Tax reform echoes through house ways and means panel
The House Ways and Means Committee signals broad tax reductions with talks of cutting the maximum surtax from 40 to 20 percent, possibly 25 percent, and repealing inheritance tax though opposition cites state evasion gaps. Debate includes proposals to ease alcohol, stamp, and firearms taxes while weighing publicity of returns and broker taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Adams
Yale University
Treasury
Mellon
Florida
Alabama
American Rug Manufacturers’ Association
Eugene (. Brockmeyer
National Association of Reta J
Frank T. Stone
F. J. Cooper
Minneapolis
Ntional Council
W. ReConi
New York
Sotman Exchange
M York Exchange
Adame
Representative Bond
Republican
T. G. Pearson
New York City
National Associat of
Audubon Societies
Major American industries show gain in employment
The United States employment service notes steady employment gains across key sectors. Automobile production, railroad freight, iron and steel, and textiles show improvements, with labor demand rising and broad stability described as likely to continue. The piece argues unemployment risk remains low if trends persist.
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United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Bulletin
Indictment Decries Alien Property Custodian Case Reach
Special federal grand jury returns charges against Thomas L. Miller former alien property custodian and four others including Richard Merton Alfred Merton and Leopold Dubois plus two firms Metall Bank and Societe Suisse Valuers de Metaux. They allegedly conspired with John T. King and the deceased Jesse W. Smith to wrongfully obtain seven million dollars from the sale of American Metal company shares seized after outbreak of war. The 30 page indictment details operations run from Germany by Merton to secure payments via their Basel Switzerland based firms.
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New York
Thomas L. Miller
Federal Grand
Richard Merton
Metallgesellschaft
Alfred Merton
Metall Bank
Frankfort-On- Main
Germany
Lepold Dubois
Swiss Bank
Basel
Switzerland
Fitz-Zahn Geigy
Societe Suisse Pour Valuerssde Meta
A. Mitchell Palmer
Alienroperty
United States
The
Thomas W. Miller
Societe Suisse Pour Valuers de Meteaux
American Metal Company
Air Cadet Course Seeks March 1926 Applicants at Brooks Field
The air service calls on high school graduates in the community to apply for the Brooks Field Texas flying cadet course for the March 1926 class. Applicants must pass physicals and examinations, with about a year of training leading to FAA commissions and potential service integration or civilian options.
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Army Air Service
Air Service
Brooksfield
Texas
Air Sporcion
Washington Gut Cage
Woman editor retires after selling Cody Enterprise
Cody Wyoming October 31 AP Wyoming’s only woman editor Mrs Caroline Lockhart publisher of the Cody Enterprise and novelist has sold her paper and retires to devote time to writing The Cody Enterprise announces new owner Victor AH Abrahamson who bought the newspaper this week The note portrays mixed sentiment as the editor relays leaving the “great moral uplift sheet” and the paper’s transfer of custody to the new owner
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Cody
Wyo
Wyoming
Caroline Lockhart
The
Cody Enterprise
Victor AH. Abrahamson
Watkins
Vic
Noted Banker Dead At 56 In Harpers Ferry Heath
Milton E. Ailes, president of the National Bank and a leading eastern financier, died suddenly of heart disease at his summer home near Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Ailes, who rose from laborer to assistant secretary of the treasury under McKinley, was a key figure in the Riggs bank clash with the treasury during McAdoo’s era.
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New York
Milton E. Ailes
The
National Bank
East
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Aisles
Washington
Ohio
Treasury Department
McKinlevy
Treasury
Riggs Bank
McAdoo
Bank
Bute Marriage Portion Supports Prospective Brides
A long standing free dowry in England supports brides by distributing portions annually. The Bute Marriage Portion is among the best known, reflecting social efforts to aid suitable young men and enable marriage.
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England
Bute
Waterloo Chamber
Windsor Castle
Agra
India
Sunday chapel schedule with multiple churches listed
A long church notices page lists Sunday services at various halls and churches, with times for Sunday school at 9:45 or 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m., evening services, and midweek activities. Several locations include Commercial hall 124 North Main, Hall 202 South Third Ave, and Woodmen's Hall 241 N. Main, with details on ministries, readings, and youth activities.
