Bakery Oven Explosion Hits United Candy and Pastry
An explosion in a gas oven at the United Candy and Pastry Company bakery on Ninth Street Northwest caused $1600 in damage. A glass window four feet from the oven shattered. displays and candy were destroyed. Baker M. J. Rohner narrowly escaped injury.
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United Candy and Pastry Company
Ninth Street
John H Carter
Carter Company
M. J. Rohner
Army Medical School diplomas awarded to 64 officers
Diplomas were presented to 64 army officers at closing exercises of the Army Medical School at the New National Museum. Secretary of War Weeks awarded the diplomas. Medals were given by senior officers including Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland and Brig. Gen. Walter D. McCaw.
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BL Ll. Webster
Army
New National Museum
War Weeks
Marine Band
Merritte W. Ireland
Hoff
Albro L. Farsons
Slee
Philp FP. Green
Richard Slee
Sternberg
Virgil H. Cornell
Walter D. McCaw
Albert S. Dabney
Albro L. Parsons
David M. Roberts
James B. Anderson
Samuel D. Avery
Alfredo F. Batlester
James H. Blackwell
Virgil H Cornell
Ralph E. Quill
Guy B. Denit
Philip P. Green
Meredith R. Johnston
Hugh W. Mahon
Edward A. Casserly
Alfred Mordecai
Henry c. Bradford
Guy A. Klock
Jefferson B. Latta
James B. Phillips
Charles W. Sale
Edward L. Whittemore
Frank EB. Winter
Reginald Fennis
James H. Ashcraft
Wayne R
Guy D. Griggs
Henry W
Hayes
William E. Huddreston
Maxwell G. Keeler
Irving K. Lovett
William W. McCaw
William TE. McCormack
Patrick S. Madigan
William D. Middleton
Clive P Mueller
Hdward
Murphy
Magnus J. Myréa
Walter BF. Hamilton
Harold W. Kinderman
Ralph BE. Murrell
George H. Rehberger
Charlestown Mayors Name Change Backed by Voters
Alexandria briefs report Charles T Jease of Arlington announcing he will not seek renomination leaving two Alexandrians Charles Henry Smith and James W Collins as potential contenders. The article notes Collins’ past campaigns and a Gloucester NJ police case, plus Memorial Day, nurse convention, and a $5 068 settlement in a Hagerstown trolley suit.
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Alexandria News
Washington Post
North Patrick Street
Alexandria
Charles T. Jease
Arlington Courty
Charles Henry Smith
James W Collins
Collins
Southern Railway
House of Delegates
John W. May
Jesse
Labor Land
Charles Vandeter
Gloucester
N. J
Gus Mohrwood
Frank Spottswood
Frank Smallwood
Alexandria Hospital
Camden
Hagerstown
Frederick Henson
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Co
Henson
School Principals Court Fight Over Longevity Pay
Anan Davis Frank Daniel Elmer Newton and Miss Anns Goding filed suit in the District Supreme Court to determine the right of public school teachers to recover longevity pay under acts of March 7 1916 and June 6 1940. They claim longevity pay was denied with salary rises and seek back amounts for years of service up to five. Rear Admiral Albert Fechteler Dies At Norfolk Naval Base.
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Anan Davis
Buaness High School
Frank Daniel
McKinley Manual Training School
Elmer
Newton
Western High School
Anns M.goding
Wilson Normal Scout
District Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Acta of Congress
Davis
Daniels
Miss Goding
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Associated Press
A. F. Fechteler
Naval Base
Fechteler
Siitty
Prussia
Naval Service
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
New York
Nice
Mayo
Man Shoots Father Then Wounds Self in Maryland
Stanley Jacobs, 43, widower, lay dying at his home near Lonaconing Maryland after shooting his father William H. Jacobs, 70, formerly a legislator. The altercation began with a shot through a door wounding the elder in the left leg as he tried to restrain his son in a family incident. The May 26 dispatch cites the incident as a personal safety matter. In Roanoke Virginia the Southern Retail Furniture Association opened its ninth annual session with 150 furniture dealers in attendance.
