Review of the Events of 1924
A summary of 1924 highlights including the Dawes plan's rollout for German reparations, British Labour government upheaval and Conservative return, the U S presidential election with Coolidge and Dawes, and global shifts from Russia to Turkey and Italy. It notes arms talks, League of Nations debates, and Sudan tensions as year-end events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
Great Britain
League of Nations
Japan
Tokyo
League
League Assembly
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Turkey
Mosul Ol] Fields
League of Nations Council
Dawes Plan Shapes Early Reparation Settlement
A Dawes plan summarizing Germany's payment capacity was proposed by Gen. Dawes's commission. The report, accepted by the reparations commission, approved by Germany and Britain, and supported by Belgium, Italy, and Japan, aimed to revive Europe after World War I and led to a large German loan offer in October 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reparations Commission
Charles G. Dawes
America
Germany
Dawes
Belgian
Italy
Japan
Owen D. Young
San Francisco
Gseal
Ales
London
Reichstag
Europe
Seymour Parker Gilbert
Global political upheaval and elections of 1924 summarized
A sweeping year in world politics is recapped, detailing Britain’s 1924 shift from Ramsay MacDonald to Stanley Baldwin after a hung parliament and a voter rebuke of Liberal and Labour parties. It covers France Germany Italy and much of Europe’s governance changes, revolts, and economic strains, plus Mexico Brazil and Central America events, and U S political races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ww. Pickard
Europe
America
China
Spain
Morocco
Mexico
Brazil
Central America
Mary
United States
Japan
Great Tritain
Stanley Baldwin
Princ
Russia
France
Lerrio Thevame
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
Musso Mal
Italy
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Lafoliette
Wheeler
Land
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Gates Dawes
Coolidge Nominated On First Ballot At Cleveland Convention
The 1924 Republican convention opened June 10 with Frank W. Mondell as chairman in Cleveland. Coolidge won on the first ballot with 1065 votes, LaFollette 84, Johnson 16. Lowden was nominated for vice president but declined. Dawes was chosen. The Democratic gathering in New York extended until July 10 in a long convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Frank W. Mondell
LaFollette
Johnson
Frank
Lowden
Mlinola
Charles Gates Dawes
Chicago
New York
America
Public Aid Acts and Armament Debate Amid Holiday Recess
The article notes Committing officials stressing steady defense and air power while the President resists large armament funding. The Interior department budget passes at 238 million dollars as Congress recesses from December 20 to 29. On December 8, James B. Duke donates 46 million to educational institutions in NC and SC, and George Eastman gives 12.5 million to colleges, schools, and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Interior Department
Congress
James B. Duke
Tobacco
North
South Carolina
George Eastman
Eastman Kodak Company of
Rochester
Labor in the United States shows mixed gains and milestones
The year saw no general strikes, wage levels remain high, and pay increases for 15,000 New York Central Railway workers on January 22. Textile and garment workers faced reductions or strikes, Gomper s reelected head of the AFL, and he attended a Pan American Labor Federation meeting in Mexico City where he died later in the year. The FTC ordered steel firms to end the Pittsburgh Plus system and accused ALCOA of questionable practices. A Supreme Court ruling on October 20 affirmed jury trials in certain labor contempt cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Glucksbourg
Nicolai Lenin
Soviet Russia
Alexia £. Rykov
Lenin
Switzerland
Mustapha Kemal
Hia
Ismet Pasha
Lreside
Mecca
Germany
Reichstag Ws
Max
Reichstag
Marx
Mars
Srr
Matteotti
Fascisti
Fremer Mussolini
Nations
Mussolini
China
Shanghai
Chekiang
Kiongsu
Wu Pei-fu
Peking
Chang Tso-tn
Manchuria
Chang
Feng Yuhsiang
Tsao Kun
Feng
Peklog
Tuan Onijul
Atlantic
Rio Do Sul
Brazil
Mexico
Plutarco Calles
Gonzales Cordova
Henarar
Haracld Vasquez
Santo Domingo
Carlos Solorzana
Nicaragua
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Hondurag
United States
Chile
Alessandri
Senate
Europe
William G. BeAdoe
al Smith
New York
Ku Klux Klan
Committee On Resolutions
League of Nations
Klan
League
McAdoo
Smith
John W. Davis
Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Nevuska
William J
Tua Follette
Progressive
Federation of Labor
Socialist Party
Burton K. Wheeler
Monting
Congress
Coolidge
Electom
Lai Follette
