Van Dyck Paintings Fueled Percy Family Mystery in Washington
Earl Percy, aide to Canada’s governor general, arrived in Washington to trace two Van Dyck portraits linked to the Stuarts. Lord Percy dismissed the trip as a social visit, while art dealer Victor Fischer said the two paintings sold for 125000 and left England for America two months earlier.
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Governor General of
Canada
Otis
House of Stuart
England
Earl Percs
Royal House of Stuart
Lord Percy
Washington
van Dyck
Percy
Karl Percy
Ottawa
Victor G. Fischer
van Dycks
Marl Percy
Hens
Philadelphia
Fischer
Charles Louis
Nottle
Uberty
Weather forecast notes unsettled conditions across regions
Weather Bureau notes from Wantington show unsettled conditions across much of the north and east with rain or snow in the southern plains and mid-Atlantic. Temperatures largely below seasonal averages with warmer spells in the lower lake region and middle Atlantic. Winds vary from southerly to easterly along coasts, with sun exposure modest.
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Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Wantington
Praumire
Canada
Muir States
New York
Rocky Mountains
New England
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Upper Take
Eastwarst
Lower Lake
Upper Ohio
Middle
Mississippi Valley
East Gulf Coast
Gulf
Lake Michigan
Slow Fight On Snow Injures Seven Pedestrians
Snowstorm cripples city dumping grounds for snow removal as fifteen street department wagons are stalled. Supt James M Wood warns another major storm would hinder clearing. Seven more accident victims from icy pavements are hospitalized, including Scheckel and Leslie, with fractures and cuts.
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Wood
Cal Spencer Cosby
James M. Wood
Pennsylvania Station
Sixth Street
Missourl Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
South Capitol Street
Washington
Jong
Jong Hospitalist Those Most Seriously Hurt Are Hermen Schockel, of Brooklyn, N
Arthur Leslie
Scheckel
Leslie
Charles Rowe
Portsmouth
Valace
Robert Boas
C Street
George Gibson
Massachusetts Avenue
Abraham White
Herndon
Brooks Kennedy
Groutheast
Ther Casualty
Tax Drivers Strike Over Hours and Wages in Washington
Sixty Washington taxicab drivers, led by the Teamsters and the Chauffeurs Protective Union, strike for shorter hours and a $2.50 daily wage with overtime pay. General President Tobin arrives to lead actions as 70 drivers remain at work with smaller firms unaffected.
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Tobin
Teamsters’ Brotherhood
Cpd. Seals
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Castellias Hell
Daniel J. Tobin
Washington
Chauffeurs’ Protective Union
International Brotherood of Teamsters
Treasury Clerks Mull Union Over Longer Hours
Treasury Department employees are weighing unionizing to negotiate hours wages and working conditions with the government. The American Federation of Labor backs the push and hopes to assist in forming an organized body as clerks contend hours are gradually increased without pay raises.
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Treasury Department
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
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Treasury
Three Coast Coasters Hurt in Northwest Slope Sled Crash
A sledding accident on the Nineteenth Street hill in Northwest Washington left three boys injured. Farmer Reeside, 12, suffered a broken leg. Joseph Humphrey, 14, bruised arm. and John Davidson, 13, sprained ankle, after a double truck sled overturned while coasters tried to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Friday afternoon as sledders crowded the hill near Florida Avenue. Reeside faces a month of recovery.
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Farmer Reeside
How
American Security and Trust Company
Nineteenth Street Northwest
Joseph Humphrey
Charles Jumphres
United States Army
Tighteenth Street
John Davidson
T Street Northwest
Florida Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Washington
James N Halaston
Phar- Harvey M Lewis
Everett Dufour
Wee
Phait Young Recade
Henry E. Davis
Michael W
Sullivan
John C Gittings
George Breet
Hoover
Conrad Syme
Tess
Petianti
Probe Tipsters and Tipster Scams Hit DOJ Scrutiny
The Department of Justice plans to probe horse race and stock market tipsters who claim exclusive information and sure bets. Complaints to the Bureau of Investigation prompted a partial inquiry into Teall Street tip agencies to assess possible fraud. Secretary Meyer travels south for a ten day medical-ordered recuperation after ptomaine poisoning.
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United States
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Secretary Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
George von IL
Meyer
Washington
South
Republican Club Opens New National Headquarters
A Republican Club, backed by nationwide Republicans, opened at 1347 Pennsylvania Avenue last night with Washington members and many applications for membership. Off icers include B C Snyder president George Uhler first vice president Randolph C C second vice president H M Camp secretary Russell Barnes assistant secretary and D H McLean treasurer. New High School Site Desired. The Central High School Alumni Association board recommends a site north of a street and about $250000 be used for the purchase.
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Republican Club
New Home
National Republican Club
Pennsylvania Avenue
B.C Snyder
George Uhler
C. C
Randolph
H. M. Camp
Russell Barnes
D. H. McLean
Central High School
Board of Managers
The
Central High School Alumni Association
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