Mellon urges tax cuts as debt falls and growth hope rises
Secretary Mellon reports a 1923 foreign debt reduction of 613 million in the fiscal year and backs broad income tax relief, including a 25 percent top rate on high incomes. He cites a projected July surplus and a stable budget, warns high taxes burden consumers, and notes improvements since 1921 with credit access and sound business-like government finance.
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Washington
Mellon
Congress
Treasury
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Coast Guard
Rum Saars
Aid to Germany Should Be Furnished on Business Basis
President Coolidge said any aid to Germany should be on a business basis not charity. He spoke at the White House after a conference with Ambassador Weidfeldt of Germany, signaling no current support for new German relief legislation. The discussions touched only on the reparations commission's idea of Germany floating a loan to buy foodstuffs, with implied U.S. moral backing.
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Germany
Ator Lenroot
Wisconsin
Coolidge
United States
Congress Marks Time As Leaders Set DATES For Committee Plans
Congress moved slowly as leaders pushed reorganization of both houses with committee assignments due by Monday after a weekend recess. Senate Democrats aim to reorganize and proceed to president election once committees are settled, while Republicans weigh pending foreign relations choices tied to the United States joining the world court.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Republi
la Follette
Wisconsin
Republican Committee On Committees
Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
World Court
Coolidge
United States
America
League of Nations
Committee On Committees
Lenroot
Willis
Ohio
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Fdge
New Jersey
Elkins
West Virginia
Johnson and Shipstead
Minnesota
Shipstead
Johnson
Agriculture Committee
Theylso
Ten personal crisis reports in Day In Metropolitan District
Ten personal crisis reports were recorded today in the metropolitan area. A man believed to be M F B Ket cham of Babylon New York jumped from the 12th story of a downtown Broadway office building. A middle aged man plunged into the Harlem river from a bridge as trolley passengers watched in horror. A poorly dressed man was cut down from a tree limb in Central Park. Paul Alexander Tihler of Younestown Delaware a Column University student and war veteran died by gas in his room after a note from a sister named Panta referenced their mother in Cleveland.
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York
Metropolitan
M. FB. Ketcham
Babylon
N. Y
Broadway
Harlem
Central Park
Paul Alexander Tihler
Younestown
Column University
Panta
Cleveland
Seven Miners Dead and Six Injured in Kentucky Mine Blast
A dust and gas explosion at a Kentucky mine near Carlo killed seven miners and injured six. Initial reports said ten were entombed, later company officials stated thirteen were in the mine at the time. Injured were rushed to a hospital by special train. five doctors were dispatched to the scene. The blast followed a blast shot to break down coal in an unusually dry mine.
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Gard
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Carlo
Enoch Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Richmond, December 7. A jury found Joseph Enoch twenty three guilty of second degree murder for the death of sixteen year old Celia Chevik tied to an oath from April 26. The jury recommended twenty years imprisonment. Enoch was a railroad employee and the killing occurred as she returned home from a picture show.
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Richmond
Joseph Enoch
Celia Chevik
Enoch
Revolt News Largely Suppressed in Southern Mexico
Control of communications by Obregon and Calles factions clamped news of the de la Huerta revolt in the south. Border garrison strength increased as Juarez and Chihuahua City hold steady, with rumors of fighting in Guerrero and Vera Cruz. Border travelers saw no revolt signs at Monterrey or Tamaulipas. Ojinaga remained loyal to Obregon.
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Mexico
Obregon
Calles
de la Huerta
Guerrero
Vera Cruz
Callista
Gobernacion
Cooperatista
Republic
Chihuahua City
Ojinaga
Presidio
Texas
Eugenio Martinez
Northern
Chihuahua
Enbe
Fiscal Guards
Mexico City
Rangel G
Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Matamoros
Romulo Figueroa
Hiram Moledo
Bills Ready to Implement Coolidge Recommendations
Washington reports President Coolidge, gratified by public and press reaction to his congressional message, prepared to back bills translating his major recommendations into law. Telegraphic praise and editorials poured in as drafts to implement most executive proposals move forward with presidential support.
