Reelected Van Schaick as board of education president
George E Hamilton retires in favor of incumbent Van Schaick after a viva voce vote. Gerry narrowly opposes, then Van Schaick is reelected by 5 to 3, with Mrs Margarita Gerry elected president pro tempore. Several staff appointments, resignations, and leaves of absence follow, including war service leaves and name changes for several housing and education workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Hamilton
Viva Voce
Fev
John van Schaick Jr
American Red Cross
France
Ans
Board of Education
Gerge Il Hamilton
Hamilton
Margarita Spittling Gerry
Aqdaresit
van Fehaich Wis
Gerry Wis
Wil
Ttl
van Behat
Tory
T'S
Toorbar
Arthur Nery
H S Burnaide
Adams
E W Tancill
Lovejoy
E Brooks Dunbar
G Lewis
Randall
L_Kinner
LL Peabody
R Holmes Armstrong
H I Walsh Tenley
O A_ Ebert
Congress Heights
O E Easenger
A Shaw Hell
3 Moore
Parthenia
R Woodson
Thrift Card Pledges Classified For War Savings Drive
Washington families pledges are being sorted and recorded by director Callahan's committee. Each card names the source of future stamp purchases, with the original forwarded as a promissory note to the pledger's chosen agency. Charles J Bell leads the push to enroll 1000 members in The $1000 Club with Milton E Ailes and Frank J Picowan assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J Bell
American Security Ad Trust Company
Milton E Ailes
Frank J Picowan
Thefts Reported to Police in City Yesterday
Six thefts were reported to the police yesterday including sporting goods from FF Y Wallace and James H Coghill a watch from William J Powers a pocketbook from 1016 Thirteenth Street Northwest its brveles from Eugene Minor Bol nger Pinkney and the Stone and Fairfax each item listed to the respective owners and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FF Y. Wallace
James H Coghill
William J Powers
Thirteenth Street
Eugene Minor
Bolnger Pinkney
The
Stone & Fairfax
Ostracism of Hun Seen by Ad Clubs
San Francisco July 10 Business relations cannot exist with Germany while the country treats treaties as scraps of paper Samuel C Dobbs of Atlanta urged ad club delegates The 1919 convention elected Wilbur D Nesbitt Chicago as the first presidential candidate for the association Morehouse Los Angeles was elected president of the financial advertisers group and New Orleans will host the 1919 convention A telegram from Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo praised members for their war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Germany
Samuel C. Dobbs
Atlanta
Associated Advertising Clubs
Wilbur D Nesbitt
Chicago
R Morehouse
Los Angeles
Financial Advertisers Association
Fred W Wlisworth
New Orleans
H D Robbins
New York
M.B. Holderness
St Louis
C. A
Gade
New Oleans
the Treasury
William G McAdoo
Oh Yook to Navy and many films at area theaters
Weeklong theater lineup features Oh Yook at Belasco with Elliott Comstock Gest, Our Navy in Primza Color at National, The Italian Battle Front at Poli, and star turns at Christie MacDonald Irene Rowan William Haig BHFE. Moore Strand Garden Crandall venues offer Blue Jeans Revelation For Sale and various shorts with notable stars through next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco Theater
James Montgomery
Joseph McCarthy
Ry Carroll
Bistersand
Harry Fox
National Theater
Navy
Poli
Christie MacDonald
Moore
Strand
Metro
Joseph Arthur
Blue Jeans
Viola Dana
Mme Alla Nazimova
Charles Ray
Loew’s
Columbia Theater
Fatty Arbuckle
William S Hart
Shark Monroe
New Draft Bureau Opens for Nonresident Registrants
A special bureau of information for nonresident draft registrants is set up in Room 513 of the District building. It will relieve local boards by handling out of town cases. District boards have examined about 9000 nonresidents and 500 cases are pending.
Army men lead large class at Almas Temple induction
Acting Potentate Roe Fulker son inducts 98 candidates into Almas Temple Mystic Shrine in the Gayety Theater. Potentate L Whiting Estes absent at home due to illness. Delegations from other temples attend with many officers. About nine-tenths of the class are former military. Theater donation by Harry Jarboe makes ceremony possible.
