Tax and Rail Legislation Ahead of Vacation Recess
House leaders plan a six weeks recess beginning Aug 20 or 25 after voting on revenue, shipping board and rail road bills. President Harding urged quick passage at a White House dinner, with Ways and Means aiming to bring the tax bill to the floor by Aug 15 and pass within about five days if possible. Democratic opposition could delay the process.
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Associated
Washington, D. C
House
Shipping Board
Macram
White House
Harding
Policeman shoots attorney in crowded Chicago courtroom
Chicago police sergeant Henry Kellogg, angry over a property dispossession and a contempt sentence, shot and killed attorney Lemuel Ackley in a courtroom and wounded himself. Ackley died an hour later. Kellogg survived after surgery and recovery was expected. Judge McDonald said the attack followed Kellogg's sentencing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Chellogg
Lemuel Ackles
Ackley
Kellogg
McDonald
President Harding refutes Byrnes on South famine claim
President Harding writes to Representative Byrnes defending the administration against charges of exaggerated pellagra and famine in the South. He cites public health service reports and private South reports as supporting ongoing government investigation into the situation.
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Rep. Byrnes
South
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Byrnes
South Carolina
Odey
Thei
Public Health Service
Enus
Spanish Troops Report Lacking News From Morocco Outposts
Dispatches from Madrid note that information from Spanish positions in Morocco remains unavailable and casualties in the clashes with tribesmen are not yet definite. General San Jurico conducts reconnoissances beyond the front without incident as King Alfonso orders direct telegraphic links between the palace in Madrid and Melilla.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
San Jurico
Maria Christiana
Alfonso
White Collar Union Forms to Fight Profiteers
The White Collar Union is being organized by Dr. Charles F. Gilman with a 500 member committee rallying 1,000 sponsors for a dinner on August 5 to launch the movement. Gilman aims to expand nationwide to cut living costs, end chain stores, curb profiteering, and promote Americanism. The inaugural meeting drew about 15 attendees.
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Preas Cricles
Charles F. Gilman
Gilman
Hughes Rejects Early Parley on Washington Disarmament Talks
The United States outlined to Great Britain its final opposition to a preliminary conference for the Washington disarmament and Paris peace talks. Secretary of State Hughes reportedly explained the American stance in detail to Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, amid ongoing British pressure for an early meeting.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
America
Washington
Chicago Adopts Wireless System for Police
Chicago announces a city wide wireless telephone network linking all fire and police stations. Operated from city hall, the system aims to equip all policemen with receiving devices on their coats in a later phase.
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Associated Press
Chicago
City
Keith
War ends as Pershing avenue reverts to King William street
Residents on Pershing avenue reclaim original street name King William, while a raid on a nearby roadhouse uncovers three couples dancing in pajamas who are escorted to bed. The scene underscores a period of social tension as authorities enforce prohibition era norms.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
Pershing Avenue
King William Street
Exports to Europe Fall Off One and Half Billion
Washington shares Commerce Department data showing Europe bound exports dropped by about 1.5 billion during the year ending June 30 while South America shipments rose by over 30 million. June itself saw a sharp decline in both regions from the prior June.
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Europe
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
South America
Commerce Department
Citizens rally to save Missouri & North Arkansas line
In Harrison Arkansas on July 29 Citizens business and farm leaders formed the Citizens Protective League to raise funds by subscription to maintain the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad. If unsuccessful they would form an operating company to serve towns likely cut off. about 100000 people would lose rail service.
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United Press
Harrison
Ark
Missouri & North Arkansas
Citizens’ Protective League
Bryan May Yet Be President of Missouri College
A movement in Columbia Missouri aims to name William Jennings Bryan president of the University of Missouri. A state senate resolution proposes naming only a Missouri graduate, noting Bryan graduated from Illinois College at Jacksonville.
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United Press
Columbia
William Jennings Bryan
Hrrat
University of Missouri
State Senate
Missouri
Brian
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Car of Watermelons Looted in Daylight in City Incident
A noon theft on Water street emptied a spur-car of 15 to 20 watermelons. At 2 pm two men, one white and one colored, were arrested for investigation after police traced the break in the car seal and the loading of melons into a light wagon.
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Black Hawk Frnd_& Commission Co
Water Street
Standard Oil Subsidiary Announces Wage Cut
Parkersburg West Virginia July 29 wage reductions of about 42 percent will take effect August 1 for Carter Oil Company employees a Standard Oil subsidiary. The cut was announced after a conference between managers and employees on a new pay scale.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carter Oil Company
Crowds Tour Oakdale Farms Amid Embezzlement Scandal
Austin Minnesota July 29 United Press Cy Thomson and allies cash in on Oakdale farms Hormel Packing publicity. Tourists flock to Oakdale Park Leroy to view Thomson holdings after he confessed embezzling more than 1,000,000 from the packing firm where he served as controller. Jay Hormel plans a merry go round and entertainment at the park during the holiday week.
