President Wilson's December State of the Union Message
President Wilson outlines tax reform a budget system and independence for the Philippines Armenia and Allied issues. He urges economy in government, specific appropriations, and a seven point plan including a workable budget with a single committee, and calls for cooperation with departments and the Treasury to retire floating debt and accelerate postwar recovery.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Congress of Practices
Treasury
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Admiral Morgan Heads to Shanghai to Direct Gunboat Move
Rear Admiral Casey B. Morgan commander of the Sixteenth Naval District Philippines sails on the destroyer Rizal toward Shanghai to direct the transfer of American gunboats tasked with protecting American interests amid southern China tensions as clashes in cities intensify.
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Casey B. Morgan
Sixteenth Naval District
Philippines
Shanghai
Rizal
Tiang
China
Muthhour Chin Jong Sho
Tax Revision Ages Immediate Urges Higher Taxes and New Fees
Immediate proposal for a four-year national tax overhaul includes a 2 percent income tax rise on incomes up to $5,000, repeal of excess profits taxes, and broader levies. It calls for a 2 cent gasoline tax, 50 cent per horsepower car license tax, higher corporate taxes, new taxes on cigars tobacco candy and toilet goods, plus a complex readjustment of surtaxes and saved versus spent income taxation.
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Dee
Houston
Congress
Treasury
Two mail bandits sentenced in federal case
Des Moines Dec 8 Fred Poffenbarger and Orville Phillips of Connell Bluffs were sentenced to 18 and 23 years in Leavenworth by Judge Alarton J Wade after pleading guilty in the tig mui! robbery case.
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Orville Phillips
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Connell Bluffs
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Alartin J. Wade
United States District Court
London Embassy Chief Clerk Dies
Frank Hodson, chief clerk of the American embassy in London, died after an illness. He had lived in London for 34 years and was widely known among Americans worldwide.
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Clork
Frank Hodson
President-Elect Asks Co-operation Of Senate
President-elect Warren G. Harding bade farewell to the Senate as he prepared to take office on March 4 next. He expressed hope for cooperation from colleagues and noted it would be the first time a president-elect attended Senate sessions as a member. The galleries were packed and many stood outside unable to gain admission. Harding spoke softly, his eyes bright with tears as he began his farewell.
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State of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Germany
Oly Pallant Mien
Washington
Warren G. Harding
United States
Harding
Senate
Haye
Coast Guard Reports Record Life Saving in Fiscal Year
Washington December 10 new records in saving life and assisting distressed seamen were set by the coast guard in the last fiscal year. Rescues totaled 2417 and vessels and cargoes valued at 65,472,705 were aided. The force boarded 2000 vessels, seized 601 craft, and aviation became a key factor with a new station at Marechaill City, N. O.
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Coast Guard
W. EL Reynolds
Mareheail City
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Coeds Vote Independence at Pitt University
Pittsburgh, Dec. 10. Coeds of the University of Pittsburgh voted unanimously for self-government under a newly formed Women's Activities association. The group is empowered to decide on social life discipline joint system health scholarship and housing for woman students.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Women's Activities Association
Mine Wage Boost Refused in Philadelphia Meeting
Representatives of the anthracite mine operators told workers they will fix individual inequities within the current agreement but oppose any general wage increases or moves to reopen the United States anthracite coal commission process.
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Dee
United States
Textile mills cut wages forecast after conference
A wage reduction of 2 3 percent in New England and New York textile mills was forecast in a statement issued after a conference of textile manufacturers. About 75 percent of the industry, including cotton and woolen makers, was represented. the industry employed 800,000 people.
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New England
New York State
News Bits From 1920s Turmoil and Political Moves
A chaotic 1920s roundup covers a wide range of events with names like Harding Wilson and Archibald Williamson. It notes the presidency, parliamentary debates in London, security concerns, labor shifts, and economic plans, including debt certificates and war finance moves, in a rapidly shifting international scene.
Nations Admit Luxemburg and Finland to League
Geneva reports the League of Nations assembly committee voted to admit Luxemburg and Finland into the League. The rest of the page appears to be market quotes and commodity prices with scattered data on grains flour and livestock.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly Committee On the
Luxemburg
Finland
League of Nations
International famine relief drive before winter
The president called Americans to fund relief for a China famine that imperils about 50.9 million people with 20 million deaths possible. Thomas Lamont chaired a 130 member national committee with Norman Davis as treasurer, to organize a nationwide collection.
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Dee
Wilson
Thomas , Lamont
J.P. Morgan & Co
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State Department
Fie Hid
China
Thomas Weliamont Yoricity
Norman Davis
Europe
Near East
U S Back Rhine Protest from Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatch reports the American representative aligning with allied governments in protesting speeches by German officials in occupied territories. The note underscores the unified stance against such remarks and the ongoing Allied response to German government actions.
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