Decentralizing Internal Revenue Work Planned for Pacific Coast
The Treasury plans decentralizing internal revenue headquarters to four Pacific coast cities Portland Los Angeles Tacoma and San Francisco likely within a month. Secretary Mellon says district offices cannot audit and close large numbers of returns and the tax simplification board will recommend improvements to speed and local handling while preserving a central point for uniform interpretation. Assistant Secretary Dover will tour the Pacific coast for general customs service inspection.
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Treasury
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Newberry Case Triggers Senate Confrontation In Congress
The Newberry case sparks a senate clash as McKellar and Townsend exchange bitter personal attacks while presiding Sen Robinson orders decorum. The dispute centers on a campaign expenditure rule authored by McKellar and proposals to require expense disclosures.
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Congress
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Sennator Townsend
Michigan
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Senator Townsend
Townsend
King
Utah
Navy plans 213 aircraft for fleet defense and scouting
Rear Admiral Moffatt presented a plan to the Senate Naval Committee detailing a fiscal year equipment program for 213 airplanes across battleships, cruisers, scouts, and other vessels. The mix includes fighter, observation, scout, torpedo, and bombing planes plus four kite balloons per battleship and catapult launches to extend reach.
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Senate Naval Committee
Moffatt
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Prosecution of War Contract Frauds Aimed by Daugherty
Attorney General Daugherty seeks a 500000 appropriation to fund lawyers and expert accountants to prosecute war contract frauds. Henry L. Stimson will be chief prosecutor. recoveries could exceed 192 million in 275 civil cases. The War Department audits 135000 cases. five years projected to complete.
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New York
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War Department
Department of Wartime
Congress
Doctor's Dilemma in China
Excerpt from A Fortnight In a Cargo Boat by William L. Hall in Asia Magazine describes a rain-soaked day with patients seeking help. A boy with a broken arm lingers, traditional healers offer harmful remedies, and a bedridden woman and a leper beg for relief while a girl fears an abusive marriage. The narrator contemplates amputation and urges modern treatment.
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William L. Hall
Asia Magazine
The Tipping Problem in Italy and Nice
A traveler describes tipping schemes in Italy and Nice. In Italy a 10 percent tip is added to the bill and distributed by management. In Nice a voucher system allows personally rewarding good service while neglecting poorer treatment, yet the traveler questions if this is truly better.
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Italy
Bus passenger falls attempting exit as bus speeds away
An elderly man fatally misjudges a stop as a moving bus tilts, falls into the road, and scrambles after the vehicle. The injured man confronts the conductor asking why the bus did not stop. The conductor replies he could not tell the passenger intended to reboard.
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Kansas City Star
How Our Grandparents Talked A Glimpse of vintage phrases
An elderly contributor shares a small sampler of words once common in the era. Sniptious meant smart and perky in New York, I bonus it signified I claim it, and manavelings described tasty morsels from a dish in Long Island. Gawmed up described a face or a child’s expression, with gaumed used in England. Scamulfugated linked two young people in a fond pair.
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New York
Long Island
England
John
Jane
Boston Transcript
Unmarried Americans in the United States
The report notes that over forty five in the United States are unmarried, with upwards of 1,600,000 men and women in this category. About 100,000 men around 70 are bachelors and there are an equal number of women aged 64 or more who remain unmarried.
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United States
Unusual Soups and Dishes From The Kitchen Cabinet
A kitchen notebook presents Crumbs Cream Soup and Fiemiah Soup with step by step instructions, plus Fruit Rolls and Hungarian Goulash and Veal dishes with stock, vegetables, and cheese. Also included are Veal Soup and a Honey Caraway Loaf Cake recipe for home cooks.
Science on Farm Canadian Tillers Prove Old Methods Gone
An article praising Canadian agriculture as a professional field notes rising education through agricultural colleges and experimental farms. It highlights crop rotation, soil preservation, and research support from the Dominion, urging urban readers to study farming. It cites successful nontraditional farmers achieving high honors through intelligent practice and invites inquiries.
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Canada
Nationalife
Lfe
Dominion
W. S. Nethery
Wanted designer to craft latest car carpet designs
A Boston Transcript item notes an advertisement seeking an experienced designer to create the newest designs for car carpets for a carpet factory. The phrasing is brief and somewhat unclear, but the intent is to recruit a skilled designer for automotive textile patterns.
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Boston Transcript
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promotes Trio Toilet Product
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and scented economical powder for face skin pony and dusting use. It is pitched as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment.
Lost Interest After Exhausted Argument
A man loses interest in a subject once his argument is exhausted. A busy tongue tends to make sources of explanation seem busier.
Soft coal use to aid heavier winter work advert
An old ad notes soft coal will ease heavier winter tasks and promotes Red Canis Ball Blue to remove grime, inviting readers to purchase at grocers.
Doctor Johnson’s Dictionary Fame and Earnings
The text notes Samuel Johnson earned about 8000 dollars for his dictionary and spent seven years completing the work. For his other writings he received only small sums, reflecting the period’s varied authorial pay.
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