District Guard Drill War Game Opens At Virginia Heath
Hundreds of Virginia girls and escorts watched 2090 civilian soldiers in a regimental parade led by Gen Harries. Real encampment work starts tomorrow with pay tied to settlement of arms and equipment. A brigade dance at Virginia Beach Casino Friday and band contests promise athletic pageantry. Baseball by Company B beat the First separate battalion 4 to 2 as Jimmy Chadwick starred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District National Guard
Virginia Heath
Virginia
Histoy
Thames
Harries
Col
Wilbur Wider
Virginia Beach
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Jimmy Chadwick
Cwt Praedlua
Hia Command
Sergi W E. Simmons
Camp Notes From D. C. National Guard in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach August updates from the D C National Guard camp describe new disbursing officers Capt Thomas Raymond Clerk and Capt Clark, potential promotion to major, and Captain Fassett of the US Signal Corps returning for duty. Openings at brigade HQ add a corporal and twelve privates. guard bands plan alternating and joint Sunday concerts as the camp opens with the first gun. The district militiamen arrange visitor reception and welcome locals and visitors to Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Thomas Raymond Clerk
Clark
Boyd Taylor
William M Fassett
United States Signal Corps
Harpers Ferry
E. M. Nevila
Sergt
B. P. Shields
P. Dugan
Norfolk and Southern Railway Company
Matthews
Brooks
Norfolk
Southern Shifts Men After Accounting and Auditing Reorg
Southern Railway reorganizes accounting and auditing so the comptroller, A H Plant, creates two new roles. J B Duke becomes assistant to the comptroller, J A Robinson is auditor of revenues, and J A Truan is auditor of freight accounts. Duke, a longtime revenue auditor, is noted as a prominent figure in the railway world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Duke
J. A. Robinson
The
Southern Railway
A H. Plant
Arifts
Comptroller
Auditor of Revenue
J A Robinson
Office of
Montello
Trinidad
Truan
Washington
Southern
Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
Haberdashers Aid Fund Pledges Reported At Meeting
Sidney West led a subcommittee to report pledges from haberdasher interests in Washington toward the joint convention fund of the Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants' Association. An all day picnic for St Aloysius Catholic Church Leonardtown Md will be held on church grounds tomorrow with dinner supper amusements and dancing in the parish hall. The Rev L J Kelly invites Washingtonians noting the new macadam road four miles improving access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint Conventions Finance Committee
Sidney West
Retail Merchants’ Association
Haberdasher
Joint Convention Fund
Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce
N. Meyer
Bennett's, Inc
S. H. Rebenstein
James Y. Davis & Son
Henry L. Kaufman
George T. Keen
Leonardtown
St Aloysius’ Catholic Church
St. Marys County
St. ‘Moysius
L. J. Kelly
City Bulletins New Pen Shop and Flower Store Ads
Public notices list Fountain Pen Shop offering repairs at 1421 Pennsylvania Avenue and Shaffer’s Flower Store at 60lh Ave. V. Lunch displays vaudeville tickets at 1008 Pr. Ave. The brief ad-style notices present local business promotions with minor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaffers New
Officials Named To Entertainment Committee
Ralph director of the bureau of engraving and printing, E Ford W J Berk er. and Myr Ferguson head the list. The entertainment committee includes H P Batch J Borland F B Reeder A C Thom Jas and J B Rhodes.
Police Seek Missing Children and Driver After Accident
Capital police are seeking Robert Boyle aged 5 of 1532 Elath Street Northwest and Charles Berens aged 2 of 1311 Sixth Street Northwest who have been missing since yesterday morning. Iani Ryder aged 90 of 1506 Sixth Street Northwest was struck by an automobile, suffering a broken ankle, found on a vacant lot near Sixteenth Street and Florida Avenue Northwest and taken to Emergency Hospital. authorities are trying to locate the automobile operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Robert Boyle
Elath Street
Charles Berens
Sixth Street
Iani Ryder
Sixteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Lmergency Hospital
Dredge Dewey worker struck foot on launch machinery
Frederick Lawson is a Dewey dredge employee who, while operating a small launch on the Potomac, caught his foot in the machinery. He was hospitalized after an accident and found to have a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Lawson
Potomac
Yesterdas
Aviators Denied Pay Raise for Marine Corps Aviation
Comptroller George B Downey ruled no pay increase for Marine Corps officers designated to aviation duty, despite Army officers in similar roles receiving a raise. The decision affects Lieutenants Bernard J Smith and William M McAwain and aligns aviation pay with infantry pay only for non aviation duties. The Interior Department announces its last excursion for August 15 aboard the steamer Dan Bary with a Bryans Point luncheon and Indian Head return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Compisiler of the Treasury
George B. Downey
Secretary of War
Infantry
Army
Downey
