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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1924
Page
15
The author argues that raw circulation numbers mislead advertisers. He urges examining buyer power, habits, and demographics of readers, not mass totals. He cites November 1924 Post daily gains of 7,314 and Sunday gains of 6,335, asserting steady upward movement worth considering.
Berlin dispatch reports Foreign Minister Stresemann denouncing Allied refusal to evacuate Cologne as a violation of Versailles. He argues Dawes plan is a reparations scheme, urges full report of allied control commission, warns against bolshevism and calls for negotiated settlement with Germany to preserve peace and disarmament.
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, president pro tempore, has cropped his walrus mustache following Senator Thomas F. Walsh of Montana. The current Senate style favors little facial hair this session, with Reed Emoot of Utah leaving his mustache in the barber shop.
The American government outlined that while private American citizens may loan abroad, large private loans to France would require U S government approval. Bankers typically check with the State Department on usage and safety for American nationals. Officials suggested the president is not likely to endorse repudiation by France, but no decision on extending private credits was announced.
President Coolidge directs budget bureau to study needs from new legislation and to propose appropriate appropriations. He weighs not locking in eight cruisers this year and keeps an open mind on policy. Debate over Muscle Shoals may hinge on a commission versus the Underwood bill, with Senate-House conferences likely. Secretary Davis attends cabinet amid talks of possible resignation after March 4.
Paris dispatch reports allied finance ministers meeting next week to set share of Dawes plan proceeds and press for revising reparations distribution. Debate centers on war debts, French claims, and whether postwar settlements should be revised amid creditor concessions and shifting balances with Britain and the United States.
Senate approved a memorial bridge plan for the Potomac, parkway surveys, mandatory school attendance for ages 7 to 16, and a Roosevelt memorial design. It also funded fortifications, national forest conversion, and various administrative bills. House passed Treasury Post Office funding, prohibition enforcement, coast guard, and planned navy needs review. President Coolidge urged maps funding. several members proposed veterans and debt measures.
Protests from business, publishing and national groups accompanied the final session of a joint congressional subcommittee as hearings closed on an administration bill raising postal rates to fund salary hikes. Leaders pledge Senate action soon with a wider vote anticipated Monday. critics warn higher charges threaten 12,000 weeklies and small dailies, parsel post and first class rate hikes.
Subcommittees of the House appropriations panel near final action on the 32 million District bill have nearly completed review of street improvement and police items. Police Superintendent Maj. Daniel Sullivan testified, with Fire Chief George S. Watson to be heard next. School officials are to appear later in the week.
The Senate committee on internal revenue bureau affairs plans an executive session to consider a probe into the prohibition bureau administration. Chairman Couzens favors open hearings on this phase, extending the inquiry beyond tax law matters as decided late last session.
A battle to pass the Bursum bill to grant retirement privileges for World War I emergency officers stalled in the House. Representative Lineberger, Republican of California, sought a special rule to give the measure preferred status and believed House sentiment favored early passage.
Special notices advertise that the 4N sual meeting of the Washington an eue Baseball Club will be held January 6 1995 at noon at Daly park Washington D C to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and handle other business. The Fireman's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetowns office hosts the annual meeting for stockholders to elect directors on January 13 at 8 o'clock p m and address other corporate matters. Also notes a free private party ad section offering free returns for articles via the Classifieds.
The document outlines financing terms including 1 to 13 month restallment and mortgage and discount options. It notes dividend declarations for December 1824 by directors, a stockholder meeting in Washington District with election details, and notices from state departments regarding electors and annual meetings, with references to several stock and loan matters. It preserves names, dates, and formal actions in a condensed historic notice style.
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