Thurston Will Stay Reelected for Three Years
Ernest L. Thurston was reelected as superintendent of public schools in the District for a three year term starting January 1, 1815. The board praised his record and noted his twenty years in district service including leadership at Western High and the Business High School. The meeting also reviewed costs to restore Western High after a fire and announced numerous appointments, promotions, and resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Thurston
Board of Education
Franklin School
Taurston
W. M. Davidson
Washington
Achooa
Pittsburgh
Thurston
Davidson
Business High School
George, Washington University
Western High
Western High School
Congress
Snowden Ashford
Iirenroof
McKinley 2
Armstrong School
Randly Highlands School
Joseph R. West School
Stein
M. E. Allen
Burrville
M. G. Naller
Polk
B. W. Morse
W.A. Bekels
Central High
Mies
Stevens
Montgomery
D. L. Ball
Briggs
C. V. Mace
M. MM. Stewart
D. V. Greene
Urrville
Douglars
Robert Spriggs
Peabody
Misa
Lb. E. Pallen
City bulletins advertise bargain cleaning and floral items
The notice mentions Marrey's Noon Lunet Bil with unusually attractive prices and daily dancing after theater. It promotes a sanitary carpet cleaning plant in Washington with phone contact W. 585. Other lines list Deliler’s soft shell crabs and a Pitman address, plus various cosmetics and flower offerings from Shaffer's New Store at 360 24th St.
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Marrey
Relsinger
Washington
Ang & Core
Penn
Shaffer
24Th St
Plan for Outing Denver Dinner Committees Named
Business and professional men forming the annual Board of Trade outing dinner committees were announced by Chairman Berl Brooke of the shadbake committee. The list includes scores of names led by Howard Murphy as chairman and details a first meeting set for 2 PM tomorrow at board headquarters.
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Board of Trade Committee
E.rb
Brooks
Y Outiny
Board of Trade
Berl Brooke
Shadbake
Kaward J. 3Turphy
Snowden Ashford
Edward S. Baltey
Richard Z. Barber
Edgar T. Bennett
James FE. Berry
August Brill
Gustav Buchholtz
Wiliam G. Carter
Thomas A. Cannon
C. I. Corby
Robert W
Raymond M. Martyn
Edwin H. Neame
Thomas C. Phillips
August H. Plugge
L. Reevas
Emil G. Schafer
W. T. Shane
Theodore D. Sloat
B. W. Spille
Joseph M. Stoddard
Harry ©. Talbert
John E. Taylor
E. M. Tolman
Matthew Trimble
Wiliam B. Todd
James
Health committee meeting hosts bakers milkmen tonight
Bakers and milk dealers are invited to meet the public health committee of the Board of Trade this evening to share suggestions before the committee reports. The newly appointed public health committee members include Henry H. Huzon G. S. Barnhart J. Roeder Biggs James A. Cantli T. W. DeMotte H. Clarence Duffey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health
Board of Trade
D. Percy Hickling
Uakers
Public Heart Committee
Henry H. Huzon
G. S. Barnhart
J. Roeder Biggs
James’ A. Cantli
T. W. DeMotte
Edward H. Heede
William P. Reeves
Joseph D. Rogers
A. Leftwich Sinclair
John E. Walsh
George H. Welch
Wiliam C. Woodward
Rudolph H. Yeatman
Shaw Dies After Paralyzing Stroke in Washington
Alonzo D. Shaw, longtime Washington resident and prominent Knight of Pythias member, died at 616 L Street SE after a stroke of paralysis. A Civil War veteran, he served in the Army of the Potomac and fought at Fair Oaks, Seven Days, White Oak Swamp, Yorktown, Antietam, and Second Bull Run, sustaining wounds in three battles. Survived by daughter Mrs Edna G Tasmpach and four grandchildren, with affiliations to Franklin Lodge Knights of Pythias Redmen G A R and Veteran Firemen's Association of the District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo D. Shaw
Washington
Pythias
L Street
Mr. Shaw
Fair Oaks
Seven Days
White Oak Swamp
Yorktown
Antietam
Second Bull Run
Franklin Logge
Knights of Pythias
Shaw
Redmen
G.A. R
Veteran Firemen’s Association of
Edna G. Tasmpach
Ruling Clears Man In Funeral Procession Case
Bre Brritt Court of Appeals overturns an old regulation that penalized driving through a funeral procession. Judge Pugh in the District police court recalls Earl Stacy case after testimony by Folleeman B. W. Jones who arrested Stacy. The appellate ruling finds the charge insubstantial and dismisses the accusation.
