Congress to pass tax reform and curb tax dodges
Washington reports a new tax law may ease taxes for those under about eight thousand dollars income while tightening rules for unearned gains. It notes likely failure of the St Lawrence waterway treaty, possible changes to the securities act, and limited railroad legislation with emphasis on adjourning soon.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
House
St. Lawrence Waterway
Senate
Roosevelt
Canada
Tugwel
Copeland
White House
Rayburn
Interstate Commerce
Weather Report Across Regions Tonight Through Friday
Weather forecast notes cloudy skies with occasional rain in Alabama and extreme northwest Florida tonight and Friday. Warmer conditions expected in west and south portions tonight, with Tennessee outlook indicating snow and colder temperatures tonight and Friday.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
President Favored Bankhead Cotton Control Plan
Washington reports the administration backing a move from voluntary to compulsory cotton surplus reduction through the Bankhead measure. The push includes a prohibitive tax on surplus cotton, while other Capitol actions center on relief funds, private bills, and a modified food and drugs bill.
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Bankhead
Textile Chemists Meet in Atlanta
The winter meeting of the Southeastern section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and related industries will be held in Atlanta on Saturday night. Speakers include J T Forbes on the operation of the textile industry under the NRA and W B Sellers on testing of rayon, with Paul Seyder on the chemical composition of raw cotton. C B Ordway of Alabama Polytechnic Institute serves as chairman.
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Atlanta
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
JT. N. Forbes
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of Georgia
NRA
W. B. Sellers
Tubize Castillion Corporation
Rome
Paul Seyder
Atalanta
C. B. Ordway
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Houston County Exceeds Cotton Acreage Reduction Goal
Houston County reports 1,494 acres over its quota of 29,000 for the 1934 35 acreage reduction program. A total of 2,176 contracts signed and accepted with daily additions possible under the program.
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Houston County
Five Negroes to Die in Kilby Chair Tonight
Five condemned prisoners in Alabama will be executed at Kilby Prison near Montgomery after midnight tonight. The Mobile and Dallas County men were convict ed for the killings of four white men and a Negro woman, with sentences affirmed by the state supreme court and clemency denied by Gov. Miller and the Pardon Board. Warden Walls said no order was announced for the sequence of executions.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Dallas County
Kilby
Alabama Supreme Court
B. M. Miller
State Pardon Board
John Thompson
Hardie White
Bennie Foster
Solomon Roper
Ernest Waller
Thompson
Henry Broom
White
Luther Williams
Foster
Clarence McCain
Selma
Roper
Page Brazier
Waller
Daisy Montgomery
Orrville
Alabama
George P. Walls
Sterilization Proposal Targets Negro Children in Germany
Berlin february 8 the eugenics authority heyn Schroeder urges extending sterilization to children of Negro fathers French colonial soldiers in the Rhine and Ruhr areas during the war. He says their mothers remain in those districts and warns their future marriages would produce more mixed race offspring. Schroeder argues immediate sterilization of all colored and hybrid races is necessary to sidestep danger.
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Associated Press
Berlin
CAP
Hein Schroeder
Eugenics Authority
Germany
Reineland
Ruhr
Deutsche Zeitung
Schroeder
Mercury Drops Across Regions With Snow In The South
Subzero readings appeared in parts of Ohio and Northern Michigan faced 30 below. The Great Lakes and Atlantic states saw much colder air while the South faced rain or snow. Buffalo minus eight, Toledo minus four, New York City six above. other readings included Asheville 26, Boston zero, Chicago 12, Jacksonville 48, Miami 64, Pittsburgh 4, Tampa 52, Washington 22.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Michigan
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Buffalo
N. Y
Toledo
New York City
Asheville
Boston
Chicago
Jacksonville
Miami
Pittsburgh
Tampa
Washington
Gasoline tax revenue rises in four month period
Major A B Tucker of the gasoline tax division reports October to January collections up by more than 500000 compared with the same four months last year. The first four months of the current fiscal year show 2006268 in receipts versus 2265917 in the prior year.
