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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1924
Page
1
A cluttered mosaic of quotations and reflections on journalism, art, and society. The fragment discusses George Rothwell Brown and a portrait of media enterprise, noting figures, politics, and cultural shifts from London to New York, with mentions of Lord Northcliffe and Beaverbrook, plus a mix of literary allusions and sports references.
London reports a first demonstration of sending photographs by wireless from England to the United States using the Ranger system. Sixteen pictures were transmitted in eight hours with plans for faster transmission. reception not demonstrated. Names: Ranger, Whitmore, Ward, Kellogg, Baldwin, Chamberlain, Queen Mary, Alexandra.
New York reports by the American Bankers association show a 148 percent rise in U S savings deposits across mutual savings banks state banks trust companies private and national banks from 1912 to 1924. Savings totals grew from 8 4 2 5 275 000 to 20 878 562 000 as depositors increased from 12 584 816 to 88 807 004 and per capita savings rose from 8 to 186 dollars.
Hugh Stewart a bank cashier mistook detectives in a car for kidnappers and opened fire killing one and wounding two as they neared his home after an evening out. The incident is linked to a broader booze war and a nonuniform watchman shooting, reflecting a public mood described as hysterical.
Army aviators Capt Paul T Bock and Flight Sergt Harry Roberts flew about 700 miles to Fort Riley Kansas to attend a dance at the Opéra club. They recalled wartime clubs offering free invitations to service members and telegrammed Hiram Foster to arrange the visit as shadows fell on the Maywood air field.
William M. Butler announced that the Republican national committee ended the 1924 campaign with a surplus of 365 264 dollars after total expenditures of 3 063 952 74. About 4 359 478 82 was raised, with 1 000 000 returned to state committees. 190 865 contributors supported the effort. The treasurer William V Hodges will file a final report detailing all receipts and expenses.
Mexico City Nov 80 Gen Plutarco Elias Calles today at noon took the oath as president of the Republic of Mexico. The great national stadium was crowded with a vast assembly seating about 25 000. Cadets from San Jacinto Military academy guarded the platform as Calles took the oath. The ceremony was simple with both houses of congress summoned into joint session and Col Filiberto Gomez administering the oath. Obregon sat with Calles on the platform and a portion of the arena was reserved for crippled soldiers. The president-elect will wear a green white and red band bearing the national coat of arms.
The Sixty-eighth Congress, turbulent from a split Republican camp, reconvenes with insurgents led by La Follette under pressure. House and Senate plan brief openings, swear in new members, and assign committees. President Coolidge’s message and interior and other appropriations loom as priorities. farm aid may shift with insurgent and Democrat dynamics.
In Tampa on November 30 a wedding was held with the bride Myra Elizabeth Roberts of Avon Park and groom Thomas R. Culler of Cameron mounted on horses. The ceremony drew a large crowd as the minister stood on a stone wall in front of the church while the entire wedding party plus 17 guests rode in on mounts. The fire chief’s auto horn provided the only wedding march as a delay near an hour marked the unusual ceremony.
Wreckage from a storm sweeping the New England coast was found on the Cuttyhunk shore. A chart box labeled S. S. Camden and a section of a discolored pilot house with a log book ending with underway at 5 39 am November 30 were recovered. The log states the vessel left Navy Yard at 12 50 pm November 29.
In Santa Springs oil field near Los Angeles a fire broke out in the Belleview Oil Syndicate boiler house causing one death and estimated property damage near 1 million dollars. Eight derricks and several small tanks were destroyed with twelve more derricks at risk as of dusk. The deceased man, J Mills 65, a watchman, died of heart failure aggravated by excitement.
Fort Worth Texas dispatch reports an ambulance carrying a severely injured patient crashed with a sedan and overturned injuring eight people, two seriously, on the way to a hospital. Chattanooga Tennessee reports a fatal crash as W Dorten 22 Crossville Tenn dies instantly and Miss Mary Keyes 19 of the same town is fatally injured when their car is struck by a northbound Southern passenger train at the Dixie highway crossing at Daisy 15 miles north of Chattanooga.
A blaze at Glenwood Park sanatorium Greensboro NC started from a roof spark at noon. The fire gutted the second floor and endangered 15 patients before firefighters saved the building. About 15006 dollars in damages, patients moved to auxiliary units.
Dayton Ohio November thirty. Unfavorable atmospheric conditions kept the Boston II at McCook field today. Lieut. John A Macready had been directed to fly to Washington non stop but treacherous air over mountains between here and the Capital forced a postponement. Chicago and New Orleans remain in the hangar here.
A Philippine bank investigation by the Wood-Forbes Commission uncovers alleged dishonesty in administration. Accounts of earnings were padded and the entire capital stock wiped out. Funds flowed to friends as the currency system failed and insular deposits were partially withdrawn.
A historical analysis recounts the 1916 creation of the Philippine National Bank during Harrison’s era, its flawed leadership from modern appointees, and a 1919–1920 investigation by Francis Coates Jr. that revealed massive losses, inflated earnings, and a systemic lack of central control across 45 branches. The report notes unauthorized movement of gold reserves from New York to Manila and widespread mismanagement culminating in a financial crisis.
The Supreme Court will hear a case involving Philip Grossman and a presidential pardon. Solicitor General Beck defends executive power, while Amos C. Miller and F. Bruce Johnstone argue that a contempt sentence cannot be pardoned. The case tests the limits of presidential clemency.
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