Doughton Hints At Repeal Of Bank Check Tax
Representative Doughton chairs the House ways and means committee and proposes repealing the bank check tax. Treasury officials warn the move could be a grave error as fiscal policy faces rising relief and loan outlays. President and budget director Lewis W. Douglas warn that without halting spending taxes may need to rise. The administration struggles to balance two sets of books with relief and loan expenditures swelling to hundreds of billions, while normal expenses show balance due to higher activity.
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Doughton
House
Treasury
Why reopen Helena assay office provokes local debate
The Independent questions government plans to reestablish the Helena assay office citing political boosters and potential federal jobs. It argues private shops offer faster, cheaper service, with quick cash payments to miners and high premiums, while government delays past 60 to 90 days. The piece warns reopening would hurt private business and cites banks willing to finance early gold purchases. It ends with a quip on education at Columbia University and women.
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Independent
Helena
Denver
New York Gets Brains as La Guardia Plans Reform
Mayor-elect Fiorello La Guardia signals a sweeping shift by naming Prof. A A Berle to a key city post and placing the public welfare department under a trained social worker. He also includes a reader from the Seabury investigation on his legal staff, signaling a brains trust in municipal politics.
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Fiorello la Guardia
New York
A. A. Berle
Washington
Seabury
Nuisance taxes debate rises as liquor revenue returns
Congress considers repealing nuisance taxes totaling about 20 million dollars yearly as administration officials favor shedding taxes hard to collect and yielding little revenue. Treasury backs cuts, arguing they do not shrink federal spending. emergency relief seeks more funds while prohibition repeal opens new revenue paths though some estimates, like the tax on bear, remain unclear.
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Congress
Treasury
Scots seek whiskey supply ahead of Burns birthday
The Stats Liquor Control Board says it is impossible for the board to buy any Scotch whiskey. Scots must rely on their former liquor merchants to furnish supply for Robert Burns Day on January 25, 1934.
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Stats Liquor Control Board
Robert Burns
The Sheep and the Goats on Amnesty for Liquor Prisoners
The article weighs amnesty for about 3,765 federal liquor law prisoners, noting two classes: those with clean records aside from liquor violations and others with criminal histories. It warns against releasing violent offenders and mentions Samuel Insull needing legal help to avoid trial due to age and infirmity.
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Samuel Insull
United States
Processing Tax Prompts Northern Costs for Southern Cotton Aid
A Washington dispatch explains a plan to tax paper towels processing to fund southern cotton farmers. The policy forces northern payers to subsidize southern growers under the guise of improving public offices and stores. The tax would raise money after bureaucrats are paid and shift funds to boost cotton prices, a move tied to speculation and public works in Helena. A Hollywood couple renewed vows on their first wedding anniversary.
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Washington Dispatch
Best Editorial of the Day from The Toronto Telegram
An editorial discusses U S monetary policy under Roosevelt, noting the recent sale of 450.9 million in one year certificates and the anticipated cautious use of gold purchases. It predicts limited immediate changes, with potential for later, larger operations as fiscal spending peaks in February and March.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
U. S
Roosevelt
Ato
Humnem
Congress
Cheerfulness Defines Humble Virtue Across Life
The passage celebrates cheerfulness as a great humble virtue not tied to college education. It describes it as a song of a soul choosing to believe the best, costing nothing yet enriching, a first fruit of wisdom and faith, and a sure guide to a happy old age. It notes cheerfulness does not depend on money.
Efficiency the new villain in the unemployment tale
Washington dispatch notes how efficiency engineers and the machine age are blamed for displacing workers. It traces the rise of standardization and material flow, the birth of efficiency experts, and how productivity gains claimed by machinery affect jobs and wages.
Quotes and misquotes from era figures provoke debate
A jumble of misheard remarks and misspellings from notable individuals surfaces, including U S Senator Simeon Fean of Ohio and Henry Ford. The garbled text mixes Johnny Ford style self-assertions with fragmented lines about happiness, publishing, and civic shame, reflecting a chaotic newspaper snippet from an era.
Behind the Machine and Its Backstage Allies
The text argues that mass production boosts output mainly through non mechanical factors and better worker fitting. It credits Mr Roylance for exposing the so called secondary villain the Non Mechanical Factor and notes that between 1915 and 1928 mechanical aids added 48 percent while non mechanical factors added 41 percent to factory output.
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I Manyensen
Cousna
In & World Ao
Costa
Roylance
Rovlance
Salmon on pavement shocks Tacoma driver on highway
Tacoma dated December 21 reports E A W Brackett Montesano newspaper man caught a five pound salmon on the pavement between Montesano and Bima while driving along the Olympic highway. He saw the fish trying to swim across the flooded pavement and trapped it with his hands.
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Tacoma
E. A. W. Brackett
Montesano
Montexano
Bima
Brackett
Olympic Highway
Mac
Answers to Questions From the Helena Independent Bureau
A reader IQ quiz column compiled by The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers answers on varied topics. It covers Adams retirement from the Pan-American Union, tax evasion penalties for exempt produce, Irish Christmas greetings, car prices in Europe versus America, and questions about Poles, Pastorius, languages in Guatemala, and Columbus telescope myths.
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Free Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Frederic J. Haskin
Helena
Wow Jong Hoy Feankile Adan
Pan-American Union
W. A
Ireland
Crechoxinvakian
Temple
Jerusalem
Moe
John An Howes
France
Daily Health Message Emphasizes Safety in Youth Sports
An old health notice warns parents to ensure safe sports participation for children 10 to 14, citing accidents as a leading cause of death. It reviews sport risk levels, stresses proper equipment and supervision, and recommends pre participation physical exams to reduce harm and injuries.
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Ya Chidran
Phyateat
Prince George's Crashes on Rock Off British Columbia Coast
A Canadian National ship, the Prince George, struck Warlao Rock in a gale off the British Columbia coast. The vessel ripped its bottom. 17 of about 60 passengers and crew were rescued ashore. SOS sent, three vessels assisted, ship abandoned, then refloated and towed away.
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Vancouver
W. C
Prince George
British Columbia
Ashorn
N. Melean
Warlao Rock
Anyor
D. C
Anton Pervich
Wnder
Thomas Loudon
Auporire Tendant
Canadian National
Pankenag
Farley and Walker Roasted by Seabury
New York dispatch said Samuel Seabury called the recent Paris tea party involving Portmaster General James A. Farley and former Mayor James J. Walker a graphic embarrassment. He criticized Walker for praising Farley in a public speech and mocked the idea of redeeming the situation with radio moves.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Paris
James A. Farley
James J. Walker
Seabury
Walker
Roneral
United Strates
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