Revenue measure proposes $325 million tax cut in 1926
The Ways and Means Committee reported a bill to slash $325,736,000 in taxes for the next calendar year with a principal relief of $193,175,000 to taxpayers. The measure aims for enactment by March 1, with the first March 15 income tax installment to reflect the relief.
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Washington
House
Ys and Means
Green
Senate
Ways No Means
Rainey
Illinois
Nd Hull
Tennessee
Quill
Hull
Jr. Green
Denver and Southwest Weather Outlook
Denver forecast for December 7 shows New Mexico cloudy east portion with fair west. Outlook for Arizona calls for fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather Summary From University Reports
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday were recorded by the university. Highest temperature and lowest temperature are listed with range. Humidity at 6 p m was 68 percent. Wind direction northeast. Weather described as cloudy.
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Sowest
O. Wickscden
S.ss
Sunrise and sunset times for Santa Fe and Albuquerque
The notice gives December sun times with sunrise at 7 08 a m and sunset at 4 49 p m Santa Fe time Albuquerque is 0 to 1 minute earlier for sunrise and 5 minutes later for sunset in December.
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Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Grand Jury in Austin opens sweeping highway probe
The Travis county grand jury begins a broad inquiry into Texas highway fund expenditures and state office conduct. Judge J R Hamilton orders a complete investigation from governor to justice of the peace with indictments where evidence exists. Former highway officials Lanham and Burkett testified as witnesses. James Ferguson and T K Irwin met with Governor Ferguson but did not disclose details of their discussion.
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Austin
Texas
Travis County Grand
Justice of Peace
J. R. Hamilton
Dan Moody
Highway Department
Moody
Travia County
Frank Lanham
Joe Burkett
Highway Commission
James FE. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
T. K. Irwin
Dallas
Leader of World Flight Endorses Col Mitchell
Captain Lowell Smith, commander of the round the world flight, endorses Col Mitchell for the head of the service. He travels from Washington D C amid court martial proceedings to San Diego. Smith predicts aviation publicity will yield positive results and stresses putting flying men in charge of the department.
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Lowell Smith
Aviation Department
Mitchell
Smith
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Calif
Capitol
War Department
United States
Plea of insanity to be defense in Pueblo slaying
Andrew Kovack stands trial in Pueblo district court charged with shooting Stephen Kotlar at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Minnequa plant. Prosecutors say the act ended a two year feud but the defense plans to prove Kovack was not in his right mind, with more witnesses to testify.
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Pueblo
Colo
Andrew Kovyack
Stephen Kotlar
Kovack
Kotlar
Minnequa
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Governor Pinchot Sets Stage for Anthracite Strike Talks
Gov. Pinchot completed preparations for a closed meeting in Harrisburg with business leaders from the anthracite region to seek an end to the mining suspension. He said the session will not alter the program presented to miners and operators on November 28 and aims to settle the strike without raising coal costs. A half dozen civic and business representatives are expected.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Two railroad workers killed in boiler explosion near Elkton
Elkton Maryland December 7 The engineer and fireman of local 49 Baltimore and Ohio railroad were instantly killed when the locomotive boiler exploded as the train passed Childs Station four miles north of town.
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Elkton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Childs Station
Here
Longworth Wins Three Cornered Fight For Speaker
Ohioan is elected speaker over Garrett Tennessee Democrat and Cooper Wisconsin insurgent in a three cornered race.
