Senate approves tax cut bill conference report
Senate approves the conference report on the tax reduction bill by a 60 to 6 vote and moves it to the House for Monday action if accepted without change. The measure blends the Senate income rate plan with House limits on publicity of returns and preserves the current corporate rate. President Coolidge held talks with Mills and Tilson as supporters of enactment despite some opposition. Smoot said the bill would meet all government expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
House
Senate
Farmer-Labor
Johnson
Minnesota
Representatives Mills
New York
Tilson
Connecticut
Ways and Means Committee
Coolidge
Senate backs amended world court membership proposal
The Senate foreign relations committee approved an amended plan for American membership in the world court and placed it on the Senate calendar. The proposal conditions membership on severing the tribunal from the League of Nations while reserving the Monroe doctrine and other policies. It drew party-line support from Lodge and most Republicans, with Democrats opposing. Shipstead endorsed a separate peace plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fry
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Harding
League of Nations
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Lodge
Johnson
California
Shipstead
Minnesota
Slow progress on the McNary Haugen farm relief bill
In Washington on May 24 the house met four hours under the five minute rule as amendments flood the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. All amendments were rejected on points of order or by vote and only two of the bill’s 28 pages were read. A substitute package proposing a $200 million corporation to export surplus farm products abroad was blocked on technical grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
McNary-Haugen
Sanders
Indiana
Volcanic Onrush at Halemaumau Crater Rocks Hawaii
A major Halemaumau eruption at 9 13 this morning sent dust clouds to 7000 feet and rock showers miles into the air. The event lasted 15 minutes and was preceded by tremors, with thunder lightning and a rearing pit likened to heavy surf. A subsequent quake at 10 o clock raised fears of a fault line threat to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hilo
Territory of Hawaii
Halemaumau
Kilauea
Roy Finch
Waiakea
Finch
Kau
Puna
Dr Carl Easton Dies in Mystery at Albemarle Flats
Dr Carl Easton former city chemist was found dead in his Albemarle apartments on West Granite street by a messenger boy. Dr Easton lay in bed wearing a night shirt with an American magazine beside him. Dr Baston said death resulted from neuralgia contracting the heart. No relatives or next of kin information could be found in his effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Easton
Albemarle Apartments
West Granite Street
Carl. H. Horst
Dr. Easton
Easton
Owsley Block
Dr. Baston
Horst
Franks
West Side
New Mexico Sends Delegation To National Convention
The New Mexico state Democratic convention at Las Cruces instructed delegates to back W G McAdoo for the presidential nomination until all chance of victory is gone. It praised Senator A A Jones and Representative John Morrow, endorsed Governor Hinkle, and elected nine district delegates plus three at large to cast six votes at the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
W. G. cAdoo
A. A. Jones
John Morrow
Hinkle
Wool Growers Warn of Foot and Mouth Epizootic Risk
Helena May 24 The Montana Wool Growers association adjourned annual meeting set for June 5 to elect a new board and expand the association. Secretary H H Pigott urges guards against foot and mouth disease spread by California shearers and farm workers with quarantine rules including washing clothing or fumigation and disinfection of gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Helena
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
H. H. Pigott
Montana
California
Pigott
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
W. J. Butler
Franks Slaying Deepens as Threats Reach Home
Chicago detectives guard the Franks household after two letters add to the mystery surrounding 13 year old Robert Franks’ death. One threatens his father and warns the daughter will be next while a typewritten note from the killer declares intent to die by his own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Franks
Morgan A. Collins
Four Die In New York Construction Collapse After Blast
Four workers were killed and ten injured when timber and debris collapsed in an excavation on Forty sixth street near Broadway. About forty men were at work when supports failed, dumping gravel and dirt after a dynamite blast occurred a little over two hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Forty-sixth Street
Broadway
Veto Power Alone Saves Property from Tax Confiscation
Washington dispatch summarizes the political fallout from the senate reversal of President Coolidge on the bonus issue. Democrats mock the Republicans while noting the party’s disunity and the risk of losing power. some see Coolidge gaining while others blame leadership figures like Lodge for inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sullivan
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Cleveland
Congress
House
World Flight 15 Continal Fight Days Commander
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, acting commander, reports a grueling world flight plagued by fog snow hail rain and fierce winds after the perilous trans Pacific leg. He says the Aleutians suffered the worst winter and spring in a decade and expects easier Atlantic crossing ahead. The crew travels by rail from Kasumigaura to Tokyo for the first time since leaving Prince Rupert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
Lowell H. Smith
Smith
trans-Pacific
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Atlantic
Kasumigaura
Prince Rupert, B. C
Beulah Annan Acquitted By Jury In Slaying Case
Chicago May 24. Beulah Annan 23, once labeled Chicago’s prettiest woman slayer, was found not guilty of murder of Harry Karstedt by a jury after prosecutors urged jurors to be unimpressed by her appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Beulah Annan
Harry Karstedt
Gangster killed in battle with police at Herrin
In Herrin Illinois on May 24 Jack Skelcher an alleged gangster was killed and the other occupant of a curtained touring car wounded in the leg and captured after a revolver fight with constabulary about 30 shots fired. The wounded man gave the name Brown and refused to speak. Officers suspect both men in the attempted assassination of Glenn Young Ku Klux Klan liquor raider last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herrin
Ill
Jack Skelcher
Glenn Young
Brown
Abolition of Montana State Railroad Commission Proposed
Helena May 24. Initiatives circulated propose ending the state railroad commission and creating a three member board the state auditor the commissioner of agriculture and the state engineer to take over its duties without pay. The measure would rename the body as the board of railroad commissioners of the state of Montana and preserve current cases until acted on by the new board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elena
State Railroad Commission
Helena
Board of Railroad Commissioners of
State of
Montana
Missouri Storm Claims Two Dead In Poplar Bluffs
A late night wind and electrical storm swept Southwest Missouri causing two confirmed deaths about 50 injuries and extensive property and livestock damage. Reports of additional fatalities circulated but were unconfirmed at night as lines remained down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Poplar Bluffs
Missouri
Missoula Woman Heads Montana Federation of BPW Clubs
Mrs. J Forkenbrock of Missoula was elected president of the Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the closing session of a two day convention. Officers include Ruth Blake Kalispell first vice president Laura Jones Hamilton second vice president Ann Rector Great Falls records ing secretary Helen Stoddard Missoula corresponding secretary and Mrs. Mary L Walker Missoula treasurer Kalispell invited the federation to meet there in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Missoula
J Forkenbrock
Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Ruth Blake
Kalispell
Laura Jones
Hamilton
Ann Rector
Great Falls
Helen Stoddard
Mary L. Walker
Miss
Missoula Delegation to Visit Butte and Anaconda
A 60-automobile caravan carrying about 400 Missoula Chamber of Commerce members will tour Butte and Anaconda on Saturday June 21. The group will travel the new Skalkaho highway pass Philipsburg stop 30 minutes in Anaconda and arrive in Butte with a parade and dinner at the New Finlen hotel. The visit aims to strengthen business ties between Missoula Bitter Root and Butte Anaconda regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Park Street
Garden City
Missoula
Finlen
Butte
Frank Venable
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Skalkaho
Anaconda
Bel Butte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democratic Party
Madison Square Garden
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William H. Good
Daniel O'Day
Elizabeth Marbury
Annie Mathews
John Quinn
Mellon
Smoot
Administration
Senate Finance Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
M’nary-Haugen
Hawaiian
M’adoo
Secretary of State Association
Crank
Boy
Robert
Treasury
World Flight 15
Pretty Woman
Skalkaho Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!