Tax compromise talks stall as Democrats demand terms
In Washington on January 23, Democrats refused to accept the Republican offer to cooperate on a tax revision bill, insisting on definitive compromise terms. The committee proceeded with miscellaneous rate considerations using the Mellon plan as a basis, while Republicans eyed a possible self-contained schedule.
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Feces Press
Ashington
House
Sways and Means
Garner
Texas
Green
Een
Sng
Hull
Met
Representative Garner
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Ita
Representative Mills
New York
Double Barrelled Rum Treaty With Britain Is Signed
The United States and Great Britain signed a liquor treaty authorizing British ships to carry sealed stores of ship liquors in American waters and permitting search and seizure within an hour’s sailing distance of shore for suspected rum smugglers. The pact lasts one year and can be terminated after three months’ notice.
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Praan
Washington
Hughes
Geddes
United States
Panama Canal
State Department
Hughes Calls Mexico Revolt a Brutal Political Power Grab
Secretary Hughes denounces the Mexican revolt as a political power grab aimed at seizing the presidency, not a popular revolution. He urges unity among American republics against force, defends arms requests to Mexico, and explains liquor treaty and Turkish capitulations within constitutional bounds.
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Associated Press
New York
Coolidge
Hughes
United States
Yuez
Née
Washington
Mexico
Great Britain
Turkey
Progrents Capture $100,000 Booze in N O Raids
Federal prohibition agents raided the home of Peter Fabacher, a former restaurant proprietor, in a fashionable New Orleans district near Audubon Park. Liquors valued at retail bootlegging prices were seized, totaling about $100,000.
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Progents
N. O
New Orleans
Audubon Park
Peter Fabacher
Combination Rate for Want Ads Across The News and Post
The Daily News and Evening Post offer a shared combination rate for Glassified Ads, matching other public services. The News and Post also publish a combined display advertising rate rarely matched elsewhere. A monthly combined subscription costs $1.00, and adding a half cent per word to the Daily News classified rate extends the advantage. The Evening Post reaches Amarillo readers daily, promising results as The News has done for nearly five years. The News-Post Always In the Lead.
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Daily News
Evening Post
News Post
News and Post
Amarillo
The
News-Post
Fort Worth Men Indicted for Oil Fraud
Three Fort Worth residents G Paul Edgell J B Sikes and W I White face federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Indictments in Los Angeles accuse them in Texas Atlantic Oil promotion. Extradition fight planned as hearing set for February 20 with eight counts overall including W L Wilson and W L Barnard who marketed stock in California.
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Uy Associated Press
Fort Worth
G. Paul Folgell
J. B. Sikes
W. I. White
U. S
Parker
Los Angeles
Texas-Atlantic Oil Company
Zweitel
Clyde Fastus
Baskin
Eastus
Greines
Edgell
California
Web. 20
Hames W. L. Wilson
W. L. Barnard
Enterprise
Witnesses in Cox Oil Trial Testify About Literature
In federal court in Houston on January 23 witnesses testified for the government in the Cox Oil trial. Louis Newman of Chicago J F Ellis of Cicero Illinois and Charles F Crain of Chattanooga Tenn described receipt of letters and circulars that led to stock purchases or conversions in Bluebird Corporation and the Big Gusher Oil Company. Several letters and circulars were admitted into evidence.
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Houston
Gienn
FE. J. Cox
Bluebird Corporation
Big Gusher Oil Company
Louis Newman
Chicago
J. F. Ellis
Cicero
Ills
Charles F. Crain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Crain
Bluebird
Mystery of Itasca Child Death Cleared by Youth
Itasca Texas January 23. The death of James Lyles was cleared when 14 year old Paul Burdine confessed to accidentally shooting Lyles during a Monday morning target shoot. Burdine said he feared telling authorities. no charges will be filed against him.
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Itasca
Texas
James Lyles
Paul Burdine
Lyles
Hae
Burdine Bey
Rehearing Denied in Assault Trials in Scurry and Harris
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied rehearings in two long pending cases. J. L. Vineyard of Scurry County faced an assault to murder verdict and was given four years. William Reggiteno of Harris County, convicted of manslaughter after claiming self defense, received five years after a fatal shooting following a demand for money.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. L. Vineyard
Scurry County
William Reggiteno
Harris County
Vineyard
Albert Bullock
Bullock
Scurry
William Regegtteno
Harriet Jenkins
Demolay Secretary at Ft Worth Dies in Fall
Charles Wright a 20 year old secretary of the DeMolay chapter in Fort Worth died in an infirmary from head injuries after plunging from the roof of the chapter house. Companions in the building saw him ascend a ladder and close the hatch before he vanished to the roof. An ambulance removed him minutes later as authorities sought a reason for the fatal walk to the roof.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Charles Wright
DeMolay
Young Wright
Prisoner Given Hour's Leave to Marry His Girl
Tee Cook, jailed in Pasadena on a Rapid City telegraphic warrant for auto theft, secured an hour’s jail leave to marry Elizabeth Glines. A policeman served as best man. after the ceremony he returned to jail amid wedding guests’ smiles and tears.
