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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
2
An anonymous column surveys Congress last week, noting farm bill disarray over equalization fees and debentures, Garner’s deal with Republicans on mortgage measures, and a tense scene as relief bills clash with pork-barrel labels. It also touches golf club secrets and finance markets, then forecasts Roosevelt Baker dynamics and auto industry malaise.
A Hearst analysis lambasts the income tax as unjust and confiscatory. It argues the system burdens the middle class, enables evasion by the rich and weak enforcement, and cloaks its injustice in secrecy.
William Randolph Hearst denounces the income tax as Bolshevist and confiscatory, blasting tax dodges and punitive levies while condemning prohibition as another failure. He argues the tax harms workers and the economy, and urges substitution of excise and sales taxes over discriminatory income taxation.
The article cites observers saying Samuel Insull embraced a belief in a permanent era of prosperity after 1924, a delusion the piece argues spread through the nation and helped cause the financial woes. It notes Roosevelt’s popularity and faith in his ability to aid workers, with readers from Greenville and West Union voicing support for his presidency.
New York gossip notes a Broadway hot cake gadget enabling diner control, film stars like Helen Twelvetrees and Claudette Colbert linked to Brooklyn and Parisian circles, and Village art scene nudges amid a Strunsky family saga. Horse culture grows with riding schools and stylish shows in Hamp, Long Island.
Henry argues Washington lacks a single soul and that the real essence lies in its ordinary civil servants and their struggles. He highlights government wage cuts, tightened budgets, and ripple effects on families, housing, and retail, framing the city through the lives of ordinary workers rather than landmarks.
Dorothy Dix argues a distinguished psychologist finds women have a higher happiness quotient than men. She portrays men quick to seek diversion while women brood, noting looks career hurdles and unequal pay, and questions marriage balancing love and vocation as a constant jolt to women.
A quip on marital happiness quotes Dorothy Dix about whether women enjoy greater happiness than men. The column suggests women’s contentment may be divinely created humorously, noting scientific viewpoints.
Dr Frank M outlines locomotor ataxia, its link to treponema pallidum toxins, and mercury exposure. Symptoms include lightning pains, numbness, bladder issues, vision loss, and gait difficulty. Early toxin removal and therapy improve prognosis, with diet and physiotherapy helping advanced cases and arresting progression.
A reader questions a fruit juice regime claimed to help quit smoking and requests diabetes and orange juice diet pamphlets. The responder cautions juices may upset some and suggests apple fasting to curb tobacco desire, then notes availability of numerous articles on illnesses and diets with a request for stamped, self addressed envelopes.
Senator Copeland of New York blocked Cha Smoot from taking up a House resolution amending the new oil and gasoline tax law. Copeland believes the measure needs further study before consideration. The resolution would require distributors holding over 25 000 gallons of gasoline or 1000 gallons of lubricating oils on June 21 to pay levies under the new tax law effective that day.
Indictments for first degree murder were handed up against George Courson, captain, and Solomon Higginbotham, guard, after a Duval County grand jury investigated the death of Arthur Maillefret, 19, of Westfield, New Jersey, who died in a stockade sweat box with a chain around his neck and feet in stocks at a Jacksonville penal camp.
James Paul Shankle 15 son of deputy constable E F Shankle drowned while swimming with four companions in Lytle Creek near Abilene. The boys tried to cross the stream when Shankle, a weak swimmer, went under. His friends recovered the body after about 30 minutes and an inhalator was used for an hour without success. The student had just completed his sophomore year in high school.
Charles G. Dawes retiring head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation arrived in Chicago on June 19 and said the country has reached a turning point in the depression. He based his forecast on improving small business conditions and his close view of overall industry from his R F C leadership.
The U S state department announced an agreement extending for two years the general and special claims conventions with Mexico signed in Mexico City. Ambassador J Reuben Clark Jr and Mexican Foreign Minister Manuel Tellez approved. Claims exceeding $1,000,000,000 from the Mexican revolutions of 1910 to 1920 are pending.
In Blackwell Oklahoma four communists were forcibly removed from a city pavilion gathering led by J S Whidden of Oklahoma City. Whidden and companions were driven to the town edge and told to leave the state as patriotic residents sang America. Bryan Gates of the American Legion disputed official attribution but suggested some Legionnaires may have participated.
Austin report shows Texas tax committee finds federal taxation nearly covers all, with few groups able to bear new state levies. Sen Ben G Oneal says the survey seeks to address inequalities and identify sources escaping fair shares, proposing revisions or reductions where possible.
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