Income Tax Debate Grows in State Legislature
In Columbus on May 21 the House expanded tax bills to 21 as two income tax measures draw support. Farm Bureau president L B Palmer warned intangibles tax would not balance the budget, urging personal income tax as main revenue and replacement taxes for schools and roads. Farmers favor income tax over other levies.
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Columbus
U.R
House
General Assembly
Taft
L. B. Palmer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Co. A. Dyer
Ohio Grange
Nine Southern Ohio Counties Meet Over Property Appraisal
Representatives from nine counties including Athens Hocking Meigs Monroe Morgan Noble Noble Vinton Knox and Washington met with the State Tax Commission in Athens to discuss property reappraisal and uniformity. Commission leaders Samuel Hudson and Anthony Krause led the discussion. Athens County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson suggested possible valuation reductions.
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Onty
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Athens
Tax Commission
Samuel Hudson
Anthony Krause
Hraden
Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Hocking
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Noble, Vinton, Knox
Washington Counties
Memorial Day Exercises Set for Downington Event
Con man Thomas A. Jenkins and notable speakers R. D. Williams and the Rev. C. H. Einchinger will address Downington on Saturday May 20 as part of all day Memorial Day ceremonies. The town honors Civil War veterans and others who served in the Union Army.
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Downington
Thomas A. Jenkins
R. D. Williams
C. H. Einchinger
Weather notes from yesterday and ahead
Yesterday highs ranged Phoenix 92 San Francisco 16 El Paso 86 Cheyenne 24 Sheridan 24 Williston 26. General outlook shows fair cool weather in this vicinity for the next six days.
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Phoenix
San Francisco
el Paso
Cheyenne
Sherian
Williston
Barnes urges removal of legal restraints on big business in remedy address
Julius H. Barnes, chairman of the U S Chamber of Commerce, told the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks at the Mayflower Hotel that to lift the current mood, legal restrictions on large firms should go, corporate taxes cut, and respect for high officials restored. He offered 11 government commandments and urged expansion of trade associations, warning of speculation from capital gains taxes and urging reforms in banking, railroads, and anti trust laws. Deposits surge in banks as savings institutions seek safe investments amid declining railroad earnings.
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Washington
Julius H. Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Mayflower Hotel
Barnes
White House
World Court
Williams Compares U S and Britain In Flight Pace
Al Williams of the American air service says the United States talks fast and flies slowly while Britain keeps speed records in aviation, autos, boats, and motorcycles. He notes Britain achieved these feats in hard times and respects their efficiency.
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AL Williams
United States
England
Britain
British engines surpass Americans in power and speed
The text claims Britain leads in aircraft and engine construction with 800 horsepower yielding 1900 horsepower from an engine weighing 1,540 pounds, or less than one pound per horsepower. It suggests American oil firms know little about British engine fuel and additives and asks what the British use to achieve such performance.
Schneider Cup Race Sees Italians Brit ish and French Teams Compete
This year the Italians British and French will contest the Schneider Cup Race for world speed records. Uncle Sam who invented the airplane will be absent. What is the matter with us Are we getting too old fat and rich.
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Sam
Swiss professor designs ultra fast train in 223 mph vision
A Swiss design by Professor Wiesinger features aluminum coaches of about three tons each driven by airplane propellers. The concept claims 223 miles per hour, allowing a New York to San Francisco trip in fourteen hours, with U.S. adoption anticipated in time.
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Wiesinger
Switzerland
New York
San Francisco
United States
Germans unveil pocket cruiser amid large crowd appeal
The German navy demonstrated a new pocket cruiser before about 60 000 spectators. The compact fighting ship features many small compartments and is touted as superior in engineering and military intelligence compared with contemporary French and American vessels.
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France
United States
Spencer Convicted in Glouster Liquor Charge
Ira Spencer of Glouster was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Judge O I Rowland withheld sentence pending a motion for new trial by Spencer’s attorney. Spencer was arrested May 9 at his Glouster garage by Prohibition Inspectors Matt Wilson and Tom Bush. Divorce proceedings between James E. Cross and Addie M. P. Cross set for May 29 by Judge Rowland.
