Mellon Proposes Major Tax Reform Points at Issue
Secretary Mellon presents a Treasury tax reform package to the House Ways and Means Committee. Proposals include cutting the maximum surtax from 40 to 20 percent, repealing the inheritance tax, and ending the income tax publicity provision. The plan aims for about 300 million dollars in reductions and shifts in tax rates across income brackets.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Retailer’s
National Council
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New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Real State Board of New York
Chicago gifts fund new research house at University of Chicago
A modern research house will rise on the Armageddon ruins site funded by American manufacturers and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Gifts total 15,000 for four year excavation support and 25,000 for Phoenician monument acquisitions. The project includes furniture from a Chicago mail order house and an electric lighting system.
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University of Chicago
Ig. University
James H. Breasted
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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Sidon
Butia
Alec
Locarno treaties promise peace and collective aid
London reports Locarno accords outline a security pact protecting French Belgian and German frontiers and mutual aid among France Poland Czecho Slovakia and Germany. arbitration is planned, war is not outlawed, and Britain Italy would aid the harmed party if violations occur. Senator Pepper critiques self interest and league aims.
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Locarno
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Eee
Rhineland
Greatritain
Italy
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Westminster Gazette
Austen Chamberlain
Winston Spencer Churchill
Fores
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Pepper
League of Nations
Philadelphia
Lebanon
Church Robber Is Captured after 1800 Mile Chase
New York October 20 after a long chase Miss Charlotte Lehman 32 was jailed in a Brooklyn police station charged with possessing a church poor box. Police say she faces a similar charge in Chicago.
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New York
Boston
Washington
Chicago
Charlotte Lehman
Brooklyn
San Diego Council Bars Pigeon Shooting at Church
San Diego city council denied a request by Central Christian church to hire a man to shoot pigeons nesting in the church eaves. The move follows concerns that the birds pose a nuisance and health risk to the building and occupants.
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San Diego
Calif
Central Christian Church
Demand for Dollar Bills Reaches Record High in Peace Time
The Treasury reports total U S currency in circulation at 4.827 billion in October, a peak for peace time though second only to November 1926. Assistant Secretary Dewey leads a committee seeking emergency measures to meet rising demand, especially for one dollar bills and smaller denominations.
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United States
The
Treasury
Dewey
Books Closed on French Loan
Paris reports subscriptions to the four per cent gold coupon loan opened July 20 closed today with an estimated total between 6 and 7 billion francs. The issue aimed to convert as much as 67 billion francs of short term national defense bonds into long term securities and retire between 15 and 20 billion francs of short term paper.
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Paris
Comanche Chief Denies Charge
Captain Edward Curry of Montclair New Jersey says statements criticizing the Clyde liner Comanche crew after the Mayport blaze were positively untrue. The remarks appeared in the World and Times, published in New York.
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Fla
Mayport
Pla
New York World
New New York Times
Edward FE. Curry
Mont Clair
N. J
De Wolf Hopper Seeks Sixth Wife in Hartford License
De Wolf Hopper the well known American stage comedian traveled from Boston to Hartford and obtained a license before marrying Lilian Glaser a singer of land California as his sixth wife. The ceremony followed the license grant.
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Conn
de Wolf Hopper
Boston
Lillian Glaser
Land
Calif
Fighting on frontier reported near Demishissar
An Athens dispatch quoted by the Telegraph says fighting is in progress on the Greco Bulgarian frontier near Demishissar. No confirmation from other sources is available at this time.
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London
Athens
A. Ae Ee
Demishissar
Borah Opens Campaign Against World Court in Chicago
Senator William E. Borah spoke to the Roosevelt Republican club to oppose the world court and back Locarno diplomacy. He praised a permanent arbitration council as more effective and urged Europe to pursue disarmament while cautioning Coolidge about calling a conference.
