13 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1924
Page
1
General Pershing ends 42 years in the Army at noon as the nation honors him with President Wilson extending thanks for his leadership in World War I. His farewell includes a nationwide Defense Day test with rapid reports from corps and area headquarters.
Veterans with long careers dominate the late 1924 race as Babe Ruth leads the American League in batting and home runs, Eddie Collins and Eddie Rice vie for base hits and averages, while Hornsby tops the National League after returning from injury and Zack Wheat trails with strong hitting and speed.
Alva Geldamith, 21, former secretary to the Treasurer of the Merion Tithe and Trust Company Ardmore, was sentenced in Montgomery County to an indefinite term in the state industrial home for women for stealing 87500 in bonds. Sidney Steching of Crisheld, ND her fiancé, convicted of receiving the bonds, got two and a half years. Judge Williams noted mercy, choosing indeterminate confinement over branding her a criminal. The case centers on the trust company theft and the implicated fiancé’s sentence.
A Berlin statement asserts Germany cannot join the League of Nations until the war claims are settled and demands covenant changes favoring Germany. It notes no foreign statesman raised the issue during the London talks and signals a forthcoming cabinet debate on the matter.
Police break up a Hollywood party as several attendees face charges for disturbance and peace violations. Report notes a chaotic scene with loud claims of illegal activity and concerns about public safety.
A seven year old girl named Lavine Carey, struck by a trolley at Colorado Street, Philadelphia, died en route to the hospital. The Careys, long-time residents, will hold funeral services at Bethesda MPF Church with interment in Parsons Cemetery.
Unclear text describes colleges facing sadness and stretched budgets as they adapt to difficult circumstances. The fragment hints at students managing attire and personal challenges amid broader hardships. The piece lacks concrete names or events to anchor specific entities.
Washington reports civilian response to Defense Day as highly satisfactory with about 16.7 million participants. Civilian volunteers joined demonstrations and parades while military units reached approximate war strength, suggesting around two million service members enrolled. Local corps area reports praise public enthusiasm for the national defense program.
An electric Pa railroad train derailed two cars on the main eastbound track at Sird Street and Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia. One man in the freight cab was injured while three others narrowly escaped injury as a derailed car nearly toppled onto their switch cabin. Passengers were moved to a steam train and schedules re routed with eastbound trains using the westbound track at Ver brook.
A fragment describes a recurring Monday rush in a nascent nut repair business with about seventy thousand nine hundred sheep involved, indicating an unusual trade volume in a rural market.
A garbled late news digest from Waboriond Maryland lists weather and civic notes dated September 12 1093. It mentions the state and national agencies with scattered phrases about councils and leaders and appears to reference letters by and about government officials and committees.
The Army airmen began the final leg of their journey departing from Bolling Field Washington at 10 50 A M for Dayton Ohio under clearing skies. Brigadier General Mitchell escorted the group briefly and a photographers plane followed as planes circled Arlington Cemetery before heading west.
A June 13 report notes a minute hand weighing 2900 pounds will travel 187 feet per hour on a large clock under construction near Merlin, Beigsum. The project features a flat cas head and advertising sign, claimed as the world’s largest clock component.
Fragmentary text shows garbled names and phrases making event details unreadable. No clear entities or facts to summarize into a coherent item.
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