American income taxes and world affairs mix with Chicago politics
In a year dominated by tax talk and global tensions, readers note that 82 percent of people pay income tax while a tiny slice pays a large share. The piece references Americans abroad, China relations, and anti foreign sentiment as Chicago votes loom with police presence and election vigilance. It mentions Bolsheviks, Russian bribe trials, and Eastman’s philanthropy as a backdrop to a wide array of current events.
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Uncle Sam
Chicago
Chicach
Pershing Pays Respect At French Tomb In Paris
General John J. Pershing laid a wreath on a tomb for an unknown French soldier in Paris on April 6. He was joined by James F. Barton, national adjutant of the American Legion.
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Paris
United Preas
John J. Pershing
James F. Barton
American Legion
Classified ads offer quick recalls to Tribune advertisers
Not over two classified ads, each 3 lines, run the same day. Classifieds invite buyers and renters, with a sit room house and bath for rent and a note seeking daily or weekly return routes to Jamestown. Elmer Lied beg, 78 Dearborn Street, Jamestown, Phone 2897.
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Tribune
Jamestown
Elmer Lied
Dearborn Street
Five Best Features via Radio 1927 Report
A compact summary of a 1927 radio roundup from Unaired Press. Notes Pacific Coast Network stations KGO cKO KFI KGW KOMQ KFQA RHQ airing Gala concert National Broadcasting Co and San Francisco Symphony with Jeanne Gordon Lambert Murphy and others. Eastern listings include Eveready Hour with James J. Clark and Stromberg Carbonneur. WIZ hookup channels WIS WBE EDKA RVW WHAM feature a municipal band concert in Nashville and other regional programs.
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Pacific Coast Network
KGO
Cko
KFI
KGW
KOMQ
KFQA
RHQ
WIS
WBE
EDKA
RVW
WHAM
Eleven killed and eight hurt in refinery fire blast
An explosion at the Parco Producers and Refiners Corporation plant in a high pressure still sparked a three hour blaze. Eleven workers are known dead, four more believed slain, and eight seriously injured. many bodies were badly mutilated and pergescal in town were destroyed as authorities contained the fire by 8 p m with losses estimated at $500.
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A. C. Ayala
F.C. Syeper
Albert Smith
Victor Nickerson
G. G. Turbin
R. R. Welch
John Paul Palmer
Pergecal
Legislature rushes to clear calendar for 1927 adjournment
Harrisburg April 6. Speed is the watchword as Pennsylvania lawmakers reconvene to prune a jumble of bills. With only four legislative days left before final adjournment on April 14, appropriation bills and vital measures are prioritized. The House will act on the amended mandatory ballot box opening measure, with election reform laws reduced to a special order next Monday.
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Harrisburg
Apri
U. P
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Harris
Temporary licenses issued by the federal radio commission
Washington April 6 Temporary licenses for covering broadcasting stations will be issued when the sixty day extension of licenses by the commerce department expires at midnight April 24. The licenses hold until the commission takes final action on changes. Lewis book passes Kittanning. April 6 No objection to Sinclair Lewis novel about ministers and religious bodies found by the local library committee. Elmer Gartry placed the book on the shelves.
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Washington
United Areas
Federal Radio Commission
Commerce Department
Commission
Thompson Wins Chicago Mayoral Race With Big Plurality
William Hale Thompson regains the mayoralty of Chicago with a plurality of 83,072 in a record turnout of 995,617. Democratic incumbent William Dever finishes a distant second, while independent John Dill Robertson trails in third.
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Max Buckingham
United Press
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
America
America First
Terry
Democratic Party
Dever
Thompson
Idéhee
Robertson
I ‘Thompson
Middle West
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Two Americans Detained by Chinese Amid Embassy Raid
In Peking a large Chinese police raid on the Soviet Embassy disrupted the building and led to the detention of two Americans accused of propaganda for the Cantonese government. A UPI report quotes Mrs Mildred B. Mitchell, an American woman, claiming the two were captured during the event and that she escaped by burning documents in a hotel room.
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Randall Gould Lautch
Peking
Apri
Pering
Mildred B. Mitchell
United Press
el Legation
End of Nicaraguan Revolt Seen as Imminent
Washington reports the Nicaraguan legation says the revolution ends now after defeats of rebels at three points. President Diaz is quoted as saying the final drive forced revolutionists from May May yesterday with heavy losses. Federal columns rout rebel reinforcements near Matiguas and seize Tierra Azul.
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Washington
United Provs
Diaz
Ghoss
Matiguas
Tierra Azul
Hornsby Stock Issue Moves Toward Arbitration
New York April 6 National League president John A Heydler moved toward settling the conflict over Rog ar a Hornsby stock in the Cardinals. He spoke with Hornsby in Augusta Ga by long distance and proposed arbitration to fix stock value and permit Hornsby to join the Giants lineup after sale. Hornsby favors the plan but will confer with his lawyer before deciding. Heydler planned to propose to Sam Breadon and have three mutually acceptable appointees determine value.
