Tax Board Study Prompts Possible Reassessment in Lawrence County
State Tax Equalization Board reports total market value of taxable real estate in Lawrence County at $191,803,634 with assessments at $64,384,654 about 30 percent. New Castle holds $93,893,874 market value and $39,082,115 assessed, about 44 percent of value but 61 percent of county tax. A yardstick of 35 40 or higher percent of real value could be set for future assessments. If set at 40 percent, countywide assessments would total about $78,245,979, up roughly $14,000,000.
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State Tax Equalization Board
Lawrence County
State Board
New Castle
Property transfers and deeds listed for New Castle area
A string of property transactions lists names and addresses in New Castle and surrounding townships. Purchases show transfers to multiple spouses, with several parcels noted at $1 and others at specific sums, including $4700 and $7000, across Ellwood City, Neshannock, Hickory and Union townships.
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Wie
John Smetana
Shenango
Harry J. Edwards
Donald B. Gies, Jr
North Beaver
Willis H. Lash
Lawrence E. Robinson
1St Ward
John J. Wehman
As M. Jones
Wayne
Loretta Lee Ver Valen
Harvey E. Hickling
2Nd Ward
Edward J. McKibben
Francis W. Frey
Neshannock
Nikolay Kowalchuk
Vito A. Yakmer
Ellwood City
John R. Grant
Elmer E. Darrow
Alexander Walter Bogdon
Roy C. Kirkpatrick
William G. Egbert
I. Dale Shellhammer
Union
Nick Rich
James Amodie
Hickory
Mary E. McCarty Howes
Joseph S. Boyd
William J. Frengel
Against Adoption Of Jap Children
In Tokyo on June 3 the U S Army Headquarters advised occupation personnel in Japan not to adopt Japanese children. The daily bulletin urged funding existing orphanages through authorized agencies and deferring adoption until personnel return to the United States. The Yokohama consulate noted many adoption applications by American soldiers who befriended local orphans.
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Tokyo
INS
U. S. Army
Japan
Headquarters Daily Bulletin
United States
Yokohama
Blind Couple To Wed In England
Kathleen Sloane a 22 year old partly blind Chicago resident arrives in England to marry Frank Smith a 24 year old sightless British telephone operator. They plan to marry at Lincoln Catholic church on June 25 after meeting at the Shropshire Blind Training school.
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Chicago
England
British School For Blind
Southampton
Kathleen Sloane
West Nelson Street
Frank Smith
Smith
S.S. Washington
International News Service
Lincoln Catholic Church
Kathleen
Shropshire
Objection Made To Carrying Bride Across Threshold
A Greater New York Safety Council warning notes a bride should not be treated as an object when being carried over a threshold. The advisory cautions against back injuries from traditional romantic gestures and urges safer lifting practice.
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Safety Council
New York
Greater New York Safety Council
Council
Kathleen’s Returning Brideknot to England Delayed by Jobs
Kathleen, whose parents were in Northern Ireland, came back to the United States in August promising to marry Frank in England once he found employment. The groom secured a telephone operator post at the Lincoln Labor Exchange and sent for Kathleen.
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Northern Ireland
Kathleen
United States
England
Frank
Lincoln Labor Exchange
French university students face poor housing and meals
The American Friends Society reports French university students live in unheated rooms and eat only one meal daily. The harsh conditions are tied to a 13 percent increase in tuberculosis, and the society is supplying dairy products to aid the students.
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Philadelphia
INS
American Friends Society
Netherlands Farm Workers Get 65-Year Pension Plan
The Hague reports a new pension plan for Dutch farm workers. It is designed to pay 52 guilders at age 65, roughly equal to 52 dollars in U S buying power.
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The
Hague
INS
Netherlands
U. S
Bride and Groom Warned About Lifting Heavy Objects
A newspaper passage notes safety guidance for lifting heavy objects at weddings with advice to bend knees, keep upright posture, grip firmly, and push with leg muscles, acknowledging that brides and grooms vary in size.
Beales Named Vice President of Purchases at C and O Railway
Guy O Beales who began as a clerk in 1908 with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. has been appointed vice president in charge of purchases. The announcement came from the board of directors.
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Cleveland
INS
Guy 0. Beales
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Parking meters yield high incomes in major cities
The Municipal Finance Officers Association reports that 62 large cities averaged over 74 dollars per meter last year. Minneapolis led with 166.67 dollars per meter across about 2100 meters.
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Chicago
INS
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Minneapolis
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Court House
Enzio Restivo
Washington Street
Virginia Rainey
Wabash Avenue
James L. Daily
Moody Avenue
Eileen Jane Wadlinger
Mercer Street
LMT Lumber Industries
MT. Jackson, PA
Edian
Watson
D.G. Ramsey & Sons Hardware
Croton
Ernest Perch
Shenango Two
Roy H. Bolton
Costa H. Spon
U.S
General Foods
Coton
A. Thief
Chambers Motor Co
Grant and
Shenango Sts
Cross Eye Foundation
Community Bank
Pontiac, Mich
Penney's
June White Goods
White
Penney’s
Piet
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