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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-20
Chance to Help Belgium

Belgium has kept the term cover there in Americas
dictionary.
We're 1T not for Belgium German hosts would long
before this be batterng at Americas gates
Ii one of your neighbors kept maniacal brute from
numbering your wife and children with an AK YOU would
have measure of gratitude for him that could not be re-
paid by giving him your old clothes to keep his family
during the winter ''
That is what Belgium is asking for now She doesn't
speak OF her bravery in foing the brute She uss asks
for some old clothes to keep out the winter winds and
enable her to continue sacrificing "
Take all your casoff clothing that still has measure
OF usefulness to the nearest fire station and the Red Cross
will do the rest 49, ~
When s0iu the aoar end? When the Hun is done for!
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TWENTY FIFTH
CHAPTER

PRECEDING
Jane
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she d I'm front a
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utiou Iormr
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Porter Fisher is the commander-inchef at the Harlem
Boys Home better known in New York the boys hotel
Many persons including fathers and mothers of boys,
interested in the "boy problem There boy prob
lens in mansions well tenements But the most
serious of all boy problems is the boy who has home
the lad who the street seeking shelter in place
which really isn't HIS home altho it may be the home of
relative Often it doesn't that being
home
Most often that boy goes wrong And who can blame
him? Surely not society," which makes it possible for him
to make of life and then Furnishes him for doing
Porter Fisher is devong his life to the work of pre-
venting homeless boys from making of their lives
He goes out into the streets and alleys of Americas biggest
city hunting for boys who may start downward or who
already have headed that way.
1--WE think it is great achievement to take tough
boy from the streets and mould him into fine young
Fisher said explaining his work.
In the land of homeless boys the name of Porter
Fisher means something. There they like him-and so
do we!
Shirkers and slackers are mighty poor hackers for
the Ydnks IN the ranks
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES
CANDIES AND
NOTIONS
The first artificial eyes were n,

The first artificial eyes were not
made for living persons. but for the
dead. In the days OF the earliest
Pharaohs. the Egyptian embalmers
removed the eyes. poured plaster or
wax into the sockets and set in the
latter eyes of glass or semi.precious
stone.
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Cost Of W. S. S.
Oper -Four Dollars

Dear Miss Grey: A few days ago
bought $50 worth OF War Savings
Stamps. paying sac for the same
Just 81 too much. | needed tha'
money but thought Uncle sam
needed IL more. | did not expect 70
pay 50 10 a federal employe for the
privilege OF trying to do my bit. II
you can explain the transaction !
should be very grateful.
PEENED.
II you will notice on the bot
tom OF u. s. government Thrift
card you will find scale which
explains the rate that war
Savings Certificate may be pur-
chased for each month. For in
stance. In January, 1918, one
could exchange "A 81 Thrift card
for a So War Savings Certlfi-
cate by paying ~ cents. Each
month cent is added. In Sep
tember War Savings Stamp
costs s420. You purchased $50
worth OF War Savings Certifi'
Gates, which would be 10. Ten
times si.20 Is S42.
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Overhead Neighbors
Pldg Underhdnd Tricks

Dear Miss Grey: a short time
ago family moved into the flat
above me. They now shake their
rugs. sending clouds OF dust into my
rooms below. also onto whoever han
pens to be sta ndlng in the yard
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Included IN
Present Draft

Dear Miss Grey. | was ~ years
and months old In June. 1917. Was
| supposed TO register In the 2l-31
draft? Thanking you. READER.
No. You are included In the
1Slb draft
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Report All
Disloydl Remarks

Dear Miss Grey: I am aroused by
the unloyal talk OF "A foreigner hold
ing first American citizenship pa
pers. He states that in case he VIII
be drafted in the L. S. army he VIII
take his papers back TO Uncle Sam
and fight for his exemption on the
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STARSHELLS

Dear Ed: Earl X. Mutt Is associ-
ate manager OF the white Auto Co.
in Seattle. Seems to me that Bolt
should be the other associate.
A. BUG.
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To RemOUe
Ink Stain

Dear Miss Grey; VIII you please
tell me how TO remove ink from a
fine white crocheted centerpiece7
a FRIEND.
Boil in fresh SKINNED milk
several minutes.
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uINDENBuRG's TOoTHPICKs