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Brerritt Court of Appeals
T Ag
Pogh
Police Court
Earl Stacy
Folleeman
Signs Salvador Treaty Renewal for Arbitration Pact
The Salvadoran secretary of Asia and Belov, Don Carlos A Meza, Salvadorean chargé, yesterday signed an agreement renewing for another five years the arbitration convention binding the United States and Salvador to submit to The Hague all disputes unresolved by diplomacy. The pact excludes matters involving vital interests, independence, or honor of the two nations or third parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Belov
Don Carlos A. Meza
United States
Balyador
Hague
Boy Accidentally Shoots Self At Home Rife Incident
A lineal bank cashier named Gatley, 11, accidentally shot himself while handling a rifle at his home on Ninth and Wittenberg streets northwest. The wound to his arm was a flesh wound and deemed non serious by a physician. The rifle was reportedly used to rid the chicken yard of rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loward
Alyt S. Gatley
Lincoln
Tina Bank
Witten- Tguss
Rata
City News in Brief and Local Tracings
City notes report new W C A directors. Lectures on Mexico by Miss Katharine Johnson at Foundry Methodist Church. Georgia Avenue widening proposal advances after a hearing. Trade licenses clarified for flowers and merchandises sellers. Sunabine Society meets in New Willard. George Washington University groups unite for pompous projects. Washington Union forms to unify student activities. Phi Mu Slema petition for New Theris La charter. Alaska topics feature at Home Chit chat. District self government discussion at Public Library. Wellesley Club plans drive for rebuilding at 16th Street home.
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Earge Washington Union
Iwi
Phi Mu Slema
Young Men of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New Theris
Killed by detective in Alexandria case sparks inquest
William Bright, 35, was shot on Duke Street near Fairfax County by railway detectives Heeter and Boyd after a freight car robbery report. Bright died hours later at Alexandria Hospital Coroner's inquest ruled justifiable homicide with Laurence Petty as a suspect awaiting a hearing Citizens committee to greet Virginia Press Association members convening June 24 25 in Alexandria and Washington officials plan reception events and municipal elections loom with candidates campaigning amid saloon closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
King
Alexandria
Wiliam Bright
L.2
Hooter, & Southern Railway
Duke Street
Fairfax County
Rector
Precotek Boyd
Hat Sono
Bright
Laurence Petty
Petty
Heeter
Boyd
Perry
Hoapital
William M. Smith
M.de~ Inney
George Stuart
Demaine & Son
H. A Downham
W. Demaline
William
Fisher
Virgina Press Association
Chamber of Commerce
Old Lock
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Hcc
Stiles
Robert N. Harper
Virginia
People
Washington
Retail Merchants’ Association of Washington
R. T. Andrews
R. 11
Martin
Joseph Strasburger
Marahatl
Shifts in Postal Service Affect Forty Washington Staff
About forty Washington city post office employees face dismissal or demotion under a reorganization plan drafted by Postmaster Praeger. The plan, awaiting Postmaster General approval, could see roughly half resign or be asked to resign by June 30. Ten have already submitted resignations to take effect at fiscal year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Praeger
Birth Announcements From Various Homes and Hospitals
A long list of birth notices and associated residents appears, naming parents and newborns such as a white girl and several boys and girls. The entries mention addresses and institutions including United States Soldiers Home and Emergency Hospital, reflecting a broad roll of births and related individuals across multiple localities. The report reads like a community birth registry with names, ages, and locations tied to hospitals and residences.
