Bolidge Opposes Compromises On Taxation Measure
President Coolidge opposes changes to the tax plan as Congress debates the administration bill. The Ways and Means committee continues work on the draft, with Rainey proposing an amendment taxing gains from stock dividends. Delegates discuss postponing a conference on the bonus bill while tax revisions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolidge
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Rainey
Wiinels
Sterling
House
Era
Kongworth
Johnson
South Dakota
Firaid
Ohio
Delaney Opposes Taxi Ordinance After Council Debate
The article reports on City Attorney Delaney opposing a taxi ordinance. It cites concerns over authority, metering, licensing, and cruising rules, asserting the council lacks power to regulate cabs, set per mile charges, or suspend licenses beyond state motor vehicle law. It names officials and legal opinion, noting related plaza and licensing issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atte
Delaney
Ciy
Hia J
Board of Police Commissioners
Motor Ventures
United States
Joseph Coughlin
Ate
Fire damages New York World offices in Pulitzer basement
A short circuit in the Press room of the New York World ignited an elevator shaft fire in the Pulitzer building basement. Dense smoke forced evacuations of editorial and composing rooms, while firemen controlled the blaze in about an hour. three of the fourteen presses in the basement were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World
Pulitzer
Magnetic healer closes Hartford hospital of therapeutics
Hartford January 4 Special to the Telegram After appearing before the Grand Jury Dr George F P Cogswell magnetic healer discharged three patients from the Hartford Institute of therapeutics and posted a closed sign. The inquiry continues with witnesses including Alfred W Lowrie promoter of a so called healing by agine power and maker of an herb oil advertised to “make your body feel young and strong.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Grand Jury
George FP. Cogswell
Hartford Institute of Therapeutics
Alfred W. Lowrie
Lenox Street
Atgine Power
A. W. Lowrie, Inc
Lowrie
Pliny Street
Grand ‘Jury
Hoover Warns Congress Faces Dictatorship Threat
Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White reports Herbert Hoover warns that European democracies suffer from political disorganization and that the United States must uphold a two party system. Hoover cites deep_ seated splits in European parliaments as a danger, urging strength in U.S. party structure to resist dictatorship trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umporla
Kansas
Herbert Hoover
United States
Secretary of Commerce
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
M Fouver
Na Iit
New York head of vets bureau hit by charges
Charges involving a gay party at the United States Veterans Bureau offices in Grand Central Palace and a well known restaurant were filed with General Hin Mirector. Lieutenant Frank J. Cummings’ attorney says Cummings filed against Major W. F. Lent, manager of the local branch, alleging Lent induced perjured testimony to exonerate himself in the restaurant incident. The charges, filed December 26, included Lent accusing Cummings of permitting liquor in the bureau office on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Veterans Bureau
Grand Central Palace
General Hin Mirector
Tureau
Francis ©. Dale
Frank J. Cummings
Bureau
Sai
W. F. Lent
Thile
Lent
Camminge
Veterans Bureau
Abatement Fever Claims Referenced in Tax Demand Summary
Fragmented OCR notes describe petitions for tax abatement citing poverty and housing costs. Names Catherine Ken and M. A. Hart appear with reductions or refusals tied to claims of payment history and property on Housatonic Avenue. Details are garbled but indicate proceedings on abatement amounts and obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Ken
M.A. Hart
Housatonic Avenue
D. Vale
Washington Briefs Highlight Postwar Grants and Shipboard Plans
War Department announced pilots and alternates for the around the world flight. James C. Davis announced settlement of all war time railroad control claims. Coolidge reportedly to elevate a commissioner to the shipping board chair. Weeks disclosed sale of rifles and ammo to the Obregon government. Sinclair provided funding details for naval oil reserves leased to his enterprises. Questions over registry of the British rum runner Tomoka. White House warned Congress against altering the Mellon tax plan. Ways and Means rejected taxing stock dividends at normal rates. President directed consideration of buying ships for coast guard to combat smugglers.
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War Department
James C. Davis
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Weeks
Obregon
Mexico
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate Public Lands Committee
Tomoka
White House
Congress
Mellon
Hones Wayy and Means
Ott
Celas
Navy
Coast Guard
Movements Begin to Bar Mabel Normand Films
Attorney General C. C. Crabbe in Ohio urges banning all films featuring Mabel Normand after the Los Angeles shooting of Courtland S. Dines and alleged links to the Taylors murder. Kansas requests bar. Memphis plans permanent ban. New York officials take no action without complaints. Sacramento theater cancels Normand lead film.
