Profiteering Charges Stir Alexandria Shipyard Area
Washington Post reports that the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation may seize property for wartime rent abuses in Alexandria. The welfare department warns owners and tenants who extort rent from Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation employees, with documented cases of inflated rates and coercive measures during the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Welfare Department
The
Shipping Board
Charlies M. Schweb
Alameda
Bethlehem ‘Shipbuilding Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Tuckahoe
Beloved mothers and fathers named in city obituaries
Numerous obituaries dated August 1915 to 1928 note services at Sacred Heart Church and St Christopher Church. Follows with private interments at Mount Olivet Cemetery and notices for Hassett Kronheimer McMahon Meyers Schaefer and Walsh families. Memoriams describe late spouses and survivors, with dates and residence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassett
Pricet
John Hassett
Finca
Fnestas
Lutenc Aid
Odak Kronheimer
Aria Am Charis
Husbadt
Keegs
Meyer
Laren
Hs Sens
Eutin
Bchaefer
Ienday
Myrtle
Peter
Annie Schaefer
Bievetsuthenst
Taveral
Walsh Oy
Moniar
Ate
Insant Heey Ivey Walsh Funda
Wes O
Thirteenth Street
Sacred Heart Church
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
Mount Olvet Cemetery
Marriage and legal notices mix in Alexandra city items
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Florence Purcell to Sever Henry W Trpp with ceremony at St Marys Church. It also notes a public inoculation drive by W J Wood for typhoid and smallpox, a fatal shooting involving Sidney J Barnhouse and his daughter Helen E, and a postponed Mt Ida Lawn Fete. Citations include local clergy and health officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Florence Purcel
Jfob Purcell
Henry W Trpp Quartermaster
Sidney J Barnhouse
Helen E Barnhouse
Demaines Mortuary Chapel
E B Jackson
First Baptist
W J. Wood
United States Public Health Service
Wood
Alexandra
Day Reports from London on WWI Front Advances
The statement notes a repulsed enemy attack south of Ithon and a successful operation south of the Somme yielding 200 prisoners. British lines were linked east of Mericourt to Etinehem, with air forces advancing toward Roye capturing Armancourt and Tilloloy. Local improvements north of the British front include Vine east of Robecq and the area between Viewx Berquin and Merris.
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London
Ithon
Somme
Mericourt
Etinehem
Roye
Armancourt
Tilloloy
Robecq
Viewx-Berquin
Merris
War Front Report Says No Change In Sector
Paris dispatch notes between the Avre and the Oise the situation remains without change. Night artillery duels occurred near Margarivillers and Grivillers with no further reports from the rest of the front.
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Paris
Avre
Oise
Marguivillers
Grivillers
War office report from Rome on August 12 fronts
The war office states that fighting along the front has been moderate. North of Col del Rosso patrols forced the enemy to retire from an advanced post. Five hostile airplanes were shot down. In Albania on Saturday the enemy evacuated the Jagodina bridgehead and retreated toward the meat bank of the river. Northwest of Berat on Sunday we repulsed hostile parties.
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Rome
War Office
Col del Rosso
Albania
Jagodina
Berat
German War Office Report From Western Front
Berlin reports at dawn strong British assaults repulsed north of the Somme and along the Lys while French losses mount near Tilloloy. German counterattacks reconquered territory around Lihons and Baliu as fighting continues between the Avre and the Gise and near Chaulnes, with persistent enemy pressure until night.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Yser
Ancre
Lys
Somme
Lihona
Lihons
Lihong
Avre
Chaulines
Baliu
Amiens Rove
Gise
Tilloloy
Atorthwastenksalley
Air and airship losses marked heavy fighting on front
Official wartime report details large aerial combat with 518 enemy planes and 69 balloons shot by July 518 aircraft and 69 balloons by anti aircraft guns. Seventeen enemy planes and four balloons captured. Our forces report 239 enemy aircraft captured or downed. We suffered 129 own planes and 64 balloons lost. Augusta 13 Vienna via London notes Italian raids near Feltre and Seven Communes with casualties including hospital tents and civilians.
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Vienna
London
Feltre
Four Martin Sons in Army with Two More Possible Enlistments
Mrs M M Martin of Mendota Virginia reports four sons in the army and two more considering enlistment. Robert Edgar and Harry serve in France while James T Jr is with Company 10 Virginia Coast Artillery at Curtis Bay Maryland.
