Clarendon theater to start work this week at $50,000
Ground will be broken within ten days for a 50 thousand dollar motion picture house at Wheeler avenue and Wilson boulevard Clarendon. Land cost 8300 dollars. Brick and tile construction with 60 by 106 foot frontage and 750 seating capacity. Company officers to be announced soon.
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Arlington County Bureau
POST
Clarendon
Ve Tel
Clar
Wheeler Avenue
Wilson Boulevard
Companoy
Red Grange Cuts Ice In Win And Work
Red Grange known for football feats at Illinois also kept fit by delivering ice on an ice wagon during the summer. The essay notes his four touchdowns in 11 minutes against Michigan and highlights ice's many uses while praising American Force Pure ice quality.
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Red Grange
Harold E
Red
Grange
University of Illinois
Michigan
Showman Sentenced Five Years for Killing in Tasley Va
Accomac Va Dec 4 A T Schultz one of four showmen on trial for murder in the shooting of farmer Ralph Roach at Tasley last August was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced by Judge Westcott to five years in the Virginia State penitentiary. Defense said an appeal likely. Giard Lenozzo next on trial followed by Charles F Miller and Frank West the latter owner of the show Roach died in a row between show people and fair patrons Roach was a farmer Wests show featured at the fair.
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Accomac
A. T. Schultz
Ralph Roach
Tasley
Westcott
Virginia State Penitentiary
Giard Lenozzo
Charles F Miller
Frank West
Roach
West
Appellate Court Gets Telephone Rate Case
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Dec 4 The telephone rate case was submitted to the Maryland court of appeals after arguments by counsel for the public service commission and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co The PSC contends it lacks authority to enforce a rate continuance during hearings while the case seeks nationwide rate changes The appeal from Baltimore city circuit court asks to stop the commission from compelling continuation of existing rates until January 1 The lower court ruling was by Judge Charles F Stein.
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Washington
Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Circuit Court
Beltimore City
Telephone Company
Charles F. Stein
Two Couples Are Hurt When Auto Hits Train
Special to The Washington Post. Hoogaratown Md Dec 4. Robert C Yeakle 19 was seriously injured and Misa Lulu Mots 18 fractured collarbone when the automobile they rode in struck a freight train at the Norfolk and Western crossing on the Downeville Pike. Yeakle may lose his right eye. John McCurdy driver and Miss Elva Dickenhoff also in the car were badly bruised.
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Washington Post
Hoogaratown
Robert C. Yeakle
Misa Lulu Mots
Norfolk and Western
Downeville Pike
Hagerstown Hospital
Yeakle
John McCurdy
Elva Dickenhoff
Vance Ends Life in Clarksburg Hardware Store
William A Vance, 50, general manager at HB R Davis Co in Clarksburg West Virginia, killed himself with a window cord in the firm’s retail hardware store on December 3. He was found by employees and survived by his wife a son John V Vance and a stepdaughter Amelia Vance Russell.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W Va
William A Vance
HB. R. Davis & Co
Vance Wa
John V. Vance
Amelia Vance Russell
Beltsville and Hyattsville notices in December local clubs
Suburban Beltville reports its Woman's Community club December meeting featured Prof Reginald V Truitt on The Resources of Chesapeake Bay and Mrs Alice Morton on Our Presidents and What Has Become of Them The Beltsville Citizens Association adjourned to January due to bad weather A Rev A Lee Barret recovers from illness Beltsville Grange held an entertainment Hyattsville Woman's Club meets December 5 in the library Kipling talk planned for Hyattsville Sale of Christmas seals brisk in Prince Georges County Irene Webber found dead at 72 near Green Spring Virginia with eight children surviving
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RY Asville
Chesapeake Bay
Reginald V. Truitt
University of Maryland
Alice Morton
Woman’s Community Club of
Beltaville
W. H. Dann
M. H. Byers
Washington
H. N. Mathews
Beltsville Citizens Association
Grangehall
A. Lee Barret
Beltsvilla Grange
Grange Hall
Methodiat Sunday School
Orange Hall
Miles Standish
Priscilla
Hiawatha
Hollywood Glee Club E
Sunday Schoool
Hyattsville
Hyattsville Woman's Club
Rudyard Kipling
R. Moore
Prince Georges County
County Association For Prevention of
E.N. Cory
H. B. Mayhew
C. Forrest Dickey
Hustieville
Two Alleged Operators of Blind Pool Refused New Trials
Baltimore reports confirm that William A. Gillespie and Harold R. Dickey were denied fresh trials by the Court of Appeals in Annapolis. Emory Newton, head of the Handful Union Finance Company and a blind pool operator, was granted a new trial due to alleged judge errors. Separate items note a young Baltimore stenographer, Elizabeth Riddle, hospitalized after a suicide attempt, and a pedestrian fatality at Monument and Buren streets during a runaway incident.
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William A. Gillespie
Maryland
Harold R. Dickey, Jr
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Gillespie
Dickey
Emory M. Newton
Hdeland Union Finance Company
Newton
Charles F. Stein
T. Scott Offutt
Stein
Gillispie
Bigamy sentence suspended in local court case
Judge Howard W. Smith suspended a three year penitentiary term for bigamy. William Wouzer, colored, was found guilty of violating the prohibition law, fined $200, and sentenced to three months in jail. An appeal was noted. Funeral services for Miss Lyla C. Lee will be held at 11 this morning at her brother Thomas A. Lee's home, with burial at Ivy Hill. Norval L. Allen sold to Norman B. Ryan, Washington, a house and lot in Rosemont. deed recorded yesterday.
