Madden proposes automatic 25 percent income tax reduction
Representative Madden offers a bill to let the president proclaim a tax refund when a Treasury surplus exceeds 50 million dollars. The plan would credit taxpayers a portion of their income tax, based on the surplus, with a minimum of 50 million and a 25 percent reference point, mirroring a past policy.
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New York World News Service
Washington
House
Representative Madden
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Madden
Congress
Ackerman
Rep
N. J
Heth
Piracy Charges May Be Filed In Boston Seizure Case
Boston report says piracy warrants may be sought against prize crew from the USCG Tampa after the Brit ish schooner Bachman was seized last October near Cape Ann. Judge Morton ruled the seizure violated a US GB liquor treaty, and Nova Scotia authorities seek names of crew for possible piracy charges.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Tampa
Marjorie EF. Bachman
Cape Ann
Morton
United States District Court
Bachman
United States
Great Britain
Atorneys
Ahearn
Nova Scotia
State Department
Washington
Matthew L. McGrath
Decisio
Mental disorders rise among New York’s poor families report says
The Charity Organization Society's forty second annual findings show diagnosed mental disease doubled in five years to affect 246 families eight percent with suspected cases. Mental defectiveness rose to 12 percent, and one quarter of families faced disability from illness or industrial accidents.
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New York World News Service
New York
Charity Organization Society
Ireland
Germany
Italy
England
United States
America
Germany Mourns Death of Ebert in Quiet Funeral Plans
Berlin observes national grief as the body of President Ebert is moved from the sanitarium to the palace. Officials declare days of mourning while crowds gather outside Wilhelmstrasse to pay respect amid security presence. Ebert, a poor man by birth, led Germany through postwar turmoil before dying at 54 after acute appendicitis and peritonitis.
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Frau Ebert
West
Wilhelmstrasse Palace
Reich
Berlin
Ellert
Henesty
Ebert
Mark Brandenburg
Friedrich
Carl
Jennéke
Foreign Office
White House
Hugo Stinnes
August Bier
Hugo Stinnes, Jr
Death of Ebert Stirs Washington Officials
Washington mourns German President Ebert as officials led by President Coolidge Secretary Hughes Kellogg and Senator Borah express deep sympathy and note the Dawes plan era challenges. U.S. officials reflect on Germany's leadership and European stability amid the untimely death.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ebert
Coolidge
Drert
Luther
United States
Germany
Frank B. Kellogg
Hughes
Europe
Borah
Dr. Ebert
Liquor Fugitive Becomes Pastor in California Claim
Laura Steepleton’s divorce suit in Brooklyn reveals Clifford A. Steepleton, once sought by federal agents on bootlegging charges, writes from California claiming to be a Southern pastor of a Methodist church. He says he aims to confess and return if jailed, while Laura alleges misconduct in 1924 and notes his disappearance after the accusations.
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New York World News Service
New York
Supreme Court
Dike
Brooklyn
Laura M.steepleton
Clifford A. Steepleton
California
Federas
Steepleton
Laura
Southern
Afd
Stéepleton
British Schooner C. A. Anderson Seized by Coast Guard
The two masted schooner C. A. Anderson was towed to New London by the Redwing after being found less than eight miles south of Montauk Point with 1070 cases of whisky. Nine crew members face arraignment in Providence for entering U S waters while bound for a foreign destination. Captain Knickle said the vessel was bound from Lunenburg to St Pierre Miquelon and off course when seized.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Redwing
C. A. Anderson
Providence
United States
Anderson
Jouett
Montauk Point
Knickle
Lunenburg
N. S
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Bon-Opto Eye Care Ad Encourages Preventive Use
A vintage style ad urges readers to protect eyesight with Bon-Opte eye tonic. It claims easy use quick relief from irritation and says Bon-Opte strengthens vision without needing an eye specialist. It promotes availability at drug stores and endorsing doctors.
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Eydotto
Four Charged With Mailing Drugs to Actress Dorothy Ross
Four men were arrested in New York on narcotics charges for allegedly mailing regular drug shipments to Dorothy Ross, a New York born actress later in Los Angeles. The suspects include Dr. F. M. Ranney, Edward Tarwell, Abraham Tarwell, and August Bucher, with prescriptions allegedly issued by Ranney. The case involves alleged mailings to Ross, described by federal agents as a motion picture actress.
