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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1924
Page
14
Committee chairs report hospital and ambulance services ready for Holy Name procession coverage. Amplifiers will be placed around monument grounds for the final demonstration askey officials announce arrangements and medical staff prepare at parishes along the parade route.
The message to American crews expresses gratitude from Italian aviation for the gallant search and successful rescue of Lieut Locatelli. Reports say Lieut Smith and crew planned to depart Ivigtut toward Indian Harbor and Cartwright Harbor for fuel, with stops en route to Hawke Bay and Boston before heading to Mitchel Field and Seattle to end the globe flight.
Dom Berndt-Oom, linked to Tantrik temples and a $200000 Nyack estate purchase, faces rumors of leveraging Mrs Hatch to expand his ventures. Reports recall his 1911 arrest over a New York Sanskrit college and a long Tombs detention ended by lack of witnesses.
St Paul Aug 25 Curtis D Wilbur secretary of the navy warned that certain inalienable human rights could be endangered if Congress rewrites laws after Supreme Court rulings. He cited Senator La Follette’s plan to constitutionally empower laws reenacted after a court strike. Meanwhile Turn Italy reported a military plane capsized on landing, one dead and three seriously hurt.
Berlin reports the nationalist party opposes the Dawes reparation agreement and seeks a referendum. Dr Hergt criticizes government shifts on Ruhr evacuation and MacDonald stance, urging rejection of the Dawes bill while some members may vote for acceptance. Paris notes Young to head temporary Dawes agent-general effort with Dawes and Robinson assisting.
Bremerhaven reports Robert W. Bonying American agent before the mixed claims commission with Germany sailed to America aboard the President Roosevelt. He had been in Berlin two months negotiating with Dr Carl Von Lewinski regarding a claimant submitted to the Washington commission.
Special to The Washington Post Chicago Aug 25 Attorney Clarence Darrow delivered an eight hour plea for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb admitting mercy and understanding for all in trouble. He urged the judge to avoid hanging the 19 year olds warning the move would set a grim precedent and harm countless unborn children while praising mercy as the highest human virtue.
Loud bleatings yesterday afternoon at the Washington zoo announced the birth of a Tahr goat weighing 7 pounds. There are six Tahr goats at the gardens, head keeper William H Blackburne says, but this is the first birth in recent years. The dark gray kid will grow curved horns and a thick coat as it matures. Native to the Himalayas, the goats are agile climbers, and cages hold rocks for their ledge leaps.
Chicago Aug 25 Chairman William M Butler of the Republican national committee announced the appointment of an advisory committee to assist in the coming presidential campaign. The roster includes Bascom Slemp John T Adams Senator Peter Norbeck Senator Robert B Howell Senator George H Moses Gov Joseph M Dixon Representative William R Wood James W Good John L Lewis C L Knight Mrs Henrietta W Livermore Mrs Florence Porter Mrs Anna W Valle Col William J Donovan Nathan Eilsberg Claudius H Huston H D Hatheld Charles H March Hanford MacNider Mark N Reed Julius Rosenwald Emmett J Scott Col Carmi A Thompson Robert A L Vann Raymond Robins Mrs Minnie J Grinstead Mrs Douglas Robinson Mrs Harriot Taylor Upman Robert R Church Bernard A Ekhart Joseph R Grundy Bud K Wynicka.
In Panville Virginia the annual Virginia Department American Legion and legion auxiliary opened a three day convention with welcome sessions. About 400 members attend as candidates for department commander include E Dyer William Wright and Waverly Cousins. Arch C Morgan wins $100 prize for most new members while Dr Kate Waller Barrett is hailed as the sweetheart of Virginia Legionaries and publicly touched by Commander Wicker.
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