National tax research bureau formation eyed in the U.S.
A group of leading business and professional men met in St Louis Missouri to organize a national tax research and adjustment bureau. David R Frances former United States ambassador to Russia participated as a supporter. The campaign aims to educate the public and press for reduction and equitable tax adjustment nationwide.
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St. J. Louie
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United States
Tax Research and Adjustment Bureau
David R. Frances
Russia
Kirke wins bid to buy Consolidated Telegraph property
Judge W. E. Thomas ordered sale of Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company assets to J. L. Kirke of Arcadia Florida for 850 000 with 7 000 paid now, 33 000 in ten days, and the remainder in ten months. Southern Bell bid 83 000 cash but conditions risked rejection by commissions and municipalities.
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J. L. Kirke
Arcadia, Fla
Southern Bell
Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company
Arcadia
Fla
Thomas
Lee Branch
Quitman
W.A. Pringle
Kirke
Southern Bell Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Public Utilities Commission
Wilcox
Valdosta
Riffians Adopt New Tactics Against French Front
Fez French Morocco June 1 The Riffian invaders realizing the difficulty of breaking through toward Fez via the Ucergha valley are now active on the extreme flanks of the French front.
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Associated Press
Fez
French Morocco
Ucergha
Adverse Report Expected on Muscle Shoals Power Leasing
Washington June 1 The Muscle Shoals commission expects to recommend an adverse report to the War Department on the proposed leasing of power at Muscle Shoals Alabama. Commission members in Washington and others have coordinated and will finalize their answer at the June tenth meeting.
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Muscle Shoals
Washington, D. C
Als
War Department
Muscle
Professionals barred from Olympic Games
Prague June 1 The Olympic technical congress ruled that any athlete who is or has been a professional in any sport cannot compete in the Olympic Games. The decision was announced today in Prague Czecho-Slovakia.
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Prague
Georgia Weather Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions across Georgia with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Winds light, no precipitation expected, and temperatures settling to mild overnight and daytime highs.
First bale of cotton arrives in Houston for auction
Team Houston reports the first bale of cotton of the season reached Houston this morning for sale at the cotton exchange. The bale was grown by Sixted Cotton in the Mission region of Texas.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Cotton Exchange
Sixted Cohton
Mission
Atlanta Erects Mooring Mast for Dirigibles
The city of Atlanta won approval to build a fifty thousand dollar mooring mast at its municipal flying field for dirigibles. The Navy stated it would try to route the dirigible Los Angeles via Atlanta using the mast on its projected Honolulu flight this fall.
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Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Wilbur
Navy Department
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Government to Aid Survey of Home Making Methods Endorsed
President Coolidge in a letter to Mrs. John D. Sherman endorses a nation wide survey of home making methods conducted by the General Federation of Women's Clubs with government department assistance offered.
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Dent Coolidge
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
One Inch Staple Can Be Produced by Cotton Growers in South
Officials of the bureau of plant industry report that every cotton planter in the South can raise cotton with at least one inch staple. This follows a series of experiments conducted throughout the belt.
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South
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Cotton
Washington, D. C
Giant Negro Sought for Murder of Girl in Brooklyn
In New York on June 1 a giant negro with long arms is sought for attacks on two white girls in Brooklyn and the murder of Florence Kane. Investigators note two earlier assaults by the same suspect within two months and two others chased but escaped.
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New York
Florence Kane
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Believed Slayer Tied to Brooklyn Murder Case
Police linked a 21 year old assault suspect to the killing of Florence Kane 30 whose battered body was found in a Brooklyn vacant lot. A local woman described an attack by a Black man in the same area on May 16, with violence and theft preceding Kane's death.
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Florence Kane
Brooklyn
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Little Rock Baker Dies Aiding Fire Crews
C. V. Barnes, a baker from Little Rock, died from injuries after being knocked down while assisting firefighters at a blaze that destroyed five residences, three stores, and a wagon yard. The blaze caused about 250000 dollars in damage.
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Barnes
Newspapers urged to aid law enforcement nationwide
The fortieth annual national editorial convention opened in Richmond Virginia with President George W Marble of Fort Schott Kansas urging publishers to devote their strength and space to enforce law and order, especially Prohibition enforcement.
