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JUNE 2 2, 1919.SECOND SECTIONCHANGE IN WOULD AFFAIRSFAMOUS LAND MARK ISNOT ABLE TO WEATHERDRYSPELLSOONDUEHistoric Washington HouseWill Go When ProhibitioniBecomes Effective.HOUSE NEXTiPHILADELPHIA, Juns 21.-—Ancother landmark of George WashingI ton is to go into the discard.«•Automatic Tanks and PortThe historic Washington Houssnoted as a hotel since 1 746, is to baable Hangars Are AlsoAir Service’s Hopestorn down a? Boon as prohibition becomes effective, it is announced. Inits place will be erected a modernWOUIJ) DEFYPower Carrier Would beBuilt to Withstand Rainof Bulletshotel office building and theatre.The place is filled with remin-SHOTS iscences of Washington and revolutionary times. Washington retreated to it after the disaster of Brandywine. A bronze tablet reads: “In this room September 1 1, 1 7 77, Washingtonwrote the only report of the battl« of Brandywine/’Previously Washington had been in this hostelry thten known as theWASHINGTON, June 21.■r Hill monument and a view of Charlestown.Inde- (Washington Arms and again .when structible gasoline tanks, automatic making the journey from Washingtoncranks and portable hangars are a to New' York when he was elertedfew of the airplane equipment de- president, we with his retinue hadw taken from an: that in two centuries they would bewn upon the fam- fighting side by side with English’h marks the bat- troops for the cause of freedom. Thesection of Boston day is known as “Bunker Hill Daj* *darlestown. How oncer Americans led Coats’’ thinkin the east and is observed in eomevices which the army air services engineering section is seeking to perfect. American inventors have beenasked to assist.The gasoline tank desired wouldbreakfast in the hotel’s dining room. IV- commemorate this event the daughters of the American Revolution erected a tablet reading:“This marks this house as the placeway in most country.of the schools in theIEMORIAIjone, June 21.— Aoe rswho builtginto he erected inwithstand a salvo of 15 shots fired where Washington wrote at midnight at a range of 20 yards, the ammunl-jthe only report of fthe battle of tion consisting of service, tracer, in- Brandywine, September 11, 1777.cendiary and armor-piercing bullets. Here Washington also received tha without fire resulting.” A maximum congratulations of the people of weight limit or 75 per rent more than Chester upon his election as the first the ordinary tank has been fixed. president of the United tSates, Apriling containing as-v and museumAn automatic cranker, mounted on a truck and electrically driven, is under experiment. This instrument is designed to offset the great diffi-orsed today at anna section of the Underfed Children,of Electrical En-mded to enlist theYears of Age Look Tonational engineer-Be Onlv Fom0, 1 7 SO.”A ft r the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British army the name ofthe hotel was changed to the Wasn-culties now experienced in starting jngton House.the big bombing planes which are j On each occasion when Washingtonexpected to be the type adopted in (stopped at the hotel the best room aerial commerce. A flexible arm 1« ln thc hou8e was placed at hia dia.attached to the propeller, giving the posai. The fine mahogany chairs twist necessary to start the r]jn- vvhjeh were in this room are stillders to firing and is then automat- preserved as historic relics.is believed that ae Canal will be(I\ Associated Press)ted States govern-TTON CROPJune 21.—Then was 7 8,252,700NEW YORK, June 21 -“The sad-dost sight in Europe today is that of the children of eight and and twelve years of age who look andact like children of four and si* yndieallv disconnected.•» -s ':7r ft-Portable hangars of canvas, of the eypo now used, are very unsatisfactory, according to aviation officials. They either are loo small for the purpose or arc easily blown down by a moderate wind. The hangar soughtwould be large enough to hold fournds) says the Do-ulture and Devcl-eighi years,’’ says Dr. Vernon Kcl- p]nnes and would be capable of be-I n CT r*-*V N*who recently returned from a tour of Europe for the American Relief Administration.“They have been underfed for fouling solidly fixed when erected.ISTFIHFR MRSWhen Washington departed from Chester for New York for his inauguration ceremony he rode a splendid white horse, the gift of the citizens ng Darby, Pa., nearby. As he road away he passed the Plow and Harrow Inn, which had the reputation of being the best kept tavern in the colonies. There it was that Lafayette’s wounds were dressed by Mary Gorman on the night of the battle of Brandywine. !
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Warren Morning Chronicle
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Jun 22, 1919
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