Where's that crew which yodeled
TO the world. and surrounding plan
cts, to sit up and keep an eye peeled,
as IL was gonna hold molar-
bouncing tournament in a chow festi-
val In Paris? Cold coffeel
It's a long shuttle to Paris. the
route those crows are hoofing II now.
going around the world TO sneak in
the backyard. Or maybe they've de-
cided to hold the feed bag carnival up
in the iceberg plantations. Adolf
pass der fish oil: l got a icicle stuck
NIT der throat"
After inviting himself and gang TO
dinner in Paris. old Hindenburg pass
ed around the toothpicks, and the
nourishment has long been chcwed
out OF them.
Sign lamped by II. w. in a store
window:
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
CANDIES AND
NOTIONS
Turkey and Bulgaria are having a
row over the loot. II reminds us OF
a couple OF burglars fighting over
a haul "A few hours before the po-
lice get EN-.
The milkmen raised prices again
Those fellows have swiped the mot
to OF the tank corps-"Treat En-
Rough"
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British ftyers "peppering" the Rhine region.
The infantry aUiH soon be "a-salting' it.
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Chance
whether chance motorcycle
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but | do know that | am unreason'
ably obsessed with 81 visions OF the
moving picture variety as the result
OF meeting Tony Curt.
Perhaps 'chance" was only n ball
OF yarn. Now that the Red Cross
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Shirkers and slackers are mighty poor hackers
the Ydnks in the ranks
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Too old to fight? Mebbe; but nerer too old to buy
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TO BE Continued
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GERMANS unite TWO
FRONTS IN new move

WESTERN FRONT. - The
Germans. In an effort TO flank
the allies south Of Noyon. are
driving westward toward the
: Disc. In tho lAii~ttc rcxiun. rc.
suletnk In definite corSoot1a-
tien of the Ptcnrsly and Alsne
fronts. southwest Of Coucy-ic
Chatcsu.
The French war office today ad
mlfted retirement on the fivernile
front between Bleranoourt and Epag
any and Soisaons and Rheims before
this new assault.
AIsSE FRoNT.--The enemy. who
was last officially reported six miles
north Of the Marne. has made "A fur
ther slight advance toward that
river. the French report said. This
was the only German progress
noted on the Aisne front proper.
on the west flank OF the Aisne
front. the French are still holding
the western outskirts OF Solssons.
on fthc right flank the allies not
only have held. but the French re
took Thillois. three miles west OF
Rheims. By counter attack.
Henry Wood. cabling from the
French front. said the allied military
authorities believe the Germans will
try TO take Rheims by wide en-
circiing movement down the Ardre
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ASK HELP TO CHECK RENT HOGS
Chamber of Commerce Committee SAYS Active

Trades Council and the Central La.
Dor Council of organized labor to ap.
point a joint committee to cooperate
with n committee of the chamber in
preventing extortion In rents and
other necessarics of life.
Since then, the trade councils have
done nothing, and the Seattle Real
Estate association has practically en-.
couraged the raising of rents, Cham
ber OF Commerce men say.
without cooperation. we are
placed in a defensive position" de-
clared Phillip Norton. publicity man
ager OF the chamber. III. in the in.
terests of patriotism. the rent hogs
are TO be checked. II is about time
for the labor councils to act We
are doing all that we can. The cham.
Der is maintaining mt it's own eN-
pense an efficient and well-equipped
housing committee, which has gone
a long way toward settling the rent
problem. But II needs help, or II Is
going to lose out
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PATIENTS AND
NURSES SLAIN
BY AIR RAIDERS
mn NM. PHILP sIMMs

INfff1 fftAH NVfff1RFHNtf ~
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE. May 3i.--Gcrman
airrnen. on Corpus Christi day, again
bombed a British hospital far behind
the lines. killing woman nurses. doc.
tors and patients. setting fire to the
buildings,
After dropping flares. 80 as TO re.
veal their targets. the Germans
dropped a large number OF huge
bombs.
one. scoring n direct hit on n large
hospital. prominently displaying the
Rcd Cross. wrecked the building In
which sisters administering to pa.
TENTS were pinned under the wreck.
age ,ogather with the wounded sol
dlers and stricken attendants.
The British front is fairly quiet to
day. only raids. patrolling and ar.
tillery activity was reported today,
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ENGLAND HEARS
CUNFIRE NEAR
BELGIAN COAST

