Mellon’s tax reform proposals face House Ways and Means clash
Treasury Secretary Mellon unveils key points of reform to the House committee. Proposals include a 20 percent top surtax, repeal of inheritance tax, and changes to normal income rates aimed at freeing capital for investment. Debate centers on total reduction, scope of state versus federal taxation, and timing.
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Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Mellon
Congress
Trea Ry
Green
Mr. Mellon
J. Mellon
Scientists Equip Modern Research House at Armageddon Site
Chicago reports a new stucco research house will rise on the ruins of ancient Armageddon with support from the University of Chicago. Donations include furnishings from a Chicago mail order house and a Rockefeller grant of 215000 for ongoing excavations and 25000 for Phoenician artifacts at Sidon, Syria.
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Chicago
American Manufactura
University of Chicago
Ig. University
Jomen H
Geo Bye
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Sidon
Syria
Luxor
Baroah
Locarno pact signals path to peace in Europe
London reports render Locarno frontiers inviolable and a network of mutual aid pacts among Germany France Belgium Poland and Czechoslovakia aimed at preventing war. Arbitration provisions and British Italian support are highlighted while critics warn of lingering tensions and self interest. Senator Pepper offers a counterview on league limitations and U S role.
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Locarno
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Rhineland
Italy
Westminster Gazette
Austen Chamberlain
Winston Spencer Churchill
Foregn
Viscount Grey
Pepper
League of Nations
Philadelphia
Lebanon
United States
Church Robber Is Captured After Long Chase
New York Oct 20 Charlotte Lehman 82 was captured after an 1800 mile chase from June through Fortes Washington New York and Chicago. She faces charges including stealing from a church poor box and similar offenses in Brooklyn penitentiary.
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New York
Fortes
Washington
Chicago
Charlotte Lehman
Brooklyn
Not permitted to shoot pigeons in California church case
The San Delt y council denied a permit for a man to shoot pigeons nesting in the eaves of the Central Ohulatian church, citing concerns over the act and possible harm. The ruling centers on public safety and nuisance avoidance while addressing the pleas of church officials.
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Calif
San Delty
Dollar Bills Demand Reaches High Postwar Level
Washington reports the money supply rising to 4.827 billion dollars in October, the highest peace time circulation, with a surge in dollar bills and smaller denominations. Assistant Secretary Dewey leads a treasury expert committee to study currency demand and possible emergency measures.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Dewey
Books Closed On French Loan From Paris
Paris October 20 subscriptions to the four per cent gold coupon loan opened July 20 closed today. The exact amount is not yet known but estimated between 6 and 7 billion francs. The loan aimed to convert as much as possible of 67 billion francs in short term 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 Over Ship Fire
Captain Edward E. Curry of Montclair New Jersey disputed allegations about the Clyde liner Comanche burned off Mayport Florida. He said statements published by the World and the Times were positively untrue.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mayport
New York World
New New York Times
Edward E. Curry
Mont Clair
N. J
De Wolf Hopper Marries Sixth Wife Lilian Glaser
Hartford report says comedian De Wolf Hopper wed singer Lilian Glaser, 29, after traveling from Boston to obtain a license. Glaser lists Oakland, California, as her home.
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DE Wolf Hopper
Hartford
Conn
Boston
Lillian Glaser
Oakland
Calif
Fighting on Frontier Near Demishiasar in Greco-Bayl Clash
An Athens dispatch reports nine hours of fighting on the Greco-Bayl front near Demishiasar with no confirmation of casualties or resources. The exchange telegraph outlet forwards the claim from the conflict zone.
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Prontier
London
Athens
Exchange
Ting
Demishiasar
Borah Opens Campaign Against World Court at Chicago
Senator William E. Borah addressing the Roosevelt Republican club in Chicago opposes the world court while praising Locarno for creating a permanent council to arbitrate disputes. He argues Europe alone must pursue disarmament and sees Locarno as a breakthrough toward peace.
