New Revenue Bill Aims to Cut Taxes Next Year
Congress returns from a long recess to the first order of business a revenue bill proposing a $325,736,000 tax cut for the next calendar year plus broad relief for nearly all taxpayers. House Ways and Means Chairman Green outlines detailed rate revisions and timing, with a goal to enact by March 1 and apply relief to March 15 payments.
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Ilinois
Hull
Tennessee
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Wisconsin
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Indiana
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Missouri
Mr. la Follette
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Senator Butler
Republican National Committee
Edwin P. Thayer
Indianapolis
Ind
Ralston
Ladd
North Dakota
Spencer
Tyler Page
J. Shera Montgomery
Fewer Marriages and Divorces in U.S. During 1925
Washington reports fewer marriages and more divorces in 1925. Total marriages dropped to 1,178,204, down 3.7 percent from 1923. Divorces rose to 170,867, up 3.5 percent from 165,096. Texas led in divorces with 15,375, while South Carolina had no divorces as laws ban them.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Illinois
Ohio
Nevada
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Effort to settle horse speed ends in boy’s death
In Rockingham County Virginia two youths, Surrey Crawford and John Macey, dueled to see whose horse was fastest on a downhill run toward Grottoes. Crawford, 17, was found with a broken neck after his horse stumbled. No inquest was held.
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Harrisonburg
Blue Ridge Mountain
Grottoes
Rockingham County
Yesteday
Surrey Crawford
Crawford
John Macey
Macey
Mosul Dispute Tops League Council Agenda
Geneva reports the League of Nations council meets to tackle the Mosul dispute between Turkey and Britain. Turks reject surrender of sovereignty, insisting the council only mediate, while Britain backs the Permanent Court ruling and direct negotiations are pursued. Describes initial Turkish stance and potential for further talks.
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Geneva
League of Nation’s Council
Mosul
Turkey
Great Britain
Trak
Mesopotamia
Permanent Court of International Justice
Council
Britain
Navy Near End of Court Martial Testimony
The Navy neared the end of its testimony in the court martial of Col William A Mitchell charged with incompetence in aviation management. Lt Cmdr H H Frost said an Asiatic air invasion would need Russian and Canadian aid and large naval strength, arguing the U S should not fear a Pacific air attack. The report also covers Congress resuming session after recess, Republican dominance, proposed tax cuts, and consideration of prohibition policy.
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Washington
Navy
William A. Mitchell
H. H. Frost
United States
Pacific
Rhinelander False News Shocks Alice Rhinelander
Alice Jones Rhinelander was shaken when a stranger claimed to be Leonard Kip Rhinelander returning to his bride. The man, Teddy Dorn of Newark, was placed in a padded cell after police detained him. Dorn asserted he had a wife and two children in Newark.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Albert Muller
Alice Jones
Muller
Teddy Dorn
Newark
N. J
Alice Rhinelander
Texas political tangle centers on Travis County Grand Jury
The Travis County Grand Jury, impaneled to continue probing alleged irregularities in Texas state highway contracts, reviews a voluminous record from its predecessor which adjourned without indictments. Attorney General Dan Moody expects scrutiny of possible prosecutions and whether resigned highway officials Frank Lanham and Joe Burkett will be recalled for further questioning as the session question lingers.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Travis County Grand Jury
Dan Moody
Frank V.lanham
Joe Burkett
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Fall-Doheny Indictments Quashed in Lower Courts Valid in D C Appellate
Washington December 7 AP The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled Fall and Doheny bribery indictments valid after lower courts quashed them. The decision upheld two indictments charging Albert B Fall and the Doheny brothers with taking and offering a $100000 bribe in naval oil lease cases. The court held Congress removal of oil cases from DOJ did not bar the special counsel from using district attorney support. The defense had argued grand jury room presence of Oliver Pagan violated proceedings. Pending in DC Supreme Court are indictments against Fall Doheny Sr Sinclair over naval oil leases. Courts are expected to continue the fight.
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Fall-Doheny
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Albert B. Fall
Edward S. Doheny
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
George E. Martion
Grand Jury
Oliver C. Pagan
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
E. L. Doheny, Sr
Harry F. Sinclair
Disarmament Body Fails On Decision
Geneva reports the disarmament council of the League of Nations failed to agree on studying a plan for prompt military assistance to an aggressed victim. Belgium and France pressed for this feature as essential to the proposed international disarmament conference. Belgium filed a strong reservation insisting prompt aid is more effective than disarmament, with the issue referred to the main council.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Belgium
France
League For Settlement
Longworth Elected House Speaker on First Ballot
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, Republican, was elected speaker of the new house on the first ballot. He won 1229 of 4120 votes. Henry Cooper of Wisconsin, a La Follette critic, received 175. Finis Garrett of Tennessee, the Democratic floor leader, 13. five voted present.
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Congress
Coolidge
Senate
House
Wisconsin
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Representative Hill
Maryland
Rogers
Mass
Kahn
California
Norton
New Jersey
Tyler Page
Dawes
Mr. Dawes
New House
Henry Allen Cooper
Cleveland
Finis Garrett
Tennessee
Longworth
Garrett
Cooper
Coolidge Pledges Energetic Help to Farmers Movement
President Coolidge declares the cooperative marketing program essential for farmers and plans active government support while opposing direct government purchases or price fixing. He urges storage credit and orderly marketing, stating agriculture should lead future prosperity and be placed on a sound, independent basis.
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Chicago
Coolidge
American Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
Forty-Seven Auto Deaths in Southern Week
A week in the southern states ended with forty seven deaths from automobile accidents and injuries surpassing two hundred. Florida led with fourteen deaths, Arkansas nine, while injuries peaked in Virginia at fifty three and Tennessee with fifty. Georgia saw forty two injuries and Arkansas had the fewest injuries with one. A major crash at Blytheville killed nine people from two families. Other fatal incidents occurred at Atmore Alabama and in Tennessee.
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Atlanta
South
Associated Press Today
Florida
Arkansas
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Blytheville
Atmore
Ala
Manchurian Army Retreat After Defeat
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin forces retreat after defeat by General Kuo Sung Lien whose feigned surrender opened a left flank. Chang plans to quit Mukden for private life as exodus spreads. Kuo’s forces reach Chinchow, with railway still operating to Kukden.
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Chang Tso-Lin
Kuo Sung Lien
Kuo
Chang
Mukden
Chinchow
Manchuria
Kukden
Pekine
Tientsin
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