Khaki Clubhouse Proposed for DC Saloon Closures
Dr C F Stim son urged converting District saloons to khaki clubhouses for soldiers at a War Department training camp meeting. Commissioner Louis Brownlow pledged DC support to aid War camp activities and house civilian workers. The district will share responsibility for caring for troops and staff, seeking citizen cooperation. Also advertised is the 1917 Washington Port automobile Route Book for sale.
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C F Stimson
War Department Commission
District War Service Commission
Louis Brownlow
District Commission
Washington
War Service Commission
Washington society hosts Belgian ministers and diplomats
The SOCIETY ETIQUETARY reports a dinner in Washington honoring Belgian Minister Baron Cartier and dignitaries including Baron Ludovic Moncheur Gen Leclercq and Miss Margaret Wilson. Guests included Mrs Crozier Mrs Larz Anderson Mrs Marshall Field and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, with embassies staff and other notable figures enjoying a summer stay at Oak View and Powhatan rooftop events.
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Mrs Astor to France for war relief work
Mrs Vincent Astor plans to sail to France to join war relief efforts with her mother-in-law Mrs John Astor and Miss Ethel Harriman. Vincent Astor serves as an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve aboard his yacht loaned to the government.
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New York
Vincent Astor
France
John Astor
Ethel M B Harriman
JF Borden Harriman
United States Naval Reserve
McLaughlin thein Nuptials at Mrs Cummings residence
A noon wedding at the residence of Mrs Horace Cummings on K street unites Miss Madge Dazzan Irvin of Pittsburgh with Dr Thomas Notty McLaughlin of Washington. Rev Edward L Buckey officiates in a small gathering of relatives and intimate guests, with some out of town attendance.
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Mra James Irvin
Pittsburgh
Thomas Notty McLaughlin
Washington
Edward L Buckey
Boston Honor Awarded to French Croix de Guerre Recipient
France decorates Stewart Forbes, Boston family member, with the Croix de Guerre for bravery in evacuating wounded under fire on the Western Front. Award announced via Eliot Norton, American director of the Harjen Norton ambulance sections. Forbes joined the American Red Cross ambulance service a year ago.
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Red Cross
Close Home for Summer in New England Trips
Mr and Mrs John H Hewson will close their house early in the week and spend the season in Auburn New Jersey and Bar Harbor. Lieut and Mrs Donald Fair chid Washburn plan a summer in New London after their Georgia Schofield wedding. Mrs W Kite and Miss Anita Kite depart for Willoughby Beach Virginia then Baltimore and a northern resort. Mrs Cottman, widow of Admiral Cottman, has gone to California. Dr and Mrs Walter Van Sweringen host Miss Jeannett Ayres of New York as a guest. Commander and Mrs William W Galbraith leave their R Street residence for the Shoreham. Mr and Mrs Charles Oehm Parks, married Saturday, stay at the Hotel Lafayette in Buffalo. Mrs R Hunter Dulaney and companions arrive from Upperville for a few days at the Shoreham. Mr Franklin H Myers leaves for a few days to visit Lieut Gordon Hutchinson at his home.
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Emil Thelas
California
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Herman Edward Fischer Haae Arried
Charles Grayson Dulin
Graduation Signals Shift from Grammar to High School
Graduation exercises for the eighth grade pupils of Washington grammar schools mark the transition to high school. Class work for the regular season closed yesterday. More than 50,000 boys and girls discontinued their studies with many set to join summer school courses opening early next month.
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Miss Lloyd George Weds in Welsh Ceremony
London June 19 Miss Olwyn Lloyd George daughter of Premier David Lloyd George married Capt Carey Evans today. The ceremony was held entirely in Welsh and the premier gave his daughter away.
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London
Countess Gizycka Seeks Divorce From Russian Nobleman
Chicago report details Countess Eleanor Patterson Gizycka telling of neglect and misery at Count Josef Gizycka’s Russian estate. Judge Thomson grants decree. she reveals lavish staff, poverty price, and control over her $20 000 yearly income. She adopts the name Mia Gizycka and relinquishes her title.
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Charles M Thomson
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Mia Gizycka
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Mrs Rhodes Presents Trophy To Bruce School Team
Susie Hoot Rhodes supervisor of municipal playgrounds will present the Bruce School baseball team with the school district and city championship trophies at Garnet School tonight. The exhibition at Garnet School features pictures sewing and works from the art department. The department of domestic art and science will give demonstrations tonight.
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Bruce
Garnet School
Department of Domestc Art and Science
Police Hear Military Law Lecture Series at City University
More than twenty police officials including Superintendent Pullman attended an eight week lecture series on military law and courts martial led by Albert H Putney from the State Department. Captains and Lieutenants from all precincts, two sergeants per precinct, and three inspectors were present as sessions run on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the National University Law School. The lectures are open to all department members interested in military law’s relation to police work.
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Albert H Putney
State Department
National University Law School
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