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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1921
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as instant relief for nasal congestion and headache. It boasts rapid action every two hours for up to three doses, no quinine, pleasant taste, and low cost at drug stores.
A New Orleans reader urges mothers to use Foley’s Honey and Tar for a severe cough in a child at 3116 Washington Ave. She claims it clears mucus, soothes raw inflamed surfaces, loosens chest tightness, and treats croup whooping cough bronchial and other coughs.
Ellsworth Jeffrey, guest of the local post, urged the Army and Navy Union to establish homes for widows and orphans of war dead. A reception at the G A R hall honored him as national commander. He outlined vocational training and college opportunities for eligible children and noted limited numbers of dependents in the United States.
The Gibbons club bazaar continues tonight at Carroll hall. Dr Hubert Work will address physicians and surgeons at a University luncheon tomorrow. Anthropological society convenes at the National museum at 4 45 today. Johnson Powell Community association plans a school spelling match tonight. Dr A B Campbell Shields speaks on The See Place at New Thought temple. Lay Alumni of Catholic university meet at Raleigh hotel tonight. California State association meets at Thomson school Thursday night. New York state society meets tomorrow night at Wilson Normal school. Washington Chamber of Commerce board holds monthly meeting in chamber offices tonight. Dr I Bioresco, Netherlands arms conference delegate, addresses TV club weekly forum luncheon today. Walter Edgerton Holloway to address Florence MacSwiney council.
The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic meets tonight at St. Dominic's parish hall. The Washington section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will gather Friday in the Interior building auditorium with Dr. W Stratton and A A Stevenson as speakers. Frederieck J Palmer will speak at the international forum hosted by the National Council for the Limitation of Armaments tomorrow afternoon. The University of Kansas alumni clubs in Washington and Baltimore plan a banquet at the University Club Thursday night.
Mussel G Cott and Roswell Colt, sons of Col Samuel Fomeroy Colt, abandon their bid to challenge their father’s will. The multimillionaire rubber industry organizer died August 12 in Bristol R I His sons receive 100000 each outright under the probated will and trust provisions place life use on the Bristol homestead and the Colt farm for family members.
Nearly 100 potters from across the United States gather in Washington for the forty third annual convention of the United States Potters Association at the New Willard hotel. Business sessions begin at 1 30 pm with B B Salisbury presiding. Dr S W Stratton bureau of standards director speaks on the business situation and W P G Harding offers an informal talk on the Federal reserve board.
Suburban resident Gertrude Thompson faces murder charges in Rockville with defense claiming a third party tossed her child into a well. The report also notes multiple local marriages in Rockville and upcoming trials of Addison and Henry Parneille in Prince George's and Montgomery counties.
A Black man named Good or Stetson was arrested in Greensboro North Carolina on charges connected to the public safety incident involving Detective Grim of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Grim was attacked in the Southern Railroad yards during a November morning. an associate was arrested and Grim’s wound was initially thought serious but later recovered. Concurrently, Mary Custis Lee Seventeenth Virginia Regiment UD C held a dramatic transfer of Lee Camp hall to the Daughters of the Confederacy at 306 Prince Street in Alexandria amid an old-time musical program. Burglaries near Accotink, Fairfax County, reported thefts valued around 1236 dollars from Everett Cove store, with access via a rear window. Alexandria health officials to curb meat peddling with police support to enforce permits.
A sweeping set of Navy assignments places Capt Adelbert Althouse and dozens of lieutenants at new commands and duties across the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. The changes include transfers to Guam, ships such as the Huron and Foote, medical corps reassignments in Washington and Cavite, and new duties at Pensacola, Norfolk, and San Francisco, reflecting a broad rotation of personnel.
A partial roster lists sailors and marines from the U S Navy and U S Marine Corps being released to home duty and reassigned. Names include George H Metz Rosn Aaron Hold Joseph Reiter John Britton Albert Claussen Frank Smith Powers Worrell Sheridan Briery Fred Weiss and others with assignments to Pensacola San Francisco Philadelphia Mare Island Hampton Roads and Newport News among others.
Four men Nobbe Shilstone Schaile and Petri surrendered to Marshal Hecht for prison in Essex county jail New Jersey after pleading guilty to conspiring to curb competition in tile grate and mantel industry Sentences ranged ten months for three defendants and three months for Petri with fines from 3500 to 4000 Others faced fines totaling about 125000 Judge Van Fleet postponed start of execution The defendants were members of the Tile Grate and Mantel Manufacture and Dealers association Charles C Alexander avoided prison with a 1000 fine due to his wife's illness
A geologist for a Texas oil company captured by bandits in Chihuahua has escaped and is safe in Parral. Representative Lanham of Texas and American Consul Stewart in Chihuahua City informed the State Department. Bandits reportedly demanded 5 000 pesos ransom.
Frenz Muench a 23 year old overseas war veteran residing at 1014 South Carolina avenue southeast was taken into custody yesterday afternoon on assault charges after visiting the war risk training school. John Palmer manager of the war risk training school said Muench attacked him following a tour of records and that the incident occurred at the bureau. Muench is to be arraigned in court today.
Hoover urged immediate relief for famine areas in soviet Russia with a request for about 109 million dollars. James P. Goodrich reported from a six week Volga valley survey warning 25 million Russians face starvation unless grain and seed wheat and corn are sent, with Congress likely to fund the effort.
Dispatches report Venezuela teetering on chaos as Gen Juan Vicente Gomez nears death. Anarchist fears spread in Curacao and Willemstad reports noting Gomez, longtime virtual dictator, was taken to Puerto Cabello for rest amid troops occupying 20 buildings near his deathbed.
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