Tobacco taxes crown the steady taxpayer of Uncle Sam
The article highlights tobacco revenue as the largest federal tax source, with a standard cigarette tax contributing a record 385,459,000 and tobacco taxes totaling 159,178,000 for the year. It contrasts tobacco with liquor taxes and traces revenue origins from early Hamiltonian times to 1934-35, noting tobacco taxes surpass all tariff duties in internal revenue.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Internal Revenue Group
No Reason for Panic Over Infantile Paralysis Says Experts
A public health view explains that despite summer fears, infantile paralysis epidemics remain rare. Careful record keeping shows about one case per thousand people with two fatalities per thousand cases, and warns against blind panic while urging precautions and continued research.
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Roosevelt
Founding Fathers Create Capitol Hot Spot
The District of Columbia seat of government becomes a political trap as Congress faces a hot session. Representative Gassaway of Texas questions his stance while air conditioned chambers contrast with stifling offices and the contractors of Capitol Hill fear adjournment before the 1936 election.
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Congress
National Capital
District of Columbia
Gassaway
Texas
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
White House
Governor Demands Loyalty After Bailey Resigns
The resignation of Road Commissioner E L Bailey at the Governor's request surprised many. Bailey allegedly sought the governor’s office and aligned with opponents, prompting the Governor to insist on loyal, efficient road administration. The Democratic party needs unity, not internal cross purposes.
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Kump
E. L. Bailey
Bailey
Democratic Party
Point Pleasant
Harvest help elusive as relief keeps workers idle
West Virginia farmers struggle to hire during harvest as thousands stay on government relief, while Captain John Smith, once Virginia colony dictator, ruled that the man who would not work could not eat. Hig law kept everyone at some useful task, notes the Parkersburg Sentinel.
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Secretary of Agriculture of
West Virginia
John Smith
Virginia
Parkersburg
Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Bill Sparks Congressional Fuss
Washington daybook notes the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill may resurface before adjournment. It would refinance existing debt at 14 4 percent with benefits to farmers foreclosed in the past 13 years. House action hinges on a discharge petition needing 216 signatures, with Western Republicans heavily signed. The piece highlights cross party tensions and potential political fallout ahead of 1936 conventions.
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Washington
Borah
House
Lemke
North Dakota
Roosevelt
East
Mississippi River
Man About Manhattan at the Westport Playhouse
John Haynes Holmes delivers a peace sermon in play form at Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut. Pirandello’s limited English and the audience’s applause frame a scene of cultural clash and comedy amid an armored rug-heist anecdote on 42nd Street.
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New York
John Haynes Holmes
Westport Country Playhouse
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Boston Post Road
Luigi Pirandello
Registerings A Column of Comment and Criticism
A column by Alphonso Lindbergh discusses political biases and candidate notes for the Republicans. It references a Yale professor on Jay and Hamilton and contemplates opinions of Jeffersonians, plus social observations on trial marriages and Washington happenings.
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Yale
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Washington
Jay
Hamilton
New York Sign Reads Laws Filed and Lawnmowers Sharpened
A curious street sign near Chambers and West streets proclaims Laws filed and Lawnmowers sharpened, reflecting a quirk of the city’s promotional or civic message as observed in a local moment.
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New York
Chambers
West Streets
Complaint Made To Reemployment Chief
J H McGinnis state director of the National Reemployment Service said a complaint was made about the Parkersburg office and an investigation will be conducted. He received a communication from John Mc Namee a former NRA employee at Parkersburg charging irregularities in the prosecution of work and forwarded it to the labor department in Washington.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
J. H. McGinnis
National Reemployment Service
Parkersburg
McGinnis
John McNamee
NRA
Department of Labor
Washington
Tractor Ride Ends in Fatality in Cottonwood Falls
Samuel Pennington, age unknown, died when a lightning strike struck him during his first ride on a new tractor in Cottonwood Falls Kansas on August 7. The incident occurred while he tested the vehicle near his home. Police report no other injuries.
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Associated Press
Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Samuel Pennington
Hollywood Sights and Sounds Heat Up Film Sets
Hollywood reports the industry swelters as costume pics press on despite heat. Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland endure Barbary Coast trials while others sweat through ballrooms and top lighting. actors like Johnny Weissmuller stay cool in Tarzan loincloth as fall fashions loom.
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Captain Blood
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
O’shaughnessy
Dick Powell
Comfort
Johnny Weissmuller
Ladies Bible Class in Helen WVa meets with Harless family
The Ladies Bible Class met Friday evening with Mrs. V. K. Harless. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Ralph Blake Harvey Pruett Richard Atwell J. W. Marrs L. M. Hopkins O D Weikel and Miss Nancy Marrs. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Carl Marrs August 30. The Ladies Missionary Society will meet at Mrs. Harvey Pruett’s home Friday evening August 9. Several locals visited kin in nearby towns and counties over the weekend including trips to Beckley Blacksburg Floyd Covington and Kingston.
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V. K. Harless
Ralph Blake
Harvey Pruett
Richard Atwell
J. W. Marrs
L. M. Hopkins
O. D. Weikel
Nancy Marrs
Carl Marrs
Ladies Missionary Society
S. M. Blackwell
Stamford
O. D. Wicker Jr
Betty Jean Blake
Camp Beckwith
Henry Harless
Glen Harless
Jack Craven
Harless
John Armstrong
Kingston
E. G. Sweeney
W. L
Bernard Green
G. V. Martin
Glen Hedrick
Sam Williams
Covington
Five Legged Pig Reported In Everton Missouri
Everton Missouri reports a five legged pig weighing about 50 pounds owned by D W Thomason. The extra limb sits on the fore part of the body. The note mentions Cubs outfielder Tuck Stainback as brother in law of Wayne King the waltz tune wax key.
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Associated Press
Everton
D. W. Thomason
Tuck Stainback
Chicago Cubs
Wayne King
Watkey
Love and Duty Entangle Rex and Laurie in Complex Plot
Laurie vows to marry Mark Albery a Rex Moore's rival while Albery forbids her to see Rex. Laurie fears for sister Gladys and Jimmie Dallas as she confronts Dallas but is seen leaving the flat by Wanda Steele, whom Rex has asked to marry him.
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Laurie
Rex Moore
Mark Albery
Rex
Albery
Gladys
Jimmie Dallas
Dallas
Wanda Steele
Rez
Flight of Forbidden Meeting Ends in Crisis
Laurie defies orders to meet Rex Moore for an aerial test marking a risky, dawn flight. Mark Albery confronts the breach, orders her home, but Moore survives a disastrous fuel failure blamed on a faulty new mechanic. Albery fears exposure as Laurie worries about Gladys tomorrow.
Rat entanglement halts Nairobi power station work
Darkness fell over Nairobi as a rat became entangled in the internal workings of a power station 75 miles away, causing a disruption in the grid and a temporary blackout affecting the region.
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Nairobi
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