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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1924
Page
8
The sixth annual conven tion of the Department of the District of Columbia American Legion is set for August 1 and 2 in the District building board room. Delegates will be elected by posts by July 24 based on paid up membership. last minute canvassing is under way to boost voting strength.
A Memphis firm seeks federal court help to block Little Rock from enforcing a zoning ordinance. The measure bans buildings over three stories near the Capitol, aiming to curb a proposed seven story apartment overlooking the statehouse and Capitol grounds.
Thieves who broke into a barber shop owned by Lawrence Brown on 1841 Tenth Street NW forced a rear window, carried away a battered cash register after failing to pry it open. Police recovered the empty unit, Brown could not say how much money was stolen.
A list of birth notices including names such as William G and Edna Campbell child and Frank H and Cora E Johnson girl along with other families William A and Mary M White girl Eugene and Mamie Kolting girl Francia and Henrietta McNaney girl George and Rafe Goldiner and Joseph and Mable Ottenstein birth entries. The notices record newborns with parental pairings and basic identifiers.
A long list of licenses issued for marriages features numerous couples and dates, with names including Donald Heath Cleeves and Ro Matild Goldin, George Francis S2ur and Rosing Margaret Danhakl, and Robert J Rose with Kate W Beasley. The entries show spouses from Greenville, Fort Myer, Baltimore, Chicago, and Petersburg among others, along with reverends officiating.
The forecast covers Washington and Maryland with unsettled weather for Sunday. Virginia shows showers then probably fair and warmer, while the mid Atlantic mainly fair with local showers Monday. North Atlantic unsettled, with thunderstorms in the South Atlantic and east gulf regions. Temperature trends predict a rise Monday in the Ohio valley and lower Great Lakes.
The death of Harry Blunt a 21 year old from Laytonsville Maryland near Gaithersburg was investigated after his body was found mangled by a train. Dennis Cooper colored was arrested for selling whisky to Blunt and his companions. An inquest found Blunt wandered away from the picnic party and ruled no fault by the engineer. Blunt worked as a mechanic in Rockville Maryland.
Former Oklahoma representative Manual Herrick asked police to locate his M4-D model airplane valued at 500 dollars missing from Arlington Beach. He provided a description of a man suspected of stealing it. Herrick drew attention in Washington after suing his former secretary Ethlyn Chrane for 50000 dollars for breach of promise to marry. The courts enjoined Herrick from annoying or communicating with Miss Chrane.
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