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Garrett
Tennessee
Cooper
Wisconsin
New Presiding Officer Is Given An Ovation
Washington reports the opening of the 4th Congress with a Republican landslide in the House as Nicholas Longworth is elected Speaker after a three cornered race. The Senate session proceeds calmly with swift organization and three new senators sworn in.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Coolidge
Nicholas Longworth
Ohile
F. J. Garrett
Tennessee
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Longworth
Garrett
Cooper
Representative Garrett
la Follette
Robinson
Indiana
Williams
Missouri
Edwin P. Thayer
Indianapolis
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Sorlie
Nye
Dawes
Arrow
Army officers to testify against Colonel Mitchell in trial
Washington reports the defense in the Mitchell court martial rests its case as about twenty high ranking officers prepare to defend the War Department. An unofficial list includes thirteen generals such as Hansom Ely Patrick Nolan and Summerall along with Fecher Drum and others connected to air service control. The witnesses signify the department's effort to counter charges of incompetence criminal neglect and treasonable conduct of national defense.
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Washington
Army
William Mitchell
Navy
War Department
Mitchell
Hanson EF. Ely
Army War College
Mason M. Patrick
Air Service
Dennis BE. Nolan
M. W. Ireland
Charles P. Summerall
New York
Robert H. Allen
Robert C. Davis
George C. Richards
Militia Bureau
Malin Craig
Cavalry
Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Clarence C. Williams
Ordnance
James BE. Fecher
Hugh Drum
Department
Divorce rate near one for every ten marriages in 1924
Washington reports a rise in divorces and a drop in marriages in 1924 with 170,867 divorces, 1,178,206 marriages. Texas led in divorces with 15,575, followed by Illinois 13,658 and Ohio 11,946, against its marriage totals.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Texas
Ilinois
Ohio
Ever Ready Garage Proprieter Faces Driving Injury Charge
J F Williams proprietor of the Ever Ready garage 106 Harvard avenue is to have a hearing Wednesday at 2 pm in Justice Roddy court on a charge of running over Cruz Alvarez and Miss Gertrude Sedillo near Broadway and Central Friday night. Williams denies the charge and plans an alibi. Alvarez and Sedillo were injured but not seriously as the car fled the scene.
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J. F. Willams
Harvard Avenue
Court of Justice
Nye Senate Seat Contested Over Illegal Appointment
Indications that Senator Nye's seating from North Dakota will be disputed on the senate floor emerged as Senator Goff of West Virginia, delegated by the elections committee, reports Nye's appointment as illegal. The move signals a formal challenge to Nye's legitimacy.
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Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Washington
Gerald P. Nye
Goff
West Virginia
Senate Elections Committee
North Dakota Governor Invalidates Nye Senate Appointment
Attorney General George Shafer ruled that Governor Sorlie unlawfully appointed Gerald Nye to the U.S. Senate to replace the late Edwin Ladd. The decision was issued in Bismarck on December 7, stating the appointment lacked constitutional authority.
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Bismarck
N. D
George Shafer
North Dakota
Sorlie
Gerald Nye
United States
Edwin Ladd
Bootleggers Plead Guilty in Federal Court
Seven of ten accused bootleggers pleaded guilty to liquor charges in federal court Monday morning and received sentences from Judge Orie L. Phillips. Several defendants were granted varying jail terms, fines, or dismissed charges, with some pleas occurring on counts of possession, manufacture, and sale of liquor dated in 1925.
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Orie L. Phillips
Nestor Duran
Phillips
Santa Fe County
Duran
Roscoe Harvey
Mercer M. Wright
Harvey
Wright
Santa Fe
J. W. Lopez
Ramon Cruz
W. R. Moore
Colfax
Andreas Baldonado
Dona Ana
United States
Mariano Granado
George Bucklin
Maxine Hoveanian
Matino Velaquez
United States District Attorney's Office
Carl Thorp
Julius T. Woodring
Cecil G. Cook
Union County
Mayimpeach Mayors Petition Seattle 5 860 Citizens
Petitions for impeachment of Dr Edwin J Brown Seattle mayor were presented to the city council by 5860 citizens and referred to the judiciary committee. A special council meeting was set for tomorrow.
