Tax Evasions Revealed by Senate Committee
Senate special committee chair James Couzens reports tax evasion totaling millions tied to corporate amortization claims and wash sales. He cites lax IRS execution, improper prewar facility commitments, and a Pacific coast shipbuilder case costing about $900,000 in taxes. He urges public tips to simplify bureau procedures and statutes.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
James Couzens
Republican
Michigan
Couzens
Wall Street
Bureau
Pacific
Shipping Board
Prohibition Agent Acquitted in Murder Case
Gus J. Simmons, a Federal prohibition agent, was acquitted in Charleston West Virginia federal court of murder for the Hilton raid last March. Simmons testified he fired at Guy E Meadowes feet when Meadowes failed to halt.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gus J. Simmons
Guy E. Meadowes
Hilton
Simmons
Meadowes
Call for Ohio General Assembly to study telephone rates
Columbus December 15. A proposal to ask the next General Assembly for a sufficient appropriation to conduct a careful examination of the Ohio telephone system backed the Ohio utilities commission today. The study would assess if proposed rate increases by the Ohio Bell Telephone company are justifiable.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
State Utilities Commission
Salvation Army Christmas kettles begin boiling for kids
The Salvation Army on Court street starts two kettles that will boil for a week, determining how many children will receive Christmas dinners. Donations of nickels dimes and quarters help the kettles boil over and mean more to the needy.
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Salvation Army
Court Street
Newspapers Oppose $60 Million Postal Rate Rise
Washington December reports an administration plan to raise postal rates by 60 million dollars to fund wage hikes for post office workers. The bill targets second and third class mail including newspapers and magazines. The American Newspaper Publishers Association warns the hikes could halt newspaper circulation.
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WM. K. Hutchinson
I. N.S
Washington
Senator Merling
Republican
South Dakota
Senate Post Office Committee
Sterling
Postmaster General New
Parcel Post
Coolidge
Senate
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
County Auto Club to Issue 1925 License Tags
Athens county motorists will receive 1925 auto tags from the Athens County Automobile Club despite a State Attorney General ruling that the 25 cent clerical fee is illegal. The club will cover the costs, with an estimated 1500 dollars for labor and related items. Officials foresee a bill to reimburse local agencies and cover small future fees. Members will receive tags this coming week, with distribution to non members starting December 22.
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Athens County
Athens County Automobile Club
Athens
C. H. Bryson
Athens County Club
Wanted Witness Found in Frange Paris Hotel
Henry Blackmer of Denver reports no official notice to testify in the Teapot Dome oil lease case. Blackmer was located at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris and said he may remain a week as he awaits word on any summons related to an alleged payment of 90 900 to Secretary Fall by Continental Trading Co.
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Paris
Henry Blackmer
Denver
Col
International News Service Today
Washington
Teapot Dome
Blackmer
Plaza Athenee
Secretary Fall
Continental Trading Co
Scouts Call Boycott of Chaplin Stunts
In Tiffin on December 15 the Boy Scouts urged a national boycott of Charles Chaplin and his movie stunts described as slightly off color in a resolution presented by the Scouts of Tiffin.
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Charlie Tiffin
Boy Scouts
Charles Chaplin
Scouts of Tiffin
Elks Frolic seats sell out in Athens ahead of show
The Elks Frolic reservations went on sale at Cline's drug store and a long line formed all day. The event at Ewing hall auditorium begins Tuesday with Wednesday and Thursday performances. Andrew Merkle the stage manager arrived from New York for final rehearsals with the orchestra.
