Tax policy fight shapes 1927 budget outlook in Congress
Edward W. Pickard outlines the split over tax cuts and debt reduction as Democrats press for a general tax cut while Republicans push applying a large 1927 surplus to national debt. Senate debates credit inflation, naval funding, and prohibition enforcement amid a busy Washington scene.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Coolidge
Smoot
Swanson
Harrison
Copeland
King
Senate
Small
Illinois
Frank L. Smith
McKinley
Mr. Smith
Washington
Smith
Ashurst
Arizona
Debates over agricultural bill spotlight McNary candidacy
In a Wednesday House session Representative Dickinson of Town voiced support for the McNary farm relief bill while Mr Howard of Nebraska pressed about the candidate’s age. Dickinson replied that the two term limit matters more to the public than a president’s age.
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Yebate
Lowdon
Dickinson
Mr. Howard
Nebraska
Bishops Denounce Mexican Religious Policy in U S Letter
A long pastoral letter from the Catholic bishops of the United States warns of attacks on religious foundations in Mexico under President Calles and rejects calls for American political intervention. It defends the church’s position and notes foreign oil firms’ adherence to Mexican petroleum law as part of the context.
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Mexico
United States
Calles
Rayne
Madrid plot to assassinate King Alfonso uncovered
ISPATCHES from Barcelona report a new Madrid conspiracy to kill King Alfonso and Dictator de Rivera. Plotters aimed to shoot the premier from a closed car near his office and to kill the king with grenades at Gen. de Rivera's funeral, with many plotters arrested.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
de Rivera
Madrid
Gen. de Rivera
Poland reveals armed forces totals in Warsaw report
In Warsaw a government release states Poland's army includes 258 095 soldiers and 179 000 officers, plus 2 124 sailors and 286 officers in the navy. Excluding militarized police the force costs about 76 500 000 dollars in 1927, with police and guards on borders raising total under arms to about 400 000. Poland is described as Europe's central power with an army four times Germany's size.
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Warsaw
Poland
Europe
Germany
Russia
Renmark forms new cabinet led by Premier Madison Mygdal
The Farners party creates a new Renmark cabinet with Madison Mygdal as premier. Dr. Phil Mortensen, previously part of the Danish delegation to the League of Nations, becomes foreign minister and leads the Danish interparliamentary group.
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Renmark
Farners’ Party
Madison Mygdal
Phil Mortensen
League of Nations
Nicaragua asks US to create naval zone along east coast
President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua appeals to the United States for a naval neutral zone off its east coast to halt Mexican supported rebels threatening the capital. Recent reports note a gun running vessel arriving at a Caribbean island with arms and 4 million rounds of ammunition and troops aboard.
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Adolfo Diaz
Nicaragua
United States
Hudson river bridge finance moves toward 1927 start
The Port Authority finalizes a 60 million bond plan for a Hudson River span linking upper Manhattan and Fort Lee New Jersey. New York and New Jersey provide 5 million each annually for five years, with repayment from surplus tolls. construction may begin early next year with two to six lanes and a 660-foot tower.
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Fort Lee
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Hudson
New Jersey
Brooklyn Bridge
Philadelphia-Camden
Delaware
Woolworth
One Hundred Seventy-ninth Street
Robert A. Lasher
The
Fort Authority
Bar Children to All Degenerates
A New York report quotes Dr. Adolf Lorenz arguing that the mentally and physically unfit should be barred from having children to prevent degeneration. He claims humanity is endangered by saving the weak and prolonging their lives and calls for stopping the poorest stock from reproducing.
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New York
Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Princess Ileana Finds Romance at West Point Arrives in New York
Princess Ileana of Romania arrives with Queen Marie and Prince Nikolas in New York. Cadet William Glasgow and Cadet Henry Douglas escort her at West Point and a luncheon with Glasgow follows a moonlit reception. A bid to meet him at West Point is arranged through Paul Cravath but is thwarted by the commandant.
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Florida
Marie of
Jugo‘Slavia
Bucharest
Carol
Bureau of Sards
Ileana
Rumania
Charming
Marie
Romania
Nikolas
West Point
M. B. Stewart
William J. Glasgow
Washington
Henry G. Douglas
Bel Air
Glasgow
Army
Douglas
Paul D. Cravath
Mr. Cravath
Mr. Cravath At Once Got In Touch With General Stewart
Tieana
Neana
Mr. Glasgow
General Stewart
Mohammed
Thayer Hotel
Farmhand David Lewis Receives Long Service Medal
David Lewis, a farmhand on a British estate for 65 years, is awarded the Banbury Agricultural Association long service medal for his dedicated service.
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London
David Lewis
Banbury Agricultural Association
Knowloon Plans Seven-Story Elevator Building in China
Knowloon, China, announces a seven story apartment house featuring an elevator. The project will provide three room suites in each unit, signaling a new housing option for the city.
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Knowloon
China
France Spends Billions on Bobbed Hair Each Year
Paris reports that bobbed hair and waves cost French households about 3.97 billion francs annually, a convention funded by husbands. The estimate assumes 24 haircuts and two permanent waves per year per woman, with each bob and wave totaling roughly 1,822 francs.
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Paris
France
Scrub Oaks From America Used In France For Brush Cover
Dr. David G. Fairchild reports the small black scrub oak from the northeastern United States is being used in France to provide brush cover on large estates and game preserves. The dwarf species, rarely over nine feet, grows rapidly and adapts well to stony ground, performing better there than native shrubs or small trees.
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United States
France
David G. Fairchild
United States Department of Agriculture
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