New Tax Cut Plan Aims 15 Percent Reduction
Washington experts outline a Mellon era tax program to Congress. It proposes a 15 percent overall cut targeting relief for business, with reform of surtax thresholds, abolition of inheritance and large gift taxes, repeal of the publicity clause, and broad changes to corporate depreciation rules. The plan seeks to broaden exemptions but no final decisions made.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
Busness
Stone Rail Labor Head Dies in Cleveland Hospital
Warren Stanford Jone, 65, longtime labor leader and financier, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died in a Cleveland hospital from an acute attack of Bright’s disease. He helped launch the Brotherhood’s Bank building, tied to a $150,000,000 interests network, rising from fireman in 1870 to top leadership by 1908.
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Stone
Cleveland Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren Stanford Jone
Brotherhoda of Locomotive Engineers
Yall
Tin
Bright
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Bank
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
National Bank
Stone Roze
Dee
Americans Fire Upon in Canton as Chinese Troops Open
Fragmentary report states Chinese troops fired on Americans in Canton. Names and details are garbled, but references to a Mr Crampton and Mr Montgomery Ogdeny of Orange hint at casualties and a wounded party. Official names and precise actions are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Canton
Cata Coboee
fred-upon-Mr
Crampton
Font
Omery Ogdenyof
Orange
Christian, College
Premier Painleve flies to Moor Front in plane
Paul Painleve premier and war minister left Paris for Morocco by air accompanied by General Jacquemont and M. Laurent Hynas. The visit signals France’s resolve to shift from watchful waiting to active use of aviation in Morocco and to discuss immediate campaign plans with Marshal Lyautey.
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Parla
Paul Painleve
Morocco
North Africa
Jacquemont
M. Laurent Hynas
France
Bourget
Bue
Orly
Issy
Paris
Marshal Lyautey
M. Painleve
Painleve
Abd-el-Krim
Missing When Launch Burns 12 Are Injured
Atlantic City N J seven persons are missing and more than a dozen men and women are in Atlantic hospital suffering burns and injuries after the 75 foot launch Crystal burned to the waters edge while carrying a Northfield club party on a moonlight excursion seven miles at sea. The gasoline tank exploded as a cutter reached the scene and rescued 16 men and one woman. Survivors believe a lighted cigarette caused the blast.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Hospital
Northfield
Six Chinese Killed In Hankow Rioting Defense
Six Chinese were killed and many wounded during rioting as volunteers aided in defending the British concession against thousands of rioting coolies. Rioting began Thursday evening at Butterfield and Swire wharves. volunteers mobilized, then sailors from foreign gunboats landed to aid.
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Hankow
Coollea
Butterfield
Swir
President Coolidge Plans Summer Vacation Start
Washington announces President Coolidge will depart the White House for Swampscott shortly after the June 22 budget meeting. The schedule has him leaving Washington on June 28, with a possible short delay if cool weather persists.
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Washington
White House
Swampscott
Alleged Bank Bandit Captured Near Carragile Chase
The second suspect in the Carragile bank robbery, which defrauded the bank of $17,000, was captured at a farmhouse ten miles from the scene by Sheriff Fred Gloss.
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Gelegada
Tih
Carragile
Fred Gloss
Storms Cause Severe Damage and Injuries in Des Moines Area
Des Moines area struck by late night storms causing immense damage and multiple injuries. One person reportedly drowned as southern Minnesota and Tow areas faced heavy rain and winds. Authorities warn of further danger as clean up begins and residents assess losses.
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Des Moines
Towa
Minnesota
Mexico Warned to Guard Yankees and Property
Secretary Kellogg warned Mexico to protect American lives and property and meet international obligations or lose U S support. He cited two claims conventions and ongoing commissions to adjust claims, noting improvements but urging full indemnification for land taken and damages while stressing continued U S backing only if Mexico upholds obligations.
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Washington
OmMelal
Mexico
United States
Kellogg
Sheffield
Mexico City
Tima
Shefield
Kelloge
Joint Claims Commissions
Afextec
U S Ambassador Schurman Sails to Berlin Post
New York reports U S Ambassador to Berlin Jacob Gould Schurman sailed aboard the George Washington to assume a new post. He expressed hope for restoring amicable relations and a program to feature pre war conditions in Europe. He emphasized friendship between German and American governments and peoples.
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New York
United States
Germany
Jacob Gould Schurman
Beriin
Europe
Schurman
Nations Outlaw Deadly Gas as War Weapon
An international conference on arms traffic approved a protocol banning poison gas and other chemical and biological weapons. The measure, proposed by the American delegation, outlaws the use and stockpiling of gases in warfare.
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International Conference For the Control of
Indiana Refuses Muster For Fourth of July Defense
Indianapolis reports Governor Jackson informed the War Department in Washington that Indiana finds it inadvisable to participate in the Fourth of July defense muster proposed by President Coolidge. The note signals Indiana's stance amid national defense discussions.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Jackson
War Department
Washington
Coolidge
Prohibition Party Urges Tobacco Manufacture Ban
Harrisburg state committee of the Prohibition party adopted resolutions Friday calling for the manufacture and sale of tobacco to be prohibited. The move signals a broad push as part of their platform, outlining steps and goals for enforcing a tobacco ban.
