Mellon proposes partial tax cuts and repeals
Secretary Mellon urged Congress to cut taxes by 250 to 300 million dollars without fixed schedules. He floated lowering surtax to 20 percent from 37 and peaking at 25 percent on top incomes, while proposing repeal of estate gift and miscellaneous taxes and auto tax relief via removal of truck tire and accessory levies. He opposed eliminating amusement taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
Treasury
Women Driving Own Automobiles In Paris
Paris Oct 17 only this season have French women taken to driving their own cars to any note worthy extent A woman at the wheel a year ago was rare but now passes without remark There are so many owners drivers that talk of an automobile club arises A Le Temps writer says the auto has changed women fostering patience will power and coolness in emergencies
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Paris
le Temps
Bandit of Honor Claims Gendarmes Pose as Tourists in Woods
Felix Micailli longtime self described bandit of honor writes to the Petit Marseilles accusing Bastia gendarmes of disguising as tourists to trap him after 18 years in the woods since 1907. He insists he has harmed no one and praises local support while criticizing authorities.
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Paris
Felix Micailli
Mirailli
Robin Hood
Petit Marseilles
Bastia
Fiumarbo
Finmarle
Prisoner in Birmingham not Kinnie Wagner, sheriff says
The Birmingham prisoner held last Thursday is identified as D A Wrynsdick, not Kinnie Wagner. Sheriff W J Turner confirms he was not Wagner and informs Bristol and local officers he cannot confirm Wagner's capture. The hunt for the elusive killer continues with a $2750 reward remaining.
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Kinnie Wagner
Birmingham
D. A. Wrynsdick
W. J. Turner
Greene County
Wagner
Bristol
Pleas for Church to Help the Sick in Louisville Banquet
Dr. C. C. Jarrel, general secretary of the hospital board of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, urged ministers to aid the sick during a banquet of the Protestant hospital association of America in Louisville Kentucky on October 17. He said Jesus would minister to the ill if he lived today.
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Jesus
Church of Jesus
C. C. Jarrel
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Protestant Hospital Association of America
Auto Overturns Injuring Gate City Man
Gate City Va A serious automobile accident occurred yesterday afternoon about 4 30 between Gate City and Hiltons Va when a Dodge touring car driven by Roy Frazier with O T White and O J Reed overturned three times pinning and mangling Fraziers leg He was taken to St Lukes hospital in Bristol where amputation was thought possible but postponed The other two occupants were only slightly injured
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Times
Gate City
Hiltons
Roy Frazier
O. T. White
O. J. Reed
Frazier
Constitutional validity of Volstead Act upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the Volstead Act in the Druggan case. The decision clarified the court's support for the dry law and discussed provisions in detail as the Chicago defendant's appeal was dismissed.
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Washington
Supreme Cent
Chicago
Newton Mass children lead in bedtime survey
The American Child Health Association reports Newton Massachusetts fifth graders are in bed by 9 15 p m first in 86 city health survey. Across regions McKeesport Pa and others show later bedtimes and Chattanooga Alabama Springfield Ohio marked early rises. The average fifth grader rises at 7 06 a m and retires at 9 05 p m with 1 4 glasses of milk daily and weekly baths. Vaccination against smallpox stands at 73 percent. overall health education in schools shows progress.
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New York
Newton
Mass
American Child Health Association
McKeesport
Massachusetts
California
Chattanooga
Montgomery
Ala
Springfield
Association
English Schoolmaster Rides Argentine Horse to New York
T. A. Tschiffely, a former English schoolmaster, began a long horseback journey from Buenos Aires to New York to prove the endurance of the Argentine horse. He left April 21 and, after four months, had reached Bolivia, reporting the animals in better condition than at departure.
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Buenos Aires
New York
T. A. Tschiffely
Bolivia
Fire Destroys Kentucky Club House on Paris Pike
A blaze at the fashionable Lexington country club on Paris Pike destroyed the club house today. Authorities say the fire likely started from a defective flue. No injuries reported as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Lexington Country Club
Paris Pike
Insurance Swindle Takes New Aspect
Sheriff says federal aid will be sought to arrest Joe Jack Sr. in Austria over the McCarr Kentucky mine slaying insurance swindle. The case links Joe Jack Sr. to William H. Turner family ties, with Turner’s death netting $85,000 in indemnity and Mrs. F. F. Farley indicted on the murder charge alongside Turner and Joe Jack Jr.
