Changes in Taxation Laws Proposed by Kansas Tax Commission
The Kansas Tax Commission in Topeka proposes reforms to streamline tax law administration and cut costs. Recommendations include shifting assessment duties for certain corporations to the commission, extending equalization periods, imposing penalties on motor carriers for missed returns, and standardizing multi county and public carrier assessments. It also suggests stronger budget publication rules and methods to collect delinquent real estate taxes, with statewide implications for economy and efficiency.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
State Tax Commission
Commission
Kansas Solons
Tax Commission
Walter Pleasant
Rodney A. Edward
Walter A. Haxman
Salvation Army Chicken Fund Reaches 26 31
The chicken fund for the Salvation Army totals 26.31 at noon and a goal of 50 is set for tomorrow noon to place a chicken in each basket for 100 Christmas baskets to be distributed to 100 families on Christmas Day. Readable contributors include Miss Helen Ostertag, Miss Mamie Lukens, Mrs. W. B. Aldrich, and others, with several 50s and a 60 noted among donations.
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Salvation Army
Friend Ois
Helen Ostertag
Mamie Lukens
W. B. Aldrich
Alfred J. Harwi Beerg
A. W. Stevens
W. W. van Liew
J. W. Orr Jae
Seng Za
Barker
Jim Walsh Bo
C. W. Robinson
Ruth Todd
Herbert Hama
Ieee le
Federal highway aid cut to 35 million in next year
Washington reports the appropriations committee approved 35 million dollars for federal highway aid, down from 190 million. The move aligns with President Hoover’s request to reduce highway funding by 65 million, leaving 60.5 million for ordinary department activities and 350,900 for seed loan collection after adjustments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Bureau of Federal Roads
Buchanan
Texas
Farmer seeks divorce over Clara Bow marriage ruse
David O. Swenson, 50, a Brookville area farmer, sues for divorce from Laverne Swenson alleging she lured him into marriage after taking him to motion pictures showing Clara Bow. He says she took him to Axtell on October 25, 1930, produced a marriage license, and secretly married him. Swenson seeks $5,955 damages. Laverne Swenson had filed her own divorce petition on October 4.
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Associated Press
Salina
Kas
Clara Bow
Axtell
David O. Swenson
Brookville
Laverne Swenson
Weather overview for several states with unsettled areas
Kansas presents generally fair conditions with unsettled spells in east and south tonight and Friday. Missouri expects unsettled northwest with probable rain in east and south, warmer in east and south. Nebraska mainly fair tonight and Friday, unsettled in east tonight and colder in south central tonight. Local at 2 pm is 43, last night 22, a year ago 51.
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Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Florida arrest in Missouri killing case linked to trio
Pensacola Florida police held 33 year old Harry Maguar for Missouri authorities on a charge of killing Leon Neal of Chicago whose body with bullet wounds was found near Chillicothe Missouri. Magnar allegedly used Neal's name for five days while in possession of Neal's car license papers and a blood stained blanket and gun. Two women, Virginia Ross and Pennington aka May Vaughn, were arrested with him. The trio traveled from Chicago to Dallas to Kansas City and on to Pensacola en route to New Orleans, authorities said.
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Pensacola
Fla
Harry Maguar
Missouri
Leon P. Neal
Chicago
Chillicothe
Magnar
Neal
Maguar
Virginia Ross
Kansas City
May Vaughn
Pennington
Missouri City
Dallas
Jack Love
Love
New Orleans
Hoover Roosevelt clash halts debt commission plan
President Hoover abandons his plan to name a joint commission to handle war debts and related policies after Roosevelt declines participation. President elect Roosevelt rejects joint responsibility and urges delaying appointments until after March 4 while proposing informal talks and preliminary studies.
Coincidence Identifies Body of Leon P. Neal. Suspect Arrested
Kansas City dispatch reports that state highway police found the body of Leon P. Neal with only the initials LPN as identification. A Chicago police notice seeking cooperation in the search followed, leading to a link via letters read by Jame J. O'Neill and Capt. Higgins. Harry Maguar was arrested in Pensacola, Fla, with two women companions.