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Harrisburg
State Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Market Quotations From U S Government Report June 5
Washington weekly market items cover fruits and vegetables dairy products grains and live stock with prices from Philadelphia Chicago Minneapolis St Louis and Kansas City. Notable figures include sacked round white $1.50 1.65, watermelons rising, 92-score butter at 40 44 cents, No 1 dark northern wheat $1.68% 1.86% Minneapolis, live cattle top $12.40, fat lambs $13.25 16.60, and fat ewes $4.25 7.25, reflecting broad price movements across markets.
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Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Georgia
Leesboro
Morida
Philadelphia
Chicago
Wisconsin
Chaddaors
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansaa Cit
Sic
Shepherd Murder Trial Jury Finalized in Chicago
Twelve jurors sworn to decide if William D. Shepherd killed Willan McClintock by typhoid infection or contracted it accidentally. Trial in Judge Thomas J. Lynch’s Criminal Court Building tests whether the verdict will impair a $1,000,000 estate and determine Shepherd’s fate including possible freedom or imprisonment.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Willan McClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Criminal Court
Shepherd
McClintock
Three Killed and Fifteen Hurt as Lightning Strikes School
In Breckenridge Texas a mass meeting on an irrigation project was disrupted when a lightning bolt struck a crowded schoolhouse ten miles south of town. Among the dead are Carl Ledbetter nine, a boy. an eleven year old boy. and a thirteen year old girl from the Brolls family. Fifteen others were injured, five or six fatally. a seventeen year old Brolls sister is dying. Clyde Perry twelve, near Cisco, is also expected to die.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Here
Carl Ledbetter
Brolls
Clyde Perry
Cisco
Rents to Drop in Year Say Cleveland Delegates
Delegates at a Cleveland convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers predict rents will drop within the next year as market conditions shift.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Association of Building Owners’ and Managers
Boat Burns Claims Three On Mayflower In Lake Michigan
Three crew members of the fishing launch Mayflower perished ten miles from the harbor entrance as flames enveloped the vessel. They chose death in the water over the fire, authorities said. The accident occurred on Lake Michigan near Milwaukee.
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Crown Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Ambassador Collier Hurt in Santiago Streetcar Collision
William M. Collier, the U S ambassador to Chile, was injured in a street car automobile collision in Santiago. The accident occurred as he was traveling in the capital, and authorities began inquiries into the mishap.
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U. S
Santiago
Chile
William M. Collier
Iowa State News Brightens Rural Electrification Drive
Progress on Iowa Lo ward electrification of farms, three radio stations owned by seed companies in Page county, and Wapello purchasing a new fire truck highlight a broad Iowa update. Other notes include drier early 1926 weather, census figures for Winneshiek, Graceland College graduation, and local civic projects such as library addition plans, agricultural extensions, and park improvements.
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Iowa
Loward
Page County
Wapello
Weather Bureau
Winneshirk County
Graceland College
Lamont
Bedford Country Club
Sam Park
Paris
France
Muscatine
Charles City
Mt. Pleasant Brary
Woodbury County
Hans Peter Lorenzen
Boone County
Webster County
Board of Supervisors
Foch
First State Bank of
Rockford
Rockford State Bank
Iowa State College
Wallace
Little Wall Lake
Jowell
M. C. Youngbrood
Jefferson
Chicago
Red Cross
Councill Bluffs
Sticken
United States
S. P. McNaught
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Iowa State Association of Blka
Wilton Junction
Gare
Economy Lumber Company
Bell Jones Produce Company
Commercial
Chamberlain
John Hammill
Iowa Wesleyan College
Manchester
Penn Township
Madison County
Salvation Army
Army Fresh Fur
White rainbows seen in Taiyuanfu amid China crisis
A Chinese correspondent reports three white rainbows visible in Taiyuanfu Shanai province. The note cites ancient Wu i dynasty lore to suggest looming internecine and external troubles for China, with atmosphere already thick with rumors and omens of national catastrophe.
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Peking
Taiyuanfu
Shanai
China
Indians Gather at Wisher Bay For Nang River Run
Several hundred Indians including women and children assemble at Wisher Bay at the Nang river mouth awaiting the collehans spring arrival. The annual fish run lasts about a month and yields collehan grease used as butter. Past years saw up to 1,000 Indians. this season the crowd is under 300.
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Wisher Bay
Nang River
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Flah
Lee
Miles and Miles in Europe Show Metric Rise
The text traces historical miles from the Roman 1,620 yards to varied European lengths and notes Europe’s shift to the kilometer. It states a kilometer equals 8,280.8 feet, about five-eighths of a mile, illustrating the metric system’s dominance in Europe and its impact on measurements.
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Uke
Europe
Probing It With A Punchline On Marriage And Money
A joke scene contrasts courting charm with married life. A man recalls telling his beloved he loved her four worlds. Asked what now, he says he must tell his wife he loves her fifty dollars and must produce the fifty.
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Inwa State College
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Mig. Chem
Buffalo, N. Y
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Pilla
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