Tax Reduction Reached by Congress Leaders
President Harding and House leaders agree on a tax plan to cut government expenditures by 520 million dollars and raise revenue through back taxes and war material sales. The package and timing aim to repeal excess profits tax and reduce surcharges, with a bill to be ready by August 20.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Harding
House
Mellon
Fordney
Drive to Attack Profiteers Under Antitrust Law
The U S Department of Justice moves to raid profiteers using antitrust and other laws after the Supreme Court voided Lever act provisions. Assistant AG Guy D Goff says open price associations and dealer groups will face action, with stronger long term benefits for citizens. He notes prosecutions can be brought under five or six laws, including false income tax returns.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Guy D. Goff
Goff
Socialists Lead In Dayton Primary Vote
In Dayton on Tuesday only about a quarter of voters cast for city commissioner. Socialists ran three candidates who placed well, while three independents and the Citizens ticket trailed behind with Democratic and Republican second and final spots.
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Dayton
Citizens
Family fight ends with burial for war hero in Columbus
In Columbus, Judge Scarlett ruled the body of World War I soldier Louis V. Pickens should be buried in a Columbus cemetery, despite a injunction from his mother restraining Meigs county burial. Pickens was killed in action at Chateau-Thierry and is awaiting shipment from Hoboken. The father, Ovid E. Pickers, was ordered to pay funeral expenses and the body turned over to an Columbus undertaker.
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Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Scarlett
Louis V. Pickens
Hoboken
Pickens
Chateau-Thierry
Columbus Barracks
Ovid E. Pickers
Meigs County
State payroll being pruned in Ohio reform drive
Governor Davis says July results show $120,000 annual savings from firing state officers and staff and promises ongoing reductions. The Waite report outlines trimming unnecessary positions and eliminating duplicate inspectors to improve efficiency across departments.
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Columbus
Davis
Floyd E. Waite
Waite
Ohio
Ohio Fruit Scarcity Expected in 1921 Harvest
Officials of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation report a notably smaller fruit crop for 1921 due to early bud formation followed by frost and hot dry weather. Prices are expected to rise as demand remains strong, with apples in Lawrence County singled out as heavily affected. peaches and grapes may be the only fruits near normal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Lawrence County
Smithy Seth Calvert’s Rampage in Guysville
Seth Calvert, a respected village smithy in Guysville, drank and became violent. Citizens restrained him in a building until Athens officers arrived. He fought officers Jake Cady and McKinley, then paid a fine and returned home. Deputy Pete urged calm among residents.
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Guysville
Seth Calvert
Seth
Athens
Jake Cady
McKinley
Pete
Dance at Glouster Pavilion Aug First
Howard's Snappy Six will provide music for a dance at Lamborn's pavilion on August 1. The event offers lively entertainment and a social gathering for attendees at the venue in Colum.
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Glouster Lamborn
Howard
Colum
Newberry Seated in Senate After Party Vote
Washington reports the senate elections committee voted 8 to 4 to clear Senator Newberry of Michigan and seat him as a member of the senate.
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Newberry
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Michigan
Senate
Grandpa Carpenter Welcomes a Ten-Pound Grandson
Bill Carpenter became a grandfather this morning as a ten-pound boy arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Byron Wolfe in Logan. The Wolfe daughter is Carpenter's child and he left for Logan immediately after news of the birth.
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Bill Carpenter
Byron Wolfe
Logan
Wolfe
Carpenter
Grandpa
American Prisoners Reach Narval En Route to Freedom
Six American prisoners in Russia arrived at Narval on the Estonian border and were expected to reach Reval tonight due to slow transport. Narval is the first Estonian port on Narval Bay, with the journey ahead taking most of the day.
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Riga
Russia
Narval
Leval
Esthonia
Narval Bay
Reval
Unfilled Orders for Steel Fell in July 31 Report
The United States Steel Corporation reported a July 31 unfilled tonnage of 4,930,324, down 287,544 from June 30. May 31 figure was 5,482,487 while July 31, 1920, reached 11,118,468, showing significant year over year changes.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
Aged Admiral George Fink Kutz Dies in San Francisco
Rear Admiral George Fink Kutz U S N retired died here late yesterday. He served with the Union navy in the Civil War and had been on the retired list since 1896. Death came suddenly.
