Prohibition Costs and Economic Arguments From 1932 Debates
The document cites figures on lost tax revenue and jobs due to Prohibition, claims repealing would create one million jobs and $2 billion in annual liquor taxes, and notes government debt and wealth changes. It quotes Col. Amos W. Woodcock and others on employment, enforcement costs, and industry impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Amos W. Woodcock
Prohibition
Department of Commerce
Senate
Bureau of Business Research, College of the City of New York
Woodcock
House
Nine Amendments Ahead in Texas General Election
Abilene News notes Texas voters will decide nine constitutional amendments in November. Proposals include banning bonds against the university permanent fund, allowing tax-sale land redemption, clearing titles by liquidating uncollectible taxes, permitting military officers to vote, letting coast cities tax sea walls, restricting bond election voting to property rendered for taxation, exempting homesteads up to 3000 assessed value from state taxes, combining tax collector and assessor, and letting the state fund the centennial celebration. Some amendments are seen as potentially harmful to taxation.
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Texas
University
Abilene News
Dundee man jailed after biting officer in court
After two drinks Ilan Murray of Dundee bit a policeman in court and received a two month prison sentence. Police searching Karl Messon of St. Louis’s home for stolen sewer loot found it hidden under tea leaves in a teapot.
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Ilan Murray
Dundee
Scotland
Karl Messon
St. Louis
FASTER THAN RADIO Rumors and the danger of early judgments
An account warns how rumors spread faster than radio and public gossip can ruin reputations. Three initial responders jump to guilt, disbelief, or denial before the truth reveals an innocent man. Eyes and ears mislead. tolerance and common sense are needed to curb libel. Mr X had lived uprightly for forty years, yet public reaction betrayed him.
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New York
San Francisco
Mr. X
Sunday School Lesson: Genesis and Its Lessons
Review by Rev. Samuel D Price D D on Genesis beginnings sin and salvation. The lesson traces Genesis themes from creation to Josephs rise in Egypt noting key figures Jacob Joseph and Abraham and the roles they play in Gods plan. The Golden Text Romans 8 28 gains expanded meaning within the lesson.
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Samuel D. Price
Jehovah
Jesus Christ
Calvary
Adam
God
Isaac
Abraham
Jacob
Joseph
Dothan
Egypt
Goshen
Last Day To Pay Ballot Assessments For Candidacy
Saturday June 25 marks the final day for candidates to pay assessments and have their names placed on the ballot. In a divorce case Mrs Mildred F Richardson of Boston testified her husband is a cave man and described an assault including pulling her, hurling a telephone and pouring hot coffee on her back. Robert Morrison of Chicago, dressed only in a nighty, chased and caught a thief who had robbed his home.
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Mildred F. Richardson
Boston
Robert Morrison
Chicago
The Knot Hole: Vacation Dreams and Hidden Hard Times
A neighbor travels to Jiles county to inspect land and discovers a duckling strangled to death in a box on the back porch. The piece muses on hard times, the season of vacations, and the curious social shifts of workers transforming during their time off.
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Jiles County
Stamford
Miscellaneous Fascinating Facts and Oddities
A collection of curiosities covering origins of words, city names, and cultural notes. It touches on cigar etymology, barber pole symbolism, Moscow’s giant bell, Chicago’s name lore, Chinese population density, Khyber Pass banditry, myths of body air, months named for Julius and Augustus, and US cosmetic usage statistics alongside shifting marriage trends.
Lumber ad notes turpentine price from Shamburger Co
C D Shamburger Lumber Co advertises pure gum spirits turpentine at 75 cents per gallon and promotes advertising in the American.
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C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co
German Adlerika Remedy Aids Bowel Control
A German treatment claims to relieve constipation by acting on both upper and lower bowels. It purportedly expels poisons causing gas bloating and disturbed sleep, available at City Drug Store.
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City Drug Store
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Cleburne Huston
Hamilton Street
Jones, Haskell, Stonewall
Fisher and Shackelford Counties
Christian Science Monitor
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Aeallel
National Industrial Conference Board
Thomas Nixon Carver
Harvard University
States
America
Albert T. Reid
Reis
Jume
Genesis
D. D
Bud
P.do
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Moscow
Russia
China
Khyber Pass
India
Afghanistan
Thei
Heistians
Ceasar
Julius
Augustus
United States
John Joseph Gaines
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