Search for Economies Is Started
Washington December 28 AP A new search for additional revenue to balance the budget was started by Democratic house leaders as prospects for a general tax bill dimmed Roosevelt reportedly disfavored a manufacturers tax. Collier delayed the revenue initiating group meeting to January 4 to survey finances and decide the path forward.
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Washington
Albany
Eelect Roosevelt
Garner
Collier
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Tillmoi
Gamer
Congress
Roosevelt
McKeown
Tredway
Miss
Britten
Freadway
Ways and Means
Million Dollar Suit Charges Loss of Love in Detroit
Mrs Ada Lee Porter Kinard sues her divorced husband Dr Kerwin W Kinard for one million dollars claiming loss of love prompted by flattery and blandishments and promises of ease. She alleges the marriage to Gail Stephens occurred under a license obtained two days before Kinard’s divorce was granted and that the couple have since honeymooned in Europe while legal battles loom.
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Detroit
Kerwin W. Kinard
Kansas City
Ada Lee Porter Kinard
Circuit Court
Michigan
Europe
Fhurope
Kinard
Stephens
Federal agents study Illinois Life assets in receivership
Chicago December 28 AP Federal investigators from the justice department began perusal of records and books of the Illinois Life Insurance Company 150 million in receivership to determine possible federal law violations. Auditors for receiver Gen Abel Davis review the company Lincoln Securities Stevens and La Salle Botts reports as hotel loss details emerge. The Hotel La Salle owner Illinois Life controlled 72 percent of the ground title and a quarter of the 4.2 million first mortgage bonds, plus all debentures. The judge ordered continued hotel operation to prevent greater creditor losses.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Illinois Life Insurance Company
Abel Davis
Lincoln Securities Company
Stevens and la Salle Botts
Hotel la Salle
James H. Wilkerson
The
Illinois Life
Anticipated Return of Beer and the 18th Amendment Fate
Charles P. Stewart discusses beer’s likely impact on the 18th Amendment. He argues beer may not alter ratification prospects or constitutional repeal momentum, noting congressional, presidential, and Supreme Court hurdles and shifting wet and dry dynamics across states.
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Washington
Rome
Local Youth Leaves to Enlist in Navy
Chester Freemen, a local high school graduate and 1931 basketball team captain, departs for St Louis to enlist in the Navy. He aims to continue athletics and will complete twelve weeks at Great Lakes before a ten day hometown visit and then be stationed aboard a ship.
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Chester Freemen
St. Lewis
Navy
Young Freeman
Great Lakes
Suit for $972.90 Filed Against V H Essen
Attorneys for Long-Bell Lumber Sales Co filed in Cole County Circuit Court a suit seeking 972.90 against V H Essen for 1800 feet of railroad ties delivered to De Ridder Sand and Gravel Co at Neame Louisiana. The petition claims sale and delivery with payment due August 22, 1982 but unpaid. The lumber company also seeks 900 plus 72.90 interest accumulating since August 2.
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Long-Bell Lumber
Cole County
V. H. Essen
de Ridder Sand and Grave Co
Neame
Sand and Gravel Company
Iinber Company
Rey
Prince Seized in Fifth Avenue Tobacco Shop
Harry Gerguson known as Price Romanoff was seized by New York police in a Fifth Avenue tobacco shop and held for federal agents. He claimed recent arrival from Canada and denied reports of returning on Europa, with $162.27 in his pockets and a history of deportation, prison terms, and royal connections amid immigration scrutiny.
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New York
Harry Gerguson
Price Romanoff
Fifth Avenue
Prince
France
United States
Marilyn Miller
Gerguson
Oxford
Yale
Prisson
Prince Michael Alexander Obolenski
Alexander the Third
Russia
Prince of Wales
Hillsboro
Canada
Europa
Borah Proposes Excess Beer Profit Tax Amid Legal Delay
Senator Borah Idaho proposes an excess profits tax on brewers as House 3.2 percent beer bill stalls in the Senate Judiciary Committee due to a lack of quorum. He plans amendments to raise revenue while opposing the measure as unconstitutional. Mills estimates a $5 per barrel tax could raise 125 to 150 million yearly, though sponsors deeming this too low.
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Senate
Hoover
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Supreme Court
Geta
Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
House
Borah
Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Chadyman Norris
Earthquake Kills 27 in Tomatlan Jalisco Mexico
Delayed reports from Mexico City say Tomatlan Village in Jalisco was destroyed by an earthquake on December 19, killing 27 and injuring over 80. Runners were said to have carried news to a railway point from the remote mountain town.
