Sunday Law Arrests Hit Milk Dealers and Rail Staff
A Washington Post Bureau report from King Street Alexandria describes arrests of fourteen milk dealers twelve railroad workers four druggists four newsboys three colored men two liverymen and others for opening stores on Sunday in violation of state law and city ordinances. The day’s docket includes forty four cases with milk dealers and newsboys among the first to face police court.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Aiexandria
Retail Merchants Association
J Birron
J E, Baker
T. J. Cole
Winey Blunt
Christopher Lyles
Ro Finrence
Eldsward Clark
Thomas Tayior
Ben. Brooks
L. A Popkins
Woolf
BE. E. Reed
BR. Grover
Creerge C Smith
Tayles
al Ten
Flencher Smith
Roberts
Nicholson
Arengtn Clark
Great
Smith
Negro man dies after fall in Newport News
Special to The Washington Post. Newport News Va Aug 14 1944 a negro man Cobbell fell down stairs early today and broke his neck. He quarreled with his wife when the accident occurred and police arrested her on suspicion of pushing him down stairs. The coroner's jury exonerated the woman.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Cobbell
Fire consumes two tobacco warehouses in local blaze
A fire yesterday morning damaged two tobacco warehouses in the locality. One furniture warehouse also suffered losses including furniture, mattresses, wagons, and hay. Authorities deem the fire incendiary in origin and are investigation ongoing.
Alexander Cochran Killed in Wheeling Accident
Alexander Cochran, a 75 year old Quaker City magnate with a bank hotel sawmill and glass factory holdings, died after being crushed between a freight train and platform at Wheeling City Hospital two hours after an accident on the Baltimore and Ohio line. He dictated his will before death leaving estate to his wife and a married daughter in Massachusetts.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Alexander Cochran
Ohio
Quaker City
City Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio
City
BR. J. Heed
Massachusetts
Dynamite attack on mine superintendent home shocks Preston County
Unknown assailants dynamited the Austen Coal and Coke Company residence of superintendent F. M. Herchler in Austen Preston County injuring no one except a baby bruised. Investigators suspect striking miners tied to a wage dispute sparked the attack and a second blast was set near a non union miner’s home. Bloodhounds and authorities pursue the suspects as union threats linger.
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F. M. Herchler
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Austen Coal and Coke Company
Austen
Preston County
Tobacco Offerings Small and Varied on Danville Market
In Danville Virginia on August 14 offerings of old tobacco remain small and chiefly inferior with many lots in poor condition. Prices hold firm with some new primings fetching full value despite rains in the bright belt. In Petersburg tobacco sales slowed as old crop sold long ago and new crop shows disease in parts of Brunswick County after heavy rain. a large acreage awaits a favorable season.
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Washington Post
Danville
Bright Belt
Carolinas
Old Belt
Petersburg
Brunswick County
Court Martial at Ocean View Camp Brings Record Breakaway
The Seventy first Regiment broke camp at Ocean View today after a week of hard drilling and target practice. A general court martial heard Capt G W Fitchett of Newport News on charges by Capt B W Solomonsky of Norfolk while a summary court dealt with several enlisted men. Findings were sent to the governor in Richmond for approval as 400 tents were struck and the camp dispersed in record time.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Ocean View
G. W. Fitchett
Newport News
B. W. Solomonsky
Richmond
Vessel Sinks to Save Ship in Norfolk Fire
Heat in a cargo of fish scrap caused a fire on the schooner Josep Glaverri capt Hewitt in Norfolk Virginia. Fire engines failed to control it and rescue vessels including the tug Rescue and the navy tug Mohawk assisted. The only option to save the vessel was to sink her, loading much of the cargo onto barges for disposition while the ship from Long Island bound for Savannah had spent 23 days at sea.
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Hewtt
Berkley
Merritt & Chapman
Navy
Mohawk
Long Island
Savannah
Thurman Suit Settled in Virginia Divorce and Damages
Olivia Thurman of Bristol Tennessee settled a $30,000 damages suit against her husband Gen Charles Thurman of Berryville Virginia. The filing alleged false imprisonment in an insane asylum. A concurrent divorce suit from Berryville will also be settled out of court.
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Washington Roar
Staunton
Olivia Thurman
Bristol
Engine Demolishes Bridge Injuring Engineer Near Waynesboro
An engine drawing a thrashing outfit broke through a bridge across Antietam Creek near Waynesboro Maryland. Engineer George Shockey was pinned between the engine cab and the railing, rescued by two workers, and badly hurt. Oil from the engine ignited the bridge during the crash.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
J. M. Newcomer
Antietam Creek
Waynesboro
George Shockey
Shockey
Not Congressional Timber Declines in Rockville
Not Congressional Timber reports that Col Spencer C Jones and Battersly W Talbott decline to run for the Democratic nomination in the district. Bowie F Waters is floated but reluctant. Col Buchanan Schley may appeal to Montgomery voters. Pearre expected to win for Republicans.
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Battersly W. Talbott
Washington Post
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Col
Montgomery County
Bowie F. Waters
Waters
Frederick
Montgomery
Buchanan Schley
Washington County
George A. Pearre
Col. Pearre
Post Office Opens in Cumberland with Modern Decor
Cumberland's new post office was first used today under Postmaster William Pearce. The decorated, well lighted building aims for a metropolitan look with the first mail canceled a souvenir card to Albert Eyler who installed the canceling machine.
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Washington Jar
Cumberland
William Pearce
Albert Eyler
Roosevelt
Pearce
George C. Shuck
August Floor Coverings Sale At Moses & Sons
August sale highlights rugs carpets and mattings with oriental rugs offered below yearly norms. store purchases can be paid with a small deposit and held till fall at W B Moses and Sons F Street corner Eleventh. Robbers Frustrated Because Negra Wore Two Pairs of Trousers. Henry Holmes escapes a hold up by three men after they fail to realize he wore two pairs of pants storing his pay wad in the inner pocket.
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Negra
Henry Holmes
Georgetown
Henry
Thirty-third Street
Ysaac Turner
Frank Harris
Edward Matthews
How to Be Beautiful in Chicago Chronicle Tone
The article surveys the popular belief that beauty comes from both body and mind. It cites baths and recreation over cosmetics, and cites H. L. Piner on beautifying the face through a beautified mind. It notes influence of Adelina Patti and Christian Scientists, urging harmony of body and spirit for lasting beauty.
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Chicago Chronicle
H. L. Piner
Adelina Patti
Negro Carpenter Is Accused Of False Pretenses
George Reaves a 29 year old carpenter was arrested by headquarters detectives at 11 last night on charges of false pretenses. Charles J West reported Reaves took $2 days earlier claiming it was a guaranty for repairs to a stable behind his house. A separate fire caused by a defective flue at Maria Shivering’s home on Trial Court Northeast burned for a time with Engine Company 6 responding. loss was $75 and no insurance.
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Wounded man treated at Providence Hospital on Second Street
John KR Turley of 106 Sixth Street Southeast was treated yesterday for a head wound after saying he was struck by a man at a Second Street Southeast house. He refused to provide details. Source Chicago News. Also included are odd child dialogues and a Cincinnati piece about a New York inspector breaking a record on an unsafe excursion before a fatal burn.
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