Washington High Holds Largest Class With Two Top Scholars
Commencement at Central High draws 205 graduates including Rebecca Perlman and Ugenta Brodsky who win top honors and Syracuse University and University of Virginia scholarships. Other high scorers include Sidna Ruhrer and Margaret Fishback. ceremony features Sen Thomas Sterling and remarks on national education progress and Central spirit. Tax notes highlight higher tobacco revenues driven by women smokers despite prohibition, with a total revenue rise across income, other internal revenue, and customs.
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Washington High School
Rebecca Perlman
Ugenta Brodsky Aga
Miss Perlman
Syracuse University
Brodsky
Sidna Ruhrer
Margaret Fishhack
Lafayette College
Samuel Kaplan
Lehigh University
Samuel Cottell
Maryland State College
Ralph Turoff
National School of
Dorothy Parr
Rebecca Tterlman
University of Virginia
Silvan Reichgut
Washington and Lee Unaversity
Emile Pessagno
Wesleyan University
Elton Taylor
George Washington University
Alec Horwitz
Rladys Phoebug
Charles Eschickler
W TT Gall
Thomas Sterling
Washington
National University
Business High
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Ernest I. Thurtson
Robert Maurer
Thurston
Theodore Paul Arbeely
Chester Wyatt Buchanan
Kenneth Woodyard Clark
Remond Watson Richardson
Arbeely
Hospital Corpu
District National Guards
Georgia
Searoas
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N. Co
United States Internal Revenue
Treasury
Grant Children Get Estate From Grant Locomotive Founder
Rebecca Douglas Grant widow of David Beach Grant founder of the Grant Locomotive Works Chicago files a will in Paterson Minnesota probate naming son Douglas Stewart Grant as heir to the locomotive works interest. The residue is divided among her children Adele countess of Essex England Edith Padeford Paris and Douglas Stewart Grant with two trust funds of 50000 each for the daughters. Mrs Grant died in Washington February 7.
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Paterson
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David Beach Grant
Grant Locomotive Works
Chicago
Letthar
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Adele
England
Fdyth Padeford
Parise
Grant
Washington, D. C
What Do You Know About the Country You're Fighting For
A travel promotion highlights Colorado's beauty and vastness to inspire a vacation mindset. It promotes Rock Island Lines and the Hobby Mountain Limited service from Chicago to Colorado, urging readers to request illustrated literature and trip details from the Rock Island Travel Bureau.
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Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Colorado
Rock Island Travel Bureau
Olorado Building
Washington
Hall Brown
Adv Safety and Service First
Hoover Warns Food Bill Could Shape War Supply
Public testimony shows Herbert Hoover arguing against broad price controls while advocating food administration powers. He cites dangers of distorting trade, notes imports, discusses minimum prices, rationing, and voluntary measures amid high living costs and wage pressures. Debate features Senator Reed and others probing responsibilities in future legislation and distribution.
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Congress
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England
France
Deliveries by Post Plan of Big Stores
New York reports a wartime economy plan to have the United States Post Office Department handle all delivery services for dry goods stores on a parcel post basis. The move aims to eliminate duplications in delivery routing and equipment. Postmaster General Burleson will present the plan to merchants and the Council of National Defense within two weeks.
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United States Post Office Department
F Ts Howe
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Burleson
Washington
Council of National Defense
Keons
Postal Service
Postoffice Department
Death of Col John S. Bell in Newark
Newark June 19 Col John S Bell aged 58 former chief of the Federal secret service bureau in Washington and once Newark police chief died here today Friends say the recent death of Col William F Cody Buffalo Bill who had been associated with Bell on the plains depressed him Bell was vice president and general manager of Union Ice Company and vice president of Norris town and Essex Railroad
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N. J
John 58. Bell
Federal Secret Service Bureau
Washington
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Col Bell
Plains
Col. Beall
Union Ice Company
Norristown and Essex Railroad
Cuban Rebels Arrive in New York Under Custody
Five Cubans said to be implicated in the recent uprising reached New York today aboard a Dutch steamship and were placed in the custody of American officers. Ship officers reported they were arrested on orders from Washington and brought to the United States.
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New York
Haiti
United States
Washington
Warehouses Full of Foods Amid Price Complaints
New York needed statement by Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures, declaring all cold storage in the city full and retailers charging high prices despite food abundance. He cited butter, cheese and eggs arriving in glut. warned of potential price increases without federal and municipal action. American Railway Association reports freight car shortage cut by one third since May 1 due to war board actions.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Hartigan
Railroad War Board
American Railway Association
War Board
Coal Men Data In Court In Separate Trade Conspiracy Case
In New York on June 19 exhibits and records from coal companies and individuals were presented in the federal trial accusing them of conspiring to restrain trade and fix coal prices. The proceedings noted a record volume of exhibits and a denied motion for mistrial over inclusion of bunker coal in the indictment. The Federal Trade Commission is studying fuel oil and coal prices for the Navy Department.