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United Preset
Austin
Minn
Cy" Thomson
Oakdale Farms
Hormel Packing Company
Oakdale Park
Leroy
Thomson
Jay Hormel
Frog
First Engine and Speediest Engine at Pageant Preview
The DeWitt Clinton engine, first New York state locomotive, and the No 999, holder of 112.5 mph, arrive in Chicago for the Pageant of Progress opening tomorrow. Spectators see 1831 costumes, flat-car arrival, and revived demonstrations of historic and high speed locomotives.
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Associated Presay
Chicago
DeWitt- Clinton
New York State
New York Central
DeWitt-Clinton
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Charles Hogan
Buffalo
the Central
Osteopaths Question Ethics in Stillman Case Trial
The American Osteopathic association debates the ethics of Dr. H L Russell of Buffalo who testified in the Stillman divorce case. A special committee will investigate and report to national headquarters after a heated convention discussion in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
The
American Osteopathic Association
H. L. Russell
Buffalo
Stillman
Russell
Medical Association
New York State
Thoro
Rainfall Covers Most of Iowa Aids Crops
Reports to the weather bureau show general rainfall across Iowa in the last 24 hours with a dry strip in the extreme northwest. Forecaster D. Reed notes the light to moderate rain will greatly benefit the crops statewide.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
D. Reed
Spurgin Trail Leads Sleuths Into Alabama
AP report from Chicago July 29 says missing Warren C. Spurgin, former president of Michigan Avenue Trust, may be headed toward Mobile Alabama. Investigators pursue links to Spurgin and two women after a July 17 bank visit. cashier Beutel estimates losses near 1.0 million dollars with deposits to be salvaged at 65 cents on the dollar.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Mobile
Ala
James McShane
Spurgin
McShane
Mr. McShane
Clarence Beutel
Hin
Senator Norris in care after heat exhaustion diagnosis
Senator Norris of Nebraska remained under medical care in Washington on July 29 after collapsing following a long speech on the agricultural credits bill. Doctors diagnosed heat prostration and reported his condition not improved.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Grain rates cut from Buffalo to ocean terminals
A 5 cent per hundred pound reduction on export wheat rye and corn and a 3 cent cut on barley and oats from Buffalo Erie and Fairport to ocean terminals was announced today by traffic officials of eastern railroads in conference here.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Buffalo, Erie
Fairport
Ocean Terminals
Eastern Railroads
Reserve Bank Cuts Rate on Rediscounts Chicago
The Chicago Federal Reserve bank announced lower rediscount rates to six percent for all classes and for promissory notes up to six months maturity. The old rate averaged six and a half percent with the change to take effect the next day.
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Reserve Bank
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
President nominates Hawaii judges and officials
The president sent nominations to the senate including Homer L. Ross for circuit judge in the fourth circuit territory of Hawaii Oscar P Cox for U S marshal for the District of Hawaii and Roy Freer for postmaster Fowler California.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Fourth Circuit
Hawaii
Homer L. Ross
U.S
Oscar P. Cox
Roy Freer
Fowler
Cal
Edith Gould Loses U S Divorce Fight
Conferees reach accord on packer regulation bill after Senate action. Edith Wellyers Gould suit against Frank Jay Gould for divorce dismissed by State Supreme Court Justice Mullen for lack of jurisdiction since she submitted to French court proceedings.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sen|pete
Senate
New York
Pack
Brough
Edith Wellyers
Frank Jay Gould
State Supreme Court
Mullen
Mr. Gould
France
Demand for Fund Sources in Recall Campaign Sparked
Forge North Dakota July 29. The North Dakota Federation of Nonpartisan Women's Clubs passed a resolution demanding independent forces disclose fund sources used in the recall campaign against certain Nonpartisan state officials. J B Brady critically ill in Rochester Minnesota after cancer operation at Mayo Clinic. He is 32.
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Associated Press
Forge
N. D
North Dakota Federation of Nonpartisan Women's Clubs
J. BE. Brady
Rochester
Minn
Thompson Avennue
Mayo Clinic
Mr. Brady
Hoover urges governors to start road work in fall
Secretary Hoover urges governors to set road construction contracts for fall rather than spring to relieve unemployment. He says instructive letters were sent to governors and the plan would provide work for thousands of men who would otherwise be idle this coming winter.
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Associated Tress
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Bribe Case Against Oklahoma Judge Quashed
Judge Lucien B. Wright, district jurist, was dismissed for lack of evidence in a bribe case tied to his dealings in the Tommy Atkinson dispute. The Sapulpa court action was ruled by Justice A B Piltz. Most Russian moves today mirror tools used in the 1950s United States.
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United Press
Sapulpa
Okla
Lucien B. Wright
Tommy Atkinsoi
A. B. Piltz
United States
Congress commitees hear tax revision and appropriations
Today in Congress the Ways and Means Committee continues hearings on tax revision. Chairman Lasker keeps testimony before the Appropriations Committee on additional Shipping Board appropriations. Senate debate on Norris farm bill and Kellogg substitute continues. Finance committee begins hearings on chemical schedule of tariff bill. Military committee considers sundry bills. Soldier relief inquiry continues.
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United Press
Rouse Ways and Means Committee
Lasker
Appropriations Committee
Additional Shipping Board
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