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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1924
Page
8
The Interstate Commerce Commission indefinitely suspended the February 1926 deadline for 42 railroads to install automatic train control systems. The order allowed a mechanical safeguard to be used if the engineer was alert. Commissioners dissented from the decision.
Walter Connors a 16 year old from Travilah Maryland is reported in undetermined condition at home after an alleged assault by Daniel Genus a Black farm hand. Sheriff Clay Plummer arrested Genus after a wagon incident hauling wheat where the boy fell from the wagon and suffered a badly cut head.
The weather service reports fair and slightly warmer conditions for DC Maryland and Virginia with partly cloudy skies. North winds will be gentle and pressure is rising, while Atlantic coastal areas may see unsettled conditions and local thundershowers in the lower lake region. Temperatures will peak around the afternoon with mid 70s to low 80s and showers possible in some Atlantic states.
Army veteran Capt Paul Fletcher, former Western front service with the Sixth Division, has been appointed vice consul in Toronto Ontario. He recently left a lumber business in Tennessee and resides at Kew Gardens apartments with his wife and one child who will accompany him.
Oliver Oxcar Michael 52 is charged with Mann act violations and the man said to have four children. Hebecca L Pitta 21 of Glen Grove West Virginia is charged with a statutory offense. Detectives Springman and Larnell arrested the pair here after they allegedly lived in a rooming house on L street near Sixth. The couple reportedly came here last month and acted in Pittsburgh last January.
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