Wilsons Enjoy Motor Ride and State Dinner Host Tonight
President and Mrs. Wilson took a short motor ride as the President gains strength. Japanese Ambassador Aimaro Sato will host a dinner at the embassy tonight. Mrs. Barnett will be away until after Easter. Ruth Curran hosted a theater party for 24 girls with St Patrick decorations and a plan to form Little Helpers to aid orphaned children, aiming for an ongoing national network. Mrs. William Harrison Allen and her mother left for Philadelphia and then Warren, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimaro Sato
Barnett
Marine Corps
Ehaater
Misa Ruth Curran
William Harrison Allen
Stone
Philadelphia
Warren, Pa
Congress Hall Hotel
Mra
Charles A. Stone
House of Representatives
Washington Writer Active in D A R Circles and Social Life
Washington society notes sketch a writer known for D A R work from a prominent Virginia family. The piece mentions a 1915 Episcopal Seminary graduate Rev Cartwright now serving Beaufort North Carolina, a planned mid April wedding, Mrs Martha B Koon of Minneapolis arriving for the inauguration and wintering at Stoneleigh Court, and a sequence of visitors and engagements across Washington including box parties, lectures, and multiple weddings with details on locations and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Virginia
Bailey's Crossroads
Fairfax County
Cartwright
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia
Beaufort
N. C
Martha B. Koon
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington
Stoneleigh Court
Marie Blackford Engaged to Rev Floyd S Cartwright
Mrs Horace W Bailey announces the engagement of her daughter Marie Blackford to Rev Floyd Stephen Cartwright of Richburg MN. The announcement notes family ties and forthcoming wedding plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W. Bailey
Marie Blackford
Floyd Stephen Cartwright
Richburg, MN. Y
Emergency Call To Airship Men For Urgent Meeting
American aircraft manufacturers are summoned to a conference with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics next Thursday to speed up airplane production. Dr Charles Walcott notes the air service needs training machines as orders saturate factories and 3266 army planes await delivery, with a 20 to 1 applicant ratio for training in the navy and army programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Charles Ir. Walcott
Army
Navy
Walcott
Rookies Hike Through Rock Creek Snow and Ice
National Capital Military College rookies marched in snow and wind along Rock Creek to Pierce's Mill road for a two hour drill and road sketching lesson led by Maj. Bomar and Capt. Putnam. Trustees meet tonight to choose a permanent college site, with Ernest L. Thurston endorsing the project. potential location includes the former Central High School at Seventh and O streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military College
Rock Creek
National Capital Military College
Rock Creek Bridge
Pierce’s Mill Road
8. E. Bomar
Israel Putnam
Ernest L. Thurston
Board of Education
Franklin School
Old Central High School
Seventh and
O Streets
Tented City Set for Confederate Veterans Reunion in Potomac Park
East Potomac Park will host a large Confederate veterans reunion in June replacing the Ellipse. Col. Robert N. Harper announced the plan after consultations with Col. W. W. Harta, citing turf protection. About 47 acres would be used, with a shuttle car service urged from Washington Railway and Electric. W. F. Mahony named inspector of mounts by Col. Harper.
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East Potomac Park
White House
Robert N. Harper
W. W. Harta
Potomac Park
Washington Railway and Electric Company
W. F. Mahony
Col. Harper
World's Finest Hotel Planned for Atlantic City
The Vanderbilt interests finance a 14 story, fireproof Bowery section hotel on Boardwalk at Florida avenue. The $3.76 million structure will house 1,000 rooms with 175 feet of Boardwalk frontage. It aims to be the most elaborate in architecture and service and will be managed by Vanderbilt interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Vanderbilt Hotel
New York
Florida Avenue
Herr Corporation
Bowery
Vanderbilt
Church Flag Day Praised by Pastor
Washington pastors joined a nation wide movement to extend flag use in churches for Church Flag Day. In the city the observance was modest. Rev James Shera Montgomery of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church spoke on The Story and the Glory of Our Flag and 1000 tiny silk flags were distributed. McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church also installed interior and exterior flags to remain permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Shera Montgomery
Calvary Methodist Eipiscopal
Columbia Road
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Montgomery
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church
L. M. Chambers
Secret Orders For Annapolis Naval Officers
Annapolis reports seventeen naval officers at the Naval Academy postgraduate school have received noon orders for special duty. Details are secret but the assignments will involve protecting commerce. The postgraduate program will end and likely resume only after the international situation improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval
Naval Academy
Navy
River Thieves Steal Two Boats From Local Launches
River thieves were active yesterday as Robert Moran of 26th Street reported a 19 foot sailboat valued at 50 stolen from a boat house at the foot of a street. F Kerr of 13th Street Northwest reported tools engine fittings army blankets and other equipment valued at 50 stolen from the launch Dragon off Ninth Street Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moran
Twenty-sixth Street
F. Kerr
Thirteenth Street
Ninth Street
Four Girls and Man Drown in Georgia Pond Disaster
Four youths and one man from Thomasville area drowned when a boat capsized in a mill pond at Pavo Georgia. Miss Sallie Simmons 14 Isabelle Simmons 16 Pattie Hart 18 Hestel Hart 10 and Frank Blanton were in the boat when it overturned and sank. Local authorities reported the tragedy occurred late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Sallie Simmons
Isabelle Simmons
Pattie Hart
Hestel Hart
Frank Blanton
Pavo
The Modern Way to Clean Silver Pan
The Silver-Clean Pan uses an electro chemical action to remove tarnish from silver or gold articles. A solution is prepared by racing in water and adding baking soda and salt then stirred until dissolved. The pan ranges from small family size to large industrial units and is promoted as harmless to silverware and users.
