Millionaire incomes top 1928. U.S. Steel leads refunds
The 1928 tax year saw 511 Americans report million dollar incomes, 74 of them women, with total national income at 25.23 billion dollars. Treasury refunds reached 126.84 million, led by United States Steel at 15.21 million. Notable names included John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford among other public figures receiving refunds.
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Washington
Internal Revenue, Bureau
Treasury
Congress
New York
United States Steel Corporation
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Paso Robles
Senator Gould
Maine
M. J
O. P. van Sweringen
William Harrison
Jack) Dempsey
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Mayor Thompson
Chicago
William H. Vanderbilt
Bethlehem Steel and Sheet and Tube merger blocked by judge ruling
Judge David G. Jenkins halted the Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger, ruling directors failed to fully inform stockholders and that accounting reports may have misled them. The decision puts the proposed billion dollar deal in doubt, with no definite verdict on exchange ratio or price. Cyrus Eaton, the Cleveland financier who led the opposition, declined to comment.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngs
Spearianeaia
Common Pleas
David G. Jenkins
Combci
Jenkins
Cyrus 8
Eaton
Cleveland
Sheet and Tube Board of Directors
Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem
New York
Cyrus
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Jewelry Thefts Reported Across New York City
Police investigated a series of jewel thefts totaling about 200000 dollars. Mrs. Edgar F. Luckenbach reported gems valued 170000 to 200000 stolen from a Palm Beach trip. Marie De Carie claimed 16500 in jewels lost on a nightlife tour. Texas Guinan reported a 3500 mesh bag missing at the Ethel Barrymore theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Palm Beach
Fla
Marie de Carie
Park Avenue Society
Texas
Guinan
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Luckenbach
Pennsylvania Terminal
Acetylene Gas Tank Explodes at Virginia Gas Products
A acetylene gas tank exploded at Virginia Gas Products in Newport News injuring worker Joe Cooper who was atop the tank. It was the second tank blast at the plant within a week.
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Newport News
Virginia Gas Products Today
Joe Cooper
Seek Slayer of School Teachers Slain in Oklahoma
Oklahoma officers hunted 35 year old Lyman Constant as a suspect in the killings of sisters Jexie Griffith 35 and Jessie Griffith 24. The teachers were found shot to death near Tonkawa after a holiday drive home from their parents in Blackwell. Their car was robbed and abandoned on highway 77.
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Blackwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Tonkawa
Jexie Griffith
Jessie Griffith
J. F. Griffith
Lyman Constant
State Hospital For the
Norman
Enid
Constant
State Hospital
Bruce Potter
Kay County
Jessie
Griffith
Aged Man Victim of Roanoke Hotel Fire
Identification of a blackened body taken from the burned Ponce de Leon hotel showed it to be William S. Trace 72 a retired Norfolk and Western railway time keeper. Firemen and police continued search efforts for additional victims as a parrot was found alive.
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Roanoke
Ponce de Leon
William
Trace
Norfolk and Western Railway
Arkansas Bank President Found Dead At Home
Edwin Jackson president of the First National Bank of Rogers was found dead in his home library with a bottle of poison beside him. Authorities offered no comment on the circumstances and cited Arkansas banking troubles as a possible cause of his despondency amid a statewide banking crisis.
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Rogers, Ark
Edwin Jackson
First National Bank of Rogers
Akkansas
Joffre Fights Gamely as Defeat Seems Certain
Paris report says Marshal Joffre, gravely ill since Sunday, sank into coma with brief lucidity. Doctors warn only hours remain, despite signs of quiet strength. Barthou and other leaders visited his bedside as telegrams of sympathy arrive from around the world.
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Paris
Joffre
Marne
Er Lerich
Bellefleur
Indiana Bank Close in Indianapolis
The Central Trust and Savings Bank of Gary formerly Southside Trust and Savings Bank was closed today by the state banking commission. It was capitalized at 100000 with deposits of 900000 and surplus and undivided profits of 25000.
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Indiana Bank
Indianapolis
Ind
Central Trust and Savings Bank of
Gary
Southside Trust and Savings Bank
State Banking Commission
Government Construction Projects Under Way Across Nation
A Washington report outlines public and semi public building work totaling over 2 billion dollars. Franklin Miller says actual jobs have moved beyond funding and site steps, with 1.85 billion dollars of public construction reported so far and further bills before Congress expected to speed up plans and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin T. Miller
Congress
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Violence sweeps Berar villages with mob attacks
In the Berar district native mobs have burned crops and pillaged homes across several villages. At Bibi a group of about 500 attacked landlord and moneylender houses, burning account books and stealing property.
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Buldana
Berar
British India
Bibi
Crile Exhibits Secret Cell To Scientists At AAAS
In Cleveland on December 29 observers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science witnessed Dr. George W. Crile present a so called secret cell. The cell was shown broken and then reassembled to exhibit life like activity including a nucleus and hair like extensions. Experiments used calf brain tissues in ether demonstrating life like irritability and response to poisons.
