Gen Muir Retires After 69 Years of Army Service
Gen Charles H. Muir retires today after a 69 year military career. He served as commander of the Third Corps Area based in Baltimore, with duties across Pennsylvania and Maryland, and led the Panama Canal Zone early in his tenure. His replacements include Maj. Gen Samuel D. Sturgis, who takes command of the Third Corps Area after foreign service.
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Archaeology Tour From Washington Sails for Europe
A Washington group led by George Grant MacCurdy and Mrs Carroll plans an archaeology tour of Europe. The party includes Mr and Mrs Mitchell Carel, Mrs Charles Carrot, Col and Mrs William Eric Fowler, Mrs Florphell Forrester, Mary Tampie, Sophie P Casey, and Seon Panfield. They will visit museums and collections with supervision by the Archaeological Society of the city.
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Europea
Carroll
Greorge Grant MacCurdy
Daatis
Luraneia
Mitchell Carel
Charles Carrot
William Eric Fowler
Plorphell Forrester
Mia “Mary Tampie
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Sophie P Casey
Seon Panfie
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Cities death by own action rate steady in 1923
New York July 17 The average death by own action rate of 80 American cities for 1923 remained at 15.2 per 100000 of population compared with 1922 The Spectator notes this reflects nationwide prosperity San Diego had the highest suicides rate 50.5 Pacific coast high and Lake region low Personal crisis reports were few in coal and steel districts Deaths by own action in 1923 were 3827, down from 3872 in 1922.
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New York
the Spectator
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Journal
Central High to Host Evening School Program
The stadium program at Central High opens tonight at 7 30 with the Washington Times Boys band led by L Whitlips. C W Warburton will give an illustrated talk on agriculture services. Five TV reels from the Department of Agriculture are shown. Friday features include Reade to Wonderland and Uncle Sam World Champion Farmer. A 19 cent entrance fee helps cover costs. rain date is the auditorium of rival High.
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Community Center Department of Public Schools
Lucretia Walke Mardy
Washington Times
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C. W. Warburton
Department of Agriculture
Department of Agrture
Office of Moving Pictures
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Horse In Motion
W. R. Kmucker
Ager
Tral High
Immune Chestnut Tree Aids Restoring U S Timber Crops
A blight resistant chestnut variety from Yunnan China is being grown at the Agriculture Department plant reservation in Bell Maryland. Six specimens represent a bark suitable for tanning and may be introduced widely if experiments succeed. The disease threatens native chestnut timber within 25 years.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Bell
Yunnan
China
Mississippi River
Wilson Popence
Foreign Seed Bureau
Lumber Price Fixing Charge Dismissed
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed its complaint against Douglas Fire Exploitation and Export Company without prejudice. It named 107 lumber firms engaged in Pacific coast exports and alleged a board set export prices, but the commission found no supporting evidence.
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Douglas Fire Exploitation and Export Company
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Coast Territory
Realty Counter Suit Files Over 2000 Deposit
Roy Neuhauser owner of 1414 and 416 T street northwest sues Sophia R. Harris in District Supreme Court to compel her to buy the property for 215,000 and return the 2000 deposit. Neuhauser says he could not locate the purchaser and that Harris failed to fulfill her part of the contract heat.
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T Street Northwest
Sophia R. Harris
District Supreme Court
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Stuffed Flying Lemurs To Be Exhibited Here
Six stuffed flying lemurs from the East Indies will soon be shown at the Smithsonian Institution. They resemble large bats at first glance but glide like flying squirrels with gray fur, pointed ears, and long tails. Native to the Malay peninsula, parts of China and India, the specimens came from Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
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East Indies
Smithsonian Institution
Malay Peninsula
China
India
Java
Sumatra
Boraca
Rare disease traced in Gallinger patient
A young African American resident of Alexandria Virginia named Leslie Wanzer was found dazed at Union Station and taken to Gallinger Hospital. Physicians diagnosed a Parkinsonian syndrome in a rare disease case that baffled experts. A finger pressure on the supraorbital nerve revived consciousness briefly before a relapse into coma. The case features masklike facial expressions and tongue tremors.
Jury today to verdict in Philips Lumber fraud case
Final arguments concluded in the Philips Lumber case before Justice Batley with a jury verdict planned for today. Defendants include John J. Phillipe and Charles Philips Jr and others charged with conspiring to defraud the government of about 1.59 million dollars in surplus War Department lumber, while several co defendants were exonerated or dead. The prosecution faced criticisms from counsel Conrad Syme over alleged grave desecration of Chambers and alleged misdirection of the case, and Morse and Stephens were noted as exonerated.
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Justice Batley
Criminal Court
War Department
John J. Phillipe
Charles Philips
Chambers
Syme
Ute
Morse
Stephens
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