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Montgomery, Feb
A. B. Tucker
State Tax Commission
Tucker
Committee votes to repeal two cent bank check tax
The House Ways and Means committee voted to repeal the two cent bank check stamp tax effective January 1, 135. The proposal was part of a new revenue bill with Treasury estimates of 235 million dollars in annual revenue from the tax in its current form. The tax would not expire until July 1, 135 and yielded about 38 million in 133. The panel also backed giving the President power to cut first class mail rates while allowing second class rates for newspapers magazines and advertising to revert to pre 1932 levels.
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Washington
CWA
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Roosevelt
Copeland
White House
Bankhead
Alabama
Nye
N. D
Labor Committee
Albert L. Deane
General Motors Holding Company
Ways and Means Committee
Parasites Taken From Rats Trapped In City Shipped To NIH
Eighty one thousand six hundred seventeen parasites removed from rats trapped in the city since last March were shipped to the National Institute of Health in Washington. Of these parasites 49530 were fleas 20418 mites and 11699 lice from 7736 rats averaging ten fleas four mites and two lice per rodent. The Brille’s Fever Survey in Dothan notes a 33 centimeter longest rat and a 25 inch total length with one albino rat among catches and six rabbits a weasel and a skunk among victims.
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National Institute of Health At
Washington
Dothan
Kiwanis Club Seeks More Airport Funds
At a Dothan Kiwanis luncheon, Dr. D C Halston urged a larger appropriation for the municipal airport as a Civil Works Administration project. Judge H K Martin supported the move. The Public Affairs committee will consider the proposal after the speech and attendees heard musical program.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
Civil Works Administration
H. K. Martin
Houston County
CWA
D. C. Halston
Air Corps
Public Affairs Committee
Theodore Jackson
C. E. Stapp
L. J. Lunsford
Albert Logue
B. W. Armstrong
Troy Childs
W. S. Wilson
Plea for Paving Dothan Enterprise Road Next Week
A request to pave the Dothan and Enterprise highway with state funds will be presented to Governor Miller and Highway Director Langdon G. Smith next week. A Houston County committee led by C. C. McEachin and E. O. Jones had planned to appear yesterday, but Smith was absent and the hearing was postponed.
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Alabama
B. M. Miller
Langdon G. Smith
Houston County Board of Revenue
C. C. McEachin
E. O. Jones
Buntin Qualifies for Democratic Committee
Dothan attorney T. E. Buntin qualified with Secretary of State Pete Jarman as a candidate for the State Democratic Executive Committee. Frank Gordon of Marion also qualified for election to the committee.
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T. E. Buntin
Dothan
Pete Jarman
Democratic Executive Committee
Frank Gordon
Marion
Commiitee
Bonds for Davis Climb to 2100 at Houston Theatre
Rufus Davis, manager of the Houston Theatre, faces bonds totaling 2100 after arrest for showing the film Ilikysia depicting nudists in a California colony. Police say each screening was a separate offense under City Code Section 192. His prior bonds totaled 600 before bail rose due to repeated violations.
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Rufus Davis
Houston Theatre
California
Davis
Government funds aid taxes in Houston county
Government funds used to restore business conditions and support an acreage reduction program have helped many Houston county residents pay their back taxes. Tax collector S. A. Mullins notes without the money many would not keep up payments. Advertising for delinquent 1933 taxes will start in 60 to 90 days.
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Houston County
S. A. Mullins
Young Elba Minister Dies After Poisoning Accident
Frank L. Rives a young Elba minister and school teacher died in a Troy hospital after a four week illness from the accidental swallowing of poison tablets. He had been suffering rheumatism and was confined to his room. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Fayetteville Tennessee, his home.
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Troy
Ala
Frank L. Rives
Elba
W. M. Brunson
Rives
Fayetteville, Tenn
U S Gold Stocks Reach New High Mark Today
Government gold stocks rose to 7 031 086 665 dollars in a new peak, up from 7 030 146 124 yesterday as the dollar profit on the gold supply increased to 2 806 253 005. The treasury reported no outlays from the two billion stabilization fund.
