Taxes and the Surplus In The 1928 Budget Debate
The article surveys 1928 budget talks with Gen Lord, Senator Smooth, Harrison, Tyson, and Hoover weighing tax cuts versus relief spending. It notes a projected $214,000,000 surplus next year and debates over reducing taxes by as much as $300,000,000 against large flood and relief appropriations. The piece emphasizes the political battle to balance the budget in an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Lord
White House
Smooth Las Beer
Republica
Coates
Treasury Department
Harrison
Tate
Tyson
Hoover
Boudler
Mississippi
Congress
What People Want to Do
Elizabeth Adams educational director of the American Girl Scouts argues the test of character is what youth choose to do when not required to act. She laments scarce spontaneous play and warns that passive entertainment from movies and flashy recreation harms self development and urges opportunities for original, self-initiated activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliabeth Adams
American Girl Scouts
Adams
CIGARS TWENTY YEARS AGO AS TOLD IN THE JOURNAL FILES
A 1907 front page notes street railway progress on Columbus with a banquet by the Ladies Auxiliary. Conductor Sylvest LeBarron of Meadville injured after a fall. multiple society items include Ruth Raymond’s party and a Niagara Falls reunion. An Ajax fountain fire is extinguished. cigar market shifts and five cent brands rise. Local notes mention typhoid cases and visitors from Garland and Corry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
York Bacco
Mr. Marshall
Sherif Cogswell
Erle County
Rescuer Wallace Young Dies After Truck Wreck
Wallace Young, 90, died after helping an injured driver from a wrecked truck. An electrical contact with a dislodged wire caused his fatal shock when the machine struck a pole. The car’s driver sustained only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Pay
Diiver
Wallace Young
Interesting Sidelights on Life in Nation's Capitol
Washington August 22 The War Department recalls a favorite cavalry horse story about a rookie who has never ridden a horse The sergeant says the horse has never ridden either They will learn together Diplomats are automobile minded and airminded methods of transport are joked about The National Aeronautic Association is noted as airminded and a pioneer of the air mail service The piece playfuly reflects Washington life and transport quirks through humor and light satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Cavalry
Stalles
Association
Pitt Plans University Center at Erie
The University of Pittsburgh will establish a new Erie center with a temporary office in the Eric Trost Building. Professor Marshall O Gealf will lead the center, using Pitt faculty for full time teaching in business and economics while visiting professors offer additional courses. Courses listed include Accounting, Botany, Education, English, History, Political Science and more as requests come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pittsburgh
F. W Shockley
University Extension Division
Eric Trost
Marshall O- Gealf
University of Wisconsin
Ter
Brie
Taxation Made Easy Quote by William Penn
A fragmentary quotation by William Penn argues that taxation burdens benevolence and public services, imagining a society where excess taxes starve schools and scholars while leaving insufficient funds for government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
Answers to a presidential election trivia quiz
The questions cover Briand currency impact before leaving premiership and Bryan's Cross of Gold speech. They include franc exchange value in 1918, Dawes Plan proposer, Mexican currency peso, gold standard stance, Japanese yen par value, Franco American debt talks, Kansas farmer plight, and figures like Churchill and Berengen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristide Briand
William
Jennings Bryan
Francé
American Statesman
Mexico
Republican Party
Hanreller
Bethisneexcheqiert I
G. Dawes
Melton
Berengen
Winston Churchill
Sewage Tunnel Rescue Recounts Narrow Survival
United Press reports a man named Anthony survived a mile in a sewer from a river outlet to Bellevue Hospital. He describes companions slipping away and a frantic ascent as city workers and police traced the dangerous flood and debris to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New, York
Bellvue Hospital
Barney
Anthony
Kane Well Near Kane Shuts Down for Temperature Tests
A deep gas well near Kane in Venango County Pennsylvania was shut down for temperature tests after reaching about 8,000 feet. The well called the Fidelity Petroleum Company operated, with other wells mentioned as being drilled toward Jefferson County.
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Cony Evening Journal
South Street
Cory, Pa
A.D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrove
Jvmece Pabllahas
Corry
Journel
Sylvest LeBarron
Meadville
Luther Raymond
Suttly
Ruth Raymond
J . Young
Pennsylvania Freight Office
Friendship
Shurwood Simmons
Niagara Falls
Sth Ni Yi Heavy Artillery
Ajax
OC A. Cooley
Merle
Aun
J. A. Pateerson
North Center Street
Little Ruth Wetmore
West Church Street
Corry Hospital
He Wilcox
Michigan
Will Houghton
Garland
Mr. Mambat
Nation
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
House of David
Senor Ds
Don Manuel Teles
Martino
Sixteenth Streets
Winchester
E. E. Guignon
PITT
Erie
Marshall C. Graff
New York
Kinney, Spiesman & Waller
Kane Well
Substan
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
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