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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
10
Secretary Lyman of the National Board urges collective judgment on voter fitness as candidates answer questions. Community groups, farm tenantry, and agricultural organizations discuss farm to consumer relations and cooperative bargaining amid political prompts.
A quoted reply expresses the convylation purpose to seek a strictly nonpartisan collective judgment on candidate fitness in both parties and to throw support to them before and at the national conventions.
The vocational school’s industrial and agricultural branch at Camp Lee opened with 290 attendees including Petersburg Rotary Club members. Honorary member Omar Bundy, camp commanding officer, spoke along with Rep. Bundy and Rep. McKinley. Gen Bundy welcomed guests, and a troop review followed by a large farm barbecue completed the ceremonies.
The Washington Post reports Harrison County endorses Thomas W. Harrison for the Democratic nomination across seven of ten counties forming the district. Rallying supporters expect a large majority, while rival Robert F. Lardy’s backers predict a strong slogan will aid a possible primary win. Uncertainty remains as voters anticipate a districtwide outcome.
Special to The Washington Tour from Norfolk April 37. The fleet arrives from Guantanamo with Lebanon Lebanon and mine sweepers Araphe Cormorant Quail Viruo towing targets. Atlantic fleet conducted three months of Cuban target practice. A mammoth target shot to pieces by dreadnaught class ships at 3000 to 10000 yards. Night gunnery with small weapons scored unusually high. Aerial squadron tests found highly gratifying results and will be highlighted in a Navy Department report.
On April 27 in Tuskegee Alabama former President William Taft spoke to students and friends celebrating Founder's Day. Trustees met and white guests joined a Dorothy Hall dinner where Taft was praised as a great American who rose above politics. He traced the race’s progress from slavery through Civil War days and credited Gen Armstrong with Hampton Institute’s early leadership, noting Booker Washington as the successor to Armstrong’s economic work.
Meyersburg April 27 Patrick H Drewry a Democrat and Petersburg native was unopposed in the special election to fill the late Walter A Watsons unexpired term. He will take his seat in Congress in May. Drewry educated at McCabe University Randolph Macon and University of Virginia. He practiced law in Petersburg since 1891 and has served in the State Senate from 1922 until resigning recently.
The boy John Willard Tagram aged seven was swept into a canal while trying to throw a small white dog into the water. A nine year old girl Virginian Black saw him fall in and swim to shore. His body was found near the bridge after the canal was drained. Coroner Ibi Taylor ordered an inquest for tomorrow morning. The funeral was held today.
Mrs Charles Uetts and her two small children escaped a blaze that consumed their first floor at Stoves Lawn near Meyersdale early today. She dropped the children from a window onto bedding after tossing out a mattress, then leaped out herself. nothing but their night clothes survived. Neighbors were distant, and the husband was away, leaving the family briefly in peril.
Grain and live stock prices show butter, eggs, poultry, hogs, sheep, cattle, grain, and cotton quotes across Maryland, Pennsylvania, and nearby regions. Notable figures include butter at 72 73, eggs and poultry values, hogs around 13.85 14.35 per hundredweight, cattle mixed with steer top at 13.50, and grain notes for corn 1.78 to 1.80 per bushel and wheat demand with bag nuts sales nearby.
Richmond April 27 The entire Chatham Episcopal Institute faculty led by Principal Miss Willis resigns effective April 30 after discord with President Rev C O Pruden over a canceled Northern speaker's lecture honoring Harriet Beecher Stowe. Trustees to meet Thursday.
The Alexandria County Lighting Company asked the city council to approve a rate increase to charge a minimum of one dollar for the first kilowatt hour with a sliding scale lowering the price as usage grows. A Rosemont Citizens' Association delegation pressed for removal of a hazardous advertising sign near King Street and Thussell Road. Council improved traffic rules raising speed limits and restricting minors driving without an adult, with specific limits on emergency vehicles and stopping distances. Philpot bid to remove ashes and house waste for five years was introduced, with a 310,000 first year and 200 annually thereafter, and referred to the streets committee.
A petition from street cleaners for a wage raise is referred to the committee. The city directs a bronze fountain from Colonial Dames to be erected in market space after repair. it was knocked off its pedestal years ago. Health stats show Alexandria birth rate 27.64 and death rate 4.44 per 1000 for Q1 with 125 births and 114 deaths. Seventh and Eighth Virginia district committees meet at Chamber of Commerce rooms and attend Elks Home dance. Mrs. Mary Jackson Fuller, wife of Eugene Fuller, dies at 83 King Street. burial in Templin, Texas.
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