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San Francisco
George Fink Kutz
Admiral Kutz
Navy
Five Goodrich workers file first claims under new law
From Columbus August 10 the state industrial commission received five workmen's compensation claims for occupational disease from Goodrich Rubber Company of Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubber
Columbus
State Industrial Commission
Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron
Raisin-heavy brew case heads to supreme court appeal
Peter Ciano, recently convicted in Tuscarawas county for putting too many raisins in home brew, filed an appeal to the state supreme court in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Peter Ciano
Tuscarawas County
Supreme Court
Statue of Victory for Paris Presented by South American Republics
A new victory statue for Paris was unveiled in the Palais Royal gardens. The sculpture honors Latin genius shown by the French during World War I and was presented by South American republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Palais Royal
Allies Will Not Interfere In The Balkan Muddle
The supreme council agreed to strict neutrality in the Graeco Turkish war with no military or credits aid. Private commerce will not be interfered with, a stance supported by Lloyd George. Col George Harvey, American observer, said the policy could be legally defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan
United Press
Paris
America
Supreme Council
Lloyd George
Col
George Harvey
Ohio wheat crop to fall nearly a million bushels in 1930
Ohio officials estimate the state wheat yield at 27.375 million bushels, about 1,000,000 less than last year, with winter wheat at 80 percent quality and 12.4 bushels per acre. Oats are near a half crop, and corn shows roughly three quarters of a crop due to drought, especially in western counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
C. J. West
West
Railroads get $500 million loan relief plan outlined
Eugene Meyer, head of the War Finance Corporation, testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that the government has already loaned the railroads $500 million secured by securities and plans to provide more. He said there will be no net liquidation of railroad obligations.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Meyer
Governor Len Small Is Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
Springfield Aug 10 Governor Len Small of Illinois, after two weeks on the run from Sheriff Henry Mester, is freed on a $50,000 bond and offered a change of venue. State's Attorney Fred Mortimer explains the move is to aid a fair trial. Arraignment set for the first Monday in September before Judge Elbert Smith with co defendants Lt Governor Fred Sterling and Vernon Curtis, banker of Kankakee.
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Laurence M. Benedict
United Press
Springfield
Len Small
Ilnois
Henry Mester
Fred Mortimer
Sangamon
Sangamon County
Mortimer
Elbert Smith
Fred Sterling
Vernon Curtis
Kankakee
Canadian firm plans large asbestos plant at Asbestos
The John Manville Company of Montreal reports a new $2,000,900 plant at Asbestos for manufacturing asbestos roofing shingles and related products.
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Montreal
Que
John Manville Company
Asbestos
Doctor dies from gangrene after foot injury in Napolean
Dr. H. C. Coy aged 66 died here yesterday from complications after his right leg was amputated twice. He stepped on a nail three months ago, it broke off in his foot and gangrene developed.
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Napoleon
H. C. Coy
Des Moines Bus Service Impresses After Trolley Ban
In Des Moines on August 10 the seventh day of the trolley-less era sees motor buses handling all passengers with good service and reliability as the city adjusts to the change.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Warren Spurgin Arrested in Chihuahua Mexico in Tips Case
Warren C. Spurgin, famed Michigan Avenue Trust Company wrecker, was arrested in Chihuahua Mexico. The state attorney’s office and investigators confirmed the capture, with Chihuahua police notifying federal authorities at El Paso that he would be sent to the border for return. The chase traced by his tips led to the arrest.
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Chicago
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Chihuahua
Mexico
el Paso
Little Interest Shown In Primary Day Over Ohio
Frank Swartz, a young artist from New York, rises from a garret romance to win the Prix de Rome. He lived in two rooms on the 1¢ top floor and faced eviction for $12 rent, but the Rome grant offers three years of study with expenses paid.