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New York
Dorothy Ross
Los Angeles
F. M. Ranney
Edward and
Abraham Tartell
August Bucher
Bowery Hotel
A. Cie
Miss Ross
Carrést
Angeles
Presbyterians Open Fight on Modernism in 1920s Church
A letter and ensuing debate reveal Presbyterians split over modernism with Dr. C. E. Macartney agreeing to speak at a Cincinnati mass meeting on March 23. Los Angeles Presbytery condemns mass meetings to influence General Assembly Commissioners. Forbes calls such gatherings unethical and outside presbyteries.
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Lfe
C. E. Macartney
General Assembly
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Presbytery
Los Angeles
Broadway Presbyterian Church of
New York
W. O. Forbes
Department of Sunday School Missions
Pacific Coast District
Rev. Forbes
Presbytery of
Macartney
Stevenson
Presbyterian Men of
Finnis Farr
New York Pre
Whalton
Union Local 906 Offers Service Car for Help-Wanted Calls
J Q Huddle chair of Union International Local No 906 announces a service car to shuttle engineers or boiler operatives to plants sending help wanted calls. About 200 men are charter members in the new union, distinct from Local 13. He notes the claim that the union seeks to unseat workers is unfounded as all men are currently employed.
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J. Q. Huddle
Chicago
Huddle
Union
Pre School Teaching Urged by Detroit Educator
Mrs. A Wille head of the Detroit Nursery School urged the American Association of University Women at the Business Men's Club dinner last night to focus on teaching the young child. She emphasized early instruction and regulating diet to curb bad habits formed before schooling.
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A. Wille
Detroit
American Association of University Women
Business Men's Club
Willie
Pockeyx Picked Of $2% Franklins Of 218 Whittaker
Fragmentary OCR note mentions addresses 218 Whittaker and East End streets Fish and Walnut, with unclear context about Pockeyx and Franklin values amid possible street scene or listing.
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Franklins
Whittaker
Fish and Walnut Streets
Stone appointed day chief in Ohio
Thomas E. Stone, unassigned divisional prohibition chief, will become Acting Ohio Federal Prohibition Director in Columbus, replacing J. E. Poussell who is indicted in the $500,000 Ohio liquor permit scandal. John H. Harper took over Russell’s duties. Stone’s transfer follows suspension of Russell and Copeland. Attorneys arranged for Youngstown defendants to surrender in Cleveland. Grossberg’s forgery case remains. he faces extradition and possible exile or trial.
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Cleveland
Thomas E. Stone
Columbus
Ohio
J. E. Poussell
Washington
John ‘H. Harper
Internal Revenue Department
Russell
M. B. Copeland
Rey A. Haynes
Colambus
Stone
New York
Department of Justice
E. Cc. Yellowley
Prohibition
Youngstown
A. E. Bernsteen
United States
Maurice Bernon
Common Pleas
Harry A. Grossberg
Capias
Grossberg
Armand Drug and Candy Company
Hayner
Canada
Bernsteen
Liquor storage crisis rises as warehouses fill
Washington officials warn seized liquor stock will overflow government warehouses and leases. Assistant Secretary Moss says the dry law enforcement is challenged as courts push faster dispositions. Justice Department orders speedier actions by U S Attorneys to destroy or remove temporary booze holdings.
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Washington
Treasury
Moss
Department of Justice
United States
Southern Railway Posts Record Year Amid Profit Rise
The Southern Railway reported 1924 as a prosperous year with record net earnings per share of 12.30 on common stock and 3.93 per share equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries. The operating ratio fell to 72 percent, with December 1924 at 65.8 percent, aided by faster freight movement, higher car utilization, coal savings, and a 10 percent cost-cutting bonus plan.
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Southern Railway
United States
Southern
Balto the Movie Star Heads to Nome
In a New York World column Balto is staged for Hollywood treatment with heroic dog teamwork and dramatic scenes. The piece jokes about exaggerated fakery yet defends art over strict fact while noting the extreme cold and staged tears for the Balto tale.
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New York
Balto
Nome
Hollywood
Gunnar Kasson
Mr. Kasson
Kasson
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