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Washington
Treasury
Doumergue Returns to Form Transcendent French Government
France quiets after two days of deadly rioting that toppled Edouard Daladier. Gaston Doumergue, former president and premier, vows an elder statesman cabinet to heal the nation as authorities count 12 dead and thousands injured. He aims a unity ministry while veterans threaten renewed clashes.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Edouard Daladier
Doumergue
Deslgnate
Premiera
Compromise Milk and Meat Inspector Starts Duties Today
Controversy between Dotham city council and health department ends with Dr. A R Gignendanner, a local veteriarian, beginning inspections today as a compromise appointment. He was approved by the sanitary committee and health officers, with council action to formalize at the next meeting.
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City Council
Health Department
Dotham
A. R. Gignendanner
Jocal
F. G. Granger
County Board of Health
Afr
Woman files suit over auto accident injuries
Elnora Broxton sues Walter White for 5009 damages claiming injuries when the automobile owned by White overturned three times on the Dothan and Ozark highway on December 31.
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Elnora Broxton
Walter White
White
Dothan and
Ozark
Knoxville Ad men owner James E. Cassaday dies
James E. Cassaday. owner of the Knoxville Poster Advertising Company and secretary of the Southern Advertising Association, died at his home after a brief illness.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James E. Cassaday
Knoxville Poster Advertising Company
The
Southern Advertising Association
Pythagoras Lodge Meets Tonight at Temple
The Pythagoras Lodge holds a meeting at the Temple this evening at seven o'clock. Routine business will be discussed before the lodge adjourns.
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Pythagoras Lodge
Temple
Vienna Guards Seal Socialist Centers as Austrian Drive Intensifies
Steel helmeted police and troops occupy Socialist centers in Vienna as the government moves to suppress Nazis and Socialists. The Arbeiter Zeitung building is guarded as cordons surround districts linked to the Lavalist movement amid fears of retaliation as Dollfuss shifts leadership to Emil Fey after leaving for Budapest.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press Forvign
Vienna
Arbeiter Zeitung
Associated Press
Austria
Englebert Dollfusk
Budapest
Emil Fey
Court to rule on Carmichael Acts advisory opinion
Alabama Supreme Court will issue an advisory opinion to Governor Miller on the constitutionality of the Carmichael Acts of 1933 enabling municipalities to use TVA power. The court will hear arguments February 15 and accept briefs from interested parties.
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Montgomery
TVA
B. M. Miller
Alabama Supreme Court
John C. Anderson
Public Works Administration
Washington
Joana
A. H. Carmichael
Flebdirth
PWA
Traylor Improves After Long Illness In Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor, the banker, showed marked improvement after a good night’s rest following a three week battle with pneumonia. Dr. Carl Johnson reported at 4 am a temperature of 100.6 degrees, pulse 112 and respiration 32.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Carl Johnson
Ransom Paid to Kidnappers for Release in Minnesota
Edward G. Bremer, seized Jan. 17 by a kidnap gang, was freed after a 23 day captivity. A ransom, delivered by Walter MaGee, was paid though the exact amount was not disclosed. Bremer, blindfolded during confinement, returned home exhausted but reportedly safe as investigators pursue the gang.
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Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul, Minn
Rochester
Minn
ST. Paul
Joseph Sprafka
Sprafka
Adolph Bremer
Here
MaGee
Walter MaGee
McGee
Commercial State Bank
Bremer
Douglas Street
Waltman Walters
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Street
New York
Lewiston
Howard McGann
Jennie Haight
P. m
Twin Cities
Owatonna
McGan
Thomas Cahill
Charles Tierney
Tom Brown
St. Louis
M. F. Kinkead
Ramsey County
Hanoi
Betty
Summit Girls School
Otto Bremer
American National Bank
Minnesota Home Owners Loan Corporation
Bremers
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North American Newspaper Alliance
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Southeastern Group
Supreme Court
By Tom Wilhelm
U. S
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Kiwanis Club
Enterprise Road
Buntin
Democratic Committee
Wayne County
Mich
Mildred Ainsworth
Acoo! Social Worker
Robert H. Haskell
Daladied
Lebrun
Traylor
Department of Justice
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