Madden Favors 70 Million Tax Reduction Plan
A Madden led tax cut proposal promises a 370 million surplus to fund relief. The plan lowers normal rates to 1 3 and 5 percent by income, trims the maximum surtax to 15 percent, eliminates many miscellaneous taxes, and rebates excess surpluses to taxpayers.
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Mass
Coolidge
Madden
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Texas Governor Halts Execution Of Young El Paso Killer
In Austin Texas Governor Ma Ferguson commuted the death sentence of 17 year old Arnulfo Valles to life after a sleepless night. Valles had killed an El Paso policeman and sought clemency with a telegraphed claim of innocence. The Board of Pardons had advised against commutation.
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New York World News Service
Austin
Tex
Board of Pardons
Ferguson
Texas
Huntsville
Valles
Earthquake Damages 100 Homes in Foggia Province Italy
Shocks were felt in Foggia today damaging about 100 houses and a municipal building. Some homes were uninhabitable but no injuries reported. Severe tremors hit Cerignola. Foggia, 80 miles northeast of Naples, has about 50 000 residents.
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Italy
Associated Press
Foggia
Cerignola
Naples
Appeal in Doheny oil case filed in Circuit Court
An appeal from the Los Angeles District Court decision in the Doheny oil suits to invalidate contracts and oil leases was filed in the Circuit Court of Appeals. The Doheny interests are appellants, with a government cross-appeal also filed.
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Doheny Oil
Associated Press
San Francisco
District Court of Los Angeles
Doheny
Circuit Court of Appeals
The Shopper's Paradise Classifieds Promote Bargain Spending
The Commercial Tribune extols its Classified Ad columns as a vast array of bargains. Readers are urged to inspect the listings, promising great value and repeated rewards for time spent reading the classifieds.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Ninety year old saves farm as robbers flee
Zora R. McGonegal, a ninety year old farmer in Jacitson Michigan, fought off two would be robbers who bound his son and bound and gagged him. He was struck in the head with a makeshift weapon but remained able to aid officers after the attack. The two robbers fled in an automobile without taking any loot.
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Jacitson
Mich
Zora R. McGonegal
Father
McGonegal
Here
Z. R. McGonegal, Jr
Mic Eel Sobers
Three in custody after alleged attempt on farmer’s safe
Kalamazoo Michigan July 31 Charles Hitock L in hospital with serious knife wounds. Raymond Clarke 18 and Karl Slesder 22 in jail suspected of attempting to rob Ned Zora R McGonegal 90 a wealthy farmer near Jackson. Clarke and Slesder admit going with Hitock Wednesday night to rob the safe and deny the Friday morning robbery.
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Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Charles Hitock
Raymond Clarke
Karl Slesder
Ned Zora R. McGonegal
Jackson
Clarke
Slesder
Hitock
McGonegal
Fire damages Heck warehouse in late night blaze
The Theodore Heck Furniture Company warehouse at 115 West Pearl Street suffered major damage when a fire discovered at 11 45 p m burned much of the second floor and much of the stock. Investigators estimate losses between 10 000 and 20 000 dollars with insurance on stock and building. Theodore Heck died last spring and executors now run the estate as fire officials investigate the cause.
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West
Pearl Street
John Neehan
Marshal Hilsinger
Donald Heck
Heck
Theodore Heck
Cabtree claimant faces perjury charge in Boston will case
At Suffolk Probate Court Judge Prest ordered Mrs Ida Manning Blankenburg of Tulsa and her brother John W Crabtree to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for alleged perjury. Each was ordered to furnish $1000 bail as the judge condemned the claim as fraudulent or fraud tainted by witnesses and conspiracy.
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Boston
Suffolk Probate Court
Ida Manning Blankenburg
Tulsa
Okla
Lotta Crawtree
Prest
Blankenburg
John W. Crabtree
Philanth
Icp
Soe Siae Tes Nning
Crisis Over Coal Wage War Hits Britain and U S
British crisis ends as Tory cabinet yields to avert a general strike over minimum wage in coal. In Atlantic City John L. Lewis demands concessions and threatens action. Warriner replies the operators’ committee is authorized to negotiate anew.
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Britain
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
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Daily Herald
Herald
Stanley Baldwin
General Council of the
Trades Union Congress
Ikbor
John J. Leary, JR
Atlantic City
N. J
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Samuel D. Warriner
William J. Richards
Mr. Warriner
Mr. Lewis
Lansford
Warriner
Richards
William W. Inglis
Destruction of Ain Bouaissa Blockhouse by French Troops
French forces at Ain Bouaissa 25 miles southeast of Ouezzan repulse a Riffian assault after detonating the post. A French lieutenant and a small garrison blew up the blockhouse and escaped through besieging lines with grenades and hand to hand fighting.
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Associated Press
Fez
Ain Bouaissa
Ouezzan
Terousal
Skifa
Learn to Keep Quiet Says Judge in Divorce Court
Judge LeBlond advises couples to avoid quarrels by not speaking at the same time. The cases involve Louis Polster and Helen Polster with custody disputes over their seven year old child. The judge notes both sides talked over each other, condemns joint dialogue, and grants custody arrangements while urging focus on the child’s welfare.