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Dr. Crile
Cleveland
George W. Crile
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Crile
Cnije
Kile
Cleveland Clinic
Third Party Movement Eases as 1932 Realignments Loom
Washington dispatch notes a cooled third party movement with western Republicans leaning to realignments in 1932. Norris and Borah signal independents stay within GOP while Nye defends the $40,000 as security for funds used in baseless Norris opposition.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
New York
Moses
New Hampshire
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Lucas
National Committee
Concord
Nye
Miami Beach
Fla
North Dakota
Campaign
Nutt
North Carolina Tax Refunds Exceed $500 Each
Treasury report shows 99 refunds over $500 in the North Carolina district for the 1930 fiscal year. The James Sprunt estate, with executors James Lawrence, William H. and Walter P. Sprunt of Wilmington, received $204,369, the largest sum. Other large refunds included $76,465 to James Lawrence Sprunt and $30,248 to William H. Sprunt, with $64,767 to Atlantic Coast Line railroad and $48,538 to Erlanger Cotton Mills Co.
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Washington
North Carolina
Treasury
James Sprunt
James Lawrence
William H
Walter P. Sprunt
Wilmington
James Lawrence Sprunt
William H. Sprunt
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Erlanger Cotton Mills Co
Erlanger
Strike Threat Looms in South Wales Coal Area
Threats of a strike in Britain's key South Wales coal district surface as a temporary wage and hours pact nears expiry in three days. Miners and owners face renewed deadlock with a national industrial board asked to intervene. Card refining tomorrow's talks in Cardiff precede a union delegates meeting.
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London
South Wales
Britain
National Industrial Board
Cardiff
Consolidation of State Departments Is Favored
Governor Gardner endorses Brookings Institution findings for state government reorganization. He plans to present specific recommendations in the 1931 general assembly while not committing to every Brookings proposal. He notes the report will guide new legislation but allows for selective action.
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Stead Otf
Gardner
Brookings Institution
General Assembly
Kitchin Named Asheville Judge
Julian P. Kitchin, prominent Asheville attorney and former mayor of Biltmore, was appointed judge of the city police court. He will assume duties Thursday, replacing Zeb V. Nettles, who becomes solicitor for the nineteenth judicial district. The board of city commissioners approved the election this morning, with Parker and Gennett initiating the motion.
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Asheville
N. C
Julian P. Kitchin
Biltmore
Zeb V. Nettles
Nineteenth Judicial District
Buncombe
Madison
Kitchin
Board of City Commissioners
Journalism as a Profession Urged by Dr Drewry
Professor John E. Drewry of the University of Georgia urged making journalism a profession at the American Association of Teachers of Journalism conference in Boston. He proposed a required high school course on appreciation of newspapers and magazines to improve public perception and value the field. He warned that economics must evolve so journalism attracts ambitious young people, otherwise the trade remains a stepping stone toward cash.
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Boston
John E. Drewry
University of Georgia
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Drewry
Nationalist Expedition Moves Against Mohammean Army
Nanking December 29 Nationalist authorities announce a military expedition against the Mohammedan army reputed to have massacred 30 000 Chinese in Kansu Province. The force will depart from Tungkwan Shen si Province, the western end of the Haichow Tungkwan railway.
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Shanghai
Kansu Province
Kansu
Islan
Liangchow
Lanchow
Nanking
National Expedition
China
Mohammedan
Tungkwan
Shensi
Haichow-Tungkwan
Pasadena to Leave Einstein To Himself On Visit
Dr Albert Einstein and wife will arrive in Pasadena on New Year Eve and receive a privacy oriented welcome. Host-facilitated events are limited to one or two dinners at the Athenaeum with no public receptions planned. The Pasadena American Legion considers a potential address to members while some veterans in Los Angeles discussed barring his landing over pacifist views.
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Pasadena
Albert Hinstein
Arthur H. Fleming
California Institute of Technology
Henry M. Robinson
Einsteins
Athanaeum
Institute
Fleming
Athenaeum
Robert M. McCurdy
American Legion
Einstein
Legionaries
Los Angeles
California
Ten die in Cochrane hotel fire after blaze at Queen's hotel
A fire at Queen's hotel in Cochrane Ontario killed ten people. One body found and six more seen in ruins. search ongoing. The 100 room hotel also housed 150 basement homeless, register destroyed, exact guest count unknown. Victims include Baptiste Desardin and the Palangio family. Three others were seen at windows with clothing aflame.
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Cochrane
Ont
Queen’s Hotel
Baptiste Desardin
Charles Palangio
Student bound over in Ellizabeth Johnson murder case
Robert L. Williams, 13, a Texas university student, was bound over to the grand jury on a $10,000 bond at a preliminary hearing in Port Arthur. He is charged with the murder of his 16 year old sweetheart Miss Elizabeth Johnson.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Robert L. Williams
Texas University
Elizabeth Johnson
Railroad earnings show November net income gains
Railway net operating incomes for November, with 1929 comparisons, list Atlantic Coast Line earnings of 623,622 dollars and related figures for other major railways published today in New York.
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New York
Atlantic Coast Line
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U. S. Steel Corporation
Helen Lee Eames Doherty
Henry L. Doherty
Ark. Bank
Howard W. Blakeslee
AP Science
Movement
Wales
Georgia
Ontario
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