Mellon Calls 25 Percent Surtax Maximum for Revenue Gain
Secretary Mellon reports March 1923 income tax receipts rose to 463 million dollars, up from 393 million a year prior, with the top surtax rate reduced to 50 percent and argues further cut to 25 percent. He notes combined rate now 58 percent versus 73 percent in 1922 and cites removal of excess profits tax with a 2.5 percent corporate net income levy as substitution.
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Washington
Mellon
Congress
Melton
Hardings Return From Florida and Georgia Vacation
President and Mrs. Harding return to the White House after a five week trip to Florida and Georgia. Observers note the President is bronzed from golf and Mrs. Harding walks with firmer steps, a marked change from a month ago.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Florida
Georgia
Murder Girl Burn Body in Miami Street
A girl about eighteen was burned to death in a Miami street after her clothes were soaked with oil. Police say two men murdered her though their identities are unknown. Neighbors reported hearing pleas before she was dragged from a vacant lot and set ablaze.
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Miami
Fla
First Train Reaches Lake City After 23 Days
The first train in twenty three days pulls into Lake City Michigan delivering mail passengers and supplies. Heavy snow had blocked the line with roary plows unable to clear the route, ending the long winter blockage.
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Lake City
Mich
Paris Hospital Claims Adrenaline Revival Operation
The Petit Journal reports a Paris hospital revived a dying woman on the operating table with adrenaline to the heart. After the injections the original operation was completed successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Petit Journal
Secretary Interior Work joins Alaska tour with Harding and Wallace
Secretary of the Interior Work, while touring Indian reservations, will accompany President Harding and Secretary Wallace on the Alaska trip, with the announcement noting the itinerary includes Oklahoma City and dates in April.
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Work
Alaska
Oklahoma City
Okla
Harding
Wallace
Mussolini suppresses press criticism in Italy
London reports from Rome that Mussolini’s government suppresses criticism by burning twenty thousand copies of a single paper. The Fasist regime moves to silence dissent and control the press.
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Ussolini
London
Rome
Pregier Mussolini
Fas
Eisti Party
340 Peasants Slain in Jitomir Demonstration
In Jitomir a public square in the Ukrainian town sees 340 Russian peasants shot by Red troops during a protest over the execution of Monsignor Butchkavitch. The event sparks anti Soviet sentiment across the Baltic to the Bosphorus, with chaotic reports of Soviet agitators seized in Turkey and fears of wider war if Poland is attacked.
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Berlin
Jitomir
Monsignor
Butchkavitch
Moscow Council
Near East
Warsaw
Baltic
Bosphorus
Foster Jury Is Discharged After Deadlock
In St. Joseph Michigan on April 6 Judge Charles White discharged the jury weighing William Z Foster of Chicago on a Michigan criminal syndicalism charge after 31 and a quarter hours of deliberation. The panel stayed 6 to 6 from the start and 88 ballots yielded no verdict. Five men and one woman favored acquittal while six favored conviction.
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St. Joseph, Mich
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Charles White
Foster
Arlington Hotel Fire Kills One Fireman in Hot Springs
A deadly blaze at the Arlington hotel in Hot Springs Ark caused the building to collapse trapping and killing firefighter George Ford. Two other firefighters were seriously hurt while battling the flames as more than three hundred guests escaped. The loss is estimated above a million dollars.
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Arlington
Hot Springs
Ark
Arlington Hotel
George Ford
Rails Prepare for Heavy Fall Traffic With 100000 Cars
National rail campaign boosts rolling stock as 100000 additional freight cars and 4200 more serviceable locomotives are promised for the coming fall period. New York reports the plan aims to ease freight movement across the country.
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New York
Forty Brazil Rebels Killed in Uruquayana Siege
Buenos Aires April 9 reports say Brazilian revolutionaries were forced to lift the siege of Uruquayana suffering forty killed and many wounded according to a La Nacion dispatch.
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Brazil
Buenos Aiires
Uruguayana
la Nacion
Jerusalem Opens Solomon's Pools Water System
The electric button started machinery to bring waters from the pools of Solomon to Jerusalem. The project marks years of work and a large financial outlay.
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Jerusalem
Solomon
Holy City
Herrin Massacre Defendants Acquitted by Williamson County Jury
A Williamson county jury acquitted six Herrin massacre defendants after six hours of deliberation. Notable figures include Hugh Willis a miner activist and James Fontanetta Oscar Howard James Brown a colored miner Otis Clark Bert Grace. The trial concerned the murder of Antonio Mulkavitch during the 1914 labor conflict.
