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Daily and
Sunday Post
Washington City
George Washington
L’enfant
Capitol
Randle Highlands
District of Columbia
Congress
United States Treasury
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Dusky Beau Revenged Steals Ice From New Sweetheart
In a police court tale set in Crabtree alley, Bill Simmons, a public-spirited witness, helps pursue a jealous love triangle involving Annie Jones and Louise West. Louise is fined $15 for assault and $5 for disorderly conduct after the ice theft dispute ends with her being charged and hauled away.
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Annie Jones
Bill
Bill Simmons
Louise West
Bil
Policeman Peterson
Bills
Hastern
Tom Tom
Congo
Crabtree Alley
Alligator Bill
Louise
Annie
Armand W. Scott
New Playground Opens on Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road
The Washington playground opened yesterday at 9 am with over 400 children present. It targets very young kids with four large sand boxes, seesaws, slides, handling and baby swings. James E. West of the Washington Playground Association attended. grounds were run by Mrs. Walter S. Binley and Miss Florence Kent.
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Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
James E. West
Washington Playground Association
Walter S. Binley
Florence Kent
New Army Drill Grounds Proposed on Pacific Coast
Gen Thomas H Barry recommends War Department purchase of two large reservations on the Pacific coast for field training of troops. He cites the Atascadero reservation in California and the American Lake reservation in Washington as suitable sites to be acquired for this purpose.
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Pacific Coast
Ataadadero Reservation
California
American Lake Reservation
Washington
War Department
Thomas H. Barry
Department of California
Lulu’s Folly Cleared After Court Testimony
Lulu Hawkins faced a police court after colliding with three officers who sought to detain her. Testimony by Lulu and her aunt Rose challenged the assault claim, revealing a fall by Rose. The assault charge was dismissed, Lulu paying a $10 fine and taunting the officers with her earlier antics.
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Lee's Court
Lulu Hawkins
Lulu
Lula
Pugh
Rose Hawkins
Jedge
Sylvester
Suburbs to Get Fire Protection Urged by Union
Central Labor Union adopted a resolution urging adequate fire protection for all suburbs of Washington. It noted Kenilworth damage from a Sunday fire and urged equipping suburbs with basic re figh ting gear. Emmett Adams and Sam DeNedrey to preside over Labor Day ostrich race at Benning track, with birds arriving from Cincinnati. Central body allocated 160 dollars for entertaining delegates to the District Maryland State Federation of Labor convention starting September 13 in Washington.
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Washington
Central Labor Union
Kenilworth
Emmett JL. Adams
Sam DeNedrey
Benning Track
Cincinnati
Maryland
MUST PAY PERSONAL TAX Delinquents face bailiffs after tomorrow
Tax Collector Charles C. Rogers warns delinquents must pay or risk 4 percent penalty and attachment of personal property by bailiffs after tomorrow. If paid before 3 pm tomorrow the rate drops to 3 percent. On September 1 eight bailiffs begin attaching belongings of those not meeting dues. Only 16 percent of property owners are delinquent. Most are summer residents away from Washington who forget personal taxes.
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Rogers
Charles C. Rogers
Washington
Public band concerts disrupted by noisy vehicles
A Washington music letter laments how city band concerts, especially on the White House grounds, are spoiled by repeated passage of a sightseeing car and other noisy autos and trotting horses. The writer urges policemen at approach points to bar vehicles except during intervals to preserve enjoyment and education.
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White House
Washington
Named district delegate named for plumbers union convention
James 8 O’Hagan, oldest member of the international organization, elected delegate from Local Union No 5 to the biennial convention in St Paul starting September 19. He aims to persuade delegates to meet in this city in 1972. The St Paul gathering will draw 750 delegates from the United States, Canada, the Canal Zone, and Hawaii, plus their families, with sessions lasting at least three weeks.
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James 8. O'Hagan
International Organization
Union No 5
United Association of Journeymen
United States
Canada
St. Paul
Mr. O'Hagan
Canal Zone
Hawaiian Islands
House Fly Censured In Infantile Paralysis Link
Dr. Woodward, district health officer, warns the house fly may spread infantile paralysis. He cites Seattle School of Sanitary Science bulletins linking the insect to the disease as another case is reported, bringing total local cases to 99.
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Woodward
Seattle School of Sanitary Science
Health Department
Wickersham to arbitrate dispute over district purchases
District officials and Treasury Department officials disagree on whether supplies for the district fall under the act requiring certain government building articles to be advertised and contracted by the Secretary of the Treasury. Attorney General Wickersham is to decide if the district purchases are within the act’s scope.
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District
Treasury
Treasury Department
Wickersham
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Razing Treasury Steps Under Way For New Entrance
Work has begun on the east front of the Treasury building to remove masonry back to the main wall for a new entrance. The first stone block has been displaced, granite blocks weigh several hundred pounds, and the process should progress rapidly as the structure is prepared for the new construction.
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Treasury
Waldecker Funeral Today for German Editor Emanuel Waldecker
Funeral services for Emanuel H. Waldecker, German editor found dead in his office Saturday night, will be held at Geier's undertaking establishment on Seventh Street at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. Paul A. Menzel of Concordia Lutheran Church will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. A delegation from Columbia Turn Verein, Typographical Union No. 101, and related groups will attend.
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Geier
Emanuel H. Waldecker
Seventh Street
Paul A. Menzel
Concordia Lutheran Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Columbia Turnverein
Typographical Union No. 101
Waldecker
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