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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
2
Mov ie stars greet a convention of Pen Women in Washington DC with a gala in Wardman Park. The event features composers recitals and a carnival ball, with social highlights and remarks by club leaders and invited artists.
A servant saved seven children from a blaze in an area near a forest. The report notes rescue efforts amid smoke and flames and mentions nearby authorities responding to the incident. Details on location and exact times are unclear due to damaged text. The account references a boy and a few local residents and includes scattered phrases about insurance and area size.
Buffalo April 2 The National League of Women Voters in executive session praised President Coolidge for renewing approval of the permanent court of international justice. A telegram expressing appreciation was sent by Mrs Maitle Wood Park, president, to the President. The league supports the world court proposal with Hughes reservations and will send leaders from Buffalo after the convention to lobby the Senate committee.
In Petersburg on April unknown date The State rested its case in the circuit court trial of Wr Cort Tiverman charged with shooting and killing J Ten Scheff of Richmond on March 2. Mrs Tiverman testified that she fired two shots to defend her life, not to kill, and Schöff’s dying statement to the coroner described a cut over his heart and a quarrel with a man prior to the shooting.
A dense list of obituaries and funeral notices includes names such as Lee Lait, Mary A Trower, Kosan Goll, Murle Techrooe, and Norbert Isgad Jose Georgine. Memorials reference Mount Vernon, Holy Vomry church, Mount Olivet cemetery, and private interments. Dates span April 20 to April 25, 1924, with residences on Sleth Street, Winon Avenue, Percy Street, and other Northwest locales.
New York report says a woman may preside as temporary chairman and deliver the keynote at the 1924 Democratic convention. Currie Chapman Catt is named as a leading candidate amid discussion of several women politicians. The subcommittee will decide after its May meeting. Tex Rickard grants a rent free lease for Madison Square Garden from June 1 to adjournment.
Atlanta April 23 Georgia's delegation of 56 instructed to vote for the nomination of William G McAdoo for President at the national convention in New York in June was placed here today by the Democratic State convention. The delegates, one fourth of whom are women, are allowed one half vote each. May John & Cohen of the Atlanta Journal unanimously was elected Democratic national committeeman to succeed Clark Howell publisher of the Atlanta Constitution who had held the post for 32 consecutive years and Mrs Edgar Alexander of Atlanta was named national committeewoman succeeding Mrs Frank MacIntire. Savannah Howell's name was not offered for reelection. The convention also named 14 presidential electors and adopted resolutions recommending repeal of the Fordney McCumber tariff bill and the present federal tax system, enactment of laws providing aid to agriculture, over handed Justice to aid and relentless prosecution of the wrong doing unofficial circles, and tendering sympathy to the family of George F Milton McAdoo campaign manager in Tennessee who died a few hours before the convention.
Baltimore reports Senator James Couzens of Michigan, hospitalized at Johns Hopkins, said he is not a candidate for reelection due to ill health and a pending surgical operation. He was appointed to the Senate in 1924 to fill the unexpired term of Truman H Newberry and has been under observation for a bladder condition, with doctors planning an operation early next week.
Chemistry experts at a convention forecast artificial production of fats amino acids and carbohydrates from solar energy. Dr De Carlo Alsberg of Stanford warned that agriculture may be reduced but warned against overburdening energy resources. He cited US energy needs and noted future storage of solar energy could supplement food supply without relying on coal. He urged reforms in chemistry education and highlighted leather and heat transfer advances. He described Harvard chemistry expansion plans funded by Bishop Lawrence, including a $3 million endowment for chemistry buildings.
An editorial in the National Republican accuses radicals of infiltrating both parties and urges Republicans to reject compromise. It argues a forthcoming third party idea aligns with demagogic elements while condemning disloyalty to Lincoln era principles.
Oklahoma voices strong backing for Coolidge in a constitutional Republican stance. Editorial calls for unity against radical European ideas and pledges independence from primary or general election candidates who won’t uphold Republican values.
Michigan county Republican conventions across the state voiced support for President Coolidge. Resolutions backed the Dawes plan, Melon taxation, postal pay hikes, Denby, and Fordney McCumber tariff, while omitting Senator Couzens though pledging allegiance to Governor Groesbeck.
Formal declaration of President Coolidge s candidacy in the West Virginia presidential preference primaries to be held May 7 was filed in the secretary of state s office. If Coolidge wins a majority in the primary, West Virginia delegates to the Republican national convention will be pledged to him, secretary of state Heuston Young announced.
Philadelphia April 23 Returns from yesterday's state primary show Ralph Beaver Strassburger expanding his lead over Gov Gifford Pinchot for at large Republican convention delegates. With 6,224 of 8,119 districts reported Strassburger 214417, Strassburger 432787 Pinchot 218370. Allegheny County adds to Strassburger's margin while Democratic results trend unclear.
Representative Ware of Pennsylvania asserts Republicans will back President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon. He claims Pennsylvanians aim to send a solid Coolidge delegation and keep dissident delegates from the Cleveland convention. Senator Pepper also voices confidence in Coolidge and Mellon, denying any broader meaning to Pinchot’s defeat.
The body of Mrs Margaret Hemp Miller, 27, wife of Russell Miller of Eckhart, was found on the West Virginia shore of the Potomac River amid flood debris. Identified by her husband and relatives, a crucifix and ring marked the body. She disappeared March 6 after leaving her home. Mrs Catherine Kemp, who had been a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Sykesville, had returned home in December. She was twice married.
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