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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
1
A collage of aphorisms and commentary by George Rothwell Brown on politics, commerce, and public affairs. It cites Cicero, Coolidge, Baker, and others while noting parliamentary maneuvers, suffrage debates, and a light jab at youth and the era. The piece blends editorial quips with social observations from 1924.
Oakland Cal Dec 4 Eight persons dead seven probably fatally injured and more than 30 slightly hurt in rear end collision between two electric trains. Virtually all residents of the San Francisco bay region. Collision occurred this morning when a Sacramento short line car crashed into a three car Key route system train near the Oakland pier. Both trains were crowded with commuters bound for San Francisco.
London reports say British cabinet ministers are under special police protection after a plot to assassinate prominent government members was uncovered with links to Egyptian nationalists. The Daily Mail cites cooperation from Viscount Allenby and notes London police bolster amid wider security concerns. Premier Baldwin denies plans to exploit any murder for colonially aimed actions.
Oklahoma Representative Tom D. McKeown urged a chain gang for drunken automobile drivers as a solution to Washington traffic problems. He proposed tearing up some streets to aid pedestrians, calling drunk driving a dangerous force. Louisiana Representative James O Connor supported that a ball and chain could punish reckless motorists.
Secretary Davis of the Labor Department canceled part of his South American visit and will return to Washington December 29 instead of January 9. He cabled from Buenos Aires with no reason given for the shortened trip, fueling speculation about his Cabinet future after March 4.
Harrisburg police report fifteen boys and three girls aged 8 to 15 were arrested on charges of felonious entry and larceny after a burglary at a grocery store during a drinking party. One man, Roy Hinkle, was jailed on $300 bail for receiving stolen goods.
Heavy cannonading and incendiary blasts reported from Narva near the Esthonian frontier. The disturbance is believed linked to the Bathonian communist uprising.
An epidemic of dysentery, likely from infected milk, has killed five residents at the Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home in Beauvoir, Mississippi, over the past six days. Thirty-three more are hospitalized and receiving treatment for the illness.
Chicago dispatch reports in the Forbes Thompson conspiracy trial that gossip tied to the Veterans Bureau and Col. Charles R. Forbes surfaced when Mrs. Caro lyn Votaw sister of the late President Harding was mentioned by witness Elias H. Mortimer The judge ordered the remark stricken and the witness cut off after Mortimer described a Washington conversation about a Pacific coast inspection trip involving Forbes Mortimer had claimed Votaw threatened Forbes with a ten story window The letter from John W Thompson to Mortimer was read to the jury noting details of travels and plans while maintaining that scandal was the sole purpose of the note
A Senate resolution introduced by Senator Jones of New Mexico for Senator King calls for a sweeping naval probe. It seeks hearings before Naval Affairs, examining submarine construction profits, mismanagement in cruiser and aircraft carrier programs, and foreign propaganda impact on Navy policy, with the King resolution pending in committee.
Senator Curtis announces a reorganization of the Republican Senate steering committee. Ladd is dropped amid intraparty disputes over the Muscle Shoals issue. Curtis names Wadsworth McKinley Pepper Willis Gooding Norbeck and Butler to the panel, aiming to speed legislative action and reflect Coolidge priorities. The Muscle Shoals debate continues with Norris backing government ownership and Underwood proposing lease terms with War Department control if needed.
Maryland University wins a court case upholding the refusal to admit Vivian V Simpson to a dormitory for the third year at the College Park campus in 1923. The Maryland Court of Appeals reverses a Baltimore City ruling, citing student and administrator conflicts and Simpson’s refusal to answer if she participated in alleged charges. The decision supports President Albert F Wood and the faculty. Continued on second page.
Gen John J Pershing retired receives silver star for gallantry in Cuba while a first lieutenant of the Tenth Cavalry in action at Santiago on July 1 1898 Captain Hollis Clark retired now at St Johns College also cited for gallantry at El Caney on the same date Lieut Col Emery T Smith of Fort Leavenworth found dead by hanging in Kansas and Mercury vapor touted as rival to steam in power gains by Dr William LeRoy Emmett of General Electric.
White Plains New York December 4 bids were opened by the Westchester county park commission for removing Money Hill a clause will require that any buried treasure from Captain Kidd found in the hill be turned over to the commission. Local residents have long claimed to find Spanish coins and other pirate era pieces of eight.
Charles Warren, former Assistant Attorney General (1914–1918) and author of The Supreme Court in United States History, will review James M. Beck's The Constitution of the United States Yesterday Today and Tomorrow in Day's book section of The Washington.
East St. Louis, Dec. 4. Mrs. Henry La Forge obtained a divorce from her latest husband for cruelty, the thirteenth marriage for her in 31 years since she wed at age 14 to Joseph Truzler. She had one annulment, eleven prior divorces nine for cruelty two for infidelity, and one for desertion. One of her partners entered three marriages with her, each ending in divorce.
Fifty three railroads led by Western Mountain Pacific and Southern rate groups filed suit in U S district court at St Paul to block a January 1 express rate reduction ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The action names the Federal government and the American Railway Express Company as defendants.
President Coolidge visited Chicago for the international livestock show and praised American agriculture. He pledged government support to farmers while urging organization to improve marketing and production. He spoke at the Stockyards Inn and later addressed the Chicago Commercial Club on mutual aid among nations and the need for self-help.
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