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Sunday, November 7, 1926Edition: National

Newspaper from Sunday, November 7, 1926

Evening Star

Washington, District of Columbia

“PRESIDENT STARTS CONGRESS EIGHT BY TAX REBATING PLAN”

“Democrats Demand Straight”
“Cut, Charging Subter”
“fuge to Executive.”
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OCR text: gest Credit on 1927 Payments. Call Minority Move Unwise. By the Associated Press. The sudden declaration of President Coolidge for a refund of 10 or 12 per cent of this year's income taxes caused a scratching of heads yester day both at the Treasury and at the Capitol. Surorised Treasury officials dis creetly suggested that the President’s proposal be accomplished through a credit on Income taxes to be paid next year, rather than through a straight-out refund at this time. Eoually surprised Democrats, sus pecting that Mr.

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“W WINS SECOND GIRAFFE CONTES!”

“Herbert Martyn, Jr., 9, Sends”
“in Name That Is Selected”
“by the Judges.”
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OCR text: Herbert Martyn. jr.. 9-year-old son of Dr. Herbert Martyn. 2814 Thirty fourth street, is a red-cheeked, tousle-haired. square-shouldered little fellow who spends most of his time outside of school in the woods and fields around his home. Late yesterday afternoon Herbert and his collie dog. Rover, were sum moned from their play to hear the news that the boy was the winner of The Star’s second contest to find a suitable name for the little girl giraffe who will accompany "Hi-Boy’’ to Washington next Tuesday.

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“BUDNITZ RESIGNS PROHIBITION POST”

“Andrews Denies Local Chief’s”
“Quitting Is Connected With”
“Four Dismissals.”
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OCR text: Edmund Budnitz, prohibition ad ministrator in charge of Maryland, ‘Delaware and the District of Colum ma, yesterday tendered his resigna tion in order that he may return to tne practice of law in Baltimore. The resignation, which was under stood to have been received late ves terday, asked that he be relieved of his responsibility at the early con venience of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge of prohibition. It was re quested that this be not later thhn December 1. The resignation of Mr. Budnitz.

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“TWO GIRLSAND BOY PEPPERED WITH SHOT”

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OCR text: Police Hunting for Person Whose Gun Wounded Trio in Woods Near District. Two young girls, gathering Autumn leaves, and a i5-vear-old boy, who was out hunting rabbits, were peppered with birdshot while in the north eastern outskirts of the District yes terday afternoon and police last night began a search for the unidentified marksman. The condition of the victims is not serious. Ada Conklin, 15.

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“TODAY’S STAR”

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OCR text: PART ONE—S 2 PAGES. Genera! News —Local, National and Foreign. News of the Clubs —rage 26. Schools and Colleges—Page 27. Serial, “Laila” —Page 30. Y. W. ,C. A. News —Page 30. Around the City—Page 31. Parent-Teacher Activities —Page 33. Boy Scouts —Page 33. Civilian Army News—Page 34. Girl Scouts —Page 35. Radio News and Programs—Pages 4$ and 47. Financial News —Pages 50. 51 and 52. PART TWO—I 6 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Reviews of Autumn Books—Page 4. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4.

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“Six Killed'in Plane Crash.”

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OCR text: LA PAZ. Bolivia, November 6 (0). —Six persons were killed when a junker airplane fell near Santa Cruz, Bolivia, today. The dead include the pilot and mechanic and Etnllo Antekr, Bolivian consul at Axica. •

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“Meets Yale Saturday.”

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OCR text: By the Associated Pres*. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., November 6. —Harvard's dream of a return to “big three” championship heights this year was shattered today by Princeton's alert, aggressive eleven in a bitterly fought and raggedly played battle. The Tigers, staging a come back, clawed their way to victory by taking advantage of the Crimson's misplays and rolling up a margin of 12 to 0 that was composed of a touchdown, a safety and field goal.

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“ARMY TRIAL FOR FLYER.”

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OCR text: Lieut. Lehman Held in Killing of Man by Swooping Plane. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. November 6 UP). —Lieut. A. J. Lehman of Lebanon, Ind., held by military authorities at Maxwell Field in connection with the killing of Frank G. Browder, sr.. by a swooping airplane, October 9, will face military court-martial, Maj. H. H. C.

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“Slain Pair Again Are Iden”

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OCR text: tified at Trial. By the Associated Press. SOMERVILLE, N. J., Novemblr 6. —With other testimony of the long court session almost routine, closing minutes of the stay on the stand of Henry L. Dickman. former New Jer sey State trooper, stood out in the trial today of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry and Wil lie, on a murder charge more than four years old. Dickman testified that the late Aza riah Beekman. some time prosecutor of Somerset County, paid him $2,500 to leave New Jersey when he was en gaged.

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Front page of Evening Star, Sunday, November 7, 1926
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South Bend News Times

South Bend, Indiana

“WOMAN KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN CAR TURNS OYER”

“Another Hurt, Four Escape”
“Injury in Accident Near”
“New Carlisle.”
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OCR text: Pinned beneath a heavy sedan when It turned over on the Chicago road, near Hamilton, at 6 o’clock Saturday evening, Mrs. Augusta Clark, 40, of 4136 N. Harding ave nue, Chicago, was almost instantly killed, and her nephew, John Gsch wind, 16, of Chicago, was painfully injured. Four others in the car were unhurt. Mrs. Clark was riding with her brother-in-law, E. O. Gschwind, her sister, Mrs. Gschwind, and their three children, to Dowagiac, Mich., for a week-end visit with relatives. Edmund A.,- Gschwind, son of the owner of tbe car, was driving the car.

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“DISPUTE ON ROYAL TRAIN IS SETTLED”

“Peace Restored Among”
“Squabbling Members of”
“Queen Marie’s Party”
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OCR text: ABOARD QUEEN MARIE’S TRAIN, SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 6. —Two members of Queen Marie’s royal tour have been excluded as troublemakers. One is Samuel Hill, the eccentric railroad builder who entertained the Rumanian queen at his home here’ Saturday night; the other is J. A. Ayres, who is reported to have de scribed himself as a representative of tbe Ford Motor Co. — John Carrol, in charge of the train on which the queen is touring the country’, announced the two were persona non grata when the party stopped here Saturday night.

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Front page of South Bend News Times, Sunday, November 7, 1926
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The Montgomery Advertiser

Montgomery, Alabama
Front page of The Montgomery Advertiser, Sunday, November 7, 1926
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Brownsville Herald

Brownsville, Texas
Front page of Brownsville Herald, Sunday, November 7, 1926
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Questions from readers

What happened on Sunday, November 7, 1926?

Front pages that day led with: “PRESIDENT STARTS CONGRESS EIGHT BY TAX REBATING PLAN”; “W WINS SECOND GIRAFFE CONTES!”; “WOMAN KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN CAR TURNS OYER”; “DISPUTE ON ROYAL TRAIN IS SETTLED”. Each story above is quoted from the original page.

Is this the real newspaper?

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