Tax revision plans amid partisan clash in 1930s politics
Washington reports Secretary Mellon drafts a new revenue plan for Congress with President Coolidge backing. The piece highlights the 68th Congress rejection of Mellon’s scheme, the looming 1930s tax fight, surtax disputes, and refunds delayed due to funding gaps.
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H. K. Reynolds
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Melton
Congress
Coolidge
Treasury
Farnifold Simmons
North Carolina
Capitol Hill
Youth Killed Climbing Telegraph Pole for Photo
Cincinnati witnessed a fatal accident as 29 year old William Kemp touched a high voltage wire while attempting to astraddle cross arms of a telegraph pole for a friend’s photo. Coroner returned verdict of accidental death.
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Cincinnati
William Kemp
County clubs enroll 93 members in Meigs County
Final enrollment reports show 93 members in nine boys and girls clubs in Meigs County. Leaders plan a countywide club picnic next month. J L Bell of Piqua spent last week in the county with County Agent Ixreit ter to hold crop improvement meetings at various points.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
J. L. Bell
Piqua
Ixreitter
Brennan slain in New York restaurant by gunmen in bootleg feud
Police investigate motive as famed pugilist "Big Bill" Brennan is shot dead at the Club Tia Juana on upper Broadway after being lured outside. Deputy James Cullen is killed during the pursuit. Frank Rossi and James Hughes, alias Terry O Neill, are arrested in a taxi with a pistol.
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Big Bill” Brennan
New York
Frank Rossi
James Hughes
Bill’ Brennan
Jack Dempsey
Brennan
Tia Juana
Upper Broadway
James Cullen
Shirley
Hughes
Terry O'Neill
Rossi
Population growth in May noted in Athens county report
May records show 51 births and 35 deaths in Athens county with Athens city contributing 16 births and five city deaths. The report lists 430 nurse visits, 508 calls, 61 school visits, and 25 contagious cases including scarlet fever mumps and whooping cough. Pneumonia tops death causes with five deaths, plus other causes and two drownings reported.
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Athens County
County Board of Health
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Eumonia
Campaign discord widens as Slemp denies reentry plan
Washington dispatch reports a rift between Coolidge campaign managers and advisers in Cleveland over convention management. C Bass com Slemp, secretary to the President, issues a formal statement denying any consideration of a departmental or personal reentry plan.
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Washington
Coolidge
Cleveland
C. Basscom Slemp
Zero Hour Monday Observed by Kiwanis Clubs
Local Kiwanis groups plan a uniform 8 45 p m observance Monday marking the Denver convention opening. A Fellowship Moment of Silence will synchronize clubs across the continent with Edmund F Arras the international president delivering a speech as songs and patriotic remembrance accompany the event.
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United States
Denver
Colorado
Edmund F. Arras
La Follette aims for third party bid with electors and VP
Washington dispatch reports La Follette plans to nominate electors by petition in several states and present a platform written by Wisconsin insurgents. A running mate will be chosen by La Follette, with no national nominating convention.
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Washington
M. la Follette
la Follette
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Spanovich Quarrel Leaves One Dead and Another Wounded
In Lorain Ohio on June 16 John Spanovich was hospitalized with severe knife wounds after a quarrel with his brother Nicholas Spanovich who was killed in the incident. The injured man is in serious condition.
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Lorain, O
John Spanovich
Nicholas Spanovich
District of Columbia Supreme Court Suit Dismissal Sought
Government today asked the District of Columbia supreme court to dismiss the suit of Joseph Wireless a New York attorney who is seeking to have the soldiers bonus law declared unconstitutional.
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Washington
Government
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Joseph Wireless
New York
France elects Doumergue Protestant President and Herriot Prime Minister
The article notes France naming Doumergue a Protestant president and Herriot a radical Socialist prime minister. It argues real power lies with the prime minister and muses on a hypothetical Socialist leader in the United States. It cites Catholic-Protestant dynamics and references Al Smith and the New York convention as context.
