175000 Corporations Exempt From Income Taxes Under New Law
Washington March 26 The revenue act will relieve about 175 000 corporations from federal income tax per congressional statisticians accounting for no net income. The old capital stock tax is wiped out and those paying income tax face similar totals as before with fewer disputes. The act shifts burden to individuals and may prompt dissolution or reorganization as partnerships to cut taxes. Banks retain capital tax status. The calendar year rate rises to 13 percent while the new fiscal year will see 13 1 2 percent. capital stock tax is repealed July 1. general $2000 exemption remains.
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Washington
Congressional
Farm relief plan urged by agricultural groups
Washington March 5. A Western farm coalition presented President Coolidge with a plan based on the Dickinson bill principles to guide farm relief and orderly marketing. Secretary Jardine hesitates to commit the administration until detailed drafting, while backing a federal farm board and export-price stabilization without direct government tax imposition.
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David Lawrence
the Messenger
Washington
White House
Des Moines
Jardine
Agriculture Department
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Board
Federal Farm Board
Six Boys Form Human Chain to Save Drowning Comrades
In White Plains New York on March 5 six boys all under sixteen linked hands to form a human chain and rescue two fellow youths who had fallen through ice.
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White Plains
N. Y
Candy Recipes Free From Raisin Booklet
The article lists confection ideas for gatherings and notes 219 recipes in the Raisin Recipes Booklet supplied by the Washington Bureau. Readers can obtain a free copy by enclosing two cents for return postage.
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Washington
Information Bureau Director Haskin in Washington
Frederic J. Haskin serves as Director of the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C Name Street.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger
Washington, D. C
Washboiler Theft Ends in Domestic Prohibition Scandal
In Nelsonville on March 5 a copper washboiler vanished from the Lines household sparking a moonshine raid for missing gear. Prohibition Inspector H A Lines recovered the boiler along with sugar rye yeast and other items, finally proving the vessel was his wife's property and ending a domestic intrigue with a humorous verdict on washday chaos.
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C. H. Bartlett
Messenger
Nelsonville
Prohibition
H. A
Andrews Urges Reorganization of Dry Machinery
Washington March 6 L C Andrews assistant secretary of the Treasury told the House Ways and Means committee that prohibition is not effectively enforced and endorsed the Green bill creating separate bureaus of prohibition and customs. He said centralized authority will cut red tape hampering enforcement and noted prohibition enforcement was becoming a profitable government business.
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Washington
L. C. Andrews
Customs and Prohibition Bureaus
Andrews
Four Robbers Loot St Louis Bank
Four masked bandits armed with revolvers and a sawed off shotgun forced eight customers seven employees and bank president Thomas H. Burke to the floor. They took 14000 dollars in cash from two cages of the Hamilton State bank and escaped. a fifth bandit drove the getaway car.
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ST. Louis
Thomas H. Burke
Hamilton State Bank
Vera Can Stay Free To Remain In United States
Vera Countess of Cathcart is freed from custody after a habeas corpus hearing before Federal Judge William J. Bondy. The court discharged her from custody allowing her to stay in the United States.
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New York
Vera
Countess of Cathcart
United States
William J. Bondy
Woolworth Building Rises 796 Feet in New York City
The Woolworth building in New York City soars to a height of 796 feet marking a milestone for the skyline. Paramount height achievement draws attention from builders, developers, and city observers.
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Woolworth
New York City
Prohibition Raids Net Doanville Stills and Whisky
Doanville and Athens county officers raided two groups of hidden liquor operations. Six stills with 150 gallon capacity, seventeen gallons of whisky, and nearly a thousand gallons of mash were seized. Three men jailed. a fourth sought by warrant. Eleven stills recovered in seven days, a local record since prohibition. Officers crawled through mine passages to reach the hidden rooms and found large improvised works underground.
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Prohibition
Athens County
Lelmer
Earl Tolliver
Deanville
A. L. Boggs
Hockingport
P. H. McKinley
J. M. Cady
Howard Gilson
J. H. Weaver
William. Chutes
H. A. Lines
Joe Jonas
Harry Dalton
St Yates
Albert Yates
Findley Herd
Doanville
Sines- Jonas
Earl
Elmer Toliver
Toliver
Yates
Page
Former Czar Said to Live in Siberian Convent
Grand Duchess Marie of Russia in Rome believes Czar Nicholas II hides in a Siberian convent. Dispatches claim inquiries confirm the theory of his survival awaiting a chance to reclaim the throne. Felix Youssouff says he knows the convent name and has been in contact with the former emperor. Grand Duke Cyril disputes the theory.
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London
Nicholas
Russia
Siberia
Marie
Rome
Felix Youssouoff
Rasputin
Czar
Death reduces Company G 30th Ohio to three veterans
Col E P Brooks of Harrisonville dies at 90 from heart trouble. Only three veterans remain: Captain J B Allen of Athens Z A Hull of the Soldiers Home at Sandusky and W F Townsend of Downington. Brooks led the famed Forlorn Hope at Vicksburg and later served Meigs County in the legislature as a Republican.
