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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
17
A vivid metaphor rails at advertisers who waste opportunities while praising The Post for rising circulation and growing advertiser profits. It urges riders to board the car, load it with copy, and trust The Post to ease burdens and boost profits. The piece reinforces the paper’s advantages and delays in adopting full advertising potential.
Secretary Wilbur and Rear Admiral Moffett testified before a special House committee, claiming U S naval air forces lead others in material and design. They noted only 224 of 840 Navy planes were reliable, while asserting no other nation matches U S aviation progress and that more ships are needed.
A congressional committee heard naval leaders assert the U S must retain ship based air power. Admiral Moffett and Secretary Wilbur warned against counting aviation as a sole war instrument and stressed floating bases and carrier aircraft. They opposed a unified air service and dismissed invasion by air alone as unrealistic. The panel recessed for Christmas until December 2.
Detective Richard Mansfield once a top runner lost a race yesterday to a younger thief who had stolen his car the night before. He spotted the machine near Congressional Cemetery, chased the thief two blocks and fired two warning shots in the air without stopping him.
The Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown will hold a meeting at seventh street and Louisiana avenue northwest on Monday January 5 1926 to elect thirteen directors for the coming year. Polls will be open from 11 a m to 12 noon. Albert W Howard secretary.
An academic memorial issued by Howard University faculty criticizes the yearly salary distribution for teachers and staff. It alleges inequities, calls for disclosure of the 15100 allocated for raises, and notes 58 teachers named in the document. The memo claims funds favored nonteaching staff and criticizes allocation based on rank and tenure.
Pickpockets flimflammers and con men strike before the holiday season. A flimflammer earned 40 by a change trick at 3128 Fourteenth Street NW taking a $20 bill from clerk Earl Linton. He repeated the trick at Kanesaw Pharmacy Mt Pleasant and Irving Streets with clerk Neil Campbell as victim. James Jolly lost 29 after a friendly game and marked cards were suspected. Victims include Edward M. Goss of Franklin National Bank building with 21, John W. Twiford of 485 M Street SW with 20, and Henry Jones of 1126 Ninth Street NW with 137.
William H. Leahy defending in the Seventh precinct police trial board case hurled a slur about two Irishmen, clashing with prosecutor J. P. Ryan and prompting a disorderly finish. Davis, a nurse and Leahy's client, was linked to the lawyer as Davis’s scaman, shocking spectators.
Police report a surge in shoplifting with 126 offenses already reported this month. Most offenders are young girls and middle aged women as New York records growing theft activity. Today’s sun and tide tables are included with high and low tide figures.
Increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures forecast for Maryland and Virginia with snow likely Tuesday afternoon or night and colder by Wednesday night. Winds shift from southwest to northwest. isolated heavy rain and frost warnings noted along with Western and Great Lakes regions. Temperature trends show above normal in parts, but overall colder pattern for Christmas Day across the United States with flood alerts for lower White River and lower Wabash.
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