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Kansas City
Leon P. Neal
Missouri
Florida
Harry Maguar
Neal
Jame J. O'Neill
Robert E. Phelan
State
LPN
Chicago
O'Neill
T. J. Higgins
Higgins
Chillicothe
Maguar
Pensacola
Fla
Frenchman Found Guilty of Murder in Wall Case
Versailles report says Guy Davin aged 26 was convicted today of killing Richard Wall a former New York resident. He received a life sentence at hard labor and will be sent to Devil's Island.
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Versailles
France
Guy Davin
Richard Wall
New York
Devil's Island
Auto caravan with big booze cargo is captured
Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 22. Capture of a rum running automobile caravan en route to Tulsa with 300 gallons of liquor was reported today by the United States marshal. Five automobiles containing 230 gallons of whisky and 70 gallons of alcohol were seized and eight persons arrested yesterday near Nowata by a squad of officers headed by Deputy Marshal Alfred DeMass. The prisoners gave their names as Fred Garney, O. B. Walker, Lindsay Runfelt and John Evans, all of Tulsa, Vivian Elders and George Ramsay of Picher, Okla., and George Miller and R. C. Unice of Fort Scott, Kas.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Nowata
Alfred DeMass
Fred Garney
O. B. Walker
Lindsay Runfelt
John Evans
Vivian Elders
George Ramsay
Picher
George Miller
R. C. Unice
Fort Scott, Kas
Compromise on Railroad Wages Reached After 11 Days of Talks
Chicago Dec 22 One million railway workers with 1 500 representatives agreed to continue pay checks ten percent below the standard scale for nine more months. The pact limits changes until after June 15 and ties future negotiations to federal law. The deal preserves existing basic rates through February 1, with a potential extension under the Railway Labor Act.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of
Alexander P. Whitney
Cleveland
William F. Thiehoff
Burlington Line
Thiehoff
Whitney
Bill to Legalize Beer Now in Senate's Hands
Washington Dec 22 The bill to legalize 3.2 per cent beer passed by the house yesterday was sent to the senate and referred to the judiciary committee with no discussion. House Democratic leaders plan to defer tax legislation until late January to fund revenue from the beer bill. The measure taxes beer at five dollars a barrel. Kansas delegation split with McGugin paired against it. rest of Kansas Republicans voted solidly against.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Harold McGugin
Kansas
Ayres
Guyer
Lambertson
Hoch
Hope
Sparks
Strong
Roosevelt reads telegrams from pocket on eve of inauguration
Governor elect Roosevelt, smiling, reads a folded bunch of papers in the coat pocket and offers no comment as he prepares to succeed as president on March 4. His advisors had said he would stay out of pre inauguration talks with Europe but would stay informed on any early fact finding.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
House
Young
Albany
Plan to Ease Farm Credit for Action This Session
Speaker Garner said the House will consider a farm relief bill early in January. The form remains undecided, while the agriculture committee works on the domestic allotment plan backed by farm leaders.
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Washington
Garner
House
Agriculture Committee
Congress considers broad plan to ease farm credit crisis
Washington reports a Democratic gathering with farm groups and President-elect Roosevelt’s aide Henry Morganthau Jr outlining a wide program to relieve farm mortgage strains. Proposals include debt conciliation, an emergency delinquent borrowers fund, added capital for new loans, land bank consolidation, and limited deferment while refinancing. Senator Frazier promotes a 1 percent interest refinancing bill backed by farm unions and several states, enabling bonds to be issued and current debts refinanced up to 80 percent of farm value with annual principal repayments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Frazier
N.D
Senate Banking Committee
National Farmers Union
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Federal Reserve System
Burns Will Not Have 10 Return 10 Chain Gang
Robert Elliott Burns, fugitive from a Georgia prison gang, found refuge in New Jersey after Governor A Harry Moore granted asylum on the condition he live honestly. Burns promised to stop publicizing alleged brutalities endured in the Georgia chain gang. The governor cited court precedents in denying extradition and warned Burns his conduct will determine possible return to confinement.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Moore
Burns
Georgia
United States
Supreme Courts
Kansas tax refunds issued to notable names and firms
Washington report states former Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas, former director of publicity for the last Republican campaign, was granted a 1932 income tax refund of 2488.32. The Denman Brothers of Sedan received the largest Kansas refund at 74456.56. Wheat Farming Co. of Hays was refunded 17370.66.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Treasury
State of
Denman Brothers
Sedan
Wheat Farming Co
Hays
Turman Oil Co president killed in highway wreck north of Beggs
Okmulgee December 22 W S Turman president of the Turman Oil Co of Okmulgee was killed and Frank Howard of Wewoka and John Moore of Konowa were seriously injured when an automobile hit the rear of an oil field truck loaded with pipe north of Beggs last night Moore and Howard were taken to Sapulpa hospital
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Okmulgee
Okla
W. S. Turman
Turman Oil Co
Frank Howard
Wewoka
John Moore
Konowa
Beggs
Moore
Howard
Sapula
Two Men Suspected In Abbuehl Maytag Cash Theft
About $145 to $150 vanished from a cash box in the Abbuehl Maytag Co. office at 306 Commercial Street yesterday afternoon. Two well dressed young men, posing as customers, are suspected after one purchased a small item and later tried to buy a washing machine part and a motor while a salesman and the manager’s wife were in the shop. The box held over $20 in checks. the pair departed separately, returning neither. Police searched in the city and nearby areas. no insurance covers the loss.
