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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1924
Page
5
The Sunday Editor teases a two bulging issue with Will Rogers humor Eisie Janis drolleries and a Countess Bibescu feature. A 1925 forecast and lively travel notes promise a crackerjack magazine, urging readers to reserve a copy before Christmas as the author signs off from a train ride.
Fears of inflation from stock market rise eased as Commerce Department data point to stable prices and rising production in 1925. Steel ingots and pig iron output improved while unfilled orders at U S Steel held steady. Freight car loadings, residential contracts, and mail order sales show mixed gains and ongoing expansion across sectors.
Notices announce the deaths of Frank G Andrews in Bethesda on December 23 1924 and Florence A Barward widow of Jeb Harvard former DC Supreme Court justice, Cora Croelia Desnez, and Thomas J Donovan with funeral details. Services set at Bethesda and Arlington National Cemetery locations with Monro e Street address for the Donovan wake.
Post Office Department officials report a large surge in Christmas mail across the United States last week. A force of 1000 employees handled heavy workload in the District with many large packages noted by Clarence E. Schooley. Delivery resumed at midnight after issue. about 2,000,000 more letters and 1,200,000 Christmas cards were delivered compared with last year.
Death notices from Washington area records list numerous individuals with family ties and funeral details. Entries include Laura A Dudley Ellen Pratt Fisher Louise S Hanleman Dorothy Marie Norris Cornelia Stuart Charles Fletcher Peck Henry H Sachey Etta M Saunders Doris Strather William H Van Vleck Elizabeth R Walton Julia Ketcham and others with addresses, funeral home listings, and interment sites at Mount Olivet Rock Creek or private plots.
Rome reports Mussolini warns fascist deputies that a “thunderbolt” will come this year with elections under his rule. He says no compromise with Salandra or Giolitti, pledges to study parliamentary majorities, press law in January, and confirms the Matteotti trial will proceed with no amnesty offered to the king.
Washington marked Christmas with quiet streets and no fires as police and volunteers organized extensive charity. Precincts hosted hundreds of children with gifts from the Navy band and local volunteers, while organizations like the Salvation Army and Central Union Mission fed, clothed, and celebrated with open dinners and Christmas baskets for the needy.
Hundreds of Christmas entertainments were staged in New York for poor children and inmates. Santa Claus distributed toys fruit and candy at venues including the Hippodrome where 6500 youngsters were entertained after a toy handout. Dinners clothing and gifts were distributed by relief agencies to needy families. Weihnachten spirit extended to hospitals prisons and reform schools with decorated trees and volunteer entertainment. No Christmas tree fires caused burns or deaths due to widespread use of electric lights.
Moscow observes no Christmas holiday as Soviet rules bite. vodka flows and churches are crowded while Lenin’s tomb stands near the Kremlin. Paris lights up with midnight masses and crowded cafes. a Seine Christmas swim draws nineteen entrants led by Hungarian winner Dukasz in 2 52 1 5, Nis sen finishing last amid cheering crowds. A Franco American service in Belleau Wood honors war dead with Dr Wadsworth and Catholic officials speaking as French government attends.
The annual breakfast and gift distribution for dormitory members of the Y M C A was held yesterday morning. Huston Thompson spoke as others including H L Heinzman, Coleman Jennings, and Charles P Light addressed the gathering. Mrs William Knowles Cooper represented the ill general secretary. Additional participants were Guy W Lane, W J Smalley, J W Harris, L J Bittner, J A Mason, H C Crouter, and N D Kadlejack.
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