Developments in Fixing of Surtax Rates
Washington January 30 Republicans in the house ways and means committee settle on a 35 percent maximum surtax rate while Mellon and President Coolidge may approve. Democrats push 44 percent. some conservative Democrats back 35 to avoid stalling the tax bill. The committee adjusts Mellon proposals with earned income limits and a 25 percent cut for up to 25,000 or 20,000 income, shaping debate as gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Coolidge
John Garner
Texas
Setcv
Secretary of the Treasury
Ways and Means
Senate
Congress
People's Progressive party to nominate slate at mass convention
Omaha January 30 The People's Progressive party chaired by Roy M Harrop will convene to select presidential and VP nominees and draft a platform. Attending are Robert Pointer personal representative of Henry Ford Walter Vance and Thomas J Jordan. Proposed planks include a federal rule of law a soldiers bonus direct presidential and VP election a war referendum child labor ban by constitutional amendment and direct government loans to farm and industry at over three percent interest.
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Omaha
Neb
People’s Progressive Party
Roy M. Harrop
Harrop
Robert Pointer
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Walter Vance
Georgia
Thomas J. Jordan
University of Minnesota
Tiny Girl With Living Chance In Fort Worth
A baby girl weighing about three quarters of a pound in a Fort Worth hospital incubator shows regular breathing and healthy color, considered the smallest living child in the world and fighting to survive.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Anti-Saloon Chief Convicted as a Forger
New York January 30 AP William A Anderson state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of New York was found guilty of third degree forgery by a jury before Supreme Court Justice Thompkins. He faces sentencing February 8 and may appeal. Bail of 25000 continues with Anderson at liberty. Former Governor Charles S Whitman led the defense.
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New York
William A. Anderson
AntiSaloon League of
Supreme Court
Thompkins
Anderson
Pecora
Charles 8. Whitman
League
Commerce Body Debates Mellon Plan At Western Meet
Delegates at the first mid year meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States western division open day two with calls to reduce national taxation and to back the Mellon plan. Speakers include Carl C. Plehn and Julius H. Barnes while John H. Fahey urges resolving reparations before other goals.
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San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Mellon
Carl C. Plehn
American Economics Society
Rex B. Goodcell
Los Angeles
Internal Revenue
Julius H. Barnes
Duluth
Chamber
John H. Fahey
Boston
America
Germany
Georgia man among ten indicted in lumber sale case
John L. Phillips of Georgia and nine others are to stand trial in the District of Columbia Supreme Court after the court overruled demurrers to their indictment. The case concerns the sale of surplus lumber from army cantonments.
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Terial Washington
John L. Phillips
Georgia
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Utah Weather Tonight and Thursday Forecast
Generally fair conditions continue as Utah sees little temperature change. Skies remain mostly clear with no significant precipitation expected for tonight and Thursday.
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Utah
Street named by governor's error after Argentine prize fighter
In Guaymallen Argentina the municipal council split five to five over naming a new street. The president cast the deciding ballot choosing Calle Luis Angele over Vicente Lopez, the composer enshrined by some as the anthem author. The president quipped he confused Vicente Lopez with a rival tax collector.
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Guaymallen
Vicente Lopez
Luis Angel Firpo
Luis Angele
Caramba
Creager Defends Texas Land Probe Motives
Brownsville Texas January 30 AP Creager Republican national committeeman denounces Senator Heflin for pressing a 1921 land fraud probe in Texas as a political slur against valley leaders He recalls a Rio Grande valley protest trip to Washington and says investigations continued with indictments and convictions in Kansas City and other actions to safeguard legitimate colonization firms.
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Brownsville
Tex
Heflin
Alabama
United States
Senate
Texas
Creaer
United States Senate
Rio Grande Valley
Creager
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Vally
Kansan
Death by Own Action Tied to Love Affair Rumors
Washington society reels as speculation swirls around the death of Margaret Eliot Harding in Boston. Friends cite a nervous breakdown after engagement news to Hawks, an embassy aide, while officials note heavy social pressures and late nights as contributing factors. In Oregon City, aluminum teapots flood the Democratic badge drive as ten thousand offer to support the upcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edwin Evin
Washington
P G. Harding
of Reserve Board
Margaret Eliot Hardi
Boston
Miss
Ey Hawks
Hawks
Harding
Birmingham
Capitol
Oregon City
Clackamas O Democrats
W. W. Woodbeck
Cade
Democratic County Soolves Committee
Los Angeles Chosen as Starting Point for World Flight
The army air service designates Los Angeles as the starting point for the first leg of the world flight. The route has been adjusted and will begin in the near future with Washington to follow as a next key point.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Army Air
Prosecution steps start in Teapot Dome probe
Silas H. Strawn, named special counsel by President Coolidge, begins oil case prosecutions in coordination with former Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory. The move follows the president's directive to pursue criminal guilt, civil liability, fraud exposure, and illegal acts through the courts. Strawn plans to meet with the Senate inquiry panel and obtain department evidence to proceed.
