Plans for thorough study of manufacturers taxes
Washington D C Aug 13 Ins Plans for a thorough study of the manufacturers sales tax and other possible revenue sources were announced today by Henry S Harriman president of the United States chamber of commerce The study will be made by six species committee on taxation He said a report will be prepared before Congress meets next December The chamber executive committee does not take a position on any tax but believes that manufacturers relief rules and other remedies should be examined before Congress reassembles The chamber has received protests from members in lines singled out for special excise taxes under the revenue act The tax is seen as threatening the volume of business in industries important for employment The excise tax focus includes petroleum rubber automobile and certain retail lines
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Washington, D.C
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Henry S. Harriman
United States Chamber of Commerree
Congress
Chamber
Harriman
Saild Harriman
Paraguay Readies War or Peace on Inauguration Day
Asuncion Aug. 1 In the inaugural day speech President Eusebio Aysen reaffirmed that efforts for peace continue while Paraguay must sustain military readiness against Bolivian advances. Government reports say Paraguayan forces repulsed a Bolivian attack on Fort Patton in the latest military clash.
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Paraguay
GNB
Eusebin Aysin
Pareguay
Pareguey
Carded cotton sales strong in July output hit record totals
REW TORK Aug 14 July sales of carded cotton cloths were 1.1 percent of output for the month, per the New York association of cotton textile merchants. Sales totaled 222,816,000 yards. Unfilled orders rose 934 per event. Stocks fell 7.8 percent. Billings reached 168,574,000 yards or 416.9 percent of production.
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New York Association of Cotton Texse Merchants
Buck Seeks New Speed Record Flight
Robert Buck, 18, sails from Yuma toward a speed test from Newark to California and Mexico City. He departed at 6 30 a.m. today for Los Angeles after flying in from San Antonio. Bur i said she will join the Los Angeles to Cleveland air route on August 27. Frank L Park, secretary in the Wilson era, joins the Roosevelt Business and Professional League as vice president. Jesse Snider Strauss chairs.
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Ars
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Newark
N. J
California
Mexico City
Robert Buck
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Texas
Buri
Cleveland
New Xune
Ius
Frank L Park
Wilson
Roosevelt Business and Professional League
Jesse Snider Strauss le
San Antonio Socials Cast Wide Weekend Net
A lengthy social page details parties and engagements across San Antonio. Guests include Mrs. Vaughan and Mrs. Gillespie Jr at the St Anthony hotel in a lavender-dahlia decorated dinner for 18, plus travel plans to Memphis and Nashville. A Beeville wedding of Miss Minnie Harris to Otis Montgomery is described with attendants, reception, and plans for a Beeville home. Also noted are birthday celebrations, bridge parties, motor trips, and various hostesses hosting gatherings at Brooksfield, Randolph Field, and other homes with multiple attendees and gifts.
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Claea
Curlis Vaughan
St. Anthony Hotel
H. C. Gillespie Jr
Carnella
Memphis
Beeville
San
Fred Wilson
San Antoni
Palms
Ferme
Sowers
Fern Harris
Pettus
Mildred Mumme
Kenedy
Dohnh Harms
Igler
Points North
H. H. Walton
Zula Bterry Blanks
B. B. Dabeile
Pridey
Monterey
Mexico
Thor's Vitamin Compound Promises Quick Health Restorations
A sensational claim of Thor's Vitamin Compound as a cure for digestive and nerve disorders dominates the piece. Readers are urged by testimonials from a market manager and others praising improved energy, appetite, and nerve strength after using the powder, with promises of broader health benefits.
Convicts Escape at Oklahoma Reformatory
GRANITE Okla Aug 15 Menacing guards with a smuggled pistol convicts staged a bloodless uprising at the state's reformatory last night. A large number escaped with three recaptured in Sayre Oklahoma and Quanah Texas. Twenty guards hunted the fugitives in the Wichita moon.
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Granite
Okla
Sayre
Quanah
Texas
Wichita Moon
Police killer of veteran found dead after gunfight
Washington, Aug 15 Detectives concluded that chance and not pursuit led to the death of George Shinault the police killer of veteran William Hushka. Shinault 39 with five children was shot twice in the chest after leaping from a patrol car and fleeing into a house. Ralph Edwards, with him, witnessed the sequence as veterans clashed with police nearby.
