New 15 Percent Tax Cut Proposed by Nelson Plan
Washington reports government experts have outlined the Nelson plan to Congress. The draft calls for a 16 percent overall tax cut aimed at easing business burdens, with a top surtax rate drop from 40 to 20 percent and the removal of inheritance and large gift taxes. It also proposes repealing the publicity clause and rewriting depreciation deductions for corporations. The plan seeks higher exemptions but faces questions about funding for normal tax reductions.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Department
Treasury
Busi‘mess
Stone Dies in Cleveland Hospital Rail Leader Stone dies at 65 in Ohio hospital
Warren Stanford Stone, sixty five, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died in a Cleveland hospital from an acute Brights disease attack. He oversaw about 150 million dollars in the union's business interests. His wife was at home in Cleveland. they had no children. Stone had founded the organization’s vast financial ventures.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren Stanford Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Yall Ita
Bright
Stone
Legacy of a Brotherhood Leader at the 22 story Bank Building
Mr. Stone rose from 48 locomotive fireman to grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He led the organization as it owned and leased the 22 story Bank building to the Co operative National Bank. The building has just been completed. He became jan engineer in 1870 and advanced, serving a quarter century before his 1908 election as grand chief.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Bank
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Co-operative National Bank
Stone
Chinese Troops Fire on Americans in Canton
Four Americans were fired upon in Canton as Yunnan troops attempt to seize the city. The wounded include Mrs Aprampton, while Mr Crampton, superintendent of buildings at Christian College, is named among those fleeing. authorities advise all Americans to leave.
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Canton
Rs. Frack
Crampton
Rs. Montgomery
Ogden
Orange
Iyer Inn
Aprampton
Christian College
Death of Peterson reported in local notice
A brief death notice notes that Peterson died after an illness. The item lists no further details, but confirms the passing and local acknowledgment.
Premier Flies to Moor Front in Plane
Paris reports Premier Paul Painleve and war minister depart for Morocco by air with General Jacquemont and aviation undersecretary M. Laurent Eynns. Government signals end of watchful waiting as Abd el Krim’s tribesmen threaten, with Lyautey seeking 160 additional aircraft.
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Paris
Paul Palmieve
Morocco
North Africa
Jacquemont
M. Laurent Eynns
France
Bourget
Buc
Orly
Issy
Marshal Lyautey
M. Painleve
Painleve
Abd-el-Krim
Missing 7 After Launch Fire Off Atlantic City
A 75 foot launch Crystal carrying Northfield club members burned seven miles at sea near Atlantic City New Jersey. Seven are missing and more than a dozen people are hospitalized with burns and near drowning after a gasoline tank exploded. Survivors say a cigarette may have ignited gasoline.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Hospital
Northfield
Six Chinese Killed Aiding British at Hankow
Six Chinese were killed and many wounded defending the British concession in Hankow as rioters attacked the Butterfield and Swire wharfs. Volunteers mobilized for three hours, aided by foreign gunboats, as a mass assault followed.
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Hankow
Butterfield
Swir
President Coolidge to Start Vacation June 23
Washington reports plans for a quick departure to Swampscott after the semiannual budget meeting on June 22. Under current arrangements the President will leave Washington June 28, with a possible delay if cool weather persists.
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Washington
White House
Swampscott
Alleged Bank Bandit Captured Near Golconda Farmhouse
The second suspect in the Carreville Bank robbery, about 617000 dollars, was captured at a farmhouse ten miles north of Golconda by deputy sheriff Fred Glass.
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Golconda
Fred Glass
Storms injure scores across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa
A Friday night storm outbreak caused extensive property damage and injuries in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Emergency crews reported damaged buildings and scattered injuries as severe weather moved through the region.
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Bes Moines
Way
Minnesota
Iowa
Kellogg Warns Mexico to Protect Americans Rights
Secretary of State Kellogg warned Mexico must safeguard American lives and property and meet international obligations or risk U.S. support. He cited ongoing joint claims commissions, stressed protections under agrarian laws, and called for indemnification of U.S. citizens while cautioning against revolutionary movements.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Kellogg
Sheffield
Mexico City
Joint Claims Commissions
Ambassador Schurman sails to Berlin to restore relations
U S Ambassador to Berlin Jacob Gould Schurman sailed aboard the George Washington to assume his post and push for a complete restoration of friendly ties between the United States and Germany. He expressed hope that nations will agree on a program to restore prewar conditions and that friendship between governments and peoples be renewed.
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New York
United States
Germany
Jacob Gould Schurman
Berlin
Europe
Schurman
Nations Outlaw Deadly Gas as War Weapon
Geneva reports that poison gas and chemical or bacterial weapons were banned by an international conference on arms control. The American delegation submitted a protocol that prohibits the use and traffic of such agents in war.
