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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1924
Page
6
A Potomac dinner features speakers urging civic cooperation amid community concerns. Attendees discuss library access, local groups, and regional initiatives, with references to Cherry Dale and nearby towns.
Cora Williams a government prisoner at Wilson jail felled jailer Jordan Nemro with an axe handle, knocked him unconscious, and fled with another prisoner. Both women escaped while the guard lay stunned. Jordan regained help but the pair had already vanished.
The annual premic for the Gaithersburg Council of Knights of Columbus was held near St Wartns church with prominent members from across the state in attendance. The event included a motor vehicle violation committee led by Dr John Rome and listed several individuals fined in the police court, while a Montgomery County club meeting discussed fundraising and local elections staffing.
A man attempted to kill himself by shooting and then boarded a moving train. The train halted as the engineer stopped it. The incident took place near the river and involved a note asking for a lawn to be laid at the funeral. Three children were present.
The Petersburg center is expected for a larger motor transportation network. The Bomb on Motor Corporation seeks a permit from the State Corporation Commission to run a Richmond to Lornohe Virginia line via Petersburg, with existing services between Norhmond Petersburg and Smithfield in Isle of Wight County and another line Suffolk to Frye Road.
A wedding records Jules 47 ft Mat theas of Metomas Woova and Miss Jucite Bridgewater on Wednesday at the bride’s home in Loyingston. The brief notice notes a familial, intimate ceremony without extended celebration details.
Rockville records show marriages between Edward Perry Noe and Mrs Mais Franklin of Washington, and Frank B Wins of Washington with Ruth L Peterson, also of Washington, with ages listed as 15 for Peterson and others from Washington. Names include Milas Pearss Mb Forrest of Norfolk and Wa htnest Lo fohi sun, details appear garbled.
Alexandria marks the holiday with a King Street parade of decorated floats and autos, a field day at MCA grounds, and fireworks. Four young women represent Columbia Liberty History in tableaux, with Alabama? No. The Playgrounds Association staged floats including Betsy Ross and Liberty Bell themes, while races and children's events unfold. A charter for a new hotel is pursued by stockholders, with officers named and a contest for a permanent hotel name underway. The destroyer Case arrives for the celebration, officers visit the mayor, and local officials attend a civic dance. An Accotink merchant, Mr Dave, dies, and George Buddin resigns as superintendent of the Washington division.
J Edwin Wrenn, a Washington, D C native formerly of Baltimore, sails from New York aboard the George Washington to study European markets for American meat products. Appointed special trade commissioner, he will devote four months to the investigation and inspects the major European capitals.
Seattle July 2 equipment includes radio position finder and sonic depth meter on the Guide of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey now mapping off the Pacific coast. Depth noted at 1900 fathoms. Devices stem from World War I anti submarine work. Sound waves from a TNT explosion are used to fix the ship’s position via hydrophones and shore radio stations, enabling navigation without leaving the radio room.
A new subsea cable will connect Seattle to Ketchikan and Seward with Juneau Wrangell and Petersburg, making Ketchikan a relay hub for four lines. The Telwood crew finished the Seattle to Ketchikan segment May 31, and a second section Seattle to Seward is planned. The system will support duplex operation and handle six times the traffic of the old Seattle to Sitka line.
Dover June 16 A British monitor sunk north of the railway at the entrance of Dover harbor is to be removed. The vessel had just loaded shells and anchored near the harbor entrances awaiting a chance to depart. An explosion caused disaster and many crew members perished as troops moved in to save the harbor.
Berlin June 13 Manfred Wronker-Fintow of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany states in a trade bulletin that Germany has more mortgages cleared by paper marks than anywhere else. He notes that over seventy percent of German mortgages were released for payment during inflation days, at the expense of former investors who trusted mortgages as secure investments and faced impoverishment.
In Plovdiv Bulgaria villagers near Metchhur thank King Boris for selling a model farm once owned by King Ferdinand. The sale ends a 25 year quarrel over the estate used as a game preserve and later a model farm. The king fixed a nominal price and transferred ownership to the local mayor and council. The village had long sought to own the land. Geneva: The Irish language edition notes Ireland’s Free State member status in the League of Nations and the International Labour Office.
Radio schedules list Naval Radio Arlington Wisconsin and New York time slots for weather livestock fruit markets and various concerts. The log includes dozens of stations with concerts broadcasts time signals and special coverage of the Democratic national convention likely from Madison Square Garden New York City. Program notes cover time signals weather forecasts livestock reports and a range of musical performances across stations from Montreal to Los Angeles and Chicago.
General Electric Company station presents the Goldman Band of New York in the first of eight concerts tonight at 3:00 p.m. standard time. The seventh Goldman Band season began June 1 and runs 12 weeks, funded by Daniel Guggenheim and Mr and Mrs Murray Gubeenheim for public enjoyment, with Mr Coldman directing. Earlier concerts included performances at Columbia University and Central Park, drawing large crowds of over 15,000 at the final show.
A grand Fourth of July in Harrisonburg featured Shenandoah Valley dedication to war dead. County service members joined a parade with veterans and groups while Capt John Thomas Toler warned against pacifist appeasement. The unveiling of a granite memorial by Charters Keck showed the Goddess of Veterans resting on laurels toward future peace.
New York lube 4-Clase 1 rail roads earned net operating income of 1,360,495 397 in Mas a decrease of 29 436 under the same month tasi 1 ve at the Amencur Raie as assist ilon Fepert Aprils total was 1 521 Wa Por the flat five months of it net operating income mounted to 1 726 60 which was at the annual rate of return of 42 7 per cent for their property investment compared with 358 435740 or 498 per cent for the same period of 14922 t operating revenues in Wat totaled 477 220000 a drop of 70 097 800 or 129 per cent below the same month last year.
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