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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1919
Page
14
A flexible advertising policy beats rigid habits. If a retailer sticks to one paper or one method, it harms results. Change with the market, test copy, and widen reach to press readers nationwide, especially in the Washington and nearby trading areas. The Washington Post is the clear medium for maximum sales efficiency.
Ron Harper chairs a welcome home meeting about altering the Distinguished Service Medal criteria. Isaac Gans says 2500 medals are cast, changing them would cost the committee dearly. The article also notes work on Cunard Line offices and two orphans returned to detention after escapes from the Industrial Home School.
The Cunard Line announces a new branch office established at 517 Fourteenth Street Northwest as part of its policy to expand branch services.
An old three generation remedy promises quick relief for colds and coughs, easing chest congestion and fever with a standard cough and cold relief sold by druggists. Also promotes Dr ing's New Life Pills to cleanse waste and prevent constipation with a prenatal warning.
Several thousand members of the Women 4 Uniformed Corps of the District Chapter of the Red Cross will gather at Continental Memorial Hall this afternoon at 4. Miss Mabel Boardman will award service pins to about 100 Washington Red Cross workers who have logged 3404 hours or more. Dr Lavingston Farr and the Red Cross head will speak on The Future of the Red Cross. Mme Ruth Morgan of the Colony Club will discuss Red Cross Women in France. A musicale by Marie Bandko will conclude. Tickets are required. only women in Red Cross uniforms will be admitted.
James O Neill one of eight orphans kept by William A Greer and his wife in their bakery at 416 Twelfth Street Northeast faced charges in juvenile court for mistreating orphans employed at the bakery. The incident led to the temporary removal of the children and an escape noted Saturday.
Two Washington boys named among five percent of enlisted men commended for volunteering to medical experiments at Chelsea Naval Hospital Massachusetts during the recent influenza epidemic. Raymond C Whipp of 603 South Carolina avenue southeast and Henry Conroy listed among those who consented to participate in the tests.
The article notes doctors working to identify disease cause and transmission methods while the secretary commends Ma chinfat's Mates John Harris of Winter Park Florida and Lewis I Beseiager of Bade City, Florida, for rescuing a comrade who fell from the breakwater at Waukegan Indiana.
An American relief commission in Constantinople prepares to ship food medical supplies clothing and equipment to Caucasus Armenia Cilicia and Syria. Three supply ships including one unloading now bring hospital equipment for 15 hospitals with 100 beds each, 190 metric tons of materials, lorries, cloth blankets shoes sewing machines and farm tractors.
The General Transmission Company of New Jersey seeks to block the alien property custodian and the Navy from paying Atlantic Communication Company and New York Patents Exploitation Corporation for a wireless apparatus patent claimed by the General Transmission Company. An accounting is sought, with McKenney and Flannery as attorneys and Swift Company listed in Washington. Proceedings date indicates ending Saturday March 14.
Ralph A McGarity of the Interstate Commerce Commission will captain the Washington Rifle Club team for a series of interclub matches at Union Station ranges. The event draws about 150 teams from multiple states with a trial tonight to select the ten man squad. McGarity previously helped win the Hilton trophy at Camp Perry, Ohio, last September.
Draft provisions from the International Labour Commission in Paris set a global labor charter. It bans child labor under fifteen, limits hours, mandates education, and imposes paid weekly rest. Women face night work bans and prohibitions in dangerous trades, with maternity insurance and equal pay rules. Poisonous materials are restricted and substitutes encouraged. Workers gain free association rights.
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