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Geneva
International Conference For
Indiana Refuses Muster in Fourth of July Defense
Governor Jackson informed the War Department in Washington that Indiana deems it inadvisable to participate in the Fourth of July defense muster proposed by President Coolidge. The note reflects state opposition to the federal plan and Indiana’s stance on military mobilization.
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Indianapolis
Jackson
War Department
Washington
Indiana
Coolidge
Prohibition Committee Endorses Tobacco Manufacture Ban
A meeting of the state Prohibition party committee in Harrisburg on Friday urged a ban on the manufacture of tobacco. Resolutions advocated prohibition measures and the move was adapted during the gathering.
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Huarriaburg, Pa
The
Prohibition Party
Myiday
Market Quotations From U S Government Report
Washington weekly market report lists prices for fruits vegetables dairy grains and livestock. Sacked potatoes in Baltimore and Pittsburgh 1.60 1.65 per bushel. peaches 2.25 2.76 per box. salmon 6.00 8.00 per standard 46. watermelons 34 to 30 pound average 400 676 per car in Leesburg Florida dairy butter 0.40 0.44 in Philadelphia and Chicago 42 3 4 percent. wheats No 1 dark northern Minneapolis 1.68 1.86. No 2 red winter Chicago 1.99 4 2.03. hogs Chicago 12.40 top. beef steers 8.60 11.40. cows 4.00 11.26. lambs 13.25 16.60.
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Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Georgia
Imperial Valley
California
F. O. B. Saales
Tom Watsons
Leesburg
Florida
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolia
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Minnenapolis
St Louis
Shepherd Murder Trial Jury Completes Verdict Question
Twelve jurors sworn to decide if William D Shepherd murdered William McCintock or if typhoid fever came from contaminated oysters. Trial in Judge Thomas J Lynch’s Criminal Court building weighs intent, possible estate of 1 million dollars, and Shepherds fate from life to death.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William McCintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Criminal Court
Shepherd
McClintock
Lightning Strikes Texas School Killing Several
A lightning bolt struck a schoolhouse ten miles south of Breckenridge Texas during a mass irrigation meeting, killing at least three and injuring fifteen, with five or six believed fatally. Victims include Carl Ledbetter nine and siblings from the Brolls family ages eleven and thirteen. A seventeen year old sister of the Brolls is dying. Clyde Perry, twelve, near Cisco, also expected to die.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Here
Carl Ledbetter
Brolls
Clyde Perry
Cisco
Rents to Drop in Year Says Building Owners Delegates
Cleveland delegates at the National Association of Building Owners and Managers convention predict rental rates will fall within the next year. The forecast reflects shifting market conditions as owners anticipate lower demand and longer vacancies influencing pricing strategy.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Three Die As Boat Burns Near Milwaukee Harbor
Three crewmen of the fishing launch Mayflower perished in Lake Michigan ten miles from Milwaukee harbor when they chose to die in the water rather than burn with the engulfed vessel.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
American Ambassador Collier Hurt in Santiago Collision
U S ambassador to Chile William M Collier sustained injuries after a street car automobile collision in Santiago Chile. The incident report notes Collier was hurt but does not specify severity or circumstances of the crash.
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Santiago
Chile
William M. Collier
White rainbows sighted in Taiyuan as omen of China unrest
A Chinese correspondent reports three white rainbows seen in Taiyuanfu, Shansi, cited back to Wu dynasty as evidence of looming internecine and external troubles for China. The observer suggests atmosphere thick with rumors and omens of national catastrophe.
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Peking
Taiyuanfu
Shansi
China
Indians Gather at Nara River Mouth for Collchon Harvest
Several hundred Indians including women and children assemble at Wisher Bay near the Nara River mouth awaiting collchuns. Spring run lasts about a month and brings visitors from far, who barter fish for collchan grease used as butter. Numbers vary, with up to 1,000 in past years but about 800 this season.
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Wisher Bay
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
The Mile and the Kilometer Across Europe
The European mile varied from 1,100 to over 12,000 yards in different places and times. The kilometer, part of the metric system, has largely replaced the mile, measuring 8,280.8 feet and being not quite five-eighths of a mile.
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Europe
Proving It Dialogue Snippet on Marriage and Money
A humorous exchange contrasts past romance with married life. A man recalls telling his beloved he loved her four worlds forever, while his wife now requires verbal affection plus fifty dollars, highlighting shifting expectations and the comic burden of money in marriage.
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Page County
Wapello
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Bedford Country Club
Sam Park
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University of Ilinois
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M. ©. Youngblood
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Red Cross
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Iowa Wesleyan College Uniter
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Madden County
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Army Fresh Air
Johnston Station
Extension Service
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Charles Piers
Prairie Avenue
Clarion
Lows
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Moe
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Pitts
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