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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1924
Page
1
Aug 22 report shows Clarence Darrow before Judge Caverly urging mercy for Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb in the Franks murder appeal. He characterizes the killing as senseless and driven by a diseased mind while the defendants show visible distress in court.
AP reports from Plymouth Vermont dated August 22 state President Coolidge believes reparations are settled and world peace established, making invitations to another conference unlikely while the Daw n operation continues. He spoke publicly during his vacation, meeting reporters about official affairs for the first time in a week.
Dense fog forced scout planes from American warships to return without locating Lieutenant Locatelli after they had departed Iceland for Fredericksdal Greenland. Weather analysts expect a storm Sunday and caution that searches may be delayed or advanced as the Raleigh and other ships press the hunt.
Mayor John Hylan announced he would not seek the New York governorship and will back a progressive Democrat. He named Lieutenant Governor George R. Luna former Governor Martin Glynn and Attorney General Carl Sherman as prospects.
An imagined red army clash near Louisville with National Guardsmen simulating combat. WHAS reported live moves as thousands of troops and artillery fired, creating a vivid radio war scene supervised by the U.S. Signal Corps for Courier Journal Louisville Times. The broadcast ran about half an hour, ending as infantry brigades formed the front line.
An early morning basement fire at Ott Grocery 59 East Park Street spread to the adjacent hardware store. Seventeen residents of the Foster block above were trapped by smoke but rescued by fire crews. By 3 18 AM the blaze was under control with no injuries reported.
General John J. Pershing, set to retire September 13, told 800 Denver listeners that he will remain in active service for preparedness. He urged government support for national defense and defended citizen camps as training future citizens, not militarism, recalling America’s wartime unpreparedness and the ally loans that helped win the war. He planned to visit Port D. A. Russell in Cheyenne then return to Washington.
British wireless experts trying to listen to Mars heard odd noises at 1 am from a 24 valve radio set at Bulwich. Signals resembled harsh dots grouped in fours and fives, no earthly source identified, three-minute intermittent bursts. In Vancouver yesterday operators reported similar signals at 07 and 8 18 am, heard over four weeks, while Newark WOR radio operators kept an all night watch to listen for Mars.
In Westbrook Connecticut Charles Dawes announced that his presidential campaign will use very short talks. He spoke informally to several hundred residents before continuing to Maine where he plans to launch his speaking tour in Augusta.
In the chamber of deputies, Herriot led a eight hour session defending the pact and denouncing Dawes plan critic Caihin and Blum attacked the Dawes plan and the government. Briand and Lecour-Grandmaison clashed over obligations and guarantees amid references to MacDonald and France’s imperialist stance.
A disputed report claims a mythic floating booze ship story is false as editors and staff change hands. The article notes the reporter involved was dismissed from the newspaper.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the transfer of Mrs Mors’s corpse by carriage to New York with no floral attendance. Ab Mors, former husband and heir to a $12,000 estate, faced no charges at unity jail. Dr Reynolds stated a defense and warned of mental illness in the family, with predictions of severe debilitation from brain changes.
Newport dispatch reports the mummified body of Aaron Graft, a Wilkes-Barre manufacturer of radio cabinets, found in a four foot tin box in a Greenwich Village basement. The box was packed with blankets, wax coating and plaster. his feet were crammed inside. Graft’s death is treated as strangulation with his funds and movements under investigation.
New York police probe a noon hour raid in which two robbers bound two men with wire and gagged them while stealing diamonds valued at 100000 from the ninth floor at 170 Broadway Malden Lane. Owner Alexander Feldenheimer and customer Mark Wolin were the victims. Wolin triggered an alarm by rolling a wall button as guards blocked exits. earlier he had survived a 1923 robbery.
Democratic candidate John W. Davis denounces the Ku Klux Klan and calls on President Coolidge to explicitly remove the topic from politics. He cites previous conventions and argues the GOP has not faced the issue honestly while urging clear stand and unity against prejudice. The remarks, delivered in New Jersey, are tied to ongoing party tensions and regional reactions.
In Mayfield, the Associated Press notes President Coolidge joined farmers near Paymouth Virginia on August 22. He loaded a wagon with a pitchfork, wearing overalls over a white collar shirt as onlookers gathered along the road and enjoyed the informal farming activity before hurrying to his next engagement.
The Prince of Wales prepares for a second transatlantic voyage aboard a British liner from Southampton to Wales. The trip follows earlier delays caused by American bookings and slow saloon accommodations, with the prince occupying a two bedroom suite and guests including Lord and Lady Moune attending.
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