Christmas Opportunity Fund Needs $8635 for 12 Families
The Associated Charities Christmas fund reports receipts of 4752.50 but still needs 8635.50 to support twelve remaining cases in the district. Eleven opportunities remain to aid widows and children through 1925, with detailed tallies per case and donors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
John Joy Edson
Eleventh Street Northwest
Post
Furds
Opportunity
BELC
H. G
N. H
Welfare Club
Office of the Register of the Treasury
M.S. M
GG. A
Mamoriam
M. J
L. E
R. K
Kiwanis Club
G.G. A
Mra. N. W
Office of the Register of the Tresaury
Mra. C. V. R
W L. R
S. PF
J.C. M
M.A. P
Mistletoe scarce this Christmas amid greens market hope
Mistletoe remains scarce this year while fowl supplies look robust amid Department of Agriculture assurances. Local merchants report turkeys at 40 cents a pound live and 50 cents dressed, substitutes like chickens and geese priced 30 to 40 cents. Yuletide puddings and nonalcoholic flavorings sell briskly, with mistletoe priced 25 cents to 1.25 for small sprigs. Christmas trees supply appears ample, with Maine New Hampshire Vermont pines evident and nearby firs cheaper. Holly and wreaths command 26 cents to 1 per spray, with crowsfoot rope at 10 cents a yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
New York
Washington
North Carolina
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Dealera
Opportunity No 11 Colored Aid Need and Donations
Widow and four children seek $728,已 acknowledged $73, total $139 raised $589 still needed. Also details for Opportunity No 12 13 14 show small contributions from M S M, A Friend, Welfare clubs and others toward aid for families in distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G V. A
J.C.L
Starmont Aid Society
G. P
Office of the Register of the Treasury
Clara R. Dennis
Mre. N. W
M.S. M
A. W.F
Federation to Rehear Charges Against Libby
A special meeting of the Federation of Citizens Associations is set for tonight at 8 to reconsider charges against Frederick J. Libby, secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War. At a November 1 meeting a protest resolution against Libby addressing District school children was laid on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Citizens Associations
Frederick J. Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
Federation
Libby
C. BE. Emig, Co
A. Barker
L. A. Simons
J. A. Saul
Snowden Ashford
Sidney Roche
Sheridan Ferree
G. H., Powell
Gilbert L. Hall
Salvation Army to Distribute 650 Food Baskets Wednesday
The Salvation Army will feed Washington's poor in the auditorium at 606 E street northwest on Wednesday. Six hundred fifty baskets, each for five dinners, will be handed out with Mrs. Calvin Coolidge giving the first basket. Navy band led by Charles Benter will perform. Each basket includes chicken, potatoes, onions, turnips, butter, bread, cakes, candy, coffee, sugar, canned corn and peaches, macaroni, oats, milk, fruit and a War Cry. The drive supports a Christmas relief fund of 915,000 with about 7,000 raised so far. donations may be sent to 607 BH street northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Washington
E Street Northwest
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Navy Band
Charles Benter
Army
Dinner honors Woodrow Wilson birthday award to Viscount Chelwood
At 7:30 p m December 28 the Woodrow Wilson Foundation District committee will host a Willard hotel dinner celebrating the first annual award of 25000 to Viscount Cecil of Chelwood England as the person who has rendered the most meritorious public service toward peace through justice. The jury sat in Boston under chair Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Willard Hotel
Viscount Cecil
Chelwood
England
Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Remgritue
Harvard University
Quiet Christmas Day Planned at White House
Christmas day in the White House will be similar to last year with Calvin Coolidge Jr. gone. President and Mrs. Coolidge host Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston as John Coolidge plans to join the holiday gathering in Washington. Dinner at seven, Christmas Eve carols by the First Congregational Church choir on the north portico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
First Congregational Church
Review Refused in Housing Law Suit
The U S Supreme Court declined to grant a writ in the Peck versus Fink case, leaving the tenant’s challenge unresolved. Chief Justice Taft ruled the appellate court decision was not final and the matter not ready for the highest court, sending the case back to municipal court for a confirming opinion before possible further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Peck
Fink
Court of AD
Taft
Court of Appeals
Sahara Skyscraper Cities Described by Prorok at NatGeo Talk
Count Byron Khan de Prorok described Sahara dead cities built of salt and mud with seven story basements and half-and-half dwellings, noting cave-dweller towns and shifts between upstairs and underground living by temperature. His Carthage expedition film showed urns with bones from child sacrifices to Moloch and signet rings on skeletons, including Hannibal and an antique lamp advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Desert
Byron Khan de Prorok
National Geographic Society
Carthage
Hannibal
Sunday Night Mail Provisions Made Here
Postmaster Mooney orders Sunday night post stations to ease central office congestion. Stations opened include Columbia Road 1776 Columbia Road Northwest Connecticut Avenue 1220 Northwest Florida Avenue 1802 Twentieth Street Northwest Northeast Maryland Avenue Southeast Park Road Northwest Southeast Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast Southwest Seventh Street Southwest U Street Northwest 1438 U Street Northwest West End 1716 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. A temporary station operates at Fourteenth and Fairmont from 5 PM to 8 PM, with 820 Fourteenth Street Northwest open 6 PM to 11 PM, and the main office remaining open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Post Office
Mooney
Columbia Road
Connecticut Avenue
Florida Avenue
Twentieth Street
Maryland Avenue
Park Road
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
U Street
West End
Fourteenth and
Fairmont Streets
Fourteenth Street
Santa Claus at North Pole Talks on Radio to Tots
Santa Claus spoke from station YOULE on the North Pole about his home, toy plant, and this year’s visit. He described a private broadcasting station linked to WCAP for Washington listeners, noted his use of a huge airplane, and outlined plans to travel worldwide at midnight on December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
North Pole
Youle
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
WCAP
Washington Kiddies
Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post and Associated Charities
Christmas Fund
Evergreen
Turkey
Children’s Phonograph & Seven Radiex Records
Supreme Court
Peck-Fink
Nere
Count Prorok
Geographic Society
Icton
Colbert
Maurice J.colbert
Lgogor
Walford
Seth Thomas
Seth Thomas Westminster
Waterman
Parker
Sheaffer
Conklin and Wahl
Eversharp, Sheaffer and Parkee Pencia
Jewelry Dept
Romesz
Santa
Katrinka
Émerly
Aiake
Httle
Horsman Woelking
Toonerville
Lionel
Eerior
Harmonica Joe
Cence cc
American Flyer
Heedie Loren
Tefdy
Uncle Wiggly
Toytown
Lansburgh
BRO
St. N.W
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