Lask of thrift in U S urges education campaign
President of District Underwriters Association outlines plan to stir public interest in life insurance benefits and thrift. Aimed at preparing a textbook for solicitors, the effort would educate readers through local papers while avoiding insurer or agent promotion.
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Colina Lite
Ursterwriters’ Association
Henbner
Wharton School Pavers
Menusst Yan
Critehaut
Richmond Lite Une Feow Werthers Vendatian
Crown
Pohoesar
Ffteen
George Jordan
Moor Toombhite
China defies Mikado amid Japanese concessions demands
Unclear text reports China resisting Expanded Japanese concessions as negotiations unfold. Mentions Chinese government pressures, Japanese political and financial advisers, police supervision of key areas, and controls on munitions, construction, and mining. Contains garbled phrasing and likely editorial notes.
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Memorial Day orders direct G A R attention to May 31
Department Commander directs observance of Memorial Day on Monday May 31 with a memorial executive committee to arrange ceremonies. The document lists committees for Mount Olivet Cemetery Lincoln Canin No 2 and other cemeteries with named commanders and chairs from several veterans’ groups.
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Department of the Potomac
Mount Olivet
Lincoln Canin
Sons of Veterans
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P. ©. Lawrence
George R. Cook
Edward Burns
W. H. Sleeper
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Wilson
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John Jacob
Ciamp
John Wieloch
Congressional Cemetery
Stanton Weaver
Department
Farragut Post
Frank Blige
Henry W. Lawton
Emil Walter
Miss Sallie Fleming Adoo christens Ossipee at Newport News
A crowd at Newport News Shipbuilding watched Miss Sallie Fleming Adoo christen the Coast Guard cutter Ossipee as it slid into the water the Tallapoosa was christened by Miss Mabel Hartwell. The Ossipee cost 250000, each ship 164 feet long 32 feet beam and 20 34 feet deep 980 tons displacement, armed with four pounder rifles.
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Miss Hartwell
Washington Post
Newport News
Sallie Fleming MrAdoo
Coast Guard
Mabel Hartwell
Riggs Bank Defends Its Suit Against Comptroller Williams
Riggs Bank charging Comptroller Williams with exceeding his authority and seeking to keep him within the law. Bank says Williams obscured the issue and asserts it has fully complied with general calls for information while denying any feud with the treasury. Also notes Treasury scrutiny of insurance firms in DC and adds that officials will pursue a thorough inquiry into reported tax and income disclosures.
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Cdurts Williams
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Commissioner
Internal Revenue
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Electric storage plant powers fur vault in Washington
The Security Storage Company at 1140 Fifteenth Street NW has installed a 300 ton York compressor driven by a 60 horsepower electric motor to cool fur and fabric storage. The system replaces a 20 ton absorption unit, adds 50 percent more capacity, and operates nine months yearly keeping rooms between 28 and 4 degrees. Automatic regulators control air valves while pumps and compressor run by hand. This is the city’s largest pure cold storage plant for furs and rugs.
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Security Storage Company
Fifteenth Street Northwest
York
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Suffragists Target O Gorman Over Vote Amendment
The Congressional Union and Lucy Burns denounce Senator O Gorman for not backing a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. They vow to pressure his constituents and push to unseat him if he remains against national woman suffrage. The group notes past campaigns targeted opposing lawmakers and aims to create a strong lobbying furore to influence his Senate stance.
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O'Gorman
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Lucy Burns
Senate
O’german
Congressional Union
Congress
Prevention of Recurrent Headaches in Women
Dr. Tom A. Williams spoke before the Keep Wells at St John s Church Washington on headache causes and cures. He defined headache as a sign of disturbed health and urged addressing the underlying cause rather than masking pain. He discussed drug history and the drop in narcotic use, noted foods and coffee can trigger headaches, and surveyed headache types before opening a question period. The next meeting is set for May 14 at the Church of the Covenant parish hall with a talk on Marblet Fears.
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Tom A. Williams
Williams
Church of the Covenant
Floral pageant at Mount Pleasant grounds staged by Ella Gardner
Children in a flower themed performance presented by Spirit of the Seasons and Wind in search of awakening spring blooms. Mary McKaig crowned Queen of the May in a maypole procession with groups representing crocuses and other flowers.
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Mount Pleasant
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
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Louise D. Crittenden
Fanny Krukoff
Wind
Grace Hoffman
Perda Opnenheimer
Mary McKaig
Drexel Biddle to Speak at Washington Bible Classes
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia, society boxer and founder of the Drexel Biddle Bible classes, will address several Washington groups next Sunday. He will speak at Calvary Baptist Church in the morning to Vaughn class, then at Betheny Hapitat Church, Second Street and Rhode Island Ave NW, to adult Bible students. At 4 p.m. he will be initiated into the David and Jonathan fraternity of the Vaughn class and meet Sunday school teachers. At 8 p.m. he will address Vermont Avenue Christian Church Bible class students. The Drexel Biddle Bible classes teach practical Christianity and unite churches. the organization has about 617,000 members across fifteen denominations.
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Philadelphia
Drexel Biddle
Washington
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Calvary Baptist Church
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Betheny Hapitat Church
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Reverend Dr Hodges Dies in Baltimore Rector Emeritus of St Pauls
The Rev Dr J B Hodges rector emeritus of St Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church in Baltimore died tonight. Born in England many years ago he was credited with establishing the first boys choir in this country. Names of several local young people appear in lists of circles and groups connected to the church and its activities.
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J. B. Ib. Hodges
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Hodges
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