Women at Work to Better Nation Resolution Adopted
The District Federation of Women’s Clubs urged President Harding to back open sessions at the arms conference and promote publicity. Delegates from 38 clubs attended as reports on civics education and civic outreach were presented by leaders including Mrs Frances Crosby and Mrs Anna Hendley. Mrs George Thatcher Guernsey was honored for arranging the General Federation’s next biennial in Chautauqua New York.
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America
Thomas ‘E. Winter
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Instrict of Columbia
Hadleigh Hotel
Frances Crosby
Commmittes of Peace
Irs
Harding
Varms
Anna Hendley
Committee On American Citizenship
Drecant
Mary Wright Ylohigan
Civics
Cary
Fhilunder P. Claxton
Monard B. Ifodekins
Washington
Othes
Augustus Knight
Feeterick Shepard
Elis Levin
Faber Silvenson
John N Fcraper
Lilian Williamson
Columbua
Jason Waterman
Lucy Swanton
Resistation
John N. Draper
Wonants National Foundation
George Thatcher Guernsey
General Federation of Womens Nids
Chautauqua
New York
Capper Seeks Three Plaza Lots for Washington Playgrounds
Senator Capper backs turning three east of Union Station lots from government use into city playgrounds. A Stanton Park Citizens Association letter says architect Ellott Woods agrees on feasibility, with Mr Woods promising to transfer if playground authorities apply. association had failed to urge action.
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Senator Capper
Harry N. Stull
Stanton Park
Capper
Union Station
Capitol
Washington
Woo
Mail robbery prompts armed postal motor squads
Fifteen motor exiles with sidecar attachments, driven by armed postal employees, began service to accompany wagons carrying valuables after last Monday's sensational mail truck robbery that netted 1 506 000 in money and securities. The sidecars will soon be ridden by armed patrols as authorities close in on at least one thief identified by Chief Festouitce inspector Cochrane.
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New York
Morgan
Hays
Mrt
Festouitce
Cochrane
Priests Murder Unsolved as Tolando Sought in Connection
Patrolmen and sheriff officials continued the search for Andrew Tolando in the killing of Catholic priest Belknap, with investigators piecing together evidence. Martha Belknap was killed while on an errand of mercy, and authorities seek relations to the Paris case amid the ongoing inquiry. Howard D. Hearne, former state auditor in Washington, died from two head wounds after an apparent self inflicted act. He was 61.
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Dak
Andrew Tolando
Ner
Pathe
Vo Belknap
Sheriffs Office
Wolmington
Bet Oet
Howard DD T Hearne
Washington
Hearne
Inventor H R Martin Found Dead in Washington Office
The body of H R Martin aged 65 of Ridgewood New Jersey was found in an office room at the Le Droit building at Ninth and F streets northwest. Martin a government explosives specialist had been ill and living at 606 Ninth Street NW Coroner J Ramsay Nevitt ordered the body taken to Speare undertaking establishment.
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H. R. Martin
John Street
Ridgewood
N. J
le Droit
Highth
F Streets
Martin
Ninth Street
J. Ramsay Nevitt
Speare Undertaking Establishment
Halloween Night In The Wet City Drips And Roars
The piece recalls a soggy Halloween with revelers sheltering indoors under rain and police watch. Cork hats removed, no serious damage, King Jazz reigns in dry viewed venues, while spirits and Volstead rules color the celebrations.
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Hallowe'en
Pennsylvania Avenue
Volstead
Pierrot
Romino
Jazz
Miss Rappe Witnesses Recount Past Life
Chicago witnesses who knew Virginia Rappe prior to her death testified about her early life in the city. They described her condition in 1913 when she visited Dr. Maurice H. Rosenberg for a medical exam and mentioned chronic cystitis.
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Chicago
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe Arbuckle
San Francisco
Five Inmates Escape From City Reformatories In Separate Incidents
Police search citywide for two white girls Elizabeth Tarantino and Marie Applin who vanished from the National Training School for Girls after a teacher left them unattended in a wood. Also missing are three colored boys John Myers age 11 Eugene Johnson age 9 and John Simms age 10 who fled from the Industrial Home to the woods before 6 A.M. The boys were wards of the Board of Children's Guardians.
