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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
3
Representative Vinson of Kentucky hails a fair, comprehensive federal tax revision for business. The plan overhauls undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, aims to relieve 99.5 percent of 200,000 corporations, while closing gaps exploited by a few firms.
In a quiet September spell Jerry recounts Mimi's growing housekeeping, Timothy Hayes as helper, and dancing lessons for the family. A sudden mood of content gives way to a foreshadowed crisis as plans for a mountain trip collide with looming financial concerns and a reminder from the narrator's father about valuing a partner's deeper worth. Meanwhile a Treasury report from Washington notes 1917 tax returns unsettled and large additional assessments.
In Hollywood on January 7, the cook Raymonde Duval pleaded guilty to being intoxicated after an uproar at Fay Wray's home, wife of writer John M. Saunders. Judge J H Pope ordered an investigation and set January 14 for sentencing.
Discussion in congressional circles centered on re-enacting processing taxes on farm products to fund crop control as power shifts on the Supreme Court loom.
Classified note advertises positions for two female workers, a waitress and a cashier, inviting applicants to apply at the Savoy Cafe. The terse entry provides no further details on hours or pay.
Genevieve Owens 17 and Mrs Ethel Strouse Sohl 20 confessed to killing a Newark bus driver during a robbery. Police say they studied crime and sought gangsters as molls. Sohl admitted the driver’s death. Owens waited in a car. Both are reform school graduates facing possible death penalties.
Dixie Graves of Alabama joined the Senate debate on the federal anti-lynching bill arguing states already prosecute lynching suspects vigorously. Senator Wagner had claimed states fail in such prosecutions. Amid the discussion Senator Lodge tumbled from the presiding chair, prompting a light exchange with Senator Reynolds who apologized.
Rome reports immediate construction of two more 35,000 ton battleships, 12 destroyers and many submarines. Mussolini names the new ships Roma and Impero to be built in Trieste and Genoa, boosting Italy’s fleet to four battleships and 56 destroyers to outpace France in the Mediterranean.
Phillip Shanks spoke to Riverside High School Key Club about Kiwanis sponsor aims. He highlighted vocational guidance efforts and the plan to form a high school band. Officers planned further discussion with Shanks, plus Riverside faculty member Thomas Kimbrough attended as a guest.
Burial at Hartsville Cemetery followed services at Central Methodist Church with Brown directing. The record notes interment proceeds under Brown family guidance.
President Roosevelt named George A. Cook of Illinois to member of the National Mediation Board. Cook will succeed the incumbent, marking a personnel change at the federal agency handling labor disputes.
The obituary notes the death of James W. Carmalt, identifies him as a cook and current board secretary, and highlights his long service and community roles.
In Hamburg on January 7 a special Hanseatic court found Arnold Bernstein head of the Red Star and Arnold Bernstein shipping lines guilty of violating strict foreign exchange laws. He was fined 1,000,000 marks and sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Mrs Mary Kirk marked her 100th birthday in Philadelphia with a quick quip about sewing saying she could but does not want to. The elder resident reflected on a long life and nimble fingers in a brief birthday moment reported today.
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