Chain Store License Law Applies to All Retailers
Greens county attorneys warn that by July 1 retailers must obtain a state tax board license or face fines from 25 to 100 dollars. The act targets dry goods stores groceries drug stores and wholesale houses selling at retail. Fees start at 3 dollars per year per store with scale increases for multiple locations. Each store must display the license publicly.
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Greens County
State Tax Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Average pilot pay on air transport lines in 1928
Washington June 10 The aeronautics branch reports the average pilot on a scheduled American air transport line earned 5 556 a year and flew about 40 000 miles annually. The six month period covered 25 major operators employing 275 pilots with total operating revenues of 5 486 268 and mail contracts yielding 4 849 812. passenger income 452 561. express and freight 66 077. miscellaneous 117 218.
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Washington
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
United States
Farm bloc wins vote on census plan in House
The farm bloc secured a decisive win in the House by 160 to 186 to send the census reapportionment bill back to conference. The House instructed that the next decennial census begin on May 1, 1930.
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Washington
Body of Radio Operator Tallman Washed Ashore
The unidentified man washed ashore in San Francisco Bay yesterday bore injuries likened to a ship propeller strike and matched the description of William Tallman, a missing radio operator charged with murdering Mrs. Virginia Patty in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
William Tallman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay
Large bus dynamited amid Carolinas strike violence
In North Carolina and Tennessee reports, a Beulah Dean terminal blast near Elizabethon injures and displaces workers from Bemberg Glauszstoff mills. Police defend 70 workers arrested over the Aderholt police chief slaying and related strike disorders. Beal and Byers, tied to the National Textile Workers union, are held after a lynching threat and a chaotic transfer to safety as murder charges loom.
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United Press
Elizabethton, Ton
Beulah’ Dean
Stoney Creek
Bemberg- Glauszstoff
United Press Dispatch
Gastonia
N. G
Orvill F. Aderholt
George Moore
Aderholt
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
North Carolina
State G A R Rally Enters Final Gathering At Martinsville
Veterans gather for the 50th G A R encampment in Martinsville Indiana with Paul V McNutt national commander of the American Legion slated to speak Wednesday night The ranks are thin and rumors spread that the encampment may be the last as veterans reminisce about battles and old times while parade preparations and get together meetings unfold nearby.
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United Press Dispatch
Martinsville
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
The
American Legion
Stephen F. Thomas
Richmond
Thomas
Mrs Mary Thaw Dies at Pittsburgh After Illness
Mrs Mary Thaw widow of William Thaw and mother of Harry K. Thaw died at her Pittsburgh home after a brief pneumonia illness. She was 84 and renowned for philanthropy. Harry K. Thaw and Countess Margaret Carnegie de Perigny were at her bedside, the latter arriving from Paris.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Thaw
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Two Hound Dogs Theft Leads to One Year Prison
Oklahoma City June 10 Judge Thomas A Edwards of the Oklahoma criminal court of appeals upholds a lower court ruling convicting Bill Wilson Cotton County of grand larceny for stealing two hounds valued at 75 dollars. The judge notes ownership of two hounds is inviting calamity and treats the hound as a liability rather than an asset while granting one year in prison.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas A. Ewards
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Bill Wilson
Cotton County
Bill
Arkansas
Edwards
Sweden’s Trans Atlantic Aviators Forced Down Near Iceland
Sweden’s first trans Atlantic aviators Capt. Albin Ahrenberg Lieut Axel Fladen and radio operator Robert Lyjung were forced down near Skaptaros Iceland after a gasoline leak. A Danish gun boat with mechanics was dispatched to assist as they awaited fuel to resume flight to New York.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Sweden
Skaptaros
New York
Albin Ahenberg
Axel Fladen
Robert Lyjungland
Wee
Bulgarian professor tests artificial pearls on White River mussels
Professor Jordan Dimitroff arrives in Shoals Indiana to test a theory that White River mussels can produce gem quality pearls. He blends Japanese pearl propagation techniques with his own innovations to evaluate potential for local button factories.
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Shoals
Ind
White River
Indiana
Jordan Dimitroff
Dimintroff
Death penalty asked for Terre Haute man in arson case
Brazil Ind June 10 Death in the electric chair was to be asked as punishment for John Van Hook Terre Haute who will go on trial in Clay circuit court here charged with the first degree for the murder of Austin Sweet also of Terre Haute. Van Hook a deputy constable with two other deputies had come to arrest Sweet on a fishing charge.
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Brazil
Ind
John van Hook
Terre Haute
Austin Sweet
Austin
van Hook
Davis denies resignation rumors in Indianapolis visit
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis says he has no plan to resign soon during a stop in Indianapolis. He acknowledged receiving offers but dismissed rumors that he will quit, insisting he remains in his post despite interest from others.
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Indianapolis
Labor
James J. Davis
Davis
Bold Pirates Threaten Curacao as Two Nations Act
Curacao reports a daring filibuster aimed at abducting the island’s governor and military chief. The American consulate seeks US gunboats to pursue the armed band amid deaths and injuries, while the Dutch government requests immediate aid.
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United Press
Willemstad
Curacao
Dutch West, Indies
Adventure
United States
Island
Holland
U.c
Miners President Seeks Tariff on Imported Oil
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis urges the U.S. Senate to enact a tariff on foreign petroleum imports. He argues it would restore employment for thousands of idle coal miners, counter cheap foreign oil, and revive American coal production.
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United Press
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
United States Senate
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Impact of foreign oil on American coal industry
The text warns that renewed foreign oil imports will worsen the U S coal crisis by displacing millions of tons of coal and forcing mine closures. It argues such policy would increase unemployment among thousands of workers and damage the American coal industry.
Bride Refuses to Marry After Sermon on Matrimony
Greenfield Indiana June 10 a June bride to be halted a planned wedding after a minister detailed the duties and gravity of marriage. The couple, with friends, obtained a license but the bride declined when asked to say I do. The minister noted the groom pressed for a change of mind as they left without ceremony.
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Greenfield
Ind
Indianapolis
Anind
Unidentified Man Killed in Bank Robbery Attempt at Green Castle
An unidentified young man was killed and another wounded in a bank robbery attempt near Green Castle. Earl Spencer, 25, was shot in the upper lip and neck by a gunman who then fled. a companion later identified the suspect as a bandit. Dr. Veach cared for Spencer at Bainbridge and an autopsy was planned. Police pursued details of the crime and noted Spencer’s prior parole violations and reformatory history.
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Cobb
Prandin
Spencer
Hallwetn
Ls W. Veach
Bainbridge
Miles
Terre’ Haute
Chauncey _ Wi Spencer
Ruty Berdel
Freq Foy
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Cereus
Rayon
Tinuing
Beal
Spartanburg
S. C
O. Byres
Byers
Robert Craig
Grand Army
Veterans of Civil
Legion
Mary C. Thaw
Iompted Press Dispatch
West Indies
Federal Reserve
U.S. Senate
Ister
Frank
Lin
Ing Station
Earl Spencer
Bank
Greengcastle
Grand Saeceniy
George “L. Winkler
Marion County
Spencer Aspital
Spencerssey
Indianamatory
Pendleton
Danville Two
Danville Sun
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