Senate to consider Smoots sales tax plan in full body
Washington report says Senator Smoot of Utah seeks to replace the finance committee tax bill with his 3 percent manufacturers tax as a substitute. The finance committee did not vote on it and plans to report the revenue revision before reconvening. The measure aims to pass within a month with broader support building.
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Confesses 60 Bombing Jobs Across City
Four alleged professional bombers were captured after a roundup in Chicago. One was shot and wounded by Chief of Detectives Koughes during the arrest. Police seized a large stock of dynamite and related materials. A 17 year old boy is jailed as a lookout. One suspect confessed to planting and detonating over sixty bombs in the past year and to a Missouri murder in 1918.
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Assail Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in New York
Evelyn Nesbit ex Mrs Barry K Thaw had four men arrested on charges of disorderly conduct after they entered the hallway outside her apartment. She said one man grabbed her shoulders and insulted her then fled by taxi when she cried fire and sought help. Police later encountered the quartet at the station house.
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Farm prices rise as August shows gains across foods
Wholesale prices climbed 2.75 percent in August from July led by a 12 percent jump in food prices. Farm products rose 2.5 percent, with butter cheese milk eggs rice meats sugars fruits and potatoes up. Meat animals also higher. nonfood groups mostly down with clothing flat. Since last August farm products down 47 percent overall drops noted in clothes and building materials too.
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Soviet ban on food drafts blocks relief plan
Washington reports that Soviet authorities refuse to permit the American relief administration to install food drafts, a system Hoover had used in Europe. The drafts would allow U S residents with relatives in famine regions to buy drafts on warehouse food abroad, feeding more Russians at risk of starvation.
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De Valera asks Lloyd George if invitation to talks stands
Ireland's Eamon De Valera telegraphed London asking if Lloyd George’s Sept 7 letter demanded surrender or invited a conference without prejudice. He states Sinn Fein accepts the invitation and is ready to meet British representatives soon, noting no desire to impose conditions for the conference.
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Woman jumps to death at Niagara Falls
An unidentified woman leaped into the river near Goat Island bridge and was swept over the American Falls. A note reading Mrs Wyant and the purse number 854 East Utica Street Buffalo with 75 cents was found on shore. The tragedy drew a large crowd of witnesses.
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Unemployment Conference Set for Sept 24 in Washington
Washington September 20 The national Unemployment conference will meet here next Monday at 10 oclock, Secretary Hoover announced. Quarters for the sessions are being prepared in the commerce department building. It is expected the main work will be done by committees and a permanent plan to combat unemployment nationwide will be drafted.
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Treaty Message Tomorrow In Senate Vote Likely
Washington reports the United States likely to submit the treaty with Germany to the Senate shortly after Congress reconvenes tomorrow. A brief accompanying message may accompany the submission, with little chance the President will appear before the Senate in person to urge ratification.
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Safeguards Russ Interests At Far East Arms Conference
United States notes assure protection of legitimate Russian interests as a moral trusteeship for the Far Eastern conference. China’s Chita government not recognized, while Netherlands and Belgium are said to have seats for East Asian topics. A temporary consul is posted to observe developments, with no implication of recognition.
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Prince Eulenburg Dies at 75 in Berlin Residence
Prince Eulenburg, aged 75, died Friday at Schloss Liebenberg near Dien, Berlin. The announcement said he was of royal standing and his age was given as 75.
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Coal Mine Blast Traps Seventy at Cairbe Mine
Sydney N S Sept 20 an explosion at the Mount Milican coal mine near Cairbe traps seventy men with little hope of rescue. The incident is being treated as a major mining disaster with emergency crews responding to the blast.
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Rappe Funeral Draws Crowd In L A
Thousands attended the private service for actress Virginia Rappe in Los Angeles. The casket lay in a white satin shroud, surrounded by tiger lilies and flowers with a gold lettered ribbon. The funeral, held at understaking parlors, was led by Rector Stew Frank Rounden bush of St. Stephen's.
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Yesterday's Baseball Results and Weather Impacts
National League results show Boston 9 Cincinnati 6 and Pittsburgh 2 New York 1 with Brooklyn at Chicago postponed by rain. American League notes Boston 6 8 Chicago 4 6 and Detroit 10 New York while Washington and Cleveland absent from play. Bl Louly 7 Philadelphia 4.
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Tilden Still World Tennis Champion After Final Victory
Philadelphia reports that Bi Tilden remains America’s tennis champion and world court king after defeating Wallace F. Johnson in straight sets. Tilden’s dominance across the sport is highlighted as he clinched the final rounds 61 63 0-1, with many hailing him as the greatest figure in tennis history.
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Chicago TV council bars films featuring Fatty Arbuckle
In Chicago on September 20 the television council approved an order prohibiting the showing of any films in which Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle appears.
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Joaquin Walley Ruled by Unions in San Joaquin Valley
Striking field workers in the San Joaquin valley, guarded highways, barricades at night, and armed workers patrolling roads are reported as a movement to socialize the industry. A supers government is alleged in oil districts. several hundred strikers are deputized and guards have been turned back or derailed, with company officials shot at. Also coverage of Colorado Fuel and Iron wage dispute proceedings and United Mine Workers stance on binding wage decisions.
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OW Producers’ Association
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Minera Bar State Board
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Too much high life diagnosis at Arbuckle party
San Francisco report says Dr. Arthur Beardslee diagnosed Misa Virginia Roppe as suffering from “too much high life” after a Roscoe Arbuckle party. Sheriff A. E. Dolan of Mono County quotes the doctor saying the examination was superficial and that she should have been taken to hospital.
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Grain shortage in Uruguay prompts export controls
The American Legation in Montevideo informs the Department of Commerce that Uruguay's wheat and flour stock will be exhausted within a week. A new harvest will take six to seven months, requiring possible export prohibitions, duty removals on imports, and seeking supplies from other markets.
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Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Mrs Corley
A Edmund South Carolina woman describes relief from monthly troubles and backaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter from Elizabeth C Corley says she can now do housework, praises the medicine, and allows printing. The advertisement claims many similar letters prove the remedy's effectiveness for weak women.
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Not a Case for Surgeon in a Hospital Ward
A surgeon recalls an accident scene with a gravely injured patient and a medical student tries to take notes. The student’s misinterpretation leads to a brief comic interruption as the surgeon explains he was speaking to his umbrella, not a child, revealing the odd exchange in a medical setting.
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Dreaded Fog of Ice Needles in Winter Mountains
The fog called pogonlp forms from ice needles in western US winter mountains and is said to be very dangerous to the lungs. The saying urges trying your best rather than failing badly.
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