White House Widn Aterrible can of blood and hospital cure
An off duty guard, a veteran ex service man, was attacked after leaving a store in a largely inhabited district. He was wounded by burglars who robbed a house on South Street. He recalls no clear details until hospital arrival. His service record notes years on the force and a wife and children in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
White House
Wien
South Treet
McDuffie
North Carolina
Lack ing Men In Bad Shape
The annual report of Major General C. McK Saltzman shows the Signal Corps faces a critical shortage of trained enlisted men and aims to raise both enlisted strength and non commissioned officer ratings. It notes a vast radio net across nine corps areas, saving $155,697 versus commercial rates, and records a successful Alaska cable project while flagging future cutbacks due to funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Walker
Washington
INS
Signal Corps
C. Mc K Saltzman
Secretary of War
Saltzman
Navy
Veisrane’ Hifeda
Shipping Board
Panama Canal
Civil Service
Departments of Labor, Justice, Treasury, Commerce, Post Office
Interior
Alaska
Sltzman
Paris Seethes Over American Inquisition Demands
Paris reports American inquisition on French jewelers over Fordney Tariff Act values. French Jewelers Syndicate plans an intersyndical body to guarantee declared values and appeal to Washington. Officials warn reciprocity or looser enforcement may be the only French options. Also notes bootlegging crackdown in Kalmpont, Pa. with fifteen men fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic K. Abbott
Paris
INS
French Jewelers Syndicate
France
M. Elbel
Ministry of Commerce
Washington
M Fouquet-Lapar
Painleve
International
Foreign Office
America
United States
Freres
Treasury
Kalpmont
Washington's civil service life a “life sentence” says clerk
An elderly chief clerk in a Washington department laments federal jobs as a de facto life sentence. He recalls past upheavals but says today appointments feel permanent. He contrasts Washington advancement with Atlanta confinement and reveals personal strain of supporting a family on limited, unstable pay.
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Ashington
Washington
Umea
Spolla
Atlanta
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Allen
News
Btbery
Franklin Re
Lorain
Japan
Ree
United States Customs
Intersyndicstive
French National Chamber of Commerce
Monongahela
Charles P. Stewart
Dérhamp
Hudson
Hudson Brougham
Hudson-Essex
Samuel S. Moore Co
South 7Th Street
Moore's
Austin
Texas
California
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