Hoover Mellon tax reduction clash denied
Washington July 4. The White House denied a disagreement between President Hoover and Secretary Mellon over possible federal tax cuts. Both officials were said to be in full agreement with the President’s remarks and Mellon had approved the prior statement. The administration hoped for tax relief but would first assess the impact of recent laws and revenue prospects.
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Washington
Hoover
Mellon
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Widows Lose Savings in Vienna Marriage Swindle
In Vienna on July 4 a club for widows and widowers near the Prater, dubbed the Widowers Coffee House, was swindled by a charming middle aged man who secretly engaged to about 80 women, took their gifts and dowries, then vanished. Police suspect a former waiter and international swindler.
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Vienna
Merry Widows of
Viennese Prater
Former Cop Kills Woman and Self in Ky
Former county patrolman Henry Pyles aged 42 shot and killed Mrs. H. P. Duke at Peterman Hill near Ashland Kentucky then killed himself. Police said motive is not learned. Pyles was married and had a daughter.
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Ashland
Henry Pyles
H. P. Duke
Peterman Hill
Here
Pyles
Troops Capture Band of Outlaws in Guadalajara
A dispatch from Guadalajara reports troops rode down and captured 23 men who had appeared on horseback at Atotonilco El Alto. The band shot residents, killed one and injured six, then were executed and their 23 bodies hung from telegraph poles along the road.
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Guadalajara
Associated Press
Mexico City
Excelsior
Atotonilco el Alto
Contract Awards July 31 August 1 by Associated Press
AUSTIN July 4 July 31 and August 1 were announced as dates for the award of contracts for maintenance and construction on state highways. The highway commission will not meet in August, deferring the next awards to September 17 and 18. Charles Goodyear’s 1839 vulcanizing rubber discovery is noted.
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Associated Press
Austin
Gibb Gilchrist
Highway Commission
Hermit Strangled With Own Beard By Robbers
In Toledo Ohio on July 4 an 80 year old hermit named Scott Rouse was killed by robbers who strangled him with his own beard in his dilapidated shack. A Indian boy John Winn reported finding the victim dying with his whiskers stuffed in his mouth and a battered safe emptied beside him.
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Toledo
Towa
Scott Rouse
John Winn
Rouse
Ice Berg Float Ratio Explained
The text states that seven times the volume of an ice berg above the water is below the water, describing the buoyancy principle that most of an iceberg sits underwater.
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Heinie
Wlanliste
Charles Goodyear
Cutiura
Turner Cantrell
Rt. 4
Hamilton
Ala
Cuticura Laboratories
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J.c.penney CO
Polk St
Palm Beach
Milan
Powell
New York City
Cui
Amarillo
Amarillo National Bank
U. S. Depository
THE
Amarillo, Texas
Federal Reserve Bank
Capital Stock
U. S
New York
America
Traub
Efinklea Welry Store
the Panhandle
Polk
Chef
Pierre
Kansas City
Pole ST
Perensident
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