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Jond
Louis Polster
Hemlock Street
Helen C. Polster
Chatham Street
Polster
Bishop and His Band Routed as Cathedral Doors Fall
The Cathedral of St. Nicholas in New York ended its siege as Bishop Adam Phillipovsky surrendered to sheriffs. Arch bishop Platon Rod zestvensky gained control of church property, while Phillipovsky and aides were jailed on contempt charges. The split church factions faced renewed clashes as police and deputies cleared the premises.
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New York
St. Nicholas
Platon Rodzestvensky
Supreme Court
Levy
Platon
Phillipovsky
Ludlow Street
Sionain
John S. Kedrovsky
North America
Russia
Ford
Lydon
Hunt for Woman Suspect in Kidnaping of Girl
Elyria detectives searched July 31 for a woman linked to the kidnapping of five year old Darline Lilley, adopted daughter of Miss Margaret Lilley of Elyria. The girl was taken July 23 in Chicago by three while visiting relatives, with a man driving away in a car. A Chicago woman matching the trio member’s description reportedly sought work in a Cleveland department store two days earlier.
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Cleveland
Darline Lilley
Margaret Lilley
Elyria
Friends of Missey
Chicago
Looney Found Guilty In Rock Island Gaming Plot Case
Looney is convicted of conspiracy in Rock Island's vice war sparked by the killing of saloon keeper William Gabel. A jur y awards him 31 years. he faces nine more indictments including murder charges as he endured contempt findings and prison time during the trial.
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Associated Press
Looney
Rock Island
Rock Island News
William Gabel
John Connor Looney
New Mexico
Larson
Gabe
Eleven Congressmen Visit Japan Study Tour Ends
In Tokyo eleven members of Congress and twenty two relatives sailed home on the Chaumont after a three day study trip. They visited Nekko and observed receptions at the Imperial Hotel with Pan Pacific Club paying hotel bills. The group studied Manila six days amid entertainment and some criticism over Filipinos paying bills.
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Olan D. D. Russell
New York World News Service
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Georgia
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Iowa Man James Barton Named National Adjutant of American Legion
James F. Barton of Fort Dodge Iowa was named National Adjutant of the American Legion today succeeding Russell Creviston of Marion Indiana. Creviston is moving to a field director post with the American War Mothers. The appointment was announced in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
James F. Barton
Ft. Dodge
American Legion
Russell Creviston
Marion
Creviston
American War Mothers’ pAie
Widow Receives Flag From Bryan's Coffin Bearer
After William Jennings Bryan's Arlington burial the flag draped on his casket was given to his widow by Kelso Rice a Chattanooga policeman. She expressed deep gratitude and presented him a silver fountain pen once used by Bryan as a token of thanks. The widow invited Rice and her chauffeur to tour Washington as her guests.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Arlington
Dayton
Tenn
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Chattanooga
A. T. Stewart
Scopes
John T. Raulston
Robbers Gist Admits Murder In Chicago Loop Jewel Heist
In Chicago a bold diamond robbery at the Capitol Building ends with a murder admission. Two gunmen bound S. L. Simmons and escaped with uncut gems valued at $10,000. In Nashua New Hampshire a pair including a 15 year old boy confess to battering two sisters to death to gain their estate.
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New York World News Service
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Drake Hotel
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Criminal Court
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Board of Managers
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Grewe
Russell Whitman
The
Bar Association
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James G. Condon
Carl R. Latham
Charles Centre Case
Edward S. Johnston
John D. Black
Collings
Dever
Lyle
Olson
South Clark Street
Maxwell Street
Heavy storm floods Detroit causing $1 million damage
The July 30 downpour brought the heaviest rainfall in years, flooding industrial plants, sewers and neighborhoods. City officials estimate $1,000,000 in damage with $105,000 in Highland Park streets, $60,000 in merchant losses, and several basements, including City Hall, flooded.
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Highlandark
M. H. Zink
Public Service
Highland Park
Ford River Rouge
Mek
William Jennings Bryan laid to rest at Arlington
The correspondent details Bryan’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery with a simple white marker. He lies beside soldiers and sailors under a rainy sky, as his widow, infirm, remains a hundred yards away in her car. Army troops and a lone sunset gun bid farewell amid a somber crowd and church service.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Arlington National Cemetery
William Jennings Bryart
Tennessee
Ft. Myers
Cemete
Hacred
Bootlegger cremated by friends proposes hide identity
In Cleveland a boot legger wounded in a gun battle with authorities is believed to have been cremated in a haystack to hide his identity. Bones were found in the charred remains after witnesses saw a man place a heavy bundle and set the fire, fleeing to a waiting car.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Pair of Men Slain by Unidentified Gunmen in Bradford
Police say two men were shot to death before noon in Bradford. The victims were found in a car with New York plates. revolvers were on both bodies. One victim was later identified as Tal tin Tallini of Olean. the other was believed from Olean. Officials suspect a vendetta.
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Associated Press
Bradford
New York
Vincent Tallint
Olean
Tallini
Kboth
Cattle Herd Destroyed Near Houston Over Foot and Mouth
About 100 head of cattle were destroyed near Houston to combat a second outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Dr. Marion Imes of the Bureau of Animal Industry called the outbreak a flare back from last year’s infection.
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Houston
Tex
Marion Imes
Bureau of Animal Industry
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