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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 4]]: The first edition of the ''[[Avondale Sun]]'' was published.
* [[January 6]]: The [[Birmingham Police Department]] made several arrests of people suspected of being involved in an [[Axe syndicate]] whioh was blamed for numerous armed robberies and murders.
* [[January 15]]: Russian pianist and composer [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] performed in Birmingham.
* [[February 21]]: [[Auburn]]'s [[WMAV-AM]] began airing regular Thursday and Saturday evening broadcast programs.
* [[March 13]]: A [[List of snowfalls|rare snowfall]] dropped 6 inches on Birmingham.
* [[May 22]]: The Pennsylvania Serenaders kicked off the summer season at [[Edgewood Park]]'s "[[Dreamland]]" dance hall.
* August: A fire damaged the [[Hardie-Tynes]] foundry.
* September: The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' sponsored a "Better Homes Show" with as many as 25,000 people visiting two model homes furnished by the [[R. B. Broyles Furniture Co.]] and the [[Ben M. Jacobs Furniture Co.]]
* [[September 28]]: The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' published a design attributed to [[Erskine Ramsey]] for a monumental Civic Center surrounding [[Woodrow Wilson Park]].
* October: The [[Robert E. Lee Klan No. 1]] hosted a rally which filled the grandstands at [[Rickwood Field]] with more than 23,000 people.
* October: A fight broke out at [[Joy Young Restaurant]], requiring 6 detectives and 2 patrolmen to break up.
* [[December 19]]: The [[Frolic Theater]] opened its doors to a white audience for a special "Midnight Review" with a bill topped by Ida Cox.
* The [[Jefferson County Free Library]] bookmobile was launched by the [[Jefferson County Board of Revenue]] and the [[Birmingham Library Board]].
* The [[Jefferson County Free Library]] bookmobile was launched by the [[Jefferson County Board of Revenue]] and the [[Birmingham Library Board]].
* A 43-acre parcel was added to [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
* [[North Birmingham]]'s [[Mineral Springs Park]] was dedicated as a [[List of Birmingham parks|Birmingham city park]].
* The [[Alabama National Guard]]'s [[106th Observation Squadron|114th Observation Squadron]] was redesignated as the [[106th Observation Squadron]].
* Scenes for the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation's feature film "[[Coming Through]]" [[List of feature films shot in Birmingham|were shot]] in [[Brookside]].
* [[Carrie Hill]] curated an exhibit of paintings by George Elmer Browne at the [[Southern Club]], on behalf of the [[Birmingham Art Club]].
* The [[Boy Scouts of America]]'s [[South Jefferson County Council]] was established in [[Bessemer]].
* [[Mortimer Jordan Park|Behrens' Park]] in [[Southside]] was renamed for [[Mortimer Jordan III]].
* Naylor's Seven Aces Orchestra headlined the season at the [[Cascade Plunge]]'s "[[Cloud Room]]".
* The U.S. Navy Zeppelin ZR-1 "Shenandoah" visited [[Roberts Field]].
* [[Independent Presbyterian Church]] acquired the former [[Charles Perry residence]] in [[Bluff Park]] as a permanent site for the [[Children's Fresh Air Farm]].
* The [[Sumiton Post Office]] was established.
==Business==
* The [[Alabama Consolidated Coal Company]] was acquired by the [[Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company]].
* The [[Ingalls Iron Works Company]] acquired the [[Birmingham Tank Company]].
* [[D. J. Cassimus]] renamed his [[Peanut Depot|Terminal Candy Kitchen]] the [[Peanut Depot]].
* [[James N. Rose]] founded the [[Jobe-Rose Jewelry Company]].
* The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] absorbed the lines of the [[Birmingham Tidewater Railway]].
* The law firm of Tillman, Bradley & Baldwin became [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Bradley, Baldwin, All & White]].
* [[ACIPCO]] founder [[John Eagan]] left the company to his employees at his death.
* [[Bama Company|A. N. Chappell & Co.]] began marketing its products under the "Bama" brand name.
===Establishments===
* The [[Birmingham Boys Club]] opened [[Camp Horner]] on the [[Cahaba River]].
* [[John Callaway]] opened the [[Edgewood Drug Company]].
* The [[Hercules Powder Plant]] opened a plant northwest of [[Bessemer]].
* The [[Sloss Ready-Mix Concrete Plant]] opened.
* [[A. Page Sloss Sr]] founded [[Sloss Real Estate]].
* The architectural firm of [[TurnerBatson|Turner & McPherson]] began practicing.
* [[Brotherhood Cemetery]] in [[Hueytown]] opened.
* The Georgia-based [[Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.]] was incorporated in Alabama with attorney [[James Esdale]] as agent.
* The [[Workshops Empowerment Inc.|Alabama Association for the Blind]] was incorporated.
===Disestablishments===
* The [[Preston Motors Corporation]] failed.
* The [[Valley View Mine]] closed.
