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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
5
News details the Prince of Wales and Princess as they arrive in Washington on a special train for a four hour luncheon at the White House. Secretary Hughes to greet them, with accompanying remarks on the visitor’s schedule and expected engagements around the capital. The article notes planned tours and a return to England on the liner, highlighting diplomatic protocol and ceremonial arrangements.
Army and Navy radio operators tested multiple wavelengths for Martian signals after Mars closest approach but reports were negative. About 76 percent of Army stations reported nothing unusual, while Navy operators logged no confirmed signals. Researchers noted film artifacts and Earthly disturbances as possible explanations, with ongoing analysis by Dr. David Todd and others.
Sir Fame Howard, currently staying at Wanchester on the Sea, intends to travel to Washington with the prince. The arrangement appears tentative as officials confirm plans but await further details.
The Prince of Wales inspects engines and furnaces on the Berengaria portward bound for the United States. He chats with sailors, attends a boxing display, and joins a concert before swimming sessions on deck. He times his swims to avoid eager young ladies, who cluster around the pool as he moves between activities aboard the ship.
The Prince of Walled arrives aboard the liner Berengaria near New York. Officials including Major Hylan and Maj William H. Hensley will read welcomes from quarantine to the royal party. The prince tours Meadowbrook polo events and hosts dinners at Langsland before proceeding to Glen Cove.
Paris and Stockholm report new world altitude records for hydroplanes. Rdean Laporte of France flew to 6100 meters with 1000 kilograms, surpassing 4650 meters set by Cen Turione at Sesteralende, Italy. Lieut Krook of Sweden followed with 6690 meters carrying 250 kilograms, beating Bacola's mark at Sesternatende, Italy.
Sir Charles Ferguson is appointed governor general of New Zealand succeeding Admiral Vincount Jellicon who will retire. Ferguson commanded the British Fifth Division and later the Second and Seventeenth Army Corps in the world war. Free owner notices appear in The Washington Post Found Leluma on Classified Pages.
Testimony in a Tampa extradition case details a rum ring operating between Tampa and Pullman cars. Witness Golding describes a concealed camera and dictograph used in Capt Bakely apartments to record guests, with prosecutors pressing for links to Captain X and John Hickey. The hearing continues.
Dublin reports that Eamon de Valera rejected claims of a new Ulster policy after a Dundalk speech. He emphasized no proposal allowed any Ireland part to form a separate parliament and cited a 1921 letter to Lloyd George threatening departure if Britain backed Sir James Craig's separate national unit.
Mexico reports that Ramon Ros present governor of the Federal District and close friend of President Obregon is under consideration as ambassador to the United States. The suggestion arose as relations between Mexico and the United States resumed a year ago and foes were noted as a possible candidate.
A drop in district horse numbers reduced license applicants to five in the last fiscal year. All five applicants were admitted to practice, per the annual report of the board of examiners in veterinary medicine filed with the commissioners yesterday by secretary F. W. Grenfell.
Count Gosta Morner won a ruling to set aside service of summons in his separation suit against Countess Horner. Justice Cotillo censured Karl V. Vendel first Swedish vice consul for aiding Morner to avoid personal service while Morner was away, noting consular prerogatives should not obstruct court processes.
A dawn dispatch from Athens reports a sequence of explosions at a large gunpowder depot near the arsenal starting after midnight. The blasts spread to nearby depots and continued into the morning, with several casualties confirmed and many feared dead.
Geneva August 28 AP League of Nations deliberations on military control of Germany Austria Hungary discussed by the permanent commission on military naval aerial affairs. Japan represented by six officers. France and Great Britain by four and three spokesmen. The council opens tomorrow with intense public interest. American visitors included Bliss Shotwell Miller and others amid a larger security and disarmament context.
Nancy France Aug 28 Four hundred army airplanes and a Moroccan division will attack the Twentieth French army corps under Gen Penet next week in large scale maneuvers the first since the armistice. Land forces will use all material while air support is limited to a single squadron of ten planes. The operation marks a remonstration following army reorganization.
Detroit Aug 28 The Pere Marquette Railway consolidation formed in 1900 from Flint and Pere Marquette Chicago and West Michigan Detroit Grand Rapids and Western and Lake Erie and Detroit River lines united 41 Michigan Ontario Indiana companies. The merger aims for conservative capitalization and unified control.
Cleveland real estate and railroad magnates Oris P and Mantus M Van Sweringen grew from poor boys to buyers of land and operators of a vast rail network. They built rapid transit near Nickel Plate routes, absorbed Clover Leaf, Lake Erie and Western, Toledo St Louis and Western, and Chesapeake and Ohio, creating a 4800 mile system with offshore outlets. The Wooster born brothers, now midlife, married to no one, ran their empire as equal partners and kept a quiet public profile.
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