Utah Senator Smoot proposes sales tax for manufacturers
A Utah senator proposes a 3 percent manufacturers sales tax to replace excise and other taxes. The plan retains corporate income tax at 10 percent and excludes small sales under 6000 dollars per year. The measure aims for a single tax on goods produced for sale, with exemptions as needed to ease administration.
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YashingTon
D. C
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Idm
Nodler
Thuehouse
Senate Finance Committee
Senutor Smgot
Ats
Gensan Faces Higbee After Old Style Inn Robbery Charge
Hernan Gensan, held at county jail, was brought to court charged with robbing the Old Style Inn on Front Street. He claimed he wanted his money back from police, saying he would plead guilty only if his funds were returned. The judge ordered his transfer to another jail pending counsel, while authorities noted the missing money and questioned his identity and whereabouts.
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Hernan Gensan
Ule
Tae
Cireyig Court
Vriday
Aiken
Jalugg
Gensau
Shevitt Miller
Gireuse
Qisau
Gensin
Jadau Live
Boo
Niue
Ger
Gensan
Gromi
Unemployment Rise at Special Common Council Meeting
At a special meeting the Common Council discussed a resolution authorizing the mayor to appoint committees to review city unemployment and explore quick employment via projects in grading, sewers, water mains. Other items include Ta Crosse Oil permit, library appropriation, Campbell road vacating, home rule amendment, street paving plans, and repaving discussions with the county board.
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Common Council
Bentley
Win
Persott
Ta Crosse Oil Company
Campbell Road
Pine Street
Public Utilities Committee
Charles Street
Gillett
Goures Street
Jin Dicetary
South Eighth Street
Weather record for La Crosse and Wisconsin regions
Fair to fair and Saturday with frost in lowlands tonight. Saturday cloudiness increasing and warmer in the east. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday in the Aloioseta area with warmer temperatures. No significant river changes expected over the next 21 days.
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Tor la Crosse
Wisconsin
Aloioseta
Andy Centra
Toni
Superior man on trial at Madison under Mann Act
Adolph Carignan, a Superior businessman, faces a federal trial in Madison for alleged Mann Act violations. Prosecutors say he enticed two women under 27 to visit Duluth, Minnesota, and transported them for immoral purposes. One accuser testified she was moved to visit him.
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Madison
Wis
Adolph Carignan
Claude Z. Tinse
Gatignan
Duluth
Minn
Carignan
City Clocks Set Back One Hour to Standard Time Tonight
The city will set clocks back one hour at midnight following a referendum and ordinance. Mayor Arthur A. Bentley states La Crosse will remain on standard time through next summer unless further council action. daylight saving timing may return if changed.
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Chia City
Apeil
Citizis
Solution of Unemployment Plan for Communities Report Says
A report on unemployment proposes community level action with tentative plans for job finding. It calls for local emergency committees to coordinate work for unemployed and disabled, publishing local employed numbers, expanding part time work, and accelerating federal road and building projects to boost employment.
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Wiaxcros
Federt
Joba
Canh
Congress
Blame Management and Labor for High Clothing Costs
A report by the American Engineering Council urges cutting waste in the ready made clothing industry. It argues management and labor share responsibility for high costs, citing potential annual savings of forty percent or about 2410 million dollars on a 600 million dollar yearly output.
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New York
Nells
American Engineering Council
Train Dispatcher Dies in Ashland After Long Career
Ashland Wis Friday morning T C Ryerson longtime train dispatcher for the Cracco and Northwestern railroads died. He retired last year due to ill health and was an active Masonic worker. He belonged to Masonic bodies of Axuind and Ravransiwond NL, where the body will probably be taken Saturday.
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Ashland
Wis
T. C. Ryerson
Chreazo
Northwestern
Axuiind
Ravransiwond
Wanderer Goes to the Gallows with Song on His Lips
Carl Wanderer, convicted murderer of his wife and an unborn child, his hired “poor boob” and a stranger, faced the gallows after a complex plot to stage a fake hold-up ended in murder. He sang as the trap dropped, while police traced a weapon from a factory to Wanderer via a cousin. The case included conflicting confessions and lengthy trials, with one death sentence upheld after appeals amid insanity hearings. Also noted is Harding planning to visit troops in the field, with the president to witness Marine maneuvers at Fredericksburg and review troops under canvas.
