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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
25
A collage of witty excerpts and political asides from Brown recounting Protok and Moloch era fanaticism to Upshaw’s presidential nod. Snappy asides touch Wrights airship, Miss Evelyn Smith, Christmas trees, police Christmas parties, Lady Astor, Senate charges, rivers and harbors, naval ships, Gompers, and Borah on war.
A five year building program for the board of education aims to raise 28 new schools and additions. Proposed are two new high schools near Langley and Macfarland, a new business high school for colored pupils, transfers of Shaw Junior High, land purchases for Armstrong, seven new junior highs, fourteen elementary schools, and play grounds. Sites named include Georgetown Reag Brightwood Brookland Woodridge Kingsman Garnet Patterson and the Twenty fourth Street NW Francis Junior High.
Akron Ohio December 17 Construction of a 5 000 400 cubic foot dirigible by Goodyear Zepplin at Akron marks a step toward an airship of unprecedented size. President P W Litchfield said after tests the next project will be a nonstop world flight capable of circling the globe. The 5 000 000 cubic foot ship will be twice as large as any airship yet built.
New Yorkers plan to lend 15 million dollars to the Krupp Works of Essen Germany as negotiations near completion. Public offering of the loan is contemplated and it would be the first sale of German industrial securities in New York since the war. It is understood private bank credits to German industry have exceeded 240 million dollars since October 1.
William B. Shearer answers questions on a Senate House inquiry into navy conditions. He details his 27 years of interest, lack of current employment, family financing, and self-funded efforts to save the Washington, with no corporate remuneration. He notes prior ties to War College officers and the Navy League.
London reports the House of Commons voted 88 to 261 against Benns amendment on imperial preference. Premier Baldwin outlined plans to reverse the late Macdonald policy, repudiating using industrial safeguarding as a tariff wedge and noting food taxation is impractical. He proposed an economist inquiry into lapsed duties and trade modification without taxing British food, aiming to aid the empire. CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.
Archaeologist Count Byron Khan de Prorok, visiting Washington, plans to uncover inscriptions about ancient Carthaginian prohibition laws punishing bootlegging and drunkenness by death. No such records found yet. Phoenician rites included child sacrifice to Moloch. An urn with ashes from a child sacrifice is exhibited at the National Museum and open to the public through Saturday.
Battle Creek Michigan December 17 A department store catering exclusively to women was opened to men only with male clerks behind the counters and no women allowed inside the shop The aim is to ease embarrassment for men buying Christmas gifts for women
The White House and Congress will recess for Christmas next week. Bascom Slemp said few appointments would be made to allow President Coolidge rest before the busy two months ahead. With little summer vacation for staff, reduced executive activity aims to let aides take some time off.
New Orleans dispatch reports five St. Louis men arrested as police uncover a bootleg ring using Pullman car wall panels to hide whisky. 28 sacks of liquor and an automobile seized at Union Station as investigators describe the scheme and coded messages wiring confederates in Denver.
A Senate bribery allegation centers on a Senate employee paid by postal representatives to back the postal pay increase bill. Senators say the matter was referred to the President and the Department of Justice, with an arrest expected if named parties are identified. The episode could derail the veto override, as four votes short of passage remain. The Senate agreed to vote on January 6, and discussions continue on sustaining the President's veto.
Atlante Georgia residents at the Old Ladies home spar in boxing to stay fit. Det. 17 Miss Joe Davidson and Mrs Ann Pea body, both aged 77 and 80, have taken up sparring after a boxing match was announced to benefit the home.
Antoinette Fiere five years old in Brooklyn awoke to gas odor at 4 am and woke her father and siblings without success. She alerted a passerby, drawing a policeman and ambulance. The family survived with Antoinette initially rescued by a pulmotor, while others revived.
Philadelphia December 17 Federal prohibition agent James L. Asher known as the Lone Wolf faced trial in U S district court on a second degree murder charge connected to the death of Peter Vencauskas a saloon keeper whose raid occurred April 27, 1923 Asher allegedly struck Vencauskas after a scuffle with fatal injuries cited in the record
Treasury Secretary Mellon asks Congress for 54 million dollars to repay illegally collected federal taxes. He reports refunds totaling 381.19 million over four fiscal years ending Nov 1, with 43.41 million in the first four months of the current social year and 17.83 million tied to the 25 percent individual income tax cut approved by Congress.
The surprise cold snap across Alberta brought record lows with Red Deer reporting 62 degrees below zero and Canrose at 56 below. Reports from Saskatoon indicate severe winter conditions across the province after a night of extreme cold.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur orders an immediate court of inquiry into recent disclosures of confidential information by naval officers. The probe targets Capt. Hugo W. Osterhaus Jr. and Capt. R. L. Berry over a letter published by Capt. Osterhaus to Berry, with a panel to sit in New York.
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