STATES & CITIES: Fun in Seattle

Entertainment and bleachers for excavation watchers.

Flower boxes for all fire hydrants.

Appointment of Gus Hasselblad, best piccoloist on the force, to be chief of police.

Establishment of a Department of Worry for taxpayers.

A hostess for every street car; heavyweight wrestling champions to open car windows; cracked ice to be supplied on late night runs.

These and other extraordinary planks formed the platform of Victor Aloysius ("Vic") Meyers, 33-year-old jazz bandmaster, who was last week seeking nomination for Mayor of Seattle. Primary day is Feb. 23. Until then Seattle voters were to be treated...

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