Wealth and taxation shape outlook for 1930s economy
The piece argues rich owners can block industry by moving capital tax avoidance non taxable securities and notes Mellon plan may shift to stimulate growth. It contrasts optimistic business leaders and farmers with warnings of congress and a lingering debt through broader industry effort.
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Congress
Hoover
Walle Street
Wall Street
Important Postal Department Order For Newspapers
Postmaster General releases a concise program to treat newspapers like first class mail. Newspapers will be moved in separate labeled sacks, not mixed with parcels, and postmasters must notify publishers of delays or misdirection. The change aims to speed delivery and improve reader access nationwide.
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New Today
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Bartlett
Point of Dispatch
Does Electrocution Kill A German Claim Challenged
A Schenectady workman survived a 5000 volt electric shock after breathing and heartbeat stopped for minutes, seen as support for a German scientist who argues electrocution does not kill. The claim challenges capital punishment by electric chair and notes the cataleptic state may allow later resuscitation.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Grisiey questions burying alive in capital punishment
The grisiey notes concern that misjudged burials occur after death declarations and suggests society may bury a live person. He cites Texas where electrocution replaced hanging as the humane method of capital punishment.
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Grisiey
Texas
Fort Worth
Randolph Announces Candidacy for Kimble County Judge
J B Randolph, former county official and ex legislator, declares his bid for Kimble County Judge. He cites a record of no school row as ex officio superintendent and urges equal road money division, tax cuts if possible, and abolition of the Kimble County Teachers Institute. He invites voters to ask positions on issues and asks for support as a business proposition.
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Kimble County
Texas
J. B. Randolph
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