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Marion
Williamson County
Herrin
D. T. Hartwell
John Caughilin
Creal Springs
Hartwell
Hugh Willis
Willis
Illinois Miners’ State Executive Committee
James Fontanetta
Oscar Howard
Ames Brown
Otis Clark
Bert Grace
Grace
Clark
Howard Hoffman
Antonio Mulkavitch
Argonne
Caughlin
$2 Bill May Be Dropped In Revision of Paper Money
Washington April 7 The treasury special committee nears completion of a general revision of paper money designs. If adopted by Secretary Mellon the $2 bill will be the first to go as gamblers shun it and superstition prompts mutilation to avoid ill omens.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Cosino de la Torriente
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuba
United States
Farm bankers set rediscount rate at 4 4 per cent
Washington April 7 Charles E Lobdell chairman of the federal farm loan board announced that the twelve new intermediate banks created by the farm credits act will establish a 44 per cent rediscount rate which will mean that farmers will pay 7 per cent interest
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Washington
Charles E. Lobdell
Federal Farm Loan Board
Train wreck injures sixteen on Chicago Great Western
A Chicago Great Western passenger train en route from Minneapolis to Kansas City derailed three miles east of Marshalltown Iowa. Sixteen people were injured including several women but none seriously. Many delegates returning from a state convention of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Maccabees were aboard.
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Marshalltown
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Here
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Maccabees
U. S. Market Report April 7 Grain Dairy and Livestock Prices
Chicago cash grain prices list No. 2 red winter at 1.32 and No. 2 hard winter at 1.23 with corn and oats quoted. Dairy cheese and butter prices shown alongside hay, meal, and feed values. Western fruits vegetables and live stock prices include hogs, beef, veal, lambs, and yearlings with ranges.
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Washington
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Prairie
Minneapolis
Baldwin
Northwestern
Texas
Louisiana
Eight Die After Ram War Off Vineyard Sound
Coast guards and seafaring men combed Vineyard Sound beaches for survivors of a sunken steamer believed to be the John Dwight, a rum runner. Eight bodies were recovered, all badly cut, suggesting death by violence after a reported battle with hijackers near the western entrance to the sound.
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Vineyard
Haven
Mass
Coast Guards
Vineyard Sound
John Dwight
Sound
Hquor
Mail Robbers Loot Large Haul In St Louis Hold Up
Postal inspectors believe the nine registered mail pouches taken by five bandits in a Monday hold up may total far more than the initial 2 364 100 dollars announced Friday. The loss is said to be mainly non negotiable bonds.
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St. Louis
Priest Shot From Behind in Cheka Cellar Execution
London reports a priest named Butchkavitch was executed last Saturday in a cellar under a building used by the Cheka the Soviet secret police. The executioner stood behind the condemned man and fired a single shot through the back of the head with a revolver.
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Butchkavitch
London
Cheka
Moscow
No More Herrin Trials In Illinois Massacre Case
Marion Illinois April 9 The Herrin massacre case has blown up with the state pressing murder and conspiracy indictments while figuratively throwing up its hands in despair as trials fade from the scene.
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Marion
Ill
Herrin
Illinois
Nhile
Plague Rages Across India Reports Severe Death Toll
Simla reports plague raging in nearly all provinces of India. For the week ending March 24, 9,000 new cases were recorded nationwide with about 8,000 fatalities, underscoring a heavy death rate across the country.
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India
Simla
Rum Ships Face Navy Raid On Atlantic Rum Runners
President Harding may order the U S navy to chase rum runners from the Atlantic coast. Officials say fifty to sixty submarine chasers could be sent to break up small operations and deter larger carrier vessels, a plan discussed before his vacation.
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Washington
Harding
United States Navy
Atlantic
Indiana Road Program Announces Massive Highway Build
Indianapolis April 7 John P Williams state highway director announced the Indiana highway commission will build 958 miles of hard surface roads at an estimated cost of 27 811 000 over the next three years.
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Indianapolis
John P. Williams
Indiana Highway Commission
Azores Rocked by Twenty Two Earthquakes in Two Days
In Ponta Delgada on St Michaels island Azores twenty two earthquake shocks were felt over the last two days with the strongest tremors near the western part of the island.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Joseph Forgives Brothers In Genesis Revelation
Lesson text outlines Joseph's arc from beloved son to slave, prisoner, and prime minister, culminating in his emotional revelation and forgiveness of his brothers. It ties divine providence to mercy and invites reflection on reconciliation and honoring parents.
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Joseph
Egypt
Potiphar
Jesus
Satan
Jacob
Jospeh
Horse Kisser Fined in New York Story
James Ryan aged 35 of Fest Sixteenth street was arraigned in night court at Bowery front of 121 Bowery for dis orderly conduct after leading a horse onto the sidewalk and kissing it. He was fined $5 by Magistrate Euperin after a quip from the magistrate. A patrolman testified the horse neighed when touched.
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New York
Bowery
James Ryan
Sixteenth Street
Euperin
Wendling
Ryan
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise
Mrs A D Earls of Olean New York shares relief from monthly headaches nosebleeds backaches and sleepless nights after using two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports feeling like a new woman and plans to recommend the remedy.
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N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. D. Earls
N. 5Th St
Olean, N. Y
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedy for strength gain
Mrs Herbert Kesey of Copenhagen New York writes that after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for pains and weakness she became strong enough to do housework and help her husband outdoors. She offers the letter to help others.
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Copenhagen
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert Kesey
R.F.D
N.Y
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U. S
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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Priest
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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Berkeley
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