Treasury's tax reform plan faces key fighting points
Secretary Mellon presents to the Ways and Means Committee a plan slashing the maximum surtax to 20 percent, repealing the state inheritance tax, and ending the publicity provision of the income tax. Proposals favor lower rates on small incomes and a 25 percent overall maximum. Debate over estate tax and federal vs state collection fuels opposition.
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Itress
Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Mellon
Congress
Green
Mr. Mellon
Prohibition Hero Called a “Wonderfully Good Thing”
Lord Mayor Gibson argues prohibition is a wonderfully good thing for the United States after yearly visits to America. He credits prohibition as a main cause of the American people’s recent wonderful success in the last few years and shared this view in an address to club members.
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Leeds
Gibson
United States
Unmarried Men Barred From City Jobs in Bradford
Bradford officials pass a law banning unmarried men from municipal posts when a married applicant seeks it. Councillors question why there are fewer bachelors, while the medical officer cites wool trade precarity driving local men to avoid marriage.
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Bradford
Eng
Army of Employes Work at Night in Wall Street
New York report details 35 000 clerks toiling after hours in Wall Street firms and exchanges. It notes two million share days, rapid ticker printing, centralized wires, and the feverish pace as traders push for faster execution and bonuses at year’s end.
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Army of Employes
Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Clearing House Association of the Exchange
Yuletide
Curb
Consolidated Exchanges
Stetter
Seeing Paris Itinerary Strains American Tourists
Paris visitors speed through the capital in one day and evening, extending the eight day effort. A Chicago traveler and guide describe rapid drives past Notre Dame the Louvre and the Pantheon with long hours and mounting fatigue. The tour groups push through the Unknown Soldier's grave Napoleon's tomb and La Chapelle while struggling to finish the full program.
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Cathedral of Notre Dame
Eiffel Tower
Chamber of Deputies
Louvre
Pantheon
Notre Dame Cathedral
Pere la Chaise
Boulevards
Montmartre
Chicagoan
Mint
Fine Arts School
French Institute
Bank of France
Palais Royal
Luxembure
Indians Back to Rice Pields As Harvest Machinery Pails
In Cass Lake Minnesota Indians defend their wild rice harvest against modern machinery. F J Scott notes machinery impractical, tribesmen in birch bark canoes and light boats resume traditional gathering with local guide leading a tour including a cafe visit and Pere la Chaise cemetery stop.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Pale Face
Minnesota
F. J. Scott
Consolidated Chippewa Agency
Red Man
Locarno Pact Frames European Arms Talks Momentum
President Coolidge signals support for a European arms reduction conference using Locarno as a catalyst. The pact aims to keep borders intact and promote arbitration, with Britain planning to withdraw troops from the Cologne bridgehead within three months as a practical result of Locarno.
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Associated Press
Gton
Arman
Europe
Locarno
Coolidge
Uni
London
Cologne
Russia’s Exports Split Between United States in Half Year
Moscow reports that more than 26 percent of Russia’s total exports went to the United States in the last six months. Nearly 60 percent of fur sales in this period were exported to America.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
America
Chinese Claim Consular Courts Favor Foreigners in Trials
Washington dispatch reports the Chinese ministry of justice charging consular courts in China favor their own nationals. The piece notes extraterritorial courts often rule for foreigners over natives, citing Shanghai cases and a gambling house example where a consul’s countryman profits from leniency.
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Washington
Ministry of Justice
China
Far East
Shanghai
International Settlement
Parsons Homecoming Features Debate With Cambridge Team
Parsons college hosts a homecoming on Friday and Saturday with a Cambridge university debate on Friday night. The motion pities grandchildren versus envying future generations, judged by the audience. Parsons speakers include Bartlett Neely Ledgerwood, while Cambridge brings young English politicians. A Saturday football game against Cornell follows. A cross country run also pits Parsons against Cornell Saturday morning.
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Firepteld
Parsons College
Cambridge University
England
Parsons
Eneishmwen
Cambridge
Parldament
Robert Bartlett
Fairfield
Wayne Neely
Greenfield
Wyatt Ledgerwood
Cornell
Iowa to ship fewer livestock to markets this winter
Des Moines reports that Iowa will send about 20 percent fewer head of cattle hogs and other livestock to major markets in November December and January due to lower 1925 production and lighter shipments in the first nine months. Feeder cattle demand and cheap corn are expected to influence shipments while car volume for the period is projected at about 55 000 stock cars, down from 65 144 last winter.
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Des Moines
Espe
Midwest
Leslie Carl
Iowa
Illinois
Boy murderer is given life sentence in Iowa case
Warren Vandervoort a 17 year old from Parkersburg, Iowa, was sentenced by District Judge C H Kelley to life in state prison for the August 12 slaying of his father Rev R J Vandervoort. The judge cited lack of need for death penalty given the boy’s age and urged life imprisonment as adequate.
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Allison
Warren Vandervoort
R. J. Vandervoort
Parkersburg
C. H. Kelley
Warren
Kelley
Muder
Tate
River Bed Coal Dredging Finds Market Amid Strike
Riverbed coal dredging rises after an anthracite miners strike. Susquehanna and nearby rivers yield hard coal, with production valued over $600,000 annually. Dredgers use suction pumps to extract fine coal, wash sand, and supply public utilities, though output has declined as mining methods improve.
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Harrishourg
Susquehannen
Leugh
Sehoylkill
Hioes
Susquehanna
Silk inventions eyed to boost Tokyo silk industry
Tokyo reports Prof. Ryugo Inouye of the Sericultural School in Ugeda has perfected two inventions. One converts old silk rags and scraps into new silk, the other yields silk directly from silkworms without waiting for cocoons.
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Tokyo
Ryugo Inouye
Sericultural
Ugeda
Livestock shipment forecast for October and November
An analyst estimates a 10 percent drop in livestock shipments for October with a likely continuation into November, signaling a cautious outlook for meat trade and related markets.
Mexico City Keeps 100 Percent American Vibe
The city embraces US brands from gum to waffles and soda fountains. A Mexican cafe labeled American waffle lunch draws long noon lines as American periodicals and films stay dominant. Baseball enjoys growing popularity with locals knowing Babe Ruth and following Big League results.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
America
States
Rio Grande
Babe Ruth
Philippine Soldiers Buy Own Uniforms To Look Right
Major General Eli A. Helmick praised Philippine Scouts for buying their own good uniforms to replace junk World War II surplus. He noted the self funding shows enlisted spirit and urged removal of the hardship. General Holu Sek commended the soldiers.
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Manila
Eli A. Helmick
United States Army
Helmick
Holu Sek
Philippine Scouts
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