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Volumbus
Ohio
Tan
C. CG. Crabbe
Mabel Normand
Vernon M. Reigel
Poprika
Kas
Kansas Motion Picture Censor Board
O. B. Griffith
Courtland St. Dines
Los Angeles
Miss Normand
William Desmond Taylor
Memphi Tenn
John M. Dean
Memphis Board of Motion Picture Censors
Courtland
Dines
New York
New York State Moving Picture Commission
Mana Purulance
Sacramento
Impartial Enforcement Urged By Waterbury Citizens
Waterbury citizens representing churches, business, and welfare groups urge impartial enforcement of law. They emphasize duty of governors, the need to educate all Americans in law observance, and praise Connecticut’s leadership, industry, and devotion to constitutional principles, urging renewed obedience to prohibition laws and civic virtue. A Madrid note reports Supreme Court upholding sentences in a separate case.
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Waterbury
Commonwealth
Connecticut
National Conference of Governors
America
Mora
France
Union
Conecticut
New Britain Robbery Suspects Bound Over
In Lawn court Southington on January 4 Eugene Qs Flame of New Britain and Lian Ronghwti were bound over to Hartford County Superior Court on robbery and accomplice charges. Flame’s bond set at 5400 dollars and Ronghwti’s at 2000 dollars. prosecutors link them to the Christmas Eve hold up at the trolley waiting station Mildats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southington
Eugene Qs
New Britain
Hartford
Radio program heard 90 feet beneath water tunnel test
In a New York harbor tunnel, 90 feet under the Hudson and 1,600 feet from an exit a group of transit officials electrical experts and reporters listened to radio concerts broadcast from Pittsburgh and nearby stations. The RCA Westinghouse and New Jersey agencies conducted the experiment showing divers and workers could use portable radio sets if lines are swept away. M M Frohlich, secretary of the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission, initiated today’s test and noted the potential for independent communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Va Deipping
Hudson River
Pittsburgh
Jersey-Manhattan
Radio Corporation of America
Westinghouse D Electric Manufacturing Company
New Watch and
New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel Commissions
M. M. Frohlich
New York State Bridge and Sunnel Commission
Ohio River Flood Recedes After 27.4 Foot Crest
Plattsburgh Pa January 4 After reaching a crest of 27.4 feet the Ohio River began to recede with the stage officially at 26 feet and falling. By morning it is expected to drop to 20 feet. Thousands of workers in plants along the Ohio Allegheny and Monongahela rivers have been temporarily laid off due to the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platsburgh
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahels
Greenwich Approves 1.75 Million for School Purposes
Greenwich town meeting approved a 1.75 million dollar appropriation for school purposes. The vote drew over 700 ballots with some opposition but passed by a large majority. The plan calls for a new high school three additions to existing schools and several property improvements including a new school for the Byram district.
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Greenwich
Byram
Legion Freedom of Speech Forces Win in New York
A New York grievance committee ruled that pro freedom of speech views within American Legion posts were permissible. It found City Club post violated a bylaw by not filing a published sentiment copy with the county commander, while George Garr Henry post faced similar issues. A telegram opposing soldier bonds sent to the Treasury was allowed, but the failure to file a copy with the county commander may trigger disciplinary action.
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New York
American Legion
George Garr Henry
Citu Chib
Soldier Bonds
Frank J. Goleman
Alr
City Club Post
Secretary of the Treasury
Dis.elpine
West Be Hang Washington January 4 Case of George Heney Terry
The case of George Heney Terry charged with assault was called in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbus during docket clearance. Attorneys Whin and Cacrin ton argued that Terry had been hanged in Babylon four years ago.
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Washington
Janu
George Heney Terry
Supreme Court of the District of Columbus
Whin
Cacrinton
Terry
Bablim
Body of Captain Dixmude Brought to Toulon
The cruiser Strasbourg arrived at Toulon at noon with the body of Lieutenant Du Ples vis De Grenadan, commander of the W-rated dirigible mode, following a voyage from Seluces Sicily. Fishermen found the lieutenant near Sicily and the ship was saluted by Mediterranean warships while searching Sicilian waters for other bodies.
