Senator Couzens Urges Tax Relief and Reform
Senator Couzens of Michigan urged broad tax changes at the Baltimore Bar Association addressing income tax relief for under 5 000 a year estate tax relief from dual taxation and elimination of nuisance excises. He cited a 400 million fiscal surplus and proposed exempting those incomes from filing returns and cutting surtaxes by half, affecting about 594 000 individuals.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
Couzens
Michigan
Baltimore Bar Association
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Coolidge
Cal
Mississippi Governor seeks drastic revenue and antitrust reforms
Governor Henry Whitfield in a special message to the Legislature calls for abolishing the revenue agent office, placing enforcement powers with the attorney general, and revamping antitrust laws to modernize Mississippi business regulation. He ties changes to a major suit by W J Miller over 12 million dollars from Ford Motor Co.
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Ison
Miss
Iion Press
Mississippi
Henry Whitfield
Ford Motor Company
W. J. Miller
Whitfield
Miller
Bankrupt Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail shows large deficit
The Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road Company now in receivership reports a deficit of 1 868 606 for the year ending December 31 1924, versus a 207 686 surplus the prior year and 6 143 168 for 1922. Receivers named H E Mark W Potter and Edward Dage. former president Pyran denied irregularities and noted loan efforts.
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Chicago
Asio- Press
Milwaukee & St. Paul Rails Company
Public Today
Federal District
LA Last
H. E. Mark W. Potter
Edward Dage
P Pyran
Jemegrelaxie
Gram Ode
Baby Face Lotion Promises Quick Complexion Fix
An advertisement for Baby Face Lotion claims it clears freckles pimples and blemishes in minutes. It touts a natural look, benefits for men and women, a money back guarantee, and a Mobile Alabama launch at Al & Wood.
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Bettie
Mobile
al& Wood
Just Can’t Be Beat For The Whole Family
Azalea North Carolina resident J W Rice touts Taylor’s Blood Medicine as a family tonic claiming it stops rheumatic pains restores senses and appetite and helps gain weight. He lists iodide of potash and herbs like sarsaparilla dandelion gentian wintergreen and sassafras as active ingredients and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
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J. W. Rice
Azalea, N. C
Taylor
Sin
Monkey War In Tennessee Shakes Dayton Over Evolution
Dayton residents confront the Scopes trial as controversy over teaching evolution erupts. The high school coach and teacher faces a state law ban while local sentiment splits between defending Scopes and upholding the anti evolution stance. A courtroom battle looms as Dan Rappleyea stands accused of sparking the dispute.
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Dayton, Tenn
Money Tribe
Tennessee
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Berland Coal and Iron Company
Scopes
State Textbook Commission
Rappleyea
Chattanooga
We Scopes
George W. Leyer
Spy becomes man of affairs in U S
Washington dispatches report Alvin Grothe a German aviator shot down behind American lines in World War I who later became an American spy and settled in the United States under an assumed name. Alfred Schultze also became a U S spy. they wore German uniforms, interviewed prisoners, and helped direct artillery fire at St Michael.
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New York
Associated Press
Washington
New York Times
Alvin Grothe
Alfred Schultze
Grothe
St. Micheil
Marboro Churchill
Grothe and Scholtze
United States
Chamber Debating Business Problems
Washington May 20 The Associated Press reports Richard B. Grant president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States outlined urgent topics for the annual meeting including international economic adjustment tax reductions banking credit and cooperation between business and agriculture He warned against rushing Congress for new laws and urged local study to balance national welfare.
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Washington
Associated Press
Richaru
United States
Ue Assis
Grant
Congress
Kansas City To Get 1000 Watt Broadcasting Station
Kansas City will gain a new 1000 watt broadcasting station next fall operated by the University School of Christianity. The station will be the largest in Kansas City and will transmit with twice the power of the current government station.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
University School of Christianity
Working People Seek Liver Help Through Bile Tonic
A health notice suggests workers grow listless when the liver falters and recommends taking doses of a bile tonic to restore energy and ambition. The ad, promoted by Van Antwerp's, touts the product at 50 cents.
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van Antwerp
Court gowns fitted in London for Queen Mary season
In Mayfair and Bond Street fittings proceed as debutantes and attendees prepare for the royal courts. Queen Mary may wear a new blue gown alongside silver and other color gowns, with eight American debutantes and seven matrons to be presented at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night.
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London
Associated Press
Mayfair
Bond Street
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Alanson B. Houghton
Detroit street railway posts $1.87 million surplus in three years
The Detroit Street Railway marked its third anniversary May 15 with a surplus of $1,870,255 and an average fare of 6.10 cents. General manager Ross Schram states platform workers’ wages are among the highest in the nation after Chicago, reflecting strong operation.
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Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
Detroit Street Railway
United States
Ross Schram
Chicago
Mine Injunction To Be Appealed
A temporary injunction in a federal district court restraining United Mine Workers from unionizing activities will be appealed to the Richmond Va appeals court. Union counsel T C Townsend says the core issue is free speech guaranteed by state and federal constitutions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Federral District Court
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal.Company
United Mine Workers
United States District Court of Appeals
Richmond
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
United States
Democrat Editor Named for National Democrat
Washington May 20 Fred W Stockman named publicity director for Senator Oscar W Underwood in his presidential bid and editor of the National Democrat a new paper to bolster the Democratic party Oldfield Arkansas committee chair announced Stockman said the first edition will call for a militant Democratic organization aiming to win a Democratic majority in Congress next year
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Washington
Fred W. Stockman
Oscar W. Underwood
National Democrat
Oldfield
Arkansas
Democratic Congressional Committee
Stockman
Congress
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