Bernard J. Smith
William M. McAwain
Indian Office
Interior Department
Dan Bary
Bryans Point
Indian Head
Cit
Births Reported For Whitcomb Smith Connor Murray and Others
Birth notices list multiple newborns including Ra Whitcomb and Margaret Whitcomb with a girl, Charles Smith and Rosa Smith with a boy, Gregory Connor and Nellie Connor with a girl, Robert Murray and Ethel Murray with a boy, George Madder and Emily Madder with a girl, and several additional couples reporting boys or girls, across numerous families. Other entries include Robt and Nannie Mansey with a boy and Harold Holt with a girl, among varied names and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ra. L
Margaret R. Whitcomb
Charles
Rosa Smith
Gregory A
Nellie MC Connor
Robert W
Ethel P Murray
George A
Emily Madder
Robert
Nannie Mansey
Rawle
Marian
Moore
Harry A
Annie D Lochboehler
George R
Hazel W Lefevre
Harold H
Emma F Holt
Robert A
Eunice V Hale
Charles Bang Warle
Deaths Reported From Various Hospitals and Homes
A list of deaths from multiple institutions including Thomas C Evans at Tuberculosis Hospital aged 3 years, Charles N Leonhart aged 4, Ethel Golway 18, Grace Whiting 81, Nettie Saunders 31, James Ledalue 77, Everard Sydnor 9 months, John H Alban 3 days old at 495 South 8th Street, Edward Smith 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C Evans
Tuberculosis
Charles N. Leonhart
Ethel Golway
Grace Whiting
Columbia Hospital
Nettie Saunders
Providence Hospital
James Ledalue
Home For
Everard Sydnor
Children’s Hospital
John H Alban
Edward Smith
Freedmen’s Hospital
Capital Florists to Attend Washington Florists Club Meeting
Capital Florists plan to attend a Washington Florists Club meeting tomorrow evening at 1814 Street NW to discuss attendance at the Society of American Florists Ornamentalists and Horticulturists convention in Boston the week of August 17. More than 10 000 florists from across the country will attend. Boston public gardens and the Common will be laid out for the event. about one florist will travel from Washington with a delegation from Baltimore. A floral show is scheduled in Washington from November 2 to 5, and the executive committee will meet before the next regular meeting Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Florists’ S Club
Society of American Florists, Ornamentaliste
Baltimore
Washington
Army Engineers to Teach Practical Training at Belvoir Camp
Companies A and B of the First battalion United States corps of engineers will run practical military engineering instruction for Pennsylvania and Ohio national guard units at Belvoir from August 4 to 22. Capt John J. Kingman will command. units from Scranton and Philadelphia join August 4 to 13, with Ohio engineers arriving August 14 onward. Teams travel via engineer steamer Pontonier, pass through Washington, and spend a day visiting Washington barracks and related posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Ohio
United States Corps of Engineers
Belvoir
Mount Vernon
John J. Kingman
Corps of Engineers
Scranton
Philadelphia
Battalion of
Ohio ‘Engineers
Washington
Pontonnier
Engineer
Washington Barracks
Union Honors Ferguson at National Union Dinner
About 125 members of the Totomac Council and National Union employees gathered at the Metropolitan Hotel Saturday night to honor Frank E Ferguson on his election as president of the senate of the National Union governing body. John H Rhodes acted as toastmaster and delivered remarks with others, including Hon. Joseph L. (text truncated).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totomac Council
National Union
Metropolitan Hotel
Frank E Ferguson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Senate
John
Rhodes
Joseph
Funeral for Thomas B Frink of Anacostia
The funeral for Thomas Barry Frink of 213 Nichols Avenue Anacostia will be held tomorrow morning at St Theresa's Catholic Church Anacostia. Requiem Mass will be said and sung. Brinkley a Knights of Columbus member will be in attendance. He died accidentally while bathing beyond his sea in Virginia Beach Saturday. He was formerly manager of the Whitfield Meat Company on Seventh and 11th Streets Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Bonkiey
Thomas Barry Frink
Nichols Aver
Anacostia
Virginie Beach
St Theresas Catholic Church
Carrolls
Coune
Knights of Commune
Whch
Brinkley
Virginia Beach
Whitfield Meat Company
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Washington Post
Martin Dodge
EH White
National Bank of Washington
Ruff
Mm M Tove
J Maury Dove Coal Company
R M Brown
Tretail Paints
Ste
J WW Showalter
Apt
Olympia
Euclid
H. N
U.S. Treasury
Ninth
Washington D.c
Fai
Ammmer
Ct. A
Uddimar
12Th St
Byron S. Adams
Heurich Brewing Co
National Electrical Supply CO
N, Ave
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
L. L. Perkins
Equitable Surety Co
Southern Hills
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
D. C. National Guard
W. Bryant
Second Infantry
Col . E. Wilder
Fifth United
Haberdashers Aid Fund
City Bulletins
Chesapeake Beach
Police
Boston
Army Engineers
Belvoir Camp
UNION
Ferguson
Bureau of Printing
West 435
Abner-Drury Brewing Co
Union Trust Company
Edward of
West
Bull” Durham
Bull Durham
Withea
Durham
Bull
Durham, N. C
American Tobacco Company
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