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New York
West Virginia
Grubb
Federal Trade Commisssion
Navy Department
J. G. McGrath Elected Park View Community Secretary
J G McGrath won the Park View community secretary post by 192 of 221 votes in a ceremony at the new public school building. Mrs J Ward won 21 votes, B S Elliott 13, and C H Hanson 5. speeches by Rep M Clyde Kelly and C S Shreve followed the election. The event included an inaugural parade and a memorial arch presentation from Congress to the state.
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Park View
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
T Louis Brownlow
Conrad Syme
William Hita
J. G. McGrath
Woa
McGrath
Mrs. & J. Ward
B.S Elliott
C. H. Hanson
Kelly
E. J. Ward
CG. H. Hanson
Wilson
Community Association
James Kerr
Helen Clarkson
Milas Wilson
Grover Cleveland Community Forum
Hold Carter in Keet Case in Hutchinson
Police announced the arrest of Dick Carter of Springfield Missouri on a warrant for first degree murder in the disappearance and death of Baby Lloyd Keet. Authorities say all three suspects are in custody after the baby’s body was found in a well on the Crenshaw farm ten days after the abduction. Claud Pierson and Cletus Adams were moved from Kansas City to St. Louis last night.
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Dick Carter
Springfield
Lloyd Keet
Hutchinson
Kans
Crenshaw
Police oust beaten official from Chicago school board
Chicago on June 19 Jacob M. Loeb refused to concede after losing reelection as president of the Chicago board of education. Two policemen escorted him from his private office and installed Edwin S. Davis as the new board head. Police also ousted Lewis E. Larson after his defeat as business manager of public schools.
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Chicago Board of Education
Jacob &. Loeb
Edwins. Davis
Lewis E. Larson
Elkins Weds Mrs. Cummer in Plaza Ceremony
George W. Elkins of Philadelphia, noted capitalist, married Cleveland’s Allethaira Ludlow Cummer at noon in the Hotel Plaza state suite New York. Rev James M Ludlow officiated. the couple’s families attended. Elkins, 59, is a son of the late William L Elkins and a director in several rail and other companies.
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New York
Georgie W. Elkins
Philadelphia
Allethaira Ludlow Cummer
Cleveland
Plaza
Battle east of Parral yields disputed victory report
El Paso June 19 reports Villa and government forces clashed at Pilar de Conchos east of Parral. Both sides claim victory with about 360 troops engaged on each side. Villa expected to move south toward Torreon.
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Appam Freight Suit Dismissed By Federal Court
New York June 19 The Federal court dismissed the suit of the Appam owners to recover freight money on the grounds that submission to capture by a ship constituted abandonment of the cargo In January 1916 the Appam was captured off the Canary Islands by the German raider Moewe and later brought to Hampton Roads where it was returned to British owners by a supreme court ruling.
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Canary Islands
British West Africa
England
Moewe
Hampton Roads
Supreme Court
British and American Steam Navigation Company, Limited
Hull
United States
BUTTE MINE STRIKE SPREADS ACROSS DISTRICT
Butte Montana June 19 strikes spread as Butte Electrical Union No 65 workers at mining companies walk out and National Guard is ordered to quarters. Police report intimidation by sympathizers warning miners’ wives by telephone that relatives who keep working may not return home.
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Mont
Butte Electrical Union
Montana National Guard
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Minera
School building funding urged by Rhode Island Avenue group
A Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Citizens' Association meeting at Sherwood Presbyterian Church approved a recommendation for a new appropriation to finish the Monroe Street school on Eighteenth to Twentieth Streets northeast. They urged Congress include free textbooks in estimates, ban aliens from public schools, use schools for community forums, improve nine streets and sidewalks, and motorize Langdon fire station.
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Eighteenth
Twentieth Streets
Rhode Island Avenue
Arrest Two as Swindlers in Atlantic City
Robert Clark and George W Post, posing as New York brokers, were arrested in Atlantic City on charges of swindling Barend H Kerkoff of 30,000 via a fake brokerage office. Each held on 40,000 bail awaiting Kerkoff’s identification. Police link them to a nationwide scam and a summer New York case involving 7,590 from British agent E Brown at a country club. Post lists 49 Wall Street New York. Clark age 55, 324 West End Avenue.
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Robert Clark
Orge W Poat
New York
Barend
H Kerkoff
Alan
Kerkoff
E Brown
Wall Street
New Yvyork
Clark
West End Avenua
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