Washington Taxes Rise Amid Talk of New Burden
Washington correspondent reports federal taxes totaling about 8 million dollars annually with further increases likely. State and local taxes run around 9 million yearly, affecting middle class homeowners and investors as labor moves toward vertical unions and Roosevelt administration support grows for labor in the New Deal.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Garner
Roosevelt
United States
American Liberty League
Liberty League
the du Ponts
John Raskob
General Motors
Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Texas cowpuncher saves child in wild ride tale
Winifred recalls a perilous aviation exhibition where a rope entangled a baby near a takeoff. A swift stranger’s warning and a life saving yank by a swift armed bystander spared the child, leaving a grateful mother to bless the unseen savior and urge prayers for the Texas cowpuncher.
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Texas
Winifred
Michigan Jack Pine Does Not Mature for 80 Years
Albert Stoll Jr argues in the Detroit News that state lands have little if any mature jack pine. Pines reach merchantable age at eighty to ninety years under favorable conditions, but most stands are not mature and harvesting would be unwarranted. The species aids recreation and fire years of the past, with limited reforestation starting by 1904.
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Henry Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Liberty League
Albert Stoll, Jr
Detroit News
Michigan
Uncle Jim Splits Log Defies Ute War Chief
A Colorado tale recalls Uncle Jim in a Western Slope log-splitting episode with 26 Utes and Chief Haley Moccasin. He uses wedges to trap the rebels, then splits the log and escapes, leaving the Utes defeated and never seen again.
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Sulton
Colorado
Springs
Colo
Jim
Old Haley Moccasin
Redskins
Uncle Jim
Little Drops of Water by Robert H. Moulton
Robert H. Moulton recalls frontier days in the Cumberland mountains. He recounts a squirrel hunt with a muzzle loading rifle and a bear on the trail, as weather shifts from cold to warm, with the bear dying after a splash of water on the brain.
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Robert H. Moulton
Ridge
Tennessee
Cumberland Mountains
Pappy
Spooner Lake Mystery Yielded Hidden Wealth Tale
A Spooner Wisconsin fishing tale recounts a friend losing a lure to a pickerel that swallowed a gold piece and later finding it along with two $2 bills in the fish. The geld value totaled $6, claimed as six percent interest over ten years, confirmed by the men.
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Spooner
Wis
Fred Record
Barrington
Age of Santa Fe Trail debated by commentators
A Chicago Tribune writer notes the age of the Santa Fe Trail remains disputed. Some claim a primeval route existed from prehistoric settlements to Southwest pueblos, while others see no evidence of an ancient path or social links between mound builders and mountain pueblos. Coronado is cited as the first white traveler on part of the route in 1541 near Dodge City Kansas.
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Chicago Tribune
Flint Country
Clit
Southwest
America
Upper
Mississippi
Coronado
Quivera
Dodge City
Kan
Crochet as Pretty as It Is Practical
Crochet pattern 1119 offers a peacock filet chair back set with detailed directions charts and illustrations. It promises quick large filet mesh use for scarf ends and home décor while outlining material needs and costs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York for the pattern.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
Cypress Tree in Mexico Said to Be World’s Oldest Living
Dr Hermann von Schroncx of St Louis, a timber engineer, visits near Oaxaca City to study a towering cypress tree. He estimates the tree is at least four thousand years old, about 240 feet high with a ground circumference of 117 feet.
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Hermann von Schroncx
St. Louis
Oaxaca City
Mexico
Washington Post
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