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Mexico City
Tomatlan
Jalisco
Immigration Act Revision Urged By Professor
Professor Casimir D. Zdanowicz of the University of Wisconsin urged reform of the 1924 immigration act to liberalize importation of foreign brains for American colleges at the American Association of University Professors dinner in New Haven. He called for a policy of modified free importation of brains, noting current non quota rules and the need for two years teaching experience before arrival.
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New Haven
Canan
Casimir D. Zdanowicz
University of Wisconsin
American Association of University Professors
Association
Yale University
Linguistic Society of America
The
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of
Starday
Zdanowicz
National Federation of Modern Language Teachers
Hinstein
Kiwanis Club to Install Officers at Dinner Here Tonight
Jefferson City Kiwanis Club marks end of its twelfth year with a Missouri Hotel dinner and ladies night. Roy H. Monier will become president and Judge Henry Westhues vice president. Major W. J. McAaron of Boonville to speak on The Devil Is Dead. New officers include Paul A. Schaefer treasurer Oliver Bassman secretary and directors Louis Burker Jesse Owens Louis Langerhans Rev E W Bele kamp A J Bauer Ross Laybourn Fred Bassman.
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Jefferson City
McAaron
Paul A. Schaefer
Oliver Bassman
Louis Burker
Jesse N. Owens
Louis Langerhans
Found Dead In Barnyard Of Macon Real Estate Man
Robert White aged 70 a real estate and insurance man was found dead in the barnyard of his farm east of Macon Missouri. He was born near Ottumwa Iowa. His widow and son Ira L White survive.
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Macon
Robert White
Here Tolley
Ottumwa
Ira L. White
Missouri Dentist Paths to Suicide After Slaying Elder Woman
Police traced Dr. Bevier to a garage where he killed himself after three days of seeking Dr Squire Pome Roy Bevier in the slaying of Mrs Josephine Elder a 1 year old patient. A mallet attack on Mrs Ricey, mother of a former Missouri supreme court judge, followed a quarrel per an 18 page note.
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Squire Pomeroy Bevier
St. Louis
Josephine Elder
Ricey
Missouri Supreme Court
Bevier
Bear raids and taxes worse in 12th century
Chicago December 28 AP bear raids and brokers defaults, price declines and income tax defined early security markets six centuries ago. Fred H. Clutton cites Genoa records via Arturo Gandolfi showing 13th century bonds called loca, salt bonds 1299, and the Banco di San Giorgio as precursors to modern exchanges.
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Chicago
Fred H. Clutton
Board of Trade
Arturo Gandolfi
Genoa
Italy
Gandolfi
Amsterdam
London
Europe
Clutton
Banco di San Giorgio
Gadolfi
Napoleon
Winnie Judd in good spirits after grand jury appearance
Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned for the slaying of Agnes Anne Leroi, testified before the Maricopa County grand jury and then began a 67 mile motor trip back to Florence state prison. A murder information related to Hedvig Samuelson remains pend ing, appearance arranged by subpoena, Judd noting she may reveal more later.
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Phoents
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Maricopa County
Grand Jury
Arizona State Prison
Florence
Judd
Early Diagnosis Key In Diphtheria Treatment
Dr Logan Clendening stresses that during winter diphtheria may present with subtle signs in a listless child. Early antitoxin administration dramatically lowers death risk, with daily gains in survival from day one to day four. He urges prompt diagnosis and explains antitoxin’s crucial impact since 1890 transformed diphtheria from fatal to comparatively safe.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
United States
Srandehile
Atigue
Government refunds total eighty million dollars for 1992
Washington reports that the treasury issued 80 533 564 in tax refunds for the 1992 fiscal year due to errors and court rulings. Major refunds included Osage Indians and large corporations such as United Fruit, Lehich and Wilkes Barre Coal, Botany Worsted Mills, and National Aniline. Notable individuals receiving refunds included Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh and former officials, with several estates also listed. The Jefferson City Bridge Company in Missouri appeared among entities receiving refunds.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
Mills
Congress
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
United Fruit Company
Boston
Lehich and Wilkes- Barre Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Botany Worsted Mills
Passaic
N. J
National Aniline & Chemical Corporation
New York City
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Columbia University
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Cleveland
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Nell Moley
Illinois
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Louis Coleman
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Congresa
Tainty
House of Representatives
V.H. Essen
Prince Romanoff
Earthovake
Mexico
Kiwanis Club
Squire Bavier
California
James Rolph
Eugene Bixcailuz
Los Angeles County
Winnie Judd
Fred
Dr Clendening
Topot
City of
Jefferson, Mo
Capital City Bridge Company
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