Senate board approves cut in income tax
Washington report says the Senate Finance Commission unanimously approved reduced normal income tax rates and higher personal exemptions but defeated a larger surtax cut demanded by Democrats. Inheritance tax repeal was postponed, publicity on returns debated, and a 2% corporate tax remains, with potential increases if stock tax is repealed.
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Washington
A. P
Senate Finance Commission
Smoot
Treasury Department
Simmons
North Carolina
House
Jones
New Mexico
Massacre on Guadalajara-Mexico City Train Leaves Dozens Dead
Survivors recount a brutal attack by bandits believed under orders of former Colonel Manuel Nunez. Twenty armed men in disguise boarded the train near Yarecuaro, killed most of the military escort, and burned the debris. Booty was 300000 pesos as federal troops pursue the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Guadalajara
Ferreira
Jalisco
Negrete
Yarescuare
Manuel Nunez
Yarecuaro
Michoacan
Yurecuaro
Sane verdict in case of Rudolph Disse triple slayer
Richmond January 11 A P dispatch says Rudolph Disse twenty year old who killed three people including his sweetheart rival and a police detective is deemed mentally normal by the State Board of Mental Hygiene. He faces execution in the electric chair on February 19 and the governor will take no action in the case. He admitted the killings and said he shot the detective and others to reach Carter after shooting the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Rudolph Disse
State Board of Mental Hygiene
E. Lee Trinkle
Disse
Contoner
Henry Grady Carter
Vivan Towlin Peers
Catcine Miedel
J. Harvey Burke
Willis Britt
Teuth
Carter
Burke
Britt
Seamen's Union Opposes World Court Proposal
Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen's Union, campaign against the world court and the League drafted international code for seamen. Delegates from US affiliates and Charles Jarman from Britain attend as Furuseth criticizes bills shifting seamen enforcement from Commerce to Labor and a Senate Commerce panel hearing is planned in Washington.
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Baltimore
Jan. LE
A. PB
League of Nations
Andrew Ferenseth
International Seamen's Univn
United States Organization
Charles Jarman
Seaman's and Fireman's Union of
Great Britain and Ireland
Safe break-in hits Frederick offices
A nitroglycerine blast shattered the American Oil Co office safe in Frederick with about $6 in cash and checks taken. The Texas Oil Co safe door was pried but yielded no loot. A separate note warns lily of the valley may suffer after a mild winter.
Miners Reject Hughes Plan In Anthracite Talks
The anthracite wage conference rejected proposals to refer the dispute to Charles E. Hughes. A Sunday session broke precedent as talks stalled with both sides dismissing plans, while maintenance men may be called out, though the pact with operators stands unless a regionwide violation occurs.
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New York
Jan. i
Charles EE. Hughes
Alvan Markle
Pinchot
Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
Vodka Scalp ers Rise After Government Rationing
In Leningrad on January 11 ticket scalpers fade as a new brotherhood forms. With the government controlling vodka sales and limiting rations, scalpers buy from state sources and resell at high prices to those who cannot obtain the drink. Also noted is a Pittsburgh heating company installing the world’s largest steam boiler.
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Leningrad
Pittsburg
Manchuria severes ties with Peking government reported
Shanghai reports from Japanese sources say Manchukuo administrator Chang Tae won has declared Manchuria fully autonomous and cut all administrative links and communications with the Peking government. Separate items note a fatal car train collision near Richmond and injuries to W C Durant, while US labor talks resume after a long conference and a French operation advances in Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Mukden
Chang Tae- In
Mancharis
Mancheria
Peking
Fire destroys Frostman Department Store in Makemie Park
Fire early today at Frostman Department Store in Makemie Park Va caused about 20000 dollars in damage. Insurance on the building stands at 4000 with 5000 reportedly on goods. blaze threatened railroad power lines and disrupted telegraph and telephone service briefly.
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Makemie Park
Frostman Department
Comey
Ings Creek
Durant Wreck Kills Three and Injures Thirty
Durant motor magnate and private car Patriot were struck by the Northbound Overseas Limited near Titusville Florida. The crash killed two servants and a fireman, wounded Durant possibly seriously, and left many passengers injured as the train pushed the wreckage into a damaged Pullman. Durant and his wife and secretary escaped uninjured.