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Toulon
France
du Plesvis de Grenadan
Strasbourg
Seluces
Sicily
Federals expected to crush rebels within two months
Mexico City reports General Francisco Serrano stated the government would quell the revolution in two months. He outlined plans to concentrate forces at Jalisco and Vera Cruz fronts, repair railways, and seek decisive battles. Rebels in Zacatecas and Vera Cruz faced coordinated federal actions and arrests followed unrest.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Francisco Serano
Jalisco
Vera Cruz
Guerrero Leatter
Marcelo Carayco
Bistrada
Genoveva de la Morios
Figuercistas
Tampico Petrolem
Serrans
Luis Auders Rez
Juan Espinosa
Gordoba
Tuxpain
Cavazos
Hidalgo
Pachuca
Serrano
Miguel Acosta
Tampico
Zacatecas
Auchiceas
Stevey
Mal
Fresniito
Police recover jewelry stolen by Lyndhurst youths
Police recovered diamond rings and valuables worth over 1,000 from brothers James Brigh and Edward, 16 and 11, of Lyndhurst. The pair confessed to robbing 30 to 40 houses in Lyndhurst and nearby areas, carrying firearms when arrested. Police found more than 200 in rings and other items on them and hidden valuables under their porch. They named friends who allegedly received stolen jewelry, and said a large plunder stash was hidden in a shack near Lyndhurst.
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Rutherford
James Brigh
Edward
Lyndhurst
Pol Jong
Ysg
Wooda
Eman
Daughter of Fireman In Critical Condition
The three weeks old daughter of Haseman and Mrs. H Neary of 267 Neobela is seriously ill with pneumonia and in a critical condition at St Vincent's Hospital. The fireman father recently submitted to a blood transfusion operation and gave his child a pint of blood in the hope she might be saved.
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Haseman
H. Neary
Neobela
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lis
Ber
Neo
Witness claims truck caused Stamford crash inquest
Stamford January 4 Special to the Telegram Coroner John J Phelan hear witnesses in the inquest into the death of Charles Speh retired Stamford Fire Department captain fatally injured when struck by a car operated by James Shannon of 930 Main Street The car reportedly struck a motor truck causing it to swerve into Speh who was repairing a car on the Post road Frederick W Bucklew of Norwalk testified he saw a westbound truck near the scene and planned to pursue it but found a man on the road and brought him to the hospital Daniel J Herri of Stamford was a passenger in the car involved
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Stamford
John J. Phelan
Charles Speh
Stamford Fire Department
James 4. Shannon
Main Street
Shannon
Speh
Post Road
Speir
Buckley
Daniel J. Herrl
Car Crash Kills Speh, Injures Russell in Stratford
Witness Herrick testifies the Shannon car struck the downhill truck. Walter Russell of 139 Stratford Ave suffers a broken leg while Speh dies en route to Stamford Hospital after being struck beside a car being repaired.
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Cupant
Shannon
Herrick
Speh
Walter Russell
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
Russell
Stamford Hospital
Judge Brown Sets Aside Verdict in Unpaid Note Case
Judge Allyn L. Brown ruled yesterday to set aside the jury verdict in a damage suit brought by Joseph Kemster of [city] against Joseph Valerio of Fairfield for $1,690 on an unpaid note. The decision voids the jury result and returns the case for possible further action or retrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allyn L. Brown
Joseph Kemster
Joseph Valerio
Fairfield
Meetings Tonight In Bridgeport Civic Groups
American Fabrica Association at Court Marina I of A 1087 Broad Street. Bridgeport Loyal Orange Lodge K of B 181 State Street. Humbert Stamm A G R M 176 Pairfield Avenue. Stationary Engineers 12 Cannon Street. Letter Carriers 164 State Street.
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American Fabrica Association
Court Marina
Broad Street
Bridgeport
Police Believe Fantastical Youths Faked Hold Up
Police conclude the Madison Avenue hold up was staged by two youths aged about 14 and an older companion. Ruderman, robbed of a dollar, heard threats as one boy boasted of killing for less. Investigators note the younger’s theatrical threat came after a chase on the facelike highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rudermat
Wheels Avenue
Madison Aveniue
Ruderman
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Hospital OF Therapeutics
Hoover
Vets Bureau
Tes
Madrid
Jan de
Legion “Freedom OF Speech
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Federals
Brown
Efrem
Zimbalist
Poli’s Palace
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Coats
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O’coats
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