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Elks
Cline’s
Ewing Hall
Ecenery
Andrew Merkle
New York
Hoover cites traffic toll as wartime front in plea for safety
Secretary of Commerce Hoover told the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety that the United States suffers about 22 600 traffic deaths and 678 000 injuries yearly. He urged uniform rules and broad public education while blaming a small minority of reckless drivers for most crashes and calling for stronger punishment and prevention.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
National Conference On
United States Chamber of Commerce
Infantry
Higher ups located next to Washington probe of New Jersey liquor scandal
Washington December 15 aid from the federal government was promised in a statement by Mrs. Mabel W Willebrandt assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement She praised New Jersey authorities for progress and said the main task is to reach the higher ups connected with bootlegging around Weehawken.
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Washington
New Jersey
Mabel W. Willebrandt
Oil man ordered to come across in Teapot Dome probe
Justice Riddle ruled H. B. Osler of the Continental company must answer questions on alleged transfer of Liberty Bonds to A. B. Fail former Secretary of the Interior. Continental acts as intermediary in bonds totaling 2 million dollars. Osler held in contempt for refusing to name beneficiaries. he is currently in Egypt.
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Toronto
Ont
Justice Riddle
H. 8
Osler
Continental Company
A. B. Fail
United Staes
Sinclair Ot Co
Egypt
Lake Swept by Heavy Gales Strands Ships on Lake Superior
Coast Guardsmen search for survivors from one or more freighters sunk in a Saturday gale on Lake Superior. Wreckage along 20 miles of shore hints at a large vessel, possibly carrying about 30 crew, while the grain fleet seeks shelter and ships race to reach Sault Ste Marie before the locks close.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Dee
Lake Superior
Thunder Bay
Sault Ste Marie
Guarda
FE. L. Ford
Duluth
Coast Guards
Wild Arabs Start Up Upon the British
London reports Britain may intervene in the Moroccan crisis as Alcazar River protests erupt. Tangier rights could be at risk due to renewed uprisings by Anjera tribes sparked by external propaganda from Egypt and spreading to Tunis. The Spanish withdrawal from Morocco is blamed for rising unrest.
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London
Great Britain
Alcazar River
Tangier
Morocco
Egypt
Tunis
Inaugural Ball Likely Discontinued in Washington
Washington, Dec 15. President Coolidge’s stance torpedoes a presidential inaugural ball next March. Despite committee pleas about prestige and diplomacy, he refuses to attend, while a Mayflower hotel event may occur sans official status. Harding previously vetoed similar spending, favoring saving funds.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hill
Army
Navy
New Mayflower Hotel
Harding
Long Gold Week Dues for Athens
The U S Weather Bureau forecast for December 14 to 20 1924 predicts a cold week for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with snow flurries in the upper Ohio Valley on Monday and generally fair skies otherwise. Temperatures will run below normal. Cincinnati’s normal highs and lows are 42 and 25 with a mean of 33.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Amesville
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Instinct Proves The Best Guide
Cleveland dispatch reports traffic policeman August Arnat Jr died after his motorcycle skidded on icy streets and struck a street car. He had left home minutes earlier after his mother warned him to be very careful, expressing she felt danger.
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Cleveland
Arnat, Jr
Wholesale prices soar amid November rise
Wholesale of commodities averaged one half of one percent higher in November than October according to the Department of Labor. Food articles rose one and a half percent, led by butter coffee eggs flour and vegetable oils. Clothing materials metals chemicals rugs and miscellaneous items also climbed over one percent.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Headsman’s Axe Favored Over Life in Asylum for Haarmann
Fritz Haarmann, on trial in Hanover, admitted the seventeenth murder he was charged with while denying others. He ranted about putting the crime down as his and pleaded for execution over asylum. He grew nervous, blamed an alleged accomplice, and urged the court to end his life.
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Headsman
Insane Asylum
Fritz Haarmann
Lst
Hammann
Haarmann
Hans Grans
Constable Kills Man After Family Disturbance
Dayton Ohio December 15 Constable Earl Severs shot and killed Henry Gebhart 36 in Gebhart's Carrmonte home after Gebhart faced him with two revolvers during a family disturbance Police say the shot ended Gebhart while two others were wounded in the incident and danger to officers was cited as the reason for the lethal response
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Dayton, O
Earl Severs
Henry Gebhart
Carrmonte
Dayton
Best Part of This Western Country Is Where You Live
Excerpt from a Sanford SIMEON Ranch column notes the pride locals show in their own region from the northern boundary to the Mexican frontier. It contrasts eastern bewilderment with Seattle’s lure and praises current conditions of sunshine health happiness in the area. SContinued on Page Four.
