Supreme Court rules tax payment data public property
The Supreme Court affirms that newspaper publication of taxpayer payment amounts is legal. Justice Sutherland notes tax lists and payments are public information to be accessible, and directs officials to make taxpayer names and addresses and amounts paid available for public inspection. The decision cites the 1924 revenue act and legislative history.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Iower
Kansas City Journal Post
Baltimore Post
Sutherland
Lsts
Congress
Prosecutor Targets Shepherd Case Lawyers in Chicago
State's Attorney Robert B. Crowe brandished a broad inquiry against defense attorneys William Scott Stewart and W. W. O'Brien as the Shepherd trial nears its second week. Crowe ordered every juror who had ever appeared before the two men in the past six months to report for questioning amid new jury tampering accusations.
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Shepherd
Chicago
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
William D. Shepherd
Robert B. Crowe
Ward Young
Billy” McClintock
Thomas J Lynch
Stewart
O’brien
Aunt Marie Studebaker Dies End of Noted Wagon Family
South Bend Indiana reports the death of Aunt Marie Studebaker age eighty five, last of the Studebaker siblings who founded the wagon business. The four brothers migrated from Ohio to South Bend in 1842 with a seed capital of sixty eight dollars and built a family enterprise that became the Studebaker corporation.
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Marie” Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Maria
Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation
Ohio
Henry
Clement
Ashland
Second National Defense Test Scheduled for July Fourth
Washington reports the second national defense test will occur on July 4. President Coolidge rejected a War department proposal for Armistice Day November 11, favoring Independence Day as more suitable and ordered preparations begun to meet the new date. He offered no reason beyond nonapproval of Armistice Day.
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Washington
Coolidge
War Department
Davis
Cynical French Proverb About Pleasure and Repentance
A terse French maxim warns that pleasure leads to repentance and repentance to virtue, echoing a wary view of moral progress. The proverb frames virtue as the final, elusive reward after cycles of indulgence and remorse.
Gar Wood Beats Century Limited in Hudson River Sprint
Gar Wood, famed speed-boat enthusiast, completed a Albany to New York City run in 2 hours 58 minutes at about 46.5 mph using two speed boats. The Century Limited covered 138 miles in 3 hours 89 minutes to Grand Central, while the boats finished at Eighty-Sixth Street.
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New York
Gar Wood
New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited
Albany
New York City
Hudson River
Grand Central Station
Eighty-sixth Street
Interurban Collision on 26 Foot Trestle Kills One
A Louisville crash on a 26 foot high trestle left one motorman dead and another badly burned as two interurban cars collided and partially telescoped. About twenty passengers were injured, witnesses say.
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Louisville
Wiliam E. Edwards
Death of Ernest DeWitt Burton University President
Ernest DeWitt Burton, president of the University of Chicago, died at Presbyterian hospital at age sixty nine from cancer with intestinal obstruction and peritonitis after two operations. He edited Biblical Word and Journal of Theology and gained wide notice in 1909 for a bold Bible editorial. He was born February 4, 1856 in Granville Ohio, son of Nathan Smith and Sarah J. Fairfield Burton.
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Burton
Chicago University
Chicago
Ernest DeWitt Burton
University of Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Doctor Burton
Biblical Word
Divinity School
Journal of Theology
Granville
Ohio
Nathan Smith
Sarah J. (Fairfield) Burton
Winter Oak Holds Its Dead Leaves All Season
In frost, maples beech and hickory shed foliage while the winter oak preserves its dead leaves through the season. This contrast notes how certain trees retain barren branches longer as cold weather settles in.
Apple crop blight threatens Illinois orchards say experts
Dr H W Anderson of the University of Allinois Ur bala warns that a severe epidemic of blight endangers the season after prior promise. Reports from southern and western orchards confirm the spread. In mines vigilance remains essential, state mine inspector K J Hoey tells the Mine Inspectors Institute in Peoria. A blast at San Jose water works caused 30000 to 50000 dollars in damage.
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H. W. Anderson
College of Art Culture
University of Allinois
Urbala
K. J. Hoey
Tenth
Institute of America
Peoria
San Jose
Diphtheria Warning Linked to Dry Spells by Health Chief
Dr. Isaac Rawlings in Springfield warns immunization against diphtheria amid dry years. He notes authorities see higher diphtheria prevalence after periods of deficient rainfall and major epidemics often follow dry spells. Meanwhile Yvette contractors push a record pace for 1925 road building, with bids called for 17 culverts and five bridges to be built by Meanard Fonrt and Jersey.
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Minos
Isaac Rawlings
Springfield
Rawlings
Yvette
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Meanard, Fonrt
Jersey
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