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Chicago
William E. Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Locarno
World Court
Borah
Roosevelt Republican Club
Permanent Council
Europe
Germany
France
Coolidge
United States
Wu Opposed to Peking Regime in China Civil War
Shanghai reports that Wu I-fu, former military dictator of Beijing, reasserts opposition to Peking and Chang Tso-Lin. Mutinies by Kiangsu divisions shift power toward central provinces as Wu plans to arrive at Hankow and assume command across Shanghai Kiangsu Chekiang Anhui Kiangsi Hupei 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 from Manitoba breeder
Samuel Larcombe of Birtle, Manitoba, has developed a new wheat named Axminster. The grain reportedly resists stem rust, yields 30 percent more than Marquis, and matches Red Fife and Marquis in milling value. Development began in 1916 with rust infection dramatically lower than surrounding varieties in trials.
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Winnipeg
Man
Samuel Larcombe
Birtle
Fife
Larcombe
Axminster
Marquis
Industrial Schools for Northern Alaska Planned
A 1200 acre White Mountain reserve near Nome is set aside by President Cook for a modern industrial school serving Eakimos and Indians. Seattle bureau notes three Alaska institutions, including Eklutna and Kanaknak, with programs in gas engineering construction of salmon cases weaving nets and native life duties.
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Seattle
Wash
White Mountain
Nome
Alaska
Cook
Eakimos and
United States Bureau of Education
Eklutna
Anchorage
Kanaknak
Bristol Bay
New York Indicts Gun Silencer Sales Tied to Cowboy Gang
A New York indictment accuses the Raising Arm a company of Hartford Connecticut of selling pistol silencers to members of the Cowboy gang. Twelve gang members are under arrest as the investigation widens. An inventor of a silencer is named in connection with the case.
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New York
Ey Reining
Raising Arma Company
Hartford
Conference Eyes Unity in National Congregational Council
Washington hosts the twenty first biennial convention with about 3 500 attendees as eleven moderator candidates compete including a woman candidate Ay E Woolley of Mount Holyoke College The commission previews diverse proposals on constitutional rights war opposition and church governance and notes no single authoritative stance. Jane Adams and William Allen White serve on the commission as Evangelical Protestants join the body. A plan to unify foreign and home missionary groups and to publish a consolidated weekly Congregationalist Herald circulates.
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National Council of Congregational Churches
United States
Coolidge
Aay E. Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
Comimmission
Jane Adams
Chicago
William Allen White
Kansas
Evangelicals ‘Protestant Church
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Congregationalist
Missionary Herald
American Missionary
American Boxer Detained in Havana Swings at Guards
Bill Murphy an American boxer detained on the government ship Maximo Gomes in Havana Harbor refused to perform a duty and attacked guards with a hook. He won the decision and received a prize of chaining and a straight jacket. Murphy is ordered deported for involvement in the robbery of two Spanish American War veterans who recently came to Havana from the St. Petersburg convention.
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Havanna
Bill Murphy
Maximo Gomes
Havana
Murphy
Gee
St. Petersburg
Hearings Open Into RCA Monopoly Practices
Federal Trade Commission began hearings on Oct 20 into the methods and practices of the Radio Corporation of America and associated firms. The probe charges a conspiracy to violate antitrust laws, highlighting a capital base of about two billion dollars.
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TRUST
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Radio Corporation of America
and Associated Companies
Propaganda tale on German war dead origin revealed
New York October story claims a British intelligence chief created and spread the false claim that Germany boiled down dead soldiers for fat. General J V Charteris recounts how a captioned photo and a forged diary were considered to plant evidence, later abandoned, with the diary now in a London war museum.
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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 adopted for three years by bishops
In New Orleans on October 20 thehouse of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal general convention approved the three year budget and program. Quotas total 3 150 000 dollars per year. Deputies had already acted and bishops finished a brief session. A motion to rename the church to The American Episcopal Church of the United States of America was placed on the calendar.
