Escapee Oehlert Found Hidden in Fairfax Jail Cell
Fairfax County authorities recovered escaped prisoner William H. Oehlert yesterday morning in a second floor cell after sawing through a bar and hiding under a bunk. Jailer Harvey Cross said Oehlert had access to a saw hidden in his wife’s luggage and later removed leg shackles with a hidden tool. A $350 total reward was offered by Sheriff Allison and Commonwealth's Attorney Ware for the arrest.
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Washington Post Bureau
Patrick Sr
Alexandria
William H. Oshiert
Fairfax Courthouse
Ed Mattox
Accotink
Theodore Powers
Fairfax
Oehlert
Maddox
Powers
Harvey Cross
Mehlert
Mr. Crogs
Cross
William Gregg
Qoehlert
Allison
Airfax
Commonwealth
Wilson M. Ware
Glennon Cros
Local Obituaries Notice Fragments from November 1921
Fragmentary obituary notices list names Burg Campbell Lower Henson Pendleton Ragan Kilagelpuia Woodward with ages and residence details. Interments set at various cemeteries including Williamsport Abington Holyrood and Philadelphia. Readers urged to copy full notices.
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Adicra
Robert
Anna Burg
Campbell
Dreaken
Euelid
Annie Campbell
Williamsport
Lower
Tigi
New Stampshire Avenue
Florence Henson
Chelowell
A. Kensor Lower
Abington
Pendleton
Charlotte
Daugster
Nathanial Greene
Anne James Fendleton
Christ Church
Wuesday
Cincinnati
Kilagelpuia
New York
Ragan
Charles Philadelphia
Holyrood
Washingtton
T U
Woodward
Nevem- Chapel HI
N.C
Jan. Morris
Gilde Clark Woodward
Foch to Tour Pacific In Exhaustive Westward Visit
Marshal Foch planned a far reaching American tour arranged by the American Legion. He would travel by special train through northern states to San Francisco by December 3 then to Texas and up the Atlantic coast into Canada and back to New York just before boarding the U S Paris for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Foch
American Legion
New York
States
San Francisco
Texas
Atlantic Coast ‘Line
Washington
Canada
U. S
Paris
Fairfax officials recall commonwealth tragedy and local deaths
A Fairfax report notes the improving condition of S H Grim a Chesapeake and Ohio railway detective shot by an unidentified colored man in Alexandria hospital with an arrest in Amherst Va as a suspect. Car accident involving Atttorney Charles Henry Smith and Rodwin C Lee results in a $5 fine for careless driving. Funeral notices for Miss Caroline Kast Caleb Wilkison Rebecca Devers Pride De Masters and a Fairfax death are listed with service details and burial locations in Alexandria Franconia Arlington county and Fairfax county.
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S.H. Grim
Chesapeake, and Ohio Railway
Alexandria Hospital
Amherst
Alexandria
Grim
Charles Henry Smith
Washington
Rodwin C. Lee
Rebecca Devers
Beulah Baptist Church
Franonia
Owen P. Lloyd
Second Baptist Church
Franconia
Pride de Masters
K. V. de Masters
Mount Ida
Arlington County
Arlington
Three die as auto struck by train at Keyser crossing
At Keyser West Virginia, a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck a sedan at main street crossing killing three occupants Aristell Steortz Lloyd Douglas and Miss Muriel Decker. Steortz and Decker were in the car with Douglas awaiting departure for Baltimore.
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Keyser W. Va
Washington Post
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
St. Louis
Keyser
W. Va
Here
Aristell ,Steortz
Lloyd Douglas
Muriel Decker
Steortz
Miss Decker
Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Batimore
Steertz
H. G. Steortz
Florida
Adam Douglas
Catholic Archbishop Opposes New York Birth Control Forum
Archbishop Patrick J Hayes denounced open birth control discussions in New York as improper for public dissemination, urging such topics stay within clinics or the informed circles of mature individuals. He linked birth control to moral decline, urged protection of monogamous marriage, and cited Roosevelt's stance against population decay. The piece notes the first American birth control conference in New York, with Margaret Sanger and Miss Mery Winsor arrested and later discharged.
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New York
Associated Press
Patrick J. Hayes
New’ York
Theodore
Roosevelt
Margaret Sanger
Mery Winsor
Federal Air Rule at Stake in Court Case
Intercity Radio Corporation of New York seeks a license to run a national radio network with stations in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit Cleveland and Chicago. The case questions federal air control and potential confiscation of property worth about 200000 as the Department of Commerce denies renewal due to interference claims. The matter may reach the Supreme Court with broad implications for cross state communications.
