Ruling Exempts Few Postal Workers From War Service
A Post Office Department ruling under President Wilson’s order limits exemptions for postal staff. Carriers laborers and clerks under certain grades are mainly ineligible unless essential distributors of mail or for physical reasons. Rural carriers and railway mail clerks are largely exempt only if indispensability is shown. Crowder moves to limit exemptions citing dependents and prompts state governors to unify appeal procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seisence
Wilson
Postefats Department
Miilitary Service
Executive Department
Government Department
Crowder
Selective Service Act
French-Beale suit settled with cash
Gav W W French, a former bicycle p i ceman, settled his $30,009 suit against his mother in law Mrs Margaret K C Beale over alleged alienation of his wife's affections. The case will be dropped after Beale agrees to a cash payment. French planned to contest potential divorce actions in Seattle within 10 days. Miss Beale, an heiress, had sparked a sensational marriage to a police officer.
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Gav
Beale
French
Seattle
Wash
Strobel Seeks Limited Divorce in District Court
Navy yard clerk James I Strobel says he still cherishes affection for wife Katie Strobel and offers to provide a home away from her family. He blames her relatives for most troubles and cites desertion by his wife who refused to leave her mother’s home. Alimony hearing pending. King Simon & Young appear for Strobel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Strobel
James I Strobel
Navy Yard
District Supreme Court
Mra. Strobel
Strobel
King, Simon & Young
City Bulletins and Market Advertisements
Highly fragmented notice listing local commerce items and prices. Mentions Beall & Co offering prime rib roast and various floral embers. Includes partial contact details and obscure pricing data, with several garbled lines obscuring full facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
She” Beall & CO
Negro Troop Training Dilemma Faces War Department
The War Department weighs options for 5000 Negro guardsmen and other enlisted men amid a policy that white and colored troops will not mingle. Training limited to the South raises concerns about racial trouble, with potential cantonment sites in Iowa and a Des Moines reserve camp. Multiple units from New York, DC, Ohio, Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, and Massachusetts are affected as possible deployment to the South is anticipated.
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War Department
South
Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Eighth
Ethnos
District of Columbia
Ohio
Connecticut
Maryland
Tennessee
Massachusetts
United States Army
Admiral Gleaves Seen in Civilian Clothes In Washington
A newspaper man spotted Admiral Gleaves, famed for steering submarines, walking in civilian attire. An order requires uniforms for officers at all times, prompting questions to Secretary Daniels who downsized the issue as the “Chinese problem.”
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Admiral Gleaves
Pershing
Washington
Admiral Gleaven
Daniels
Home Rifles Busy on Indoor Range
Increased target practice by Home Defense Rifles members at the small bore range under Pol's Theater. Col. M. A. Winter orders staff must qualify with 100+ on the small bore range and frequent shoots planned. Best score 179 by Wilbur H. Montgomery, Company K, at 75 feet.
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Home Defense Rifles
Pol
M. A. Winter
Staf
Col
E Pazelton
Oliver A. Phelps
Sterling Kerr, Jr
L. W. Estes
8. Parks
Tayloe Snyder
Henry Lansburgh
Delos W. Thayer
Philip M. Rief
Alpheus Winter
W. J. Wilson
Washington Railway Terminal Company
Railroad Department
M C. A
Home Rifles
Wilbur H. Montgomery
Cantonment Construction Progress Praised by Col Littell
Col J W Littell thanks The Post for a Sunday article on cantonment construction progress. He commends the accuracy and engaging write up, noting it reflects the division’s work well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Littell
Cantonment Division
W. Littell
Quartermaster Corps
Intangible tax collections forecast for current year
Assessor Richards estimates 800 000 to 900 000 will be collected in intangible personal property taxes this fiscal year. About 18 000 personal property schedules have been filed, up about 75 percent from last year. He estimates tangible personal property levy around 500 000.
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Richards
Tti
Ban on nervous soldiers in national army
Surgeon General Gorgas has formed a corps of 150 nerve specialists to examine every man in training at national army cantonments. The official note declares no recruit with organic nervous disease mental defect insanity or chronic drug or alcohol addiction can be expected to endure modern warfare.
