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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
11
A First Division society meeting outlined organizing committees for a three day reunion in October. Capt Water Tisdale reported reception and housing plans with hotels offering special rates. Washington and New York branches coordinated lodging and parade arrangements as 10,000 veterans expected in the capital.
The Zeppelin ZR-3 completed a one hour flight over Lake Constance amid rain, with a crew including technicians and a canary mascot aboard. The craft then aims for Lakehurst around Sept 10 for further tests as immigration officials prepare for future crew inspections under a presidential order.
Two romances begun during the war ended in a double wedding at Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church. Misa Ora Ramey of Dimmitt Texas married Herbert S. Hilburn, editor turned infantry captain, and Ethel Shafer Washburn of Illinois married Myrl H. McKee, a Eureka Illinois banker. The ceremony united two war-time couples after both moved to Washington for war work and then returned to their homes in Texas and Illinois.
United States Marine Corps East Coast expeditionary force breaks camp at Rockville and reaches Gaithersburg after a 13 mile hike. A 13 year old aide de camp on a Shetland pony joins the march, along with a rear guard of 290 Montgomery County dogs. The column heads for Ridgeville and then Antietam at Sharpsburg, as veterans observe the sunrise briefing. The young rider is Leonard Nixon Jr, son of a Rockville resident, and the charger Rambler.
Local headquarters report that about 14 prominent Chinese from across the nation will attend the national convention at 3365 Pennsylvania avenue northwest starting Monday. George Y. Wen, secretary, says On Leong seeks to detach from the appellation tong and emphasizes its role as an association not a secret society. Chartle Lee Soo is president and Nal On is vice president of the local group hosting the event.
From Reykjavik to Pictou Nova Scotia the city prepares for a vast welcoming parade led by the Pictou Highlanders and a pipers band as American airmen face weather delays. Marines on ported ships join school children in a public display while mayoral committees finish plans for the August events.
William McK Clayton of the Federation of Citizens Associations accuses the Washington Rapid Transit Company of breaching the public utilities act by having a five member board with four company officers. He cites paragraph 100 limiting board size to seven to fifteen, notes retroactive salary hikes in 1928, and warns each violation and each day of noncompliance incur penalties to the District of Columbia under paragraphs 85 and 87.
The American delegation to the fourth Pan American congress on child welfare in Santiago Chile October 12 to 19 has been selected and the list was sent to the Chilean ambassador. Members include Misa Katherine F Lenreot Dr Elia Oppenheimer Surgeon o P Knight Dr Samuel McCune Lindsay Dr Edward N Clopper Webster E Browning Rose McHugh and Mrs M C Migel plus William H Benjamin and Mrs Ola F E Jost in the Benjamin Rickard Advertising Co. case moved in equity court.
A general order by Brig Gen Frank T Hines calls for 61 regional offices with four divisions each and rating boards, to replace the subdistrict setup. Offices will handle examinations, medical ratings, compensation, vocational training, hospital care, and employment services, with appeals to the director in Washington. Sites will be in Washington, Baltimore, Richmond, and Charleston, replacing the former fourth district.
Brig Gen Frank T Hines announced the Reed Johnson veterans hospitalization bid will raise government costs by 1 780 600 over prior expenses after one year. The expansion benefits 1 009 neuropsychiatric patients at 74 000 extra, and 1 695 tuberculosis patients at 181 985 extra, bringing total increased cost to 326 264 to date.
Policemen pursue two leads after a man stole a chewing gum slot machine from Rebecca Korris’s store at 1837 Seventh Street NW. Detectives consider motives involving a stenographer sweetheart or a failed penny gum attempt leading to the theft.
On the Berengaria Aug 27, the Prince of Wales and British party lost a tug of war to the American team after ten minutes of effort. The prince also competed in a potato race but was disqualified for misplaying a saber. He attended a charity concert and later earned the booby prize for costume at a masquerade, dressed as an apache with a boy companion. Mrs Norton helped prepare the prince’s masked partner outfit amid budgeting suspender troubles.
John Kerwin, 90, the oldest Holy Name Society member in the country, will attend the national convention in Washington September 18 to 21. He is a charter member of the Holy Name branch of St Vincent Ferrer Church, New York City, organized in 1872. Auxiliary Bishop John J Dunn plans to attend, and Baltimore's Archdiocesan Union chair Patrick Hartigan announced a large Newport News rally to enroll a 500-strong delegation. A chartered special boat will carry contingents from the area.
Eighty five percent of the 1494 children admitted to kindergarten and first grade last term showed physical defects. Teeth and tonsil issues were most common, though none were serious. Dr William C Fowler and Dr J W Murphy say they will continue examinations for incoming students this autumn.
Maj Ralph W Dusenbury is named military attache at the American embassy in Buenos Aires and to the American Ministers in Paraguay and Uruguay. He serves with the National Guard of California and will be relieved September 1 for temporary duty in the office of the assistant chief of staff. Born in Michigan April 26, 1885, he entered the Military Academy from Michigan, graduating in 1907 as a second lieutenant of Infantry.
The annual report by William P Richards shows real estate assessments in the District increased by 42 867 287 during the year ending June 9. New buildings added 40 218 100 to the totals, with added mains and improvements pushing overall net assessments to 39 746 00. Personal property assessments total 4 746 234 87, and Richards urges moving personal returns earlier in the year to ease compliance and reduce in-city visits.
The Allied Temperance and Prohibition Law Enforcement Union endorses Jesse W Tull for police court judge to replace John P McMahon. Indorsements were sent to President Coolidge and Attorney General Stone by Hickey Dunbar Allen Mahoney. Tull, a Bar Association member admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, formerly county judge in Illinois.
Major Edward Joseph Brady of the officers reserve corps 3220 Seventeenth Street Northwest was yesterday ordered to active duty to begin September. He will be on duty in the quartermaster general intermediate depot here for two weeks.
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