Simplification of Income Tax Section Considered
Washington, Oct. 29. Representative Bacharach of New Jersey seeks to simplify the income tax by merging normal and surtax rates into one graduated scale. The plan aims to raise the same tax as the current system but reduce return complexity. Hearings proceed with alcohol industry representatives allotted most of the session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Bacharach
New Jersey
House
Ways and Means
Bacharach
Youth Found Hanging From Rafter In Woman's Garb
Edwin T. Gardner a 28 year old student was found dead by his father last night in the attic of their Chicago home. Police attributed the death to suicide though investigators consider the scene staged to resemble murder. Gardner worked in the chemical department of a packing plant and was last seen preparing the setting in feminine attire with wrists and ankles tied by twine.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edwin T. Gardner
Robert 8. Gardner
Claude Schools Crowded Despite New Building
Claude, Oct 29. Schools are crowded despite a modern $60,900 complex with 16 classrooms. Many new residents from the East and farms have moved in, creating a housing shortage and increasing high school enrollment. more residence buildings are expected soon.
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Globe
Claude
Durkin engages police siege after shooting in sweetheart’s flat
Chicago reports Martin J. Durkin, a steel-vested automobile thief and slayer, being cornered in his mistress’s apartment. He fatally wounded Lloyd Austin, wounded a detective, and escaped by leaping from a second story window despite riot squads patrolling the area. Police believe Durkin’s armored vest saved him again. Austin’s niece Betty Werner was briefly detained.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Martin J. Durkin
Lloyd Austin
Edward Shanahan
Sacramento
California
Durkin
Austin
Grey
Gray
Werner
Shanahan
Doubtful Advertising Faces Curbs in Hereford
Hereford chamber of commerce moves to curb wandering salesmen offering dubious ad schemes. President E. B. Black names a committee A. O. Thompson Walter Dunlap and N. E. Gasa to review proposals and urge local businesses to buy only if approved.
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Globe
Hereford
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Black
A. O. Thompson
Walter Dunlap
N. E. Gasa
Spares Rod Doctrine Manifests In Lynchburg Schools
Lynchburg Virginia October 29 Extending forty seven years as superintendent EB S Glass cites corporal punishment data from last year 156 cases to support his belief in the rod. He notes the decline since his first year when 2159 punishments were recorded as enrollment quadrupled since 1879. Most whippings were given to black children by black teachers.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
EB. S. Glass
Glass
Sacramento shooting slayer linked to hotel escape
Police said a woman living in a hotel with the slayer aided a breakout after Durkin wounded two California officers. A marksman may have helped him flee by distracting guards as he leaped through a window. Detectives seek the reputed killer Lieut. Michael Gray and squads search for the suspect.
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Ted
Marksman
Gray
Durkin
Sacramento
California
Sijuads
Michael Gray
Bureau
Amarillo Building to Be Ready Before December
The eight story Amarillo office building is to be completed and occupied by December 1. Ernest O. Thompson president of the building company cites rapid progress with all offices slated for November completion. J W Roessler of Taylor Marble and Tile Co says materials are shipped and no delay due to them. Wiring by Louis Finklea nearly done and Otis Elevator Co has installed and put in operation the elevators. W H Hayman states heating will finish in a few days. Fred Pone, general contractor, expresses satisfaction with the pace and progress.
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Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
J. W. Roessler
Taylor Marble and Tile Company
Oklahoma City
Louis Finklea
Otis Elevator Company
W. H. Hayman
Fred Pone
Hereford Takes Step to Breed Better Sheep
Hereford Texas Oct 29 Jones McLean ranch in Deaf Smith County has begun breeding Rambouillet sheep to improve local herds. Frank Lambert will receive half the head in the plan and about 2000 sheep are involved in the Jones McLean herd aimed at making one of the southwest’s best. The company recently sold a large batch of leads deemed the best of 5000 shipped that day.
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Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Jones. MacLean
Frank Lambert
Jones-McLean
Out of State Students Form West Texas Teachers Club
Students from Missouri Indiana and Michigan lead the group with the largest representation. West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon forms an out of state club after discovering sizable numbers. Lillie Clark of Oklahoma is president and Doris Gienn of New Mexico serves as vice president.
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Missouri
Indiana
Michigan
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
Lillie Clark
Oklahoma
Doris Gienn
New Mexico
Westbound Bus Schedule From Shamrock to Amarillo
The timetable lists westbound departures from Shamrock at 8:00, 8:50, 9:10, 9:45, 10:45, 11:20, and 11:40 a.m. with a final 12:45 p.m. arrival to Amarillo. Stops include Ly lists for Shamrock and Amarillo routes via Jericho Clarendon Goodaigh Claude Alameed McLean and Ar paths.
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Amariilo
Claude
Goodaigh
Clarendon
Jericho
Alameed
McLean Av
Shamrock
West Bound
McLean
Goodnight
Claude Ar
Amarillo
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Amarillo, Texas
Alabama
GEO BP
Mager
J_W. CLIFTON
W. B. McGinty
Country Club District
J. L. Summers
T. B. Jones
Polk Ray-Bynum Bldg
Blackburn’s Funeral Home
Polk Street
Ricveles Tires
West
Eureka
Finklea Electric Co
Bradley
Tom Wye
Eboys
Blackburn Bros
Hart Shaffner & Marx Clothes
Claude Wolcott
Central
She Ie
Emblem Biot & School
Western Building
C. H. Wileman
Mer
Amarillo Edwards Studio
Ame
Clarendon-Shamrock
Union Stage Line
Polk
Hugh Whitcomb
Polk St
Kelly
Balloon Tires
Kelly-Springfield Tire Service
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