Solons Start Fight For Lesth Tax Reform
Washington August 1 1921 congressional leaders urged revision of the new tax law at the next session to remove inequalities and replace high selective rates with a general manufacturers sales tax. Senator Reed Smoot Republican of Utah said December reevaluation is needed amid business stress and letters from manufacturers complaining excessive rates ruin their products. Representative Baldridge Republican of Nebraska backed a broad low rate tax on federally applied manufacturing sectors. President Harding in accepting speech urged repeal of oppressive rates and Congress to revise tax policy as industrial conditions justify.
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Washington, D. C
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Raifidge
Nebraska
Baldridge
Hover
Industrs
Henatar Smont
Editor Plea for Public Food Safety Practices
In a Light editorial a call is made to sign the piece, urging a public focus on safe food handling. The writer suggests simple changes in how wait staff hold cups to avoid contamination and calls for inspectors to address sloppy serving practices at lunch counters.
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Health Department
Russian Writer Attacks U S on Recognition Policy
Moscow dispatch reports Jevestia, the Soviet government organ, criticizes U S non recognition of Soviet Russia as a factor worsening world tension. P Lapinsky, a writer, claims U S platforms ignore the issue despite economic disadvantages and increasing the danger of global conflict.
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U. 8
Moscow
United States
Jevestia
Dol
America
Aso
P. Lapinsky
Bourbon Prince Found Dead in Paris Hotel
Prince Edgar de Bourbon was found dead in a Paris hotel with his throat cut. French police stated Candelaria Brausoler, his Spanish companion, confessed to killing him after a quarrel. The prince belonged to the Austrian Bourbon branch, born in Ramkelelein, Austria.
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Paris
France
Edgar de Bourbon
Tazor
Candelaria Brausoler
Ramkelelein
Austria
Mrs McCormick Improves, Says She Will Recover
Optimistic notes from Edith Rockefeller McCormick's sickroom report she is gaining strength. Yesterday her condition was more encouraging, and Mrs McCormick herself expressed confidence declaring, I'm going to get well.
Hoodlums Attack Visitors on San Peco Street
A. Roy Stiletline, 19, of Kerrville and Dick Sheffeld of Galveston were treated at Robert B. Greta hospital Tuesday after being set upon and beaten by a group on San Pec nando Street.
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Roy Stiletline
Kerrville
Dick Sheffeld
Galveston
Robert 8 B. Greta Hospital
San Pec~nando Street
U.8 Flier In China Wounded By Reds
August 16 dispatch from BHANUnaA indicates Charles Vaughn of Nashville, a pilot with One China Airways wing between Hankow and Chungking, was slightly injured Sunday when Communist fire struck his plane over Shasi on the route to Hankow.
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Bhanunaa
Charles Vaughn
Nashville
China Airways
Hankow
Chungking
Shasi
Nebraskan Killed on Trinity Bridge
Omaha man Hugh G. Old, 22, was killed in a two vehicle crash on Trinity River Bridge in Fort Worth early Tuesday at 5 15 a m. when his touring car collided head on with a truck near the Trinity river.
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Trinity Bridge
Fort Worth
Hugh G. Old
Omaha
Neh
Trinity River
Farmers Strike Blocks Roads to Force Higher Prices
In Sioux City Iowa on Aug 16 armed officers and citizens kept roads open despite an attempted barricade by protesting farmers demanding higher agricultural prices. Some stock trucks were escorted through by deputies, only one cattle truck and under ten hog trucks reached stockyards. Reports say similar strikes spread to South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska with aims to raise wheat to one dollar per bushel. Del Wallis and others deny ill reach of wheat.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Tadey
Denison Highway
Hawerton
Temars
Simar
South Dakota
North Dakota
Mindis
Nebreske
Stevens
del Wallis
Tola
Farreze
British Announce New Loan Schedule
London reports the British treasury converted 1.85 billion pounds of the two billion per cent war loan to a new reduced interest schedule. A cash bonus of one pound per 100 pounds converted applies to 48.9 million pounds.
