Tax Law Shifts Burden From Small Incomes to Corporations
Analysis of the new tax measures shows personal exemptions rise and rates adjust to aid small earners while corporate taxes increase from 12.5 to 13 percent in 1926 and to 13.5 percent later. The reforms aim to reduce sur taxes and lift penalties on large incomes to spur investment, with mixed effects on dividends and stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
New York Stock Exchange
United States
National Indusian Conference Board
The Purpose of Laws Examined By Congress
The piece argues three aims for Congress namely constitutional duty constructive legislation and meeting national desires. It warns of excessive regulation creating red tape and burdens for honest citizens while favoring sobriety and legal reform to free the majority from restraint as society improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rhodes Scholars to Receive Increased Oxford Stipend
United States and Canada Rhodes scholars have similar academic records at Oxford. Of 420 applicants for the 1926 election, Ohio had 39 nominees and Pennsylvania 30. The stipend was raised, granting 32 elected scholars an annual 400 pound income for three years at Oxford.
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Rhodes
United States
Canada
The
Rhodes Trust
Oxfor University
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Oxford
Pacifists Brace for War as Drums Reach the Nation
In Toledo Blade prose a cautious note: pacifists endure peace as long as possible but warn they must prepare at home if war returns. The piece reflects a bygone era mood about civilian resilience and antiwar sentiment amid looming conflict.
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Toledo Blade
Old Hickory in Fiction Hearts of Hickory by Moore
The review discusses John Trotwood Moore’s Hearts of Hickory, praising ambition and material on 1815 West history and Andrew Jackson, but faulting the narrative for disjoint plots and overidealized characters except Jackson. It notes Moore’s historian’s feel, potential value, and a weak romance plot with a French nobleman and Davy Crockett’s niece.
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Hickory
John Trotwood Moors
Cokesbury Press
Nashville
Tenn
John Trotwood Moore
Library, History and Archives
State of
Tennessee
Emerson Hough
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
United States
Jackson
New Orleans
New West
Andrew Jackson
Moore
Old Hickory
Davy Crockett
Mr. Moore
Measles Mystery Amid History's Public Health Challenge
The piece quotes Dr. Victor C. Vaughn on measles as a highly contagious disease with hidden symptoms delaying recognition. It notes the disease’s underestimated importance and its link to higher pneumonia mortality, suggesting substantial life-extension if measles and other childhood illnesses were eradicated. It ends with a Vermont counterpoint about agricultural pride.
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United States Public Health Service
Tor C. Vaughn
Division of Medical Sciences
National Research Council
America
Vaughan
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