Wisconsin
Conlidge
Miriam Verguson
Texas
Nellie T. Rosa
Wyoming
New York State
Theodore Roosevelt
Albert R. Fat
Albert R. Fat, Former Secretary of the Interior
Navy
Denby
House
Ecangresa
Tokyo
Santa Monica
Cal
Alaskan Islands
Martin
Japan
India
Ireland
Greenland
Curtis D. Wilbur
California
Daugherty
Haran Fiske Stone
Wallace
Howard Gore
Charles B. Warren
James R. Sheffield
Cyrus Woods
Edgar A. Bancroft
Chicago
Bugh S. Gibson
Coolridge India
Permanent Court of International Justice
of Nationa
New York Central Railway Company
Chicago Teaumsters
Uld
Federal Board
Maine
Silk Workers
Waterson
N. J
Garment Workers
American Federation of Labor
el Paso
Commuunism
Labor Party
Samuel Gompera
Mexico City
Pan-American Labor Federation
Gompers
San Antonio
Federal Trade Commission
Steel Companies
Middle West
Aluminum Company of America
Organized Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Devastating Disasters Mark 1924 Across Nations
The year 1924 saw numerous quakes, explosions, fires, and storms with heavy loss of life. Major incidents include a Pekin starch plant explosion, mines in Shanktown and Castle Gate, a Mississippi battleship turret blast, deadly earthquakes in Japan and Jersey City fires, and a Louisiana hurricane aftermath with extensive casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Pekin
Japan
India
Colombia
Shanktown
Crosby
Minn
Nixon
N. J
San Jose
Costa Rica
Castle Gate
Tab
Amalfi
Italy
Wheeling
W. Va
Tal
South
Bucharest
California
Mississippi
Lorain
Ohio
China
Formosa
Virgin Islands
Sublet
Wyo
Stomms
Wisconsin
U. S
Trenton
Jersey City
Long list of notable deaths scattered through a year
An extended necrology lists prominent individuals who died each month, including politicians, authors, scientists, artists, and public figures from many countries. Names such as Woodrow Wilson, Graf von Spee, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appear among the long roster of contributors to culture, science, and government reflected in the year’s obituaries.
Also Mentioned on This Page
World
Lee Stack
Sirdar
Beyotan
Sudan
Meyptlan
Zagimit Pasha
Ziwar
Jange
Britain
Poland
Irish Free State
Kingland
Foreign Affairs
Ramsay MacDonald
Chanse of Commons
Pariament
Liberal Party
Laborites
Austen Chamberlain
Lord Curzon
Winston Churchill
England
Poincare
Francois- Marsal
Millerand
Edouard Herriot
Gaston Domergue
Austria
Mgr. Seipel
Vienna
Rudolph Ramex
Belgium
Albania
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Finland
Portugal
Reece
Venizelos
Kar
Industrial and Labor
Martha Foote Crowe
S. Baring Gould
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
John Leyland
Alfred Gruenfeld
A. F. Adams
Basil Gildersheye
W. Y. Allen
Nebraska
George Cram Cook
Maurice Francis Egan
Rusaiay
Lee Christmas
Tortune
W. QO. Fox
Ecuador
Grand Duchess
Marie of
Luxemburg
S. McMurtry
Woodrow Wilson
T. C. Selfridge
William Lightfoot Visscher
Merce Anderson
Jacques Loeb
Vincent de Paul
Gray Nuns
Bacred Heart
Alexander B. Garrett
3. B. Guon
R. F. Goodman
Iumberman
Winconela
H. G. Dupre
Leukiema
T. Meerechaert
Oklahoma
J. L. Slayden
George Randolph Chester
Lydia Coonley Ward
J. M Levy
W. F. Lee
Caecago
A. 5. Smith
New York Central
Daniel Ridgeway Katebt
F Dangus
Lopez Gutterrez
Honduras
Baker
G. W. Jack
W. 0. Sul Nine
Dean N.C. Ricker
University of Illinois
Newton Fuesste
Barney Barnard
Robert Nivette
T. ©. Mendenhall
James McNally
Charles Stanford
P. A. Baker
Glen MacDonough
Charles A
Wubert Work
Interior
Katie Putnam
C. E. Townsend
Michigan
Mary Stuart Cutting
Joseph Jefferson
Richard Green Moulton
LeBaron B. Colt
Rhode Island
Lucy Page Gaston
Charles B. Lewis
Adolph Seeton
Julia Reinhardt
Edward F. Geers
Darlo Resta
Maria ‘Tf. Daviess
Frank Chince
Charles Zeublin
W. L. Douglas
Massachusetts
J. W. Schneberle
James Carruthera
R. J. Gamble
South Dakota
W. R. Greene
C. TD. Sawyer
Harding
Watrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Charlotte Grabtree
Lotta
Hu L. Bridgeman
Willam I’rice
Warren Garst
Town
W. A. Shanklin
Charles L. Hutchinses
Anatole France
Wrench
BE. L. Larkin
Dr. L. ©. Seelye
Smith College
Frank Brandegee
Connecticut
H. H. Roussant
Percy Scott
Wight Neumann
A. Buchtel
Colorado
John Wright
Henry
Laura Jean Libbey
Bell Telephone Company
Cornelius Cole
Ferdinand Peck
Gabriel Fare
Anson Milla
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. K. Kitchin
North Carolina
Samuel Plantz
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Montagu
EB. B. Rice
J. P
W. C. Brown
H. J. Alerding
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wiliam ©. Reich
Isaac Friedman
Mahlon Pitney
U. S. Supreme Court
August Belmont
Nancieame
Edward Holelag
Samuel Gomypers
Goa Greasman
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