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New Orleans
House
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal General Convention
House of Deputies
American Episcopal Church of the
United States of America
Noyes Receives Doctor of Laws From George Washington U
Washington October 20 The degree of doctor of laws was conferred on Frank B Noyes president of the Associated Press in recognition of his work in American journalism He is noted for directing influential papers and promoting wide dissemination of accurate information as AP president for 25 years Dr William Mather Lewis president of the university presented 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
Pope Pius Celebrates Mass Before 50000 Pilgrims
Rome October 20 Pope Pius preached at St. Peter's before 50 000 Holy Year pilgrims from over thirty nations. Many Americans attended and an image of 1000 Irishmen led by Archbishop John M. Harty of Cashel joined the crowd. The pope received ovations on entering and leaving and gave a special apostolic benediction.
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Pope Pius
St. Peters
John M. Harty
Cashel
Holy Father
Fighter's Widow Rears Ill Near Chicago
The widow of famous boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, Phillip Reiner, is critically ill in a respite hospital near Chicago. She married the champion after his death and now faces heart disease with two young children, Arvin aged five and Avalon aged four.
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Chicago
Phillip Reiner
Bob Fitzsimmon
Renee
Arvin
Avalon
Comanche Fire Under Probe In Jacksonville
An official investigation was ordered in Jacksonville to determine the origin of the fire on the Clyde liner Comanche. The blaze endangered 167 lives and searchers continued for missing passenger William J. Lawler of Winthrop, Massachusetts, as crew members and others aided in the effort.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William J. Lawler
Winthrop, Mans
Navy races to raise submarine off Block Island
New London Conn Oct 20 four mooring buoys were placed for pontoons to raise the submarine 8 5 as divers report the sub has shifted and lies on its side mud piles high near the propeller shaft divers prepare to attach pontoons from Norfolk and Brooklyn yards with six more due. In Boston an AP report says the City of Rome radio log was presented to a naval board with testimony about authorization for sending messages and the radio operator Kelly. The witness said Kelly cannot send messages without authorization from Captain Diehl.
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New London
Conn
Norfolk Ay Yard
United States Navy
Atlantic
Block Island
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Boston
City of Rome
Naval Taney Board
George W. Nichols
Radio Corporation of America
Nichols
Harold H. Kelley
Kelly
John D. Diehl
Kelley
Diehl
Republican Will Succeed Ralston in Indiana
Washington dispatch reports Joe Kealing, Indiana Republican national committeeman, predicting Everett Sanders has a chance for the U S Senate seat to replace the late Senator Ralston. Kealing notes Beveridge, Gov Jackson and others are also mentioned, and says the president has not decided.
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Washington
Joe Kealing
National
Indiana
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
United States
Ralston
Sanders
Albert J. Beveridge
Jackson
Kealing
Printers of Old Devils Meet With Modern Trade
George K. Hebb of Detroit, president of the United Typothetae of America, notes printers once called devils have become tech trained graduates. He says the industry is seventh in size with a over $2,000,000,000 annual trade as the convention opens in Chicago focusing on salesmanship engineering and research.
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Chicago
George K. Hebb
Detroit
United Typothetae of America
Bridge Plan Approved For Kane River Crossing
Secretary of War Davis on Monday approved the Department of Public Works of Idaho plans to build a bridge across the Kane River near Coeur d'Alene under state law authority.
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Washington
Davis
Department of Public Works of
Kane River
Coeur d'Alene
Young Killer Gets Life Term in Iowa Slaying
Warren Vandervoort, 17, son of Reverend B. J. Vandervoort of Parkersburg, was sentenced by District Judge C. H L. Kelley to life in state prison for killing his father on August 6. The two day hearing sought a minimum sentence but ended with the life term. he will be moved to Fort Madison prison tomorrow.
Wheeler's Comment At White House On Prohibition Aid
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the anti saloon league, met with the president at the White House and discussed a potential alignment with the National Association for Wines to influence federal prohibition policy.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Ealoon League
White House
Petiment Amertion
National Vance Association For Wines
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William 8. Sims
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Presiden Coolidge
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
American Legion
Dwight F. Davis
Congregationalists
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Noyes
Laws
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B. P
Printer’s Devil
Vandervoort
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