MsGATE. Eng May al
Heavy gunfire was heard in the
direction OF the Belgian coast for
five hours last night There were
also terrific explosions and great
flare accompanying each one.
Ramsgate Is situated south OF the
mouth OF the Thames river, 81 'niles
east Of London. It is about 30
miles from Ramsgate. across the
English channel to Calais.
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river TO the southwest
A Rome dispatch said the pope
had received a telegram from Card
inal Lucon. stating he was leaving
Rheims. Cardinal Casparri. ra5ml
SECRETARY Of state. replied that the
pope win petition the Germans to
spare what remains Of the cathedral.
PIcARDY German air
men attacked three hospitals In the
rear OF the American areas Wednes-
day night. dropping bombs and pour-
ing machine gun fire into the tents.
The attack was made on Corpus
Christi eve.
LORRAINE FRoNT.--An Ameri-
can air squadron participated In ten
fights with German airmen in one
hour yesterday. bringing down at
least four enemy planes. Tho
Americans lost one machine and tho
pilot was taken prisoner.
FLANDERS FRONT. - Marshal
Haig today reported only minor
raiding operations.
FRANCE Eighteen persons were
killed and injured in yesterdays
long range bombardment of Paris. on
Corpus Christi day. a church was
also struck.
RUSSIA.-A Petrorrad dispatch,
dated Monday, declared German
troops are using poison gas against
several small towns in the vicinity
OF Kieff. asphyxiaung whole com
munities.
RMANY.-Eighteen women and
children were trampled to death in
Mannheim, as result OF a stampede
which followed a false alarm OF an
air raid.
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HUNS RUSHING
BIG MOVEMENT
TO TRAP ALLIES
ny HENRY WOOD

fuffFI FfgSS vufffND0HGfNf
WITH THE FRENCH AR
MIES IN THE FIELD. May 81.
The Germans are determined
10 capture Rheims.
Held up by the British to the
east, north and west Of that city.
the enemy plans wide encir-
cling movement 10 the southeast.
hoping TO surround IL, military
authorities believe.
To accomplish this. the Germans
are expected to increase their
pressure between Brouillet and Jan.
vry, with the intention OF brea king
thru. along the Ardre river, and. fol.
lowing this valley southeastward.
gradually turning TO the east so as
to approach Rheims from the south.
This strategy would entail the cap
ture OF Fere. .Tardenois. four
miles southeast of Brouillet and two
miles to the west of the Ardre.
The Ardre rises in a small lake
four miles north of the Marine at
Epernay. 1t flows northeastward.
converging with the Vesle at Fismes.
Drive Is Slower
The German has been slower for
the past several hours. owing TO the
steady arrival of French reserves.
The enemy apparently has been en-.
tirely checked at most points on this
front His efforts now seem To be
concentrated in driving toward Fere.
En-Tardenois, as part of the at.
tempt to take Rheims.
Every German regiment engaged
in the southern drive advances in
successive bounds Four com.
panies are in the front rank each
time. Each company has four port.
able machine guns. with one IN re.
serve. Each regiment. in addition,
has three machine gun companies.
possessing 12 machine guns apiece
and three mounted trench mortar
companies. which have new long
range weapon.
AS each wave of four companies
leaps forward II is able to precede
itself with machine gun barrage.
while the portable trench mortars
dislodge the allied machine guns and
wipe out the centers of resistance.
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side Of the fence and clhssifics the
fur in summer as an identihcation
Of the class which has nothing 70
do. Besides that she says they are
unhealthful. In bad taste ana lots
Of things.
lie Doesn't Care
What do Seattle folks think
about this controversy2
Well, IT'S nothing in the strenu-
Gus life Of our Mayor Hanson.
SHOULD they, or shouldn't thcyg'
he pondered. "Well It's this way
don't personally care. with or
without. they look good TO me-
Mrs W y. Harper. woman NOM
Der OF the municipal school board.
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HARRY BOURNE
KILLED; Girl IS
HURT IN WRECK

