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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
18
Wisconsin Republican leaders move to rebuild the party on loyalty grounds while La Follette supporters plan to run electors in an independent line. Nelson asserts Coolidge Dawes electors will appear on the ballot in Wisconsin, with no plan to join the Republican ticket.
A garbled OCR page lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Names include Elizabeth Andrea Bruce, Edmond Bruce, Charles Dawson, Giles, and others. Entries indicate burial or interment at local cemeteries, services at specific churches, and mention relatives and lodge affiliations. The scattered text references dates, locations like Rock Creek and West, and Masonic temple connections, reflecting a community obituary page with funeral times and relatives.
In Cincinnati on July 31 the executive board of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Station Employees endorsed independent candidates Senator Robert M La Follette and Senator Burton K Wheeler for president and vice president. The board also approved the Conference for Progressive Political Action program and endorsed known progressive senators and representatives.
The War Department will add about 100 personnel to Navy Yard and the engraving bureau to handle emergency bonus work. About 60 plate printers may be hired for six months as administrators plan reserve forces. Navy Yard additions would be limited and temporary, not exceeding 100 in total. War Department additions would support the bonus staff, not be large.
Davis supports Bryan while opposing the defense test day program. He was detained until 6 p.m. then returned home at Locust Valley to reread and revise his acceptance address for Clarksburg West Virginia on August 11. Visitors at headquarters included James W. Gerard Lieut Gov Lunn Daniel C Roper George White Gov Albert C Ritchie Senator Owen Walker D Hines and Francis McAdoo.
Obituaries and funeral notices for multiple residents including FRANK MURRAY, MARY NEILBOX, GLADYS PURCELL, EDWARD ACHWARTZ, and others. Details list death dates in July 1924, residences on Kenyon Street NW and Mount Olivet cemetery interments, church services at St Matthew's and St Martin's, and lodge tributes by BPO Elks. Public notices call for memorial services and dates August 1 1924 to August 2 1924.
Clarksburg W Va plans to host at least 25000 visiting motor cars for the John W Davis homecoming on August 11. Local residents will provide parking spaces and traffic regulation while a parking fence is planned for all entrants. Radio broadcast arrangements were announced with Jo Koons of Washington coordinating a nationwide relaying system to carry the Davis and Walsh speeches to every print in the U S on the night of August 11.
Campaign workers paused calling as Senator La Fallette spent the day studying and writing. Headquarters said the next two weeks will focus on states where party machinery is strongest, arguing that publicity for votes would be wasted until essential groundwork is completed.
Chicago July 31 Plans for the formal notification ceremonies for Charles G Dawes the Republican Vice presidential nominee to be held at the Dawes home in Evanston on August 1 have been completed and will be presented to party leaders in the East within a few days. Arrangements have been made for one of the largest crowds in Austen's history. Dawes has spent much time preparing his acceptance address in which he is expected to issue a keynote aligned with President Coolidge at the White House on August 14.
A National Industrial Conference Board report states U S building costs have doubled since the war and rents rose 5 percent in ten years. It blames skilled labor shortages, immigration limits, and poor apprenticeship encouragement for slow postwar construction and 100 percent higher wages in seventeen crafts since 1914.
London July 4 Justice Lush dismissed a suit by George Parkinson contractor of Black Pool Lancashire against the College of Ambulance and its secretary for damages over a contract to obtain a knighthood for 20000 pounds of which 3000 had been advanced. The judge held that a contract to obtain a title is illegal and leaves the plaintiff without a case.
New York July 31 auditor George H. Mc Conn died in his room after a party. A young woman named Potey Cook, hairdresser of Philadelphia, said the shooting was accidental after McCaun emptied a revolver and said it wasn’t loaded. She was questioned and later exonerated.
The opinion of Attorney General Stone expands credit for all time in service including guardhouse detention and absent without leave, provided discharge is honorable. This increases veteran payouts slightly but reduces administrative costs. The War Department will accept all applications as Maj. Gen. Davis announced, with prompt filing emphasized to protect dependents if a veteran dies before applying.
Gov. Cox informs Rhode Island Governor Flynn that Massachusetts officers acted within their rights when arresting two assistant Rhode Island attorneys general and associates at Rutland. The matter arose during cross-state efforts to obtain evidence linked to a June 19 Rhode Island senate bomb incident and alleged Republican involvement.
New York July 31 Led by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis 14 600 members of the Loyal Order of Moose meeting in convention paraded up Fifth avenue and gathered at the Hotel Astor to witness the selection of the queen of the convention Two queens were chosen Hazel Goodwin Syracuse New York and Elizabeth Fleisch Brooklyn were named as co winners amid the judges difficulty in picking a single beauty.
Dayton Ohio July 31 for the first time in months the Barling bomber the world's largest airplane moved on its own power at McCook Field. The six Liberty engines were started and the craft rolled under its own power as chief test pilot Harold W. De Larrie and Army officers observed. The aircraft had undergone eight months of repairs and the test marks a milestone for the massive flyer.
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