How You Can Secure the Opportunity to Pay Taxes
Analysis of tax burdens across wealth groups argues taxes fall on drinkers and consumers of luxuries. It notes 92 percent of wealth held by eight percent, proposes liquor traffic revival or broad sales taxes as means to shift tax load. Mentions Prohibition repeal lobby and a DuPont testimony claiming potential savings of ten billion dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
DuPonte
House of Representatives
Associated Press
Thirty Years Ago Wild Man At Large In Tazewell County
The Files recount a wild man at large in Tazewell county stirring excitement. An agent was sent to Bluefield to locate the Bluefield post office site. The item reflects period civic and local intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Tax shifts and liquor repeal supporters raise big money
The piece argues that levies on intoxicants would burden the poor while big taxpayers fund prohibitions opposition. It cites contributions from John J. Raskob and du Ponts totaling nearly half a million dollars in eight months and questions the motive behind repealing Prohibition.
Open letter asks Bluefield candidates answer key questions
The Woman's club and Garden club call ten board candidates to respond to sanitary and community questions. The paper will publish each reply so voters know where contenders stand before the election. Readers may submit more questions for publication. The note warns against open liquor laws and predicts rising prices may change buying power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Woman's Club
Garden Club
Board of Directors
Opinions on Prohibition and Prison Populations
The Welch Daily News argues repeal advocates exaggerate crime and liquor use. It notes McDowell county had 198 prisoners in 1912, Fayette second, but 1930 figures show 115 prisoners now, with population nearly doubled, implying prison population did not rise as claimed and many lifers were from pre prohibition eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
McDowell County
Moundsville
Fayette County
Moundaville
Maine
McDowell
Daily News
A. GC. Scroggins
Hias
Welch Daily News
Radio Schedule Fragments Highlight Coast to Coast Lines
A fragmented listing shows early radio schedules across regions including EAST MIDWEST SOUTH and COAST. Programs include The Goldbergs Tom Howard and others Jack Benny Show and Victor Young orchestra with varied times and coast connections.
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Jax Wimb
Kgo
Kfi
Komo
Kiar Kgu
Will Cuppy
Burton Holmes
Harding
Goldbergs
Orch
Cavaliere
Tom Howard
Victor Young
Jack Benny
Meyer Davie
Mark Pieher
Ralph Kirbery
Ernie Holst
Harold Stern
Wodx
Wbt
Wdbi
Midwest
Wbem
Wibt
Wtag
Kfab
Ksci
Wibw
Kfb
Wint
Wnac
Wkbn
Mountain
East
Stamp Adventures
Martin's Orchestra
The
Happy Bakers
Skippy
Bill
Mildred Bailey
Buck Rogers
Mason
Dixie
Travelers’ Quartet
Belasco Orch
Boake Carter
Basic
the Collegians of
K. C
Nino Martini
Foreign Legion
Irvin
Cobb
Aleo Coast
Hamp
Columbia Revue
Coast
Lou Holtz
Tor
Jack
Ted Lewis Orches
Glen Gray Orches
Geo. Hall Orches
Wabe
NBC
WJN
Easts
Wbza
Wbal
Kdka
Wear
Wjr
Wiw
Wsyr
Wmal
Weky
Kyw
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Wis
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Webe
Wday
Kfyr
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South
Wrva
Wptt
Wwne
Wjax
Wila
Wsun
Wiod
Wem
Wme
Wapi
Wsmb
Ksir Kghl
Irving Rose
Major Sharp
Lowell Thomas
Amos 'N
Andy
Rondoleere
Phil Cook
Phil Harris
Phil Baker
Sizzlers
Amos ‘N
West
Gruen and Hall
Mills
Teddy Black
Health questions to Bluefield candidates for board of directors
A public health appeal from the Bluefield Woman's Club and Bluefield Garden Club asks mayoral and council candidates for a clear stance on continuing city health and sanitation programs. The questionnaire covers garbage collection, street cleaning, water and milk testing, and strict enforcement of health laws, with instructions to answer Yes or No and return for publication.
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Bluefield Woman's Club
Bluefield Garden Club
Bluefield
City of
L. W. Page
S L. Black
Womans’ Club
Garden Club
John Bulls Bulldogs Are Disappearing
London June 21 The bulldog once a symbol of John Bull and guardian of English homes is fading from view. A Ladies Kennel Association show had only eleven bulldogs while German dachshunds numbered about 300. Interbreeding and changing fashion are blamed.
