03 Jul 1924
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1924
Page
1
The note summarizes global and domestic happenings with political, religious, and social items. It mentions Pope Pius and a church leader in Oklahoma, plus AP wire coverage of ongoing developments across regions and sectors.
Philip DB DePuy of Rechester W T L was reelected president at the National Association of Retail Grocers convention held in Iowa. President James Howland Angel of Yale University was reported recovering well after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The wreck of a Jamestown Inland railroad express near Trop Ung Len ersesing, Woodhaven L I, left three dead and one injured after hitting a failed automobile. Divers drownings occurred in Michigan while three girls from the House of David colony perished in Berrien Springs. L G Griffing of Long Island was named grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Foreign dignitaries and officials feature in a flood of reports. Sir Dighton Protyn, comptroller to Immwazer Queen Alerendra, dies at ninety one. Moa plotters are hunted after a kidnapping and deputy murder. A mountaineering disaster claims Mallory and Helen Whis in an Everest attempt. Italian politics shift as Mussolini delays confidence vote while parliament reconvenes. Romanian confiscates foreign oil assets amid a broader European unrest.
The piece surveys Democratic and opposition moves at Madison Square Garden and in Chicago and St Paul. It notes Willa G McAdoo leading on first ballots, Bousten and Dawes as potential contenders, and debates over anti Ku Klux Klan planks. It covers German and French policy shifts, Mexico-Britain tensions, Mussolini crackdowns, and international elections signaling volatile 1920s politics.
Announcement from Washington says there will be no discussion of allied debts at the London conference opening July 16. The administration bars debt cancellation and aims for liberal repayment terms while planning full U S participation. Secretary Hughes and Secretary Mellon will attend during the conference period.
Army worms, spreading by the millions, are devastating northern Illinois farmland and advancing into Kane County. Farmers dig trenches to halt their progress as large movements are reported in Kendall Will Grundy De Kalb Du Page counties.
New York records detail Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the treasury testifying for the defense in the Means case as a key witness. Elmer W. Jamocke, secretary to Mellon, is involved as charged with aiding illicit whisky withdrawals. The defense seeks to show Melion was dismissed for exposing the withdrawal at a distillery partly owned by Mr. Melion.
Informal advise to the United States indicates France will recognize the Russian Soviet. Premier Herr not and President Doumergue reportedly agree on recognition and the debt question will be taken up later.
Explorer Christiaala-Stogia Ameniven, preparing an airplane expedition to the North Pole, postpones the trip due to economic difficulties, according to a dispatch from Visu Italy.
Bulgaria and the United States ratified a convention for extradition. After the agreement, any American arrested for felonies committed at home will be extradited.
Congress approved a treaty with the United States providing for the evacuation of the Dominican Republic by American military forces. The treaty was signed June 14.
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