Gasoline tax bill and state fiscal plans head Illinois legislature
Governor Emmerson backs a 3 cent gasoline tax with exemptions for agricultural and commercial uses. Funds split two thirds for state highway bond completion and one third to counties for permanent improvements under the state aid plan. The piece notes other revenue ideas, a cent profits tax plan, state centennial building expansion, and a future safety department proposal.
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Emmerson
General Assembly
House
Homer ‘Tice
Greenview
Senate
Martin It. Carlson
Moline
State Highway Department
Karl Tr. Searcy
Springfield
Illinois Republicans deny McCormick chair bid cited by O Neill
Speaker Shanahan rebuts Lottie Holman O Neill interview claiming Ruth Hanna McCormick sought the committee chair. The article also notes Illinois welfare concerns under Rodney T. Brandon, rising state incarceration costs, Chanute air field controversy, a constitutional reapportionment proposal by Florence Bohrer, and new state officials Ralph Bradford and Wencel Hetman.
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David E. Shanahan
House of Representatives
Lottie Holman O’neill
Downers Grove
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Committee On
Education
Shanahan
Louis N. Emmerson
United States
Charles S. Deneen
Otis F Glenn
Ralph Bradford
Pontiac
State Department of Conservation
Wencel C. Hetman
Chicago
TL. Jamimerson
Bradford
Lowdon
Gus IT
Radebaugh
Champaign
Doctor Bradford
Representative Bederman Pushes Memorial for USS Cruisers
The House unani mously approves a resolution to urge the Senate to pass the pending bill. The text is telegraphed to Senators in Washington, with Chicago’s Edwin Bederman introducing the measure.
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Timer Schnaeckenberg
Chicago
House of Representatives
Edwin Bederman
Senate of the United States
Washington
Beheaded Statue of King William at Dublin’s Bank
A Dublin statue of William III near the Bank of Ireland has long been a target of attacks since 1701. The head was cut in a recent act mirroring earlier vandalism by Watty Cox and others, with a history of thefts, torchings, and a 1836 explosion that shattered the horse and limbs.
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Dublin
William HE
Bank of Ireland
Dublin College Green
Chambers
Watty Cox
Cox
Nassau
Trinity College
College Green
William
Stain Removal Instructions From Historic Advice Column
A home remedy outlines how to treat scorch marks by applying soap to the area then placing the fabric in sunlight. It recommends repeating with a thin starch and water mix until the stain fades. The guidance notes the stain will eventually disappear with persistence.
Diamond Drill Cuts Expenses in Oil Hunt
Wichita Kansas firms shift to core drilling to explore new oil areas. The three inch diamond edged drill samples shale and rock to depths for geologists, enabling cost efficient testing from Wichita toward the Colorado line where over one hundred wildcat tests are active. Core drilled pools are now the source of Kansas oil discoveries.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Colorado Line
Causes of Storms and Seasonal Thunder
Electrical storms arise from sudden atmospheric temperature changes. Upper atmosphere cold, so such changes are rarer in winter, when near surface temperatures are also low. Thus thunder and lightning occur far more often in summer than in winter.
Philosophy of fun as shared human pleasures
In the words of Woman's Home Companion the philosopher treats entertainment not as a game but as the sharing of human pleasures and interests, including ideas and ideals that connect people through culture and imagination.
London’s Shame Revealed in Overcrowded Room Housing
A London report finds eleven people living in a single room while two families of ten share two adjacent rooms beneath them. Officials warn overcrowded conditions pose health and safety risks amid housing shortages.
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London
Bluish Sea Hue Linked to Salt Content
The color of seawater shifts with salinity. Cold high latitude oceans like the Arctic and Antarctic, being less salty, appear vivid green due to lower salinity and temperature effects on light absorption.
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Arctic
Antarctic
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Conan
Simon K. Lantz
Congerville
Trinity
Ilinois
State Department of Finance
Stateax Commission
William TL. Matone
Garrett Dell. Kinney
Haumerson
State Department of Public Safety
Smoodern Highway Patrol
Larry M. Dunlap
Savoy
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Secretary of State
Charles Baker
Monroe Center
Committee On Highway Transportation
A A. 8. Colby
College of Agriculture University of
Rodney T. Brandon
Mooseheart
Tinois
Tilinois
Chanute Air Field
Tlorence Fifer Bohrer
Bloomington
Cook County
Mary Cowan McAdams
Quincey
Quincy
Maylso
Louis I. Emmerson
Code Department
Shaft
London’s
Earl Deyoung
Michigan Ave
Weare
Vander Giessen Bros
159Th and
Halsted Street
Harvey, St
Twin City Garage
H. W. Monk
J. L. Locher
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