Population boom hits eight cities over twenty five thousand
Washington May 3 eight cities with populations of 25 000 or more have more than doubled since 1910 out of over 60 reported for 1919. Akron Ohio leads the surge at 201 8 percent with 208 435 people and ranking shifts in national city lists while Dormont Pennsylvania and Kenmore also show large gains Gary Indiana posts 229 4 percent and other large towns like Syracuse Memphis Dayton Nashville Albany and Kansas City Kansas rise in the rankings.
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Syracuse
Memphis
Tenn
Dayton
Nashville
Albany
Kansas City
Roper Urges Simpler Tax Laws for Europe War Burden
Atlantic City May 3 In an address before the National Chamber of Commerce Daniel C Roper former internal revenue chief outlines three tests for a revenue law effectiveness in yield administration speed and taxpayer ease He praises war revenue yields but condemns complex rules and high compliance costs calling for simplified laws lower immediate taxes and a steady path to peace era finance He urges a tighter budget system and prompt readjustment of excess profits taxes to curb wasteful spending and boost thrift
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Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
National Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Roper
League of Nations
United States Senate
Willingness to Reform Tax Policy Cited in Opinion
The speaker criticizes extravagance by a business for private gain and warns it undermines government. He argues the excess profits tax has outlived usefulness and should be greatly modified to curb such tactics.
German vaudevillians seek work abroad as wartime licenses loom
London reports German music hall artists hurry to sign contracts abroad at salaries below prewar British standards. Norway Sweden Denmark and other nations offer half their former wages. The British Variety Artists Federation issues a strong memorandum and pledges to oppose licenses of managers who stage German turns within three years after peace. A further resolution seeks to bar employment of persons of German origin on stage.
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London
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
British Variety Artists’ Federation
Nantucket Rabbit Identified as Florida Hare
Nantucket Mass May 3 Nantucket Island rabbits are identified as the Florida hare after Massachusetts fisheries and game tests. The larger Nantucket rabbit is compared to the Canadian white hare and has been trapped for study on Martha’s Vineyard. Rabbit hunters monitor the experiment with hopes of propagation. Merchants support the Wear Your Old Clothes Movement and encourage sharing where the fabric was purchased.
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Nantucket
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Nantucket Island
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game
Fisheries and Game Division
Marthas Vineyard
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Nature's Cures
The piece touts returning to nature for health, noting animals seek plants when ill and promoting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made from Aloe and Jalap. It warns of toxins in the body from stopped intestines and suggests castor oil and the pellets as a pleasant remedy to restore appetite and health.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Jonganos
Nature
Dr. Pisreo
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