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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1924
Page
15
State Department warns Persia over an implied killing threat against a Consul. The United States demands adequate protection for Americans and notes Teneran government expected to honor the dead consul with appropriate honors.
European smokers have burned through eleven years of supply, boosting American tobacco makers. Department of Commerce official TL Hughes cites a satisfactory market abroad, with European demand expected to rise as surplus funds wane and policies adapt.
Dispatches report rebels fleeing Sao Paulo as Brazilian government forces seize the city. State Department notes Americans were safe during the takeover and investigations address foreign lives and property concerns amid the political crisis.
A Sao Paulo driven revolt disrupted tea imports to the United States and Brazil in an era of transport and border turmoil. The revolt tied up shipments, with officials noting shortages and curtailments as South American routes faced Thes in transit and transfer constraints. Federal and state agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, monitor the impact as markets adjust to the disrupted supply chain and the broader export trade.
French deputies debate an eight hour work law with parliamentary sessions and lobbying. The chamber weighs amendments and possible adjournment, with observers noting likely pauses into the weekend and next sessions as talks continue on the measure.
Rear Admiral Magruder announces naval patrols for the transatlantic air route. Itinerary covers Brough, Orkneys, Iceland stops at Hornafjord, Reykjavik, and Reshivik with destroyers Reid and Billingsley aboard the first leg. Planes to be fueled and receiver facilities prepared at Reshjvik before flight to American waters.
A Franco American friendship banquet in Paris celebrated the American advertising delegation. M Jusser received a rising ovation as President Coolidge admired the crowd. Diplomatic figures and Paris officials lauded the visitors and the joint business spirit amid cordial exchanges at the Lilysee palace and city hall gatherings.
Plans announced by Captain Louis R Knight mark a welcome for the world girdling fliers arriving at Boston from Nova Scotia. The party will stay a day, then depart for Mitchell Field New York, with a harbor arrival and formalities including keys to the city. Governors, generals, and civic leaders will greet them at the Hall of Arms, the State house, Boston Common, Camp Devens, and a chamber of commerce dinner before navy personnel fly on.
Reports from the Alyma press say royalists allied with Venizelos followers anticipate a counter revolution in Greece and a restoration of King George. The former king, visiting England, is quoted as believing he will soon be recalled to the throne.
A ten mile chase off Montauk Point ends with federal marine patrol capturing a converted submarine chaser the Willams 18 and 806 cases of liquor. Officers fired over 600 rounds as their boat was attacked before the bootlegger surrendered.
Moscow reports that Russia and Germany have reached a settlement over a raid dispute from Berlin. The terms will be announced jointly in Berlin and Moscow in a few days, after which normal commercial and diplomatic relations are to be reestablished.
The Smithsonian acquired casts of three horned dinosaur eggs from the American Museum of Natural History. Each egg measures about six inches, brownish white, with shells sometimes cracked to reveal interiors filled with rock and debris. Original eggs valued at $60,000 a dozen. casts considered precious. A special display case will be prepared by Professor Charles W. Gilmore.
Vienna dispatch reports the completion of a vast population exchange under the Lausanne Kasagne treaty. About 2,000 Turkish evacuees from Macedonia departed Constantinople to join Greeks from Fontus and other Turkish areas. Greeks face hardship in Greece’s camps while Turks receive lands and homes in Anatolia.
U S minister Jay waits for Bucharest to file a date for lis retu rn to Washington for conferences over Romania Parliament passing legislation seen as hurting American oil interests. The visit is described as a warning to the Roumanian government and a signal that the United States frowns on the move, with negotiations aimed at avoiding a recall.
The French military medal was awarded posthumously to Sergeant Victor Chapman of the Lafayette Escadrille, the first to be killed in battle among the group whose bodies were not found. The award was conveyed to Chapman’s son Jay in New York by the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Headquarters. The citation praises his audacity, energy, and enthusiasm as he refused to interrupt his mission after being wounded, and notes his death after attacking enemy planes near Verdun.
Pope appoints Monsignor Denis ODonaghue titular bishop of Lebedus due to health. Wonsignor John A. Winersh named bishop of Louisville, elevating him from coadjutor. ODonaghue to Lebedus will be active but relieved from prior duties as health concerns rise.
In a local ceremony a bar patron and a customer died after drinking beer from a freshly tapped keg. A dead viper was found inside the keg, likely having crawled through the bung before filling. The incident occurred as brewery workers attempted to break the keg open.
A slight earthquake was felt in Kingston Jamaica shortly before 2 o clock this morning. American visitors were somewhat alarmed as walls of several buildings sustained minor cracks.
Special Cable Dispatch from Madrid reports two American writers, MacDonald Ogden Stewart and Ernest Hemingway, were gored by a bull during Pamplona fiesta. Stewart suffered broken tiles and a bruised shoulder. Hemingway was bruised but survived. Other American writers in Paris, Dos Passos and McAlmon, witnessed the event as the crowd fled clues of a dangerous initiation into manhood.
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