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Abbuehl Maytag Co
Commercial Street
N. C. Lyon
Abbuehl Co
Mr. Davis
Lyon
Abbuehl
Philippine Freedom At The End Of Ten Years
Washington Dec 23 The senate adopted the conference report on the Philippine bill granting independence to the islands in ten years. The report goes to the house for approval before it goes to the White House. President Hoover's stance remains unclear amid cautious Republican opinion about signing the compromise.
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Washington
Senate
Islands
House
White House
Hoover
Divorce Granted to Jane Thurston in Pittsburgh
Jane Thurston daughter of a magician won a divorce from Harry Harris Pittsburgh playboy and son of the late State Senator John P Harris. Judge James H Gray signed the decree. Thurston testified Harris often drank and beat her and she plans to return to show business.
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Jane Thurston
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Harry Harris
John P. Harris
James H. Gray
Miss Thurston
Haris
Helm Reinstated to Kansas Bar After Disbarment
Topeka December 22 the supreme court reinstated Fred C. Helm of Wichita as a Kansas attorney. Helm had been disbarred last January after the state board accused him of embezzling 1381.99 as administrator of the estate of James A. Spears who died June 8, 1925 in California.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
Fred C. Helm
Wichita
Kansas Bar
Helm
State Board of Law Examiners
James A. Spears
California
Chicago Police Mean Business Battles With Gangsters
Chicago authorities ratchet up a war on crime as Mayor Cermak vows to make the city safest in the country. In recent raids and firefights three more assailants are killed, including Nydick, a former associate of a Cleveland gang head. Police say 491 prisoners taken since Sunday and 122 raids mark aggressive action against gangsters.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
William Nydick
Joe” Filkowski
Cleveland
Earler
Harry Miller
Cermak
Frank Nitti
al Capone
Nydick
Harry Lang
Lang
Miami
Fla
Mqnor
Prominent Pasadena financier charged in Shelby estate theft
Leslie B. Henry, former Blyth & Co. executive, slated for formal complaint charging theft of about 500000 from Mrs. Charlotte Shelby mother of Mary Miles Minter. Henry held in county jail as investigators untangle records of funds and securities he allegedly dissipated. Blyth & Co. says losses fall to the bond insurer. Henry claims legal guidance.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Leslie
B. Henry
Charlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Henry
National
Shelby
Fitts
Southern
California
Tournament of Roses Association of
Pasadena
Kiwanis International
Blyth & Co
Bond House
Mrs. Shelby
Hearings On Insull Extradition Start Next Week
Athens Greece Dec 32 Hearings in extradition proceedings against Samuel Insull will begin next Tuesday. Vice President Alexander Georgacopoulos of the court of appeals approved the date after Insull attorneys asked time to study the dossier and perfect the defense. Court members also reviewed the Greek translated documents submitted this morning.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Alexander Georgacopoulos
Court of Appeals
Riganacos
Highway Bandits Rob Georgetown Bank Chief Wounded
Four robbers wounded O P Clark bank president and Charles Evans police chief and escaped with 9300 in a daring highway robbery. They opened fire with shotguns as Evans, sensing a hold-up, drew a revolver. Both men were wounded in the head and taken to a hospital.
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Georgetown
O. P. Clark
Charles Evans
Evans
Clark
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