Publicity repeal passes as tax return openness falls
Washington Dec 16 The House approved repealing the 1924 revenue act publicity clause allowing public inspection of tax returns while an amendment to keep returns public failed. Griffin of New York urged public access but was defeated 23 to 165. Debate shifts to inheritance tax and board of tax appeals staffing.
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Washington
House
la Guardia
Griffin
New York
Laa Follette
Board of Tax Appeals
Ways and Means Committee
Totel Seven Guns Youth Confesses in Arkansas Slayings
Arnold Cotter, 16, sought as a suspect in a triple killing at Buffalo Arkansas, was captured and confessed. Victims were Mrs. Sarah Boyd, 50, her infant granddaughter, and Charles Moore, a fur trader. A cap matched to Cotter’s gun, posses from two counties pursued him. He forced the family to shelter him at Ira Robnett’s home before capture. He had seven guns at arrest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Dee
Arnold Cotter
Buffalo
Cotter
Sarah Boyd
Charles Moore
Moore
Boyd
Comer
Ira Robnett
Comparison of Greene and Sullivan County road mileage
A Citizenry report from Steve Stateup state road superintendent lists Greene County roads totaling 847.3 miles with dirt 458 miles stone 339.9 gravel 2 bitunion and concrete 2. Sullivan County shows dirt 294 miles stone 185.57 gravel 370.73 totaling 847.3 miles.
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Greene
Sullivan Counties
Steve Stateup
Stone
Sullivan
Hospital Report on Patient Arletta Denham Homebound
Miss Arletta Denham, treated for acute appendicitis, was discharged and taken to her home. The hospital also thanks the Mystic Circle for their kind donation of blankets.
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Arletta Denham
The
Mystic Circle
Mathews services held in Ohio for Daily Citizen employee
Funeral services for Geo H Mathews longtime Daily Citizen employee were conducted at the family home First and G streets. The body was taken to Dayton Ohio for burial tomorrow. The widow daughter and son and daughter in law attended. The three others will return here to settle affairs while Mrs Mathews stays in Ohio.
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Geo. H. Mathews
Daily Citizen
Dayton
Buriag
Wets Charge 622 Prohi Officers Faced Prosecution
A survey by the House committee on modification of the Volstead law shows 622 officers enforcing prohibition faced criminal charges from May 1 to Dec 16 this year. The charges span disorders, first degree murder, manslaughter, conspiracy, graft, extortion, bribery, theft, bootlegging, hijacking, and Mann Act violations, with many implicated being federal agents and others state or local operatives.
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Washington
Congressional
New York
Prohibition
Christmas Heist Strikes Sylvia Sheahon in Hammond
Miss Sylvia Sheahon sold her soft drink parlor for 530 dollars but was robbed today of both the business and the purse containing 5380 as she passed an alley in Hammond Indiana.
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Hammond
Ind
Sylvia” Sheahon
More Snow Forecast For Midwest Regions
The weather bureau predicted additional snowfall across the middle west this morning after another heavy fall in Nebraska and Minnesota overnight. The forecast emphasizes accumulating snow and potential travel disruptions in the region.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Minnesota
Young Baby Abandoned at South Bend Station
A nameless 18 day old baby girl was found at the New York Central station in South Bend Indiana. Police have yet to locate the mother who left the infant. The baby was wrapped in two blankets and bore a crucifix a gold wire ring and a note intended for juvenile authorities.
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South Bend
Ind
New York Central
Briand Seeks Doumer to Head France Finance
Premier Aristide Briand asked Senator Paul Doumer and former finance minister to take over the finance portfolio after Louis Loucheur resigned under mounting popular pressure over an eight billion franc tax program.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Paul Doumer
Senate Finance Committee
Pormer
Louis Loucheur
Searched for Missing Man Near Seymour Ind
United Press Dispatch reports John Ott, 66, vanished from his Seymour area farm. Searchers comb the countryside as concern grows for Ott’s wife, recently hospitalized after surgery, amid fears he may have harmed himself.
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Seymour
Ind
John Ott
Here
Ott
Well Known Man Dead in Edwardport
Edwardport observer reports the death of Lee Simonson a well known local man after a quarrel. Details are sparse as investigators begin to document the incident and neighbors recall his public life and charity work.
Edwardsport native dies after long lip cancer battle
The centenarian born in Edwardsport and longtime resident died from lip cancer after four years of illness. He lived through Edwardsport’s early days as a port and endured a long period of treatment with ups and downs during the illness.
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Edwardsport
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Totel
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Sullivan and
Greene Counties
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H. & F. Jewelers
Wets
PROHI
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United Press Dispatch
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Lee
Carl Roach
South Main Street
United Priess Dispatch
United Press
Lee Simonson
Nicklo
Willeam
Tit
Tony
Wonder Horse
Duanes
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Terhune Apartments
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