Tax overhaul urged by Secretary Houston in Congress
Secretary of the Treasury Houston asked Congress to raise the income tax rate on incomes under 5000 by two percent and cut surcharges on higher incomes. He proposed a flat twenty percent tax on undistributed corporate profits, heavier consumer taxes, and new levies on gas, autos, tobacco, candy, and theater admissions to raise about two billion annually. He warned future revenue must total at least 12 billion over three years to cover ordinary expenses and debt payments.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston Today
Congress
Houston
Gillett
House
Wilson May Resubmit Treaty to Senate With Message
President Wilson weighs sending the treaty back to Congress with a special foreign relations message. Officials say recent Geneva league talks may ease senate opposition. Article Ten interpretations and Denmark’s troop actions cited as influencing mild reservations, but Senate leaders doubt action this session.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
America
Senate
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
League
Denmark
Vilna
Thore
Three Killed In Wreck Near Ravenna
AKRON December 8 Three persons were killed instantly and fifteen injured when two Akron Ken Ravenna trains collided head on at Dark Horse crossing two miles west of Ravenna at noon today. The baggage car crew disregarded a signal to take the siding and the impact hurled passengers from seats and windows.
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Akron
Dark Horse Crossing
Ravenna
Corn Meal Recipes and Health Benefits Promoted
An advertising style health piece extols corn meal as nutritious and versatile. It invites readers to request a free Department of Agriculture bulletin with practical corn meal recipes and usage ideas, promising vast food value and urging housewives to act.
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Department of Agriculture
Midwestern women praised for natural beauty by expert
Chicago December 8 Miss Emily Lloyd a beauty expert for Marenello company says midwestern women have the most natural beauty due to moist air. She notes eastern and western women use more paint and powder because their skins are drier.
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Chicago
East
Emily Lloyd
Miss Lloyd
Marenello Company
Mid West
President's message draws mixed reactions in Congress
Lawmakers praise some points like budget pace and Philippine independence while opposing Armenia loan. Senators Underwood Reed and McNary offer sharp quotes on foreign policy and Versailles, with Good Clark Porter Jones weighing in on economy and tone of the address.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
Armenia
Underwood
Philippines
Reed
William II
Germany
McNary
Oregon
Champ Clark
Missouri
Porter
Pennsylvania
Congress
Jones
Knights Temp lar Special Communication at Athens Commandery
Knights of Athens Commandery No 15 hold special communication on Wednesday December 8 at 3 PM. Order of Temple conferred on six candidates. Knights to report in full uniform with refreshments. Commander Chas E Cameron and Recorder Jas A Palmer announce.
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Athens Commandery No
Knights Templar
Order of Temple
Chas. E. Cameron
Jas. A. Palmer
Pie Social at Factory School in Athens Township
A pie social and talk are planned at the Factory school in Athens township on Thursday evening December 9. Prof. Stewart will speak on Better Schools and all are welcome.
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Athens Township
Stewart
Coal Deposits of Spitzbergen Judged Vast and Pure
Experts who examined Spitzbergen coal deposits estimate reserves exceed 1,000,000,000 tons of fuel of remarkable purity.
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Spitzbergen
Peace talks advance as Irish leaders seek truce
London dispatch reports high Irish officials and Sinn Fein leaders pursuing peace as cabinet officers confer with emissaries carrying truce offers. Henderson report on labor mission awaited. Dublin branch line workers resume freight transport while Sinn Fein denounces promises. Collins warns against false promises. Greenwood says peace demands Sinn Fein surrender.
