Seek Permits For Buildings
City engineer W Raymond Walter reviewed applications for about $300000 in building permits. Projects include a $116000 State Police barracks at Baughmans Lane and Route 40 and a $93402 Fraternal Order of Eagles on East Patrick Street. Also planned are a $30000 addition to the Standard Oil plant, a $6000 office building for Thomas and Co, and several residences and apartments. A $2170 building at Staley Park and a new Belmont Avenue dwelling were noted amid local construction activity.
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Baughman’s Lang
Route 40
Order of Eagles
East Patrick Street
Standard Oil Co
East Street
Seventh Street
Thomas and Co
East South Street
West Fourteenth Street
Earl F. Hargett
Acharias
East Hird Street
Merril Wachter
Staley Park
Jayson T. Fouche
Belmont Avenue
Camp Detrick
Freak birth at Gallinger Hospital reported in Washington
Washington May 25 report from Gallinger Hospital details a live birth of a baby that developed outside the womb and was free in the abdomen. Dr. Philip A. E. Stebbing said the birth occurred yesterday, the first in the hospital’s record of 18 000 deliveries. The mother, 29, and her five pound one ounce boy are doing well.
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Washington
Gallinger Hospital
Philip A. E. Stebbing
Judge Grants Dismissal Request for Three Plaintiffs
Judge Charles M. Marbury in Circuit Court granted a dismissal sought by counsel for plaintiffs C Walter Hendrix of Silver Spring Peter Cotsifas of Hyattsville and the General Amusement Co of Baltimore. The ruling ends the civil action as requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Marbury
C. Walter Hendrix
Silver Spring
Peter Cotsifas
Hyattsville
The
General Amusement Co
Baltimore
Nellie's Dress and Sunlit Fashion Quip
Nellie buys a new dress described as very thin. The speaker humorously responds with Wait til the sun shines Nellie, quoting a verse from Skyscraper to tease the fashion moment.
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Nellie
Notable anniversaries and history milestones of 19th century figures
Know America Today highlights anniversaries including William P. Letchworth born New York and died 1910, Edward P. Alexander born Washington GA and died 1910, Washington A. Roebling born Butler Co PA and died 1926, Robert Chambers born New York died 1933, and Robert Tait McKenzie born Canada died 1938. It also recalls historical dates such as U.S. Marines landing in Okinawa in 1853 and other events through 1924 with brief notes.
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William P. Letchworth
New Yorker
New York
Edward P. Alexander
Confederate Artillery i Railroad
Washington
A. Roebling
Butler Co. Pa
Robert Chambers
Robert Tait McKenzie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canada
U. S
Okinawa
Commodore Perry
Japan
E. Kirby Smith
Brazos
Tex
Andrew Johnson
United States
Prague
Czechoslovakia
General Clay Receives Welcome Quota Seeded at 2 Percent
A 1927 enactment based on the 1910 census authorizes a general monetary quota of 2 percent, signed into law by Congress and the President. The measure references youths and prior allocations, marking a continuation of fixed quotas in smaller paper currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Historical Briefs From Wartime Era And Birthdays
A digest lists events from 1942 to 1946 including draft registration, Axis spring drive in North Africa, and the end of a 9-day railroads operation. It notes birthdays of Admiral John Wilkes, Senator Alexander Wiley, Jolson, Hull, and other figures, plus a forecast on wealth-seeking and caution on car maintenance with wax coating advice.
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North Afdiea
Senate
John Wilkes
U.S. Naval
Germany
USBS
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Chippeawa Falls
Wis
H. Freemiun Matthews
Swden
Baltimore
AL Jolson
Washington, D.C
Joan FE. Hull
Jf Goup
Greenfield
Ohi
Charles Winniger
Athens
Paul Lucas
Hungary
Wil
Louisville, Ky
Mays
Leon Henderson
Millville
N. C
Charles FE
K. Mees
Eastman Kudak
England
Queen Mother Mary
Toatay
Ko Am
Tl. Watkins
Ile
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W. Raymond Walter
Cambridge
J. M. Claytonompany
Nelson
Whitelants
Ickers
Marlborough
Prince Georgeounty
Eh Tana
Lata DE
U.S
Imeet
Paris
Albert C. Palmer
Fiano
Mkt
SEARS
Kerrybrooke
Kerrybrookes
Tion
W. Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Bey
Crusader
NEW
Allstate
J. C. Higgins
Exch
Allstate Sher
Rene Yvate
Air Corp Style
Niewerpar
Know
America
General Clay
Fangeuse
Money Back Gustanten
North Market St
C. A. Cosgrove
Walter Skow
North Market St Phone
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