Washington News Roundup of Tax and Policy Shifts
A sweep of Washington reports covers an estate tax deduction ruling, D A Robertson removal from U S attorney post, Army reduction debate, war finance liquidity plans, grain warehousing talks, Tulsa race riot probe, Schurman China minister confirmation, shipping board deficits, general treasury disarmament calls, and military budget actions. Also noted are liquor law enforcement in West Virginia, a pastor’s death in Wisconsin, high value horses burned, bankruptcy filings, a murder verdict in New York, Pueblo flood cleanup orders, and vast property losses in Winter 1920s flood aftermath.
Rail wreck near Hammond injures eighteen and other war news
Eighteen people were injured two perhaps mortally when Michigan Central train 43 derailed west of Hammond Indiana. The Cambrai transported 1527 American soldiers killed overseas arrived in New York from Antwerp. John Emerson re elected president of Actors Equity. Ethel Barrymore and Frank Bacon named vice presidents. Other items note deaths of Laura Bromwell in Mineola and Laura Newman Brown in Pasadena. Transition updates cover prices of potatoes and tomatoes, May automobile fatalities in Cook County, and various international events.
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Tulsa Race Riot Turmoil Kills Dozens and Burns Quarter
Tulsa erupts in race riot after alleged assault. state troops restore order as at least thirty people die and over a million in damage. National Guard and police quell looting, while one officer shoots a Black man. Memorial Day events and naval appropriations follow amid calls for world stability.
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Railway wage cut eyed as July first abrogates pacts
The federal railway labor board announced a 12 percent average wage reduction to take effect July 1 as national agreements end. It projects an annual payroll cut of 84 million dollars across 104 roads and plans uniform wage scales for all worker groups. Abrogation could save railroads a further 300 million yearly, with limited labor opposition anticipated. President Harding met with the Interstate Commerce Commission the day after the ruling to discuss freight rate reductions, stressing their role in reviving business. Aviation disasters shake the nation as an Army plane crashes in a thunderstorm killing seven, including former Congressman Maurice Connolly, with calls to establish altitude observation stations. A separate explosion at Aberdeen, Maryland, kills five and injures twelve, traced to a faulty bomb rack. All air mail routes except the New York to San Francisco transcontinental line have been abandoned due to money and operational constraints.
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Poles and Germans clash in Upper Silesia amid truce breach
German and Polish forces renew fighting after a truce fails. British troops reinforce plebiscite areas as German aggression persists. Beuten German assault on French garrison with tanks ends in French victory. Lenin outlines Soviet economic program with grain tax and state control of key industries.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A testimonial from Carrie Williams of Overpeck Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief before and after childbirth. The ad asserts decades of use helping women with irregularities, backache, headaches, nerves, and the blues, and claims it is a standard remedy nationwide.
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Warm Reception Expected
Bufflo Express reports a brisk crowd arriving with humor about a guide named Charon as diners flood a hot city scene. The piece uses playful banter to describe chaotic figures and a heat stiffened setting.
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