Giant tax bill reshapes income taxes and exemptions
The Ways and Means Committee balks at reforming the president's plan as Senate leaders doubt changes to the excess profits tax. The bill would broaden the tax base, reduce personal exemptions, and impose new surtaxes up to 75 percent on very high incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
George ‘D.ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
George
House
Roosevelt
Altos
Asi Lugkagé
Thétics
Louakness
Mrs Crouser Named President of Church Group
Mrs A A Crouser was elected president of the Ladies Aid society of the United Brethren church after a covered dish dinner at the church marking the close of the year. Mrs A B Cutright treasurer and Mrs O A Jenkins secretary. Attendees included retiring president Mrs Bernard Hoffman and many others.
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A. A. Crouser
Ladies Aid Society
The
United Brethren Church
A. B. Cutright
O. A. Jenkins
King’s Daughters
Bernard Hoffman
Flora Stillwell
Charles Warder
Ruth Crouser
B.S. Duckworth
Robert C. Sloan
Hoffman
Sloan
Crouser
Duckworth
Stillwell
Warder
Cut~right
Jenkins
C. O. Moore
C. F. Kirkpatrick
A. Jenkins
Lloyd Bragg
O. J. Losh
Alexander Losh
Arthur Jenkins
Belle Hefner
Guy Bennett
Nell Shumaker
Curley Eisner
B.S. Isner
Joe Warder
Shirley Ann
Towel Tea Honoring Bride Elect Miss Bessie Crystal
A towel tea in Fairmont honored bride-elect Miss Elizabeth Hall of Fairmont and hosted by Miss Bessie K. Crystal. About forty friends attended and presented towels as the couple prepares for a wedding set for August 16 with multiple pre nuptial parties planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie K. Crystal
Fairmont
Elizabeth Hall
John Nuzum
Grafton
Wilmington
Del
Miss Hall
Mr. Nuzum
Surprise Birthday Party for Pauline Moats
Mr and Mrs William Moats hosted a Thursday afternoon July 31 surprise party for their daughter Pauline Moats turning twelve. Guests enjoyed games gifts and a pink and white cake with twelve candies while Laura Mae Steadman Norma Lee Fauley Mary Ellen Peters Clara Jean Kines Betty Deets Louise Beavers Eloise Gillispie Betty Gillispie and Barbara Lee Hardman from Pittsburgh attended.
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William Moats
West Boyd Street
Pauline Moats
Laura Mae Steadman
Norma Lee Fauley
Mary Ellen Peters
Clara Jean Kines
Betty Deets
Louise Beavers
Eloise Gillispie
Betty Gillispie
Barbara Lee Hardman
Pittsburgh
August 5 Various church and civic meetings listed downtown
The notice catalogs multiple August evening gatherings across churches and organizations. Entries include Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meetings at Park View and First Christian, Junior Forest Woodmen Circle, WSC S at West Main Street Methodist, VFW Auxiliary, Jr O U A M, White Rose Grove Woodmen Circle, plus other society reunions and picnics with dates and locations such as Pruntytown road, Norwood Park Clarksburg, and Brown church grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Foreign Missionary S Society of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Clarksburg
Missionary Society of Central Christian Church
Society of the Supreme Forest Woodmen sCircle
P. Hall
West Main Street Methodist Church
VFW
Webn Hall
White Rose Grove
Woodmen Circle
White Faun Council No
Red Mens Hall
Indian Sister Exchange
Grifton
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
St. Paul's Church
Morgan Morgan
Norwood Park
Brown Church
Grafton-Fairmont Road
St. John’s Methodist Church
Russell DeMoss
Long Street
Business Girls Club
Peggy Warder
Mary Jo Rauscher
Withers-Riley
Hepzibah Church
Ruth M. Withers
Latin State Traced to German Bulletins in Colombia
A source said there were no active army members among those seized. Castro Martinez reported no army ties. An informed source claimed the German legation printed a special Spanish edition of German army bulletins for distribution to Colombian armed forces for months.