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Washington Post
Bristol
M M Martin
Mendota
Robert
Edgar
Harry
France
James T, Jr
Company 10
Virginia Coast Artillery
Curtis Bay
Women survive 100 foot plunge in Maryland auto crash
Aug 12 report from Cumberland details Mrs D Morgan and Miss Georgia Hancock of McKeesport escaping injury when their touring car rolled 100 feet off an embankment on Baltimore avenue. Hancock drove, becoming confused by a zigzagging wagon. The car smashed a porch at T C Bernard's house but no injuries occurred.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
D. Morgan
Georgia Hancock
McKeesport
Baltimore Avenue
T. C. Bernard
Goethe Street
Food prices higher here reflect national comparisons
The Department of Agriculture reports Washington prices about 8 to 14 percent higher than Detroit for a range of food items, with fresh meats showing the largest gaps. Most commodities list about 20 percent higher in Washington, and smoked meats are excepted from the rise. Aug 12 notes include obituaries and local notices from Harrisonburg, Charlottesville, and nearby areas.
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Washington
Detroit
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Obituaries for Anne Catrow Beck and Basil Haslip
Four sons and one daughter mourn Anne E Catrow who died at 82 in Spotsylvania with burial to be in Martinsburg West Virginia. Margaret E Beck dies at 75 in town, survived by three sons and two daughters. Basil V Haslip, son of Rev W R Haislip, died at Walter Reed Hospital Washington after government service in aviation corps.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Israel G Warfield
Garthersburg
Laytonsville
Or. A Gillingham
Darnestown
Gaithersburg
Harrisonburg
John
Henry Miller
Lilly
Cora Ritchie
May Keister
Mount Clinton
Willam
Charles
Eaton
Ohio
Andy Miller
Clover Hill
Maggie McMillan
Washington
John E. Roller
Harnsonburg
John Cannady
Lucy
Elizabeth
Ann Roller
Bristol
Carrie White Galliher
W. G. Galliher
Whiteburg
Charlottesville
Bettie Craig
Lilburn Craig
Shipman
Welson County
University Hospital
Church of the Holy Paraclete
Harry Craig
Richmond
Samuel Craig
Quantico
Bennett Craig
Petersburg
Camp Lee
Paul BeWitt
Charlotte
Rezina, Craig
Frederecksburg
R J McBryde
St George’s Church
Lexington
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
Leslie M. Shaw
Anne E Catrow
John W Catrow
Spotsylvania
Martinsburg
W Va
Margaret EE Beck
John E Beck
Basil V Haslip
Wn R Haislip
Middlesex County
Walter Reed Hospital
Aviation Corps
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FURNS
U.S. Shipping Board
Tisman
Georgia
Miny
Mi Pion
Lars
Nechanicre
Indianapolis
Alexinrhrian
James Dasis
Western State Hospital For
Davis
Frank Geier's Sons CO
Senth ST
North
Joseph Gawler’s Sons
National
Mortlicians Services
United States
Sulz
Lacy
A. J. Schippert
Lem Chapel
William Lee
Auto Livery
Ivery
Pa Ave
M. Hindle
Lodertsker
Thos
S. Sergeon
Agil
J. H. Small & Sons
Washington Waldorf-Astoria
Madison
Iowen,s
Pro Hatha OS
Uncle Sam’s Sailors
Good Samaritans
Pha
Deane Punks
the Wans
S& G Brent
Robinson Moncure
Silis Desers
Joseph H Mest
William Campbell
Walter Wo Beach
Samuel M Pullman
James Smythe Smith Williams
John D Normansvis
Charles T Blunt
Herbert Gro
William Ei Hinken
Aurel T Fain
Wimner
Alexander Alexander HK Stratton
Charles FE Dare
John I Brown
Tripp—Purcell
J. Barnhouse
Bethel Cemetery
Mt. Ida
Bellans
Roe Fulkerson
Optician
St. N.W
R. Harris & CO
Jewelers
D Sts
Ernst
Maryland
Virginias
NHART
Virginia
PF Dance
Chesterfield County
Scott Beal
Wheaton
Beall
Israel G. Warfield
Clergyman
W. R McElroy
University Heights
Newport News Va
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
William Purtis
Company H
Williams
Fredericksburg
Horace Williams
Orange
Gastonia
Treasury
Iowa
Richard Rolland Kenney
Delaware
U. S Army
John L Clem
Shiloh
U. S. Army
G. W Atkinson
Court of Claims of
Member
Federal Reserve System
Continental Trust Co
U. S. Food Administration
van Lill
Ceylon
Cape Shore
Ats di
Victory
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