Taxes Consume Nine Billion Yearly Says National Study
A National Industrial Conference Board report asserts Americans pay about 9.5 billion dollars annually in taxes, about one fifth of national income, with total public expenditures around 15.6 billion and the national debt over 147 billion. It notes tax yields decline since 1930 due to federal income and property tax delinquencies, and cites debt service as a rigid, major cost.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Vidalia Teen Dies After Self-Administered Poison Dose
Vidalia Georgia January 20 Miss Georg e Lee Turner 16 died today from carbolic acid she purchased at a drug store Police Chief George McLeod said the Lyons area girl had been visiting Vidalia since Saturday She borrowed a pencil and tablet at a newsstand wrote two notes one to her parents and another with a male name After buying the acid she swallowed it in a railway station waiting room and later collapsed after returning to the newsstand and drinking a coca cola
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Vidalia
George Lee Turner
George McLeod
Turner
G. P. ‘‘Urner
Lyons
McLeod
Blaze Destroys Dormitory at University of Alabama
Seventy five male students fled their rooms in Goregas Hall as flames engulfed the building. High winds and rapid fire spread forced Tuscaloosa firefighters to concentrate on stopping the blaze from reaching a nearby fraternity house.
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University OF Alabama
Tusaloosa
Ala
University of Alaaama
Grogas Hall
Tuscaloosa
Mrs Anna Dall Marries John Boettiger of New York
President and Mrs Roosevelt announced the marriage of their daughter Mrs Anna Dall to John Boettiger, a former Washington newspaper man. The ceremony was in New York where Mrs Dall, previously divorced from Curtis Dall, wed Boettiger at the Roosevelt home, performed by Judge Frederick Kernochan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Anna Dall
John Boettiger
New York
Dall
Curtis Dall
Boettiger
Frederick Kernochan
Gasoline Price Fixing Sought in Georgia Legislature
Senator Fred Scott of Thomasville introduced a bill in the Georgia Senate to regulate price and sale of gasoline by the public service commission. He argued the measure would stop manipulation of gasoline prices in Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Public Service Comision
State Senate
Fred Scott
Thomasville
67 year old man indicted on obscene picture counts
C. M. Wilson a 67 year old Fairburn resident was indicted by the Fulton grand jury on two misdemeanor counts of manufacturing and possessing obscene pictures and literature. He was arrested two weeks earlier when police said they found him printing obscene pictures on a small press in his home.
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C. M. Wilson
Fairburn
Fulton Grand Jury
Wilson
Resignation Leads to Marsh Succeeding Ainsworth Gatewood
Ainsworth Gatewood, city editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, resigns after two years to join the Orlando Sentinel and Star-Reporter staff. John Marsh, reporter, will take his place.
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Ainsworth Gatewood
Americus Times-Recorder
The
Orlando
Fla
Evolution of Banking as a Public Service
The article traces banking as an evolving private-to-semi-public profession shaped by economic changes. It argues gradual reforms are preferable to drastic laws, urges proactive self reform, and emphasizes better trainer ing and higher ideals to elevate bankers and ensure they serve society with integrity and leadership.
National Savings Mark Increases in 1934
The American Bankers Association reports that total bank savings rose 3.5 percent to 21.867 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, 1934, the first annual increase since 1930. Depositors climbed to 39,562,174 from 39,262,442, with the ratio of accounts to people shifting to one account per 3.2 persons.
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New York
American Bankers Association
W. Espey Albig
Migration tide rising across the nation
Washington reports census officials expect the last four years to show the largest migration of population in U S history. Many move from cities to farms and suburbs while others depart farms for urban areas as woodwork of births keeps farm numbers high.
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Washington
New York Times
United States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi River
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Florida
California
Prophecy of Inventor of Airship Comes True in Salt Lake City
Mrs Lizette Pierce Dibble widow of Blackhawk Indian War veteran and daughter of early Utah inventor James Madison Pierce arrived on United Air Lines coast to coast flight from Boise praising her first airplane trip as simply grand. Pierce built an airship shaped like a boat powered by a small motor nine years before the Wright brothers flight, but lack of funds halted further experiments.
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Salt Lake City
Lizette Pierce Dibble
United Air Lines
Boise
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Alabama Georgia gold rush grows near Hog Mountain
A new wave of amateur and professional gold miners spreads from Alexander City Alabama to Dahlonega Georgia. The Hog Mountain mine near Alexander City plans an expansion costing about 125000 yearly, with a 200 foot shaft already producing gold at 17000 per month. The operation pays over 5000 monthly in wages to about eighty workers and has about 200000 invested in mining and recovery machinery, set to rise with the expansion.