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London
John Bull
Ladies’ Kennel Association
Liederkranz Cheese Creator Emil Frey Celebrated in New York
In Manhattan June 22, Emil Frey, inventor of Liederkranz cheese, was honored at a ceremony marking forty years since his breakthrough. Frey, from Van Wert Ohio, developed a piquant flavor while aiming to make Limburger from American materials, gaining fame after a delicatessen man and then the German Meanderings society praised it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liederkranz Singing Society
Manhattan
Emil Frey
van Wert
Mr. Frey
Frey
A. Todi
Washington Bystander Flags First Termers Press Need
The Bystander notes a surprising docility of many first term Democrats in the special session under gag rules. With Roosevelt’s landslide bringing lawmakers, publicity home becomes urgent as 1934 primaries near. Veterans’ influence shapes votes on pay and tax plans, while mileage rushes hint at pay-focused motives.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Foot muscles and deformities in children
Daily health note highlights that many children lack arches and stand with varied foot positions. It advises exercising the foot muscles and suggests slight inner sole thickening to align feet. It links leg bowing to rickets and vitamin D deficiencies, recommending cod liver oil as a remedy.
The Harpoon and Other Light News Snippets
A collection of brief notes references Roosevelt vacation on a schooner and a light draught vessel. Chicago fair exhibit on the history of the American dollar prompts view that it may be ancient history. A Wilmington man ends 11 years of silence. many men talk daily for 11 years. An airplane ride boosts the shy. The department vows 49 million savings in 1984. A spurs joke about swivel-chair officers. An Alabama doctor at the AMA convention announced a new hunger disease. many families know that.
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Wilmington
Del
Alabama
American Medical Association
Diet and Orthopedic Measures for Children's Bone Growth
Adequate calcium in a child's diet supports proper development. Early stages may require splints to straighten bones. For knock knees, padding by an orthopedic surgeon shifts weight inward to relieve deformity. Ensure braces splints or operations are truly needed and guided by a competent authority.
Butter Production Sets Alltime Mark
Jackson Mississippi dairy men set an alltime butterfat record in 1932 totaling 13,555,416 pounds. Commission of Agriculture J C Holton credits faith in dairy cows and efforts to lift mood as key factors, surpassing 1929’s previous high of 13.1 million pounds.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
J. C. Holton
Commission of Agriculture
Footpower voyage begins from Southampton to Black Sea
Two Englishmen left Southampton on a pedal boat bound for the Black Sea after a wager on their ability to navigate Europe’s waterways. They expect the aluminum craft to travel at four knots an hour powered by foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
Black Sea
Europe
Purification Health Ad Promotes Calotabs as System Cleanser
An advertisement urges readers to purify the entire body with Calotabs, claiming purging the blood stimulates the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It promises health benefits from a thorough course, with Calotabs sold in 10 and 35 cent packages through dealers.
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Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Kata
Kansas City
Chicago
San Francisco
Atlanta
AILY
Rw Printing CO
W Va
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Howard Trentholme
W. S. Donkin
Wayne Street
C. W. Harman
Crumpe Bottom
J. W. Collier
Ward EK
Surface
Maple Park
K. R. Thomas
Nancy Smith
Honaker
Alexander Stamvaulisky
Bulgaria
John J. Raskob
R. T. Crane
Irene A. duPont
Lammont duPont
Pierre S. duPont
Edwards
Harkness
Arthur Curtiss James
Stanley Field
William S. Judson
Detroit
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Phillips Jr
Butler
Annie B. Jennings
Arthur Lyman
Boston
Edith van Gerbig
New Canaan
Conn
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Wmec
Web
Blackstone Products
Watch Tower
Rock Cliff
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Sun Rise Bottling Co
Hill Billys
Myrtle Sox
Jimmy Woolridge
Dixie Clothing Co
Ray Lawcen
Calvary Quartet
Elma Owens
Ellen
Roger
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Bulldogs
By Paul Harrison
John Mulholland
Mulholland
James H. Kimball
All Atlantic
Nelson Doubleday
George S. Kaufman
Jerome Kern
Deems Taylor
New York City
Harry Woods
Harvard
Tin Pan Alley
Broadway
Winthrop Ames
Vinton Freedley
Robert E. Sherwood
Edward Sheldon
Lee Simonson
Elliot Cabot
Boston Cabots
Yale
Philip Barry
Jed Harrie
Charles Hopkins
Dwight Deere Wiman
Vincent Lawrence
Donald Ogden Stewart
By Kirke Simpson
Hite House
Daily Health Service
DR. Morris Fishbein
Eric I. Lloyd
Mr. Loyd
Enea
Army
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Footpower Voyage
Goodyear
P. S
Goodyears
W.R. Keesee & Co
Bluefield Avenue
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