Prominent Virginian Declines Congressional Salary Increase
Henry St. George Tucker of Lexington, Democrat, failed to accept the $2,500 pay raise approved for members. Comptroller McCarl ruled the increase must be taken despite Tucker and seven others voting no. The raise lifted salaries from 7,700 to 10,000 with cabinet, vice president, and speaker also boosted. President signed after hesitation.
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Henry St. George Tucker
Lexington
Virginia
National House
Congress
House
McCarl
Johnson
Kentucky
Woodlock Recess Appointment to Interstate Commerce Commission
President Coolidge made a recess appointment of Thomas R. Wood of New York to the Interstate Commerce Commission after Senate refused to confirm. Woodlock, a Democrat, will serve until December 1 or until a Senate decision. Democrats argue the commission should reflect southern representation, but Coolidge proceeded with Stock after considering other options. Woodlock has been a financial writer in New York and has Wall Street experience. Democrats fear his views will favor the financial and railroad sectors over ships and farmers.
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President Coolidge
Thomas R. ‘Wood
New York
Senate
Woodlock
Democrata
South
Ing
Coolidge
Stock
Wall Street
Grandchild Becomes Baroness Through Curzon Lineage
Mary Irene, eldest daughter of the late Lord Curzon and granddaughter of Levi Z Leiter, inherits the baronies of Scarsdale and Ravendale becoming a baroness on her father's death. The Curzon marriage settled in Chicago provided 200000 dollars yearly income, amid earlier disputes over 10700 dollars. In 1928 Joseph Lester faced a trustee removal suit related to Levi Lester estate. later broad Wheat Crash echoes and Volstead act indictments touched Lester and associates.
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Curzon
Joseph Lester
Levi Lester
Lester
Marguerite
Earl of Ik
Assachusetts
Treasury reshuffle hints at Mellon era continuity
A fragmented note outlines a potential transition where Andrew Mellon would be succeeded by Eliot Wadsworth as secretary with Wadsworth handling foreign matters and the War Debt Commission. The plan realigns duties among undersecretaries, assigns revenue bureau oversight, and keeps prohibition efforts centralized under one office while Coast Guard activity remains tied to the program.
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Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Galury
Andrews
Eliot Wadsworth
Wigston
I. Wadsworth
Salstant
Evenue Bureau
Oei
Consihe Not Customa
Coast Guard
Internal Revenue Bureau
Leman Ried
Ec Ate Hearth Cct
Algo
Cross Word Contests and Lotteries in Postal Law
A look at how the post office treats contests, word puzzles, guessing games, and gift schemes as lotteries. It explains that genuine crosswords and word building contests are allowed if they meet clear rules, including a single correct solution and equal prizes for multiple winners.
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Congress of the
United States
Post Office Department
Post-Office Department
Glad
Ukewisa
Air service slang and terms used by flyers in training
Washington reports on the Army air service jargon used in training and operations. It explains slang for personnel and aircraft, including keewee for an inexperienced flyer, flat spin for confusion, ground flying for talk about flying, landing as a symbol of replacing matches, and various terms for aircraft, maneuvers, and devices from Jenny trainers to helicopter ambitions, gliders and ornithopters.
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Washington
Congressional
Hing
Air Service
Keewee
Mother Earth
Army Air Service
Wright Brothers
Goat at Breakfast Sparks Divorce Testimony
Eugenia Higging testified in a Spokane Superior Court divorce case that her husband Clayton C. Higgins kept a goat in the home and milked it at the breakfast table. The incident prompted the wife to seek dissolution of the marriage. the case was continued.
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Spokane
Gorts
Clayton C. Higgins
Eugenia Higging
Superior Court
Havana Vehicle Registration Sees Growth Amid City Numbers
A Cuban statistical note lists Havana’s motor vehicles: 17 464 total including 4 402 private cars 8 660 for hire 1 818 trucks 404 buses and 128 motorcycles. The number of new cars registered today is three to four.
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Havans
Cuba
Havana
Favorite Story Reveals German Clue In 1910 Murder Tale
A former New York Evening World reporter recalls a 1910 case where a murdered young woman’s body was found in a Long Island thicket. A German consul official deduced the victim’s role from the German markings and purchases, concluding she was an actress rather than a housewife.
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New York Evening World
Long Island
Harry Stowe
Stowe
Stone
Leipsie
Germany
Sol
Old Abe and the stray calf in Blue Eagle jail tale
A nostalgic local reminiscence recalls Abe a popular black driver nicknamed Old Abe. He once stole items on dark nights, was jailed after being found with a stray calf, and awaited trial. His wife visited with Abe’s kin as Grady the jailer heckled her about hiring a lawyer, while Abe allegedly insisted he was not guilty.
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Abe
Old Abe
Grand
Blue Eagle
Hla
Grady
Dora
Oman
Major Reynolds Interrupts Cunard Voyage Conflict
A Major H Reynolds of London is identified on a Cunard voyage from New York to Liverpool. The purser assigns Reynolds to a stateroom with other travelers. A Texas cattleman insists he cannot share a cabin with Reynolds, claiming the major’s aunt is Henrietta and the other occupant is with the Salvation Army.
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Major Reynolds
Texna
Salvation Army
Henrietta
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