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Ira Spencer
Poppy Day at Hand And Veterans Will Need Your Pennies
Santa Monica report from Sawtelle government hospital where disabled veterans make poppies for Poppy Day on Saturday the twenty third. The appeal urges buying a poppy to support veterans and notes the single daily purchase helps soldiers and may inspire further generosity.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Government Hospital
Sawtelle
Swimmers Warned Off Unsafe Hocking River Bathing
Athens mayor Robert Wood warns residents and Ohio University students not to swim in the Hocking River due to unsanitary conditions from sewage discharge and mine sulfur. Health commissioner Dr. J M Higgins echoes risk of typhoid fever and other infections amid polluted water and river snags.
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Athens
Ohio University
Hocking
Robert 8. Wood
Wood
Hocking River
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
State Office Building Sparks Legislature Clash in Ohio
In Columbus on May 21 the Ohio Legislature faced a rift over the State Office Building under construction. The Senate Investigating Committee said about 850000 more was needed beyond the 1929 5 million appropriation, while House opposition blocked a bill to complete land purchases using unappropriated revenue from a prior tax levy.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Senate
State Building Commission
Senate Committee
House of Representatives
House
Representatives
Robert Roche
Tiffin
Income Tax Opposed by Ohio Manufacturers
Warren F. Perry secretary of the Ohio Manufacturers Association told the Taxation Committee that manufacturers would have opposed the 1929 Classification Amendment if they had known it would create an income tax system. He said association members believe the amendment would have been defeated had proponents disclosed such a system to voters.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Warren F. Perry
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Perry
Weather Across West and Plains Brings Snow and Fire Activity
Snow and rain spread across the West with frost in Northern Arizona and snow in Colorado and Montana. An army of 1,500 fliers gathered in Chi for aerial maneuvers as firefighters gained control hundreds of grass and brush fires. Cooler breezes arrive in fire areas while a storm stretch from Montana to New Mexico drops moisture. Missouri and Kansas see relief after heavy rains. A halo around the sun at Lawrence, Kansas, is noted due to ice particles in the air.
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Chio
Colorado
Montenea
Arizona
California
Montana
New Mexico
Lawrence
Kans
Prohibition Party Delegates Call for Strict Enforcement
National prohibition is needed in the United States, delegates at the Ohio Prohibition Party conference in Columbus state. Howard Holmes of Michigan argues that only a united Prohibition Party can administer the law, criticizing past party efforts as half wet and half dry. Dr. D Leigh Colvin of New York was to address the afternoon program.
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Columbus
United States
Prohibition Party of
Ohio
Howard Holmes
Michigan State Organization
Holmes
Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Jake the barber turned broker faces extradition bid
Chicago May 21 John Factor known as Jake the barber was summoned by the U.S. government to explain why he did not pay income tax on reportedly at least 500000 earned on the stock market. He denied most printed claims and admitted winning 650000 in chemin de fer in Europe and playing with the Prince of Wales but denied cheating him.
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Chicago
England
John
Jake
Europe
Prince of Wales
Militant Housewives Win Price Cuts at Local Bakers
In Middle Village New York 800 women, eight merchants including seven butchers and two poultry dealers, forced price reductions during a five week boycott. After pressure the Marion Avenue Bakery capitulated and other bakeries cut rolls bread and loaves. The campaign led to lower meat prices and a surge in sales at Merton Avenue Bakery.
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New York Village
Middle Village
N. Y
U.P
Mra
Rose Fagan
Sadie Goodman
Marion Avenue
Graham McNamee wife files suit for separation
New York May 21 The radio voice Graham McNamee known to millions could not explain why his wife filed suit for separation in Supreme Court two weeks ago. He is trying to locate Mrs McNamee to learn the cause of her action though friends say he is distressed by the sudden move after years of a publicized ideal marriage. The couple met ten years ago while singing in a church choir.