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Washington
Congress
Sayer J. Coolidge
Dog Guards Body of Aged Recluse Woman
In Pittsburg a solitary elder, Mrs. Emilie Yocum aged eighty, was found dead in a pet filled home. Dozens of dogs and cats surrounded her, with one dog guarding the body. a lighted lamp and a recent paper suggested death occurred shortly before discovery. Neighbors saw she seldom left the house over ten years.
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Pittsburg
Emilie Yocum
Uhrichsville
Suitcase mystery solved in Massachusetts case
Cambridge, Dec. 7. Dr. William H. Robb pleaded guilty to illegal surgery in the murder case of Mrs. Alice M. Wolschendorf, linking to the suitcase mystery in the Merrimac river. Co-defendant Dr. Dalva H. Swope indicted as accessory before and after the alleged crime. District Attorney Reading seeks sentence next Tuesday after bodies found in Tyngsboro river.
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Cambridge
Mass
Wm. H. Robb
Alice M. Wolschendorf
Bast
Bridgewater
Middlesex Superior Court
Dalva H. Swope
Brockton
Arthur K. Reading
Merrimac
Tyngsboro
Geo. Wolschendorf
Ohio Refuses Schedule With Wisconsin Game Move Centered
Iowa appears as Wisconsin conference opponent for a fall game in Madison after Ohio declined to schedule. If Iowa cannot be arranged, officials may shift the Chicago game to Madison and await replies from Notre Dame and Nebraska on a homecoming event.
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Madison
Wis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Chicago
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Harding Memorial Week Proposed To Honor President Harding
Mercer county and the state organize a Harding Memorial Week December 9 16 1923 with Governor Morgan as honorary chairman and Walter E Clark as state chairman The plan seeks voluntary contributions from citizens churches clubs and lodges to fund a mausoleum shrine and a Harding Chair of Diplomacy and Government. Community chairmen and six soliciting citizens will organize gifts without pressure for participation.
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Harding
Morgan
Walter E. Clark
H. I. Shott
Mercer County
R.v. Devin
Bluefield
Chas. W. Freeman
Bramwell
Alex
Warren Gamaliel
United States
Marion
Ohio
Warren Gamiliel Harding
Harding Memorial Week A Memorial to President Harding
The text urges building a resting place for Harding in Marion and creating a Shrine and Memorial to educate people for government service. It invites contributions during Harding Week via the local Memorial Association representative or The Daily Telegraph.
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Harding
Marion
Memorial Association
Daily Telegraph
Conservatives Lose Ground in General Election Sweep
London reports show Conservatives 259 seats, Labor 158, Liberals 148 with other 10. government to be in minority by about ninety votes. Premier Baldwin summons cabinet Monday to plan next steps and a Conservative meeting may elect a new leader. Baker: party split over protection, weak foreign policy, Labor tactics, and a strong female vote impacting commodity prices.
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London
Orkney and Shetland Islands
House of Commons
Labor Party
Baldwin
Labor
David Lloyd-George
Joseph Chamberlain
Real pre war liquor carried into cellar scene at Jack's Restaurant
Federal agents seized 200000 dollars worth of authentic pre war liquor from Jack's Restaurant cellar after a federal judge ruled the prior confiscation illegal. Owner John Dunston stood by the cellar door directing storage as police reserves moved in and crowds gathered during the raid day.
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New York
Goddard
John Dunston
Hoover Urges Faster Rail Consolidation Plan
Hoover urges expedited consolidation of railroads through federal incorporation after a period of voluntary action. He cites private ownership, diversified traffic, and stronger systems as essential for a national transport network and proposes permanent public and private representation on consolidation committees.
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Washington
Hoover
Commerce Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commercce Commission
Illuminated cross effect suggested for Harding Memorial week
Washington December 7 four darken windows per building except a single vertical and horizontal row to form an illuminated cross as a feature of Harding Memorial week December 9 to 16. The Harding Memorial Association urged chambers of commerce and business leaders in large cities to cooperate in making this visible tribute to the late president.
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Washington
Harding Memorial Association
Weeks
War Department
Chambers , Commerce
Five Bodies Seen and Ten Given Up for Dead
Seattle report states five bodies observed with ten crew members presumed dead after the wreck of the steamer T. W. Lake off the San Juan Islands. Coast guard cutter Snohomish joins search efforts as survivors remain unconfirmed.
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Seattle
Wash
San Juan Islands
United States Coast Guard Cutte
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Herbert Hoover
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