Treasury tax reform faces opposition in House hearings
Secretary Mellon presents the treasury tax reform plan to the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington. Key points drawn opposition include cutting the maximum surtax from forty to twenty percent, repealing the inheritance tax, and repealing the income tax publicity provision. The committee will hear organizations, individuals, and state governors over two weeks to gather views on the reform.
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Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
Congress
Asbestos King Thomas F Manville Dies at 63
Thomas F Manville known as the Asbestos King and whose fortune was reputed to exceed ten million dollars died of heart disease in his Hotel Plaza apartment. He was 63 and had lived alone there for three years.
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New York
Hotel Plaza
The
Associated Press
Thomas F. Manville
Powers May Get Pardon In Georgia Tuberculosis Case
Governor Clifford C. Walker said he was considering a pardon for Abe Powers a Bunco syndicate operator confined at the Milledgeville state farm. He cited requests from Bert Donaldson and Sheriff J J Lowrey noting Powers grave illness and twenty six months served while co defendants received lighter sentences.
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Clifford C. Walker
Abe Powers
Bunco
State Farm
Milledgeville
Walker
Bert Donaldson
Johna. Boykin
J. J. Lowrey
Fulton County
Powers
Locarno Pact Sets Stage Against European War
London papers publish the Locarno security pact detailing frontiers inviolability for France Belgium and Germany and six treaties linking Germany with France Belgium Poland Czechoslovakia and France with Poland and Czechoslovakia. Britain will withdraw troops from the Cologne bridgehead within three months.
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Associated Press
London
Locarno
Europe
Belgium
Germany
France
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Cologne
Florida Melon Growers Plan Protest Meeting in Jacksonville
Florida melon growers announce a meeting in Jacksonville to challenge Georgia’s quarantine law requiring federal inspector certificates for each car. They estimate a cost of about twelve dollars per car and seek bedding solutions to prevent cattle tick concerns.
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Florida
Melon Growers
Georgia
Jacksonville
Philadelphia Woman Freed of Murder Charge
Lillian Emanuel, held for nearly three weeks in Philadelphia, was freed after the coroner's jury ruled Maurice Eugene Felt died at the hands of persons unknown. Felt, a wealthy real estate man, was found mortally wounded in the woman’s home.
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Associated Preas
Philadelphia
Lillian Emanuel
Maurice Eugene Felt
Felt
Fugitive Bunco Chief Captured After Milledgeville Escape
The chief aide to Floyd Woodward in 1919 bunco operations was captured in Cincinnati after escaping the Milledgeville state farm ten months earlier and being recaptured.
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Floyd Woodward
Bunco
Cincinnati
Milledgeville
Coolidge Hopes for Europe Armament Limitation Conference
President Coolidge says a European armament limitation conference would be helpful and expects the Locarno security pact to speed its gathering. He favors an agreement to reduce land armaments if Europe can reach one.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Coolidge
Europe
White House
Kentucky Woman Indicted in Alleged Murder Fraud
Mrs William H Turner of McCarr Kentucky is indicted by the Pike county grand jury over an alleged murder insurance scheme tied to her husbands death. She reportedly received 25000 in insurance. Turner now in Trenton New Jersey is the fifth person charged in the mine explosion case that killed two and buried one victim. A murder warrant is out for F F Farley of Miami husband of Turner's sister.
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Associated Preas
Pikeville
William H. Turner
McCarr
Pike County Grand Jury
Turner
Trenton
New Jersey
F. F. Farley
Miami
Greeks and Bulgars Reported Fighting on Greco Bulgarian Frontier
An Athena dispatch says fighting has raged for nineteen hours near Dermitrishchar on the Greco Bulgarian frontier after Bulgarians attacked a Greek post and killed a Greek official. A Greek captain sent with a white flag was shot dead, and a general engagement followed.
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London
Athena
Exchange Telegraph
Demitrishcar
Memorial favors continued talks for church unification
In Richmond on October 20 the 1434th Virginia Methodist conference nearly unanimously approved a memorial urging continued negotiations toward final amalgamation of the North and South branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church United.
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Richmond
Virginia Methodist Conference
Methodist- Episcopal Church
Georgia Weather Tonight and Wednesday Frost Likely
Pair tonight and Wednesday, probably frost in the interior tonight, slowly rising temperature Wednesday, moderate to fresh northerly winds becoming variable.
