Morgenthau Seeks Broad Tax Reform Plan
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged drastic revision of the income tax to Congress, with a budget-ready rate structure. He proposed lower tax on earned income under 25,000, joint returns, and a single nominal rate, plus removal of many deductions and tighter capital loss rules, while keeping foreign tax credits and consolidated returns.
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Washington
Dee
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Consolidated Corporation
Congreess
Tragic Chicago Case: Man Found Burned in Vacant Lot
Police say suspect Fred Markham confessed to killing John A. Jobb, 53, a building caretaker, after eight year old Jackie Threlkeld identified the charred body. The attack followed a “terrible fight” in the building where Markham and Jobb worked, with the body hidden in a storeroom before being moved to the lot and burned.
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Chicava
John A. Jobb
Fred Markham
Jackie Threlkeld
Mittie Threlkeld
Job
Clerks relief bill passes in legislature in Charleston
In Charleston the house passed a bill to relieve Wayne county circuit court clerk Plymale from paying a court fee tied up in a closed bank. Summers county won final approval for a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial building and the county may acquire land near the Hinton courthouse for construction. Park levy approved as final.
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Charleston
Plymale
Wayne County
Wayne
Soliders and Sailors
Summers County
Court House
Hinton
Lindys Reach San Pedro on Flight Home
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh landed in San Pedro Dominican Republic at 10 40 a m after a flight from San Juan Pan American Airways cited the good airport facilities and said they would stay a day before resuming toward Miami and New York They left Puerto Rico earlier in the day and officials noted possible continued journey toward Miami
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San Pedro
Dominican Republic
Charles A. Lindvergh
B.S. T
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pan-American Airways
Bemintean Republic
Santo Domingo
Pan-American
Miami
New York
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Beacom faces Ewing over intimidation charge in WV
Charleston dispatch reports Delegate Beacom of Cabell accuses state superintendent Ewing of intimidation tied to moves to liberalize prohibition. Beacom says Ewing’s threat to campaign against lawmakers supporting liberalization amounts to intimidation. Beacom defends his vote on liquor import limits as personal, not influenced by outside pressure.
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Charleston
Beacom
Cabell
House of Delegates
Ceer
B. FB. Ewing
Ague
Ewing
Anti Saloon League
Holiday Post Office Service And Mail Delivery Announced
Regulations regarding holiday mail delivery were issued by Acting Postmaster James Murphy. He urged early mailing to reduce delays and noted two daily city mail deliveries tomorrow. Stamps parcels hours 7 30 a m to 6 p m. money orders registry postal savings 8 a m to 4 p m. No deliveries on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day except specials.
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James &. Murphy
Murphy
Weirton Steel Employees Vote Quietly for Representatives
Weirton, Dec. 19. Taking advantage of a temporary truce between the steel company and the national labor board, Weirton Steel Company employees voted quietly today for their collective bargaining representatives. Polls remain open until 9 p.m. with all workers given a chance to vote. officials reported the pace as normal and did not yet have final figures.
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National Labor Board
Weirton
Steel Company
Weirton Steel Company
Saturday Specials at Kleen Krust Bakery
Publishes store deal list with Coccanut and Chocolate Layer Cakes now at 50c value previously. Raisin Bread and Peach and Mince Meat Pies two for 25c. Pecan Rolls, Dark Fruit Cake 25c, 500 lb Pisin Poond Cake, Light Fruit Cake 30c per lb. Cuanamon Rolls two dozen 25c. Sliced and Tasty Jumbo bread advertised.
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Kleen Krust Bakery
Insull Granted Extension to Remain in Greece
Samuel Insull received permission from the Greek government to extend his stay until January 31 after his police residence permit was not renewed. His passport will be stamped to allow travel to any country he selects, but he must travel on temporary papers due to lacking a passport.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Insull
Pesport Tnsull
Eight Die In Train Wreck At Ukrainian Bandit Attack
Japanese dispatch reports eight passengers killed when bandits wrecked and pillaged an eastbound Chinese Eastern Railway train near Tsilsi har. Eight were injured and a number kidnapped according to the Bengo agency from Harbin.
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Tokyo
Harbin
Chinese Eastern Railway
Tsilsihar
Solons Chopping Expenses Move to Cut Local Overhead
Charleston dispatch reports the West Virginia House of Delegates shifting focus from revenue to cost cutting. It approved a net income tax bill and a senate proposal to have the county sheriff collect all municipal taxes. The chamber also made farm agents optional for counties, replacing mandatory support, while retreating on federal relief fund limits.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Senator Garvin's Daughter Born prompts adjournment wish
Clarksburg reports Senator Ray Garvin asked the state senate to adjourn for days saying he wanted to go home. Earlier he and Mrs. Garvin had announced the birth of their first daughter at a local hospital.
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Clarksburg
Ray Garvin
State Senate
Fugitive England Held After Escape in Southland Burglary
Steven B. England alias Elmer J. Jackson, jailed for an eight year West Virginia sentence, was recaptured in Shreveport Louisiana for burglary and larceny. West Virginia authorities refuse extradition as Sheriff Bennett seeks return to serve the term. Local authorities report England escaped from the county jail November 17 while awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary.
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Steven B. England
State Penitentiary
Herbert W. Dent
Harry Remlinger
Charles Carr
Long and
Luzadder Streets
Shreveport
Lousiana
Manus
Sherutwee
Lagland
Louisiana
Qumer R. Jackson
Bureau of Information
Washington
England
Snerit Bennett
Ol Tierkis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Bennew
Shreve Port
Elmer J. Jackson
Taylor County
Sheriff Bennett
Dent
Columbia coach found shot to death in snow
Chatham Mass December 15 The body of Richard J Glendon 37 Columbia crew coach was found Thursday on Castle Cave Road near the reach. A medical examiner deemed the gunshot wound accidental though a father and brother aided the search after a letter was found in his room. The case remained under investigation with continued coverage on page five.
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Glendon
Columbia
Chatham
Mass
Richard J
Rich) Glendon
Castle Cave Road
Dick” Glendon
Navy
Hubert
Eeel Pond
Everett Elderidge
C. H. Keene
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Wynchoop
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Earle Wynekoop
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Lindys
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Whays
Rockefeller III
Florida
Grippe
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Steel
U.S. Treasury
White House
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
George Harrison
Eernor
New York Federal Reserve Bank
San Francisco Chronicle
Southland
W. Va
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