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Gorgas
National Army Cantonmenta
Fair Weekend Weather Across Districts With Warm Spells
The forecast shows fair and warmer conditions for the District of Columbia and nearby states Saturday and Sunday with light variable winds. Maryland and Virginia expect fair weather, with the east portions slightly warmer, while northern regions may rise in temperature. Showers are noted in the South Atlantic and gulf states and heavy rains along the South Atlantic coast. generally fair north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, except the lake region where rain and showers are possible. Temperatures rise from midnight to mid-afternoon, with highs around the mid to upper 80s and lows near the low 70s. River bulletin notes Potomac clear at Harpers Ferry and Shenandoah muddy.
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District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Ohic
Mississippi
Lake Region
Minnesota
Col Buckey sails for Europe as attache observer
City briefs report Col Mervyn C Buckey son of Washington businessman Thomas W Buckey has sailed for a European port to take up duties as military attache to Rome and as a military observer with the Italian army. Other items note Brookland Auxiliary Red Cross meeting with speakers Miss Mary W Thurston and Mrs Lloyd Allen, National Capital Volunteer Guard electing officers led by Captain Charles T Hendler, Alfred G Buhrman and Sidney F Smith as lieutenants, and the death of Mrs Carrie B McElroy with funeral Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervyn C. Buckey
Thomas W Buckey
Washington
Rome
Brookland
the Red Cross
Brookland Baptist Church
Mary W. Thurston
Department of Agriculture
Lloyd Allen
Food Conservation Bureau
National Capital Volunteer Guard
Charles T. Hendler
Alfred G. Buhrman
Sidney F. Smith
Claude Owen
D C Quota 62 Men in Next Army Camp Fort Myer
The adjutant general announced a 3 percent increase in candidates admitted to the second officers reserve camps opening August 27. The District now gets 62 men, part of a plan to admit about 20,800 across all camps. An 8,000 crowd viewed a Fort Myer parade with artillery in the retreat drill led by Lieut. Col. Charles W. Fenton. Friedlander Brothers advertise Palm Beach and Kool Kloth suits at $5 each from 423 Ninth Street NW.
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Fort Myer
Chas. W. Fenton
Man
Palm Beach
Friedlander Brothers
Ninth Street Northwest
Friedlander
Ninth Street
Friedlander's
Advt
Births and Marriages Noted in Local Records
Birth announcements list many couples with their newborns including Weterholter Meeks Nuthall Monaco Montgomery Hanbeck Haecrenger Hurley Dearmonlat Biscott Behabetz Wright Walker Phillips Harris Berryman Booth and others. Licensed marriages include John Rose and Bele Stone, Martin and Hampton, Downe and Herders, Young and Wallace, Shriner and Dy, Clowe and Heney, Newmann and Hartman, Newman and Hartman, Shhloven and Deft, Leibwohn, Collins and Mary, Wadman, White and Zimmerte, Wood and Hall, De Vries and Blake, Blake and Ford, Marsden and others, with multiple clergy names and hometowns such as Richmond Milwaukee Indianapolis and Washington.
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Frederick BR
Melvina EH. Weterholter
Turner A
Sallie L. Meeks
John H
Wilhelmina A. Nuthall
Pasquale FP
Flode Monaco
Chersea J
Mary G. Montgomery
Fppa H
Annie M. Hanbeck
Jacques BH
Louise M
Harry T
Dora L. Biscott
Joseph F
Annie Behabetz
James and
Eugene Wright
Arthur
Florence Walker
Youis
Ethel Phillips
William and
Melvina Harris
Isaac and
Norina Berryman
Charles A
Ruth KH. Booth
John T. Rose
Bele M. Stone
George H. Miller
Elizabeth C. Wallace
Benton
Tex
J. Henning
W. Shriner
Jane Dy
Clements
James ¥. Mackin
Robert L. Clowe
Martha G. Heney
Charles B. Fultz
Stanislaus G. Newmann
Dorothy D. Hartman
J. Henning Neline
PF. Mave
Bertha Fl
Jean
Richmond
John B. Jeffries
Joshua S. Shhloven
Sadie W. Deft
Baltimore
Bid
Abraham Leibwohn
Edward Collins
Naomi Evelyn Mary
WW. &. Rr. Pierce
Robert F
Colo
William L. de Vries
Archibald McGlassen
United States Navy
Natalie Moore Blake
Washington
James H.W. Blake Charles EH. Smitha
Fithleen L. Ford
Mount Rainier
Waa
Henry HB. Marsden
Deaths Reported in City Obituary List
A long list of deaths from multiple observances in Washington area hospitals and addresses includes William Whelan 50, Margaret Alten 73, Mary T. Goss 69, and many others. Entries note ages, street addresses, and associated hospitals such as Georgetown Hospital and St Elizabeth's. Several infant ages and names appear, with hospitals including Union Station, Emergency Hospital, and Freemen's Hospital.
