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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
9
Witnesses discuss rent increases aimed at boosting property yields from 5 to 8 or 9 percent. Estimates place ground value at 75,900 with 350,000 needed to reproduce a building. Proposals consider 10 to 25 percent rent hikes for seven room apartments and Wardman Courts potential 15 to 20 percent rise. lawmakers note legislative uncertainty affecting markets.
Market report lists butter and dairy item prices for creamery and prints, with regional rolls and firsts values. Poultry and ducks priced by weight and type, with weights and grades. Corn oats and cotton quotes included from Maryland nearby markets and several river port regions.
Grain and animal prices listed for August 29 including No 2 mixed and yellow corn, oats, rye, barley, red winter wheat prices in Baltimore with ranges, and Chicago hogs cattle and sheep market figures across weights, with per hundredweight and per head values noted. Strong entity mentions include Chicago and Baltimore markets, August dates, and commodity categories.
Railroads Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Salt Lake announce trains will operate at 7 am under government protection if crews report. Barstow and Needles crews waver but a return to work is expected. California statewide strike areas show signs of collapse as authorities prepare warrants.
A government measure proposes taxing all rent profits exceeding a 10 percent increase over rates in force September 309 1918. The plan aims to adjust revenue from housing costs amid wartime fiscal policy and may affect landlords and tenants in affected districts.
Catherine McGahey sues the Washington Railway and Elec Co in district supreme court for 10000 alleging personal injuries from December 24 when she was thrown from a car. Attorneys Lambert and Yeatman represent the plaintiff.
Robert McChesney a 23 year old trusted inmate at St Elizabeth's staged another escape yesterday using a motorcycle. He left the facility to visit the city, borrowed a bike in front of 456 H Street and rode off toward Maryland. He returned at dusk on foot for supper, leaving authorities puzzled about the missing vehicle and his whereabouts.
Charlotte edged Columba 5 to 4 in the opener and tied 2 to 2 in the second of a double header, keeping the pennant race tight in the South Atlantic Baseball Association. A three win run remains for Charlotte to claim the championship, with Columba holding a slight edge on percentage.
The record notes that men alleged to have interfered with mail operations or delayed perishable food handling would not face further complaints if they had already returned to work before the next day. The passage exhibits a partial, unclear OCR snippet.
In New York on August 29 Federal officials who nabbed three bartenders during a wartime prohibition raid said their defense was that they were nervous actors or wet chauffeurs. All three pleaded guilty in district court and were fined 50 each, as more than fifty others pleaded not guilty.
The Washington Post reports at Navy Rifle Range Caldwell New Jersey on August 20 that the District of Columbia civilian rifle team finished fourth among civilians and ninth overall in the grand aggregate. Connecticut won the civilian title with 8 215 points, District totaling 3 175, with Massachusetts second and Texas close behind. Seventy two teams competed, twelve men per team, with bronze medals awarded to top thirty.
Roscoe H. Johnson of Chicago is elected president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America. Mary J. Macaulay of Buffalo is named vice president and Paul F. Schnur of Chicago becomes secretary treasurer. The convention rejected a move to censure Burleson Carleton and Theodore N. Vail after the recent telegraphers strike. S. J. Kopenkamp resigns as former president. Next convention planned for Atlanta, Georgia.
Bristol set mourns as conductor Harry Salisbury formerly of the city and brakeman Hoy Crane of Knoxville Tenn died when a pusher engine sidewiped passenger train No 102 at Rankin Tennessee last night.
In Buchannon West Virginia on August 29 Mrs William Stalnaker 47 wife of a railroad engineer struck and killed her two daughters Mildred 11 and Mary 6 with a hammer and attacked Grace 18 who carried an infant before a neighbor subdued her United Press report notes the mother had been described as insane by neighbors
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