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Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Roe Fulkerson
L Whiting Estes
Lales
Gayety Theater
Harry Jarboe
Falls Through Elevator Shaft In New Building
Louis Arundel a 35 year old resident of Bon Air Va was injured when he fell ten feet through an elevator shaft in a new building at Twenty seventh Street and Woodley road He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital.
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Louis Arundel
Bon Air Va
Twentyseventh Street
Woodley Road
Georgetown University Hospital
Fire Damages Shed on U Street Southeast
A fire in a rear shed at 1327 U street southeast caused about 400 dollars in damage yesterday afternoon. Engine Company No 15 arrived after the blaze had gained headway and the shed was destroyed.
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U' Street
American War Correspondents Meet Southward-Lodging Visit by War Aid Women
In a dim cafe a party of war correspondents watches as American women volunteers arrive from a grim front town. They wear blue capes and carry heavy boots, having traveled 30 miles to brighten the soldiers’ nights. The Smith College unit, led by Mrs Hanna Andrewa, and Marie Wolff of Newark, aid soldiers north of Paris by feeding, housing, and providing reading rooms. The Women’s Overseas Hospital, funded by the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, operates in a French city offering medical care and rank to women staff, including Dr Alice Gregory as captain.
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MCA
Aura
France
Paris
Smith College
Hanna Andrewa
New York
Misa Marie Wolff
Newark
Somme
A. E
Smith
Women's Overseas Hospital
National Women's Suffrage Association
United States
Alice Gregory
Hospital Staff and Visitors in Khaki uniforms
A secretary and several women including Miss Louise Griffith of New York and Miss Anne Hurst Curry of Baltimore are noted among hospital workers and a visiting correspondent. The scene lists dental staff, four nurses, three aides, two chauffeurs, a dietician, a woman carpenter, plumber, two maids, a cook, a dog and a cat. Mrs Raymond Brown, vice president of the Woman Suffrage party, attends to reorganize the hospital, which the author believes may soon be taken over by the United States army. The women wear khaki uniforms with brassards marking their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Nevin
Brooklyn
Louise Griffith
New York
Anne Hurst Curry
Baltimore
Raymond Brown
Woman Suffrage Party
United States Army
Billy Sunday Operation Successful in Rochester
William A Bunday the evangelist underwent a hernia operation in Rochester Minnesota. The surgery was announced as successful and the prominent preacher was reported in good condition after the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
Rochester Minn
William A Bunday
Allen's Foot Ease Antiseptic Powder Advertisement
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for feet relief. It claims antiseptic action for burning, sweating, and aching feet and bunions, marketed to soldiers and civilians. Includes price 25 cents, trial packages, and a mailing address in Le Hoy New York.
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Allens
Alen S Olmsted le Hoy NY
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Reelects van Schaick
Mrs. Gerry
Larner
Gerry
van Schaick
Fiaratt
Dr van S
John B Larner
Walla
M L. Benson
B_ Norton
Alice Pollock
L G Smith
G B Norton
Mary Clifford
Marie Moore Forrest
Franklin
C A Metzler
Central Community
JG McGrath
Park View
Helen Bardwell
C Ll Pelham
Miner
Charles Rabbitt
Central Igh
Vidco
National
Our Navy
B. F. Keith
Christie McDonald
Moore's Garden Theater
Pathe
Gladys Hulette
Creighton
the Garden
Tusday
Earle Williams
Charlotte
Knickerbocker
Madge Kennedy
VHI
Crandal
Bocker Theater
Douglas Fairbanks
Kitty Gordon
Crandall’s
Elsie Ferguson
Ibsen
Alice Brady
Savoy
Mariel Normand
Crandall
Savoy Theater
Columbia
Claws of the
Casino
Casino Theater
Glen Echo Park
Great Falls Park
Ladies’ Liberty Orchestra
Marshall Hall
Charles Macalester
Marshall Hell
Potomac
NEW Draft Bureau
Shriners
P. Lordlard Ca
Madame
Beaucoup Des Americaines
Smith College Unit
Gibbin
H St. N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Windsor Castle
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