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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
11
The article reports senators hearing Van Schaick again as supporters defend current school dancing practices. It names Miss Norton and other educators defending dances as proper, while critics raise concerns about community center events and school conduct.
Fragmented OCR text references a case involving Harry Bucky and a court appearance. Justice Hz presided and a $400 matter was mentioned with potential continuation on April. Details are unclear due to garbled wording and missing context.
General Darlington Booth of the Volunteers of America will address the Kiwanis Club at the Washington Hotel tomorrow afternoon. Debates at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church will discuss whether civil authorities should legislate for Sunday observance. The Navy Maver Club convenes this afternoon at 1700 Q Street NW. Mrs Jaime de Veyra lecturing at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church under the Young Womans Guild. South Washington Citizen Association meets tonight at the Jefferson School. Kentucky State Society gathers tonight in the Tromson Building. Business Women's Section of the Women’s City Club meets Wednesday evening May 14 per Dr Vin T Wahl. Calderon, wife of Bolivia’s minister, named honorary president of the Ladies Charity at St Johns College. L Library met at the Dewey Hotel amid a $10060 fundraising drive for a new college addition. Cavalry drills on Fort Myers parade grounds Friday afternoon. A mass meeting to launch a $25000 drive for the Cosmopolitan Baptist Institutional Church is set for Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Friday night. Dr James E Wallis to speak at City Club luncheon. United States civil service retirees meeting at 1423 New York Avenue tomorrow night to discuss retirement program.
The Alexandria city council in a special session rejected a finance committee report fixing real estate and personal property tax at 2.50 per 100 and restored the old rate after a mention of Councilman Lawler. The ordinance offers 5 percent discount for early payment and 3 percent for payments by September 1. The measure returns to the finance committee for a further report at tonight’s session amid substantial license tax increases for circuses, shoe repair, barber shops, bowling alleys, pool rooms, lawyers, physicians, dentists, and other trades. Burglary reports, retirements, and social notices fill the remainder of this brief dispatch.
Grain prices across Baltimore and regional markets show No 2 hard wheat at 28 2, corn around 17 1 2 to 18 1 2 and oats near 10 4 to 10 5 with nearby grades noted. Live stock quotes list top cattle at 1350 to 1400, calves strong around 1500, and hogs 1400 to 1500, while sheep and lambs show 24 05 to 21 75 ranges and woolly stock around 19 00 to 19 50 per head. Prices include regional notes for Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and surrounding areas with daily variations and market summaries.
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