Obituary Notices From Washington Area Dated February 1919
A series of funeral and interment notices for local residents and their kin. Dates February 5 to 8, 1919. events include services at Rock Creek Cemetery Glenwood Cemetery and Arlington with relatives and friends invited. Names include Maxwell McGinn Plummer Shannon Watt Weeden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reyser-Gn
Radday
John
Broadfoot
Tohn
Inte Trorga Keyser
Colvin Run
Maxwell
Crat
Ida J
John C. Maxwell
Irving Street
Rock Creek Cemetery
McGinn
Yamoat
Bark Plain Northwest
Margret II
Edward
Ella McGinn
Sibley Howpital
Minnie Beart
Pluwmuh
Shannon
Lua W
A. P. Shannon
Husbard
Birdie BH. Shannon
Newry Apartments
Thomas
Ser- Keon
Seventh Street
Glenwood
Watt
Alabama
Maly A
Orville M. Watt
Walter E Gallard
Josephine Watt
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
Arington
Weeden
Newark
Atlee Judson Weeden
Washington, D. C
Woodlawn
Funeral Directors and Mortuary Firms Listed in City
A directory style note lists funeral directors and mortuary firms with addresses and phone numbers. Notable names include Hindle, Sergeon, Speare, Geier, Sardo, Ryan, McClellan, Zarhorst, Gawler, and National Selected Morticians with nationwide service through representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. M. Hindle
Sthanaats
Thos. S. Sergeon
Seventh St. Nw
W. R. Speare CO
Frank Geier’s Sons. Co
Seventh ST. N
Orth
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Modarn Chapel
Lincoln
Weeter Saget
James J Tenn
Clarence Tt
McClelland Ryan & McClellan
Pa Ave
Connection Chapel
GHO. P. Zarhorst Sons, Incorporated
Joseph Gawler's Sons
Other announced candidates include Mann and Gul lett
The field lists Representative Mann as the Republican car leader and Representative Gul lett as a fellow candidate. The sentence notes their roles and affiliations amid the announced slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Mann
Republican Car
Representative Gullett
Copper Mines Cut Wages As Copper Falls in Two States
In Butte Montana the five main mining companies posted wage cuts of 14 cents daily starting tomorrow. In Salt Lake City Utah Copper Company slashes miners and mill workers by about 75 cents per day, effective tomorrow, tied to copper price drops. Wage reductions scale 12.5 cents per 1 cent copper decline for top earners and 10 cents for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Butte District
Salt Lake City
Utah Copper Company
30000 Vote Strike July 1 No Beer No Work Slogan
Newark delegates from 30 000 building trades workers condemn national prohibition and call for a statewide strike starting July 1 when wartime prohibition becomes effective. They urge Essex trades council and Newark area union men to back the action while supporting manufacture and sale of light wines and beers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Essex Trades Council
Lockout to Spread to D C Say New York Builders
New York builders claim a lockout by the Building Trades Employers' Association will spread to Washington D C. The move targets union bricklayers carpenters and hoisting engineers amid a 14 day wage increase demand. Samuel B Donnelly confirms the action and warns it could begin Saturday afternoon if striking workers do not return to jobs on government and private contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William J. Bowen
Indianapolis
Union of Bricklayers, Masona and Plasterers
Samuel B. Donnelly
Root Defends Loyalty Amid War Vote Debate
Mr. Root contests characterizations of disloyalty in wartime votes. He cites Mr. Wilson and Mr. Browne in noting opposition to Miss Jeannette Rankin’s Senate bid and acknowledges the league may have erred labeling House members disloyal for prewar positions they later supported after war was declared.
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Mr. Root
Mr. Wilson
Ford
Mr. Browne
League
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Root
House
Prediction of Labor Shortage By Spring
The training service of the Department of Labor warned of a labor shortage by spring as farms need 2,600,000 workers and factories and building operations require many more. Immigration pause and many workers to be in France next months contribute to tight labor. officials urged a $14 million appropriation for next year and a $2.5 million deficiency for this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Training Service
Department of Labor
France
House Appropriations Committee
Post
John B. Densmore
Federal Employment Service
Employment Service
Government to back wheat price under new farm bill plan
The House agriculture committee approved legislation that would set a $2.24 government guarantee for the 1919 wheat crop while allowing consumer prices to be driven by supply and demand. The government would cover the difference between purchase and sale prices, wielding broad control of the market and facing potential losses if world prices sit near $1.25 a bushel on an estimated 1 billion bushel crop.
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House Agriculture Committee
United States
Conditions at Brest Camp Deplorable For Troops
An anonymous officer describes overcrowded French camps at Brest housing 12 000 American soldiers in space meant for 4 000. Brigadier General McClure improvised a repurposed slaughterhouse lodging, then left, after which tents were again used in muddy fields. He favors testifying before Congress as War Department reports support claims of deplorable conditions as of last November. Several returning officers are to be summoned to Washington to clarify the situation.
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Nathaniel F. McClure
McClure
House
Senate
Washington
Fie
War Department
Brest
Senators To Urge 360 Clerks Rise In Pay
Senators push a $360 annual raise for federal clerks for the next fiscal year. Senator France will sponsor amendments to raise salaries to $360 instead of $240. Senator Sheppard proposes general application across new and old bureaus to ensure equal increases where not already fixed by the current $120 rise. Interview feedback shows growing support within the National Federation of Federal Employees.
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France
Ha National Federation of Federal Employes
Appropriations Committee
War Rink
Sheppard
Tétas
Legislative Committee of the
National Federation of Federal
War Skeena Aground Off Irish Coast Near Waxford
The American steamer War Skeena caught fire twelve miles off the Blackwater Night vessel along the southeast Irish coast near Waxford. Naval ships are aiding. The War Skeena, a wooden vessel of 418 tons, departed Newport News January 17 for Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Waxford
Newport News
Glasgow
Packers oppose new legislation in Washington and states
Bill packing firms oppose Jomily legislation as adverse to their interests. States assigned to firms for supervision included Massachusetts New Jersey Texas and Pennsylvania with costs pro rata to beef business. W A Glasgow Jr denied Hoover favored packers before the House interstate commerce committee amid Livestock Association charges.
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Washington
State
Witeaa
Massachusettes
New Jersey
Texas
Pennsylvania
Veeder
Senate
W. A. Glasgow, Jr
Food Administration
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Edward C. Lasater
National Live Stock Association
The
Lvestock and Markets Division
Wilson Opposed Williams as Comptroller Usurper Claim
Senator Hitchcock postponed the Banking and Currency Committee vote on renominating John Skelton Williams as comptroller to next Tuesday to allow a stenographic report. Witnesses sought to oppose the nomination while Representative Dies accused President Wilson of usurping government powers and called for Congress to assert its appropriating authority
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John Skelton Williams
Banking and Currency Committee
Hitchcock
Dies
Congress
Wilson
Representative Dies
Texas
Hts
Himelf
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Lady Assintant Chapel
A. J. Schippert
TR Ave
J. William
Atlice
Cascara
Glendale
D. c
Capitol
48Th Street
D. G
D.C
Ats
Mt. Pleasant Way
Irvin & Shank
Main
Sheffield
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Sunday Post
New York Builders
Jiffy
Post and Densmore
U.S
American Library Association
J. S. Williams
Senate Banking Committee
W. H. Harrison Co., Inc
Commission Merchants of
Autocar Company
Autocar Sales & Service Co
Pennsylvania Ave
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