Tax reform talk and local resistance frame national policy debate
The piece traces a $340,000,000 annual tax-raise target debated by brain trust advisers and Treasury officials, contrasting administration hopes with Morgenthau’s caution while noting sliding scale corporate taxes and the fate of public works in Colebrook Connecticut where locals reject a federal road grant citing higher taxes and community change.
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Virginia
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State Highway Commission
Sam
Chile Appoints New U S Ambassador Hoffman Philip
Hoffman Philip of New York has been nominated by President Roosevelt to serve as ambassador to Chile. The announcement names him as the United States envoy to that country.
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National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Roosevelt
Walter F. Voorhees
Reading
National City Bank of New York
Banque Nationale de la Republique d’Haiti
Stenio Vincent
National City
Haiti
Vincent
Nebraska farms in good demand now
Nebraska farmland markets surge as the AAA channels $100 000 day and total $36 000 000 in eleven months. Real estate prices rise 15 to 33 percent with buyers mainly farmers and increases seen across northern Iowa eastern Nebraska and western Wyoming. Hog prices up with Omaha market at 10 30 per hundred, land sales accelerate with auctions averaging higher than asking prices.
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Drouth calamity recedes as relief programs end cattle buys tallied
Washington reports a marked recovery from 1934 drought with 290,155 farm families moved from relief to rural rehabilitation. Area of drought narrowed from 1,480 counties in 25 states to 131 counties in five. From June 1934 to February 1935 the AAA bought 8,279,600 head of cattle from 696,000 farms in 24 states at a cost of 111 million dollars.
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AAA
Resettlement Administration
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Nebraska Farmers Receive Over 100000 Daily From AAA Aid
The AAA reports in the 11 months ending June 1 Nebraska distributed 36.4 million dollars in rental and benefit payments to farmers in wheat corn hog and sugar programs. Corn hog led with 29.38 million dollars, followed by wheat 6.04 million and sugar 0.98 million. Nebraska ranked among top four states for total payments alongside Iowa Texas Illinois and Kansas.
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Washington
Farm Administration
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Texas
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Kansas
AAA
Nebraska Towns Seek PWA Grants in Nine Nebraska Towns
The Nebraska Works Progress Administration reported requests from nine towns for grants exceeding 50 000. Projects listed include Neligh Howe Long Pine Cozad Atkinson Albion Nemaha County school District 29 and Otoe County school District 78. Twelve new PWA loan grant applications were filed, totaling 47 under the 45 percent grant program.
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PWA
State News grants fund thirty two California to Texas projects
The division of information announced 12,721,098 dollars for 32 projects across California Kansas Michigan Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma and Texas. Nebraska Omaha Fort Crook receives 778,258 dollars. Indianola Mining reports four new locations one to two miles north of Cambridge will begin soon.
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H. DL. Phillips
Banks Forming Inquiries Reveal Local Capital Promises
Three banks filed articles of incorporation in the secretary of state's office. Elgin Hank of Ligin with $25,000 capital, St Edward Hank of St Edward with $26,000, and Norman Norman Exchange Bank with $10,000. The Blot chy Investment Corp of Omaha, a real estate firm capitalized at $45,000, also filed articles. Incorporators are Louis Max Paul and Phillip Blotcky.
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Nebraska Railroads Get 13 Percent Tax Valuation Cut
The state board of equalization reduced the assessed valuations of 17 Nebraska railroads by 13 percent, fixing a total value of 145,763,852 dollars. The board noted only two major lines remain financially sound, the Burlington and the Union Pacific.
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Nebraska shelterbelt effort praised by federal forestry chief
W. K. Williams, head of the federal forestry division, praised Nebraska's shelterbelt and forest extension program after a three day state tour. He cited the Joe Lydek farm in Burt county as the finest farm shelterbelt development in the middlewest for supplying trees and shrubs to the state capitol grounds.
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Federal Forestry Division
Nebraska
Joe Lydek
Burt County
State Capitol
Williams
Middlewest
Bridges Reopened As Floods Subside Along Republican River
Twenty of twenty eight bridges washed out by recent floods on the Republican river are open to traffic. The remaining bridges are expected to open within about two months. Opened sites include Haigler Parks Benkelman Stratton Trenton Culbertson Mc Cook Bartley Cambridge Orleans Alma Republican City Naponé Bloomington Riverton Inavadé Guide Rock Bostwick and Superior.
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Bloomington
Riverton
Inavadé
Guide Rock
Bostwick
Superior
Farmers near finish repayment of 1934 corn loans
The AAA says farmers with 1934 corn program loans have repaid all but 182304 dollars as of July 17. 15689 loans totaling about 11,038,390 dollars were issued against 20,067,818 bushels of corn at 55 cents per bushel to farmers in 10 states including Iowa Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas. About three hundred loans remain unpaid.
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Commondity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska to share in $7.4 million road works program
State Engineer Tiley announced mid August bids for 7.427 million dollars of United States funded road projects, with 3.871 million for highways and 3.556 million for grade crossing separation. 5,290 jobs expected. Dwight Felton led the works progress setup as Nebraska nears relief funds.
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United Stats
Dwight Felton
Works Progress
Nebraska
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