No Tax Legislation Sidetracked By House Committee
A Ways and Means Committee motion declares no tax reduction bills will be considered this session. The text forecasts a potential debt reduction of about 1.07 billion for 1927, with continued reductions through 1920–1926 totaling over 5.85 billion.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hawley
Ore
Ways and Means
Coolidge
Garner
Dem
Tex
Mellon
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Girl Graduate Is Held Robber of Texas Bank in Austin
Rebecca Bradley, 21, UT graduate and attorney general office stenographer, is arrested on charges of robbing Farmers' Exchange Bank in Buda, Texas. Between 1200 and 2400 dollars were taken. she confessed verbally to Buda officials and was taken to jail. Bail posted by Austin Mayor P W McFadden and UT history professor Charles Ramsdell.
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Texas
Austin
Rebecca Bradley
University of Texas
Dan Moody
Farmers’ Exchange Bank
Buda
B. G. Neighbors
Hays County
P. W. McFadden
Charles Ramsdell
Peace Prize Winners Named for 1926 and 1925
Elihu Root receives the Woodrow Wilson foundation peace prize for 1926. Charles G. Dawes will share the 1925 Nobel peace prize with Sir Austen Chamberlain, Britain's foreign secretary.
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New York
Elihu Root
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
President's Budget Up To 4 014 571 124
President Coolidge submitted to Congress the 1927-28 budget totaling 4 014 571 124, with an increase of 16 543 728 over the current year. Higher pensions and veterans’ benefits drive the rise, offset by debt service cuts and reduced Navy and Treasury expenses. The plan funds national defense, aviation programs, prohibition enforcement, and postwar road work, while urging tax considerations and a continued peacetime stance.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Coolidge
Veterans Bureau Aid Postal Service
Navy
Treasury
Army
War Departments
Waking The Reason Some People Never Realize Their Drears
The text suggests that many fail to act on their dreams because they merely sleep on them and continue dreaming instead of pursuing change. It emphasizes the need for action to turn dreams into reality.
Ancient Spelling Shifts From Napron to Norange
A 200 year old spelling note explains napron and orange once used in eating. The error of an unfamiliar reader led to wrong placement of the initial n, changing napron from napkin origin and orange from the Spanish nuranja.
Imposing mansion heralds arrival of a dapper visitor
A cab stops before a marble mansion as a young, bronzed man steps out with the air of vigor. He rings the bell and asks for Blotzwater, while the door opens promptly, marking the scene with a confident entrance.
Historic Channel Tunnel Dreams Trace Through Centuries
The piece recalls repeated proposals to connect England and France by tunnel or submerged tube. Early French engineers Mathieu and Gumond drew interest with plans backed by the emperor, while 19th century whispers of a colossal Channel bridge failed to advance beyond company formation.
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England
France
English Channel
Mathieu
Thome de Gumond
Straits
London
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the House of Service
Roseland District
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Teninga Bros. & Co
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