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Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hoover
Intercity Radio Corporation
New York
Wade’ H. Bilis
Congress
Department of Commerce
Supreme Court
American Rector Swindled by Fake Priests in Paris
Two men posing as Chaldean priests Steve Brekha and John Pacha were sentenced to three months in prison for swindling Rev. Frederick W. Beekman, rector of the American church in Paris, by collecting funds claimed for persecuted Chaldeans.
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Paris
Steve Brekha
John Pacha
Frederick W. Beekman
Boston
Massachusetts
Fealicani
Thia Bruéls
The
Post
Rome
Brussels
Lisbons
South Americas
Alsiers
Paris Protests Unite Across Frontiers For Sacco Vanzetti
Paris radicals and international figures call for action as Sacco and Vanzetti face execution. Telegrams and public meetings urge American authorities to free the two foreigners, with demonstrations planned near the American embassy and support from Anatole France and Romain Rolland.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Paris
Vanzettl
Federation of Cripples
Embnany
Anatole France
Romain Rolland
Henry Barbousse
Boston
America
Vanzetta
Libertaire
Union of Syndicalists
Seite
Daily Press
Greatest gas field found in Louisiana reported by US mines
A vast natural gas field is reported in northern Louisiana with 312 square miles of productive area in Union Ouachita and Morehouse parishes near Monroe. Engineers from the United States Bureau of Mines investigated at Gov Parker's request and outline the Monroe gas area containing 65 wells.
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United States
New Orleans
Houston
Dallas
Port, Worth
Memphis
Monroe
Associated. Fress
Louisiana
United ‘States Bureau of’ Mines
J.gov. Parker
Union-Ouachite
Ana Morghouse
Monroa
Two Boys Die In Coast Guard Station Fire
A fatal blaze at the Curtis Bay Coast Guard station claimed the lives of two boys aged 16. Coast guard members entered the burning building to rescue them but were forced to retreat. one rescuer leaped from a second story window to save himself. The boys, Kenneth and Leonard, were sons of Frank and Leona.
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United States ‘Coast, Guard Station
Curtis Bay
Kenneth
Leonard
Leonard Leonard
Frank
F. Léona
Coast ‘Guard
L ‘Kendeth
Notable Fires Damage Dehaven Gainestoro Stores
Fire progression trapped residents on the second floor as windows could not be reached. Stores at Dehaven and Gainestoro suffered loss mainly of foodstuffs with doors said to be jammed during the blaze. An anonymous $1000 gift to a Winchester club supports a child orthopedic clinic.
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Dehaven
Gainestoro
W. Dehaven
A. C. Moore
Washington Post
Washington Pest
Lynchburg
Winchester
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Severn Morticians
Nat Slaw
William Ler
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Sergeon
Reventh
Ti'r.sreme Co
H Street
F ST. NW
Arspeare CuNichals
Frank Geier’s Sons CO
Modern_ Chapel
North
James T. Ryan
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Modern Chapel
Automobile Funerals
Lincoln
Vb. Speare Co
W. R. Spears
St. N.W
A. J. Schippert
Hone
Geo. C
Shaffer
Blackistone
J. F. Manning C.O., Inc
Vnd
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Foch
Pacific
Miss East
Caroline T Kast
William H. Duncan
Braddock
Friends’ Cemetery
Caleb Kirk Wilkinson
Rank W. Wilkinson
Fairfax County
Samuel A. Wallis
Friends
Jhree
Danville
Allston Cabell
Masons of Virginia
Battimore
Pulaski
Grand Ledge
Forum ON
BIRTH
Hayes
Sawyer
Justice Stafford
Bristol
W.E. Brown
Kingsport
Tenn
G.W. Woody
Kings
Port
Henry Massengill
Blountville
Sofia
Bulgaria
Gallipoli
Communist’ Party
Executive Committee
National Council
Communist Party
Europe
Lopez
Welliam
Halesian
Lyons
Columbia
Vanzelli
le Libertaire
France
Spain Society
Chesapeake’ & Ohio Railroad
Horn
Lewis
Harry Tait
Fred ’Sterry
Directo
Hula
Eh Sree
Furteeniis
Victor
Victrola
Victor Talking Machine CQ
Camden
N. J
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