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New York
John A. Heydler
National League
Rogara Hornsby
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Heydler
Hornsby
Augusta
Cardinals
Cardinal
Sam Breadon
Liineup
Breadon
Heydey
Pinedo's Flight Halted By Flames At Roosevelt Lake
Commander Frangencé De Piardo, famed for his air feats, saw his twin monoplane destroyed by a fire at Roosevelt Lake Alaska on April 6. He and his crew escaped unharmed as mechanics leaped overboard to safety during the blaze on the landing buoy.
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Roosevelt Lake
Akizz
United Press
Frangencé de Piardo
de Pinedo
Cirinnaly
Quiet routine contrasts with war era day at White House
Washington report recalls April 6 1917 when President Wilson signed the war resolution. Rudolph Vorster executive clerk recounts delivering the measure to the president in the White House. Wilson Wilson Mrs Wilson Hoover and Forster witnessed the signing as a naval aide flashed news to the War Department. The day marked a stark shift from today’s quiet office to the onset of U.S. involvement in World War I.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Washington
White House
Wilson
United States
Germany
Coolidge
Becmg
China
Rudolph Vorster
Forster
McKinley
Hoover
Tulimuty
War Department
Fisher Will Not Meddle In Strike
Governor John S. Fisher says no need for executive action in the bituminous coal strike currently. He spoke after conferring with Philip Murray, UMWA vice president, and P. T. Fagan, Pittsburgh district president, as union leaders remained in Harrisburg amid ongoing statements. Ellis Searles, editor of the UMW Journal, issued a long statement on behalf of Murray, who is in the state capitol on a secret mission.
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Harrisburg
United Press
John S. Misher
Pennsylvania
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
P. T. Fagan
Pittsburgh
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers Journal
State Capitol
Murray
Historic relic McKeesport April 6 banquet night
Historic relic event in McKeesport on April 6 links to Appomattox Day banquet at which the key to the courthouse is to be shown General Lee’s surrender to General Grant is noted in a recorded item Mrs Frank Tinney plans a move to New York and hopes to see Frank Tinney the comedian husband The report mixes travel plans and civil war era references with a modern personal note
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Mckeesport
Petr Unt
Appomattox
Court House
Robin E. Lee
U. S. Grant
Frank Hollywood
Cst
U. P
Frank Tinney
New_York
Frank
Hushen Eaan Aha Anid Badas
Bridge agitation for North Warren revived by club
At the North Warren Civic Club meeting held in the North Warren Presbyterian church the group revived two long standing issues. A permanent or temporary bridge location between the Canewango Refining Company plant No 1 and North Warren was discussed with committee assignments to gauge support from nearby clubs. A water supply expansion via new pipe was discussed with a local signatures effort to reach 73 percent of property owners before ordering 20 000 feet of pipe. Committees were formed to canvass for endorsements and coordinate further actions. The program included a student playlet, Brutus humor excerpt, a Shredded Wheat themed dance, and a psychology talk on English humor.
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Noth Warren
North Warren
Brelge Seston
Wallace Jewell
Warren
Upper Market Street
KR. T Dines
James Azelting
John Larson
J. L. Matthews
Warren Water Company
Matthews
Geo. Cowden
Nat Kidder
Fa Northrup
Salesigen
North Warren School
JM. M. Landers
John Beckett
Brutus
Ceasar
Clair King
Harry Nicholson
Questioned Board Action On Baccalaureate Service Tradition
At a meeting of the Wien Counts Ainisterial Association on Tuesday April 6, officials issued a statement expressing surprise at a board move regarding the baccalaureate service. The statement traces four years of denomination led planning, noting shifts among Baptist, Presbyterian, Grace, and Episcopal churches and the use of litany theatre arrangements, with a committee appointed to draft further communication. Continued on Page Thirteen.
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Wien Counts
Grace Church
Episcopal Church
Preas
Gasoline Prices Cut in New Jersey and South Carolina
New York April 6. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced a one cent per gallon reduction in gasoline across its territory, with tank wagon price set at 16 cents. South Carolina follows with a two cent cut, tank wagon price 15 cents.
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New York
United Prew
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
South Carolina
King Ferdinand Reported Much Improved Today
King Ferdinand was reported much improved today under the personal nursing of Queen Marie. He had been near death for days from a galloping illness complicating his cancerous condition. Queen Marie and the royal sons and daughters stood at his bedside during the crisis.
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Roumania
United Trass
Ferdinand
Queen Marie
Guppe
Sone
Weather Guess Western Pa Partly Cloudy to Night
Partly cloudy to night and Thursday slightly colder in the north portion. Rainfall in the last 24 hours was light and limited to the eastern states and the far northwest. High pressure over Manitoba brings clear skies for most of the country with unseasonably cold weather in the north. Observations show city temperatures from 28 to 63 with sunset near 10:20 and sunrise at 5:8.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Manitoba
Cod
Gulf States
Cour
Saskatchewan
Canadian
Rocky Mountains
Peta City
Eles
New York
Pittsburgh
YeNoustone Park
Riker
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Baseman
Gen. Pershing
Ministerial Association
Parco
Wyoming
John Dill Robertson
Cantonese — Government
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Pinedo
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