How Railroad Money Comes and Goes in 1932
A 1932 survey shows railroads earned 3.126 billion dollars from transport, with freight the largest share. Passenger revenue reached 877 million, express and mail add modest amounts, and other services supplied 147 million. Physical charges and taxes consumed most income, leaving a net deficit and stock dividends paid. 1938 hopes cited but not yet available.
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Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
Incidence of Taxes and Shifting Burdens in Economics
Baltimore businessman William J. Casey cites a school text on tax incidence, explaining that taxes are passed from landlords and merchants to tenants and consumers. He notes the burden ultimately lands on wage earners, with the taxpayer's ability to bear the burden, not wealth, determining justice or injustice in taxation.
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William J. Casey
Baltimore
Efficiency and Economy Commission
Howard W. Jackson
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files
A Corry Chronicle recap notes Driver Chase brings home a new lam horse after an earlier purchase failed. H J Kelly master carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad died in the west-end yards prompting a potential damages suit by his widow. Local plans include a Gil City minstrel show with the Elks. Mayville House burned with $15000 loss. Peters machine shop sold to Franklin Lockwood. Wilson J. awards buys the Mulkie property on Maple Avenue. The Corry poultry show near opening draws crowds.
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H. J. Kelly
Buffalo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly
Rainey poem mix sparks early mischief in Washington
United Press reports Mrs. Henry T. Rainey gains an unwanted reputation as memory fades she misremembers a Wonderland actress, a poem and a Los Angeles newspaper tease. Lindbergh visit disrupts Treasury, Copeland backs medal for song writer, red owl beer barrels eyed by agriculture and a false teeth tax sparks Arizona ruling.
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United Press
Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Blum Brothers influence Paris hat fabrics with pressed silks
Paris stylistic report notes Blum Brothers introducing pressing methods in silks and satins like Surana ribbon and corrida cip2fade. Crepe variations such as intermezzo and rose de France differ by pressed designs. Robert Biquet showcases Flamisol in a two piece evening gown with cape, removable top, and back to full gown form. Today's fashion tip highlights pressed silks and satins creased crepes and Hamisol.
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Paris
Blum Brothers
Robert, Biquet
Week's Book Review By H Allen Smith
United Press book editor H Allen Smith praises Sinclair Lewis Hiss Work of Art as best post holiday fiction with strong American hotel life detail. He also reviews Glass by Howard Stephenson Kindy's Crossing by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald, urging attention to these three novels and noting varied strengths and themes across mid century American fiction.
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H. Allen Smith
United Press
Thanyone
Sinclair Lewin Hiss
Doubleday Doran
Ann Vickers
Arnold Bennet
Lewis
Myr Weagle
Connecticut
Myroi
America
Furnace Room
Myron
Glass
Howard Stephenson
Claude Kendall
George Hood
George
George Rood
Mr. Stephenson
Kindy
Margaret Weymouth Jackson
Bobbs-Merrill
Bert Trness
Aeneas MacDonald
Duffield and Green
MacDonald
United States
Philadelphia to Sell Stadium and Hog Island Airport
Philadelphia mayor says a three million dollar stadium that hosted Gene Tunney versus Jack Dempsey and the Hog Island airport, once part of a grand plan, are for sale at low cost. Both assets now incur heavy annual interest and are largely abandoned, draining city funds.
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Philadelphia
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
J. Hanptim Moore
Hog Island
Mackey
Dannel
Hollywood Autograph Hunters Thrive Inside Studios
Hollywood word from Jan 25 notes autograph seekers mill about studios and backstage areas rather than premieres. Stars like Joan Crawford sign personally for many fans on set while Max Baer signs repeatedly, even switching to Italian then Linglian to curb demand.
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Hollywood
Lindom
Studi Gates
Milly
Beverly Hills
Joan Crawford
Joan Forthwith
Max Baer
Prima Camera
Li Beeg Prem
Cowboy and Indians game ends in tragedy
In Woodbury New Jersey a 12 year old boy playing a "cowboy and Indians" game with a neighbor gun goull, Roger Kurty, was shot dead when his playmate Edwin Budd, 11, pointed a revolver at him. The gun discharged, killing the boy.
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Woodbury
WN. J
Roger Kurty
Goull
Tate
Edwin Budd
Roger
Torgul
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Corry Evening Journal
Corry
AD. Golegrove
Arthur Colegrave
National
Fred Kimball, Inc
46Th St
New York
Driver Chase
1St Ward
Lam
Snat
Cochranton
Corrynks
Gil City
The
Elks
Mayville
Charles Peters
Youngsville
Pranle Lockwood
Jamestown
Wilson J. Awards
William Mulkie
Maple Avenue
Star Garage
Charles A. Lindberg A
Treasury Department
Treasury
Morgenthau
George Mi Colisn
Copeland
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Agricultures Department
Phoenix
Arizona
Wales
M. V. Comet
Fist Avenue
Stebbins
Henry McCisy
New York State Line
Week’s Book Review
Beajain
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Hollywood Film Shop
Hamburg
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