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Commercial Hall
North Main Street
Carlson
Woodmen’s Hall
N. Main
West Whitman
Ladies’ Aid
Beckman
North Harri
Lander at Garfield Sunday School Service Schedule
Morning service at 11 a m features a uartette numbers Be Thou My Guide Lowell Just For Tony Abbott and preludes. offertory in F Lemai gre. J E Damron is organist Rev George Sloan will speak at all fees Evening service at 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m
Sermon Series on Temperance Sunday at First Presbyterian
Pastor G William Barnum leads 11 am service on When the Law Breaks Down for Temperance day observance. The new choir sings Consider the Lilies under Mrs Norma Masterson Smith. Mrs Ross W Bates plays piano during worship. Elizabeth Schaaff from New York represents Christian Education in Pocatello.
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Fifth Avenue
Lewis Streets
G. William Barnum
Ross W. Bates
Largo
Dvorakter
Posilude
Park
Unnamed Illness Causes Severe Skin Eruptions
The speaker describes a breakout of itching seas and blisters on the face. Irritation led to scratching and sore eruptions forming, with periods of needing to stay somewhere.
Allen Chapel AME Church Service Schedule at 236 WN Third Ave
Sunday 9.45 m Sunday school led by Mrs Mona Jennings. 11 a m Morning service sermon The Good Hope. 7 p m Christian Endeavor with Mrs Mack Johnson. evening service sermon subject Christian Union. Wednesday prayer and class meeting. mission school and teacher training class. Thursday Literary society led by Pastor T A Patterson.
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School of Missions
Ladies Aid Society
Earl Carr
South Ninth Avenue
Boy Scouts
New Scout Room
East Lander Street
L. D. Brown
South Ngpth Avenue
Brice Worley
Christian Endeavor Society
Allen Chapel
Third Avenue
Mona Jennings
the Good Hope
Christian Endeavor League
Mack Johnson
Christian Union
Literary Society
T. A. Patterson
Trinity Episcopal Church Weekly Services and Events
Rev. M. B. Nash rector conducts Holy Communion at 8 a m and 11 a m for All Saints Day. Sunday school at 9 45 sharp. Parish events include Girls' Friendly Society meeting in Parish Hall after services. Phone 1187 for details.
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M. B. Nash
Mg Fos
Girls’ Friendly Society
Contraband guns confiscated in Seattle shipment
The government seized a ton of munitions arriving in Seattle from Hartford via Vancouver for Shanghai. Eight machine guns 6 000 rounds of ammo and rifles were included despite claims the consignees were Britons in China.
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Seattle
Hartford Conn
Vancouver
B. C
Shanghai
China
Admiral Oriental Mail Line
President Madison
Art's Used Car Exchange Ad Listing Vintage Cars
Used car dealer Art's Used Car Exchange lists numerous models with prices from 1920 to 1925 including Maxwell, Ford, Buick, Dodge, Chevrolet, Olds, Nash, Studebaker, Marmon and Essex tours. Ad urges buyers to visit before purchasing and features the slogan Everybody drives a Used Car.
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Studebaker
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Pocatello
Iron and Steel Industry
Baker’s Cocoa
George McManus
Christian Science
Pentecostal Assembly
South Third Ave
Robert A
Mrs. Fleming
Everstedy
Assembly Hall
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. M. Ewing
James Campbell
Turner
Epworth League
Mendelssohn
Tech
Stuants
Ruth B. Mead
W. G. McRuer
Jessie Connell
Ray
Rechts Guild
Mulica
N. Harrison
Lutheran Church
Central Christian Church
North Carolina
First Congregational Church
Pirst Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Schaaff
Board of Christian Education
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hong Huy Bow Chinese Hexb CO
Center Street
Lee
Frank M. Sprague
Charles H. Sprague
Citizens’ Barber Shop
Nerts
Grover Davis
Art’s Used Car Exchange
Style Authority Store
Dr. W.B. Kennedy
Rudman
Wun J Jeweiry
Wes Center
Hallowe'en
West Center
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