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Hin
Toriusno
Gillette
Gilets
Mingenepolis
Tre
Iifth
State
Tim
Jack
Mr. Gil
Lette
Minneapolis
Central Etation
Diogenes
Ncagg
Carl Wanderer
Mourderer
Migkel
Wanderer
EJ. Ryan
Mordisey Street
Wen
Wanesleret
Ehae
Tun
Ier
Straanger
Chicago
Te “Srmor
Madison Street
Lim
Oner
Asse Ud
Harding
Varding
Warding
Washington
Fredericksburg
Marine Corps
Siuday
Treaty With U S Adopted By Germany
ERLIN The ReichstagFriday passed the bill ratifying the peace treaty with the United States Only the communists voted against the measure The passage completes Germany s ratification process The upper chamber had ratified on September 17 The treaty now awaits U S Senate action with a vote possibility October 14
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Erlin
Associated Press
Reichstag
United States
Germany
Senate
Kansas Coal Miners Refuse Bond to End Strikes in Court
In Columbus the district court heard Union President Alexander Howat and Vice President August Dorsky refuse to post bond to end strikes. They stated they would accept jail for six months, insisting on continuing strikes until the industrial court law is repealed. Hundreds gathered to witness the departure of the leaders as mines in Kansas stayed idle.
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Olumels
East Kansas
Thle
Alexander M. Liowat
August Dorsky
Kansis
Pond
Howat
Kansas
Coal Operators’ Association
Dorethy
Pittsburg
Kansas District
Alexander Tlowat
Hicrety
Columbus
Yankee Victory Lifts Babe Ruth Despite Cold
New York reports a Yankee win and Cleveland loss boosting Babe Ruth who was indoors with a cold. Mrs Ruth says the day's rest and the Yankees victory cured him and he plans to rejoin the club in Philadelphia Friday. Ruth is said to be feeling fine and expected back with the team.
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New York
Yanks
Cleveland
Babe
Yonth
Pridar
Dees
Ruth
Philadelphia
Yankees
Community Council Opens Year's Activities at Noon Luncheon
The Women's Community Council resumes activities this year with a Saturday noon luncheon at the Masonic Temple. The meeting, open to all women, features principal speaker A L Pierce from the high school faculty. A board meeting precedes the luncheon at 11:30.
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Masonic Temple
A. L. Pierce
Council
Child’s Fatal Strangling by Backyard Swing Rope
In St Louis a two year old girl named Dorothy Harrison died after the seat board of a backyard swing broke, the rope loop catching her neck as she fell. Authorities report the accident occurred Thursday and the cause is listed as accidental strangulation.
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ST. Louis
Momena Neose
Dorothy Harrison
Sinn Fein Accepts London Conference Invite Says Cabinet Beside It
Dublin reports indicate Sinn Fein leaders favor the British note inviting a conference in London on October 11 to discuss Ireland’s status. De Valera sent a communication to Lloyd George accepting the invitation, with Dublin officials and the Dail cabinet preparing a formal response after consulting Irish leaders. A riot flared in Belfast with two wounded, while a civilian was killed and two policemen wounded in Tipperary during protests amid ongoing inquiries by British and Irish Republican Army officers.
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London
Associated Press
Eamon de Valera
Lloyd George
Shin Fe
Ireland
Rez
Wil Fein
Dublin Sunday
Lioyd George
Sinn Fein
Dail Gireann
Dublin
Mals
Jamon de Valera
Dail Cabnet
Cabinet
Dail
Arthur Balfour
Balfour
Belfast
Rds
Tipperary
Nish
Trish Republican Army
Burning pigeons fall into the Mississippi River
A chaotic scene as a mob chases a fleeing figure through a second story window to escape, followed by hundreds of birds that catch fire from a lantern or flame. The birds burn along the riverbank and plunge into the Mississippi over the river, igniting wing and tail feathers as they fall.
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River ST. Paul
Eholeszle
Iitere
Mississippi Triar
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