* [[Blue Creek Cemetery]] in [[North Johns]] closed.
* [[Little Family Cemetery]] in [[Leeds]] closed.
==Government==
* [[1924 primary elections]]
* [[1924 general election]]
==Education==
* [[Bluff Park Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Fairfield Industrial High School]] opened.
* Construction of [[Edgewood Elementary School]] began.
==Religion==
* [[Central Park Presbyterian Church]] was founded.
* [[South Avondale Baptist Church|Avondale Baptist Church]] was renamed [[South Avondale Baptist Church]].
==Sports==
* [[August 20]]: [[Stuffy Stewart]] set a still-standing [[Birmingham Barons]] record with 5 stolen bases in a game.
* Boxer [[Petey Sarron]] competed in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
* [[Alabama State University|Lincoln Normal School]] won their first football game against the [[Alabama A&M University|State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes]] 30-0, a match-up that later became known as the [[Magic City Classic]]
* The "[[Erskine Ramsay Cup]]" was first presented to the [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham high school]] that exhibited the greatest commitment to sportsmanship.
* [[Red Drew|Harold "Red" Drew]] began coaching the [[Birmingham-Southern Panthers]] football team.
* [[Jenks Gillem]] began coaching the [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard Bulldogs]] football team.
* [[Hank Crisp]] began coaching the [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team]].
* The [[1924 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] won the [[Southern Conference]] championship.
* [[Joe Hewitt]] [[List of Birmingham Black Barons managers|managed]] the [[Birmingham Black Barons]].
* The [[Alabama High School Athletic Association]] joined the National Federation of State High School Associations.
==Works==
* ''[[Bed Rock]]'', novel by [[Jack Bethea]]
* "[[A Park System for Birmingham]]" report by the Olmsted Brothers to the [[Birmingham Park and Recreation Board]].
===Buildings===
* [[2121 1st Avenue North]], commercial building on [[1st Avenue North (downtown)]]
* [[2127 1st Avenue North]], commercial building on [[1st Avenue North (downtown)]]
* [[32nd Street Baptist Church]] in [[Lakeview]], demolished in 2021
* [[Liv on Fifth|American Standard Plumbing warehouse]] on [[5th Avenue South]]
* [[Frank Hartley Anderson residence]] on [[11th Court South]]
* [[Angwin Service Funeral Company]] on [[Avenue F Ensley]]
* [[Bama Theatre]] in [[Tuscaloosa]]
* [[Bankhead House and Heritage Center|William Bankhead residence]] in [[Jasper]]
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 24]] in [[Central Park neighborhood|Central Park]]
* [[Bluff Park Elementary School]]
* [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]
* [[Caheen Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Center Point Elementary School|Center Point School]]
* [[Claridge Manor Apartments]] in [[Highland Park]]
* [[Colored Masonic Temple]] on [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Edgewood Drug Company]] on [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Edgewood]]
* [[Ensley Baptist Church]] education building on [[Avenue E Ensley]]
* [[Fairfield Industrial High School]]
* [[Fairview United Methodist Church]] on [[Warrior Road]]
* [[Federal Reserve building]] on [[5th Avenue North]]
* [[First Christian Church]] education building on [[7th Avenue North]]
* [[Gate City Elementary School]] addition on [[Georgia Road]]
* [[Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[Gregg Building]] on [[20th Street North]]
* [[Harmony Street Baptist Church]] in [[North Avondale]]
* [[Highland Plaza Condominiums|Highland Plaza Apartments]] on [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[Highlands United Methodist Church]] educational building at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Children's Hospital|Holy Innocents Hospital]] in [[Lakeview]]
* [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[Phillips Administration Building|M. Paul Phillips Library]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Mack Truck Garage]] on [[6th Avenue South]]
* [[Burger-Phillips building|Oster Brothers Furniture building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[The Garages|The Plaza Garages]] on [[10th Terrace South]]
* [[Porter's]] interior remodeling
* [[Sloss Ready-Mix Concrete Plant]] on [[1st Avenue North]]
* [[Tuscaloosa City Hall]]
* [[Gorgas Steam Plant|Warrior Reserve Steam Plant]] in [[Walker County]]
* [[D. O. Whilldin office]] on [[21st Street North]]
* Improvements to [[East Lake Park]], including an expanded bathing area, a merry-go-round, a miniature railroad and other rides
* Concrete bridge on [[U. S. Highway 11]] over the [[Sucarnoochee River]] in [[Sumter County]]
* Construction of [[Alabama State Highway 174]] to [[Pell City]] began.
* [[W. S. Wyman]] completed a water line to [[Alberta City]].
* The [[Rushton Memorial Carillon]] was installed at [[First Presbyterian Church]].
* The [[Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 78]] erected a monument at [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
==Individuals==
* September 23–26: [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] [[Thomas Shirley]] attended the Imperial Klonvocation of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City, Missouri as the organization's "Imperial Klexter".
