Coolidge urges withdrawal from inheritance tax field
Washington February 19 President Coolidge addressing the National Inheritance and Estate Tax Conference urged Federal government to withdraw from the inheritance tax field and called for economy in tax collection. He said current law "closely approaches, if it is not, actually confiscation" and cautioned that socialism should be presented openly rather than as revenue collection.
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Washington
National Tax Association
Coolidge
Hartley denies funding for Puyallup bulletin
Gov. Hartley in Olympia on February 19 refused to approve the Western Washington Experiment Station at Puyallup printing its long running bimonthly bulletin and mailing list of 35,000. He said tax cuts require cutting spending and that the bulletin, costing 4000 to 5000 dollars annually, is not essential.
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Olympia
Wash
Hartley
Western Washington
Puyallup
Storm Bound Alpinists Rescued by Airplane Drops
In Burne on February 19 three Swiss alpinists were saved after eight days by airplanes dropping corned beef and hardtack to them in a hut high on the Berdine mountains. The storm had left them stranded and sheltering in place until the aerial supply reach.
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Burne
Berdine Mountains
St Louis Coliseum to be bought for sports arena
A group of St Louis businessmen led by Jefferson Seligman will purchase the Coliseum in New York and convert it into a combined sports arena and natatorium. The National Arena Syndicate plans remodeling and creating a chain of arenas in multiple cities.
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ST. Louis Coliseum
New York
St.Louis Coliseum
Jefferson Seligman
Wall Street
Seligman
National Arena Syndicate, Incorporated
Industrial School For Alaskan Natives Bill Sent To President
Washington Feb 19 The Senate has sent to President Coolidge a bill authorizing the establishment of an industrial school for Alaskan native children as proposed by the Bureau of Education.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Bureau of Education
Mitchell Attacks Air Service Before House Panel
Gen. Mitchell, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Service, reiterated that the U S air power was inadequate and called the Hawaiian defenses obsolete as bows and arrows. The House Aircraft Committee meeting, reportedly disrupted yesterday by a presidential summons, adjourned without the promised reprimand.
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Washington
White House
Mitchell
Army Air Service
House Aircraft Committee
Hawaiian Islands
Veterans Hospital Construction Measure Passed
The House Veterans' Committee has reported a ten million dollar hospital construction measure giving the Veterans Bureau Director authority to allocate funds as needed to support hospital expansion and improved facilities.
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Washington
House Veterans’ Committee
Veterans Bureau
University of Washington Calif coeds in debate dispute venue
Seattle February report of a planned March 6 debate between the University of Washington coed team and California rivals. Washington argues for weighty topics like child labor and initiative reform while California sticks to lighter subjects, delaying agreement and possibly canceling the Berkeley match.
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Seattle
University of Washington
California
Washington
Supreme Court
Five Shots Fired in Chase Through Washington
A wild bootlegger chase along Pennsylvania Avenue ends near the Treasury Building after police seize 144 gallons of liquor. Three fleeing cars are stopped at high speed. others escape. The White House is circled five times during the pursuit. five shots are fired in the incident.
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White House
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Building
Plan to Make Germany Day Berlin
Berlin Feb 19 The Hersfels police in Prussia have banned the sale of hard liquors on holidays and Saturdays from noon onward. The move aims to curb spending of weekly wages on drink and is praised as a model for imitation. German press calls the decree original and prohibition advocates push for broader national limits and state control of spirits as Germany moves toward dry policies.
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Berlin
Germany
Hersfels
Prussia
Reichstag
Ezra Meeker to Join Tent Show Tour Across U S and Canada
Seattle report states Ezra Meeker the Oregon Trail pioneer has signed with J C Miller of the 101 Ranch Shows to join a new company. They will leave Oklahoma City in April to tour the United States and Canada driving an ox team similar to his historic crossing of the plains.
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Seattle
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail Blazer
J. C. Miller
Oklahoma City
United States
Canada
Meeker
Parks Confirmed For Governor Of Alaska
WASHINGTON Feb 19 The Senate confirmed George Alexander Parks as governor of Alaska and William H Jardine as Secretary of Agriculture after a late afternoon session confirming both nominees.
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Washington
Senate
George Alexander Parks
Alaska
William H. Jardine
Approval of Parks Proves Widely Supported in Alaska
A Seattle Daily Times special dispatch from Washington reports that George A. Parks has won broad approval among Alaska affairs supporters and advocates of rewarding trained government workers. Eastern papers praise Parks for his service and modest reaction to news of his ascent.
