Tax overhaul plans target loopholes and broader reform
Treasury and congressional experts draft changes to seal tax loopholes aiming to raise billions annually. John W. Hanes invites leaders from business, industry, agriculture, labor, and law to help craft a program and set private hearings to build public opinion for a comprehensive bill aimed for January.
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Family income splitting and depletion deduction impact
The article explains how dividing income within a family partnership allows each member to pay tax on their share reducing surtaxes. Authorities estimate eliminating depletion deductions could add 75 million dollars yearly and ending family income splitting might raise 75 to 125 million dollars more.
Fish bears union label on 3 1 2 pound flounder
In Wildwood New Jersey on August 18 Harry Lloyd of Philadelphia caught a flounder weighing three and a half pounds. The fish had a label from the International Tobacco Workers union AFL affixed to its scales.
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International Tobacco Workers Union
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Rogersville Man Enlists in Army at Fort Benning
Herbert Leo Forsythe of Rogersville passed final tests at Fort Benning Georgia and enlisted in the regular army with the 20th Infantry. Recruitment officers note that eligible ex soldiers are being enlisted with prior rank, and those discharged after a year or more of service and under 36 may join. Reserve members receive eight dollars every four months during inactive service.
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John F. Forsythe
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Rogersville
Fort Benning
Dary
20Th Infantry
Roper Resigns as U S Minister to Canada
Former secretary of commerce Daniel C. Roper resigned as U S minister to Canada aboard the Tuscaloosa near Bay of Islands Newfoundland. President Roosevelt announced he had accepted the resignation in a press conference.
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Bethesda scene mirrors world's spiritual state
The sermon compares Bethesda to the world, contrasting physical illness with sin as spiritual sickness. It notes Jesus requires faith before healing and argues miracles reveal sin and recovery through faith, urging practical soul-saving effort over debate. It mentions a letter of regret to Roper regarding a temporary posting during a royal visit by King George and Queen Elizabeth.
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Jesus
Tion
Hyde Park
Roper
George
Elizabeth
England
Behold the Warning Belshazzar Lesson on Intemperance
The Sunday School lesson centers on Belshazzar’s drunken feast and the writing on the wall. It links Nebuchadnezzar’s fall to his son and warns that strong drink harms individuals and the community, citing Daniel, Proverbial counsel, and social costs of excess.
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Jerusalem
Darius
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Squirrels Rescued After Nest Falls in Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 18 a mother squirrel and three babies fell from a tree. The mother was badly injured and took one kit to an abandoned nest. Harold Allison saved the other two and later the third joined them in a box. The mother died.
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Harold Allison
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Town Creek WMS Meeting at Methodist Church
Town Creek Women’s Missionary Society held its weekly gathering at the Methodist church. After a devotional led by Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Ella Houston, members presented a program on World Outlook with topics on home and foreign missions and the Kingdom House in St Louis.
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Moore
D. A. Norton
Mexico
Willie Armstrong
Henry Houston
Margie Moore
Margie Houston
Cornelius
Lyndon Houston
Mobile
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