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United Press
Pikeville
McCarr-Kentucky
John M. Johnson
Joe Jack
Austria
Jack
William H. Turner
Pike Conty
F. F. Farley
Turner
Joe Jack, Jr
Royal Household Members Assume New Roles in Film and Motorcycling
London reports two royal family members diversifying talents as the Duke of York becomes a motion picture photographer and Prince Henry takes up motorcycle riding. Henry tested his new machine in Balmoral and is expected to debut on London streets soon. Duke of York practiced with his camera in Scotland, filming the Duchess of York and the Countess of Strathmore in grounds near Glamis Castle.
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London
Duke of York
Prince Henry
Balmoral Castel
Scottish Highlands
Metropolis
Balmoral
Scotland
Duchess of York
Countess of Strathmore
Glamis Castle
Band of robbers strike multiple holdups near New York
A five man gang including a man in a police uniform conducted a string of robberies in Brooklyn and Manhattan. In the lower east side a restaurant proprietor was shot and gravely wounded as gunmen held eighteen patrons including five women at bay. The boldest raid targeted Samuel Goldman’s establishment where a chauffeur was robbed of jewelry and cash while the restaurant owner was wounded.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Samuel Goldman
Guearney
Michael
Right of Purging Records Granted
Frankfort Kentucky October 19 The right to prove registration books with the burden of proof on the challenger was granted in the 1924 registration law by the court of appeals today. The court upheld the decision of Jefferson county judges in an agreed suit brought by politicians.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Jefferson County
Yale Students Hurt As Platform Collapses In Quarry
Five Yale geology students were seriously injured and ten more hurt when a platform over a pit collapsed at Strictland quarry near Middletown Connecticut. Fifteen men fell forty feet into three feet of water while others leaped to safety.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Middletown
Strictland
Actress Anna Q Nielson Divorced Husband John Gemmetada
Los Angeles October 18 film actress Anna Q Nielson was granted an interlocutory divorce from her husband John Marshall Gemmetada, a shoe manufacturer. She testified that Gemmetada objected to her film career and was jealous of her colleagues. They married February 16, 1923 and separated last March.
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Los Angeles
Anna Q. Nielso
Sher
John Marshall
Gemmetada
Gunnerson
Gunnersons
Gains in Business Substantiate the Improvement Signs
New York reports a marked upturn in business with steel and basic industries leading gains. Stock markets hit their strongest level since 1916 with heavy daily trading as confidence grows in autumn demand and price firmness. Foreign developments, including the Locarno pact, add to optimistic sentiment and trade activity.
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United States Steel
New York Central
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Dun
Review of Business
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Bank of England
London
Federal Reserve System
Soviet Exports to U S Hit 26 Percent Share
Moscow reports more than 26 percent of Russia's total exports went to the United States in the last half year. Nearly 60 percent of furs sold in this period were exported to America.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
America
Secretary Mellon Opposed to Tax Reductions
Secretary Mellon voiced strong opposition to exempting taxpayers earning 5000 or less from federal income levies saying such a change would cause massive revenue losses with no offsetting gains. The Ways and Means Committee prepares to hear two weeks of testimony before drafting a bill aimed for December passage and March enactment.
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Washington
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Edge
Republican
New Jersey
Garner
Texas
Bacharach
Congress
New War Looms Between Chekiang And Kiangsu Provinces
In Peking on October 18 tensions rose as Chekiang forces under Sun Chuanfang seized Shanghai and Kiangsu troops retreated toward central China. Officials fear a provincial clash may threaten the November 5 customs conference. Silas H. Strawn and his daughter were taken to Shanghai after revolutionaries seized a farmbound train.
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Chekiang
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Sun Chuanfang
Chang Tso-lin
China
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Mr. Strawn
Nanking
Mahlon F. Perkins
State Department
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