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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
16
Gov Bryan charges defense day plans are too militaristic and accuse the War Department of exceeding authority. He urges state cooperation while warning against any mobilization move, arguing the interpretation conflicts with Coolidge.
A garbled OCR passage references discussions around wartime broadcasts and authority, mentioning the War Department and plans tied to Nebraska figures. It implies tension between official wartime messaging and public reception, with scattered names and mentions of drafts, presidents, and radio content.
Red Cross leaders call for unit listings to parade in the city as the September event draws near. Heads of district headquarters oversee uniformed workers readiness and timing.
Lieut Tillman is named Defense Day executive amid ceremony notes and references to parade events. The piece mentions the Hth battalion, a WWII era context, and lists attendees including Wah gtlstars and other service members in attendance.
Memorial Continental hall hosts a meeting of 180 national patriotic and veteran groups to coordinate defense efforts under Secretary of War Weeks. Brigadier General Hugh Drum and Miss Ratharan Prowne head the program with remarks from War Secretary Weeks and other officials.
The governor urged county officials to organize Defense Day preparations across South Carolina. The message requests each county to form committees to coordinate activities and ensure nationwide defense readiness.
Justice Frederick Siddons dismissed Mrs Annette Applegate s habeas corpus petition from Occoquan workhouse ruling prison work counted as health and safety guarding not cruel or penal. He noted inmate labor varied and that light daily tasks served mental welfare, with no evidence of forced hard labor. The judge suggested the appeal might succeed but release could come after serving sentence.
A fleet of aircraft invaded Bolling field yesterday afternoon for a cross country flight from Langley Field Va. to study flight conditions with the class of Pennsylvania National and student officers observing. The formation was led by Mat Henry Woo Harris of the regular army in an FE 3. De Havilland DH planes and Martin bombers followed with observer officers from the Pennsylvania National Guard aboard.
A woman named Mrs Burns confessed after showing $4500 from her purse to plainclothes police. The trio including her husband and Chance used a jeweler Feldenheimer’s shop to execute the raid, move gems to a fence for $6900, and flee via subway, with detectives failing to arrest them.
A man in the southeast section named Paul Padgett was found dead yesterday while visiting 48 Ty Street. He was pronounced dead at Casuals Hospital. Coroner Nevitt ruled the death due to natural causes.
Gawad Serrlett aged 23 was hit on the head by a heavy concrete slab while bricklaying at the Cosmopolitan theater corner Thirteenth and F1 streets NW He was taken to Emergency hospital by ambulance and treated his condition described as not serious A separate cablegram from the cruiser Tren ton notes the late Vice Consul Imbrie’s body returning to Hampton Roads with passes at Villefrance and Gibraltar during the voyage
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals yesterday granted a special appeal for Harry Sinelayr, challenging a demurrer to an indictment charging contempt of the Senate. The case, tied to questions from the Senate committee on public lands and surveys, may go to the U.S. Supreme Court for a final decision. The ruling delays any immediate trial and keeps open possible further appeals.
In a late season contest, Beau and Moreland played to a draw at Salat Mt. The game featured tense exchanges as both teams pressed for a decisive edge, with standout scoring from key players and tight defense shaping the final minutes.
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