Bastrop Chamber Chooses Committees for Next Year
Bastrop Louisiana December meeting of the Chamber of Commerce adopts a new activities program. Plans include attracting industries, improving roads, drainage for mosquito relief, paving progress, expanding trade area, agricultural development, a slaughtering plant, cattle shipping, and securing a new Bastrop post office. Committees are named by F W Howard with A G McBride chairing Industrial.
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Bastrop
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Bet of Commerce
Staulking Head Creek
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. McBride
Local Committee Members and Roles Listed Across Departments
The document names various individuals assigned to duties in multiple sections including Membership and Finance, Highway, Retail Merchants, and Agricultural. Key figures include C. G. Scott as chair for Highway and W. T. Smith across several groups, with J. R. Ludlum and Sampson Snyder also mentioned in multiple capacities.
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C. G. Scott
R. E. Holladay, Jr
J. R. Ludlum
Sampson Snyder
W. T. Smith
H. I. Seligman
W. B. Gladney
D. B. Douglass
A. G. McBride
Dr Smith
I Sims
E. R. Hawkins
H. V. Lytell
McVea Young
C. T. Matlock
T. H. Milliken
E. B. Folse
Decline of American Millionaires in 1931
Treasury data show only 75 individuals earned 1 million dollars or more in 1931, down from 513 in 1929, with just four earning 5 million or more. The average net income among 3,116,317 returns was 4245.83, and average taxes were 77.43 in 1931, versus 5,100.10 and 140.29 in 1930.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Royal blue bow-tied one-piece swimsuit gains favor
Jean Parker, a motion picture player, models a trim royal blue one-piece suit popular at southern resorts this winter. The suit features straps that finish with a bow at the waist and is cut for maximum swimming freedom.
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Jean Parker
Associated Press
Hoover to Leave Richey as Hoover’s Political Liaison
Washington dispatch notes Lawrence Richey will depart the White House with President Hoover, remaining a key link to the national scene. Richey plans work on Hoover memorial library materials after Hoover settles at Palo Alto, while Everett Sanders stays as Republican chair.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Lawrence Richey
Richey
Mr. Hoover
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Hoover War Memorial Library
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Lower
Potomac
Republican Party
Roosevelt
James E. Watson
Seme Republican
Gorge Moses
Senate
Bernice Schools Closed Through December 27
Health Officer O E Glover and the local board order Bernice schools closed until December 27 due to influenza and weather. Local students home for holidays include Miss Clayton Heard Ruby Lee Odom Maurice Cook Clyde Colvin Mary Hollis Beatrice Heard Ruby White Key Welch and Doris Watson. Mary Blackman died in a Shreveport sanitarium and was buried at Pisgah cemetery after planned December 22 wedding to J T Elliott. G E Lindsey couple visit Monroe to meet first grandchild of Dr and Mrs Emerson. Mrs Lee Odom returns from visit with son Marion Odom in Smackover Arkansas.
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O. E. Glover
Clayton Heard
Ruby Lee Odom
Louisiana State Normal
Maurice Cook
Clyde Colvin
Louisiana State University
Mary Hollis
Beatrice Heard
Ruby White
Key Welch
Louisiana Tech
Doris Watson
Louisiana College
Mary Blackman
Shreveport
Pisg
Meeting Planned to Organize Labor Group
A meeting to organize a labor union for all classes of labor will be held tonight at 8 at the Labor temple on South Grand street. J. R. Smith, sponsor, announced speakers will address the gathering and an effort will be made to secure a charter for the new organization. all Twin Cities union members are invited.
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Labor Temple
South Grand Street
J. R. Smith
Twin Cities
Smith
Funeral Racket Cure Advocated by House Solon
Washington notes Rep Samuel B Pettengill Democrat Indiana urges trimming funeral costs for lawmakers citing Longworth funeral expenses. House committee chair Sumners agrees death duties invite junkets. clerk's report details casket costs train fares and lavish delegations including a celebratory afterglow at a Cincinnati brewery.
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House Solon
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
House
Nicholas Longworth
Aiken
S. C
Cincinnati
Longworth
Congressional
Congress
Income taxes in 1933 raise brackets and due dates
The 1933 tax changes raise the net income thresholds for single and married filers and keep $400 per child exemptions. First payments are due by March 15 1933 with tax returns for 1933 filed by year end. The laws date to January 1 1932 and require installments.
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New Orleans
Hat in the Window Delights Two Patrons
A brief Tit-Bits quotation notes Fred complimenting a hat and planning a return visit tomorrow to view it again, capturing a light moment.
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Fred
Lenard Funeral Held for Local Motorman
K. Dyche Lenard aged 34 of 3502 Lee Avenue died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday afternoon. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital but he died shortly after 4 o'clock. He formerly served as a street car motorman on the Lee Avenue line before health forced his retirement.
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K. Dyche Lenard
Lee Avenue
Mr. Lenard
Veteran Dies After Service and Community Roles
The deceased, a Legion post and Veterans of Foreign Wars supporter, once ran for marshal but lost to J. 1 Brothers. Survived by widow Florise and children Dy Jr 10 Jerald Nan 6, plus sisters W A W H J E and A BP 1, all Twin Cities residents, and D P Lenard of Columbia. Sisters Mary Hendricks Louise Lyles Minnie Cummings of West Monroe attend. Rev I L Yeager officiated at Peters funeral chapel service at 3:30 pm. Burial followed at Riverview in the Veterans of Foreign Wars plot with Pallbearers from Municipal Street Railway staff.
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Mary Hendricks
Louise Lyles
Minnie Cummings
West Monroe
I. L. Yeager
Methodist Protestant Church
Peters
Riverview
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Municipal Street Railway
Return From Trip Made To Home of Parents
Mr and Mrs Dan Sehon return to their home after spending Christmas with Mrs Sehon s parents Mr and Mrs J P Ainsworth and friends at Pioneer Louisiana.
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Dan Sehon Pere
Grand slam for Uncle Sam in Wisconsin tax take
Internal Revenue collector A. H. Wilkerson reports Wisconsin residents are buying tax stamps as they pay 715,767 dollars this year at ten cents a pack, indicating widespread use of tax tobacco.
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Sam
Milwaukee
Wis
A. H. Wilkerson
Internal Revenue Collector
Wisconsin
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