Tax crackdown urged as Senate eyes IRS boost
Senator Maybank calls for 3,000 Internal Revenue agents to strengthen tax collection and curb evasion. He plans legislation to empower the IRS as Truman contemplates reducing wartime excises and raising new taxes to close the federal deficit.
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Talmadge Speaks To Legal Fraternity
Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia addressed Sigma Delta Kappa in Birmingham on Saturday night outlining a four point program to strengthen liberty and freedom. He credited the legal profession with shaping American government and preserving wisdom and legal reasoning for the ages.
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Agriculture Dept Distributes First 100 Pounds of Onion Seed
The Department of Agriculture begins seed distribution to commercial nurseries, releasing the initial 100 pounds of a new onion variety to expand production.
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Department of Agriculture
Marriage of Convenience and Working Mothers
Advice column excerpts discuss marriage for practical reasons versus romance, noting that love alone rarely sustains marriage and practical compatibility matters. It also weighs a mother’s dual roles, arguing decisive concentration on either career or children yields better outcomes, and reflects on the limits of experience as a teacher.
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Johnny
Belize devalues dollar as pound falls past parity
The British Honduras dollar was devalued about 42 percent and now exchanges at four bars per pound. Previously set at par with the American dollar, it read $2.80 local currency per pound before the devaluation on September 18.
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Belize
British Honduras
Mafia Raid Seizes Gambling Material in Birmingham Club
State investigators said 11 people were arrested last night in a raid at the Italian Social Club in Ensley. Officers Ed Milter and Ed Pepper reported confiscating gambling material. all arrestees were released on bond.
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Ala
Ensley
Ed Milter
Ed Pepper
Office Cut By Jarrine
A reflective poem about the new year and hopeful change in a world scarred by war and sorrow. The piece imagines a reign of peace and improved lives as a future possibility.
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Jarrine
Schoolroom Snippets and Farm Funnies on an April Morning
A collage of classroom quips and rural humor. A student corrects a spelling error while a teacher laments egg and wool myths and a parent recalls Columbus belief. The piece portrays everyday school life with light wit and domestic farm observations.
What Do You Do In Life A Lunchroom Conversation
A teenage girl asks an elderly scientist at a resort hotel about his work. He says he studies astronomy and she reveals she finished astronomy last year. The scene merges light dialogue with a moral aside on drug curtailment and a pun about spelling. A Kentucky colonel closes his eyes when he drinks.
Baking Takes a Powder and a Bitter Golf Match
A playful note contrasts baking aroma with a sharp line about liquor and a heated golf match between two Scots under a broiling sun. The passage weaves humorous dialect with brief, vivid images and ends with a quip about Dorothy Dalton.
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Dorothy Dalton
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