Senate finance plan outlines estate tax hikes and excise changes
Western Newspaper Union reports amendments would raise estate taxes with a new 60 percent top rate on excess over 100 million and cut Candy tax. excise shifts include higher gasoline and hotel tax, and repeal of excess profits tax next June. Opposition forms in Western states to surtax rise. House leaders oppose raising surtax beyond 2 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Wuastarn
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Fordley
Ways and Means Committee
Airplane Sets New Record Between Salt Lake and San Francisco
A United States mail airplane flew six hours flat from Salt Lake City to San Francisco with brief stops at Elko Nevada and Reno. Departed Salt Lake at 6:82 a m Mountain time with 400 pounds of mail and arrived in San Francisco at 11:82 Pacific time. Pilots were J. R. Viger on the Salt Lake to Elko segment C K Vance on Elko to Reno and Jack Baton on Reno to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cal
Salt Lake City
Elko
Reno
Nevada
Salt Lake
Mountain
Elke
J. R. Viger
Mike
C.K. Vance
Jack Baton
Unemployment Discussed by British Labor Leaders
A two hour conference of the Trades Union Congress general council Labor party executives and Labor MPs debated unemployment. In reply to Premier Lloyd George they pledged to appoint a committee to meet the premier and discuss practical measures for the present national emergency.
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London
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Premler Tlloyd George
Laborites
Bandits Rail at Detroit Post Office in $100000 Heist
Four men hold up a wagon near the Detroit main post office and steal twenty six mall pouches. Three pouches contain registered currency from Canadian banks destined for Detroit banks, with officials estimating total value above $100,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Post Office
Nations invited to Washington arms conference expand list
Belgium Holland and Portugal receive invitations to join the November arms conference alongside France Great Britain Italy Japan and China. Officials say interallied debts will not be discussed and the delegation lacks authority to commit on loan issues.
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Washington
Belgium
Tolland
Portugal
United States
Hughes
Far East
China
Holland
London
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Ching
Crissinger Says Fed Aid Should Help Business Not Profits
Comptroller Crissinger told bankers that the Federal Reserve must aid business, not inflate profits. He warned against profiteering banks seeking easy gains and urged charter scrutiny while noting improving business and financial conditions. He proposed an International Bank of Exchange with U S backing to stabilize European currencies and help reconstruction.
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Crissinger
Federal Reserve
Los Angeles
Calif
Pew
Caurtency
Neatonal Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks of
West
International Bank of Exchange
United States
Europe
Major Gen Dickman Retires from U S Army
Major General Joseph T Dickman who commanded the Eighth Corps Area with HQ at Fort Sam Houston Texas and formerly led the army of occupation in Germany retires after more than forty five years of service. Secretary Weeks announced Maj Gen Samuel D Sturgis will fill the vacancy.
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Dickman
Washington
Joseph T. Dickman
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Army of Occupation
Germany
Army
Weeks
Samuel D. Sturgis
Predetermination Study Begins at Carnegie on Long Island
A new test on predetermination of sex at the Carnegie Institution on Long Island uses manuals for the first time. Researchers segregate a carefully chosen family of mice to study hormonal and developmental factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carnegie Institution
Long Island
Third Man Convicted in Marysville Murder Case
Owen Trowe was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing John D. Koples, a former Anderson Indiana merchant. Howe is the third man found guilty in the case, with Suck Me. Ci identified Howe as a witness.
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Marysville
Calif
Owen Trowe
John D. Koples
Anderson, Ind
Howe
Suck Me. Ci
Thirty Three Die In Wreck Near Paria Tunnel
A rear end collision of two suburban trains in a half mile tunnel leading to St. Lazare station caused a fire and gas reservoir explosion. Seventeen of the injured died in hospitals, raising tunnel wreck deaths to thirty three.
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Paria
St. Lazare
Havas
Pastor Split Fees Over Marriages Dismissed in Delaware
The Rev RBP Western a retired Methodist minister from Elkton Maryland was dismissed after an ecclesiastical jury convicted him on fourteen counts. He admitted splitting 500 with jury drivers for marriage ceremonies and says he performed about 200 ceremonies since August 1.
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Wilmington
Del
Rb.p. Western
Elkton
Western
Article 26 Amended by League of Nations Assembly
The League of Nations assembly adopted an amended Article 26 removing unanimity for amendments. The first change under the new rule concerns Article 16 on blockades, with debates over delaying elections and risks of delaying the decision. Lord Cecil warned that ambassador delays threaten world peace.
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Union News Service
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
League
Holland
Poland
Council
M. R. DeMarces van Swinderen
Netherlands
Robert Cecil
Schools Return to Private Control in Russia
M Lunacharsky, former Russian minister of education, announced decentralization and denationalization of schools and theaters. He has reached Riga and intends to go to Italy to represent the Third International at the Italian Socialist conference. The central government will devolve school management to local governments funded by taxation.
