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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
4
The Chronicle prints a front page blend of regional commentary on taxes, roads, and civic figures. It mentions President Roosevelt visiting Texas, local baseball standings for the Carrollton team, and critiques of highway financing and restraint of trade by Billie Parker. It closes with wedding invitations.
The annual report shows Western Electric's taxes for 1996 at 7,183,509 dollars, up 92 percent from 1985, while dividends paid edge only slightly higher. The document argues government taxes and policies burden utilities and shift costs to remaining ratepayers, amid calls for fairer regulation.
A fragmentary column carries pithy maxims about success, opportunity, and life length. Lines critique reliance on recommendations, hint at local oil pool speculation, and joke about Farmers Branch courting trouble and marriage to it. The tone is observational and humorous.
The passage warns that no private business can remain solvent by destroying its best customers. It contends a looming policy would cost private enterprises and force taxpayers to cover nearly 15 percent of gross income through higher taxes if such actions prevail.
Miss Weast traverses nearly 5000 miles monthly to deliver the morning paper in Western Montana's Bitter Root Valley. In her Chevrolet she leaves at dawn, makes 160 mile rounds with on road and off road sections, and drops copies to agents and individual boxes. Despite winter cold and early darkness, she maintains punctual deliveries and looks forward to longer daylight driving in summer.
A fragmented note laments missed broadcasts and programs due to delays adapting to a new schedule order. It highlights gaps in coverage and a need for timely alignment with the updated broadcasting plan.
A fragmented tale jokes about fashioning a “Dyke” and a fine one from Miss Stark. It mocks arranged marriages with a dowry versus love, notes on taxes, and remarks that some people are called “poor fish.” The piece riffs on Job and the whale as a punny closing reference.
A column quotes Henry Ford on aging, arguing usefulness does not end at 45 while praising younger minds in industry. It cites traffic in Dallas, Goats Hill joking, and a memorial to former Senator Harry New of Indiana. Mentions Love Field, a garden wheel hoe, and a Grapevine crowd.
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