Tax Increases Fuel Cost Four Times As Much As Code Prices
The FCC informs the Senate that state and federal taxes have raised gasoline costs over four times the NRA price advances. Data show a 1.04¢ per gallon net rise from July 1, 1933 to Jan 31, 1934, while taxes surged from zero to over 60¢ per gallon by 1984, with taxes up about 184% since 1926 to 1933.
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Federal Trade Report
Washington, D. C
NRA
Federal Trade Commission
United States Senate
Senate
Commission
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Montana farmers receive 4.46 million in wheat payments
Bozeman Montana farmers have received 4,464,704 in benefit payments under the wheat adjustment program. The total covers first payments of 20 cents per bushel for 40,763 contracts on 4,285,960 acres and second payments totaling 1,994,846 to be issued after proof of compliance, with county breakdowns listed.
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Bozeman
Montana
E. A. Starch
State College Agricultural Economics Department
Cascade
Custer
Ocean depths and naval notes span vast records
The article cites ocean depths from Mindanao Deep at 34410 feet and Atlantic near Porto Rico at 27872 feet. It reports the Dewey drydock towed 13180 miles in 150 days 9 hours to the Philippines and notes its dimensions. Varying naval details include dishonorable discharges affecting pensions and civil service, typhoid vaccination every four years for sailors, and the Constitution still in commission after 135 years with historic ties to the Pennsylvania during wartime.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Japan
Atlantic Ocean
Porto Rico
Chesapeake Bay
Philippine Islands
Olongapo
P. I
Hello Folks Telephone Rates Alight Evening Call
A nostalgic note invites residents to call friends and relatives across cities, framing telephone conversations as a homey experience. It promotes low night rates starting at 8:30 p.m and suggests contacting the long distance operator for rate details to any location.
Notable WWII Navy and Red Sox links dominate Montana notices
A collage of archival notes cites Navy, World War I Smiths counts, Bancroft’s Manila Bay service, and Red Sox players in naval uniforms. It also reports Montana wildlife losses and FERA driven rodent control, plus Heber Mecham estate probate notices in Beaverhead County with administrator Clyde Mecham seeking creditor claims.
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Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
United States Army
Estate Administrator Notice from Dillon Montana
Administrator of the Estate of dated at Dillon Montana on May 17, 1934. First publication in Dillon Examiner May 23, 1934. 45-4
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Heber Mecham
Dillon
Montana
Dillon Examiner
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Claus Miter Aptis
The
Examiner
Igi
Static Bank & Trust Company
Deere
Federal Deposit Insurance’ Corporation
Peche Rachel
Blackleg
Parke, Davis & Co
Fergus
Gallatin
Missoula
Park
Yellowstone
Veterans’ Bureau
United States
Boston Navy Yard
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Ing Precinct
Boston Red Sox
George Bancroft
Dewey
Manila Bay
United States Navy
R. E B. Bateman
Predatory Animal and Rodent Control Bureau
Billings
FERA
State of
County of
Beaverhead
Gilbert, Gilbert & McFadden
Idaho Street
Clyde Mecham
Geo. L. Routledge, M. D
W. K. Hall
Tribune Book
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