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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
21
Sa' & Company advertises Glenagles and Plus Fo garments priced at 3.45 with genuine Cleneagles and Pias Four Knicker. The line lists Oyster White Linens Natural Two tone Linens Oyster and Black Stripe Oyster and Brown Plaid Oyster and Black Plaid in both Glenagles and Plus Fo models, plus Palm Beaches.
Maryland officers say a cave dwelling suspect known as a cave man and two Brightwood youths helped crack two gangs tied to about $20000 in robberies in lower Montgomery county last year. Jesse Lancaster, colored, and Earl Dixon 18 and Irvin Davis 20 are under arrest. others implicated. Lancaster allegedly served time for stealing mail pouches.
Alfred J. Brooks of New Jersey files in the Court of Claims a suit against the government claiming breach of contract by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He says he entered in 1919 to buy the Bayles shipyard at Port Jefferson Long Island with six unfinished ships and that the corporation breached the deal and took the yards. Brooks is represented by attorney Eugene B Van Veen.
Felix Lake, a real estate dealer and investor, was sued in District Supreme court by Higbe & Richardson, Inc. for 324,768 for services and advances. Security Savings and Commercial Bank sued Raymond S. Davies for 1,500 on a promissory note. Attorneys Peyser and Edelin for plaintiffs. Chief Justice McCoy presided. The U S District Court ordered warrants for fourteen dozen cartons of chocolate dressing and five cases of fountain chocolate in possession of a Louisiana avenue dealer, alleged adulterated under pure food laws for containing glucose instead of sugar.
The report provides high and low tides for Alm afternoon with rainfall outlook for Friday and Saturday. It catalogs atmospheric pressure patterns north of Newfoundland and across the U S, noting thunderstorms in Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and scattered south Atlantic locations. Forecasts call for showers and thunderstorms Friday in the Atlantic and East Gulf states, with cooler fair weather and varied winds east of the Mississippi by Saturday.
Vital statistics list multiple births with couples named Pearson Gigliotti Knight Payne Muller Ruswell Wedding Gatea Morrin Greene Chambers Sacks Egan Walker Reed Jordan Parker Bridges Bart Hurd Brown Wheeler Jackson Corley Corley Richards etc. Licensed to marry Holiphus Rigilow and Yeachelle McIntosh Haymarket Virginia. Gabriele Daddario and Pauline Petreilo. Guy Rogers and Anne Lindeman Sparrows Point. Reverend F J Grewen, Reverend W M Hoffman officiating.
A list of death notices and ages for residents including Mary G Prest 39, Leroy Patterson 7, Mary A Peck 70, John D DeFrees 70, Esther Robinson 27, James Willis 15 months, and others. Entries include last known addresses such as 1739 Lanier Pl NW and 2059 N Ave NW, with references to Walter Reed Hospital and Children’s Hospital. The notices appear in a local public notices column detailing deceased names, ages, and locations.
A bloodstained vest claimed to have been worn by George Ludley when policeman John W. Purcell was shot in an alley near the Bell school on October 15, 1923 was deemed not prejudicial by Chief Justice McCoy. The court refused to withdraw a juror or declare a mistrial, as defense counsel argued the vest would inflame jurors. The vest was removed on the court’s suggestion. The Yellow Cab Company also filed suit seeking a restraining order to bar Earl B. Pruitt from using a taxicab similar to its fleet, with G. Tl. Dunlap representing the cab company. River Bulletin, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., July 24. Potomac and Shenandoah forecast clouds and clear conditions.
The District of Columbia National Guard artillerymen held final practice before live target work. Subcaliber fire begins tomorrow and continues through Saturday noon. Moving target drills on 12 inch disappearing guns are planned for Monday. Large crowds expected for weekend service target practice.
F. H. Duehary, Inc. owners of the Farragut apartments in Seventeenth and I streets NW asked the District Supreme Court yesterday to restrain the rent commission from adjusting rents. Through attorney Edward B. Kimball the court was told the commission plans action on a complaint by tenant C. W. Fisher and may set new rents for all units. The defense argued the housing emergency no longer exists.
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