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Nation
Associated Press
Richmond
George W. Marble
Fort Schott
Kansas
Bodies of Navy lieutenant and nurse recovered after canoeing accident
The bodies of Lieut. Gerald Selby, U. S. N., medical corps, and Miss Lucille Merrill, nurse, who were drowned while canoeing last Tuesday night, were recovered today.
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Gerald Selby
Lucille Merrill
Trade association methods for mutual cooperation upheld
The Supreme Court upheld the trade association method of cooperation within large industries against federal challenge. It ruled that the cement manufacturers protective association and the maple flooring manufacturers association were not invalid under anti trust laws. Oregon loses school fight. Washington, D. C., June 1 reports that Oregon failed to compel children to attend public schools in the Supreme Court decision.
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Washington, D. C
Trade Association
Great Industries
Supreme Court
Cement Manufacturers’ Protective Association
Maple Flooring Manufacturers’ Association
Oregon
Organ
Six Miners Die in Alabama Coal Mine Accident
Six white miners were killed in a Piper Alabama coal mine accident when black damp flooded an unused heading during exploration. No explosion occurred. The Little Os haba Coal Company reported the deaths.
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Associated Preas
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Little Oshaba Coal Company
Jewel Robbery in Buffalo Nets Luxury Goods Worth 350000
Police estimate jewelry valued at 350000 was stolen from Levy's Jewelry Store on Main Street by five robbers who forced entry through a steel window. The heist occurred today as burglars disabled alarm mechanisms and escaped with heavy losses. Detectives pursue leads as investigators review security footage and nearby witness accounts.
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Shenandoah to Fly Up Hudson for June Event
Dirigible Shenandoah will make a four four flight up the Hudson to Poughkeepsie on the afternoon of June 22 during the intercollegiate boat race and then proceed to Portland Maine on July fourth for the Governors convention, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Government ready to meet any move by rum smugglers
James E. Jones, assistant prohibition commissioner, said upon returning from Florida that the government is prepared to meet any move by liquor smugglers to shift major activities to Southeast ern waters after coast guard bottling up northern channels.
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Florida
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
James E. Jones
Prohibition Commission
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth Poses for Beauty Cream Ad
Washington June 1 Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth daughter of the late President Roosevelt and wife of the Speaker-designate sits for a portrait to advertise a beauty cream. The contract pays five thousand dollars and the proceeds will be placed in a bank in the name of her three months old daughter Paulina Longworth.
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Paulina
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Capitol Society
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Paulina Longworth
Navy plans dummy diploma for Ramon Navarro at Annapolis
The Navy intends to line up actor Ramon Navarro with graduates at Annapolis next Wednesday and have President Coolidge present a dummy diploma to be filmed. Secretary Wilbur supports the plan, calling it a fine publicity stunt.
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Annapolis
Navy Department
Ramon Navarro
Coolidge
Tariff Increase Reports to Reach President Before Summer
Washington June 1 reports on five tariff increase applications will go to President Coolidge before he departs for the summer White House at Swampscott Massachusetts. The commodities include timber, cotton goods, gloves, warp knitted fabrics, straw hats and gold leaf.
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Goolidge
White House
Swampscott
Mass
Thomas R Marshall Dies in Washington D C After Heart Attack Recurrence
Washington D C June 1 Former Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall died today from a recurrence of a heart attack suffered a week earlier. Plans call for burial at Marion Indiana near his parents. Marshall, Indiana born and Virginia stock, rose from lawyer to governor of Indiana and Senate running mate under Wilson in 1912 and 1916. He married Lois Kimsey of Angola in 1895 and raised adopted son Clarence Morrison.
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Indiana
Washington, D. C
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Marion
Indianapolis
Virginia
Thomas Riley Marshall
President Wilson
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Baltimore
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St. Louis
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Angola
Clarence Ignatius Morrison
Death of Thomas R. Marshall Shocks Indiana Politicians
eNews of the death of Thomas R. Marshall at Washington came as a shock to his home state. His many friends in all political parties had hoped that his illness would be overcome.
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Marion
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Washington
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