Storey
Washington, D. C
Europe
Bank Examiner Wins Case Over German American Bank Tie
Superior Judge Boyd Tallman grants State Bank examiner Moore a $5,800 judgment against American Savings Bank & Trust Co. The suit, for depositors of the German American Mercantile Bank, stemmed from its two year collapse. The clearing house rule required American Savings to cover checks on German American based on prior deposits, upholding the ruling and a $3,800 depository certificate judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
American Savings Bank & Trust Co
Clearing House Association
American Savings Bank
Clearing House
Tallman
Modern drama staged by Miss Mildred Johnson company
The passage notes sharp protests from those recalling unsavory publicity linked to propaganda by visiting lecturers. It mentions a drama presented not as a moving picture but as a modern stage production led by Miss Mildred Johnson and her accomplished troupe.
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Mildred Johnson
Suffrage Bill Delayed as Senate Filibuster Persists
Washington March 28. The senate again debated the suffrage amendment and faced a filibuster by suffragists. Democratic leader Senator Martin warned no vote before Monday. With absentees and anti suffrage votes, suffrage stands at 63, one short of passage.
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Washington
Senate
Liberty Loan
Martin
Eagles Add $5,000 Bond Subscription
The Order of Eagles voted at its Friday meeting to invest an additional $5,000 in the Fourth Liberty loan. This brings the Eagles total to $40,700 in Liberty bonds. The Milwaukee or Western track will be abandoned on Railroad avenue between Jackson and Washington streets for the city elevated line.
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Metropolitan Theatre
Order of Eagles
The
Eagles
Railroad Ave
Jackson and
Washington Streets
City
Seattle
Who Started This War Discussion At Borrowed Time Club
Six thousand five hundred dollars of Rolle-Barnes stock from Leo Wile estate will be invested in Liberty Bonds. The Borrowed Time club meets Wednesdays at 2 p m in Malloy hall at 45th street and 14th avenue North East.
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Rolle-Barnes Company
Leo Wile
Liberty Bonds
Malloy Hall
45Th St
14Th Ave. N. BE
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