Pomerene bill gains unanimous Senate passage on rent control
Senate approves the emergency agriculture measure with no dissent and shifts conferees away from Johnson, aiming to curb wartime profiteering in rent. The bill sets rent limits, requires a real estate administrator, and allows appeals to a rent board, with hotel and lodging houses subject to posting rates.
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Allies Close In On German Frontline Advances
Allies press the foe as a shaded map shows gains from July 18 to April 19 with Foch and Hindenburg lines dimmed, indicating continued advance. The report notes the farthest German march and highlights strategic positions as troops converge near key sectors.
May Commandeer Rooms For Government Workers 5 000 Needed Immediately
The civil service commission fears a housing shortage as about 400 government workers arrive in Washington daily. total war workers in the city reach 96 000 plus 9 600 officers, prompting calls for volunteers to list spare rooms. a district canvass and urgent ad campaign seek 6 000 rooms now with emphasis on larger houses to sublet to civilian clerks.
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Georgia Mob Fatally Hounds Suspect in Jones County
John Gilham a Black man hiding near Macon was found by two Black locals then handed to police. A mob near Gray later killed him at the scene of alleged Jones county crimes after reports claim he confessed to the offenses and a Ware county case from six years prior. A coroner's jury says he died at the hands of unknown assailants.
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Bomb Blast Kills Four. Crowds Watched by Guards
News from East Page reports a deadly explosion near the British recruiting office wedging crowds back with home guards. Victims include Helen Michike who died beside her sister. James Connelly of Philadelphia is questioned by officials as a suspect. A second note confirms Hassel Stover, 25, from Luray notifies his father of service in France.
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Catholic Boys School To Open Under Kaverian Brothers
News from Alexandria announces a boys school run by the Kaverian Brothers, Baltimore, opening late in the year at the old Capt. Herbert mst home site on Washington and teen streets. It will serve non Catholics with a religious remission option for the latter, offering grammar graduates a path to commercial studies including stenography bookkeeping and mechanical drawing. Separately, Wer Camp Community Service plans a week of activities with a community sing and church talks by Camp Humphreys men, while C J Howell departs for Camp Johnston Jacksonville for motor truck training.
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Death by improvised scaffold ends life in woods
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland reports Adolf Swager a young man of German birth hanged himself using a crude scaffold formed by boards nailed between two trees near Annapolis He had been missing since Saturday and was found early today his feet only inches from the ground authorities believe the rope was tied around his neck and fixed to the boards in a self initiated suicide.
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Truck Route To Bristow Va For Farm Produce
In cooperation with the highways transport committee of the National Council of Defense W E McCoy of Manassas Va has started a motor truck route between Bristow Va and Washington to move farm produce into the city and bring merchandise back. A meeting of prospective shippers will be held this week to discuss schedule rates and connections along the line. Special to The Washington Post.
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Australian Labor splits shake New South Wales ranks
Melbourne September 4 A major rift within the Labor Party emerges as the Interstate conference votes to ballot unions on Labor’s recruitment stance. The question asks unions to weigh peace negotiations, no annexations, and no penal indemnities, while prioritizing home defense and industrial needs. NSW MPs sign a manifesto urging a negative ballot, with the vote closing November 1.
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Grain and Live Stock Prices Summary
Mixed, listing grains and live stock bids and prices across regions including Western Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia. Prices cover corn oats wheat cotton hogs cattle sheep and poultry with regional quotes and market highs, lows, and typical ranges for the day.
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Maryland and Virginia Aid Southern Canal Plan
A Georgia led committee asked President Wilson to approve a barge canal across Florida from St Marks to St Marys linking the St Marys and Swanee rivers. It would span 210 miles with 100 miles of new construction, enabling cotton growers to ship at lower water rates to New Orleans.
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Governor removes eight school officials in vaccination dispute
Gyr Harrington dismissed Mayor Joseph C Byron Dr A P Stovfer and W Firey Snyder Democratic Washington County school commissioners for failure to enforce the vaccination rule. Dr John Stigers William Miller and William King were appointed in their places. Fredericksburg and other Virginia towns report multiple obituaries and local notices, including deaths of George Davis Frank W Berry Peter W Garland and Mary Landram, with service details and survivors.
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Baby Eats Pills as Candy Dies in West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post St Marys West Virginia September 4 A 14 month old child of Mr and Mrs Brim Pritchett found a box labeled candy cathartic pills and ate 30 believing them to be candy She died in convulsions Cumberland Maryland September 4 Nick Jaroz aged 29 died in Baltimore after injuries while riding in a Baltimore and Ohio camp car found on a track in unknown manner
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