Virginia Gubernatorial Battle Claimed Unclear Outcome
Richmond dispatch notes a tight Virginia gubernatorial primary with large crowds for Westmoreland Davis and John Garland Pollard. Davis projects a 49,000 vote total and 10,000 plurality, amid talk of an Anti-saloon League-machine alliance and strong last‑minute campaigning across the state.
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Pollard
Norfolk
Specah
Washington Post
Richmond
Virginia
Westmoreland Davis
Academy of Music
Anti-saloon League
Office Help Shortage Hits Washington Businesses Hard
Real estate firms, restaurants, and offices report scarce labor from clerks to waiters as war demands trim supply. Employers seek workers at higher wages while women fill some roles. many men join army or government work, leaving a broad manpower gap in Washington during wartime.
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Washington
Washington Fest
Army
Navy
Virginia Prohibition Debate Shapes State Race
The campaign features Davis promising to enforce any state law, Pollard billed as the dry candidate challenging machine influence, and Ellyson claiming rural church and machine votes. Revelations about supposed state sent to voters and attacks by Rev. McDaniel shift support, with other candidates Saunders White James Brown Stearnes Hart Smoot named in the race.
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Davis
Virginia
John Clarland Pollard
Anti Saloon League
J. Taylor Ellyson
Leutenant
Ellyson
George W McDaniel
John R. Saunders
Hugh A. White
B. 0. James
Commonwealth
R. C. Stearnes
Harris Hart
W. Albert Smoot
House of Delegates
Police Let Yeggs Flee In Chicago
Chicago, Aug 6 police set ambushes after a safe at Cooper-Bell Varnish Co office was blown open by nitroglycerin. Three men entered at 2 am, fled after a quick conference, and escaped as cops arrived. Earlier in the night another theft at Rosenheim Market House Co yielded $150 to $200.
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Chicago
Cooper-Bell Varnish Company
Varnish
Harlier
Rosenheim
Alexandria’s Three Way Fight For Governor Nomination
Alexandria residents buzz over the Democratic gubernatorial primary featuring a three way contest. City officials Thomas W. Robinson P F Gorman & others face no opposition yet as voters prepare. Also reported are infantile paralysis death Ida L Brooks and local civil service notes plus upcoming marriage license for Judge J K M Norton and Frances Wiley.
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Washington Post Bureau
King St
Alexandria
Thomas W. Robinson
P. F. Gorman
F. Price
John B. Waller
C. H. Callahan
S. G. Brent
Commonwealth
H. Noel Garner
R. H. Cox
5. C. Swain
Carter TH. Smith
Health Department
Ida L. Brooks
South
Fairfax Street
Kw. A. Gorman
Italy's war heroine here on three week tour
Mme Mazzuchi fresh from Italian fronts arrives in the city to solicit funds and supplies for Latisana Hospital and 27 other army hospitals. She is wife of the Italian consul general at Rheims and has directed hospital work for three years on French and Italian fronts. She will remain several days at the Lafayette with battle relics.
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Mme
Mazzuchi
Italy
Latisana
Mme. Mazzuchi
America
Rheims
Mme. Mazzucci
Lafayette
Propeller Blow Kills Flier In Long Island Training
Henry Wells a 24 year old reserve flying corps trainee was killed at Huntington Bay Long Island when the hydroairplane propeller struck him during a hand start after the self starter failed. A former navy man, Wells had served with the American force at Vera Cruz and was to marry next Saturday. He hailed from Brooklyn.
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Vera Cruz
Brooklyn
Mooney's appeal stands after Supreme Court ruling
San Francisco Aug. 6 The attorney general U S Webb consents to a new trial for Thomas J Mooney who was sentenced to death in the bomb case but there will be no hearing on the state supreme court's review of Mooney's appeal for reversal of judgment Webb acted after the trial judge requested in the wake of an alleged attempt by one of the prosecution's chief witnesses to commit perjury
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San Francisco
Webb
Thomas J. Mooney
Supreme Court
Mooney
Bradley Loans Tapestries To Metropolitan Museum
New York August sixth. The Metropolitan Museum of Art added new art treasures to its display including late medieval stained glass from a French cathedral depicting the Virgin enthroned St Peter St Paul the coronation of the Virgin and the paschal lamb. Edson Bradley of Washington loaned four tapestries for Red Cross use: a Burgundian siege of Troy and three fifteenth century tapestries.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edson Bradley
Washington
Red Cross
Troy
Will Hold Convention Here
New Orleans health officials were advised that the annual American Public Health Association meeting planned for December will take place in Washington instead. Dr. W A Evans, association president, said wartime themes made the National Capital the preferred site.
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American Public Health Association
New Orleans
The
Washington
W. A. Evans
Washington Athletic Club Adopts Constitution and By Laws
The Washington Athletic Club formed last fall, and at a Shoreham meeting last night it adopted its constitution and by laws. About 100 new members have enrolled since the previous gathering, with Percy S. Foster presiding as president.