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Seattle
Edwin J. Brown
Judiciary Committee
Pasteurized dairy served at Coolidge luncheon details
Chicago reports the Coolidges luncheon dairy products came from outside Chicago dairy districts and were pasteurized for safety. Milk and cream from cooperative producers in Quincy Illinois, butter from a St Paul creamery, cheese from Plymouth Wisconsin. pasteurization reached 142 degrees for 30 minutes. Foods sourced across Indiana Illinois California Arizona Utah New Jersey Texas and Atlantic coast.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Plymouth
Wis
Health Department
Cooperative Marketing
Coolidge
Indiana
Ulinots
California
Arizona
Utah
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Texas
Two Sandoval County men face assault charge
Warrants issued for Antonio Patron and Jose Reyes Gurule on a charge of assaulting Mrs. Archibeque on October 31 near Cuba. They were bound over to district court on $1,000 bonds after a Cuba justice hearing. no assault on Sandoval was filed at that time. Gurule is described as Mrs. Archibeque's cousin.
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Antonio Patron
Jose Reyes Gurule
Juan C. Sandoval
Cuba
Sandoval
Maria Archibeque
Patron
Gurule
District Court
Justice of the Peace Court
Archibeque
City Clerk Ordered by Court to Issue Dance Hall License
Judge Milton J. Helmick ordered the city clerk to issue a license to Raymond S. Sulzer for operating the Heights auditorium dance hall when he applies. The order restrains city interference with dances at Heights pavilion pending suit resolution and gives the city 20 days to answer.
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Raymond S. Sulzer
Heights Auditorium
Milton J. Helmick
Sulzer
Heights Pavilion
Alabama to Play in Tournament of Roses on New Year
Chicago Dec 7 The University of Alabama tonight signed a contract to play in the Tournament of Roses football game at Pasadena California on New Year’s day against a Pacific Coast team yet to be selected. Jack W Benefiel announced the coast teams’ representative who was here trying to sign an eastern competitor.
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Chicago
University of Alabama
Pasadena
California
Jack W. Benefiel
Albuquerque Federal Building Aims For Expanded Space
Local federal offices in Albuquerque push for a new government building to house all United States employees. A circular outlines why a new facility is a sound investment, with rental costs and space needs projected for the next decade.
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Albuquerque
Washington
United States
Budget Bureau
Federal
Hernandez
Congressman Madden
House Appropriations Committee
Percival S Hill Dies in New York Home
Percival S. Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company, died suddenly at his Fifth Avenue residence in New York. The death occurred today as officials report his passing at age not disclosed.
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Percival Ss. Hilde
New York
Percival S. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Fifth Avenue
President Coolidge urges farmers toward sound relief plan
In Chicago the President told the American farm bureau federation that agriculture can lead future prosperity and pledged to approve any relief plan that follows sound economic principles. He urged cooperative marketing, criticized government price fixing, and promised aid in storage, credit, and marketing to place farming on a solid basis.
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Chicago
Coolidge
Middle West
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Congress
Sherman Hotel
Farm Bureau
Woman writes account of Mrs Coolidge’s Chicago visit
An article explains a woman's firsthand account of Mrs. Coolidge's Chicago visit dated December 7. The piece notes the president was the official focus and continues on Page Three.
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Mes. Coolidge
Chicago
Pro and Dry Prohibition Bills Enter House on Opening Day
On opening day of the sixtyninth Congress two streams of Prohibition bills flowed into the House hopper. Wet measures ranged from repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act to legalizing light beer and mild wine, while dry bills sought tougher enforcement and penalties for violators. Representatives Tinkham and Cramton introduced a civil service plan for enforcement agents, and Hill urged repeal or redefinition of intoxicating liquor. Dry efforts included Stalker reintroducing penalties for commercial violators, with Barntank proposing use of federal forces to curb smuggling and a measure to impeach and remove officials who buy intoxicants from bootleggers.
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HOUSE
Washington
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cram
Dyer
Missouri
Stalker
New York
Judiciary Committee
Barntank
Texas
Judiciary
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
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