Senate finance plan seeks steep estate tax hikes and new excises
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports amendments to the tax revision would impose an 60 percent estate tax on excess over 100 million, raise corporate and surtax rates, restore a capital stock tax, and cut or remove various excises. Opponents from western states plan to fight the higher surtax and estate tax, while 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 City and San Francisco
A United States mail airplane set a six hour record from Salt Lake City to San Francisco with stops at Elko and Reno. The flight departed Salt Lake at 6:82 a m Mountain time with 400 pounds of mail and arrived at 11:82 Pacific time. Pilots were J. R. Viger for Salt Lake to Elko, C. K. Vance for Elko to Reno, and Jack Baton for 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
British discuss unemployment at joint Labour Conference
A two hour session brought together the general council of the Trades Union Congress, Labor party executives, and Labor MPs to address unemployment. Responding to Prime Minister Lloyd George, Laborites said they would appoint a committee to meet him and discuss practical measures for the national emergency.
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London
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Premler Tlloyd George
Laborites
Bandits Take $100,000 From Detroit Mall Pouches
Four men robbed a Detroit mall wagon near the main post office taking twenty six registered pouches. Three contained currency consignments from Canadian banks for exchange clearings in Detroit. Officials estimate the registered pouch value likely exceeds $100,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Post Office
Nations Invited to Washington Armament Conference Adds Belgium Holland Portugal
Washington reports three more nations Belgium Holland and Portugal have accepted invitations to join the Washington armament conference. China was invited earlier to participate in Pacific and Far Eastern discussions. The U S says interallied debts will not be on the agenda and that the delegation lacks authority to pursue them.
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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 to business not profits
Comptroller Crissinger told bankers that the Federal Reserve should aid business rather than boost bank profits. He cited reform against profiteering, urged an International bank of exchange backed by U S power, and called for restoration of European credit with U S tariff support to aid reconstruction and stability.
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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 General Dickman Retires From Army Service
Major General Joseph T. Dickman, commander of the Eighth corps area with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and former chief of the army of occupation in Germany, retires after more than forty five years of service. Secretary Weeks announced that the vacancy in major general would be filled by Major General Samuel D. Sturgis.
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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 of Sex Experiments Begin at Carnegie Station
New tests on sex predetermination move forward at the Carnegie Institution station on Long Island. Researchers begin using a carefully chosen family of mice that has been segregated for the experiments, marking a first in these manual guided studies.
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New York
Carnegie Institution
Long Island
Third Man Convicted of Murder in Marysville Case
Owen Trowe was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of John D. Koples, a former Anderson Indiana merchant. Howe is the third man sentenced in the case, with Ci as a witness against Howe.
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Marysville
Calif
Owen Trowe
John D. Koples
Anderson, Ind
Howe
Suck Me. Ci
Trains Wreck in Paria Tunnel Claims 33 Lives
A rear end collision of two suburban trains in a half mile tunnel near St Lazare station caused a fiery wreck and gas reservoir explosion. Seventeen of the injured have died, bringing the death toll to thirty three, per Havas.
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Paria
St. Lazare
Havas
Pastor Split Fees in Delaware Church Dismissal
The Rev RBP Western a retired Methodist minister from Elkton Md was dropped from his Wilmington church after an ecclesiastical jury found him guilty on fourteen counts. He admitted splitting about 500 with jury drivers for marriage ceremonies and said he performed around 200 such rites since August 1.
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Wilmington
Del
Rb.p. Western
Elkton
Western
Article 26 Amended by League Assembly
Geneva reports the League of Nations votes to ease covenant amendments by eliminating unanimity. Article 26 now requires five votes in the assembly with three fourths majority and council input, ratified by league members. Debate centers on Article 16 blockade rules and suspending elections. tensions rise as delays threaten global 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, ex education minister, announced decentralization of Russia’s schools and denationalization of theaters. He has reached Riga and aims for Italy to attend the Italian Socialist conference. The central government will transfer school management to local governments funded by taxation.
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Iiga
Russia
M. Lunacharsky
Riga
Italy
Arbuckle Lawyer Resigns From Manslaughter Case
Los Angeles announces that Frank E. Dominguez, counsel for Roscoe C. Arbuckle, has withdrawn from the defense in the manslaughter trial over the death of Virginia Rappe. He stated in a letter he cannot devote needed time in San Francisco to continue the defense.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Frank E. Dominguez
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Dominguez
Arbuckle
San Francisco
Ford victory cuts patent damages to two million
A three judge panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Judge A B Anderson of Indianapolis, ruling that Henry Ford avoids about 2,000,000 in damages claimed by the K W Ignition Company for alleged patent infringement. The decision, by Judges Baker Evans and Page, saves Ford a substantial sum.
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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
In Cleveland Ohio a man wearing a badge claiming federal revenue agent status was shot by police and another man arrested after five men tried to smuggle twenty cases of whisky into the city. The dead officer had diamonds and papers bearing the name C M Munz of Pittsburgh in his pockets.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Revenue Agent
C. M. Munz
Puttsburgh
New Sixteen Inch Rifle to Be Tested at Aberdeen
Washington reports a new sixteen inch rifle claimed to be more powerful than any naval gun, along with other ordnance developments to be tested at the army ordnance proving grounds in Aberdeen Maryland.
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Washington
Army Ordnance
Aberdeen
Mrs Bergdoll Seeks Return of Grover Bergdoll Property
Mrs Emma Bergdoll and Charles Braun, Grover Bergdoll relatives, sue in the DC Supreme Court for restitution of $176 04 25 in bank deposits and mortgages seized as Grover Bergdoll property. They claim the assets as their own and name Thomas W Miller and Frank White in the action.
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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 cites early recovery and price stability hopes
Secretary of Commerce Hoover told the American Manufacturers' Export Association that the nation is in the early springtime of recovery with easier credit and rising bond prices. He noted increases in production across textiles coal iron steel shoes and building materials and emphasized that stability in foreign exchanges is essential for a durable revival. He warned inflation abroad hinders foreign trade and urged coordinated actions to stabilize currencies including the German mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 clarify the situation. He stated the Department of Justice would turn over information to the committee and that DOJ would be represented at hearings if held.
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Washington
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Department
Wyoming Brief News Notes Highlights From Across State
Undersheriff George Price of Albany County died of heart trouble in Laramie. Wyoming Nonpartisan League opens Cheyenne office under Harry Lux. Mrs O Mara of Cody reportedly mother of eighteen children. Oniala reports a woman bore twenty four. Clyde Atherly nominated Wyoming surveyor general by President Harding. postmaster nominees named at Bisbee and Ogden. A child burned fatally near a bonfire in Stana Vaughn family. Cheyenne filter plant worker nearly died from chlorine fumes, saved by lung motor. Rev Morten Joslin of Rock Springs dies. Bishop N S Thomas present at death. Claude Crouse drowns in Platte river. Brook trout stocks decline due to drought. eggs sink in mud. Lin I Noble re-elected president of Wyoming Federation of Women’s Clubs. Three alleged gambling operations near Thermopolis yield a $8,000 haul to robbers. three suspects faced bond. Ilverton hunter Charles Burley first to bag a moose this season, 1200 pounds. Robert Tisdale dies of moonshine poisoning in Cody. A five point buck deer branded on Powder River by H H Block Salem at Casper. Coroner's verdict of justifiable homicide in Casper over a boarding house shooting. Coal shipments from Gebo rise as cool weather begins. new worker houses 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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Lord Cecil
Ford
Madeline Starhill
Philadelphia
Quaker City
George Price
Albany County
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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
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