World News Briefs From Capitals and Front Pages
Nightly summaries report Britain yielding to France on punitive measures against Germany and Italy and Jugoslavia agreeing on Fiume with Italy gaining the city proper. Stresemann faces post Versailles crises while Seeckt expands control. Germany contends with Ruhr, Rhineland, and unemployment drains. Also notes U.S. car boom, Mellon tax views, hog cholera rise, wheat tariff studies, and a string of violent incidents and political moves across nations.
Coolidge Backs Mellon Plan in Tax Reduction Push
President Coolidge presses Secretary Mellon’s tax cutting program as surplus revenue grows. He refuses to sidetrack the proposed revision, forecasting limited success for radical Republicans and seeking to avoid adverse political reaction. The soldier bonus outlook remains uncertain amid party divisions.
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Congress
Washington
Coolidge
Mellons
Mellon
Harding
Representative Madden
Illinois
House Appropriations Committee
Senator Lodge
American Legion
U S Angered By Poincare In Debt Remarks
Washington officials expressed deep resentment at Premier Poincare's statement that France would repay its debt to the United States only after Germany reparations are settled. They recalled past U S insistence that allied war debts are not linked to German payments and noted the administration’s clear stance on the separation of debt and reparations.
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Huttig
Zincville
Chicago Council Committee On
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Southwest
Washington
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Germany
France
Lord Curzon
M. Parmentier
Farm bloc backs surtax cuts in broad reform
Representative Dickinson of Iowa, leader of the house farm bloc, urged proportional reductions in higher surtax rates if cuts are made across the board. He said he would not support a maximum rate as low as the Mellon proposal of 25 percent.
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Washington
Representative Dickinson
Iowa
House Farm Bloc
Dickinson
Mellon
Three Dead In Crash At Lake City Crossing
Four people perished when their car was struck by a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train at a crossing near Lake City Minnesota. Authorities investigated the collision and identified the victims.
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Lake City
Minn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Here
Bank Shipment Stolen in Oklahoma City Ambush
Unidentified bandits robbed a registered mail pouch at the Oklahoma City Federal Reserve branch stealing a shipment of money. Authorities investigate the heist as the money remains missing and no suspects are yet identified.
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Harrell
Ark
Calhoun County
Oklahoma City
Federal Reserve Bank
Whose Teacher Gave Me The Mushy Words
A nostalgic fragment recalls lessons with tender phrases while the speaker remembers a past lover. The personal tone shifts to playful memory of intimate words and closeness from earlier days.
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Commerce Department
Department of Agriculture
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Elizabeth Holman
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Jesse
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Corpus Christi
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