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William H. Duncan
Circuit Court
Board of Supervisors
Duncan
Commonwealth
Alexandria
Movement For
Thomas Chauncey
Claude W. Fletcher
Sidney Weil
Howard W. Smith
William Wouzer
Lyla C. Lee
Washington
Thomas A. Lee
Samuel A. Wallis
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Norval L. Allen
Norman B. Ryan
Rosemont
Extradition Fight Over Rajah Hari Singh Case
In Paris James Charles Arthur a former British officer aiding Rajah Sir Hari Singh fought extradition claiming any crime occurred there. London sources report the rajah linked to a Paris blackmail plot involving Mrs B Robinson. UK secrecy around Mr A identity lifted amid Indian rulers pressure.
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Paris
James
Charles Arthur
Hari Singh
London
Arthur
B. Robinson
Swife
Robinson
Daily Express
India
India Office
Jammu and Kashmir
Express
Hari
James Charles Arthur
Maryland University Upheld in Coed Case
The Maryland University ruling affirms campus discipline as faculty responsibility, with courts only reviewing for abuse of discretion. The appeal notes a verbatim trial record and cites costs assigned to Miss Simpson, sued by her father as next friend, in a George Washington University context.
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Page
George Washington University
Miss Simpson
Joseph Simpson
Postoffice Robbers Find Money All Gone
Thieves forced their way through the rear entrance of the postoffice in Tappahannock Virginia last night but found no money. All funds had been deposited in a bank vault nearby due to a recent robbery. A crow bar was left at the scene as a souvenir.
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Washington Port Bureau
Patrick &J
Butcher & Baggett
Market Alley
Royal Street
L. Rosenberg
North Royal Street
Morton
Tappahannock
J. L. Henley
Bowman 58 dies in Petersburg after 30 years in drug trade
Robert L. Bowman, 58, a Petersburg native, died at his home on December 4. He had run a drug business in Petersburg for 30 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Petersburg
Robert L. Bowman
Internal Revenue Bureau Seeks New Fireproof Building
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports total tax collections of 27 642 527 20 for the year ended June 34 1924 with income taxes at 24 164 324 01 and miscellaneous taxes 3 375 203 19. It notes fire hazards in temporary city buildings housing the bureau and calls for improvements. The report also shows efficiency costs and tobacco taxes rising to 325 638 931, a record share of federal revenue.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue States
Unt
Blair
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Clarendon Theater
Republicans
Ashton Heights Woman’s Club
Bazaar
Glath
State Bikhway Commission
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Arlington County
Scott Young
Thomas
William Young
James F. Berzel
Dorothy Dowden
George Daxden
Fort Myer Heights
Logan Owens
Edward Douglas White
The
Woman’s Club
Ashton Heights
Arlington County Republican Club
Ebbitt Hotel
S. H. Yorkdadle
J. H. Warner
J. W. Pumphrey
L. C. Mac Therson
Central High School
Nancy DeLashmutt
Alden Goodwin
Dorothy Leighty
Virginia Swindell
Anne Petty
Eleanor King
Falla Church Citizens Association
Frank H. Eastman
Odd Fellows Hall
Harry A. Fellows
American Company
Showman
W.A. Vance
Self
R. P. Webber
Winchester
Irene Webber
Robert P. Webber
Green Spring
Alexandria Market
Wonan
Razor Blade
Burlars
Riddle
Elizabeth Riddle
Maryland General Hospital
John J. Mossman
Hamewood Street
Western Maryland Railroad
Monument and
Buren Streets
Ba Ore ‘Transfer Company
Othag
Goa
Daniel L. Scanlon
Philadelphia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Scanlon
Broadway
Ruth W. Kernan
Weat
Hamilton Avenue
Frank 'Kuberta
Baltimore Street
Russell Whitney
Kerbe
City Council
James R. Caton
Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Rich
Sherley
State Highway Commission
Hunting Creek
Richmond First” Club
Maple Street
Washington Avenue
North View Terrace
Smoot
Robert Hicks
Harry Bryaant
City
Hicks
Columbia Engine and Motor Company
Volunteer Fire Department
Norman Roberts
John E. Edmonds
W. Barrington
Thomas McDermott
Lawler, Jr
Edwards. Leadbeater
Leo H. Deeton
Claude Haynes
Leutenant
Henry Metzger
Leuteant
Carl Metzger
Hose
Cpurt Yestern Lday
Arthur Cole
Phillips
15Th
K Sts
WM. S. Phillips Realtor-Builder
1Sth & E Bta
Rajah
Maryland University
Brecon Engravers and
13Th St
N. W
Internal Revenue Bureau
Snationalls
Edmonston
18Th ST
MiLeland
103Rd St
Franklin
Nash
Fieora
P.O
Tos
Hoosier
Mayer’s
Lifetime Furniture
Seventh Street
New Ford
R. L. Taylor Motor Co
Ford Dealers
T Streets
N. W. Ee
Riseman
7Th & F
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