Hearst aide Avila Testifies On Mexican Documents Cash Payments
The committee hears Avila recount payments to clerks in Mexican offices for documents and describes the handling of funds and typewritten Spanish documents. Senator Robinson questions the $12 000 payout in old twenty dollar bills.
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Avila
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Arturo M. Elias
New York
James E. Bresnahan
Elias
John Page
Hearst
Mexico City
Robinson
Arkansas
Calles
San Antonio
Texas
Missionary Completes Baluba Bible Translation
Rev. T. C. Vinson, Presbyterian missionary in Chattanooga, finishes translating the Bible into Baluba the language of a major Central African tribe after about five years of study and over a year of translation. Following Belgian objections a revision extended the project before proofs were corrected and thousands of copies prepared for the Congo mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Central Africa
T. C. Vinson
American Presbyterian Congo Mission
Jogtors Organize to Combat Order Over Liquor Permits
Butte doctors contest an investigation into their liquor permit applications. A 1928 hearing date is set by the administrator, with objections about the 50 mile hearing rule and required complaint copies. An Iowa woman reports living on 10 cents a day in buttermilk, provoking 12 Scotsmen to seek marriage.
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Tors
Butte
O. K. Nickerson
Internal Revenue Regulations
Helena
Iowa
Senate 10 Delay Tax Bill Action Delays Holiday Hearings
Washington December 17 The tax bill sent from the house to the senate faces delays and likely hearings after Christmas. The measure would cut revenue by about 57 million annually, could be scaled by the finance committee toward Treasury totals, with senators Simmons and Smoot debating further reductions and revisions.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Coolidge
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Smoot
Simmons
North Carolina
Trusty Decides to Mind the Boss at Traffic Court
Baltimore Maryland Jim Hughes a negro trusty at the Maryland penitentiary was sent to traffic court after chauffeuring for the warden. The warden told him to wait but a traffic officer ordered him to move on. Hughes followed the boss and the court discharged him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trusty
Baltimore
Jim Hughes
Maryland Penitentiary
Hughes
Judge denounces city authorities over bootlegger fees
In Billings federal court Judge Charles N. Pray excoriated local officials for encouraging bootleggers by collecting regular license fees. Thirty guilty pleas led to $3,076 in fines and 1,080 days in Yellowstone county jail. Four Billings men claimed immunity via the license fees.
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Billings
United States
Charles N. Pray
Yellowstone County
Pray
Offered Necklace, She Chooses Garage
In London, a practical daughter rejects an aristocrat’s gift of pearls preferring a partnership in a garage. A growing number of girl garagekeepers, many from families once expecting only society, pursue automotive work in the British Isles.
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Associated Press
London
England
British Isles
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