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Alabama
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Alexander City
Dahlonega
Hog Mountain
Quarantine Port Founded by Penn Near Essington
Philadelphia reports the Port of Quarantine near Essington on the Delaware River is nearing its 235th birthday. Established in 1700 by William Penn for protection from diseases aboard foreign ships, it is the oldest permanent quarantine station in the United States and has passed under English authority, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and now federal public health control.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Hen Lays Unusually Large 8-Inch Egg in Connecticut
In North Haven Connecticut a hen produced an eight inch circumference egg weighing a bit over a quarter pound. Owner Omar J Dunobai remarked on the remarkable find and the surprising size of the strange hen egg.
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North Haven
Conn
Omar J. Dunobai
Rose Garden to greet visitors along State to Gilmore
Waycross plans inaugurating a rose garden path from State Street to Gilmore Street in cooperation with the Rose Society and Park Commission. FERA labor backs the planting of over 1 040 roses as phase one of the project.
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Georgia Newspaper Alliance
Wayross
State Street
Gilmore Street
Ety ¢ Rose Society
Park
Cession
FERA
Public Service Commission
Georgia Cities
Albany City Commission
University of Georgia School of Medicine
John W. Herbert
New York
Augusta
Talmadge
Secon
Sidley W. Camp
Napoleon Stucker
Roswell
Atlanta
Key
Harris County
PWA
Hettie Jane Dunaway
Newnan
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Jud P. Wilhoit
The
Miss Bartlett Weds Mr. Bill T. Jones
Fort Valley Georgia June 20 191? The marriage of Miss Athelyne Bartlett of Fort Valley to Mr Till Tom Jones of Fort Valley and Griffin was conducted by Rev H C Griffin of Ella ville at the Methodist church in Ellaville The bride daughter of Mrs H D Bartlett and the late Mr Bartlett of Fort Valley and a graduate of Fort Valley High school Mr Jones son of Mrs W T Jones of Griffin attended Mercer University and now works at the Hapeville Flour Mill in Fort Valley
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Fort Valley
Athelyne Bartlett
Tom Jones
Ft. Valley
Griffin
H. C. Grifin
Methodist Church
Ellaville
H D. Bartlett
Mr. Bartlett
Jones
W. T. Jones
Merce University
Hapeville Flour Mill
State Senate Chaplain J W G Watkins Dies at College Park
The Rev J W G Watkins longtime Georgia senate chaplain died Sunday night in College Park He served 42 years as chaplain and was re elected for another term when the legislature convened He was a native of Jackson County and organized the First Methodist church in College Park He was father of Judge G Watkins of the Atlanta juvenile court.
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Atlanta
J. W. G. Watkins
Georgia Senate
College Park
Watkins
Senate
Jackson County
Augusta Athens
Sparta
G. Watkins
Funeral held for Frank Blackwell in Monticello
Frank Blackwell died from injuries after a car collided with a Central of Georgia train near Eatonton. His wife and daughter were slightly injured as the wreck occurred Sunday, and he died in an ambulance en route to Macon hospital facilities.
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Monticello
Frank Blackwell
Eatonton
Monticello Baptist Church
Blackwell
Macon
Central of Georgia
Auction of West half of Lot 818 in Taylor County Ga
By virtue of a 1927 deed to secure debt O R Lucas owes Mrs C L Smith the note is due. The sale will occur at the Taylor County courthouse on February 8 1935 to satisfy a $754 debt with costs. The balance if any goes to rightful recipients. Mrs C L Smith as attorney in fact for O R Lucas.
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O. R. Lucas
C. L. Smith
Taylor County
Georgia
Sheriff Sale in Taylor County Ga
Estate sale notice lists 101.25 acres of land in lot 284 in Taylor County Georgia to satisfy state and county tax executions for 1980 81 32 and 33. Property owner Mrs Coral Phelts must pay taxes before the March 1985 sale date. Sheriff R P McGuffin reports the levy and sale details.
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Taylor County
Coral Phelts
C. C. Cooper
L. C
R P. McGuffin
Smeriff
Guardian Fannie Whitley To Be Dismissed In Taylor County
Georgia Taylor County Ordinary L T Peed cites creditors and parties in interest to show cause on the first Monday in February 1935 why guardian Fannie Whitley cannot be dismissed after filing her final return for Vastine and Clarence Crook.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Fannie Whitley
Vastine
Clarence Crook
L. T. Peed
We Do Our Part in Restoring Cooperative Spirit
A Christian Science Monitor piece urges personal duty to harmonious cooperation. It contrasts worker and employer duties, cites Nehemiah and Genesis, and cites Mary Baker Eddy on universal goodness and social codes.
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UCA
United States
Nehemiah
God
Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Monitor
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