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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1924
Page
12
The British government plans a fourth effort to settle the Irish boundary dispute with consent. If peers reject, Conservatives face a political crisis as Parliament reopens for the summer session. The cabinet seeks support amid divisions over the frontier issue and possible repercussions for the government.
A jumble of obituary notices and funeral references lists individuals including Beall Beavers and others, with interment plans and dates hinted. The fragmented OCR includes multiple names, locations, and scattered funeral terms, reflecting a local newspaper death notice page.
The Irish Free State yesterday began visaing American passports for entry to Ireland, with new passport control at 1 Broadway New York. Dr T A Smidd announced the regime takes effect now as transatlantic travelers hold the new Irish passports, marking a milestone in Ireland’s independence from Britain.
An exchange in the Dail before adjournment August 12 centered on whether Britain had fulfilled the Anglo Irish treaty. Deputy Tam Johnson urged constitutional reform, while others urged restraint and not to denounce the treaty.
Fragmentary excerpt urges Germans to renew spirit of 1914 and unite for national resurrection. Calls for renewed resolve, remembrance of losses, and mobilization of forces to defend Fatherland amid a wartime crisis. Contains garbled OCR phrases but centers on patriotic rallying message from leaders.
A New York woman presented as a male inventor to market a device letting datemonites run without gast. She wore a suit and smoked a cigar to appear as a businessman, hoping to attract motor dealers with a device based on spring-powered mechanisms. The attempt failed after police inquiry and exposure.
Italian fascists raided a Catholic club in St Peters. Reported chaos followed as furniture was seized and streets flooded with frightened locals. Guards resisted with improvised defense as crowds dispersed amid threats and confusion.
The Chicago Crime Commission reports a surge in murders, noting 200 killings in the first 213 days of the year. The commission is arranging a conference to discuss the formation of an auto crime count and to address the rising violence in the city.
Fragmented obituary notices list multiple names and addresses including Charles R Hore ORE 469 Movtreet northwest and Mra EB 6 Cales. Entries mention funerals in August and July with locations such as Georgetown University Hospital Gaithersburg and Mount Olivet Cemetery. The text shows frayed details of services, interments, and family relatives, with several misspelled or garbled lines.
Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes receives doctor of laws degrees from the University of Brussels and the University of Louvain both conferred in Brussels with Cardinal Mercier assisting at Mechlin Palace. A royal dinner with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth followed as Hughes prepared to depart for Berlin.
Members of the American Bar association ended their official Paris visit with tea and a reception at the American Chamber of Commerce. Judge Clayton of Montgomery, Alabama received the Legion of Honor from Teon Meyer, undersecretary of the merchant marine department. Speakers included Miron Cifertick, Manuel Fourcader, Silas H Strawn, and Bixther Branch.
George N Spiva announced the sale of General Explosives Company to Du Pont Powder Company. The chairman of the board did not disclose the purchase price.
In Williamstown Mass a retired Rear Admiral W L Rodgers opposes Britains protest against raising gun elevations on US capital ships. He says no justification exists and the US should stand its rights. The Institute of Politics programs feature Richard Hawney Labour Party adviser praising its long term role in English politics.
A 69 year old woman married her 23 year old employee in Long Beach. The license cites a 46 year age gap. The couple, after marriage, planned to visit Cincinnati and Chicago before heading to Long Beach. Public record notes Detroit registry, with Burt Waloner cited.
The 7 year old Walter Ciorty wandered into Lake County woods Monday on a butterfly hunt and vanished. Indian rulers and 249 volunteers searched but found no trace. Bloodhounds failed to track, local clairvoyants were consulted, and the trail remains lost with several suggested rest places but no solid lead.
A letter from the prince’s secretary to Prof Woot Carlyle of the Alberta ranch outlines a brief Calgary visit around September 17 or 18. The itinerary is not fully given and the prince, to be known as Lord Renfrew, plans a quiet stay at High River with no civic festivities or receptions.
The will of Adelph Spreckels filed for probate in San Francisco provides the bulk of an estate estimated at 800 600 to 10 900600 to his three children and his widow Mia Alma del Bratteville Spreckels. The children are Alma Adolph and Dorothy Spreckels with a 100 000 bequest to a wife and numerous smaller gifts totaling about 18 000 to friends and domestics.
In Colon Panama on August 1 Dr Paul W Graumann a German American with many aliases was deported to Havana after his plot to swindle Carmino Diaz minister to Washington for Honduras was uncovered. He claimed to know the location of 81740 000 in money and the Saxony crown jewels hidden near Panama Bay.
Special Dispatch from Shanghai reports three Russian ships with about 600 White Army aboard defying the combined Chinese and Soviet forces at the Yangtze mouth ten miles from Shanghai. Chinese gunboats monitor the scene as Ambassador Katikhan presses for surrender. The Whites, short of food, demand $2000 before surrender to Chinese authorities.
Port Chester architect Stanley Wetmore aged 63 was named defendant in a breach of promise suit filed by Carrie Draper of Harrison seeking $60,000. Draper alleges that after Wetmore and his wife separated nineteen years ago he promised to marry her during intermittent fourteen year periods, repeatedly setting wedding dates then adjourning them and that on March 18, 1919 he remarried his divorced wife without notice.
President Kalenin of the Soviet government escaped death when a thunderstorm struck the shelterhouse in Qo uillage. A carriage driver was killed and a photographer injured as the roof collapsed and fire broke out. The president remained on the lower floor and survived unharmed.
Miss Virginia Gildersleeve of New York elected president of the International Federation of University Women as the congress adjourned in Christiania Norway. Entusiastic American delegates raised funds including 1600 dollars for a 1925 Scandinavian fellowship and a 1 million dollar fund for international university women fellowships. The American branch reports 13 000 members with clubhouses planned in several capitals.
Berlin August 1 Americans are more poetical than Germans today says Dr Erich Neuner editor of the Kuerachner Literary Calendar. He notes one German in 35000 claims authorship to a published poetry volume, while about one in 4600 Americans do so among 15096 banks of verse published yearly in Germany. Only 7 to 15 percent are of value to posterity. In 1914 there were about 1010 German poets though the cost of printing and poverty, plus political and economic trends, are discouraging the arts.
The article describes a historic deed where pew owners gain title to land beneath seats at Grace Episcopal Church. It notes 690 pews yielding fractional ownership of the church property and mentions a late Chief Justice who drafted the deed. Experts call the arrangement unique and unmatched.
Fragmented text shows a London conference where French proposals to arbitrate transfer committee disputes meet strong British opposition. Agreement emerges only on a conditional path allowing arbitration if funds reach a threshold, with dissenting members’ rights central to the decision process.
French deputies adjourn their session awaiting instructions from Herriot. The unclear text hints at a report or press dispatch detailing a wartime or political context and potential raises or reorganizations.
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