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Castro Martinez
Legation
Small Motifs for Linens Pattern 7071 Transfer
A vintage pattern note offers 42 motifs for linen embellishment. Each motif ranges from 1% by 8 inches to 1% by 1% inches with stitch illustrations and materials listed. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Briefly Told Families in Dover and Atlantic City Visit
Dover residents recount a long awaited reunion after twenty seven years as the Losh family visited Atlantic City and Maple Avenue visitors returned from Indiana. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Starling Miller visited Lawrence Swisher in McGraw Avenue while Betty Lou Philips underwent a hospital procedure at City Hospital. Charles Marlatt, 69, a justice of the peace and former Baltimore and Ohio railroad worker, died in Harpers Perry on August 5.
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Dover
N. J
Losh
Atlantic City
India
J. J. Rose
Maple Avenue
Indiana
Washington
Evansville
Starling Miller
Millwood
Martinsburg
Lawrence R. Swisher
McGraw Avenue
Harpers
Perry
Aus
Charles
Marlatt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia construction injury figures urge savings
Labor Commissioner Charles J. P. Kretler urged department inspectors to cut industrial injuries in West Virginia by up to 50 percent within a year. He cited potential insurance and cost savings from reduced accidents totaling 76,920 at 10 percent and rising with larger reductions, while stressing the human suffering and life impact of injuries in the construction industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Charles J. P. Kre Tler
Sattler
Reports Demand Safer Practices Across Industry
A Labor Department official urged nationwide reports and safety measures both in and out of season. He called for cutting accident figures by ten to fifty percent and outlined plans to compile mishaps and study causes to guide the new compensation law reporting to the labor commissioner.
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Settler's Department
De Gaullist Agent Hunted in Caen France
German police aided a French search for a noted De Gaullist agent in Caen. Reports say the man placed a Bastille Day wreath and then opened fire, escaping. Paris Soir named him as English born Jean Hopper of Kings Lynn Norfolk using fake papers. The chief of police reportedly died fatally in the pursuit.
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Sicuy
France
de Gaullist
Caen
Normandys
Paris
Paris Soir
Jean Hopper
Kings Lymm
Norfolk
Striking Miners Return to Work Under Tentative Accord
Williamson August 5 A group of New Century employees resumed work today under a tentative agreement granting vacation pay to older workers. An arbitration board including United Mine Workers and operator representatives will decide if younger employees receive the benefit. The receivership driven management argued many miners did not meet work time requirements. About 150 employees were affected by the shutdown. The precise number receiving the vacation bonus was not disclosed.
Miners Plan Strike Organizing Charter Granted
C. J. Myers, a union organizer, announced that the CIO group which called the strike had been granted a charter by the United Construction Workers. Mike Packrall of Friendsville, Maryland, named president as miners pledged to help Myers and back the action.
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C. J. Myers
CIO
United Construction Workers
Mike Packrall
Friendsville, Md
Myers
Steed Speaks as State Police Stir Miner Support
A fragmented quote suggests a miners’ group backing Steed if more tim-ber operators sign up. Myers notes state police arrival energized miners, with 100 percent mobilization and plans to fight for their cause.
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On Steed
Tigy
Myers
Pension Board to finish report on new pension rules
The Pension Board led by State Treasurer R E Talbott, Secretary David Kirby, and Dr. Richard B Hyde will meet tomorrow to finalize the plan. Payments for former pensioners rise under the new system which bases the pension on service years and average salary. All payments authorized at Friday's meeting will begin July 1.
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R. E. Talbott
David Kirby
State Board of Education
Richard B. Hyde
Met
Trent
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Paea
Ame
Sbi
Ure
Todis
Office For Conscientious
Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Hec
Jean Batson
Pruntytown Road
Alice
Brooks
Uncle Sam
Trai
Marketing Committee For National Defense
Betty Lou Philips
Ledford Kirby
Tabor
Jan Ea
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