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Frank Swartz
New York
Rome
Harding urges congressional leaders to reconvene on tax and tariff talks
President Harding summons leaders of both chambers to conference amid deadlock over tax cuts, a tariff bill, and railroad relief. He aims to keep Congress at work through recess to pass railroad relief while balancing Republican protection principles and industrial recovery concerns.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Harding
Congress
Taft
Labor Trouble May Result in Strike on Big System
Philadelphia, Aug. 10. A showdown in the dispute between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the railroad labor board was scheduled for today, the final one fixed by tech board for a meeting of company officials with union leaders. Employment offices of the company have been opened at major shops to handle grain and coal movements, union leaders warned a strike could follow if the railroad does not comply with the labor board decision.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Raiilroad
Railroad Labor Board
Tech Board
Pennsylvania
Officiala
Ancient Chinese gold and silver coins found in circulation
Reports note lumps of metal with marks indicating issuance hundreds of years ago found circulating in China. Shapes include square, oval, and oblong with weights up to a pound and a half.
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China
Foreign Workers in Youngstown Form Mutual Aid Plan
Mohammedans drawn by wartime steel wages banded together in the Mahoning valley to weather wage cuts and job scarcity. About 200 followers created a mutual treasury to aid colleagues facing starvation, pooling earnings to support those out of work until conditions improve.
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Youngstown, CO
Mahoning Valley
Ford to Get Square Deal on Mussel Shoals Plant
Secretary of War Weeks denied rumors that he opposes Henry Ford securing the Mussel Shoals nitrate plant. He said no truth to claims of personal opposition or external pressure aimed at delaying government action. Weeks pledged to do the best thing for the government in the negotiations.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
Henry Ford
Mussel Shoals
Ala
Weeks
Rovernment
Ford
Canton Nomination Battle Narrowly Chooses Curtis
Canton voters backed C. C. Curtis the lawyer as Republican mayoral nominee at the primary held yesterday. He defeated Alonzo Owen a former postmaster inspector and Chas Stolberg a former Canton mayor in a tight race.
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Canton
C. C. Curtis
Alonzo Owen
Chas. Stolberg
One-third of New York City Residents Seek Charity Aid
A historical statistic notes that about one third of New York City inhabitants request organized charity aid at least once every seven years, illustrating the era's social welfare conditions and urban dependency on relief networks.
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New York City
Davison Condition Rumors Mocked By Morgan Partner
In New York on August 10 a secretary dismissed alarmist reports about the health of Henry P. Davison, partner in the J. P. Morgan firm, calling the claims amusing and unfounded.
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New York
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan
Ohio primaries yield light turnout and scattered wins
In Ohio on August 9 voters delivered light turnout and modest results. In Columbus the daylight saving plan the Mary Ann ballot and the labor slate won council seats. Three Socialists won statewide, Norwalk backed a charter plan, Youngstown saw renominating mayor Fred J. Warneck, and Toledo backed B F Brough over a Socialist. Newark backed H A Atherton amid misconduct charges. Bond issues across districts had mixed success. Two independent women nominees emerged in school contests endorsed by the Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Councilmank
Norwalk
Youngstown
Fred J. Warneck
Toledo
B. F. Brough
Newark
H. A. Atherton
Federation of Women's Clubs
Masons Approve Temple Sale to Ohio University
At a mass meeting of Athens Masons the group voted unanimously to sell the Masonite Temple to Ohio University for 90000 dollars plus taxes and excess profits. The university plans a university union building on the site if four local Masonic bodies ratify. The temple company will retain billiard and lodge rooms for a year after purchase.
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Athens Masonic Fraternity
Masonite
Ohio University
University
University Union
Masa
Paeceres Ee
Masonic Ne Company
Bryan
Temple Company
Athens
Youngstown Voters Reject Charter Form of City Government
Youngstown residents vote against a charter form of city government by more than two to one, favoring the existing federal plan over the city proposal.
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Youngstown
State Bureaus to Be Revived in Ohio Plan
Columbus Aug 10 Plans by L J Taber director of agriculture to reestablish the state bureau of markets abolished by the administration reorganization were under way. Taber had $13 000 approved by Governor Davis and the cabinet in session late yesterday to aid in rebuilding the bureau.
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Columbus
L. J. Taber
Agriculture
State Bureau of Markets
Taber
Davis
Paete
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Temple
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