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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
9
Testimony before a subcommittee details widespread rent hikes in Washington Maryland area as landlords and agents push higher monthly rents. Citizens like Mrs Erdman, Mr Fairbairn, and Mrs Graves describe notices to quit and large increases from $27.50 to $40 and beyond.
Congress leaders Mapes and Gould will push an investigation of District police and government administration despite no action on Mapes' resolution. Witnesses, including several women, offer testimony with protection from retaliation. some police members may resist testifying. The effort ties to District self government and local democracy amid postwar policy pressures.
The Antisaloon League of America says it will continue national activity against any liquor trade challenges to the eighteenth amendment. It denounces a proposed group The League to Repeal the Prohibition Amendment and says brewers and liquor dealers would be ineligible for membership.
House committee hearings hear charges that Postmaster General Burleson worsened postal service by cutting staff and resisting wage increases while mail volume rose. Witnesses say unskilled workers replaced trained staff, congestion increased at Christmas, and delays were covered up by false postmarks. E. J. Ryan and Gilbert E. Hyde led lists of witnesses.
Belleville Illinois reports the deaths of Second Lieut Floyd Meisenheimer from Detroit and Harold Ice of St. Mary's Ohio in a late flight accident at Scott Field near Hers tonight. Their airplane fell 200 feet and burst into flames after impact.
Incomplete returns from a small sample of Mississippi precincts show Oscar Johnston ahead of Lee Russell for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Early figures from Hinds County: Johnston 2,181. Russell 1,024, with Johnston carrying Adams, Warren, Claiborne, Wilkinson and Jefferson counties.
Washington reports claim Russian soviet interests funded propaganda to stir racial discord in the United States. Justice Department agents investigate organized propaganda sources and influence shaping the Washington and Chicago riots involving African Americans and southern employers accused of causing unrest.
Special to The Washington Post New York Aug 8 Mr and Mrs Albert L Hoffman of Philadelphia mourn the death of Leta Buliivan Hoff mans wife and mother to a newborn son who died Monday at Greenwich Hospital Greenwich Conn The Hoffmans who moved to Greenwich earlier in the year had a daughter of James Francia Sullivan of New York from a prominent New York family Leta Sullivan was the bride of Albert L Hoffman in 1918 at St Davids Pa Capt Hoffman served in the U S Army Air Corps and the couple previously lived in Washington during his military service
An advertisement lists boys wool suits formerly 16.50 now 13.75 with many sizes from 7 to 18 years. It claims 10 suits to select from per size group and repeats multiple age categories with specific suit counts.
A local advertisement lists boys wool suits originally 20.00 now 16.75 with 41 suits available in sizes covering 10 to 18 years and even 27-year-old sizes, detailing counts per age. The offer emphasizes substantial discounts and a wide range for children and older youths.
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