Tax overhaul report urges big cuts in federal revenue
New York December 26 the national industrial conference board tax commission filed a radical revision plan proposing repeal of the excess profit tax and lower surtax rates to cut annual federal revenue by more than 1 billion dollars. It favors deducting business losses from future income, opposes a land and resources levy, and calls for vigorous public retrenchment while urging united action by business leaders to correct perceived private injustice and public harm.
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New York
Tax Commission
National Industrial Conference Board
National Industrial Tax Conference
Resolutions Urge U S to Aid Irish Struggle
Seattle mass meeting under the American association for the recogni tion of the Irish republic urged the U S government to express sympathy for Ireland and use its influence to end English terror. In Cork the next day Irish raiders damaged the Cork Examiner offices with bombs and hammers, killing two at Tralee as crown forces fired on them.
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Seattle
Unitedates
Ireland
England
American Association For the Recognition
Trish Republic
Yeeza—rmrty
Cork Examiner
Poll
The
Irish Republic
Dublin
Dee
Crown
Tralee
Bieter
Ex convict Hoagland shot by sheriff at depot
Foxy Hoagland an ex convict was shot to death by Sheriff Thomas Thimmig of Perry county after a late day rampage at the Millnois Central depot. He wounded three men and held up another. none of the wounded are seriously hurt.
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Pinckneyville
Pec
Foxy” Hoagland
Thomas Thimmig
Perry County
Millnois Central
Explosion at Montesano Sequel to Armistice Day Tragedy
Montesano Washington police probe an explosion that rattled the town early last night. A 20 foot fuse found near a vacant lot by the Northern Pacific station suggests a planned outrage, but the target remains unknown. A stranger with a leather traveling bag was seen near the county jail where seven men are jailed for March court convictions.
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Montesano
Wash
Northern Pacific
Centralia
Felix Diaz in Guatemala with designs on Mexico
Felix Diaz nephew of former President Diaz, once a revolutionary leader, has arrived in Guatemala after deportation to Cuba following capture in Vera Cruz. In New Orleans he dismissed Mexico stories of his landing in Guatemala as exaggerated, saying no plans for future action and refusing to discuss possible revolts.
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Felix Diaz
Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico City
Felix Ding
Diaz
Vera Cruz
Cuba
Mark ‘Twain
Associated Press
Comepany
Viends
Senor Diaz
Mina Eastman Shot Dead a New York Gangster
The New York police report the gangster Mina Eastman, once a feared leader in the lower east side, was found shot to death at daybreak. Five bullets struck him and a revolver with five spent shells lay nearby on subway steps. A $149 watch chain and a Christmas card were in his pockets, suggesting a vendetta rather than a random crime.
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New York
Ron Eastman
Lower East Side
Eastman
King of Eastman
Pastor Mauled by Crowd After Alleged Robbery Mistake
Detroit report notes a pastor was badly beaten by a crowd who misidentified him as a robber. The clergyman, knocked down and kicked, suffered facial bruising as bystanders attempted to ascertain his identity.
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Detroit
Dew
Wan
Fay
Ewic
Mink
Hibs
Austria urged to join Germany in new union plan
Berlin reports a manifesto from Austria seeking union with Germany under the League of Nations framework. Dr Walter Simons and Count Ottokar Czernin are said to have drafted the document. The Paris papers note Italy and Yugoslavia backed measures to block monarchy restoration in Austria or Hungary. Czernin was in Berlin discussing a Germany Austria union after Vienna joined the League.
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Paris
le Journal
Berlin
Austria
Walter Simons
Foregn Mnister
Ottokar Ceemnin
Chadenitz
Miniser
Petit Parisien
Italy
Jugo-Slava
Hungary
Copenhagen
Dee
Czernin von Chudenits
Germany
Austra
League of Nations
Escaped Convicts Still At Large In Iowa Snow
Fort Madison Iowa prisoners Harry Smith O Keefe and James Nee 26 elude a guard posse amid zero weather and a severe snowstorm. Twenty hours after sealing the prison walls Warden Hallowell says outside accomplices in automobiles may have helped in their disappearance out of the manhunt range.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Harry. Smith O'Keefe
James Nee
Hallowell
Lamentable Soviet Rule in Armenia Reported
Dispatches describe Armenia under Soviet rule as lamentable due to food shortages. Moscow sent eighty carloads of grain to Yerevan, the capital, while the eleventh Bolshevist army went without a bread ration so it could be allocated to workers and peasants in Soviet Armenia.
