Tax and political shifts loom in Washington Week
The report outlines government tax actions and proposals in Washington, including $12,000,000 in delinquent luxury taxes, continuation of the excess profits tax to 1922, and a $3.2 billion revenue aim. It notes Mellon's recommendations, Pershing's medal ceremony plan, and appointments while detailing related political maneuvers and other national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Tuesary Mellon
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Notable Deaths and World Events Across the Globe
Personal Representative Samuel M. Taylor of Arkansas died at his Washington home after weeks with pleurisy and pneumonia. Stephen White, 104, died on his Greenville farm where he was born. Gilbert B. Hyatt of Minneapolis was re elected president of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. Howard Spencer Baker, longtime Sioux City executive, died. Babe Ruth tied his 54 home run record for the New York Americans in Philadelphia. Strikes sweep Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing over wage cuts. Berlin electrical services halted. no trams, lights, or papers. White Russia seen in revolt against Soviet authorities after food levies by the Bolsheviks. Diaz followers in southern Mexico linked to a new revolutionary plot, six arrests. Explosion on the former German submarine Deutschland near Birkenhead kills three. Prince Hirohito urged action for the armaments conference in Washington. Joseph Cook notes three quarters of a 50 million federal loan subscribed.
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Illinois
Harry IF. Ferguson
State Department of Public Health
Chicago
Berwyn
Brie Island
Cicero
Harvey
Oak Park
Chicaago
Evanston
Lake Michigan
Forest Park
Joliet
Kankakee
Maywood
Chicago Heights
Rock Wells
Elgin
Rockford
Waukegap
State Division of Fish and Game
Sangamon
Mississippi River
Sangamon River
Hardin County
Ed” Carbine
International Union of Mine
Elizabethtown
Harrisburg
Len Small
John Giehardt
Chicago Board of Trade
Sangamon County Farm Bureau
Bessie O'Donnell
Frank A. O'Donnell
Lake Forest
Waukegan
Highland Park
Lake County Board of Review
Aurora
Association of Commerce
Cairo
Mississippi Warrior Service
Federal
Illinois Central Railroad
Alton
Ilinois Association of Supervisors
John Taylor
Zion City
Holland
Illinois awards for 35 miles of hard surfaced roads
The state highway department awarded contracts for 35 miles of hard surfaced roads across Illinois at a total of $893,986.46 with cement supplied by the state at $7,000 per mile. Bids opened August 28. another 20 miles await bid results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Will County
Powers- Thompson Construction Company
Joliet
McLean County
H. K. Rhodes
Lincoln
Pratt-Macon
Charles W. Clark Company
Clinton
DeKalb County
William A. Jakks
Chicago
Illinois
State Department of Public Health
Harristown Township
Macon County
State Department of Public Healthy
Decatur
Springfield
Bird Haven
Ridgway
Japan
Sapporo
Yezo
W. A. Stoker
Centralia
Eugene Cohn
Kankakee State Hospital
Fred Whipp
Department of Welfare
Stoker
Anna State Hospital
Anna
Indiana
Kan
HB. G. Stephens
Muncie
Williamson County Board of Review
Big Rock
Windis
Marseilles
Kane County Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin
Charles Brantner
Oregon
Brantner
Cabinet member comments on unemployment figures from 1914 to today
Secretary Davis emphasizes that 5,735,000 fewer people were on pay rolls in March 1920 than in March 1914, noting many were breadwinners then. He argues current unemployment includes nondependent workers and urges sane interpretation of data amid signs of recovery and public works funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scot
Davis
Europe
Commissioner of “Labor Statistics
McCormick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
United States
Train Kills Four Track Hands at Fort Plain New York
Four section hands were killed when an eastbound New York Central train tore through a six man gang at work. The dead include track foreman Hiram Crouse and Edward Nelliston. two others remain unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Plain
N. Y
New York Central
Hiram Crouse
Edward Nelliston
Oil blasts kill eight men at Atlantic Refining plant
Eight men are dead and nine severely burned after three air stills exploded simultaneously at the Atlantic Refining Company plant in Point Breeze Philadelphia. Dozens more suffer injuries as flames engulf the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
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Grover Cleveland
John J. Pershing
France
Senate
Lewis H. Carris
Newark, N. J
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Federated Shop Crafts
Terre Haute
Ind
Louise Willoughby
Roy Parse
D. van Dorn
Des Moines
van Dorn
Dubuque
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Davenport
Andrew Paulen
Thomas W.murphy
Peter Manning
Syracuse
W. Y
Ed al- Yen
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
J. L. Anders
Sam Cote
Hot Springs
Alaska
Cote
Montana
Rockies
Helena
Beech Grove State Bank
Beech Grove
Eleanor Wheeler
New York
Daniel O’brien
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
San Antonio
O. B. Black
Herbert A. Atherton
Newark, C
Harry L. Davis
Columbus
Newark Law and Order League
Chester River
Chester
Sylvester Brown
Ohio
Alexander R. Warren
Youngstown
Samuel M. Taylor
Arkansas
Stephen White
Greenville
St. Louis
White
Gilbert B. Hyatt
Minneapolis
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Minneapolis, Minn
Howard Spencer Baker
Sioux City
Babe Ruth
New York Americans
Philadelphia Athletics
Lille
Roubaix
Turcoing
Berlin
Russia
Warsaw
Bokshevisks
Felix Diaz
Mexico
War Department
Birkenhead
Mersey
Liverpool
Prince Hirohito
Tokyo
Joseph Cook
Commonwealth of Australia
Melbourne
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