Tax survey cites $45 million delinquent taxes in Texas
AUSTIN July 12 Tax survey chairman former Governor O B Colquitt reports nearly 45 million dollars in Texas taxes delinquent since 1885 due to lax collection. Rail and oil firms paid as much tax as overall ad valorem collection, as agricultural taxes for 1926 26 were 30 percent of farm net profits. Senator John G Willacy urges placing utilities and industries under intangible taxes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
O O. B. Colquitt
State Tax Survey Commission
Colquitt
John G. Willacy
San Antonio
Doctor and family survive 12 days waterbound in tent
Dr. Claude Wolcott Mrs Wolcott and their son Ellsworth Baird endured twelve days surrounded by flood waters after heavy rains trapped them beside Los Pedrias river in Southwestern Colorado. Provisions ran low and water filled their tent while forest rangers aided crossing the stream.
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Claude Wolcott
Ellsworth Baird
Dr. Wolcott
Vienna Holds Record For Many Publications
Vienna still leads world in number of newspapers and magazines with 1396 titles. German language dominates with 1319 titles while 76 are in other languages. The city houses 25 dailies 33 weeklies and 45 monthlies. Political refugees postwar feed diverse presses.
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International News Service
Vienna
Pan-American Labor Set to Open Talks on Communism in Latin America
Washington July 12 The Pan American Federation of Labor prepares for its July 18 session with focus on Communism in Latin America. Mexican delegation led by Ricardo Trevino seeks to prove Mexican labor is not controlled by Bolshevik influence amid US charges. Delegations from Argentina Cuba Nicaraguan exiles Porto Rico Panama Honduras and the Dominican Republic will attend.
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Washington
Latin America
Pan Ameriian Federation of Labor
United States
México
Mexican Federation of Labor
Bolshevie
American
State Department
Mexico
Central American
Diaz
Nicaragua
Luis Morones
Calles
Labor
Argentina
Pan American Federation
Cuba
Porto Rico
Panama
Honduras
Ren Henson Acquires Gangster Birger Car in Amarillo
Ren Henson, a Amarillo realtor, returned from Hrin with a Hupmobile 8 coupe once owned by Charley Birger. The vehicle bears bullet holes from gun battles and Henson displays them. Kiwanis and Real Estate board plan a detailed inquiry into how Henson obtained the car and his activities in Illinois.
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Charley Birger
Herrin
Mlinois
Amarillo
Ren Henson
Birger
Ren
Henson
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Mlinolg
Delegates Expected From Multiple Nations At Conference
Credentials received at the headquarters indicate attendance from Republic Venezuela and the United States. Delegates also expected from Chile, Peru and Uruguay.
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Republic
Venezuela
United States
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
National publicity drive for Smoky Mountain Park planned
Raleigh July 12 A national publicity campaign will be launched in the next few days to arouse interest in the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park spanning the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. It aims to inform the public about the plan and its regional significance.
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Raleigh
N. C
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
Tennessee
Institute of Banking Opens National Meet
Detroit hosts the twenty-fifth annual convention of the American Institute of Banking. Delegates including Rudolf S. Hecht of Hibernia Bank foresee improving U S financial conditions as early sessions focus on audits accounting and bank administration. A Detroit New York debate on regulating building and loan associations and related bodies versus state banks closes the opening day.
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Associated Press
Detroit
American Institute of Banking
United States
Rudolf S. Hecht
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
New Orleans
The
Institute
New York
Effort to Raise 5 Million for Park Land Purchase
An effort is under way to raise about 5 million dollars in private subscriptions to match roughly 4,009,500 dollars in bonds approved by the legislatures of two states for purchasing acreage for the park.
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Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales
Pan-American Labor
BY Cole E. Morgan
Eangyet
Res Research
Polk
Wilke
Polk Street
Smoky Mt. Park
Institute OF Banking
H. L. Barnard
Polk ST
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