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Constantinople
Armenia
Enrivan
Moscow
Italians Owe In Fame With Gun Silence Take Morning
Troops close about but no shot is fired in the tense standoff as forces move by land and sea. Morning reports indicate calm despite heightened patrols and strategic positions near key fronts.
Poets Bach Retiring as Italian Forces Close in on Fiume
Italian regulars push toward Fiume edge factories as D’Annunzian stronghold tightens. Expectation grows that Fiume will fall tonight or tomorrow morning. General Caviglia ordered advances on Friday to seize advanced positions amid D’Annunzio’s forces. News reports note five poets’ soldiers killed and others wounded in renewed clashes near Udine.
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Trieste
Associated Press
Fiume
Offer Renewed By Mrs Hamon Held For Crime
ARDMORE Oklahoma November conference between Mrs Clara Smith Hamon and her attorneys discussed defense matters. Hamon free on $12000 bonds on murder charge of Jake Hamon Republican national committeeman. She traveled from Wilson Oklahoma to Fort Worth court docket delays may push trial after January 17. Hamon has attracted offers from moving picture companies and touring contracts but she seeks privacy and rest with family.
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W. T. McLean
Fort Worth
Hamon
Moving Picture
Roon Teeture Tours
Record year for U.S. rail tonnage and push for lower costs
James De Witt Cuyler, chairman of railway executives, said American railroads finished the year with record tonnage under private operation and higher cross ton miles, aided by shippers and workers. He noted plans to avoid further rate increases, while pushing further economies to reduce operating expenses to the lowest figure.
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Thomas DE Witt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
Railroads of America
Underwood & Underwood
N.Y
Washin
Ton
Jamas de Witt Cuyler
Cuyler
Explosion Kills Boy and Injures Two in Brooklyn Home
A loaded gaspipe and three boxes of carteldites exploded at the Brooklyn home of 16 year old Herbert Hrant, killing John McKenny Jr, 26, a Wall Street bank messenger, instantly as steel pierced his mouth and brain. Brann, Brann’s helper, lost his left hand and was cut by flying steel while Paul Clandon, 17, was also injured. The improvised bomb, set on a table, knocked others from chairs throughout the house.
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New York
Brooklyn
Herbert Hrant
Bergen Beach
John McKenny Jr
Wall Street Bank
Brann
Paul Clandon
Montana 15 given to permits under Water Power Act
The Federal Water Power Commission reported 129 applications from 27 states plus Alaska and the District of Columbia seeking permits under the Water Power Act. California leads with 35, New York 13, Washington 12, Alaska and Montana 10 each. Idaho seven. Arizona six. Total investment is projected at 1.2 billion dollars for about 12 million horsepower.
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Washington
Dee. Han
Chicago
Commission
United States
Wyoming ‘Mountains
Orado
Alaska
District of Columbia
California
New York
Montana
Permite
Idaho
Arizona
American banks to open Hamburg branch in mid January
The Mercantile Bank of New York has bought a business district building in Hamburg and will open a branch there in mid January. It will also represent the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. The National City Bank of New York plans a branch next year and has engaged personnel.
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Hamburg
Germany
Mercantile Bank of New York
Guaranty Trust’ Company of New York
National City Bank of New York
Young Smith Suspected in Multimillion Dollar Arson Case
Uniontown, Pa December 26 Albert Smith 19 of Fairhope son of a real estate operator was arrested with state troopers at the scene of 13 fires amid more than 1 million dollars in property damage. Authorities say he admitted knowledge of the fires. An examination of his mental condition was set to begin tomorrow. A separate note reports a wave of incendiarism in La Fayette and nearby counties. A Pittsburg school building and other properties suffered a $150,000 loss in a blaze.
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Uniontown
Albert Smith
Fairhope
Fayette County
Smith
Pittsburg
la Payette
Westsmoreland
Washington Counties
Alleghany Hunts
Johnson
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