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E. P. Brooks
Harrisonville
30Th
Ohio Volunteers Infantry
J. B. Allen
Athens
Z. A. Hull
Sandusky
W. F. Townsend
Downington
Brooks
Allen
Vicksburg
Meigs County
Democrats Urged in Senate to Save Italian Debt Pact
President Coolidge again appealed to Democratic senators to support a key administration measure, the Italian debt agreement, in a bid to avert its defeat. The fate of the program hinges on Democratic votes, mirroring recent world court and tax actions.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Maryland Governor Urges States Rights Creed in Virginia
Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland spoke to both houses in Richmond urging the revival of states rights as the traditional Democratic creed and birthright of the South in the address on The New South and the Faith Which Is Its Heritage.
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Richmond
Albert €. Ritchie
Maryland
Virginia
Olga Maynard Tied to Murder Case Over Theatre Stub
Suspicion falls on Olga Maynard after a theatre ticket stub linked to her is found in the room with murdered Henry Rand. The clue appears in The Yellow Stub on Page 11.
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Olga Maynard
Henry Rand
Britain Promises Curb On Locarno Endangerment
Berlin reports a British promise by Sir Austen Chamberlain to do nothing that would endanger the Locarno treaties or push Germany out of the League. Officials hail the move as relief amid anxiety over the League of Nations council enlargement and cabinet tensions.
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Berlin
Austen Chamberlain
Germany
Council of the
League of Nations
Chamberlain
Loans to Brokers Being Cut Down
Federal Reserve shows brokers loans across 61 New York member banks for the week ending February 24 total $3.109 billion. Outstanding loans on that date fell by about $29.393 million from the prior week as brokers loans, secured by stocks and bonds, reflect a notable reduction amid speculative use.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
New York City
Federal Reserve Board
Public urged to demand fair and fearless traffic law enforcement
Washington report of the national conference on street and highway safety urges even handed treatment of violators and disapproval of leniency. Judge McAdoo supports minimum penalties for grave offenses and stronger deterrents including imprisonment for repeat driving while intoxicated offenses.
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Washington
National Conference On
William McAdoo
New York
McAdoo
County to cooperate with investigators hired by Nesbitt family
Troy officials will work with private investigators employed by Mr and Mrs Charles Drake to probe the murder of Frances Drake Nesbitt. Special Prosecutor Alva B Campbell announced a plan to fund and extend the inquiry, including reviewing a neighbor witness account of a man entering the Nesbitt home on February 19.
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Troy
Charles Drake
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Alva B. Campbell
Campbell
Cambridge
L. C. Shipman
Jacob Nesbitt
Cincinnati
Drakes
Nesbitts
Nesbitt
Question of Carol and Lambrino marriage sparks legal challenge
Paris March 6 Maitre Albert Salmon attorney for Mme Lambrino said Carol of Romania’s marriage to Zizi Lambrino was not morganatic and would be legally challenged. He claims Lambrino is the lawful wife and signals possible probes into Carol’s union with Princess Helen of Greece and the paternity of Prince Michael.
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Paris
Prince Carol
Zizi Lambrino
Maitre Albert Samon
Mme. Lambrino
M. Salmon
Helen
Greece
Prince Michael
Carol
Romania
Salmon
Hope of Reds Is Trade Unions
Moscow March 8 The Communist International envoy William Z Foster told the executive committee that progress in the United States requires organizing through trade unions and working from within. He appealed for international support for this policy.
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Moscow
United States
William Z. Foster
Communist International
The
International
Woolen Mills Face Closure in Passaic Strike Zone
Passaic Clifton and Garfield woolen mill owners plan to close all mills in the strike zone amid a national textile walkout led by Albert Weisbord. Mass and Paterson walkouts by silk workers are expected next week, with spread to Lawrence and other cities as strikers aid families and merchants seek Governor Moore’s intervention.
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Passaic
N. J
Albert Weisbord
Clifton
Garfield
Biserson
Weisbord
Lawrence
Mass
Paterson
Howe
Moore
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Fire destroys plant. millions in alcohol lost
A two story Alcohol Products company plant in Newark New Jersey burned destroying thousands of gallons of alcohol. Fire caused damage estimated at 150 million dollars.
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Newark
N. J
The
Alcohol Products Company
Family Driving Across Ice Believed Lost in Ontario
Leamington Ontario March reports say Mr James Phipps his wife and their three children Paul nine Hamel five and Elmer three left Pelee Island to cross eighteen miles to the mainland in a sleigh. A driving snowstorm followed and the party is feared to have crashed through open water. Police and farmers conduct searches with little hope of recovery.
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Leamington
Ont
James Phipps
Paul
Hamel
Elmer
Pelee Island
Sane
Phipps
Atic
Indictments in Cleveland Jury Tampering Trials Expected Today
Look for more from Cleveland on March 5 as indictments for jury tampering in the Josiah Kirby case, head of the Cleveland Discount Company, are expected to be handed down today.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
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