Burning of Steamer Commanche 10 to Be Investigated
The burning of the steamship Commanche off Mayport last Saturday will be investigated publicly. Captain Edward Curry and crew members were called before George W. Harney, supervising inspector, who aims to clear up the disaster and release the official report rebutting passenger criticism of the rescue effort.
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Associated Preas
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward Curry
Commanche
Mayport
George W. Harney
Norfolk
Third District
United States
Steamboat Inspection Service
E. E. Curry
Harney
Curry
Comanche Fire Crew Accused in Passenger Rescue Row
Survivors say Clyde liner Comanche crew behaved chaotically as flames broke out off Florida coast. Passengers credited Meta and other rescue vessels for saving lives while some survivors accuse the negro crew of drunken, panicked conduct and interference with lifeboats.
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New York
New York World
Florida
Meta
Irvin Gomenz
Worcester
Mass
Fierce Gale and Snow Storm Strikes Northern Michigan
One of the worst fall storms in years sweeps northern Michigan with gale and snow flurries. Petoskey harbor faces shelter shortages as lakecraft crowd the harbors and the government pier breakwater crumbles under the waves.
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Petosky
Michigan
Government Pier
Mich
Petosky Harbor
North Georgia apple trees set to bear crop near Christmas
Dalton Ga Oct 20 Apple trees expected to bear a new crop around Christmas due to a drought that altered their normal June blooming. The trees have bloomed early signaling a promising harvest despite the unusual schedule.
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North Georgia
The
Associated Press
Dalton, Ga
Apple
Telegraphers strike shown not serious except in Florida
Officials say Atlantic Coast Line telegraphers walkout not major. four o clock order largely ignored outside Florida. Reports from Wilmington and Norfolk show few struck, service kept on schedule with minor delays due to Florida line interference.
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Wilmington
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
P. R. Albright
Railroaz4
J. W. Anderson
Order of Railroad,Telegraphers
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Anderson
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Virginia
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South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Norfolk
Coast Line
Two Children Die In Auto Train Crash In Macon
A coroner jury found involuntary manslaughter against I D Walton after a crash that killed Leon Litsey nine and Melvin Wallace ten as they rode toward Vineville school. Walton, injured, drove the car that struck a street car on a steep grade.
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Macon
Vineville
Aagockree Press
I. D. Walton
Walton
Leon Litsey
Melvin Wallace
Crumps Park
D. J. Walton
Wallace
New York Night Resorts Raided by Day Agents
Broadway cabarets and supper clubs faced the largest prohibition drives yet as 30 prominent Manhattan resorts received process and complaints from United States District Attorney Buckner and his staff. Some venues saw liquor bottles smashed to destroy evidence while at the Delsey Club liquor was said to be piped from an adjacent building.
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New York
Buckner
Delsey Club
Creator of Mutt and Jeff to marry Paris beauty next week
Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt and Jeff, plans marriage to Countess Aedita Debaumont of Paris. The Paris beauty prize winner of 1922, widow of Count DeBeaumont, will wed in a ceremony tied to Fisher’s work. They expect to live on a steamer between New York and Paris.
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Mutt
Jeff
Fisher
Countess Redita Debaumont
Bud Fisher
Harry Fisher
Paris
Aedita Debaumont
New York
Mellon Blamed for Heavy Tax Burdens by Copeland
Albany New York October 20 Senator Royal S Copeland of New York blames Secretary Mellon s plan to pay off national debts in two or three years for a large portion of tax woes He says extending the debt payoff to sixty years would relieve the people He is in Albany for a two day visit to study the city s low death rate and the health impact of local mineral waters
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New York
Albany, Ga
Treasury
Associated Press
Albany,Ga
Mellon
America
Royal S. Copeland
Albany
Mayor Kendrick seeks extension for General Butler in Philadelphia
Mayor Kendrick announced he would request President Coolidge to extend General Smedley D. Butler's leave of absence so he may continue as director of public safety in Philadelphia. Washington advices indicated the decision rests largely with the mayor.
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Associated Présa
Philadelphia
Kendrick
President Coolidge
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Washington
Blackshear man found injured in woods near Waycross
Victor Atkins, crippled operator for the Blackshear Times, was found badly injured in a woods area several miles from Waycross. His crutches were broken nearby. he gave no explanation for his presence or injuries and was taken to his Blackshear home after medical aid in Waycross.
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Waycross
Victor Atkins
The
Blackshear Times
Atkins
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