Mellon outlines 1922 tax plan to trim government costs
Secretary Mellon presented revised estimates for 1922 showing total government outlays at about 4.57 billion dollars with revenues of roughly 3.985 billion under proposed tax revisions. He urged spending reductions and proposed clarifying levies on luxuries, apparel, stamps, and specific new taxes to raise money while indicating repeals of ice cream, fountain, perfume, cosmetics, and some tobacco taxes.
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Washington
Aug. S
United States
House Ways and Manne Committee
Mellon
Meljon
Afellon
Ku Klux Klan Letter Warns Bellhops in Texarkana
A letter signed Ku Klux Klan members was delivered to The Four States Press condemning a report on the whipping of Warren Dnkens, a Negro hotel porter. The note pledges to protect “our womanhood” and warns Negro porters and bellhops to beware of violence, implying they may meet the same fate.
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Texarkana
Tex
Four States
Tha
Warren D Nkens
Tesler
Mayous
Bell
Warren
President Harding Sees New World Era in Plymouth Observance
In Plymouth on Aug 2 President Harding led a 100000 strong parade during the Pilgrims tercentenary celebration aboard the Mayflower and addressed hopes for a new era of peace and disarmament. He spoke of recovery from war, renewed faith in peace, and US resolve to sustain national ideals and strength.
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Plymouth
Mass
Harding
United States
Alights on Mount Blanc by Swiss flyer Durnfont
Chamonix France August 1 Mount Blanc the Alps highest peak was conquered by Durnfont a Swiss aviator after two failed attempts He started from Lausanne climbed to a great height and landed on the summit at 116 782 feet above sea level He then descended and landed at Chamonix.
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Chamonix
France
Mount Blanc
Alps
Durnfont
Lausanne
Durafont
Churnonx
Famine Refugees Reported Slain in Russia
Russian dispatches claim famine fugitives clashed with residents near Ekaterinburg as columns of starved people tried to enter the city. Pogroms erupted, thousands purportedly died from hunger and related hardships in the famine districts.
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London
Saya U
British dirigible to sail August twenty fifth
The British naval dirigible Shultt 2-8 will depart Howden England on August 25 for its station at Lakehurst New Jersey, the Navy Department announced.
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Atlantic
Naval Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Washington
Howden
England
Japan signals willingness to discuss at arms conference
Washington reports that Tokyo aims to influence the conference on arms limitation by leveraging the Root Takahira pact. Officials say Japan hopes to forestall broader agreements by stressing the pact’s status as the basis of American Japanese policy in the Far East.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
United ‘States
Japano
Far East
United States
Dap
Aoa
United States Will Not Ignore Any Agreement
The article notes the U S position toward existing treaties with Japan and others, emphasizing a diplomatic definition over fact. It states the Root Takahira accord may be argued to align with the conference spirit and that both governments have communicated and reached a useful understanding to place the Far Eastern situation as the conference’s main topic.
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Ehice
Sficiala
United States
Japan
Takahira
U S Debt Falls $206 Million in July
Washington August 3 The treasury announced a $206 million drop in the public debt for July bringing gross debt to $23 771 000 000 from $23 077 000 000 June 30 Officials attributed the decline to retirement of Treasury certificates of indebtedness and operations of the sinking fund with no new government securities issued during the month.
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Washington
Treasury
Gorky Appeals for Aid to World
Maxim Gorky issues a plea to the American people and the Orthodox Greek Church via Soviet Inter Press to aid Russia amid crop failures and famine. The message calls for bread and medicines, urging humanitarian support and solidarity across Europe and America.
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New York
Maxim Gorky
Manning
Moscow
Russia
Gorry
Allies warn Greece against move on Constantinople
London reports say the Allies warned Greece that an advance on Constantinople would not be tolerated, though no evidence exists of any Greek plan. The British stance remains neutrality between Turkey and Greece, while Athena reports alleging British support for a Greek push are dismissed as absurd.
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London
Alliea
Greece
Constantinople
Athena
Great Britain
Turkey
Widespread Antagonism Grows Over Refunding Bill Fages
Washington August 4 Opposition to the Pen abroad refunding measure defending the treasury secretary's control of ten billion wartime debts gathers in the senate. Key insurgent Republicans Johnson Borah and La Follette join Democrats Underhill Reed Walsh McKellar Simmons as Ashurst switches sides. debate shifts to accountability and urgency of collecting deferred interest from Europe.
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Senate
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Underhill
Alabama
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Leary
Secretary of the Treasury
Ioana
IE Tee Diels
Ioan
Congress
Ashuret
Arizona
Europe
Aahurst
Business boom is on way says national merchants congress
Delegates at the National Congress of Retail Merchants report business near turning point toward prosperity. W. S. Ware cites improving steel, lumber and dry goods sectors as signs of recovery. About two hundred delegates from across the country attended the opening session.
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Chicago
Watt
National Congress of Retail Merchants
Nees
W. S. Ware
Association of Commerce
Legion Men Off for France
More than 250 American Legion members sail from New York aboard a passenger steamer bound for Cherbourg and Bremen. The party, led by National Commander John G. Emery, will visit World War I battlefields where they fought the Germans and disembark at Cherbourg for the tour.
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New York
The
American Legion
Cherbourg
Bremen
John G. Emery
Two student flyers killed in plane crash near Elgin
Lawton Oklahoma dated August 3 reports Capt. John M. McCrae of Los Angeles and Lieut. Francie Nuvemuacher of Berkeley were student officers at the genius observation school at Post fledt when their airplane crashed three miles west of Elgin, killing both men.
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Lawton, Okla
John M. McCrae
Los Angeles
Cal
Francie Nuvemuacher
Berkeley
Genius
Post Fledt
Elgin
Mikado Honors American Wireless Pioneer in Japan
Tokyo August honors go to Owen D. Young vice president of General Electric for services to wireless telegraphy in Japan receiving the fourth class order of merit and the order of the Rising Sun in recognition of his contributions to the core of wireless communications.
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Owen BP. Young
General Electric Company
Leap Sarvicea
Japan
Tokyo
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company of America
Harding Won’t Back Down From Business Relief Pledges
Washington August 1 The Harding administration pledges continued effort to relieve business stagnation over the last four months calling the measures the largest achievement of the country. The White House statement promises cooperation to ease conditions amid ongoing economic strain.
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Harding
Washington
White House
Imperial premiers agree on naval policy plan
London August 1 the conference of imperial premiers tentatively endorses the present system in which each dominion bears the cost of defending its own coast. No official statement has been issued.
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London
Tha Underatoon
Former Comptroller John Williams Criticizes Federal Reserve Banks
John Skelton Williams, former comptroller of the currency, testified before a joint congressional committee. He criticized the administration of Federal Reserve banks amid agricultural concerns and questioned policy directions during Washington proceedings.
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John Skelton Williams
Appaara Fe
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Lydia E. Pinkham Health Ad Promises Relief
An old newspaper advertisement fragment touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for hot flashes nervousness and age related symptoms. It targets middle aged women with claims of privacy and confidential advice, urging readers to consult the product for relief.
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Uel
Robert BU
Les
Birmingham Fragment Rap with Spectator Quarrel
A distorted snippet from a Birmingham text shows two men quarreling over a perceived insult. One challenges threats of violence, saying he would punch any kin to the rival if a cousin is involved, while the other remains wary and denials escalate the dispute.
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