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United Press
London
Sinn Fein
Arthur Henderson
Ireland
Ireand
Dublin
Michael Collins
Collins
Republican Army
Great Britain
Hamar Greenwood
Commons
President Sends Names to Senate for Currency Controller
President Wilson on Tuesday transmitted to the Senate the nomination of John Skelton Williams for controller of the currency. The prior fight over Williams’ confirmation stalled last session as the Senate refused to confirm. Also sent were several recess appointments including seven shipping board commissioners.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
John Skelton Williams
Williams
Shipping Board
Tariff Revision Start Date Set for January 6
Republican leaders in the house agreed that tariff law revision will begin January 6 with hearings by the ways and means committee. The process is to run through the period before President Elect Harding's inauguration, ahead of revenue law revisions in the new Congress's special session.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
House
Harding
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Ministers Swap Pulpits at Local Churches Next Sunday
Rev. George P. Horst of the Second Presbyterian will fill the First Presbyterian pulpit next Sunday morning, exchanging with Rev. A Y Wilcox. A musical program is planned for the evening. Horst was to speak here last Sunday but plans fell through.
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George P. Horst
Second Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
A. Y. Wilcox
Horst
Murder charge filed in murder of oil king Hamon
Clara Smith Hamon was formally charged with the murder of Jake L. Hamon, the famed oil magnate and political figure. The case centers on a mysterious shooting that left Hamon dead and drew wide attention in Ardmore Oklahoma.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Unofficial American Commission on Ireland Formed
Oswald Garrison Villard of The Nation organizes a roughly 150 member committee to establish a committee of one hundred and a subcommittee to take testimony and investigate conditions in Ireland, aiming to uncover factual details.
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Washington
Ireland
Oswald Garrison Villard
The
Nation
Villard
Confessed Spy Willers Arrested on Desertion Charge
John Willers a 30 year old former army captain confessed to being a German spy amid desertion charges. He claimed to enlist to betray Americans in France and led a plan to trap U S forces. Police detain him on Governors Island while authorities probe motives and wartime actions. He formerly served in the Forty eighth Infantry and absconded with 6000 from Camp Sevier. He also said many German officials held Washington jobs during the war.
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New York
John Willers
France
Governors Island
Willers
Hugh J. Hannigan
Forty-eighth Infantry
Hannigan
Camp Sevier
S. C
United States
Germany
Washington
Pacific
Plattsburg
Miss Crawford
Chicago
Four Indicted Over Mings Killings in Williamson
Four men Taylor Cole Taylor Muncey and Dutch Frost were indicted by the Mingo county special grand jury on first degree murder charges. They stand accused in separate cases including the slayings of E L Rippley a state policeman at Vulcan Ervina Elkins in Logan and Samuel Varney in Thacker. Frost and Muncey claim self defense after being attacked by Elkins and his brother. Joseph Elkins was also shot in the leg during the episode.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Taylor Cole
E. L. Rippley
Vulcan
Taylor Muncey
Frost and
Muncey
Elkins
Joseph Elkins
Specialists Will Try To Restore Girl To A Normal Life
Mary Kolwizski, 19, starved and kept in a cellar for 17 years, was to undergo surgery at an American hospital to transplant a monkey thyroid gland. Doctors say the procedure could start her toward life, though she weighs 38 pounds and has the mind of a six month old. The girl was found in Joliet by health officers. her mother gave a broken tale of infantile paralysis.
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Chicago
Mary Kolwizski
Sigmund Krumholz
Mary
Krumholz
Joliet
Ill
John Zundeke
Located Woman Across Mexican Border Reported
Ardmore Oklahoma December 8 County Attorney Russell Brown awaited more details from Sheriff Seth B Orendorff of El Paso Texas after a telegram claiming reliable information that Clara Smith Hamon a suspect in the fatal shooting of Jake L Hamon is in a Mexican town near the border It will cost money to move her and the sheriff asked if a man could be sent down.
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Ardmore
Okla
Russell Brown
Seth B. Orendorff
el Paso
Texas
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Let Wilson Do It as Armenia Mediation Sought
Geneva reports the League of Nations mediation appeal for Armenia drew affirmations from leaders including Hughes and Nor wegia while noting no new Turkish encroachments. Replies express hope Wilson will act, with countries like Haiti and Sweden offering support and funding. The Armenia issue shifts to President Wilson for potential action as other league matters progress.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
Wilson
League of Nations
Armenia
Assembly
Supreme Council
League
Hughes
Australia
United States
Poland
A. J. Balfour
Lloyd George
Lithuania
Vilpa
Greek King Constantine denies pro German stance amid exile return talks
In Lucerne Constantine rejects being pro German and says he telegraphed sympathy to the Kaiser in exile. He insists he will return to Athens when invited, claims he can steady Greece and reunite the Greek people for the Allies, while foreign policy remains unchanged. Government wary of allied willingness to withhold aid.