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Titusville
Fla
Overseas Limited
Patriot
Mr. Durant
Florida East Coast
Ed Farmer
Mr Trurant
New York
Savannah
Love Farm colony faces charter denial and arrest threats
Allentown authorities move to deny the April Farm Colony charter amid alleged free love practices. A burial inquiry into infant Hethelda Hovey Garland surfaces as District Attorney Hoyle weighs adultery charges based on death records.
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Allentown
Charlen Garland
April Farm Association
Jower Milford Township
Lehigh County
Robert J. Stuart
Association
Hethelda Hovey Garland
April Farm
Hoyle
Coopersburg
Bettina Hovey
Charles Garland
Garland
Boyle
Hovey
Carver
Mass
Gar
Whetland
Boston
Carland
Major League schedule makers balked in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on January 1, Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates and committee chairman, said the two major league groups had made no progress on a proposed baseball schedule. He called the dispute the most serious in schedule making, blaming conflicts between the National and American Leagues and junior circuit interests for delays.
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T Pttsburgh
A. Poe
Met
Barney Dreyfuss
Miteburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
New York
Bandits Seize Diamonds in New York Robbery
Reported in New York that two men robbed a bag containing about $107 000 in uncut diamonds from a victim near Forty Fagath Street. Shots were fired as the robbers fled in an auto, causing a street disturbance amid heavy traffic near Grand Central.
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New York
Dan Ywca
Pup Tao
Bs Pulsemen
Grand Central
Wharf discovery reveals large quantity of cargo at sea
A report notes a large quantity of cargo found aboard a vessel at a maritime site. The details mention a merchant inspection and a search revealing two substantial loads, with no further disclosures of parties or locations available in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lend N. Dan
Duccvereents
Cosi Wee Lease
Patrolman Slays 2 In Restaurant Brawl
Cleveland January 1. Patrolman Dane Candow confronted two unidentified men who tried to attack him while he questioned them in a restaurant. One man drew a revolver and was shot after Candow knocked it away. Candow then shot the second man twice. Both were wounded, one died at the scene, the other died later in hospital.
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Cleveland
A. P
Dane Candow
Chicago
Candow
Candon
Keller meets President Coolidge reading by touch
Helen Keller who is deaf and blind met President Coolidge in Washington and spoke with him after reading his lips with her fingertips. She discussed a fundraising drive for the American Foundation for the Blind and praised Mrs Coolidge as a teacher of the deaf and dumb.
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Washington
Helen Keller
Coolidge
Amerowan Foundation of the Blind
Edidge
Messeier
Calion
Core
Eleven hour hymn service in Yucaipa ends with 748 hymns
In Redlands on January 11 a Methodist Episcopal Church service in Yucaipa featured the entire standard hymn book. The eleven hour event concluded at 1 AM with 748 hymns sung or recited. Redlands High School student Walter Fritts recited 37 hymns and about 16 percent participated. The hymn book was arranged by Rev. F D Raley to reveal the beauty and inspiration of sacred songs.
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Redlands
Calif
A. P
Methodist Episcopal Church
Yucaipa
Walter Fritts
F. D. Raley
Record Cold Grips Hagerstown Area in January Freeze
Hagerstown Maryland reports the coldest weather of the season with temperatures 2 degrees below zero at Chenaville and 3 degrees below in Keedyrville. Unofficial readings show even colder along streams and fears grow for fruit beds as peach crops faced damage in a prior winter. The Potomac River and its tributaries remain ice bound for the second time this winter.
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Hagerstown
Chenaville
Ami Keedyrville
Potomac Rover
Lost His Head Local Folklore From Ancient Text
A fragmented ancient record recounts a decapitation myth tied to a local site. The obscure inscription mentions ritual acts and dates tied to a distant era, with scattered phrases suggesting ceremonial offerings and long forgotten leaders.
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American Road Builders Association
Rahat Krench
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Kelas den Slee
Tacenat
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