Gas Tax Rebate Test Planned in Hartford
Hartford, Sept 17 AP The state Supreme Court will decide if a 1847 statute allowing gasoline dealers to keep about 1 million dollars in taxes withheld between 1935 and 1945 is constitutional. Attorney General William L Hadden said he and major oil company lawyers will seek the high court's ruling. The scheme stemmed from a misprinted law granting a 1 percent retention. later attempts to refund were vetoed or doubtful. Oil firms prepared further defenses, including estoppel and laches, if 1947 forgiveness law is struck down. Present were Spellacy Countryman Berry Bradley and others.
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Hartford
State Supreme Court
William L. Hadden
O'T
Gsecline
Itle
Hadden
Thomas J. Spellacy
Arthur W. Countryman
Joseph Berry
J. Kenneth Bradley
Bridgeport
Thimble Holds 20,000 Gold Screws for Balance Wheel
An ordinary thimble would hold 20,000 gold screws used in the balance wheel of a watch, illustrating the tiny precision components and their high value in horology.
Gollum Called Back To Stand In Murder Case
Santa Ana, Sept 17 AP George Bud Gallum resumed testimony in the murder case against him and Louise Overell the heir to a 550000 estate testified he bought 80 pounds of dynamite with his uncle Mr Overell asking him to buy it He said he signed a fictitious name to keep his own from being used He described two bank accounts and monthly income for support as his attorney pressed him on the wealth and future prospects of the Overell heiress
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
George
Bud) Gallum
Louise Overell
Walter E. Overel
Laulae
Gollum
Overell
Newport Harbor
Overella
Joseph Steenel
Registration Opens for Bridgeport Area College Courses
Bridgeport and Metropolitan area teachers may enroll in New Haven State Teacher's College courses at Central High School tomorrow from 3:30 to 8:00 p.m. Courses include drawing and painting education and family living use of visual aids development of English language voice and diction nutrition education and all age education in a changing world. University of Bridgeport offers a special course in audiovisual aids in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Metropolitan Area
Central High School
New Haven
University of Bridgeport
Betty Phillips Sells Land to P A Powers
In Westport on Sept 17 a notice records Betty Phillips and Eva Pylypchuk selling a large land and buildings tract to A Powers for 15000 dollars. The property bounded by Longshore Estates Longshore road and Forest lane was then sold by Powers to Raymond Powers of Albany for the same amount.
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Westport
Betty Phillips
Eva Pylypchuk
A. Powers
Longshore Road
Forest Lane
Mr. Powers
Raymond Powers
Albany
Chinese Forces Clean Shucheng in Nanking Theater
Government troops stormed Shucheng 120 miles southwest of Nanking driving Communist forces westward. Reinforcements from Hankow came as Liu Po-Cheng’s forces faced encirclement or retreat toward mountains, with Tong downplaying the risk while noting strategic pressure across Anhwei and Shansi fronts.
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Nanking
Liu Po-Cheng
Shucheng
Hankow
Liu
Yellow River
Anhwei
Hollington Tong
Shansi
Peiping-Hankow
Tong
Anhwel
Chen Yi
Shantung
Chen Keng
Henan
Peiping
Taching River
Shantung Province
Yuncheng
New Comet Found by German Astronomer Reinmuth
A new thirteenth magnitude comet has been discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth of Heidelberg Germany. It was visible only through powerful telescopes and was moving north and west in the sky when first observed in Cambridge Mass on September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Science Service
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Heidelberg
Germany
Comet Reinmuth Reported From Copenhagen Observation
A new comet named Reinmuth was reported by the European astronomical clearing house in Copenhagen and confirmed at Harvard University Observatory. The discovery is credited to German astronomer Karl Reinmuth.
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Harvard University Observatory
European Astronomical Clearing House
Copenhagen
Denmark
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Gustave W. Bollier
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TWA
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Stevens
Bollier
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Post-Telegram
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Sheerlife
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Peiping-Mukden
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Manchuria
LEE Brothers
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Avallon Cleaners
Fairfield Ave
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