Harry Bourne. ss. OF tho Avondaie
hotci. iies Pike St. was killed and
Louise LHfsky a Firi who gave the
same address. was injured when an
automohsle In which they were rid
ing crashed into a pole on the high
way near Ardena station late Thurs-
day night. An empty whisky battle
was found in the wreckage.
C. II Wood. driving along the road
near Ari.na. noticed the overturned
car. lie got out just as Miss Lufsky
came crawling up the side Of the en-.
bankrnent. The eirl was taken TO a
hospital and was able 10 return TO
her home early today. Bourne's
body was taken to Tacoma.
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RIGTTTy' aRIDCUIOUS WHAT? SUMMER FURS? FIGHT is ON

ther do ever butt in on women's
affairs / know better than that
Most OF tho girls whom i see
in tho juvenile court don't have
them"
Helen Igoe. Seattle's fashion ex-
pert laughed when she was asked.
The weather has been so cool
80 far that there certainly could
he no criticism OF a woman who
wore furs on Puget Sound this
spring. To great many women
they are most becoming, but adj
NIT that the women | know who
persist In wearing furs in very,
very hot weather. do so merely to
satisfy their vanity"
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doesn't think much OF them, tho.
"They are absolutely ridiculousr'
she said They are useless. Moth
ing Ia ornamental that IL out OF
place and furs In summer are most
certainly out of place"
Listen 10 Al!
Prosecuting Attorney a. l., Lun-
ain spared for time when he was
asked for an opinion.
Are you kidding me7" he aucs-
toned.
welt Of course. approve OF
EN-. You see. my wife has n set
besides | think that they arc very
becoming. and in this country.
where the nights are cool some-
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352 NEW HOMES
ORDERED IN MAY

Seattle Increased its rate OF resi-.
dence construction 375 per cent dur
ing May. 1918. over the same month
of 1917.
Builders took out 352 permits for
home construction this month,
against 90 for May OF last year
The value of the 352 homes Is
s4s9.720 while that of last Mays s6
was SIG 900.
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the picture reproduced above Es 81
have also letter.
picture waiting line whether they
n + Al fY
fighting But they smlether
meansdo
widowed their
They themselves necessities
Meat bit of
nothing do with the picture
ii addressed the Red Cross
West Wheeler Stationery
o
firm which failed to contribute suf
according the Red
of CO. and West Wheeler the
contributed like amounts-the
500 each .f
the "the office
the office West Wheeler S100
individual John Davis Co. $94 the individual
West Wheeler gave $8l S only say
informed behalf John
$500"
The letter to
with others standing of John Davis
Henry Broderck. Inc,
of
their contributions
not be lacking" T.
rimsdo Red
will,
course injustice done West
Wheeler.
West Wheeler The injustice
Red
Broderick the class
Vests
saaed $3.50 $3.50 month rated for
merchants
Broderick West
Wheeler indeed three kind
dollars Red Crosand rents higher and
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DEAD GERMANS PROVE
YANKEE MARKSMANSHIP

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE. May 3i.--American
officers reported today that prac-
tically every German body found aft.
er Wednesday nights fighting in the
Lunevilie sector was shot thru the
head or heart, showing the quality
of the American Workmanship.
German prisoners said they were
told that the attacks I'm that sector
were for the purpose of taking pris-
oners. Probably 10 Germans were
killed and wounded
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women should wear furs in sum-
~. y tneir little hearts so desire,
~ -. bs'ty Brown. fashion expert
W., 'Hsy should mott" says Winona
"s'1' sociological student.
ne ne season 81 shiny noses and
hea faces being upon us. the
,'uon Of summer furs az an ad-
49,. 70 feminine hot weather APP
M " 2 heated subject
a.. Brown holds that while
n summer cannot be included
.,.s "s list Of vital necessities. new
ssa s they enhance fair woman
ms.a Ornaments mnst be recon-
A'na gets right on the other
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times. they are needed"
Mrs w. r. Hawthorne. proml-
nent clubwoman. says that she
thinks fura In summer are very be-
coming but entirely Inappropriate
in hot weather.
II don't really know whether wo-
mon should or should not wear
them. 1t Ia matter entirely up to
the individual taste"
lie Doesn't Wear 'Ism
Summer furH. should women
wear them DO | approve7' Super
inr Judge * ing Dykoman, in charge
OF juvenile court affairs, gasped.
Il don't know; ! never wear
them. summer or winter, but nei-
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DRIVE TO 0ISE
new SCHEME TO
0UTWIT ALLIES