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National Training School For
Industral Home School
Training School
Elizabeth Tarantino
Marie Applin
John Myers
Eugene Johnson
John Simms
Board of Children’s Guardians
Manacled Bandit At Large In City
A heavily manacled fugitive, Norman Garret, escaped detectives after leaping from a car and fled into woods near Muirkirk. He resurfaced near Brown's store three miles from Sandy Spring, claiming bootleggers held him up and fractured his arm. Local men Brown and Thomas aided him, leading to his final placement at the Florida Avenue corridor. he remains at large.
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Norman Garret
Muirkirk Station
Washington
Brown'sstore
Sandy Spring
Garrett
B. P. Brown
Browns Corner
Brown
Colesville
Howard Thomas
Thomas
Eighteenth and
Florida Avenue
Grant
Compromise Sought on Education and Welfare Department
A compromise agreement among administration officials and Congress leaders aims to create a department of education and public welfare. The plan resolves a split between a separate education department and a public welfare department with education agencies under a broader umbrella. A National Education Association delegation urged a separate department but signaled preference for the compromise.
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Congress
Department of Education and Public Welfare
National Education Association
Harding
Neighborhood house marks twentieth anniversary with child folk plays
The Neighborhood house at 470 N Street Southwest observed twenty years since bringing the Public Library branch to Settlement house. Children impersonated favorite book characters in a fairy tale walk. Upcoming events include a women’s club benefit supper and dance, plays by the Girls club, a boys’ reunion, a country dance, and a handicraft exhibition with a tea hosted by Mrs. Arthur Bullard and the board of trustees.
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Neighborhood House
N Street Southwest
Public Library
Settlement House
Womans Club
Arthur Bullard
Board of Trustees
Timmermann Dies in Paris at 61 A New Jersey lawyer dies of heart disease in a Paris hotel
Louis Timmermann, 61, a New Jersey lawyer and longtime confidential secretary to Edward Harriman, dies in Paris. He rose through the railroad ranks, later serving as secretary and treasurer of the Western Maryland Railway before health issues sent him to Europe for treatment. He studied at New York University and had been active in the railroad industry since youth.
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Paris
Louis Timmermann
New Jersey
New York
Edward H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
New York University
Harriman
Western Maryland Railway
Europe
Rehearsals Begin for The Buck on Leave at Shubert Garrick
Rehearsals for The Buck on Leave, a musical comedy, start for the week of November 14 at Shubert Garrick under Rain bow Division Veterans and Vincent B Costello post of the American Legion. Cast includes Larry Young and Alexander Winslow who performed for A E F soldiers in France. Edwin J Stubbs chairs arrangements committee.
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Shubert-Garrick
Rainbow Division
Vincent B. Costello
American Legion
Larry Young
Alexander Winslow
Soldiers of the
France
Edwin J. Stubbs
Loot eight homes of jewels and goods hits northwest
In a string of daytime robberies last night in the northwest, six women were victims plus another man, with hundreds in jewelry and apparel taken. Homes at 1434 Harvard street and 1901 Nineteenth street NW reported robberies, including a $800 jewelry set, a $306 diamond ring, and a $400 diamond pendant necklace.
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Harry Price
Harvard Street
Dorothy McCarthy
Eleventh Street
Hudson
Erma Talbot
Ninteenth Street
Jennie Eastman
Clarence de Four
Mintwood Place
Northwest
T Atreet
Henry Smith
Louise Paynter
Catherine Taylor
Anderson to speak in Arlington area during final Virginia campaign push
Col Henry W Anderson Republican candidate for Virginia governor will address crowds in Cherrydale tonight after an opening by Mrs Henry Lockwood of Clarendon. He will also speak in Vienna and Manassas, with a large mass meeting planned in Alexandria Thursday as northern Virginia intensifies campaign activity before the November 8 election.
