Nation’s Professionals Back Mellon Tax Plan Unite
More than 600000 professionals endorse the Mellon tax reduction from a nonpartisan view creating the National Organization for Professional Cooperation. The group cites discrimination against earned income and urges immediate passage of the tax revision.
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Asuington
United States
Mellon
The
National Organization For Professional Co-operation
American Dramatists
Actors’ Equity
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Medical Association
American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Artists’ Guild
Authors’ League of America
American Bar
American Society of Medallioat Englovers
American Society of Mizeing and Metalurgivat
Eaguedtsy
American Society of Div Brg Hoeers
League of America
National Organisation For Professional Cooperation
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress of the
Water Supply in Oil Shale Industry Uses of Water Report
The Department of the Interior report by J. J. Jakosky analyzes water supply challenges for oil shale in the Rocky Mountain region. It notes scarce large watercourses, existing upstream appropriations, and uncertain water needs for large scale retorting and refining, with many demonstration plants offering little data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Jakosky
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Rocky Mountain
United States
Japanese Exclusion Measure Opposed by Hughes
Secretary Hughes warns that a Japanese exclusion provision would conflict with treaty obligations and strain U S Japan relations. He urges Johnson to remove the clause arguing it harms Washington Conference gains and would provoke insult beyond relief efforts for Japan.
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J House
Japan
Hughes
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
State Department
Department of State
Congress
United States
Secretaries Urge Investigation of Northern Pacific Land Grants
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture urged Congress to investigate Northern Pacific Railway land grants totaling about 8 million acres in Idaho, Montana, and Washington. They asked to withhold further land patents until inquiry concludes, citing national forest lands and 1864 and 1870 grants. A House Sinnott resolution called for the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intereh
Secretary of Agriculture
Waallace
Congress
Northern Pacific Raibway Company
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Wat Company
Railway Company
United States
Lenroot
Wis
Sinnott
Ore
National Forest
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Washingtons bid to beautify capital with national gallery
Senator Pert M Fernald proposes a $700 million federal building program in Washington over ten years. He backs a national gallery home and supports a Smoot led plan to authorize the project with amendments to specify gallery construction. Officials estimate a gallery wing could cost about $2 million and a broader building program awaits budget bureau review.
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Enator Pert M. Fernald
Matee
Senate Committee On
Tuilelinss Am Grounds
Bedheees
Washington
Coolidge Chat
Congress
Washitarton
National Gallery of Art
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Public Buildings Commission
Public — Buildings and Grounds Committee
Keyes
New Hampshire
Shipstead
Minnesota
Mayfield
Texas
National Gallery of
National Gallery
Mithonal Gallery Commission
Budget Bureau
Hound Ex-Thief Going Straight
A Philadelphia record recounts cases of crooks using blackmail and bribery to corrupt store workers and customers. Detective Bryant highlights vultures who prey on reformed clerks and stories of Mazdas fraud, Jarvis, Nolan, and others enabling thefts across industries.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Edward H. Bryant
Mazda
Wire, Socket & Dawing
Mr. Mazda
Jarvis
Iowa Legislature Advances Budget Reform and Code Bills
The Iowa legislature notes budget reform advances under a new budget director and executive council board. Senate and House push code bills on health safety, parks, and public transportation while debating eugenics and insurance laws and planning further conference action.
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N. BE. Kendall
Executive Council
Cessna
Poweshlek
Kendall
Gibson
Cegstia
House
Ontjes
Grundy
Iowa
W. R. C. Kendrick
Senate
Commission
Code Commissioners
Thurston
Clark County
Baird
Pottawattamie
Hauge
Polk
Hae
Garber
Floyd
Board of Health
State Fair Board
Budget Board
House of Representatives
Lown
Wamstad
Mitchell County
State Executive Council
State Budget Board
Geneal Assembly
Legislative Insurance
Commissioner of Insurance
Ben J. Gibson
Fair Board
Fulton
State Fair
State Board of Audits
House Hak
Des Moines
Mid-West
Reno
Shelby ‘County
Bureau of Labor
State House
Adjutant General's Department
Timothy
Manns
Iowa's 1924 Outlook Bright Across Farms and Industry
Iowa reports optimism for 1924 with gains in bank clearings and farm outputs. Des Moines leads in bank activity, corn and hog totals rise, and cattle feed tests aid price outlook amid strong agricultural equipment demand. County officers plan July meetings as optimism spreads through state commerce and public works.
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Mahaska County
Sioux’ City
Orange City
Loyal Order ‘of Moose
Davenport
Welfare Workers of the
Middle West
Des Moines
Lincoln Township
Board of ‘Supervisors
Grundy County
Pioneer
Polk County
Catteee
Leeders
Ames
John C. and
Lena’ Johnson
Sweetland Township
Muscatine
C. F. Weaver
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Tama County
City
P. McNaught
Iowa
Anti-Saloon League
United States
State Highway Commission
Des Moines Bank Clearings
Se Hoses
Public ‘Health ‘Nursing Association
Mason City
M. H. Kepler
Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistics
Institutiona
The
State Association of County Officers
Millionaire to Tear Down Church for Dime He Lost
A. B. Humphreys of Denver plans to tear down a Mount Zion W V church to recover a dime he gave as a child in 1874. He will replace the structure with the Humphreys Memorial Church and keep the dime as a family heirloom once retrieved, though the cost is unknown.
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Denver
Cole
A. BK. Uwumphheys
Man of
Mount Zion
Sissenville
W. Va
Phreys
Humphreys
Lie
Stamps for Stolen Seeds Case Involving Kansas City Florist
An anonymous letter delivered ten 2-cent stamps asked payment for seeds allegedly taken from Bryson Ayres, a Kansas City florist, who reported seeds were stolen from his floral gardens on the edge of Blue Isidge field. The note claims payment was in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryant
Hoyle
Kansas City
Bryson Ayres
Ayres
Emigration from Ireland Declines in Early 20th Century
The record notes a falling Irish emigration from Dublin with figures for years 1904 1014 and 1023 showing a drop from about 60 000 to 80 000 and then to about 13 000 as migration slows.
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Dublin
Ireland
Swiss Winter Tourism Surges to Sixteen Thousand Visitors
Winter sports flourish in Switzerland with 16,000 tourists this season, up 6,000 from last year. Among them are 4,000 Germans, 2,000 English, and 750 Americans. Queen Mary is noted as a kind employer yet strict disciplinarian among royal servants.
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Berne
Switzerland
Mary
Small Apartments Hurt Sale of Big Paintings
London dealers report poor market for large canvases by old masters as postwar social changes shift demand to smaller pictures. Bond Street sellers note buyers favor compact works, with prices often inversely related to painting size. Country mansions close or sell to the newly rich, while towns fill with furniture and ornamentation.
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London
Bond Street
Aize
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Representative Sinnott
Wallace
Sapor
Centro Escolar de Senoritas
Catholic Girls’ College
Manila
P. I
Rizal
Hound Ex-Thief
Nolan
Quarrel
Make
Cemenenp
Commonwealth
Alps
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