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World Court
Borah
Roosevelt Republican Club
Permanent Council
Europe
Germany
France
Coolidge
United States
Wu Opposed to Peking Regime Rises in Civil War
Shanghai reports Wu Peifu reenters political military arena opposing the Peking government. Mutinies by Kiangsu divisions shift power toward Wu and Chang Tso Lin, with Wu expected to reach Hankow and claim command of central provinces including Kiangsu Shanghai Chekiang Anhui Kiangsi Hupei and Fukien.
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China
Nanking
Wu ’ei-Fu
Peking
Kiangsu
Chang Tso-Lin
Marshal Wu
Chang Tso Lin
Feng Yu Hsiang
Central China
Mukden
Reuter
Hankow
Central Provinces
Chekiang
Anhui
Kiangsi
Hupei
Fukien
Wheat resistant to black rust named Axminster
Samuel Larcombe of Birtle Manitoba, a noted agriculturist, has developed Axminster wheat which shows promise against black stem rust. The new grain yields about 30 percent more than Marquis and matches Red Fife and Marquis in milling value. Larcombe began work in 1916 and last season showed under five percent rust infection when nearby Marquis and other varieties were fully infected.
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Man
Samuel Larcombe
Birtle
Axminster
Marquis
Fife
Larcombs
Industrial schools in North Alaska created by president
President Coolidge established a 1200 acre White Mountain reserve, 80 miles from Nome, as a modern industrial school for northern Alaska Eskimos and Indians. The site will host schools and shops and joins two other Alaska institutions at Eklutna and Ksnaknak. Curricula include gas engineering salmon case construction and nets weaving.
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Wash
White Mountain
Nome
Alaska
Coolidge
Seattle Blameh
United States Bureau of Education
Eklutna
Anchorage
Ksnaknak
Bristol Bay
Silencers Sold to Pistolmen By Hartford Firm Head
New York reports Euge Reising of the Hartford company was indicted for selling pistol silencers to members of a Rang gang. Twelve men are under investigation or facing charges in connection with the alleged wholesale crime.
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New York
Euge Reising
Neting Dems Company
Hartford
Church Council Begins Session At National Convention
Eleven candidates for moderator gather as the twenty first biennial Congregational churches meeting opens in Washington with about 3 500 attendees. Mary E Woolley heads a field including clergy and lay figures while debates loom on unifying missionary activities and church stance on constitutional rights and peaceable assembly.
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Washington
National Council of Congregational Churches of the
Mount Holyoke College
American boxer fights guards aboard ship in Havana
Bill Murphy, detained on the government ship Maximo Gomez in Havana harbor, clashed with guards after refusing a minor duty. He reportedly won the melee and was rewarded with a set of chains and a straight jacket. Authorities ordered his deportation amid alleged involvement in a robbery of two Spanish American War veterans arriving from the St. Petersburg convention.
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Bill Murphy
Maximo Gomez
Havana
Murphy
St. Petersburg
After the Trust investigation into RCA practices begins
Federal trade commission opens hearings into the methods of the Radio Corporation of America and related companies accused of piracy and illegal activities. Authorities probe potential violations involving antitrust and commerce controls as part of a broad inquiry.
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TRUST
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Radio Corporation of America
Associated Comics
Propaganda tale on German war dead traced to British unit
New York Oct 20 AP General J V Charteris revealed the origin of the false claim that Germany boiled down dead soldiers for fat used as fertilizer. He said he created switched captions Cadaver and burial to mislead Chinese newspapers, a scheme that circulated widely and reached debates in Parliament.
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New York
Germany
China
J. V. Charteris
Charteris
National Arts Club
England
House of Commons
War Museum of London
Episcopal Budget for Three Years Adopted by Bishops
New Orleans, Oct. 20 AP The house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal general convention approved the three year budget and program. Quotas amount to 3 150 000 dollars annually. Deputies approved the resolution after about an hour of debate. A motion to rename the church The American Episcopal Church of the United States of America was introduced and placed on the calendar.
