Tax Evasion Claims Highlight Government Losses
Senate inquiry uncovers millions in tax losses due to amortization claims and wash sales. Senator Couzens cites lax IRS administration and lack of interdepartmental coordination as the source of fiscal gaps.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Senate
The
Revenue Bureau
Couzens
Michigan
Steel Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
James Couzens
Wall Street
Bureau
Comings Proposes State Plans to Cut School Building Fees
Senator-elect William R. Comings unveils a bill to supply standardized state plans for school buildings to reduce architects fees. He cites one county paying about 50 000 annually and argues plan standardization would save millions. He also favors cutting teachers exams and trimming license fees if a gasoline tax passes.
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William R. Comings
Comings
Dog Can Read and Write Says Berlin Owner
Charley White of Berlin claims his dog can read and write and prefers Bible passages. He will not exhibit the animal publicly until its work is perfected.
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Berlin
Charley White
White
Turks Send Addicts to Hospital for Drug Cures
Constantinople reports a new law requires all persons found addicted to drugs to be sent to a hospital for a six months cure, with no option to refuse.
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Constantinople
Poison liquor disaster hits New York City area
Five people remain in hospitals after drinking poison liquor that previously killed five others. Names include Margaret McDermott 60 John Costello 60 and Anna Herveret 65. Several victims died from delirium tremens acute alcoholism or exposure with ongoing hospital treats.
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New York
Margaret McDermott
John Costello
Anna Herveret
Hervert
Bele Yue
Harry Lyshot
John Donlon
Raymond Nolan
James Fitzgerald
Michael Gallagher
Nolan
Michael McKee
Mary Thomas
Many Want Ten Adopt Lost Baby in Wellington Depot Find
A dozen people seek custody of the found baby boy at Wellington depot. Attorney L D Hamblin of the Humane Society reports applications pour into probate court. the child remains with the society until a formal court grant.
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Wellington
L D Hamblin
Ilumane Society
Hamlin
The
Humane Society
Robbery Nets $10,000 Diamonds From Los Angeles Couple
In Los Angeles on December 15 two automobile bandits held up hotel owner F. L. Greene and his wife Mrs. Greene as they were returning home, robbing them of diamonds valued at $10,000. The attack occurred in the early hours of the morning.
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Los Angeles
F. L. Greene
Deplorable conditions probe at Camden Township home
County health officials and the Lorain County Humane Society investigate one of the county’s worst insanitation cases at the Hoffhines farm in Camden Township. Kate Hoffhines 78 died from old age neglect. sister Lucy also blind receives $160 yearly. Five others, including nephews Hitchcock and a niece, live there. authorities plan to remove the survivors to the county home and order cleaning of the property.
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Lorain County Humane Society
Kate Hoffhines
Lucy Hoffhines
Hoffhines
Camden Township
Fred A Underhill
Clarence Adams
J. J. Howlette
Charles Murray
William Blishmond
Wellington
Hitchcock
Fox
Quherlin
Witch
Wll
Wood County
Hane Society
Riley's Dream Comes True Hospital Opens for Cripples
Indianapolis celebrates the Riley Hospital for Children with a $2,000,000 facility to aid disabled children. The project, led by the Riley Memorial Association, includes expanded wards, a convalescent home, and a 25 acre park funded by subscriptions and state support. First patient Mark Noble, ten, treated after infantile paralysis.
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Haven
Indianapolis
D&c
Jim’’ Riley
Riley Hospital
Indiana
Riley Memorial Association
Indiana University
Robert Long Hospital
Indiana School of Medicine
City
United States
Rotary Clubs of
Mark Noble
Decatur
Ind
George Ade Booth Tarkington
Meredith Nicholson
William Lowe Bryan
Frederick Schottemier
George A Ball
Muncie
Carleton B. McCulloch
Three Die in Toledo Crossing Crash
Three members of the Beres family died in a grade crossing collision near Toledo as their car backed into the roadway. Joseph Beres, his wife, and their daughter Pearl, 15, were killed when their auto was struck by a double header Lake Shore Electric train. Only Mary survives, along with uncle John Balos of Southern Michigan.