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London
Piccard Postpones Stratosphere Hop
Auguste Piccard announced he cannot start until Thursday for the stratosphere ascent due to unfavorable weather. The postponement follows a series of weather-related delays.
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Piccard
Zurich
Bwiheccland
Auguste Piccard
Weather delays transatlantic flight from Dublin
Capt. James A. Millison was weather bound at Purlmarnock today as low clouds and heavy rain prevented a take-off on his projected roundtrip trans Atlantic flight.
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Atlantic
Dublin
James A. Millison
Purlmarnock
Brazil State Joins Revolt Against Vargas Regime
Dispatches report Rio Grande do Sul will join neighboring Sao Paulo in rebellion against President Getulio Vargas as Brazil faces rising civil unrest across its southern states. The movement threatens to widen a national crisis and disrupt government control over the country.
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Montevide Deupuay
Mirra
Rio Grande Do Sul
Sao Paulo
Getulio Vargas
Vessel and Crew Vanish in Pacific Storm
MARSEILLE France Aug 16 Twenty two men are said to be drowned after the fast dispatch boat sank in a storm while sailing from Natal Brazil to Dakar Senegal. Rescue efforts have failed to confirm the fate of the crew as the vessel disappeared in heavy seas.
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Marselules
France
Armall Aervine
North America
Youle
Natal
Breall
Dakar
Benegal
Berlin Strikes Called by 3 400 000 Communists
Aug 16 report from Berlin says 3.4 million Communists plan nationwide strikes to pressure the Von Papen government for relief of unemployment. Leaders call for mass mobilization including economic and rent strikes and a general citywide strike to block capitalist escape from crisis. In Paris, courts rule only one French citizen can legally refuse a hotel room, dubbing him Monsieur de Paris, the official executioner, under a law from 1583.
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Berlin
von Papen
Finnsb Thaelmann
Paris
France
Monsieur de
Wages Up At Durham Hosiery Mills And Allied Firms
Durham N C Aug 16 A 30 percent general pay rise is announced for over 2000 Durham Hosiery Mills employees due to higher orders. Similar increases are reported at Southern Silk mills in Greensboro Kernersville and at Wahynesbdro plant with new workers added.
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Durham
Goldsborough
Mebane
N.C
Southern Sik Mills
Greensboro
Kernersville
N. C
Brehli Silk Mills
Wahynesbdro
Woman's Screams Lead Police to Double Shooting
In Times Bquire, an unclothed 36 year old Miurie Olwell burst in shouting he shot me. Police found a dead man in a Hotel Tivall room with two head wounds and a revolver. The wounded woman, Miurie Olwell, was hospitalized in serious condition. Officers say the man, believed to be Mathew Kulus of Coney Island, had rented the room as her husband.
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New York
Brazil Army battles rebels leave 15 dead and many hurt
Reports from Gen Waldomiro Lime say federal troops kill fifteen and wound many in a southern front clash. Federal leaders claim about 2000 prisoners after six weeks of revolt. Eleven rebels were reported killed in yesterday’s fighting at Tagokdo near the Parana river.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Fedeeral
Waldomiro Lime
Tagokdo
Parana
Hoover Stays Out Fishing on Sequoia Vacation
Hoover remains aboard the 110-foot Sequoia as President Hoover toys with plans for a weekend at Rapidan Virginia. Reporters, kept at a distance, struggle to confirm breakfast menus or exact travel details while officials monitor the Marine detail.
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Washington,d C
Herbert Hoover
Ghesancake Bay
Ffisherman
Commerce Department
Sequoia
White House
Tony
High and Tool
Rapidan
Gulf Gasoline Ad Emphasizes Fresh Fuel and Reach
An advertisement boasts Gulf refineries across the country to deliver fresh gasoline to nearby stations. A large fleet speeds daily fuel to outlets, promising higher power per dollar and urging customers to choose Gulf for a quicker, cleaner motor.
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Gulf
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