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Washington
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Coolidge
Strawn
Thomas W. Gregory
Wilson
Department
President Confers with Attorneys in Naval Oil Probes
Washington reports that President Coolidge met with special government counsels Silas H. Strawn and Thomas W. Gregory as the naval oil probe intensified. Strawn began collecting evidence while the Senate debated the Walsh resolution and motions to remove Denby and Daugherty.
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Washington
Walsh
Cooldge
Silas H. Strawn
Thomas W. Gregory
Strawn
Senate
Oil Investigating
Fall
E. L. Doheny
House
Capitol
Naval Committee
Doheny and Sinclair Je
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Acting Mayor Hurlburt Ill in Hospital In New York
Acting Mayor Murray Hurlburt is ill in a hospital. In his absence William T. Collins, vice chairman of the board of aldermen, will be nominal head of the city government. Hurlburt has been acting mayor since last summer while Mayor Island recuperated in Florida.
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New York
Murray Hurlburt
William T. Collins
Board of Aldermen
Hurlburt
Islan
Florida
Federal Reserve Board notes gains in bank deposits
The Federal Reserve Board reports that 822 savings banks showed a prosperous business climate with an average deposit rise of about two percent in December. Total deposits reached 6,313,252,000 on January 1, up 576,324,000 from a year earlier and 132,425,000 higher than December 1.
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Federal Reserve Board
Bank Robbery in Jasper Tennessee Nets $10000
Two unmasked men robbed the Farmers Bank of Jasper Tennessee of ten thousand dollars today. Police pursued two suspects and reports said the men escaped.
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Chattanogs
Tenn
Farmers Bank of
Jasper
Vast profits of Montgomery Ward in 1923 record
Montgomery Ward & Co. reports 1923 net profit of 7,702,625 dollars the highest in its history. Gross sales reach 134,644,436 dollars, up 42,170,254 dollars from 1922, as the firm posts a strong annual statement.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moonshine Raids Net Three Prisoners in Island Park
Federal agents posing as camp staff located a large operating still and sin beer supplies in Island Park. They seized the setup, wrecked abandon ed equipment, and arrested T B Van Noy, Charles Miller, and B L Price. The three were to be arraigned before the U S commissioner at St Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Park
Cook
St. Anthony
T.8
van Noy
van Nouse
Charles
Martin
Charles C. Miller
Miller
B. L. Price
United States
Bt. Anthony
Governor McCray Adjudged Bankrupt in Indiana Case
Federal master in chancery Iry C. Sheridan rules Governor Warren T. McCray is bankrupt not a exempt farmer or laborer. Banks from Fort Wayne petitioned for bankruptcy. hearings in Indianapolis concluded January 21. Judge A B Anderson will receive the master’s report for final action.
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Frankfort
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Iry C. Sheridan
Farmers Trust Company
First National Bank
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Sheridan
Discount and Deposit Bank of
Kentland
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
A. B Anderson
United States District Court
President Coolidge to Convene Farm Conference
President Coolidge invites over eighty representatives from farmers, agricultural colleges, merchants, bankers, chambers of commerce, and insurers to a national agricultural conference. The meeting aims to pool ideas on farm relief while Congress handles oil muddle issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Chambers of Commerce
Senate Oil Embroglio Debate Prompts Vote Call
Washington January 80 AP Republican and Democratic leaders push for a vote on the Walsh oil lease annulment resolution as Senator Norris of Nebraska lambasts the legality of the transfers and leases. He warns that unlawful actions threaten republican government and urges adherence to congressional policy.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Norris
Nebraska
Oil Committee
Braid
Congress
Navy
Patteen Tou
Mig’ Ig Taplate
Eeee
Goa
Norrin
Matty Benson
Utah
Denby
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Capitol
Norris Attacks McLean Testimony in Senate Hearing
Senator Norris assails Washington publisher Edward B. McLean and Fall over a $100,000 loan to a former secretary. He denounces plans to shield wealth sources, questions officials’ ties to McLean, and recalls the president’s associate living in the publisher’s house as investigation looms.
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Norris
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Fall
Mclean
Publi
Pall
United States
Glass
Virginia
Noctis Relion
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Morris
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