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Henry W. Anderson
Virginia
Cherrydale
Arlington County
Walter Brooks
Republican Club
Col. Anderson
Henry Lockwood
Clarendon
Vienna
Manassas
Alexandria
Northern Virginia
O'Brien Brothers Charged in $2 Million Embezzlement Case
Paul and Peter O'Brien, long time workers at D Sullivan & Co bank in San Antonio, are indicted on embezzlement charges totaling over 2.6 million dollars across three years starting in 1918. They were part of a broad set of 150 indictments and recently settled a suit by Sullivan that transferred property valued at about 1.01 million dollars.
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San Antonio
Tex
Associated Press
Paul and
Peter O'Brien
D. Sullivan & Co. Bank
Sullivan
O'Briens
School Refirms Drafted by Ballou for Congress
Supt Frank W Ballou prepares a draft statement for Congress Investigating educational facilities in the Capital. He seeks administrative principals, compulsory attendance, and a school census, plus junior high salary reforms and overall district salary deficiencies.
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Frank W. Balton
Committee of Congress
Board of Education Formorrow
Supt
Ballou
Congress
Learned Resigns From Board Of Education
Dr. H. Barrett Learned resigns from the board of education after four years. He cites six months absence from the site and will teach two history courses at Stanford University starting January 1922, requiring absence from Washington until July next year. The resignation takes effect December 26.
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H. Barrett
Board of Education
District Supreme Court
Learned
Stanford University
California
Washington
Dr. Learned
Body of Eloise Hopfigartner Found Near Riverhead Long Island
The body of Eloise Hopfigartner, missing from Pawtucket Rhode Island, was found on the Long Island Sound shore seven miles from Riverhead. An autopsy showed lungs with no water, suggesting death before entering the water. She had boarded the Cambridge from Washington under the name B Swain and left her room late at night, clothes mostly in her stateroom.
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Washington Post
New York
Eloise Hopfigartner
Pawtucket
R. L
Long Island Sound
Riverhead
Long Island
Walter Downs
Russell Smith
Hopfigartner
Bureau of Missing Persons
Police Department
Cambridge
Colonial Line
Washington
Paytucket
Florida
Boy Hit By Brick During Drill In Lanham
Frank Howser 13 of Lanham Maryland was struck in the head by a brick while drilling with his junior high school company on O Street near Fourth. He was rushed to Emergency Hospital with a scalp wound. Authorities believe the brick was fired at the company captain by an aggrieved person.
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Frank Howser
Lanham
O Street
Fourth Street
Young Howser
Church Urges Prioriiy on Christianity in Budget Drive
The Rev. Dr. James E Freeman at St Alban's hall urged that church support remain first in spending as the disarmament conference looms. Eighteen teams launch a ten day campaign to raise 65000 with leaders including Miss Effin Brooke Maj W J Browning Peyton Fletcher and others. The Rt Rev Alfred Harding briefed supporters in Washington.
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St. Alban's Hall
James E. Freeman
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Virginia Byrd Fones Probate Will Bequests Revealed
Virginia Byrd Fones died October 27 and her will lists bequests totaling over fifty thousand dollars to friends and relatives. Katherine Lee Jones receives 5000, Roger Jones 3000, C Lucien Jones and his two children 1000 each, Mattie H. Haralson 4000, Catesby Jones 3000, Mary Wisner and Gertrude L Melvin receive amounts, with their children allotted sums. The remainder is placed in trust for Katherine Leesone and Mary P. Thompson, with Roger Jones named trustee and given certain household effects.
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Virginia Byrd Fones
Katherine Lee Jones
Roger ©. Jones
C. Lucien Jones
Mattie H. Haralson
Catesby Jones
Mary Wisner
Gertrude L. Melvin
Gertrude Melvin
Virginia Thompson
Mary P. Thompson
Nannie Lee
Syvan’ Meimes
Katherine Leesone
Roger Jones
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