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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
10
Tokyo dispatches report a deadly Pacific typhoon striking southwestern Japan. About 50 bodies recovered and over 50 more missing after a passenger train plunged from a storm-weakened bridge into a river in Oita Prefecture. One hundred passengers, mostly secondary students, were rescued. sixty fishermen feared lost.
Warranty deeds and transfers listed include FP M Lefforge to C H Nash for lot 2 block 234 eight J Heights valued at 1500 dollars D L Middleton to N P Middleton six and a half acres Lot 112 Pl Val valued at 5250 Lena D Reece to E A Regal 275 dollars Lot 23 Block 16 C C Terrace George Andelson to C W Johnson 10 dollars Lot 1 Block 5 C C District Wm Anderson to J S Smiley 300 dollars Lot 4 Block 118 San Jacinto Heights W A Brand to J A Kropff six trawlers noted after storm off southwest coast.
In Salt Lake City a parking meter that previously accepted only pennies and nickels now takes dimes. A note left with two dimes derides the city and asks that the coins be sent to the Red Cross for a "double cross" while urging motorists to learn what these things will take.
A local notice itemizes property transfers including Lot 3 Block 54 San Jacinto Heights and other parcels with buyers such as J A Kropff and Mary H Turner, plus numerous lot transfers in Belmon t and Fairview Townsite. Vehicle registrations show Plymouth, Studebaker, and Chevrolet models and a divorce case Washtie Henry versus Leroy Henry. Marriage licenses issued for J Harrell Canon and Irma Jean Byrd.
Washington Oct. 1 The heaviest taxes in American history began to take a bite as new excise levies became effective at midnight, signaling the start of the defense revenue tax bill era. The treasury expects about 3 million dollars daily from excises, with overall revenue reaching around 13 billion annually once all taxes, including income and excess profits taxes, are fully in force. Comparisons to 1918 show higher exemptions for families, larger dependent credits, steeper corporate rates, and broader estate taxes, while liquor prices rose amid the tax shift.
In Bangor Maine oldsters dispute the mystery behind spruce gum vanishing from the wild north of town. The gum once yielded over fifty tons annually in ounce nuggets but last year fell below five tons. One group attributes the drop to a waning public taste while others ponder deeper causes.
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