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New York
U.P
Graham McNamee
the McNamees
Chicago Air Armada Attacks City In War Drill
The nation’s greatest peace-time air armada swept from Waukegan to Gary and attacked Chicago in a mock war drill. Nearly 700 bombers fighters and attack units passed the Lake Michigan front in review before General Foulois and then engaged in dogfights off Navy Pier as Grant Park spectators watched a simulated attack.
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Chicago
U.P
Lake Michigan
Waukegan
Gary
Air Corps
Benjamin Foulois
Navy Pier
Grant Park
Thir City
Red Cross Banquet Honors National Founding in Athens
Officials of the Athens County Red Cross and local business leaders attend a 7 o'clock banquet at Hotel Berry to mark the fiftieth birthday of the National Red Cross. Probate Judge S M Johnson will recount the organization’s 1881 founding, with remarks by T W Craig T H Johnson and Robert Salder. The new Red Cross stamp, printed by the United States Postal Department, goes on sale tomorrow at the Athena Post Office.
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National Red Cross
Athens County Red Cross
Hotel
Berry
Miss Pearl French
Carl H. Beasley
S. M. Johnson
Hhes
T. W. Craig
T. H. Johnson
Robert Salder
Red Cross
Nelsonville
United States Postal Department
Athena
Faces Trial for Slaying Mate in Kansas
Mrs. Alline Keek stands accused of murdering her husband Allen Week in Olathe Kansas, alleging a telephonic claim that he called another woman "Honey" led to the killing. The defense contends the shooting was accidental.
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Alline Keek
Allen Week
Olathe
Kan
Honey
Imagined Attack Scenarios Influence US War Plans
Chicago dispatch outlines a hypothetical invasion if war with foreign powers were declared May 20. Brig. Gen. Foulois explains air and ground mobilization from Chicago to Dayton to New York, with the Atlantic fleet presumed dispersed to the Pacific after canal destruction.
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Chicago
Dayton
New York
Hartey
Douglas
Arthur
Air Corps
Lutien
F Pouloin
United States
Panama Canal
Troeop
North American
Canada
Pacific
Canal
Fire pictures from Ohio Penitentiary disaster in murder trial
In Columbus on May 21 details of the Ohio Penitentiary fire that killed 822 convicts were laid out as the state began presenting its first witnesses in Canton Grate’s murder trial. Grate, 31, Dayton convict, confessed with Hugh Gibbons to starting the blaze to aid an escape, a confession now repudiated. The state seeks the death penalty for Grate and for Gibbons in a potential later trial.
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Columbus
U.ab
Ohio
Canton Grate
Dayton
Hugh Gibbona
Don J. Hoskins
Grate
Gibbons
Hoskins
Slater Damages Suit Settled in Judge King Court
The $25 000 damage suit of Joseph Slater of Franklin Avenue against son C C Slater former Columbus Rafi Light Co president and Dr Earl E Gaver was settled in Judge John K King's court on trial day. Amount of settlement not revealed. Slater was a former Nelsonville man.
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Columbus
Joseph Slater
Franklin Avenue
C. C. Slater
Columbus Rafi. Light Company
Earl E. Gaver
Winner Arena
Dr. Gaver
John K. King
Nelsonville
Wall Street Notes City Service Shares Drop to Record Low
New York May 21 4U R a break of nearly three points in Cities Service common stock to a new record low below the 10 level attracted attention on Wall Street amid broad distribution of these shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Tut Dances With Court Approving A Bathing Suit Display
In Los Angeles on May 21 Miss Tut lice danced in a bathung suit on a table before Superior Judge Guy F. Buch. The judge approved the display as evidence in a case involving Cy n w a Goode and Walter Wills. Goode sues Wills for damages claiming an ankle injury during front over wheel instruction.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Guy F. Buch
Miss Mace 4
Cy.n.w.wa Goode
Miss Goode
Walter Wills
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