Illinois News Briefs Highlight strikes and civic notes
Seventeen workers at Holy Sepulcher cemetery and 35 at Mount Olivet cemetery in Chicago join a strike. Various local items include a Lincoln streetcar revival after three months of walking, city takeover of municipal lines by Lincoln Water and Light for five years, and long service records in Sunday schools.
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Holy Sepulcher
Mount Olivet
Chicago
Edward Ross
University of Wisconsin
Lincoln
Lincoln Water and Light Company
William T. Reed
Chauncey W. Reed
Naperville
DuPage County
Amos Miller
Hillsboro
Cook County
John F Devine
Illinois
A. R. Crook
Illinois State Museum
Springfield
Crook
Lillian Mull
L. J. Bansbaugh
Morrisonville
Trousseau
South Halsted Street
James Carroll
Martin Custer
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Illinois Republican Women’s Clubs
Senate
Drake Hotel
Chicago Regional Planning Association
Hotel
Sherman
Peoria County
Mary Sykes
Esther Tanton
Davis
Princeton
Mary B. Elias
Streator
Edward Baker
Ottawa
Baker
Calumet
Board of Education
Board Rejects Mitchell Plan Says Air Power Needs Lead
Washington report shows President Covolidge’s aircraft board rejected all major Mitchell recommendations. It defends U S air forces, argues for national defense separation, mocks past under recognition, and urges five year funding with a 5-5-3 naval aviation ratio.
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Washington
Covolidge
Aircraft Board
Mitchell
America
Army
Navy
Dwight W. Morrow
Gyaoldva
Uncle Sam
Nay
United States
Sir
Department of National Defense
Great Britain
Japan
Estate Taxes Kept In Revenue Act Changes Reverted
Washington experts report the house ways and means committee rescinded its move to repeal retroactively the 1924 revenue act estate tax increases. It also deferred the auto tax rate cut and backed a dealer rebate for paid taxes. Stamp taxes on deeds proxies and powers of attorney would be repealed in full.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
In Some Society The Velgion Savings Law Debate
A fragment notes social debate over fiscal policy and proposed laws amid political factions. It mentions votes and rising tensions within society as lawmakers weigh fiscal restraint and reform measures.
Wages Reach New Record, Hoover Declares
Washington report states real wages are at an all time high as wholesale prices drop. Hoover cites efficiency gains, science, management improvements, and prohibition as key factors in prosperity. He urges highway and waterway development and electrification to sustain growth.
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Washington
America
Commerce Hoover
Hoover
Lakes Gulf
St. Lawrence Waterways
Department of Commerce
Evacuation of Cologne to Be Complete by Jan. 31
European statesmen who signed the Locarno pacts agreed to speed the evacuation of Cologne by the allies to completion by January 31. Belgian forces in the Rhineland will be immediately reduced. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Russia is expected here early next week and may discuss the Soviets joining the League of Nations.
Pugilist John Gully Reigns as Commons Speaker for 30 Years
John Gully once a Thinglind boxing champion became speaker of the house of commons and held the post for three decades maintaining the chamber’s authority and leadership.
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John Gully
Thinglind
House of Commons
Smoking in Church Past Welsh Sermon Signal
In parts of Wales the sermon start was the signal for men to light pipes, seen without irreverence as a common custom until about fifty years ago.
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Wales
Longevity Claim for Thomas Parr Questioned
A London celebrity for decades, Thomas Parr reportedly died in 1635 at an age of 152. The claim of a 1488 birth, however, is deemed untrustworthy and lacks solid evidence verifying his true birth year.
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Thomas Parr
London
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