Tax Plan Cuts Taxes and Expenditures in White House Talks
Washington advances a tax program with no new levies except a small rise in corporate tax. President Harding, Secretary Mellon and GOP leaders agree to curb government spending by $412 million this year and cut debt service to fund broader relief. The plan includes repealing the excess profits tax, lowering transportation and income taxes, and delaying proposed auto and bank check levies.
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Washington
Utx
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House
Wage and Means Committee
Sammary
Ways Any Means
Mei Jon
Charles G. Dawes
Treasury
House Ways and Mens
White House
White House tax program outlines toll expenditure limits
The White House conference endorses a tax plan setting toll expenditures at £4.04 billion, with £3.075 billion to be funded from current revenues.
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White House
Break in British Freight Talks Nears End
Negotiations between American and British officials over shipping controls show progress as allied delegates and the Central News Agency report near agreement on key points. Officials in Alexandria indicate a formal dispatch soon.
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London
Fts
Alexandria
Congress to Take Recess for Twenty Days in August
President Harding agreed to a summer recess after Senate leaders Lodge and Curtis met him at the White House. The plan calls for both houses to begin a 20 day break starting in the latter part of next week, ending in mid August.
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Washington
Congress
Hardings
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Senator Curtis
Kansas
White House
Lines of Silesia Are Finally Fixed
Supreme Council votes down the proposition to send more troops to the Upper Silesia territory. Briand and Lloyd George sign off on a private compromise boundary intended to roughly bisect the plebiscite area and split the industrial district.
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Silesia
Supreme Council
Paris
Briand
France
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Upper Silesia
Piess
Vistula
Gleiwitz
Tost
Gross Streblitz
Jonenberg
Kreuzburg
Pleb
Upper
Silestia
Governor Len Swell Arrested After Capitol Siege
Springfield report states Gov Len Swell was arrested at the executive mansion by Sheriff Henry Mester on grand jury indictments for embezzlement and conspiracy totaling near 2 million dollars. He posted 60 000 bond and protested the arrest as illegal while capitol security reported a siege with deputies surrounding the building.
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Springfield
Len Swell
Henry Mester
Sterling
Vernon Curtis
Sherif
Mortimirap
Ue Gover CP
Bis
Capitol
Sherit Mesier
Muder Slege
Guarded Capitol as Sheriff Net Tightens on Governor
Deputies guard Capitol grounds at each entrance while sheriffs discuss catching a governor sleeping away from duty. Police, led by Chief Wilbur Morris, stand by with military advisers ready to intervene if any rest is disrupted. An airplane escape is rumored as the only possible exit from the sheriff's net.
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Sherif
Capitol
Wilbur Morris
Misis
Senate passes Capper-Tacher grain future trading bill
Senate approves the Capper-Tacher grain future trading measure to curb speculation. A commission including the secretaries of agriculture and commerce and the attorney general will set rules and can revoke licenses of markets not observing the laws.
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Washington
Senate
Mexican General Robles Shot in Mexico City Ambush
Gen. Jose Alessio Hobbes died when five armed men fired on his car in a main street in Mexico City. The attack followed a newspaper controversy with Gen. Trevina, whose critics have faced press scrutiny from El Universal. Gen. Jacinto Trevina reportedly offered to cooperate with police.
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Mexico
Ral Robles
Trevina
el Universal
Pope orders famine relief steps for Volga basin victims
Cardinal Gasparri instructed to present the crisis to governments for urgent action. Lenin appeals for famine aid from workers and farmers worldwide as reports describe widespread starvation and dying refugees across the Brest Litovsk region and Latvia.
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Rowe
Augope
Benedict
Cardinal Gasparri
Lenin
New York
Soviet Russia
Russian Telegraph Agency
Moscow
London
Dees Litovsk 2
Gagoule
Diuseia
Fr. de Thomapsen
Brest - Litevsk Cieuriet
Amnerican Teler
European Children’s Fund
Tiss
Desperate Suffering Amid Warfront Food Shortages
Reporter describes widespread famine with families reduced to bread made from grass and mud and boiling roots for soup. Bolshevist sentries scrounge scraps while estates stand idle. a rare royal tea reveals how scarce sugar and bread remain, underscoring daily deaths from hunger.
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Mr. Thompson
Labor Halts Foes: Gompers Attacks Capital Force
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, charged at the International Typographical Union convention that capital seeks to crush workers worldwide after World War I. He warned of a calculated effort to control labor and curb worker spirit in the United States and Canada.
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Federation
Quebec
Aux
Samuel Goimpers
International Typographical Union
Capitatiam
Ind Hf
United States
House Adopts Meat Packing Bill With Broad Powers
Washington August 10 The house passed the conference report on a measure regulating the meat packing industry. The bill grants the secretary of agriculture broad powers of control and supervision after brief debate and without a record vote.
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Washington
Congress
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Crop forecasts show big yields for major crops
The Department of Agriculture released the August crop report predicting large yields for winter wheat 544 million bushels spring wheat 213 million bushels all wheat 757 million bushels corn 3 252 2670 bushels oats 1 037 000 bushels and other grains. Acreage changes show increases or decreases from last year across crops in Washington and Australia.
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Washington
Aus. W
Department of Agriculture
Plane fires on boat party near Narragansett Bay
A Providence report describes a plane strafing a boat party in Narragensett bay, spraying bullets and injuring a girl passenger named Grace Baxton, twenty four, from Bench. The launch sank as a man was lightly injured and the boat reached shore for medical aid.
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Providence
R. 1
Narragensett Bay
Tve
Lee Ot Wlood
le Grace Baxton
Bench
German duty relief denied by commission on exports
Paris reports that the German treasury has been informed the 2 percent export tax as customs duties will not be admitted. The commission rejects Germany’s 26 percent index claim and says it is ready to discuss near total exports covered by tions to king.
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Paris
Commission
Ite
Germany
Protests Over Seizure of British Vessel Mentioned
London protests the United States conduct in seizing a British vessel violating law. The case cites precedent and questions the legality of the action as a formal but meaningful protest.
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London
United States
America
Thomas S. Howland Dies Aged Railroad Pioneer In Chicago
Thomas S Howland vice president at Darlingian Quincy railroad and Chicago resident died in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was among the oldest railroad men in service and served as treasurer of the Brillgtem.
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Darlingian
Quincy
Chicago. Aus
Tags Horland
Er. Duwiington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Massachusetts General Hospital
Byrliggtem
Michigan Fires Brought Under Control Escanaba
Unclear fire reports indicate controlled blazes near Escanaba Michigan with intakes and mobilization by authorities. Observers note temporary danger but no further escalation as of the latest update.
Inaccurate OCR Fragment Teases Wildlife Note
Fragmentary text from a historical page hints at animal behavior and forestry topics. It mentions catching a creature, mentions an American Forestry Magazine, and describes attempts to remove it like an armadillo. Readability is low and details are unclear.
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Washiuck
Mrrood
Ington
American Forestry Magazine
Incoherent Note From BRK and BRK Related Scene
Fragmentary OCR reports a private incident involving Margaret and her mother at Yo Wy CoA. The text references a demand for a drink and a past event where the mother was unable to provide one, followed by a later query from Margaret about drinking from her hands. The source is highly garbled and lacks clear person, place, and event specifics.
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Margaret
Clovela
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