Behind The Scenes In Washington
Rodney Dutcher reports on the power lobby’s push to defeat Roosevelt’s public utilities bill. Thousands of workers from Associated Gas and Electric and others flooded Congress with calls while lawyers and financiers advised. the bill aimed to break holding company control and emancipate local power firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
American Federation of Labor
Power Trust
Power Company
Washington
Associated Gan and Electric
Commonwealth Edison
Chase National Bank
Public Service of New Jersey
Signotes Wor
Medria Oeai
Roosevelt
New Revenue Act Proposals Raise Several Taxes
The report outlines tax changes including a new income tax schedule with rates from 1.5 to 5 percent on higher incomes, unchanged property and cigarette taxes, and a sharp rise in chain store licenses. Gasoline tax stays at six cents but gov counties and schools pay on all gasoline use. Automobile tag scales shift weight classes and renewals. Chain stores see license boosts. many gambling style games taxed up toward prohibitive levels. Governor Hobbs and family return from a visit to Mrs Balch in Dora, Alabama.
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Sat Sree
Homestead
House
Alabama
Mobile
Birmingham
Old-Fashioned Chicken Pie From Sister Marys Kitchen
A home recipe feature outlines making an old fashioned chicken pie using a whole chicken, vegetables, and a cream sauce, with detailed steps for parboiling, mushroom prep, and a crafted pastry crust. The article also hints at seasonal menus and a casual supper plan with meat pies and seafood as summer options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Dague Nera
Ncb
Diane Ee
Unclear OCR fragment on PWA actions and Beasley death
Fragment describes Roosevelt directives on PWA applications and a death investigation of Robert Beasley near Fox Creek with twelve men involved. Missing readable names and places limit clarity of events and outcomes.
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Robert Beasley
Fox Creeks
Police fight crime drive backed by Valentine and Taylor
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine pled for full funding for ant-crime measures as Comptroller Frank J. Taylor vowed to support necessary appropriations. The report highlights rackets tied to underworld networks including prostitution and bailbond operations, noting widespread corruption and organized vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis J. Valentine
Dewey
Frank J. Taylor
Tammany
Alabama conference panel approves tax plan changes
The 1936 conference committee report increases the gross receipts tax on telephone companies, lowers car license tag fees, and keeps existing taxes on gas, cigars, and state ad valorem taxes. It calls for a 50 percent rise for chain stores and sets tax assessor limits at 5 000 to 6 000, with no exemptions for gasoline taxes. The six conferees met in Montgomery in a full-day session led by Senator Pietcher. no major charges suggested by Graves were adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Conference Committee
Bupereebio
Tan” Miei
House
Senate
Pietcher
Madison
Fietabes
Ugg
Gonema of tizaad over 04 cotiat e le
The message presents fragmented readable text about a person named Gonema associated with tizaad and a date or amount 04 cotiat e le. The legible items include a person’s name and possible place or event references. Further specifics are unclear due to missing context.
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Gonema
Tizaad
Cotiate le
New Relations Find Help In Advertisements
The note urges installing a telephone and stocking a medicine chest with simple supplies. It says insurance and a generous check accompany each new purchase, and that careful choices create new relations. Read the newspaper ads to learn what to buy where to buy and how much to spend.
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NEA
Small
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RFC
Tom Corcoran
Ben Cohen
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Felix Frankfurter
Justice Brandeis
New Deal
Wall Street
Rayburn
Democrats Huddleston
Pettengill
Tadiana
New York
Porhiapa
Capitol Hill
NBA Service, Inc
Lowmaer
Sane
Ome
Her
Bonner
WaTthameone
Ole Mu. J
Hotbe
Carlisle
Jeff
Sister Mary's
Culloch Cave
Semisionratien
PWA
Pibita Works ‘Administration
Progress Administration
Misses Clintette
Norma Hancock
Lillian
Philadelphia
Michael
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