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D.C
George Shinault
Hla
Shinauit
Corones'y
William Hushka
Ohiergo
Ralph B. Edwards
Edwards
Sp & Negro
Shinault
Hushka
Rhinault
Gillespie County Tax Receipts Report Delinquency Details
Frederickburg August 1 Gillespie County reports strong tax payment discipline in the latest annualTax Collector Walter Knoche told the commissioners court. Total levies including state county ad valorem road bond and school district amount to 124 955 64 with delinquent 3103 23 about 63 percent?
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Walter ©. Knoche
Commissioner's Court
Knoché
Caldwell County Candidates Listed for Democratic Ticket
Caldwell county candidates listed on the Democratic ticket for the run-off primary on August 27 include Arthur C. Hiddie of Dale and M. H. Dowell of Luling for representative district 1, J. L. Magee of Lockhart and Matthew G. White of Luling for tax collector, Jimmie Patton and J. B. Alexander of Lockhart for district clerk, and G. E. Brown and J. J. Davis of Luling for Precinct 2 commissioner.
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Caldwell County
Lockhart
Democratin
Arthur C. Hiddie
Dale
M. H. Dowell
Luling
J. L. Magee
Matthew G. White
Jimmie Patton
J. B. Alexander
G. E. Brown
J. J. Davis
Plough Cleansing Cream Ad Claims Quick Skin Renewal
An advertisement touts Plough Cleansing Cream as lifting dirt from pores to reveal smoother skin. It emphasizes removal of grime and blackheads, promising radiant youthful beauty and fresh skin with a noted price of 24¢, 4e, 50e.
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Plough
Uniform Gas-Tax Drive Starts In Midwest States
Lincoln Neb Aug 18 M Sutherland secretary of Nebraska Petroleum Marketers union announced the start of a four state campaign for a uniform gasoline tax. The drive aims to reduce Nebraska 4 cent tax to 2 cents and seeks to prevent exemptions or diversions of the tax away from highway work. States Kansas Iowa Missouri join in oppose splits and diversions.
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Lincoln
Ned
M. Sutherland
Nebrecka Petroleum Marketers
Two Men Sought in Deputy Johns Kidnap Slaying
Carlsbad New Mexico Aug 15 officers search for two men and a woman in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Deputy Sheriff Johns. His decapitated body was found last night by a truck driver in the mountains south of Carlsbad. The deputy was investigating reports that a stolen automobile was near a farm when seized.
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N. Mi
Lodoy ' Wen
Due Johns
Johns
Here
Texan Faces Bar in JL Canal Auto Fatal
Ensign John Henry Sewall, a Texas native and U S Navy officer, was found guilty of manslaughter in a fatal May 5 speeding car crash in the Canal Zone. He received a one year sentence at Bamboo penitentiary. The victim was John B. Manchan of Brooklyn.
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Panama
Gwity
John Henry Sewall
United States
Davy
Texas
Bamboo
Canal Zons
Sewell
John B. Manchan
Brooklyn
Beyntt
Cocn
Sly
Coca-Cola Announces Extra Dividend With Regular Payout
Coca Cola International corporation declares its usual extra dividend of 1.0 per share in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 3.50 on the common stock. Both dividends are payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 14, New York report dated August 16.
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Coca- Cola
New York
Coca-Cola International Corporation
Katydids Enjoy Vagabond King at Norwalk Opera Outdoors
In Norwalk on August 18 the Civic Opera presented the Vagabond King outdoors. Katydids chimed in with music of their own, drawing amused reactions from opera lovers in the audience who whispered jokes and clucks about the nature concert.
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OPERA
Norwalk
Norwalk Civic Opera Company
Insecta
Opera Jovers
Itch Relief Ad Promises Quick Clear with Ointments
An old advertisement touts Itch relief products claiming rapid clearance. It promotes Genuine Black and White Ointment and Skin Soap priced at 25 cents each. Promises skin-penetrating action and parasite elimination with a money back guarantee.
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