Grief Abundance in U S Income Tax Provisions
Washington bid January 20 reports a turbulent start to the new income tax rules for March 15 payments. The public saw disappointment as deductions are limited to taxes paid directly by individuals. many taxes levied on manufacturers or importers remain non deductible for individuals. The article details deductible items for individuals and manufacturers, including taxes on electric energy, bank checks, telecommunication charges, leases, and motor boats, with deductions allowed for certain state and county taxes. It notes importers can deduct taxes on various goods and states that gift and estate taxes may be deductible under specific conditions. The piece closes with a tangible field example of a placer mining venture near Custer, South Carolina, yielding gold valued at $1,000 in a short period.
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Hair Raising Adventurer and the Economic Debates
A reader columns critiquing economic policies and calling editors to sign their letters. The unsigned note questions the role of economists and lampoons readers with a mock penguin analogy. The letter ends with a plea for the newspaper to publish a reply and a copy of The News.
Debates on dancing and debts shape youth and society
A reader defends dance education as wholesome exercise and scorns anti dancing critics. The letter-writer argues lenders deserve repayment, defends honor, condemns edited sensationalism, praises strong leadership, warns of revolutions, and mentions economic turmoil and imperial options.
Cabinet Prospects Narrowed For Roosevelt Choice
The Evening Public Ledger reports Roosevelt narrowed the treasury secretary candidates to Jeremiah Smith Jr of Boston and Bernard Baruch of New York. The attorney generalship may go to Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who could decline. No formal offers had been made, with Baruch a banker and Smith an experienced lawyer.
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Democracy and ambassador houses mocked by Ferguson remark
The column ridicules current events claiming ambassadors’ homes are mere messenger posts and compares American democracy unfavorably with Muslim rulers. It cites Mrs Miriam A Ferguson, wife of a former governor known as Ma Ferguson, in a pointed aside.
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Europe
Aga Khan
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ma" Ferguson
Texas inaugurates second time governor amid tax cuts talk
The text notes a Texas governor being inaugurated for a second time and emphasizes her initial pledge to push rapid tax reductions. It also references national debates, technocracy fears, and mock proposals from Bismarck North Dakota about secession, while contrasting with the idea that the U.S. Congress seems overwhelmed. Lucille Gaskil from Dallas offers advice to young people about listening rather than dominating conversations.
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Dallas
Texas
Lucille Gaskil
Laurence Sterne
Paris
Roosevelt plan to move idle from cities to farms
Summary of a Chicago Herald and Examiner excerpt notes President Roosevelt’s push to shift five million idle workers from urban areas to farming, citing belief prosperity will return but warns five million still idle. Mentions New York committee led by Harvey D. Gibson raising 15,000,000 for unemployed.
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