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William Whelan
Thomas St
Margaret Alten
Mary T. Goss
Myrtle
Margaret M. Barrick
11Th St
Mary Hine
7Th St
John
Dufie
St. Elizabeth's Foap
Thomas M. Collins
Georgetown
Martha H Stothart
St. Elizabeth's
Susan Beckett
James Ogden
William Curran
Arthur Bowerr
Potomac St
James Hatcher
Providence
William Manning
William Pawson
Thomas Hilleary
Emma P. Dodge
Sibley
Charles Volker
Elien Murray
John & Harkness
Wisave
Albert ‘Hurst
Helen M. Mellyaine
Jesse Z. Marvel
Union Station
Harry HK. Wells, Jr
James FP. Tover
Hoxt_ne
Rueben Nelson
Freedmiens
Tuchard Nelson
Robert Hare
Midge
Russel Wood
Burl Ts. Jordan
Mary T. Neale
Ignatiun Riley
Fannie Duvlop
Burville
Elton Saunders
Dorothy T Taylor
Lyr
Barab
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Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Stars
Seventh Street
P. C
Department
Washington Post
National Capital
National Electrical Supply Co
New York Ave
National Remembrance Shop
14Th and Pa
Ava
N. W. Lanner
Southern Auto Supply Co
Pennsylvania Ave
Ham Adams' News Depot, Ltd
Gats, NW
City Bulletins
Gleaves
NAVY
National Army
Local Weather Report
E. m
Rainfell
Lowent
Asheville
Atlianta
Atlantic
Roatan
Mass
Buffalo
Chicago
Cinelanni
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ibae Havenpool
Town
Derver
Detroit
Duluth
Minn
el Paso
Galveston
Helena
Mont
India
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Kansasity
Little Rock
Ark
Los Angeles
Marquette
Michan
Memphis
Tenn
Mami
Flasa
New Orleans
North Platte
Omaha
Nebr
Philadelphia Pa
Phoenix
Ariz Ne
Pittsburght
Portland Me
Tortland
Ore
Carrie B. McElroy
Arthur C. McElroey
Twenty-fourth
McComb Street
Cleveland Park
McElroy
Catherine McElroy
Alfred Young
Elkina Avenue
Howard Street
Robert M. Davis
Rhode Island’ Avenue
Engineer Officers’ Reserve Corps
Land Classification Board
Geological Survey
Howard Fh. Belden
Calvert Street Northwest
Johns Hopkins Hospital
H Street
Rev. J. MacBride Sterrett
Arington
Officers’ Reserve
Town and Country Club
Georgia Avenue
Eighth Street Temple
Elizabeth F. Kelly
Fifth Street
Congress Heights
D. C
Nevitt
Aes
Florsheims
Tri-Wear
Cor, Fane
Aye
DR. Pons
W. BW
Woses & Sons
W. W. Woodward
H. Abramson
7Th and
L Sts. N. Ww
Steinway
F. G. Smith
Emerson & Orme
St. N. W
Hudson & Dodge Pleasure
Wilcox A Wimucks Semmes Motor Company
Conn
Congressional
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania
California
Chesapeake Beach
Herberta
Benetta Desario
America
Wormwood
Mat Daly
B. F. Keith
Sery
Mr.Louis Mann & Co
Good For Nothing
Horelik
Browning & Denny
Eddie Ross
Btil
Meistersingers
Brenda Fowler
Muddiman
Byron S. Adams
Shoreham
D. J. Kaufman Incorporated
Bath Caps
Eles
VaiSearh
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
ST. Johns
Seventh St
Quantico
Thoratey
Great Falls Park
Ladies’ Orchestra
Sts. N. W
Belasco
Matinerk
Welter S. Poagoe
M. O
Hichens
Nanin
Adolf Bolm
Ballet Intime
Artinta
Roshanara
Ratan
Devi
Michio Tow
Antonio Moreno i
Rme
Jack Devereaux
Gayety
Rose Sydell
London Belles
Geo. F. Hayes
Kate Plllwanted Burns
Living Moder
Freedmission Park
Glen Echo
Loew's
Columbia Ar
AL le
Wallace Reid
Taperam Sre
Washington Vs. St. Louis
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