District Police to Be Sworn as Dry Agents in Clean-Up
District officers will be sworn in as special agents to enforce Prohibition and dry-up operations. The plan includes 74 precinct detectives and police squad members, with new authority to mimic federal agents, aiming at a decisive drive against bootleggers. Commissioner Oyster did not predict a timeline for complete enforcement.
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Mal Sulman
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Harr
Lusett Diy
Hell Mal Commilivan
Sashnetan
Oyster
Dent
Pole Court
United States
Isaac Ro Hitt
John P McMahon
Commssion Oyster
Harles Columbus
Merchants and VanuadLrees Asenciation
As Ociaton
McMahon
Woman 80 Succumbs To the Bobbed-Hair Fad at Shop
Mrs Emma Barnes Smith, 80, Beverly Courts, sat in Touls shop chair at 406 Twelfth Street NW yesterday as she bobbed her hair for the first time in 50 years. Her daughter Br Cora Smith King, 50, followed, claiming comfort and insistence from her, while shop owner Louis noted the fad spans generations from flapper to 35. A nearby elderly man frowned at customers as the scene unfolded.
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Fred Miller Post
Smith
Emma Barnes Smith
Charles L. Gullette
Twelfth Street
Beverly Courts
Harbers
Touls Shop
Twelfth Sieet Northwest
Denisou
Cora Smith King
Charles II Gullette
Shia Smith King
Dr King
Louis
Sahara Lecture Links Alaska Dust to Sahara Mystery
George Washington University summer school heard Prof Robert F Griggs discuss the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska. He showed expedition photos and argued that ash clouds from eruptions rise into the Sahara sky, misleading explorers about solar movements and noting lava melts the mountain tops.
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George Washington
Griggs
Drug Needle Jabber Suspect Released In District
Evidence against Mrs Lydia Blackburn of 224 Flist street southeast for narcotics charges was deemed groundless after she was held for days at the House of Detention. A nurse identified no positive match and two other girls with similar stories did not identify Blackburn. A separate report of a poison needle alleged against a stranger near Pennsylvania avenue and John Marshall place was ruled an insect sting by Detective Manafield and others.
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Lydia Blackburn
Flist Street
Blackburn
Mias
Florence Welch
Mia Blackburn
John E Rutledge
Quanticola
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Marshall Place
Charles Manafield
Rutledge
Scout Troop 73 Plans Annual Outing at Marshall Hall
Scout Troop No 73 of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its fifth annual excursion and field day for parents at Marshall Hall next Monday. The program features athletics and scout contests with prizes. Deputy Commissioner Paul C Robbin leads the outing, and the troop announces Dr Abram Simon has joined the troop committee.
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Troop 73
Boy Scouts of America
Marshall Hall
Paul C Robbin
Abram Simon
Slemp Pledges Aid To Preserve Crabs
Bil Wearley reports at the White House that Secretary Shemp promised presidential support to preserve the crab industry. The aim is conservation to prevent near extinction of crabbing in local waters. Wearley seeks legislation to set limits on crabbing to protect the crab stock.
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Wearley
White House
Deaver Suffering Tuberculosis Amid Bureau Red Tape Criticism
Navy doctors report Thomas M Deaver, world war vet, still suffering active pulmonary tuberculosis. The case, cited by Senator Tasker L Oddie as wholesale miscarriage of justice, followed his readmission to naval care after assistance sought from the Veterans Bureau and a clash over his disability status.
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Frank L Hines
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Naval Hospital
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Veterans Hospital
Legion Tex
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Veterare
Congress
Deaver
Legion
Mount Alto Hospital
Board of Appeals
Hines
Focal
Oddies
Six more surrender in Tampa liquor case
Six more of the 16 local defendants in the Tampa to New York liquor conspiracy surrendered at the U S marshals office and were released on $1000 bonds each for hearings August 20. Names include Patrick H Barteman Joseph E Boudwiner Joseph F E Boudwiner Claude Mee nell Wallace Barsdale and Walter Tapscot.
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Tampa
Fla
Nework
United States Marshals Office
United States
Turnage
Patrick H Barteman
Joseph E Boudwiner
Joseph FE Boudwiner
Claude Mee
Neill Wallace Barcsdale
Walter Tapscot
Six Men and Woman Face Liquor Charges
Alleged to have catered rum at a negro picnic at Boyds Montgomery County Maryland. Seven Negroes are held in Rockville jail: Roy Drummer Bradshaw Palmer Solomon Temper Joseph Jarvis Alphonse Williams Roy Kenney and Rose Allen. Chief of Police William and Deputy Sheriff Stanley Gingell with officers went to the picnic ground on a Saturday and made arrests. About 60 half pints of whisky were seized along with four automobiles. Rose Allen objected to arrest and a charge of disorderly conduct was placed against her. Eleven arrested are held for investigation.
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Boyds
Montgomery County
Washington
Rockville
É Roy
Bradshaw Palmer Solomon Temper
Joseph Jarvis
Alphonse Williams
Roy Kenney
Rose Allen
Pol&ce
William
Stanley Gingell
Clagett Burdane Rodgers Jones Wilkinson
Snyder
Decision Is Due Today in Cotton Standards Conversation
A conference among Liverpool Cotton association, principal cotton exporters, and national observers concluded with expectations of a decision today on universal cotton standards amid objections and debate over proposed guidelines.
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Liverpool Cotton Association
Republican Women in City to Confer Meetings Discuss
The League of Republican Women of the District will meet the District Republican Committee tomorrow to plan round tables meetings and Friday teas at Gordon hotel. Mrs Virginia White Speel, president, just back from absence, notes many women who were Republicans before now support President Coolidge as safer for the country. The league has endorsed Defense Day plans.
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Republican Committee
Gordon Hotel
Virginia Whie Speel
Washington
Oaridge
League
Officials in London to hear conference on agriculture
Officials from the Department of Agriculture attended a recent conference in London on the subject. The conference will continue today and a public statement of the conclusions reached will be released after the two sessions yesterday, participants divulged no information.
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Department of Agriculture
London
Special notices from the northwest roofing ad and attorney toast
An unclear misread passage references special notices andNew roofs for old, prompt estimates and efficient service from Asphalt Roofing Products. It mentions an attorney and a contact line with a phone number, suggesting an ad section for services and legal notices in a historic northwest area.
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