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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1924
Page
1
A compact column from George Rothwell Brown features witty fragments on international plots, politics, weather, and culture. It parodies current events with quotes, anecdotes, and satirical observations about Turkey, Russia, France, America, holidays, and notable figures, blending humor with historical references.
In Geneva Albania presses its appeal to the League of Nations against Yugoslavia led by Bishop Fan Noli. Reports claim Albanian forces, aided by Bulgarian-origin troops, seized artillery and munitions while Noli seeks loans to stabilize his government. A League Council meeting, likely to address Balkan tensions, looms.
A Berlin liquor maker markets Old Fritz cordial with a Frederick the Great bottle image, telling nationalist societies it is a distinctive drink for party members. He notes the product was once called half and half and cites divided Reichstag views on the Dawes plan.
The Mayflower with President and Mrs. Coolidge and son John anchored off Hains Point after cruising the Potomac from Quantico. The party, aboard since Saturday, planned to dock at the navy yard, with religious services held aboard led by the chaplain as part of a Sunday custom.
In Berlin, 1921, high school girls denied permission to bob their hair cut each other’s braids, reporting thefts by a supposed Jack the Ripper. Police traced the pattern to groups exchanging braids after authorities questioned the motive.
Hilmi Gayar, a leader of the students, who disappeared during the assassination of Sir Lee Oliver Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian army, surrendered to the public prosecutor in Cairo. He said he could easily prove his innocence.
The cold snap sent temperatures down to 16 degrees and caused numerous furnace and car troubles. Emergency crews logged over 100 aid calls from stalled vehicles, some 26 miles from the city, as forecasters warned of possible snow tomorrow and temperatures easing only gradually.
Secretary Davis told an American club in Buenos Aires that 155,000 aliens were bootlegged into the United States last year amid lax immigration laws. Other estimates place daily illegal entries from 100 to 1,000, and experts warn that for every lawful admission, another immigrant is smuggled in. Border patrols are hailed as the last defense while jails fill and districts beg to ease up on prisoner intake.
In Washington area accidents left John H. Clark dead and William J. Kimball seriously injured after a Canal Road collision with a parked car. Nancy Cox suffered three crushed fingers from a hit-and-run at Third and K streets. Multiple other incidents involve unidentified drivers, stolen cars, and police pursuits across Vermont Avenue to Georgia and Euclid streets. Clark’s funeral planned. coroner to hold inquest.
In Berlin on December 31 a massive turnout greeted Erich Muehesam, released from Bavarian prison after five years for 1919 Munich uprising involvement. Police clashed with tens of thousands of supporters, leaving many wounded as authorities guarded Wilhelmstrasse. Muehesam urged restraint.
Paris police report 5 000 to 5 500 people gathered on St Gervain meadows for a week end propaganda event by the communist party. Speeches were heard from three stands while police provided first aid to cold‑affected marchers and Premier Herriot urged calm against panic over communism.
In Provincetown Massachusetts on December 21 over 16 miles from Wood End Light to Pamet six gallon alcohol cans in wooden cases drifted ashore and along the beach. Coast guardsmen recovered and destroyed many as Race Point station tallied over 40 cases. Officials said the missing wreckage suggests the cases were thrown overboard during a pursuit of a rum runner by revenue agents.
A wireless Boston report said the steamer Managu was in distress off Nantucket after losing her propeller. The torpedo guard cutter Tampa was sent from Boston to aid, with additional assistance from New York.
New York telegraph despatch reports Frieda Cohen, 24, a former stenographer, leaped from a six story apartment house roof amid a bleak Christmas outlook. Her body was found near Christmas trees in the courtyard. Nearby, Mary Klinek, 24, driven by husband’s death and financial distress, also jumped from a different apartment building.
The U S S Mississippi returns to San Pedro after six months in Puget Sound yard where officers and men rebuilt her into a highly developed afloat fighting ship. She now features new range finders fire control devices and a catapult system for seaplanes with improved engine rooms and safety doors.
The New England Express from Philadelphia and New York to Boston collided with a long freight at Midway yards in Conn. The crash occurred this morning and caused light injuries to ten passengers on the express. No crew members were hurt.
An authentic document found in the Russian embassy details negotiations between France and Russia over partitioning Turkey. Ambassador Krassin will return to Moscow in January to deliver the papers to Bolshevik authorities. The files reference M. Doumergue’s 1916 Russia visit and outline proposed gains Constantinople and Mediterranean access, tied to a czarist plan.
A special cable dispatch from Madrid reports that Freemason judges in the city were suppressed today and any Masons attempting to hold meetings are threatened with arrest. The Masons are accused of liberalism.
Pawtucket Rhode Island December 21 Elmo Bercolacini a nine year old boy played Santa at his grammar school Christmas tree He lit matches to find his way home and his costume caught fire He died of burns last night in hospital
Patrick J Heltigan Captain Harry A Walsh and J Leo Kolb prominent Catholic laymen of the city were designated by Pope Pius XI to receive the Knighthood of Saint Sylvester in an investiture planned for January. Cardinal O Connell recommended the honor with Archbishop Curley’s approval after the Holy Name convention.
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