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Lucerne
Constantine
Greece
Athens
Japanese language study expands in NSW schools and Sydney Uni
The study of the Japanese language has been introduced in the secondary schools of New South Wales and at Sydney University. The move reflects growing interest in Japan and Asian studies within Australian education.
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New South Wales
Sydney University
Cox Offers Willis to Fill Harding Term
Governor Cox cables President elect Harding offering to appoint Senator elect Frank B Willis to fill the unexpired portion of Harding's term if he resigns. The move aims to avoid a Democratic appointment in a closely divided Senate and reduce obstacles to Harding's resignation.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Harding
Frank B. Willis
Cox
Senate
United States
Cow
Harding Leaves Card for Wilson After White House Visit
President elect Harding lingered at the White House after talks with congressional leaders and others and left his visiting card for President Wilson.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Wilson
Wilson proposals spark partisan debate in Congress
Republicans dismiss Wilsonian plans while agreeing on tackling reconstruction and domestic needs after Harding's inauguration. They call for later government reorganization and oppose Armenian loan and Philippine independence changes. They condemn Wilson's interstate license idea as socialistic.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Harding
Armenia
New Ohio Governor Pushes Prohibition Enforcement Plan
Ohio Governor Harry L. Davis outlined a plan to empower the state to enforce prohibition laws by appointing a state liquor commissioner and deputies. He spoke during a Columbus caucus with Republican senators, signaling support for stronger enforcement. Senate leaders and representatives reacted with optimism, expecting smoother passage of enforcement measures. Representative C. C. Crabbe said he will not pursue new dry legislation and may not seek the temperance committee chair due to other duties.
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Columbus
O. Dec
Harry L. Davis
Ohio
Davis
Dty
Senate
C. C. Crabbe
Madison County
House Temperance Committee
Mrs Warren G Harding Plans New York Wardrobe Spree
Marion Ohio dispatch reports Mrs Warren G Harding will visit New York to buy White House clothes. She says she has no fixed purchases yet may change selections, prompting local Newark shopkeepers to anticipate stock needs amid her post campaign shopping spree.
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Marion, C
Marion
Ohio
New York
Warren G. Harding
White House
Harding plans cabinet draws as nation leaders meet
President elect Harding arrived home in Marion to plan his transition with meetings slated in March. He will confer with leaders across parties, draft a legislative program, and select a cabinet while preparing for a special session of Congress after inauguration. Hoovers and Taft set to visit. British and French officials greeted him.
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Marion
Wiltruide
Harding
White Oaks
C. E. Sawyer
George Harvey
League of Nations
Herbert Hoover
Elihu Root
Charles B. Hughes
Taft
Congress
Washington
Geddes
General Nivelle
France
White House
Wilson
Legion Holds a Meeting Here to Talk Business
The K. T. Cresssen chapter of the American Legion met Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. William H. Border of Canaonville joined the organization after applying for membership. Papers for Victory Medals can be obtained from Attorney M. D. Hughes. A chapter history is on sale at Athens Book & News. Dues for next year are set at 2 dollars. The next meeting is slated for January 4, 1921 with a plan for a special program to attract all members.
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Chamber of Commerce
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
William H. Border
Canaonville
Border
M.D. Hughes
Athens Book & News Company
New Wrapping Machine Frames Loaf in Waxed Paper
Bakers debut a machine that wraps a loaf of bread in waxed paper in one second, boosting efficiency and consistency across large scale operations. The device promises quicker packing and reduced labor, signaling a shift in industrial bakery practices.
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