PARIS. May S1.-The Ger.
mans. by an attack in the Ailettc
river region between Coucy-Le
Chateau and the Disc river,
have definitely consolidated the
Aisne and Picardy battle fronts,
according to the French war Of
flee announcement today.
tSeemingly this is an effort to
drive toward the Disc. to the west
ward in an effort to flank the allied
forces below Noyon, on the southern
portion of the Picardy 'front.'
Before this attack the French have
withdrawn from Blerancourt and
Epagny fighting stubbornly. Epagny
is six miles northwest OF Soissons.
Blerancourt is five miles northwest
OF Epagny and about eight miles
southeast of Noyonl
In the center the Germans have
advanced slightly toward the Marne.
On the left the French are still
holding the western outskirts of
scissors.
on the right n French counter at
tack recaptured Thillois, two miles
and a half west of Rheims.
'The Germans prolonged their ef-
forts toward the Disc by violent at
tacks in the Ailette region" the
statement said. "The French with
drew. fighting, north of Blerancourt
and Epagny.
I'm the neighborhood of Soissons
and farther south German attacks
were broken by the French resist
ance. The French maintained their
positions in the western outskirts OF
the town and along the Chateau
Thierry road.
I'm the center the Germans made
n slight advance north OF the Marne.
Further to the northwest
and north of Rheims, all German ef-
forts were in vain. An energetic
French counter attack retook Thil-
lois"
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sAoetly before : a. m. Rickcnhach.
4 Hscover~d Nslxner diving after a
German plare. with a second Ger
naa psase diving after Mcisncr. all
fr.sx
grksnhAcker immedia,riv dived
o. he second plane. chasing IL away
ssd ssll<vinx the pursuit Both en-
sny machines escaped.
A txw nslnutes later Nfe!sner was
~ns cut With a patrol 20 protect a
British bombing squadron. A Ger
man patrol Of SIX machines. two
hlplxaes md four uaonoplanes. sud.
dsaly svssp<d down on the British
sirxen N Anerfrans dashed 20
the rss<w nj q frvefor-ali Eight en-
nn4 eUAf xi1ometerr five milcsl BE-
hisd ~ German lines.
t1nn Plane Falls
A Csfmnn aerupiAne cosllsjed with
snner's uAchlne and was so badly
amsRd Il fell The top wing of
Mmsers plane was torn off. and he
szfse& TO struggle home This was
s1zrtly the same manner In which
Anded his last victim. a month
~
VIVA Meisner was nearing the
AnuKs0n lines. a German attacked
~ He VAS unable 20 maneuver
~ vas In grave danger.
8lrkex1barher Buxy
5sst then Riekenhacher. who had
- fight IN which he tackled
~ German planes single handed
~ fcscsd one down. saw Meisner
mSxiing TO escape his purxuer.
Atsenbaeher drove straight at the
Sssae. forcing him to the ground and
assax Msisner's life for the second
- within the hour.
Hhiie this was going on. another
nnss from the same squadron en-
rsster-d German patrol. One
American aviator was forced down
sd hnded between the German
asnches
ne Germans opened fire on him.
asppahg. uninjured. from his broken
aehine. hs cooIly studied a pocket
nap Tor an instant, then started
saHn'ns In the direction Of the Amer.
ar trenches. But he stumbled and
~ INTO German communication
osnch and the boches grabbed him.
me American artillery finished his
assnine 70 prevent it from falling
INTO German hands.
american airmen have invcnted a
- way of harassing their German
Syonsnis without using guns.
SaFing the Huns 10 DEATH" they
~ u The trick consists of getting
y ne trail Of an enemy plane and
A1sng u to the ground until II
fgmhIes
an american lieutenant drove one
1szFsh within 100 yards Of the Ger
MI ushches. The German finally
lpped over and fell.
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WU6E GRIFFIN WIRES
GOV. STEPHENS ABOUT
THOMAS MOONEY CASE

~ FRANCISCO. May 3i.Lsu-
- H Judge Griffin. who. on Tues
! -, 'ssnteussd Thomas ]. Mooney
~, y aeasn today sent a telegram to
~ Stephens about the case.
., @ Jndge declined TO reveal the
i ss = OF hissmessage. frequently
@ past, Judge Griffin has ex.
~ ~.. the belief that Mooney
'''s1 have a new trial.
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Navy REPORTS
Small loss OF
DIVER VICTIMS

WASHINGTON, May 31.-A homeward
bound transport has been sunk. The loss of
life is understood to have been small. The
navy department had this information to-
day, but withheld details.
The name of the transport was the Pres
ident Lincoln. She was the former German
American liner of the same name.
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trustees of the Chamber OF Com
merce passed resolution, calling
upon the Seattle Real Estate asso
citation to formulate schedule OF
fair rentals TO prevent extorton and
profiteering during the war emerg
ency period. 4 few days later the
chamber appealed to the Metal