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San. Simeon Ranch
Calif
Dee
Seattle
Couple in Elevator Scuffle Delays Judge
Michael and his wife argued near the court entrance as a judge avoided confrontation by retreating into a car. Police noted the couple's dispute and the judge stayed inside until tensions cooled.
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Michael
Drudge
Spanish Officers Held as Hostages in Moroccan Clash
Tangier Morocco Dec 15 Freed from a flank attack the Anjera tribesmen held Alcazar Riber after seizing the Spanish post. Several Spanish officers were taken prisoners Sunday and kept as hostages to deter reprisals by Spanish planes. Other points fallen or besieged as the rebels threaten supply lines along the Teutan Ceuta Railway and disrupt Gibraltar steamship calls.
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Tangier
Morocco
Anjera
Alcazar Riber
Teutan
Ceuta
Tetuan
Gibraltar
Division Agent to Remain Upon Job in Ohio
Efforts to remove H A Dykeman, division prohibition chief for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, failed. Charges were filed with Mayor Hoy A Haynes by three subordinates. Gibson resigned. Williams and Snyder withdrew resignations at Haynes request. Haynes said no cleanup needed in Cleveland office and was satisfied with Dykeman’s administration.
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Cleveland
H. A. Dykeman
Elyria
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Dykeman
Hoy A. Haynes
National Prohibition
Washington
H. C. Gibson
Westerville
T. B. Williams
Delaware
Fred Snyder
The Great Auk as World’s Most Valuable Cog
A concise note that the great auk, once common in the North Atlantic, was regarded as highly valuable for its role in natural or economic systems.
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North Atlantic
United States Debts to Germany Face Dawes Plan Question
Paris dispatch reports Belgium and France urged US participation in Dawes plan proceeds but Brussels hints no legal right for America to claim reparations shares. Logistical issues, Versailles treaty non ratification, and long paid German property complicate claims. Logan to present bill for 2 333 million gold marks at January interallied talks.
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Frank FE. Mason
Paris
United States
Germany
le Temps
Brussels
Clemente
Jame A. Logan
France
Bracada
United
Berlin
America
Amoder
Agrie
Spa
Betsiam
Americs
Logan
Par
Ohio Wool Brings Higher Prices Through Coops
Ohio wool producers have earned several cents a pound more than the national average in recent years via cooperative marketing. J. Walker of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation notes that from 1910 to 1917 Ohio prices averaged 3.8 cents above the national average and 7.4 cents higher from 1917 to 1924.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Walker
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Walker
Britain to Pay One Million as War Debt Installment
London announces a payment of 1,000,000 dollars to the United States as the first installment toward the four billion war debt. The formal transfer signals ongoing postwar financial settlements between Britain and the United States.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Simple Dishwashing Method Promises Quick Relief
The University of Hontey Economics reports a simple effective method to speed dishwashing, offering relief to housewives. The guide promises easy steps and a pamphlet available by mail with an attached coupon and two cents for postage.
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Dttt
Reed
Pennsylvania
County Auto Club
Frange
Uncle Sam
Mitchell Heath
Princeton
Ind
Charles Niemeier
Heath
Niemeier
Niemeler
Gompers
John Burns
David Holmes
Samuel Gompers
Great
Organization of American Labor
Charles P. Stewart
NEA
S. D. Weyer
Ln.s. Staff
Hanover
Miami
San Diego
Maine
Arthur Brisbane
Elyria Dry
Epeteris
J. Haskin
Information
Sony
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