Debt Holiday Extended After Kreuger Death Moratorium Sought
Stockholm March 1 A moratorium on Kreuger and Toll debts was extended to Kreuger interests and heirs until March 31 following the suicide of Ivar Kreuger. The Kreuger firm requested time to survey engagements, while officials urged cautious use of the relief amid national and private interests. The local stock exchange closed until further notice with International Match stock tumbling after Kreuger’s death.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ivar Kreuger
Kreugers
Paris
Kreuger and Toll Company
Kreuger
Krister Littorin
Felix Hamlin
Uper
Maxe Reques
Kreuger Company
Kreuger and
Toll
Krouger and Toll Company
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Belgium set to fortify eastern frontier against invasion
Brussels reports Belgium plans a two line defense along the eastern border from the Dutch to the French frontiers. The first line features pillboxes with machine guns and artillery, while a second line of concrete works shelters infantry and supports heavy guns up to twenty miles away.
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Belgium
Brussels
Bel- Bisa
Defense line cost for border battle estimated
The text discusses a future battle in the border country and notes the defense liner cost at about five million five hundred eight thousand eight dollars. It implies a national invasion risk and outlines funding needs for border defense. The passage emphasizes urgency and the need for eventual help from pitied forces.
Law Makes New Taxpaying Class
ALEXANDER BR. GEORGE WASHINGTON reports on a bill creating a broad income tax and expanding the sales tax scope. The plan would lift hundreds of thousands into income taxation by March 15, 1853, with exemptions cut and new credits. It outlines how individuals with varying incomes and dependents would face taxes next year, illustrating with examples like John Jones and Henry Smith. Many citizens would contribute under the expanded levy, shaping a larger fiscal burden on goods and services nationwide.
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Alexander BR
George Washington
John Jones
Jones
Highet
Henry Smith
Snd
Frozen Apples Retain Vitamin C After Months Slow Loss
A report notes that frozen apples stored for four months show no appreciable loss of vitamin C. The finding suggests freezing preserves nutrient content, potentially informing storage practices for fruit products and nutrition guidance.
French claim pivotal Morocco capture beats Abd el Krim fall
An official report states the seizure of a key oasis center is the most important military operation toward pacifying Morocco since Abd el Krim, the famed Rifian leader, surrendered in 1920. The description emphasizes strategic significance and the ongoing campaign in the region.
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Umna
Oasis
Morocco
Abd el Krim
Masons Attend York Rite Festival Week in Stone Falls
William H. Fallon of Yankton grand master of the South Dakota council of Royal and Select Masters led a party to Stone Falls for the annual York rite festival week. Also traveling were John R. Foasberg junior grand warden H.M. Whitman secretary and Foasberg’s son Jack. Fallon, visiting Huron No. 5, met Mrs. Nelson Armstrong survivor of the Our American Cousin troupe. Fallon, an eight year old audience member at Lincoln assassination era Ford Theatre, has recently retired from the Weather Bureau after a 5 year stint and 20 years residence in Yankton.
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William H. Fallon
Yankton
South Dakota
Council of Royal
Stone Falls
Johse R. Foasberg
H.M. Whitman
Nelson Armstrong
Ford Theatre
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Fallon
Weather Buresy
Weather Bureau
Quits Studies To Enter Movie Game In Germany
Thiele, 21, left pre medical work in Leipzig to pursue film and stage after starring in Girls in Uniform. The film, a female cast set in a reform school, led to talks with Max Reinhardt. Her stage success came at Leipzig Schauspielhaus in productions like Nessness of Youth and Today and Yesterday.
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Leipzig
Germany
Thiele
Miss Thiele
Max Reinhardt
Schauspielhaus
Romanian Prefers Prison To Service In Pacifist Case
Alexe Arcideanu, a Romanian pacifist, has served multiple prison terms for refusing military service. Despite two two-year terms and no change in stance, he plans to refuse conscription again in 1934. In Australia, RAAF planes will survey the Longreach district to locate oil-bearing lands as part of peacetime utility programs.
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Geneva
Alexe Arcideanu
Archideanu
Canberra
Royal Australian Air Force
Longreach
Queensland
Tax bill increases personal exemptions and rates
The bill cuts exemptions for single and married individuals and raises tax rates. Individual rates rise from 1.5 to 2 percent for the first 4080, from 3 to 4 percent for the next 4000, and from 5 to 6 percent for the next 6000. Sur taxes apply to incomes over 10000, with examples: a 18,000 to 912,000 range incurs 1 percent surtax on the excess, 12,000 income yields 2 dollars, and 24,000 income yields 560 dollars.
Decrees Fail To Suppress Reds In Bulgaria
The Bulgarian government outlawed the communist party but the movement rebranded as the labor party to evade law. In the June 1931 elections labor deputies won 31 of 274 seats while communists claimed 160,000 votes of 1.32 million. By mid February municipal polls communists gained and left radicals formed red towns in Slivert and Troyan. Dozens of villages already run red administrations as protests trigger police clashes on many festival days. Economic crisis and proximity to Russia cited as boost.
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SOFLA
Slivert
Troyan
Red
Russia
Germans Turn From Champagne To Water Wagons In Germany
Berlin reports heavy tax increases on beer whiskey and sparkling wines push consumption down. Champagne drops from 16 3 million bottles in 1924 to about 6 million, per capita intake under a glass. Cheaper wines whiskey and beer also fall, cutting tax revenue. Justice P W Myers of Collingsworth has held office 40 years in Wellington Texas.
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Berlin
Germany
Wellington
Tex
P.W. Myers
Collingsworth
France To Honor American Heroes With $40,000 Gift
The Lafayette Escadrille Foundation, formed to maintain the Garches monument to American pilots who fought for France, is now on a legal basis with the French government. A $40,000 gift enables continued work on the crypt and its ten stained glass windows.
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France
Paris
Lafayette Escadrille Foundation
Garches
Tribes Defeated by Airplanes in Morocco Campaign
French forces and allied tribesmen advance through Southern Morocco as airplanes and fast autos corral dissident tribes. The oasis of Tafilalet, a longtime outlaw rallying point south of the Atlas, fell after night assaults by French columns and native partisans.
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Rabat
Morocco
Tafilalet
Great Atlas Range
Col
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