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D14469-4
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- 1943-05-08 (Creation)
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Washington Governor Arthur Langlie, Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain and Major George LaFray, US Army, on steps of Washington State Legislative (Capitol) Building in Olympia. Major LaFray swore Mayor Cain into Army service in Seattle on May 5, 1943. Cain would attend a 16-week course in military government at Charlotteville, Virginia, and then return to Tacoma to await call to active duty. He would take a leave of absence from mayoral duties to serve in the European theater. He entered the Army as a major and would exit as a Lt. Col. C. Val Fawcett, vice-president of the city council, would become acting mayor in Major Cain's absence. (T.Times, 5-6-43, p. 1) ALBUM 13.
Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Governors; LaFray, George; Military officers;