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...Last week the President glanced over the preliminary reports of the March income tax receipts of the Department of the Treasury; from Treasury officials he heard the gratifying news that bigger and better returns indicated a $600,000,000 surplus. Forthwith he returned to the pleasing subject of tax reduction, opined that reduction would be in order by October, if there is no business depression. Newspaper headlines were more conservative than in the past. Editors recalled that President Coolidge, last November, had "foreseen" tax reduction in the session of Congress just ended; but Republican leaders would have none...
...second largest stockyard in Omaha, Neb.; in Boston. With his three brothers he started his career by buying a gold mine near Pike's Peak, Col., which was thought to be a quartz claim. General Fitz-John Porter† attempted to bore into the claim. Gold-miner Smith forthwith made an opening into the outlaw shaft from below, built a fire, and smoked out the General's workers. The General promptly installed a huge fan which blew the smoke down into the Smith workings, but whenever the fan was removed the fire was rebuilt. After three weeks...
...name Amherst College bears: "For some months I have assisted Alexander Woollcott by writing dramatic reviews for the New York World, modestly signed with two of my many initials-J. H. Last week I received word that my father, the Fourth Earl of Amherst, aged 71, was desperately ill. Forthwith, I sailed for England hoping to see him alive. Three days out, I heard that he had died suddenly; found myself Fifth Earl of Amherst...
...Socialists, outstanding pacifist, fervent champion of the League of Nations before which he represented France in 1924-25. All that M. Painlevé asked of M. Paul-Boncour was that he would introduce and sponsor in the Chamber a bill proposing to spend 7,000,000 francs ($280,000) forthwith on armaments to protect the frontiers of France...
...Suppressed the Communist newspaper Justica; banished onetime President of the Chamber of Deputies Rafael Luis Gumucio as a "Red"; jailed onetime Premier Ladislao Errazuriz for the same trumped-up offense; and arrested 19 "Red" Deputies and 100 "Red" citizens-really his political enemies, who were forthwith hurried into exile upon a ship bound for Central American ports...