District to Launch Double Platoon Fire Force by Christmas
District commissioners and Chief Wagner announce an intensive recruiting drive to implement a two platoon fire department system before Christmas. They will seek demobilizing soldiers and civilian applicants meeting a 145 pound minimum and 5 foot 6 inch height, with physical exams administered under the pension rules. Police入口 may also accept applicants, but focus stays on fire service to restore normal staffing and harness returning troops for Washington’s department praised as the finest.
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Chasiinas Speelinke
Baker
War Department
Fire Department
Brownlow
Wagner
Maj
Pullman
Washington
Washington children in war work pull from classes
More than 2,000 Washington children left school for war work in the past year. Women volunteers, under the child labor and education section, will canvass homes this week to urge returns to school, working with limited attendance officers. District officials seek six more officers from Congress. Employers are urged to cooperate and follow permits and records rules for underage workers.
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Washington
Congress
Louis Brownlow
Autumn Ramble in Rock Creek Park and Local Meetings
City Briefs report an autumn ramble by the Red Triangle Outing Club in Rock Creek Park and list forthcoming meetings across Washington. The Chevy Chase Club, Cathedral Heights Citizens, and Franklin School board plan sessions. university alumni dinners and Zionist circle meetings are noted, with dates, places, and speakers.
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Red Triangle Outing Club
Rock Creek Park
Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills Ad
A vintage advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a reliable remedy for throat irritation from colds grippe and bronchial attacks praising its prompt action pleasant taste and wide trust. It also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative that eases daily duties and chases the blues.
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Noti
Births Reported In Local Family List
Jacob B and Mollie My Sound welcome a girl. John C and Eleanor Sullivan have a girl. Samuel B and Adele Racek welcome a girl. Emilio and Teonlosinda Palumbo have a boy. George G and Lottie M Henderson greet a girl. Salvador and Mary Fornne, a boy. Thomas R and Eva Fisher, a girl. Frank J and Catherine Fisher, a boy. Salvador and Antonina Di Bello, a boy. Francesco and Adelina Citrano, a boy. Charles R and Mary F Cook, a boy. Alfie and Cecelia Barbagallo, a boy. George H and Lena Barlow greet a girl. Benjamin S and Lucille W Brown have a girl. George F and Emma Tinker, a boy. John and Emily L Rose, a girl. William R and Fannie Mayers welcome a girl. William and Mora Lewis have a boy. Abie and Lille Butier, a boy. et
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Jacob B
Mollie My Sound
John C
Eleanor Sullivan
Samuel B
Adele Racek
Emilio
Teonlosinda Palumbo
George G
Lottie M. Henderson
Salvador
Mary
Fornne
Thomas R
Eva & Fisher
Frank J
Catherine Fisher
Antonina di Bello
Francesco and
Adelina Citrano
Charles R
Mary F
Weather and Tide Table Summary for Almanac Readers
The forecast from the Weather Bureau outlines rain or snow for the District of Columbia and Maryland, with clearing and colder conditions Tuesday. Virginia expects rain in the north and west, clearing and colder by Tuesday. Ontario disturbances shift, with widespread rains in the southern Atlantic States and light snow from New England to the lake region. Temperatures drop across New York and New England, with snow forecast Monday in the lake region and New England, followed by fair weather Tuesday in the south Atlantic States. Storm warnings appear for the upper lakes and Atlantic coast from Savannah to Delaware Breakwater.
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J. S&s. Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryand
Virginia
Ontario
Wisconsin
Florida
South Atlantic
New England
Lake Region
Mississippi
Nebraska
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Temperature and weather summary from period report
Temperature readings through the day show a high near 46 and a low around 30 with afternoon values from 12 noon to 8 p m and a late evening low around 36. Relative humidity peaks around 46 percent with zero rainfall recorded and sunshine at 0.2 hours.
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Muanigat
Pasaibte
Marines Offer Discharges As War Continues
Marine Corps headquarters announces readiness to discharge three classes of men seeking to leave the service. Enlistees for the duration, draftees, and voluntary four year enlistees may depart to finish education, support dependents, or return to business. Secretary Daniels states no demobilization while peace treaty awaits signing and ratification. Separated personnel must still fulfill national emergency or wartime terms.
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Marine Corps
Daniels
Deaths Reported in City Hospitals and Homes
A list of recently reported deaths appears from Provd. Hosp Amanda Gansel and Keith Mawrgan to James Banks and David Slaughter. The entries include ages from 1 day to 88 years, with locations such as Garfield Hosp Sibley Hosp and St. Eliz Heep.
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Amanda M. Gansel
Thorp
Maggie M. Jones
St. Nw
Bernhard Lieb
H. Tippett
Bohrer St
Bertha Schnappard
Good Hope
Philip Kox
Provd
Kate Brown
Sibley Hosp
Cara Finch
Inte Gallagher
Wash
Asyl
Mary Barnes
St. Aw
Mary Jones
Garfield
A. Dixon
Poplar St. Aw
James Banks
Ty Roac
Hizear
St. Eliz. Heep
David Slaughter
Summer Rd
WAR WORKERS 10 ASK VOTE FOR AFTER WAR CONFERENCE
National American Woman Suffrage Association organizes a war workers appeal next Sunday at 3 PM in the National Theater. Carrie Chapman Catt will preside with speakers Anna Howard Shaw Josephus Daniels Jane Delano F Louis Slade Charles Tiffany Raymond Robins. Community singing and questions on women’s role in reconstruction follow in a national chain event.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Theater
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Howard Shaw
Josephus Daniels
Jane Delano
F. Louis Slade
New York
Charles Tiffany
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Washington
United States
Entertained by Blind at Arts Lab in Washington
A musical and dramatic program by inmates of the Institute for the Blind was held at the Arts lab in Washington with 306 attendees. Performers included Mrs. Benjamin Saule Gantz, Mrs. Bertrand Trenis, Miss Evelyn Payne, Miss Anna Payne, Homer Guernette, Mrs. James Hamilton Fred, Prof. H. R. W. Miles, Miss Catherine L. Grady, Miss Louise Patterson, and J. Francia Germuller. The program followed Swift & Company beef price data for the week ending November 30.
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Arts Lab
I Street Northwest
Benjamin Saule Gantz
Bertrand Trenis
Evelyn Payne
Anna Payne
Homer Guernette
James Hamilton Fred
H. R. W. Miles
Catherine L. Grady
Louise Patterson
J. Francia Germuller
Senator Owen to Farewell Luncheon at Cushman Clubroom
Senator Rober L. Owen, bound for Europe, will be honored at a farewell luncheon tomorrow at noon. The Cushman restaurant clubroom hosts the Round Table Forum of the National Popular Government League, with William Kent presiding as tariff commissioner. Owen will discuss "Problems of Reconstruction."
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Rober L. Owen
Europe
Cushman Restaurant
Fourteenth Street
Round Table Forum
National Popular Government League
William Kent
Owen
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