Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Underwood is facing a very dubious chance of reëlection next year. Recently, he purchased an estate in Virginia, whither he expects to retire in due time. Some conjectured that he is making a last effort to rally support. Yet Senator Glass of Virginia recently advocated a 20% maximum surtax and ether Democrats, in spite of their last year's opposition to the Mellon plan, seem to be edging towards a compromise with lower surtaxes...
...Colonies. The Army Reserve, which has a normal strength of 120,000 men, is only 99,000 .strong. The Territorial Army, recruited for home defence and trained as their civil employment will permit, numbers less than 148,750, the number for which provision has been made. The maximum strength of the British Army cannot be more than...
James Couzens, senior U. S. Senator from Michigan, a year ago (TIME, Jan. 21, 1924) opposed the Mellon Plan, which proposed to reduce income surtaxes to 25% maximum. Since then, he has fought with the Treasury on many policies of taxation. A senatorial Committee of which he is the head is just closing a prolonged investigation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (tax collection...
...Reduce maximum surtaxes to 20% (half of the present...
...week, came one that destroyed Toyooka and Tsuiyama, damaged the famous Kinosaki Springs, injured hundreds of people. Fire quickly spread to add its horror to the picture of Nature's desolation. The Province of Tajima lies to the northeast of Osaka on the main island of Hondo. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was felt some 80 miles from Osaka, which is situate on the south shore. Seismographs recorded horizontal vibrations measuring nearly three inches and lasting several minutes. Experts declared the shock the greatest for the district in 30 years. John Barton Payne, Chairman of the American...