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Washington Post
Oakland
Stanley Jacobs
This County
Lonaconing
William H. Jacobs
Roanoke
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Virginia
North and
South Carolina
Hampshire man acquitted in embezzlement case
M C Jackson of Hampshire County was indicted for embesselement of funds from the Virginia Barrel Company at the Shepherdstown plant but was acquitted.
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Washington Post
Charlestown
W. Va
M. C. Jackson
Hampshire County
Virginia Barrell Company
Shepherdstown
Died of Wartime Illness in Germantown Area
Elizabeth J. Martin formerly of Germantown Md dies Thursday after long illness. Survived by son Frank B. Martin and daughters Hon E. and Jessie B. Martin. Funeral services held at H B Nortus parlors New York Avenue Northwest with interment at Rock Cemetery Friday at 3 PM.
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Sallie Simms Eberhardt
Duke and Alfred Retreats
Eastington
Elizabeth J. Mal
Germantegne Md
Prank B. Martn
Germantown
Jessie B. Martin
Nertus
New York
Roiemetery
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Amerioat League Park
Claude Terrell
Detbar High School
Clement A. Wells
Armstrong
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Altheded
Company EK
Jis
Claude
Tartell
Oscar Gayy
Leutenant
George Blakey
Charles Williams
John Duvall
Samuel Levit
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Arnold Williams
Peter Stevenson
Harry Vass
Jerome Browne
Sean Bush
Wiliam Winder
Joseph Wooton
Edward Ashton
Lavotta Allén
Harold Aléxander
Lorenzo Allen
George Brent
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Josep Brown
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Jamey Hoyer
Lester Clarke
Joseph Cherry
George Densy
Alfred Evans
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Frank Guy
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Henry Holmes
Theodore Johnson
Lech Jameson
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Eliott Lloyd
Wiliam Lonesome
Alfred Mitchell
Percy Nash
Robert Parhard
Reginald Paige
Robert Queen
John Quander
Percy Riley
Clifton Robertson
Theodore Robertson
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Rudolph
Katz
Oyster
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Vincent B. Costello
New Jersey
W ED Andrews
Nebraska
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Sona of Veterans
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Department of the Potomac
Washington
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Eberhardt
Washington Fost
West Virginia
Charlescity
Bolivar
Connetl
Cele Steves
Virginia Nurses Cor
Danville
State Association of Graduate Nurses
Graduate Nusses
Country Club
Postuma Ceres Co.Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Sute
Ent
Teepe
Mato Oe
Rosner
Penn. Ave
Nlw
House of Kuppenheimer Good Names
Manhattan
Stetson Hata
Manesco Underwear
Ang
Shaffer
14Th St
Frank
Delpark
Athletic Union
Percale, Nainsook & Madras Pajamas
Phoenix Hose
Sport Oxford
Underwood Underwood
N. L. Lansbury Company
National Capital Realty
N. L. Lansbury Co., Inc
43Th St
Eye St
the Wisteria
Pope and McKinley
Frops
6Th End
Bis
N. W
Tia Hot Warkiss
Bren Cortes
Aecper
Beit
J. Rosenbloom
Byorter
St. S.E
YMCA
St—Maan Aaso
Weimen
Griffith Rhelmatic Remedy
Fairfar
Maury Dove Company
Pastor E. Hez Suem
Coal House
Centennial
Glenwood
Jurina
Simpson
Biges Heating Co
Gottlier
Res
Oruntsberry
Vice
Prosper
H St. NW
Ferguson
Cairo
Seree
Myt
Aera
Brown
Cadillac Auto Service
Gettyeburn
Mt. Verudneae
Stour
Pres
Christers Office
Pa. Ave. N.W
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