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House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal General Convention
House
Tony
Mepiscopal Church of the
United States of America
Noyes Awarded Doctor of Laws by George Washington
Washington October 20 The degree of doctor of laws was conferred by George Washington University today on Frank B Noyes president of the Associated Press It recognized his journalism contributions as manager editor of influential papers and his work spreading accurate information as AP president for a quarter century Dr William Mather Lewis university president conferred the degree the only one of its kind awarded.
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Washington
George Washington University
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
William Mather Lewis
Mass at St Peters Draws 50000 Pilgrims From Many Nations
Pope Pius at St Peters celebrated mass for a Holy Year crowd of 50,000 pilgrims representing over thirty nationalities. The congregation included many Americans and 1,000 Irish pilgrims led by Archbishop John M. Harty. The pope received ovations on entry and departure and gave a special apostolic benediction to all.
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Widow of champion fighter gravely ill in Chicago hospital
Mrs. Phillip Reiner widow of champion boxer Fitzsimme is critically ill in a Chicago hospital. Estranged from her husband, she battles heart disease and is mother to two children Arvin five and Avalon four.
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Phillip Reiner
Fitzsimme
Champion
Arvin
Avalon
Comanche Fire Under Probe in Jacksonville
An official investigation into the near disaster of the steamship Comanche began in Jacksonville to determine the fire's origin aboard the Clyde liner that endangered 167 people. Search for missing passenger William J. Lawler of Winthrop, Massachusetts continued as chaos and confusion followed the incident.
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Fla
William J. Lawler
Winthrop
Mass
Anon
Navy Races to Raise Submarine Amid Hazardous Seas
Four mooring buoys are in place as Navy divers secure the last buoy near the stranded submarine 8 51 off Block Island. The sub remains tilted with mud piled around the propeller shaft, while Brooklyn yard rushes pontoons to aid the rescue. Boston reports on the City of Rome radio log testimony in naval inquiry into the sinking and crew losses.
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Conn
Norfolk May Yard
United States Navy
Tenacles
Atlantic
Block Island
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy d
Boston
City of Rome
Naval Inquiry Board
George W. Nichols
Radio Corporation of America
Nichols
Harold H. Kelley
Kelly
John D. Dick
Kelley
Diehl
Republican will succeed Raeston in Indiana Senate race
Joe Kealing national committeeman for Indiana said after meeting President Coolidge that Everett Sanders has a chance for appointment to the U S Senate to fill the late Ralph Raeston’s seat. Kealing listed Secretary Sanders Beveridge and Governor Jackson among those mentioned for the post.
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Washington
Joe Kealing
National
Indiana
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
United States
Senator Ralston
Senders
Albert J. Beveridge
Jackson
Kealing
Printers Evolve From Devils to Degreed Technicians
George K. Hebb of Detroit notes at the United Typothetae of America convention in Chicago that printers now come from technical schools and universities with Bachelor of Printing degrees. He says the trade has grown to become the seventh basic industry in the nation, with annual sales over $2 billion. The meeting will focus on salesmanship engineering and research.
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Chicago
George K. Hebb
Detroit
United Typothetae of America
Bridge Across Spokane Near Coeur d Alene Approved
Secretary of War Davis approved Idaho public works plans to build a bridge across the Kane River near Coeur d Alene under state law authority in Spokane Washington on October 20.
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Spokane
Washington
Davis
Department of Public Works of Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Vandervoort Sentenced to Life for Father’s Slaying
Warren Vandervoort age 17 from Puss Iowa was given life in state prison for the August 6 slaying of his father by District Judge C H Kelley after a two day hearing. He will be sent to Fort Madison prison tomorrow.
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Vandervoort
Wheeler's White House visit sparks antisaloon clash
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti Saloon League, called at the White House on October 20 to press the association's position amid a dispute over federal enforcement and the president's policies.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
White House
Na Association
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