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Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain, seated in rear at the head table, was one of the principal speakers at the annual induction meeting of the Tacoma Active Club, held at the (New) Tacoma Hotel on December 12, 1940. 46 initiates were accepted into the group's membership. In addition, Active International president Ted Little of Olympia and the mayor-elect of Olympia, Truman Trullinger, were guest speakers. ALBUM 12. (T.Times 12-13-40, p. 12)


Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Active Club (Tacoma);

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Tacoma Mayor Harry Cain was one of 28 persons gathered for a special breakfast the morning of May 6, 1943 at the Tacoma Hotel. The group had gathered to meet Brigadier William Parker, of New York City, national director of the USO- Salvation Army. Brig. Parker was travelling around the country with his wife visiting USO operations and would be in Tacoma a short time. (T. Times 5/6/1943, pg. 20)


Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Salvation Army (Tacoma); United Service Organizations (Tacoma); Parker, William;

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Tacoma Mayor Harry Cain was one of 28 persons gathered for a special breakfast the morning of May 6, 1943 at the Tacoma Hotel. The group had gathered to meet Brigadier William Parker, of New York City, national director of the USO- Salvation Army. Brig. Parker was travelling around the country with his wife visiting USO operations and would be in Tacoma a short time. (T. Times 5/6/1943, pg. 20)


Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Salvation Army (Tacoma); United Service Organizations (Tacoma); Parker, William;

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Mayor Harry P. Cain, about to leave for Army service, outside the "New" Tacoma Hotel in May, 1943. Fittingly, there is an Army vehicle parked next to the city's chief executive. He was preparing to depart for a 16-week military school stay in Virginia. He would later fight in Italy, serve the Allied Control Comm. at Naples on Gen. Eisenhower's staff, and would be promoted to Full Colonel for valor in the Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944. Cain would return to Tacoma in 1945 and assume the duties of mayor. (T.Times 5-6-43, p. 1) ALBUM 13.


Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;