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Washington Athletic Club
Shoreham
Percy S. Foster
War Costs a Menace to Price Fixing Fears
The piece argues that production costs vary by shop and experts doubt uniform government price solutions. It forecasts the FTC inquiry failing, predicting a single government pool to fix prices for steel of all costs. Officials warn conditions may worsen before improvement, with Congress not tackling the issue until next year and labor strikes or food rots possible in the interim.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Army ruling on teeth fixes draft medical test
Washington Post special from New York reports a medical draft debate over how many teeth are needed to chew army rations. The rule requires two molars opposing on each side, revised to mean two teeth opposite each other on either side, totaling four, with officials now accepting two teeth if they align.
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Washington Post
New York
Ene
Albany
Red Cross Allocates 800000 for Civilian Sanitary Needs
The American Red Cross assigns eight hundred thousand dollars to sanitary emergencies around army cantonments. A new bureau of sanitary service will direct the work with Dr. W. H. Frost as head. Local invitation and cooperation with the public health service will shape measures including bacteriologists sanitary inspectors nurses and assistants to provide disinfectants and home screening.
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American Red Cross
Bureau of Sanitary Service
W. H. Frost
Public Health Service
Henry P. Davison
The
Red Cross
1500 Tons of Metals Saved From Stranded Ship
New York August 6 1500 tons of copper ingots and bar lead were salvaged from the stranded Kristiansfjord of the Norwegian American line before she was swept away in a storm July 29. A wrecking tug reported from Cape Race Newfoundland after an unsuccessful salvage attempt. The Kristiansfjord was bound for Norway.
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New York
Kristianiafjord
Cape Race
N. F
Temple State Bank Funds Tied to Ferguson Impeachment Probe
Austin August 6. Temple State Bank deposits of state funds figure in impeachment charges against Governor James Ferguson. An assistant cashier testifies about a $5,600 payment on Ferguson’s account and a $30,841 overdraft on his private account, with 10 percent interest. The bank held hundreds of thousands in state funds during Ferguson’s tenure.
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Temple State Bank
Austin
Tex
James (. Ferguson
House of Representatives
Henry Blum
Temple Institution
Ferguson
Blum
W.W. J. Hanger
Mr. Hanger
House
Canadians to Fly in Texas Aviation Camp Planned for Canadians
The British recruiting mission announced that Lieut. H. B. Benton, head of recruiting for the Royal Flying Corps, will travel to Texas soon to establish an aviation camp for Canadian personnel.
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Texas
New York
H. B. Benton
Royallying Corps
Loudoun Gospel Session Open in Purcellville
The fortieth annual temperance gospel meeting of the Prohibition and Evangelical Association of Loudoun county opens at Purcellville Virginia today and runs through August 15. Notables include Rev George W McDaniel Commissioner Philander P Claxton Percy S Foster Champ Clark and Rep C C Carlin. The program features twenty five sessions and fifty events with prominent state officials and leaders. Association officers are C C Gaver president J Arthur Otley John N Bowers Charles F Conrad A B Richard J P Hatcher vice presidents H J Hoge secretary and A B Davis treasurer.
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The
Prohibition and Evangelical Association
Loudoun County
Purcellville
George W. McDaniel
First Baptist Church
Richmond
Philander P. Claxton
Percy S. Foster
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
C. C. Carlin
Association
C. C. Gaver
J. Arthur Otley
John N. Bowers
Charles F. Conrad
A. B. Richard
J. P. Hatcher
H. J. Hoge
A. B. Davis
Six Year Search Ends as Son Is Found
After six years of searching by his mother Mrs Mary Stoddard a social worker located Harry Morgan of 1902 G Street NW Washington DC. He replied to his mother saying he had enlisted in the Arizona artillery and did his duty.
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Harry Morgan
Washington
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrg. F. Z
Morgan
G Street Northwest
D D. C
Mary ©. Stoddard
Twenty District Negroes Are Held After Adams Park Fight
Annapolis Aug 6. More than twenty Washington colored men and women are held after fights during an excursion to Adams Park. Aloysius Smith was seriously wounded and lies at Emergency Hospital. Lewis Williams is jailed on assault charges. John Lawson's authority was challenged, leaving him with a slashed coat. Troy fined ten dollars and costs, remaining in jail for nonpayment.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Washington
Adams Park
Aloysius Smith
Lewis Williams
William Henry Troy
John Lawson
Lawson
Troy
Russians Seek Democracy Paper Mission From Harrisburg
The National Russian Brotherhood began a two day session in Harrisburg Pa and decided to send Paul Msyvanovzh Mayfield Pa and Veter Hutalaff New York to Russia to establish a newspaper to tell Russians more of world democracy. About 50000 dollars will be invested in the undertaking.
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Harrisburg
National
Russian Brotherhood
Paul Msyvanovzh
Mayfield
Veter Hutalaff
New York
Russia
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