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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1924
Page
1
A fragmented collation of political and cultural notes from Rothwell Brown. It references Alfred Smith Senator Wheeler La Follette and Dawes plan, ministers, diplomats, and public figures with musings on the London conference and global affairs. It notes weather, crime, and social topics with a satirical, period voice.
Special to The Washington Post reports Major Kendrick plans to fire Gen Smedley Butler director of public safety amid redistricting battles. Mayor and solicitor will demand resignation unless Butler bows to reason. Butler prepared to challenge with 500 Philadelphia police as Gov Pinchot may appoint state police to continue the clean up.
President Coolidge tentatively accepts invitation from the central trades and labor council to attend the Labor Day celebration at Fort Hamilton and deliver an address. John J Coughlin, secretary of the council, announced the invitation extended by Joseph S McDonagh, chairman of the Labor day committee.
In London a baby named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor, whose initials spell tube, was christened after a subway birth. Lord Ashfield, head of the subway system, attended and offered to be godfather, gifting a solid silver cup at the ceremony.
Milton Ware a New York waiter admitted to Newark police that he murdered 7 year old Francis McDonnell son of a Staten Island policeman. Police say he was arrested in a downtown hallway by Motorcycle Policeman Plunkett and was with 7 year old Edward Lee of Vauxhall who was also detained for questioning.
Ed ward Vasey a 22 month old from Rochester New York was saved after Highland hospital doctors removed a 22 caliber copper cartridge shell from his lower left lung using an electrically illuminated tube and specially devised forceps after over a week of effort the child is expected to recover
Special to The Washington Post reports a truck filled with Boy and Girl Scouts ran unchecked for over a mile on Mount Pleasant avenue in West Oranges NJ, injuring twenty five people, mostly children aged 8 to 16. Scoutmaster James Harris and his wife, Mildred Harris of Perth Amboy NJ, were seriously hurt. Harris possibly suffers internal injuries and Mrs Harris is feared to have a fractured skull as the vehicle crashed into Laidlaw Grocery Company at Mount Pleasant avenue and Valley road.
Delegations at the interallied conference sacrificed a Sunday holiday to push economic evacuation and Ruhr restoration talks. British and French negotiators clash over German railway control and French supervision amid Dawes principles, with a deadlock reported and continuation promised on the third page.
Teheran and surrounding areas are placed under martial law until normalcy returns. Authorities promise capital punishment for agitators and sentence those involved in the murder of Maj Robert Imbrie, the U S vice consul. The case draws reactions from editors and officials about accountability and Persia’s future.
Senator La Follette and Wheeler outline a broad whirlwind tour starting in New York and Massachusetts with stops in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Michigan. Nelson chairs the joint committee to run the campaign as plans for openings in New York City and Boston take shape.
Davis, Democratic nominee for president, attends church on a wooded isle off Dark Harbor Maine. He listens to Rev R A Parrock preach on Revelations and world reconstruction, emphasizing justice and the golden rule in relation to the league of nations. The visit ties to his forthcoming acceptance speech in Clarksburg and his consistent stance on U S cooperation to aid Europe after the war. CONTINUE ON THIRD PAGE.
Countess Hartenan traveling to wed Dr Charles Boissevain of Colorado Springs who awaits immigration decision in New York and Washington. She is described as a descendant of former King Alexander of Bulgaria and Prince Alexander of Rattenburg, with tuberculosis noted. Boissevain's father seeks reversal of the decision while the doctor, cured of TB, heads a Colorado college foundation research group and plans permanent residence pending talks in Washington.
New York reports 117 members of the American rodeo company returned on the steamer Menominse from the British Empire exhibition at Wembley England after four weeks abroad They will proceed to Cheyenne Wyoming for the annual rodeo competition there
New York July 26 A would be holdup man was killed when his pistol misfired as Jack Shephard a Bronx butcher confronted two bandits outside his home. Shephard drew his gun the cartridge fouled and he felled one robber. The other robber escaped.
Harold Jennings 22 son of F O Jennings of Miami Finbroker was held in 2000 bail in a west side court today as a fugitive from Florida. The complainant is the father per Detective Patrick Flood who says the boy forged 125 dollar checks on his father and cashed them in several New York sporting goods stores. Jennings gave his address as the Hotel Alexandria.
Five bandits wearing smoked glasses and rubber gloves robbed a Turkish bath on the East Side as patrons slept. They held up attendants, rifled safety deposit boxes, and escaped 2506 dollars in cash and jewelry.
Brazilian federal troops advancing under Gen Poty Ruaret have taken new positions about Sao Panter as they edge toward a decisive action to crush the Sao Paulo rebellion. Dispatches out of Buenos Aires quote rebels well fortified with about 20,900 armed men and ammunition, holding strategic points in and around the city.
Special to the Washington Post from Jackson Mississippi reports a shotgun quarantine at county borders to halt passage of animals suspected of exposure to anthrax. The Mississippi River system is polluted as authorities trace the outbreak to Arkansas where dead mules were not burned and were discarded into the river.
Special to The Washington Past Binghamton on July 26 George F Johnson, a manufacturer, reported a threat from the Ku Klux Klan. A letter signed One Hundred Per Cent American claimed the plant would be crushed within a year if he discharges employees. The message tied to Klan convention discussions in the city.
Irvington Virginia man Ben Hayden aged 25 drowned when a canoe with him and an unidentified 15 year old overturned at Colonial Beach yesterday. The boy was unconscious, revived after four volunteers resuscitated him, then disappeared after recovery. Hayden was survived by a wife and child. rescuers worked for hours to pull them from the water.
A cluttered 1920s newspaper tribute recalls the first president, Abraham Lincoln? No clear name. The article mentions a ceremony at a Wakefield location with soldiers present and a monument stand. Arrangements reportedly completed days earlier, with few details on attendees beyond veterans.
A three year old named James Cotenedtay was placed inside a wooden star and bound under a pile of boxes and barrels as part of a makeshift Roman holiday scene. A neighbor intervened and Jimmie is expected to recover from injuries as doctors report.
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