* [[Oscar Underwood]] was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
* [[Dorothy Sebastian]] divorced [[Allen Stafford]].
* [[Charles McDowell]] served two days as [[Governor of Alabama]] during the absence of [[William Brandon]].
* [[Geneva Mercer]] moved with [[Giuseppe Moretti|Giuseppe]] and [[Dorothea Morretti]] to Florence, Italy.
* [[W. W. Tarleton]] succeeded [[Hartley Brownell]] as [[Mayor of Edgewood]].
* [[A. J. Farley]] succeeded [[J. M. Spruiell]] as [[Mayor of Leeds]].
* [[T. B. Self]] succeeded [[George Thomason]] as [[Mayor of Tarrant]].
* [[Fannie Blevins]] took over as principal of the [[Tuggle Institute]].
* [[Donald Beatty]] was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
* [[John Persons]] was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the [[Alabama National Guard]].
* [[Archibald Carmichael]] was appointed to the [[University of Alabama Board of Trustees]].
* [[Seale Harris]] published a paper first documenting the medical condition of hyperinsulinism.
* [[Mary Echols]] served as a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
===Births===
* [[January 27]]: [[Ella Jones]], church organist and music minister
* [[February 1]]: [[Ben Branscomb]], pulmonologist
* [[March 14]]: [[Revis Hall]], superintendent of [[Jefferson County Schools]]
* [[April 23]]: [[J. B. Stoner]], white supremacist ideologue and terrorist
* [[May 22]]: [[Wallace Carden]], analytical chemist
* May 22: [[Ed Jones]], photographer
* [[May 23]]: [[Karl Friedman]], attorney
* [[July 7]]: [[Johnny Simmons]], basketball and baseball player
* [[July 15]]: [[Jeremiah Denton]], U.S. Senator
* [[July 21]]: [[Angelena Rice]], educator
* July 21: [[Frank Carnaggio]] restaurateur
* [[July 23]]: [[Billy McCary]], U.S. Navy seamn
* [[July 28]]: [[Anne Braden]], journalist and Civil Rights activist
* [[August 3]]: [[John Fuller]], architect and activist
* [[August 22]]: [[Walter Johnsey]], [[Alabama Power Company]] executive
* [[August 23]]: [[Tommy Langston]], {{BPH}} photographer
* [[September 3]]: [[Bill Greason]], Major League pitcher and minister
* [[September 12]]: [[Bubba Church]], Major League pitcher
* [[October 24]]: [[Orzell Billingsley]], attorney and Civil Rights leader
* October 24: [[Billy Pappas]], restaurateur
* [[November 9]]: [[Mel Bailey]], [[Jefferson County Sheriff]]
* [[November 18]]: [[William Thuss Jr]], occupational clinician
* [[November 20]]: [[Ernest Brock]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] physician
* [[November 30]]: [[Tom York]], television host
* [[December 1]]: [[Leven Hazlegrove]], chemist
* [[December 6]]: [[Dick Hawley]], radio announcer and sportcaster
* [[December 18]]: [[Luvenia Little]], mother of [[William Bell]]
* [[December 21]]: [[John Blackburn]], [[University of Alabama]] administrator
* [[December 31]]: [[Wilbur Harden]], jazz musician
* [[Margie Orr Carter]], educator and "[[Miss Birmingham]]"
* [[Billy Gamble]], business instructor
* [[Evelyn Martin (nurse)|Evelyn Martin]], nurse
* [[Joe Sacco]], typewriter retailer
* [[Charles Sutton]], pest control professional and [[Homewood City Council]] member
* [[Ronald Weathers]], sportswriter
===Graduations===
* [[Blanche Dean]] earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Paul Hardin]] completed his bachelor's degree at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
* Artist [[Ernest Henderson]] graduated from [[Phillips High School]].
* Literary figure [[Richmond Beatty]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] director [[Richard Howard]] graduated from Harvard University.
* Social worker [[Alice Pigman]] graduated from Austin High School in Chicago, Illinois.
===Awards===
* [[Mildred Adams]] was crowned "[[Miss Birmingham]]".
* [[Judson Dowling]] was presented with the [[Birmingham News Loving Cup]].
* [[A. H. Parker]] was awarded the "[[Negro Citizens' Loving Cup]]".
===Deaths===
* [[February 3]]: [[Basil Allen]], attorney and judge
* [[February 26]]: [[Alfred Eubank]], dentist
* [[March 3]]: [[John Eagan]], [[ACIPCO]] founder
* [[March 21]]: [[Samuel Ullman]], hardware dealer, civic leader and poet
* [[April 13]]: [[Edmund Rucker]], Confederate officer and businessman
* [[June 21]]: [[Gene Walker]], motorcycle racer
* [[November 5]]: [[Carrie Tuggle]], educator
* [[December 19]]: [[Henry Badham Sr]], industrialist and banker


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