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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1930
Page
10
Opponents maneuver cautiously in Common Pleas Court as Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube argue against dissolution of an injunction blocking the consolidation. The hearing marks a decisive step in the battle over the proposed merger.
E C Lampson editor of The Jefferson Gazette told the Ohio Tax Association yesterday that to reduce the state tax burden three methods are proposed. Increase auto license fees sales and amusement tax and a state income tax to cover the remainder. He urged shifting taxes from property to ability to pay and widening the base to include fuel highway costs and education as a state function.
Tax records show refusal by owners to pay taxes and failure to return autos for taxation in other cases. The report highlights widespread avoidance and the impact on municipal revenues.
Twenty seven leading coal operators from West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee met in Washington to decide on procedures for southern mines in response to a complaint by Western Pennsylvania and Ohio operators to the Interstate Commerce Commission. They planned to follow the southern carriers who petitioned the ICC for dismissal of northern operators complaints.
An Easter cantata Bright Ea ter Morn by Heyser will be presented at the Athens Christian Church at 7:30 Sunday night directed by Miss Joy Cutler. A 24 voice choir with quartets duets solos offers varied music with Prof. C D Giauque Albert Gardner Marvin Long as assists.
Meigs County couple Mortimer McKnight and Catherine Dudgeon marked 62 years of marriage begun in Columbia Township in 1866. He served in the Civil War from 1864 to 1865 with garrison duty at Charleston W Va and has been a justice of the peace for 35 years.
South eastern Ohio club women from 13 counties attend the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs district luncheon in Columbus. Mrs D B Hartinger of Middleport presides at the Broad Lincoln Hotel on April 28 with delegates from Ath ens Fairfield Gallia Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Perry Pickaway Pike Ross Scioto and Vinton counties. Hartinger reports district work and a musical program will be presented.
Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick arrived in Washington after winning the Illinois Republican senatorial nomination defeating Senator Deneen. Her victory is noted as affecting Senate action on President Hoover and the World Court.
The third Wagner unemployment relief bill authorizing a national employment system was favorably reported to the Senate by the Senate Commerce Committee in Washington.
A small crowd at Lympne airfield watched the Duchess of Bedford, a gray haired flying enthusiast, take off for Capetown South Africa signaling a notable long distance journey.
George W. Wickersham, Hoover era Law Enforcement Commission chairman, testified before the Senate Lobby Committee that he also served as attorney for international banking interests while leading the Foreign Policy Committee of the Federal Council of Churches.
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