Global News Roundup Highlights 1923-24 Events
Prohibition reports show 4 673 liquor law violations in April, while Senate clashes over amendments to a tax reduction bill. Attorney General Stone ends the last Dyson-era alignments, and Coolidge vetoes pension bills. Japan exclusion provision moves to July 1 1924 amid opposition. Presidential contests shift as Underwood withdraws in Kentucky. Roosevelt opens campaign HQ for Alfred E. Smith. Domestically, traffic violations indict Abby Rockefeller. manslaughter verdicts and a fatal auto accident in Memphis draw attention. Weather, rail, and crime stories fill out a broad world snapshot with uprisings, earthquakes, and protests across multiple nations.
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Edward W Pickard reports on political battles over tax reform in the US Congress and the presidential race. He notes Simmons and Mellon plan debates, immigration bill tweaks, and the Coolidge stance. Abroad, Germany edges toward a Dawes plan coalition while Berlin seizes Soviet documents.
Coolidge vetoes world war bonus bill
Washington reports President Coolidge has vetoed the World War bonus measure, arguing no moral or fiscal justification and that gratitude cannot be paid in money. He asserts patriotism is not for hire and that the nation cannot afford a bonus, urging Congress to reject the proposal.
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British Salvage German Fleet to Build New Ships
Salvage operations started at Scapa Flow on German war fleet hulls sunk by their crews after the peace treaty. The salvaged hulls and materials will be used to construct new vessels. A large floating dock, once German property, was towed to Serpu Flow to begin work.
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Coolidge Pardons Condemned in Contempt Ruling
Chicago federal judges Wilkerson and Carpenter overruled a pardon claim by President Coolidge regarding Philip Grossman a Chicago loankeeper sentenced to a year in the house of correction for contempt of court The decision states the president has no pardon authority in contempt cases and narrows executive power in such actions
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German Trade Slumping Fast Into Bankru
Berlin reports show twenty five banks in distress with Thuratgy in crisis for the industry. Government steps in to prevent mass layoffs among mining workers as 9 of 82,000 are at risk.
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Garrett Biblical Institute adopts anti war stance resolution
The students and faculty of Garrett Biblical Institute at Northwestern University vote 124 to 1 to approve the anti war sentiment recently endorsed by a Methodist general conference committee in Springfield Mass. The lone dissenting vote came from a single girl.
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Three Comets Seen Approaching Earth in 1924
Three comets are due to approach near the earth in 1924 the Encke Temple and Turtle. Observations note they will appear in November and December with small apparitions during their last visit within range of vision.
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Libyan Rebels Losses Reported in Italian Battle
Rome reports Italian operations against Libyan tribesmen in Libya with 28 Italians dead and 124 wounded. Tribesmen allegedly suffer 500 dead and many wounded in the clash described by officials.
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Coolidge Opens Campaign Headquarters in Cleveland
National headquarters for the Coolidge campaign opened on the north floor of Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland Ohio with William H. Butler in personal charge as the President's campaign manager.
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Seaton to Head College Albion
Dr John L Seaton of New York assistant secretary of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church has accepted the presidency of Albion College.
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