Court decision bears on chain store taxation conflict
Indiana seeks to defend constitutionality of a chain store license law in federal court. North Carolina upholds a similar law, potentially easing the state aid school fund deficit by license fees. A temporary injunction blocks license collections of about 250000 for 1929, with 550000 more possible in 1930.
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Indiana
Lafayette Jackson
Indianapolis
Joseph W. Hutchinson
George W. Hufsmith
Wake County
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Milner Stores Company
World's Smallest Mother and Rooster That Lays Eggs
Ripley's Believe It or Not items summarize the world’s smallest mother Dolleta of Quincy Illinois at twenty eight inches tall and thirty seven pounds with a family of eight. Also noted is a rooster that lays eggs, a half rooster half hen freak capable of producing hatchable eggs and offspring.
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Times
Dolleta
Quincy
Ill
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Colletta
Man Found Dead in Apartment. Two Women Questioned
Police report a man was found dead in an apartment and two women are being questioned as part of the inquiry. Autopsy pending to determine cause of death. Investigators secured the scene and collected witnesses' statements. Monitored neighbors and apartment staff for further leads.
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Caldwell
U S Headed for Socialism Says Educator
Professor Thomas Vernon Smith of the University of Chicago warned at Kirshbaum Community Center that America is headed toward Socialism though it will still be called democracy. He argued modern government control of industry signals Socialism while preserving democracy.
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Thomas Vernon Smith
University of Chicago
Open Forum
Kirshbaum Community Center
United States
Smith
League of Nations
World Court
League
Main Street
Midwest Town High School Closed Over Smallpox Exposure
In Warsaw Indiana on December 23 physicians announced several hundred pupils at the local high school were exposed to smallpox after sophomore Conrad Harris contracted the disease. He had attended classes all week, and the school was closed for holidays.
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United Press
Warsaw
Ind
Conrad Harris
Fair Debaters for Butler Show Women’s Team Booked for Debates
Butler University announces four opponents for the women’s debate team coached by Charles H. Walters. The octet will debate after the year starts, with home affirmatives and visiting negatives. Season topic: Resolved that the chain store system harms public welfare. Practice debates occur at church and clubs in January, featuring team members Helen Johnston, Julia North, Gretchen Kemp, Rose Hay, Ruth Marie Price, Clementine Casmire, Mildred Beard, and Burdena McDill.
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Charles H. Walters
Butler Debaters
University of Cincinnati
Wittenburg College
Wheaton College
Michigan State
Butler
Helen Johnston
Bellefontaine Street
Julia North
el Paso
Tex
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Kempton
Rose Hay
Fowler
Ruth Marie Price
East ‘Twenty-first Street
Clementine Casmire
Harvard Place
Mildred Beard
Emerson Avenue
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Lafayette
Air Conditions for $25,000 Guggenheim Contest Rochelle Plane
At 9 30 a m weather reports west wind at 10 mph barometric pressure 30.16 inches, temperature 15 degrees, ceiling unlimited, visibility 1 1/2 miles, field snow six inches. The Rochelle aircraft features adjustable thickened or thinned wings to enhance stability on takeoff and landing and to reduce drag at altitude.
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Experimental folding wing plane lands at Capitol airport
An experimental airplane with expandable wings landed at Capitol airport on Sunday, piloted by James Martin of Los Angeles, and stayed overnight. The craft is en route to New York.
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Capitol Airport
James Martin
Los Angeles
New York
Rigging Session At Hoosier Airport Ground School
The Hoosier airport ground school class will be held tonight due to Christmas changes. Bob Shank will discuss rigging at the session, providing instruction to attendees.
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Hoosier Airport
Bob Shank
Tariff Likely To Be Held Up Until April 1
Washington reports indicate the Hawley Smoot tariff may not become law before April 1 as the regular congressional session ends without finishing the measure. President Hoover and advisers aimed for action in the special session, but Senate delays persist. Smoot predicts a February passage is possible, yet April 1 remains more likely.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Chicagoan Nelson Morris wins prelim in divorce suit
In Paris the Versailles court rejected actress Jane Aubert’s bid for a large alimony and granted 5000 francs per month. The wealthy Chicagoan husband, Nelson Morris, won a preliminary victory as the case proceeds toward a verdict. Boncour, Aubert’s attorney, urged a bigger allowance but was denied.
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United Press
Paris
Jane Aubert
Versailles
Miss Aubert
Joseph Paul Boncour
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