Changes in Senate Chairmanships and Ranks Ahead of Sixty-Ninth Congress
Washington reports that 15 senators and 77 representatives will not serve in the Sixty-Ninth Congress. Vacancies will create new chairmanships in foreign relations judiciary immigration and other key panels. Debates over who chairs committees and succession of leadership reflect Republican reorganizing pressure.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Jeader
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Brandegee
Connecticut
Colt
Rhode Island
Finance
Appropriations
Foreign Relations
Tax Reduction Postponed to 1925 as Congress Sits
President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon indicate no tax rate changes until after the 1924 revenue act’s effects are known. A short session this winter will not push a 25 percent cut in individual income taxes and a special spring session is unlikely. Mellon urges lower surtax and estate taxes while opposing full tax-return publicity.
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Congress
Coolidge
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Treasury
Ings
Smoot
Rep
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Between the Rivers Mesopotamia and the Birth of Iraq
A reflective survey of Mesopotamia from Armenia to the Persian Gulf describes the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, its ancient civilizations, and the origin of the name Iraq. The piece contrasts past grandeur with modern realities in Basra Baghdad and the evolving Middle East.
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National
Aaval Society
Washington
Great Britain
Turkey
Mosul
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Euphrates
Armenia
Kurdistan
Nineveh
Babylon
Garden of Eden
Persian Gulf
Rawlinson
Persia
Shah
Behistun
Britain
Mecca
Bagdad
Abraham
Tommy Atkins
Haroun-al- Rashid
Old Bagdad
New Street
Tower of Babel
Shiraz
Hamaedan
Nile
Herodotus
Ensemble costume craze swamps fashion as shown in Washington
A Washington Evening Star fashion feature notes the ensemble trend invading sports wear, boudoir looks, and hats. It highlights three piece sets in satin and crepe de chine, imported designs, tailored coat dresses, slinky evening gowns, velvet evening wear, and bengaline frocks reflecting autumn styles and body shaping ideals.
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Washington Evening Star
Molyneux
Paris
Coolidge Plans Stable White House After Victory
President Coolidge aims to maintain market confidence and a steady government, seeking no cabinet or policy changes. He will likely keep the current advisers, with Secretary of Labor Davis the only one mentioned as possibly retiring. He notes wheat price movement post election as unfounded in influencing re election.
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Borah
Johnson
California
Committee On Education and Labor
Judiciary Committee
Brandegee
Senator Johnson
Territories and Insular Possessions
Senator Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Immigration
Colt
Cummins
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Dawes
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
Labor
Davis
LaFollette
Wall Street
Dawes Presiding Officer of Senate Prompts Grins
Americans jubilant over Coolidge Dawes victory learn Charles G Dawes will preside over the senate raising fond amusement among supporters. Friends quip whether he will keep to rules or use army regs to break a filibuster and smoke his pipe.
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Coolidge
Dawes
Charles G.dawes
Senate
Congress
LaFollette Party
Supreme Court
Eral Dawes
Washington
Maria” Dawes
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Ararat
Van
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Babylonia
Sumer
Akkad
Shat-el-Arab
Abadon
Basra
Shat-el- Arab
Sinbad
Nippur
Fashion Rage
Charming Patou
Harding
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