Police News Notes On Accidents And Minor Collisions
Police notes list several incidents. Richard T. Davis eight, injured by a descending freight elevator at a downtown shaft. William Duckett two, fell from a scaffold at a hospital construction site. Mrs. Henry T. Oxnard narrowly escaped collision with a Potomac Electric Co. auto. Kin Mittelmeyer reported stolen from the post office steps. Mrs. M Y Smiths car and a Somerville Co. truck collided. she unharmed. Chapin Sacks wagon and Capital Traction car collided with slight damage. Earl Conway fell from a motorcycle and was slightly injured. David Wolfson one fell from a bridge and was rescued drenched but unharmed. John P Reed seven was slightly hurt by an auto at Fourteenth Street. driver unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Davis
Carpenter
Ue New Commerce
Mineceen
M. TY. Smith
Shoreham Hotel
Thomas Somerville Company
Ninthstreet
New York Avenue
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Canadian Pacific
Borkien
Dutury
Canadian Pacific Standard
Canadian Rockies
G. J. Weidman
New York
Avesur
Waablaston
D. C
Pramises
Seventh Street N. W
The
Star Furniture Co
Brassley
Aino
Lunsword L. Hamner
Columbian Building
Oehie
Uta
Casati
Lman ‘Trust Company
Capital & Surplus
Yale Laundry
Tatronlee
Audrey
Nervien Pears
Omer Laundey
Kneessi
Seventh St
Etre
A. Muddiman & CO
Streal
Pape
John T. Crowley
D. Parker
Thurston Will
Denver
D. Shaw
Funeral Treapasact
Salvador
Howard Gatley
City News
W. L. Brow
Perry H. Heath
Robert N. Page
Misa Elizabeth Pierce
Woodbury Pulsifer
Ada R. Thomas
Frank G. Wilkins
Mexico
Katharine Johnson
Foundry Methodist Epiiocal Church
Sixteenth
Church Streets
Miss Johnson
Puebla
Foreign Missionary Service
Church
Georgia Avenue
W. V. Cox
R. H. Doyle
W. F. Gude
Thomas Grant
Syme
Delta Flowers
Doniai
George C. Gertman
A. C. Garden
Anacostia
Garden
Sunabine Society
New Willard
Teachers’ College
Department of Arts and Sciences
George Washington University
Robert Wilhelm,i
Sabeth Ferguson
Genevieve Ffrtzacit
Harter
Thomas Chapman
Bites
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Alaskan
Alaska
J. F. A Strong
Layland
Study Club In Economics
District Suffrage League
Public Library
District of Columbia
Herman B. Walker
James Hugh Keeley
William D. Mackenzie
Thamas E Wil
Julian Pierce
Wellesley Club of
Tom ‘Tow Aft-Moen
Mra. Bermano
Si Bishteenth Street
Inca
Wellesley College
Virginia Press Association
Bury
Board of Aldermen
Rominion
Common Council
Tum
Florence Crittenton Mission
Jurgee Bailey
Corrination Court
Mount Vernon
Start
Robert 5.Barrett
Alexandria Gazette
BR. Walton Meora
Fairfax
Mr. Caton
James B. Orton
Gay
Stuart
Ammission Uy
Ornury
Lars
Home Brew
Cook Book
Heurich Brewing CO
American Ice Company
HUB Furniture CO
Bhiples Boam Weese & Walker
Jehu
Susie
Honey
Dorothy Warceman
Irks
Mary
Warent
Lienrga
Rod Inez Vance
Harry C
Agnes Smith
George C
M. Sievers
Richerd L
Lydie Hazel
Charles J
Marion J Green
Josoph Ly
Ruth Golisborough
Poyaries F
Irena P. Grebar
Gariey We
Hathorne & Fre
Xert John
Matilda Thomesi
Jean
Rosa Robinson
Isaiah
Ruth Hawking
Arthur
Elizabeth Jacksan
Vey Tuexel
Florennes Chae
George W. Link
William F. Rtbuitzky
H St
Medbery
Mantha
Monrow St
Tyiniam Zirkle
Good Hope
Uns
Orborne
L. St
Maria B. Leatherberry
Adline Hors
Lemmy Caldwell
Tuberchouty Hospital
Mary E. Howard
Alva Brown
Fenton Rt
Mend Miller
James A. Claggett
Kongress
Paul G. Petters
Afiile A. Robinson
Soth
Richmond
Rar
Indians, Pa
Prudence Fay Garman
Washington, D.C
TB. Davis
Police
Empreene Hospital
William Duckett
I Street
Henry T. Oxnard
Est
B. HK. ‘Thompson
Mapleview Place
Kin Mmeyele
Post Ofice
Earl Conway
Rome
David Wolfson
Jefferson Street
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wisconsin Avenue
John P. Reed
Vernon Street
Fourteenth Street
Reed
Carroll Electric Co
SYRON
Adams
M. G. Copeland Company
Lith
St. Main
Royal Pilsen
Battiss Abner-Drury Brewing Company
Bione
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Potomac Electric Power Company
Cor
Sts
N. W
Jos
A. Wilner & Co
St. N.W
Thorp
Berkeley Rye
Himkwar
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