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France
Doumergue
Herriot
United States
Charlemagne
Roland
Republic
Friends
al Smith
New York
La Follette Chosen By Third Party Convention Leaders
William H. Mahoney of St Paul leads the Farmer Labor Progressive convention aiming to endorse La Follette for president though he rejects nominating him. The talks include Wheeler and Huddleston as possible vice presidential picks with communists attending but limited representation.
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William H. Mahoney
St. Paul
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Mahoney
Wheeler
Montana
Huddleston
Alabama
Cc. E. Ruthenberg
W. Z. Foster
Worker's Party
Jorepn Manley
Federated
Farmer-Labor Party
America
Ruthenberg
Maniey
Foster
New York
Cleveland
Was Killed While Stealing a Ride
Newark Ohio reports the death of Howard Gardner a tire worker from Wadsworth Ohio who was fatally crushed yesterday when he slipped under a Baltimore and Ohio train he was attempting to board at a station.
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Newark, O
Howard Gardner
Wadsworth
Ohio
Baltimore & Sense
Ohio pastors attend summer school at Ohio State University
Clergymen from across Ohio gather in Columbus for the opening of a rural pastors summer school hosted by the Ohio Council of Churches and Ohio State University's college of agriculture. Indications point to many ministers from large cities enrolling as students.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Ohio Council of Churches
College of Agriculture
McAdoo Nears Lead at Democratic National Convention
U.S. correspondent reports McAdoo likely to command over 400 votes on first ballot at the Democratic convention in New York. Al Smith projected around 200 votes, with remaining delegates split among favorite sons and dark horses.
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G. McAdoo
al Smith
McAdoo
Smith
Tetlow takes over Union leadership in West Virginia
Charleston W V June 16 Percy Tetlow of Ohio was to arrive today to head District 17 of the United Mine Workers after the suspension of all district officers by Indianapolis headquarters President John L Lewis named Tetlow to succeed C Frank Keeney Van A Bitner of Pittsburgh will run the northern section from Fairmont Keeney and others faced a Fayetteville trial on charges arising from the miners armed march of 1921 The suspension was at their own request Keeney said District 17 covered most of the state city and the union is poised for a vigorous policy but no drastic action is planned.
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Charleston
W. VA
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
International
Indianapolis
Tetlow
John L. Lewis
C. Frank Keeney
van A. Bitner
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Keeney
Fayetteville
Fred Mooney
Flight with sun test aims for New York to San Francisco
Dayton Ohio June 16 Lieutenant R L Maughan plans a sun powered flight from New York to San Francisco this week weather permitting. Ground crews are stationed at four stops with spare parts gasoline and oil. A Saturday departure is possible with Dayton St Joseph Missouri Cheyenne Wyoming and Saludo Utah as planned stopovers. The mission tests airplane and human endurance at an average speed of around 160 mph.
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Dayton, O
R. L. Maughan
New York
San Francisco
Mitchell Field
Maughan
Dayton
St. Joseph
Cheyenne
Wyo
Saludo
Utah
Foster speaks on day’s vital issues aiding children and immigration
Congressman I M Foster addressed Knights of Pythias Red Men and Odd Fellows on a memorial day urging a federal minimum standard in child labor to educate two million children while they work. He warned of immigration strain, noting millions abroad seek US entry and stressing assimilation challenges.
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Congress
I. M. Foster
Knights of Pythias
Red Men
Odd Fellows Lodges
Conductor Roy Dickey Dies by Electrocution in Dayton
Authorities investigate the death of Conductor Roy Dickey of Miamisburg at the Interurban station in Dayton Ohio. While taking orders from a dispatcher a blue flame issued from his body and he collapsed. Rescue attempts lasted about ninety minutes but failed.
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Dayton
Roy Dickey
Miamisburg
Dickey
Warren resigns as U S ambassador to Mexico
Charles Beecher Warren, ambassador to Mexico, resigns effective July 1. Drafted under Harding, Warren previously served as ambassador to Japan and helped draft Mexico United States claims agreements. He cites private life and business, with a planned Wind up in Mexico City before returning to Detroit. A chargé d'affaires would handle affairs until a new ambassador is confirmed.