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Here
Joseph Beres
Pearl
Lake Shore
Berea
Mary
John Balos
Michigan
First European School for Brides Opens in Vienna
The Vienna school for brides, Europe’s first, welcomes girls about to marry. The four month term offers day or evening classes on wife duties and rights, child care, home hygiene, social relations with servants, and the wife as citizen. Notably about half of the entrants are young married women.
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Vienna
Europe
Thief Honored With Two Minute Silence At Funeral
London on Dec 15 reports a Salford funeral for a well known thief and drunkard. As pallbearers carried the casket the procession paused outside two local saloons and drinking companions observed a two minute silence in Armistice Day fashion.
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London
Salford
Mar
Haynes Stands Dehn i A Ayrenan Clevenland Probe
Cleveland reports say H A Diykeman former Ohio Indiana Michigan prohibition chief faces removal attempts on charges of inefficiency. The charges were filed with Major Roy A Haynes at Washington by three subordinates. Gibson Williams and Snyder resigned then withdrew. Haynes defended the Cleveland office and praised its administration under Dykeman.
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H. A. Diykeman
Elytia
Prohibition
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Indiana
Michigan
Dyskheman
Roy A. Haynes
National Prohibition
Washington
H C Gibson
Westerville
T. RB. Williams
Delaware
Fred Snider
Springfield
Gibson
Wliams
Snyder
Blaynes
Dykeman
Haynes
Church Remedy for Human Needs at Open Forum
Rev B C Hibler former pastor of the Church of Christ spoke on the Church and Human Needs. He argued social conditions have shifted and urged internal personal reform as the path to solve modern issues, saying the church is the true source of spiritual supply.
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Open Forum
Church of Christ
B C Hibler
Broadway
Toledo
Jesus
Fear Three Killed In Oil Town Fire
Cromwell Oklahoma December 15 guards patrol the ruins of the oil boom town after a disastrous blaze that razed the business district. Officials probe reports that bombs set off near the Murray dance hall caused an explosion touching three states. One man’s body found and two dance hall girls remain missing.
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Cromwell, Olka
Cromwell
Ruina
Murray
Fire destroys Christchurch Church in Cherry Hill Ohio
The United Brethren church at Christchurch in Cherry Hill Ohio burned Sunday after Rev L Mt Hohn organized a bucket brigade. Volunteers could not save the church as members gathered for service.
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Cincinnati
L. Mt. Hohn
United Brethren of Christchurch
Cherry Hill
Ohio
Hoover Warns of Traffic Toll in Nationwide Drive
Secretary Hoover urged a national campaign to reduce 22 600 annual traffic deaths and 678 000 injuries. He warned reckless drivers and uneven rules require tough penalties and broad public education, noting 12 000 000 cars carry many more passengers than rail. Continued on page 2.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Grent National Association
Gompers Will Lie In State In New York Elks Club
The body of Samuel Gompers will lie in state at the Elks Club in New York after arriving from San Antonio. Funeral services are set for Thursday at nine in the morning with interment at Sleepy Hollow. James Duncan will deliver the eulogy. Ma sonic rites and rabbinic conduct. Distinguished pallbearers include Gov. Smith and Mayor Hylan. The funeral train will pass Fifth Avenue.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
San Antonio
Elks Club House
Washington
Sleepy Hallow Cemetery
James Duncan
Federation
Elks
Stephen
Free Synagogue
Alfred E. Smith
John F. Hylan
Alton B. Parker
Bernard M. Baruch
Ralph Easley
Samuel Untermyer
Fifth Avenue
Black smallpox kills Youngstown worker in quarantine case
John Haish, 28, of Struthers, dies of black smallpox in Youngstown marking the first local case in months. Haish’s coworkers at Sharon Steel Hoop Co. are quarantined as health officials contain the outbreak.
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Youngstown
John Haish
Struthers
Haist
Sharon Steel Hoop Co
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