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Iiga
Russia
M. Lunacharsky
Riga
Italy
Arbuckle Lawyer Withdraws From Fatty Arbuckle Case
Frank E. Dominguez announced he had withdrawn as a member of counsel for Roscoe C. Arbuckle in the manslaughter trial over Miss Virginia Rappe. He cited inability to devote required time in San Francisco for the defense and released a letter to Arbuckle for publication.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Frank E. Dominguez
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Dominguez
Arbuckle
San Francisco
Ruling Saves Ford 2 Million in Patent Appeal
Judges Baker Evans and Page of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by Judge A B Anderson in Indianapolis, reducing damages from nearly two million dollars awarded to the K W Ignition Company for patent infringement.
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Chicago
Henry Ford
Baker, Evans and Page
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
K. W. Ignition Company
Booze Smuggler Carried Gems Incident in Cleveland
A man dressed as a federal agent tried to smuggle twenty cases of whisky into Cleveland. Police shot and killed him. another man was arrested. In the slain officer’s pockets lay diamonds and papers bearing the name C. M. Munz of Pittsburgh.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Revenue Agent
C. M. Munz
Puttsburgh
New 16 Inch Rifle to Be Tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Washington reports a new sixteen inch rifle said to surpass any naval gun and other ordnance developments to be tested at the Army ordnance proving grounds in Aberdeen Maryland. The tests aim to demonstrate power and reliability of the latest arms technology.
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Washington
Army Ordnance
Aberdeen
Bergdoll Heirs Seek Return Of Seized Property
Mrs Emma C Bergdoll and Charles A Braun siblings of Grover Bergdoll draft evader sue in DC Supreme Court for the return of property valued at 176 04 25 seized as belonging to Grover Bergdoll including bank deposits and mortgages later claimed as their property by the Bergdolls.
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Bergdoll
Washington
Emma C. Bergdoll
Charles A. Braun
Grover
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Thomas W. Miller
Frank White
United States
Grover Bergdoll
Hoover says recovery underway but no boom yet
Secretary Hoover told the American Manufacturers' Export Association that the economy shows springtime recovery with higher bond prices and lower rates. He cited rising output in textiles, coal, iron, steel, shoes, and construction, and noted foreign exchange instability as the main barrier to a full foreign trade rebound. He warned stability abroad hinges on stabilizing currencies, especially the German mark.
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New York
Hoover
American Manufacturers' Export Association
Federal Reserve
Daugherty Endorses Probe Of Ku Klux Klan
Attorney General Daugherty endorsed a congressional investigation into the Ku Klux Klan saying it would clear up the situation. He said the Justice Department would turn over all information it has on the organization and would be represented at hearings if held.
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Washington
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Department
Wyoming Notes Take Stock Of Sudden Deaths And Local Happenings
Albany County undersheriff George Price dies on Laramie street. Cheyenne opens Nonpartisan League office with Harry M. Lux staff. Cody mother of eighteen children, Oniala birth claim disputed by Mrs. John O Mara of Cody. Basin’s Clyde W. Atherly nominated as Wyoming surveyor general. Multiple postmaster nominees listed in Bisbee and Ogden. Child dies after bonfire accident near Stana Vaughn. Cheyenne filter plant worker nearly dies from chlorine fumes. Episcopal rector Rev. Morten Joslin dies in Rock Springs. Casper drowning of Claude Crouse in Platte river. Trout stocks jeopardized by low streams in Cheyenne district. Thermopolis federation presidents named. Gambling probe nets $8000 holdups near Thermopolis. Moose shot near Black Rock. Cody newcomer Robert Tisdale dies from moonshine poisoning. Deer branded years ago reappears near Powder River. Justifiable homicide verdict in Casper case. Gebo coal shipments rise as winter nears. new worker housing under construction.
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Robert Tisdale
Cody
Kennett MacDonald
Powder River
Salem
Casper
Noy Hurrell
Robert Brown
Pearl Williams
Brown
Gebo
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Bandits
Robert J. Formad
America
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Hol
U. S
Calicut
British India
Thuvur
U. 5
Bank Exchange
Lord Cecil
Ford
Madeline Starhill
Philadelphia
Quaker City
George Price
Albany County
Laramie City
Cheyenne
Nonpartisan League
Harry M. Lux
Lux
Oniala
John O'Mara
Clyde W. Atherly
Basin
Harding
Bisbee
Aziz
Charles W. Hicks
Ogden
Utah
Rufus A. Garner
Stana
Charles Vaughn
Rock Springs
Leonard Hines
Cheyenne City
Morten Joslin
Holy Communion Episcopal Church
Wyo
Laramie
N. 8. Thomas
Claude Crouse
Platte River
Crouse
Cheyenne District
Lin I
Noble
Thermopolis
Wyoming Federation of Women’s Clubs
Greybull
W. A. Gage
Worland
Albert Rochelle
Lusk
C. S. Stewart
Elizabeth Wiley
G. F. Hamilton
Sheridan
Crosby
Gus Taylor
Ben Williams
Mike Todonvich
Charles Burley
Ilverton
Black Rock
Duborg
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