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Washington
Charles Beecher Warren
United States
Mexico
Coolidge
Harding
Warren
Japan
Hughes T
Obergen
Mexico City
John Barton Payne
President Coolidge
Cleveland
Warris
Detroit
Senate
Congress
Auto Crash Fatally Injures Andres in Cincinnati
Cincinnati driver Charles Andres aged 24 is killed and Richard Mooner 29 is seriously injured when the automobile they rode in overturned on Harrison Pike late Sunday authorities said.
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Cincinnati
Charles Andres
Richard Mooner
Harrison Pike
Cabinet starts on foreign problems and new program
Paris June 16. After domestic turmoil the Herriot cabinet began work on foreign issues and a new program. The first council at the Elysees Palace drafted a ministerial declaration outlining domestic and foreign policy to present to the chamber. Herriot plans talks with Belgian statesmen on reparations and Ruhr occupation and will visit Brussels around his London conference.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Elysees Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Brussels
London
Ruhr
Naval board resumes in Los Angeles after Mississippi explosion
Eighteen new witnesses were summoned as the naval board of inquiry in Los Angeles reopened hearings into the S S Mississippi explosion that killed 48 U S Navy sailors.
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Angeles
Naval Board of Inquiry
Mississippi
Roads Bad In Meigs County This June
Meigs county roads are described as the worst in history for this season due to continued rain. Rural carriers struggle to complete rounds before nightfall, delaying deliveries and services across the area.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Waterloo township hires nine teachers for next year
New Marshfield Ohio June 16 Nine teachers for the next school year were employed at a Waterloo township board of education meeting held June 14. The list names teachers and their assigned schools including Hocking Arch Knowlton Erma Pierce Dowler Nevaline Goff Tick Ridge Nellie McDaniel Round House Mildred McDaniel Robinett Fridge Vivian Young Hamley Run R W Wilson Beott s School Edith Mathews and Mrs E G Gibron
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New Marshfield
Waterloo Township Board of Education
Hocking
Arch Knowlton
Erma Pierce
Dowler
Nevaline Goff
Edith Mathews
King’s Switch
E. G. Gibfron
Two Die in Cottage Card Game Shooting
In Mount Clemens Michigan on June 16 William Shields fired into a cottage where two men and their wives played cards. He killed Mrs Estella Erban and Edward Erban then wounded J Otto Erban before fatally shooting himself. The incident occurred at Edward Erban’s home.
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Mount Clemens
Midh
William Shields
Shields
Estella Erban
Edward Erban
J Otto Erban
Paris Tops City List for Snails and Frogs Eaten
Snails and frogs are consumed more in Paris than in any other city. The claim highlights Paris as the leading center for these delicacies in global cuisine.
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Paris
Freight rate cuts approved on Federal Valley line
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a readjustment of rates on the Federal Valley line from Palos to Lathrop with lowered shipments to points north of Palos. New York Central connections at Palos set rates to Albany as a benchmark, reducing overall charges for Detroit to Amesville and Clarksburg to Amesville routes.
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Athens
Morgan County
F Valley Railroad
Interstate Commission
T Body
Palos
Lathrop
New Central Railroau
Imen
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Cosi
Pates Il
Albany
New York Central
Pates
Detroit
Amesville
South
Clarksburg
W. Vau
Weather Menu Promises Varied Week Forecast
The forecast from the U S Weather Bureau Washington predicts a varied week of clouds and sunshine with occasional thunder and lightning. Temperatures at Cincinnati are expected to range around a normal high of 54 and low of 63 with a mean near 74 degrees as the week ends June 21, 1924.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Templar
Ohio
Tennessee
Cincy
Free garden booklet offer with coupon request
A fragment advertises a free garden booklet and urges readers to expect home grown radishes. It notes sending two cents for postage and asks for name and address to receive the booklet via mail.
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