Walker Becomes New York City Mayor as Tammany Controls State and City
James J. Walker, ally of Governor Smith and former singer and lawmaker, is sworn in as mayor of New York City. He succeeds John F. Hylan, whose resignation follows a bitter intra party fight. Walker vows subway expansion, lower fares, and a clean administration while maintaining Tammany influence over both city and state governments.
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New York
James J. Walker
al Smith
Tammany
New York City
Walker
John F. Hylan
William T. Collins
Hylan
Smith
Hy- Jan
George W. McLaughlin
Banks
Richard E. Enright
Enright
Greater New York
Ireland
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Sjéader
Bill” Walker
West Side
Jimmy
LaSalle College
St. Francis Xavier
New York Haw School
Hoboken
East River
Brooklyn
Sin Pan Alley
Ernest Ball
Assembly
Albany
Janet Alen
Senate
Congress
Kuo Klux Klan
Milan
Frank D. Waterman
New York Adopts First Tin Pan Alley Mayor James J Walker
New Yorker James J. Walker, a Greenwich Village pianist and songwriter, becomes city’s mayor marking the first time Tin Pan Alley produced a mayor. The piece notes his celebrity career and contrasts with earlier selection methods from colonial times through 1829.
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New York
Tammany Hall
America
James J. Walker
Greenwich Village
Tin Pan Alley
Mellon And Smoot To Consent To Tax Plan
Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot in Washington discussed a house tax reduction bill with plans to adjust the income surtax schedule to shave rates on lower brackets while keeping the 20 percent maximum. They considered increasing admission tax exemptions and possibly restoring alcohol tax rates. The aim is to pass the measure by March 1, with hearings by the senate panel and support from leaders to act by January 20.
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Washington
Mellon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Curtis
Kansas
Utah
Indorse
Internal Revenue Bureau Investigating Committee
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Reed Point Notes Chronicle Local Movements and Events
A long list of visitors and travelers stops in Reed Point and nearby towns. Residents such as Mrs Geiger, Dr Melvin, Mrs Lulu Moore, Chester Frazee, Marion Harlan, Rev Tool, Mr and Mrs Wayne Johns, and Signy Wallum are noted for visits or movements. New hotel work progresses, a hospital tooth treatment is reported, and roads are slick in spots. Postmaster Moler's year end report lauds record business. social events include New Year’s party and card night at Postmaster Moler’s.
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H. H. Marlow
Big Timber
Karl Findley
Midwest Oil Fields
Wyo
Signy Wallum
L. L. Walker
W. Buyers
Laurel
Ethel
F. C. Berrie
Les Campbell
Loraine
Billing
J. S. Campbell
Blanche Burton
Gozeman
B. O. Torgrimson
Opal Harrison
Columbus
Minnesota
Illinois
John
Montana
Carl Giles
Three Forks
Geo. Stritch
C. C. Renfield
Nick Campenella
EE. L. Smith
Gardner
Melvin
Abbie Deekert
Tom
Billings
Acme
Gertrude Murray
Sunnyside
Wash
Jack
Seattle
Washington
Lena Carleton
Guy
McLeod
Pat Patterson
Pat
Tom Deckert
Alice Guthrie
Opal Rash
Lewis Rash
Bew
Mont
Gladys Rash
Bowdoin
Margaret Brumfield
Kent Lake
Dessie Deeney
Emigrant
Eva Mae Elgin
Farr School
Reed Point
Vey Aber
Mildred Bacon
C. M. Hart
Post Office
Moler
Trotsky Reinstated as Bureau Member in Soviet Elections
Moscow reports Leon Trotsky regains a seat on the political bureau of the Communist Party while Kameneff is ousted from senior status. The bureau expands from seven to nine, with Voroshiloff and Stalin among new or returning members as old guard power shifts unfold. Trotsky vows closer adherence to party line and rejoices at Kameneff's loss, and Zinoviev's influence wanes.
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Moscow
Leon Trotsky
L. B. Kameneff
G. Sokolnikov
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Kameneff
Djerjinsky
Ruzzutak
Petrovsky
Uglanov
Old Guard
Trotsky
Voroshiloff
Linovleff
Molotoff
Stalin
Kalinin
Buchanin
Rykoff
Tomsky
Lenine
Zinovicheff
Central Committee
Zinovieff
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Jimmy Walker
J. J. Gallagher
Ford
Ford Motor Company
J. J. Lacklen Co
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Russia
Scott
Davies
NASH
F. O. B. Big Timber
Sekman & Snyder
Sam Goodman
Livingston, Mont
J. A. Lowry
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