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Seattle
Seattle Daily Times Today
Washington
George’ A. Parks
Parks
Copper Sees Long-Term Demand Growth
C P Browning manager of Britannia Mine told the British Columbia Division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy last night that copper faces sustained demand. He cited new electrical industry needs and said mining prosperity hinges largely on copper.
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Vancouver
B. C
C. P. Browning
Britannia
British Columbia
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Beware of Radio Face Women Are Warned
London reports women fear developing wireless wrinkles from long nightly listening. Concentration at fireside or with earphones pressed to the ears strains facial muscles, causing lines to form around the forehead and mouth.
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London
Mrs Landes Again Mayor of Seattle
Seattle reports Mrs Landes again becomes mayor after Mayor Brown departs for Los Angeles leaving the city in her hands. The interim leadership continues until Brown's return or new arrangements are made.
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Seattle
Landes
Brown
Los Angeles
Explorer Roy Gilley Eyes Steamship Trips to Valley
Roy Gilley, an explorer and guide in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes near Seward, reports opening new fume holes and a spring near boiling point. He travels to the states to persuade steamship companies to run trips to the Valley next summer amid fluctuating temperatures.
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S. S
Seward
Roy Gilley
Gilley
Nevada Senate backs convention to revise Eighteenth Amendment
Reno Nev Feb 19 The Senate passed a House resolution urging Congress to assemble a constitutional convention of states to revise the Eighteenth Amendment. If two thirds of states approve similar amendments Congress must call the national convention. Nevada favored a prohibition revision to permit an enforceable act.
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Reno
Nev
Senate
House
Congress
Nevada
Economy measures at White House before prize award
Washington February 19. Ahead of the $10 economy prize announced by President Coolidge, White House staff show saving signs by cutting towel allotments to 88 from 175 in five washrooms and swapping individual paper cups for shared drinking glasses. Report also notes staff reluctance to continue giving pencils to newspapermen.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Plan Launched for National Navy Marines Memorial
A campaign to raise 500000 dollars to erect a National Navy Marines Memorial in Washington for Americans lost at sea was launched in New York last night by Col. Theodore Roosevelt. It is stated that 46000 dollars were raised so far.
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New York
Washington
National Navy Marines
Theodore Roosevelt
Granton Bequest to Town Poor May Lapse
A will provision of $200 for the poor of Granton may fail for lack of legatees. It is claimed there are no poor in the village, prompting questions about the future of the grant.
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Granton
Wis
Carl Mundt
Associated Oil Stops Drilling Kanatak Field
Seward notice reports Associated Oil Company suspends Kanatak field drilling due to extreme cold freezing oil residue and fuel scarcity. Manager G. L. Jones and 16 men head out as operations pause for about two months. Depth reached 2300 feet in two months. Standard Oil is 2010 feet away. New machinery to be shipped north in spring.
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Seward
G. L. Jones
Kanatak
Associated Oil Company
Associated
Standard Oil Company
Private Manufacture of Arms Before League
Geneva February 19 The League of Nations Disarmament Committee adopted a resolution on private manufacture of arms.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Disarmament Comittee
Naval Board Report Says Battleships Rule Sea War
President Coolidge released the Naval Board report which declares battleships will remain the final arbiters of sea warfare and that airplanes will not take paramount importance. It favors modernizing old battleships, emphasizes aircraft carriers, two 10,000 ton cruisers, and a reduced three year program to 30 million dollars. Bomb tests on the Washington hull showed resilience with repairs possible and port entry under steam after explosions.
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Washington
Coolidge
Special Navy Board
Naval Board
Doheny Sees One Oil Well a Week in Mexico
EB L Doheny Jr reports Doheny properties in Mexico maintain one oil well per week. He returned from a visit to the southern republic and shared the update from Los Angeles.
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Doheny
Mexico
Los Angeles
EB. L. Doheny, Jr
Republic
Seattle Everett Interurban Held Up by Two Men
Everett Wesh Feb 19 Two armed men stopped the Seattle bound Everett interurban near the Everett Golf Links last night and robbed 40 passengers escaping with loot estimated at not more than 209 dollars.
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Everett. Wesh
Seattle
Everett
Everett Golf Links
Plan to store aircraft on new Coast Guard boat for Alaska relief
Washington February 19 The Coast Guard weighs using planes on a new vessel to aid Arctic relief during navigation closed season. President Coolidge approved 925000 for a replacement cutter Bear. Plans call for two planes with pontoons wheels and skins to land on water land snow or ice and to survey ice conditions while delivering mail and supplies to Nome and reindeer stations.
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Washington
Alaska
Coast Guard
Coolidge
Concreas
Nome
Arctic
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