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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
1
A collage of satirical quips and literary references surveys politics crime and science. Notable items mention Leopold and Loeb, a Texas Republican platform, a golfer in fantasy, Kid McCoy in Los Angeles, and Red Cross relief amid floods.
In London Aug 13 after five hours of talks the French and German delegations remained deadlocked over the Ruhr evacuation time. Premier Herriot and Chancellor Marx planned to meet again tomorrow morning with Theunis of Belgium. Belgians yielded on railways. amnesty and other minor issues were settled.
Philadelphia Aug. 13 The coast guard readies to sweep the Atlantic rum fleet with 20 destroyers 24 bases planned 300 motor boats to aid patrols and mine sweepers. Over 1,000 men mobilized in secret as censorship tightens and civilians are barred from the yard.
Attorney General Stone directs U S attorneys at coast and border points to use the 1922 Tariff Act to prosecute liquor smuggling because it carries heavier penalties. Section 693 allows imprisonment and a $5 000 fine for smugglers of goods including whisky. Two Texas Southern District prosecutions recently yielded about eighteen months in prison and $5 000 fines.
In Naples on August 13 two women, Concetta Palmira and Maria Meschino, dueled over Giovanni Manzi a shepherd. Palmira disarmed Meschino then stabbed her to death. Palmira was arrested charged with homicide.
Evelyn Fariss, once joined the Follies and later helped secure the acquittal of her second husband Raymond O Bennett on a murder charge, filed for divorce. She married Bennett in 1920 after divorcing William Gill, a New York newspaper man, in a divorce settled by a secret pact that barred contested divorce if either fell in love with another.
New York Aug 13 station WJZ successfully broadcast a program from a plane 4000 feet above Central Park. Lieut Connell piloted the aircraft carrying a 5 watt signal transmitter and a trailing 20 foot antenna. Ground gear in the park included a receiving set and portable amplifier linked to the station. Lieut Rash and Maj L D Gardner discussed air broadcasting for about 15 minutes.
New York announces Mrs. Morgan Belmont will join a Fifth Avenue department store and direct the personal shopping bureau starting September 16. Formerly Margaret Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Andrews, she entered motion pictures in 1920 after leaving society life.
Geneva reports plans for observing life on Mars on August 22 from Jungfrau heights as Mars nears Earth at 35 million miles. Instruments are being installed on the snowy Jungfrau caps for the first close approach observation.
Shanghai reports massive flooding across China leaving at least 60,000 dead and millions homeless. Refugees flood into Peking as relief estimates cite 10 million affected by food shortages and crop destruction. Officials warn water will persist, delaying winter wheat planting.
Director Frank T. Hines announced a complete reorganization to decentralize field service by creating about 50 regional claims and rating boards to replace subdistrict offices. Personal contact rating will replace paper only, with appeals allowed to central office. night supervisory boards will replace districts. Maryland Virginia West Virginia and DC to shift to Richmond Baltimore Charleston and Washington. Maj Louis T. Grant to leave Twelfth district post with no successor chosen yet.
Representative William S. Vare expelled from the Patriotic Order Sons of America by the state executive committee. He is declared forever ineligible. The action cites oath violations and conduct unbecoming a Son of America tied to his votes and public addresses. Vare, a Philadelphia Republican leader, toured Europe with Charles B. Hall when disciplined.
Clyde A. Lott reports his desert house stock of intricate patents and blueprints valued around 4000 dollars was broken into by children. They entered the deserted house at 7164 Eighth Street Northwest and scattered or removed many items. Detectives Keck Mansfield and Livingston are assigned to the case.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Bedette arrived in New York from Copenhagen. Costing $450,000 with $550,000 in fittings, it is praised as the finest of its type to reach the harbor. The ship features Louis style suites for the owner and four guests, while the crew of seventeen enjoys expensively furnished rooms each with a shower bath.
Allan A. Ryan Jr., 21, son of Allan A. Ryan, aims to help his father recover about 5 million dollars lost on motor stocks. The younger Ryan, grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan, will begin in Wall Street tomorrow as a full fledged broker.
Jean Koski of Cleveland sprains her ankle in Central Park Dell and leads police to a hidden cavern used by twenty destitute runaways. Jean and Frances Mack, both 17, quit their jobs as telephone operators after a week in Manhattan and hid in the park.
Paris August 13 a divorce was granted to Mrs Rene Carrillo de Albornoz formerly Miss Maud Fitzhugh of New York on grounds of abandonment.
Representative Edward M Beers of Pennsylvania and his wife escaped injury in a morning collision at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Jacob Wolfe, a police headquarters chauffeur driving a police operator’s car, was unhurt, while Wolfe’s vehicle was badly damaged. Beers had just arrived to attend President Coolidge’s notification tonight.
President Coolidge will be formally notified of his nomination by the Republican party at 3 p.m. in Memorial Continental hall. Afterward he will travel to his father's home in Plymouth Vermont for twelve days of rest before the campaign. National leaders and committee members arrive in Washington and meet at Republican headquarters ahead of an informal White House luncheon.
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy confessed to his sister that he killed Mrs Theresa Mors and wounded three others in Los Angeles early today. Police say he shot a fourth victim and terrorized West Lake Park area before being captured. The register shows Mrs Mors used Nottingham apartments under alias Shields. District Attorney Kayes said he would present McCoy to a grand jury.
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