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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1924
Page
15
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President Coolidge signals openness to further limits on armaments and codified international law if Europe stabilizes and goodwill returns. He cautions this does not guarantee a new conference and notes unresolved issues from Washington, including battleship modernization, naval power gaps, and the need to keep U S defenses strong while pursuing peace.
The rules committee reported a measure to extend the rent commission life, with indications it will pass next Monday. Public demand supports relief, and extending the commission is seen as essential to prevent excessive rents and protect the community’s well being.
A British critic blames the modern girl for lack of intelligence yet the article argues she outlearns earlier generations. She adapts quickly from Jazz to the classics and uses opportunity, knowing more of life in a minute than her grandmother did in a year. Some life affairs may remain unknown to her, but no one knows that she lacks them.
The novelist Marie Corelli died at 60 after a night’s sleep due to heart failure. Born to Italian and Scottish roots and raised by Charles Mackay, she rose with A Romance of Two Worlds and faced critics for style and controversial views. Her home Manor Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, drew many readers and pilgrims.
An essay traces rising German nationalist fever as the country pushes to reclaim its lost colonies after World War I. It argues colonial aggression fed pride, but Germany failed to settle and administer overseas lands, with current agitation served by reactionaries for political gains.
Debates on the bonus bill stretched through the day with opposition by Borah Fernald Dial Bruce and others while supporters backed the cash option and a possible vote before adjournment. Other actions included leases of Kaw lands, international relief funding, tax revision reports, district appropriations, and various committee investigations and measures on mailings for the blind and truth in labeling.
New York April 2. Miss Jane Cody Garlow 14 granddaughter of Colonel William Cody will unveil the bronze equestrian statue of Buffalo Bill at the Cody Wyoming entrance to Yellowstone Park. The Buffalo Bill American Association announced the statue is the work of Mrs Barry Payne Whitney.
Book notices review several recent titles with mixed judgments on journalism theory, mystery fiction, and detective fiction. Casper S. Yost’s Principles of Journalism is praised for experience over theory, while Hart Hanshew White Devil of the Black Sea and Rathbone’s Sparkened Windows are noted for plotting, intrigue, and readable suspense.
Miss Sinclair, the English novelist, arrived aboard the Baltic to attend the Congress of International Playwrights Poets Essayists and Novelists to be held here late next month. This is her first visit to America in eighteen years.
Letters critique Manuel Quezon and Filipino officials over Japanese immigration and U S policy. An editor’s page highlights discontent with responses to exclusion and calls for stronger stances on Pacific labor and sovereignty.
In a letter to The Post Sir, John R Myrovgr notes the Senate Democratic majority pushes for a cash option in the adjusted compensation measure. He questions whether a Democratic administration has enacted any WWI veteran bonus legislation and argues Republican states have granted bonuses, urging federal and state participation in costs.
A letter to the editor argues public utilities use fare increases to squeeze riders. It cites the Washington Rapid Transit Company after a 10 cent fare rise, claiming no new buses will run while promotions like free transfers and token offers would cause losses. The writer questions corporate interests and stockholder concerns in such decisions.
A terse report notes a man named Lars and a school team with a 0 score achieving a bar test milestone. The fragmentary text mentions a toy and Wendin, with unclear dates or places. No further verifiable details are present to confirm identities or outcomes.
A fragmentary verse piece contrasts rural life and modernity with satire on gender, wine making, and technology. It mentions Viareggio and Tuscany, jokes about dancing and beauty, then shifts to a political aside referencing Mussolini, Dawes, and radio diffusion of knowledge, citing 1934 copyright.
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