sweeping tax setup changes proposed by House panel
The Ways and Means subcommittee recommended far reaching tax changes aiming to stimulate business. It urged codifying internal revenue laws and shaping a 1938 revenue act with key reforms including exemption of small corporations from undistributed profits tax and a 20 percent tentative rate for large firms with dividend credits to lower to 16 percent, plus notch provisions and net operating loss carryovers.
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House
Ways and Means
Fred M. Vinson
Full House
Ways and Means Committee
America
Freight Loadings Climb 20 Percent in Weekly Rail Report
The Association of American Railroads said freight car loadings for the week ending January 8 rose 20.8 percent from the prior holiday week to total 552,314 cars. The gain was 94,955 cars, while the week was 147,732 cars or 21 percent below the same period last year.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Dust Storms Sweep Southwest Farm Belt Threatens Young Wheat
Clouds of dust darkened skies across Oklahoma and western Kansas as a dust storm deposited silt over five states. Farmers worry drought-ridden soil and winds will lift wheat stalks while weather officials warn of unusually dry soil and low moisture. A traffic accident in Kansas highlights hazardous conditions. The article notes the term robot origin from Capek's 1920 play.
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Forgan
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Oliver McGuire
Garden City
Harry Wahlgren
Dust Bowl
Wahlgren
Linn County Safety Council proposed by American Legion
Eight of thirty invited Linn County groups have replied favorably to form a unit of the Iowa State Safety council under Hanford post No 4. A meeting is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday Feb 2 at the new police station with mayors of Linn County towns invited. If approved a permanent organization will be formed and delegates will be appointed after monthly group actions.
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Linn County Safety Council
Frank N. Stepanek
Highway Safety Committee
Hanford Post No. 4
American Legion
Iowa State Safety Council
Linn County
Roosevelt gives reporters a memorable gift at Lake Crescent
During a trans continental swing President Roosevelt spent Sept 30 at Crescent Lake at the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The White House oil painting of Lake Crescent was presented in the press room with a plaque and his note praising reporters courage and uncomplaining endurance.
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INS
Roosevelt
Crescent Lake
Olympic Peninsula
Washington State
James Roosevelt
Marvin H McIntyre
White House
Wilderness Lake
Lake Crescent
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Author of Tobacco Road Puts Punch On Adverse Critic
New York AP reports playwright Jack Kirkland author of Tobacco Road erupted over harsh reviews of Tortilla Flat. He punched Richard Watts of the New York Herald Tribune at the Artists and Writers restaurant, with owner Jack Beech and others joining briefly before bystanders intervened. Ralph Hewitt attempted to intervene and later joined Watts in retaliation.
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NEW York (Ap
Jack Kirkland
Richard Watts
New York Herald-Tribune
Artists and Writers
Herald-Tribune
Watts
Jack Beech
Kirkland
Ralph Hewtt
Columbia
Census Uses Microfilm Equipment for 1790 Population Records
Specially built microfilm equipment is being used by the bureau of census to copy population records dating back to 1790. Feos et
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Bureau of Census
Feos Et
Fasting Dean Proclaims Two-Year Silence in Self imposed Fast
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 15 The Very Rev Israel Harding Noe 47 dean of St Marys Episcopal Cathedral will make no further comment on his self imposed fast for at least two years He told reporters he would not speak for publication until a scientific report can be prepared Physicians warned he could collapse yet he pressed on performing two services and a Bible class while living on only spiritual nourishment and water since Jan 2 1930s era style report notes his vitality and resolve
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Memphis
Tenn
Ins
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Memphis Dean Ends One Year Orange Fast Voices Questioned
Chicago report notes Very Rev. Israel Harding Noe, dean of St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis Tennessee, completes a one year orange fast amid skepticism voiced by Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of a medical journal.
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Chicago
INS
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Memphis
Tenn
Morris Fishbein
Journal of
Doctor casts doubt on Noe diet claim in AMA remark
Dr Fishbein questions Dr Noe's claim of surviving on oranges and suggests a continuous observer's report to verify such a diet. The ad also notes a need for new keys and directs readers to classification 5 in the Want Ad section.
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The
American Medical Association
Fishbein
Noe
Cardozo Improves After Illness At Home
Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, hospitalized at his apartment with shingles and heart disease, was reported Friday to be improving after a Thursday showing of progress. Alberta province contains 463 fur farms within its borders.
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Gain, Washington
INS
Benjamin N. Cardozo
The
Supreme Court
Province of
Alberta
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