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Associated Presa
Pasadena
Calif
Tee Cook
Rapid City
Elizabeth Glines
Lenine Body Arrives in Moscow in Funeral Procession
The body of Nikolai Lenine, former premier of Soviet Russia, arrives in Moscow from Gorky carried by comrades. Thousands line the route as the coffin, under a glass lid, is borne to a state bed for funeral rites. More than 26,000 officials and party members gather at stations to honor the leader.
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Prasa
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Gorky
Council of Commissars
Communist Party
Lenine to Be Declared Christian by Clergy
Moscow January meeting called by Arch Bishop Evdokim of the Holy Synod to declare Lenin a Christian and propose masses in Russian churches for his repose. He says clergy will hold masses even without orders and that Lenin was a Christian, but a tender one.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Evdokim
Holy Synod
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Jenine
Head Bookkeeper Testifies in Anti-Saloon League Trial
William M Potter former head bookkeeper testified at the William H Anderson trial that under Andersons direction he altered league books and wrote checks to the salary account of C B collect the league books and can checks Potter identified the endorsements and the checks which were charged to the Anti Saloon League account on Willam H Anderson for the salary account of O Philips.
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Associated Prove
New York
William M Potter
Te Anti-Saloon League
Wiliam H. Anderson
Anderson
C. B
Potter
Anti Saloon League
Willam H. Anohar
O. Philips
Tax Wizard A. W. Gregg Roles in Treasury Revealed
A. W. Gregg, 24 year old special assistant to the secretary of the treasury, is described as a key cog in the income tax system and an adviser on tax and internal revenue matters. He is portrayed as a tax wizard guiding Uncle Sam’s fiscal machine.
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Uncle Sam
A. W. Gregg
Secretary of the Treasury
Efforts Made to Compel Gas Tax Payments
Austin reports the state Comptroller's Gross Receipts division will pursue initial gasoline sellers to collect the cent per gallon tax. H. H. Pierson says some companies shift payment to refiners, who push it to jobbers. Taxes due this week plus quarterly gross receipts by January 31 carry penalties from February 1. delinquents risk business permits. Pierson returned from Fort Worth after claiming sizable sums from insolvent firms. The state may be a preferred creditor for these taxes.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Comptroller's Office
H. H. Pierson
Pierson
Fort Worth
Three Killed in Kansas City Auto Crash
Kans City Kans Jan 22 Captain Robert T Hayes, Mrs Hag Broadhurst and daughter Ethel were killed when a motor car they rode in overturned on the Victory Highway four miles west of the city. Captain Hayes was quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth US disciplinary barracks, Mrs Broadhurst's husband is a cavalry major.
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Kansas City
Kans
Robert T. Hayes
Hag
Broadhurst
Ethel
Victory Highway
Here
Hayes
United States Disciplinary Barracks
Fort Leavenworth
Broadthurst
Bandits smash show window and steal $500
Ban Antonto reports two men in a car smashed the plate glass window of Casa de Cambio Mithocan and fled with five hundred dollars in currency and silver from an advertising display. The theft occurred today in Ban Antonto as the money had just been placed in the window.
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Ban Antonto
Casa de Cambio Mithocan
Brice
Weather summary for Amarillo region and nearby areas
Weather forecast notes Thursday partly cloudy in Amarillo and eastern New Mexico with little temperature change. A new warm trend aimed from Gulf States toward the central valleys is indicated, while some western weather shows light rain chances.
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Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Amarillo
Gulf States
Geis
Bessie Ores
Micke Chan
Selene BS Mob
Texas nurse dies in California hotel
Sacramento city desk reports that a Texas trained nurse Miss Maria Theresa Midgett formerly of San Antonio died after taking poison at the Sacramento Hotel. She had registered under the name Ruth Taylor and destroyed identifying marks, but baggage check revealed her identity. No motive was found for the presumed self inflicted death.
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Aseneig
Sacramento
Cal
Yang
Maria Theresa Midgett
San Antonio
Texas
Ruth Taylor
New York
Waxahachie to Host Annual B Y P U Meeting 1924
Waxahachie will entertain the annual Baptist Young People's Union assembly of the Missionary Baptists of Texas from June 24 to July 4, 1924. Mayor RR Johnston announced after a word from Rev Jenkins, the mission Baptist invitator at Trinity, Texas.
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Waxahachie
The
Baptist Young People’s Union of the
Missionary Baptists of Texas
RR. C. Johnston
Mr. Jenkins
Missionary Baptist
Traly
Texas
Federal advances rout Mexican rebels in west front
Washington dispatches report the rebel defense along Jalisco waning as federal troops push forward with air support. Estrada evacuates Guadalajara, while federals pursue uprisings across Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Hidalgo with infantry and cavalry efforts. Victoria is retaken as Estrada enacts enveloping maneuvers and Obregon’s rear rail links are threatened. General Mercado defects to the revolution. Figueroa seizes Sacnalpan with fed troops.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sens
Estrada
Viele
Jalisco
Saii
Unabe
Estrade
Guadalajara
Obregon
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Aguirre
Sonora
Cavazos
Hidalgo
Ixmiquilpan
Vera Cruz
Figueroa
Sacnalpan
Bible Offer Closes February 10 in Panhandle papers
Hundreds of Panhandle residents bought Bibles using coupons as the Daily News Evening Post notes the sale will end February 10. The News-Post says demand remains high and many dictionary orders already sold out, urging readers not to miss a lifetime Bible at a favorable price.
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Daily News Evening Post
Panhandle
News-Post
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