Bishop Harding in Crash Near St. Margaret's Church
Rt Rev Alfred Harding bishop of Washington escaped serious injury when his automobile was struck at Bancroft Place and Connecticut Avenue NW by a Washington Railway and Electric Co car. He suffered shock but no injuries and later conducted services. Earlier, while leaving National Cathedral grounds on Wisconsin Avenue his car was damaged in a crash with a Rockville car, with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Harding
Washington
St. Margaret's Church
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Bancroft Ilaca
Connecticut Avenue
National Cathedral
Wisconsin Avenue
Rockville
Lost $80,000 necklace recovered by California athlete
Glen Mitchell, former Stanford athlete, returned the $80,000 pearl necklace of Mrs. Frank Sullivan Smith of New York after finding it in the public stenographer's room at the Hotel Alexandria. He received a $1,000 reward. Also noted are Swift & Company's Washington beef sales for the week ending March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
California
Spedal
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank Sullivan Smith
New York
Glen Mitchell
Stanford
Mitchell
Alexandria
Swift & Company
Washington, D. C
Just Think of It Says Mrs Herfuth Dreco Gains 15 Lbs
Mrs N Herfuth of 619 Park Road Washington D C describes dramatic health recovery after using Dreco. She gained fifteen pounds after two bottles, regained appetite, slept well, and regained strength after long illness. Dreco sold at O Donnell Drug Stores and Allen Co in Alexandria.
San Carlo Grand Opera Ends In Washington Finale
The San Carlo Grand Opera Company closed its Washington engagement with an enthusiastic, music loving audience. Impresario Gallo organized a varied program that impressed all and drew generous applause, establishing a new standard for Sunday night entertainment in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Washington
Gallo
Alexandria Glass Factory Burned in Virginia Fire
Fire at the Belle-Pre glass factory in Alexandria damaged the boiler house and threatened other buildings but spared the rest of the plant. The Old Dominion Glass Company owns the facility, opened recently to replace the earlier destroyed Alexandria glass factory. Loss estimated at a few hundred dollars, not halting operations. Also notes a Baptist class banquet, a high school short story club formation, and Potomac Lodge delegates to a state meeting in Bristol, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
Kingstreet
Alexandria
Belle- Pre Glass
Fayette, Henry
First
Montgomery Streets
Sosa
Belle-Pre
Old Dominion Glass Company
Alexandria High School
C. T. Ryan
Hilda Schneider
Robert Filliott
Fivelyn Howard
Ryan
Danes Bid Isles Adieu as Ties to U S End
The article notes a March 18 proclamation from St. Thomas announcing transfer of the Danish West Indies to the United States and bidding farewell to former subjects of King Christian. The document argues that governing interests in the islands are best served by attachment to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Dantah Wenet Indies
United States
Christian
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Milady
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Japan
Chawdray
Madras
Wostreet
Woodward & Lothrop
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Wilson
Nile
Charles Wood
Club of Colonial Dames
E Street
Dorothy Osettingzer
Allan de Ford
Raleigh
Neill
Clark
Lydia Hodges Clark
W. G. Neill
Mark Bailey
Marshall King
Mrs. C. 8. Richardson
Asheville, N.C
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Indianapolis
William T. Nishwitz
Mr. Nishwitz
Musurgia Quartet
Ethel Holizian Gawler
William T. Reed
Mesars
Bar! Carbaugh
Harry Wheaton Howard
Richard H. Backing
Herbert E. Brown
Eloise
Mildred Brown
Harry F. Adams
John Ven Sant
J. A. Massey
Phil Schwartz
Herbert. W. Soper
Earl Carbaugh
Carter Field
H.L. Robertson
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
National Service School
Woman's Section
Navy League
Mise Marie Bailey
U.S
Harper
Plan World's Finest Hotel
Dr. Montgomery
Georgia Mill Pond
Dla & Dartinq
Bishop Harding
Eo Kann Suns
Cae
PENNA
W.& J. Sloane
Iain
San Carlo
Alexandria Glass Factory
Belle-Pre Works
Baraca
J. R. N. Curtin Memorial
First Baptist Church
Young People's
G. R. Smith
Reds
Blues
Potomac Lodge
Potomac Lodge of Gold Fellows
C. F E. Remington
Andrew Sullivan
Bristol
Marley Pneampent
Order
N. L. Walliam
KODAK
National Remembrance Shop
Mr. Foster
14Th Street
Opp
Willard Hetel
J. A. Small & Sons
Siadicon Ave
E. F. Brooks Co
14Th St. N. W
Corcoran
Penn. Ave
18Th & H Sts
W. E. Latham
Harry E. Connelly
South Lee Street
Mr. van Ness
Frees Methodist Church
Dr. Dudley
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
WG. F. Dudley
Denmark
Isles
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