Internal RevenueS Court Clash Over Senator Couzens Taxes
The piece reports a high profile tax dispute involving Senator James Couzens of Michigan and the Internal Revenue Bureau over alleged gift taxes on philanthropy. It outlines historical gifts to a Detroit children’s fund and a Pontiac housing venture, plus political context with President Roosevelt’s allies and tax policy tensions. It notes past and present friction with Commissioner Guy Helvering and hints at broader Capitol Hill dynamics and 1936 campaign planning.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
James Couzens
Michigan
Roosevelt
Couzens
Detroit
Pontiac
Harry Hopkins
Internal Revenue
Guy Helvering Jr
Action 18
Helgering
Senate
Tepeal
John W Fiwood
Owen D Young
Father Couchlin
Turkish weight measure Ohe equals about three pounds
An old Turkish unit called Ohe is described as a weight measure roughly three pounds in modern terms. It appears in historical references as a customary mass used in trade and daily life. The term reflects regional systems of measurement once common in the Ottoman sphere.
Princess for Growing Daughter Dress Pattern
A vintage pattern description edited by Laura Baldt from Teachers College Columbia details a pink grosgrain bow princess dress in blue chambray with potential puffed sleeves and no waist seams. The design fits sizes 6 8 10 12 with yardage notes, order form and pricing for pattern and fashion book.
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Laura J. Baldt
A. M
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
N.Y
Columbia Baptist Church Notes
Columbia March 4 sermon series on The Most Remarkable Characters of the Bible. Rev Marshall Bickford discusses Romans chapter five Sunday at 10:30 with Sunday school at 11:10. Women's Mission Circle event March 11 hosted by Mrs Herman Paulson. Devotions led by Mrs Berth Grills. readings from Rudyard Kipling to 80. Hostesses listed. last meeting had 36 attendees. dinner committee named. Junior choir rehearsal at church. Miss Donna Stinchcomb at piano with Mrs Lyle Reisinger guiding.
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Columbia
Marshall Bickford
Herman Paulson
Women's Mission Circle
Berth Grills
India
Milford Bartter
Rudyard Kipling
Harry Cartright
Fern Pinckney
Martha Adams
George Churchward
William Ingersall
Assam
James Cather
John Snell
Florabel Snell
Ernest Dunford
L. J Sabins
Alice Lindstrom
H H Bartter
Irma Walker
Fields
Mig Lolita Wimpenny
Carlisle
Lyle Reisinger
Baptist Church
Bernard Cutting
Donna Stinchcomb
Surprise shower honors Donna Cletzer at Bartter home
The Ladies Aid Society hosted eighty guests for a surprise shower at Mrs H C Bartter’s home honoring Donna Cletzer on the eve of her upcoming marriage to Leon Reising of Belden. Music and entertainment featured several named participants and hostesses included Mrs Willard Hathaway and Miss L L Ring.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
H C Bartter
Donna Cletzer
Leon Reising
Belden
Aliss Lucile Churchward
Wathion Akins
Mabel Rice
Jewell Bartter Vaiss Pauline Vartin
Edna Barber Mig
Fern Akins
Alis Emory Tanewehr
Ola Crocker
Frances Stranahan
Willard Hathaway
L. L Ring Wte
van Arsdale
Wiss Lucile Churchward
Merrill Squie
Leo Martin
Herman Dengler
Berea
Cleveland
Mallett Crech
P Brown
Methodist Chuch
Rev P. Brown
Valley City Visitors Attend Mary Arnold Home
Valley City residents and relatives gathered at the Mary Arnold residence including S C Arnold and daughter Ethel of Cleveland and C E Arnold and family of Seville Mrs Jake Law and Agnes Mc Kee with Irvin Klien reich of Elyria. Willard Wolf and family from Smithville visited Henry Wolt. Henry Weldner is seriously ill with daughter Mrs Richard Platz helping. Additional guests included Harold BE Dean and family of Lakewood and Ernest Gunkel man and family, Henry Gunkelman and Jorge Bauer.
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Mary S Arnold
S C Arnold
Ethel
Cleveland
C. E. Arnold
Seville
Jake Law
Agnes McKee
Irvin Klinecht
Elyria
Mary Arnold
Willard Wolf
Smithville
Henry Wolt
Henry Weldner
Richard Platz
Harold BE. Dean
Lakewood
Ralph Feuchter
Ernest Gunkelman
Henry Gunkelman
Jorge Bauer
C. W. Bauer
Ernest Wolf
Allan Blood
Elyria Hospital
Elsie
Harold Dean
Takewood
Thurday
Lars Keller
Julius Neumeyer
Richard
Dennis Fannin
Lilly Hauck
Fd Stever
Janice Ann Arich
Mra
Jennie
Arick
Medina May Pan Blood
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mia
Orlin Wolfe
James
Medina
Mig Earl Arich
Wilma Steck
Barberton
Charles A Starr Remembered By New York Evening Mail
The obituary notes Charles A Starr, 72, a longtime Evening Mail staffer, who spent his final days in a religious home. A meticulous early riser who drafted news for 4am rewrites, Starr was respected for his quiet, steady work and devout church devotion.
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New York
March
Charles A Starr
Evening Mail
Evers
Starr
Doc Perry
Rube Goldberg
Grantland Rice
Mr Stair
Life in the city mingles elegance and acting lore
An elderly crowd exudes sartorial flair as Wuitney Warren and Col Creighton Webb stroll the streets, while theater memories latch onto thin exploits of actors in The Racket and The Noose. A Glance at a Trans Lux reel and a parade of famous visitors fill a night of dinner and theater.
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Wuitney Warren
Clifton Webb
Fred Astaire
Col Creighton Webb
Missouri Farm Tale References A Curious Monkey Detail
A fragment from a 1936 McNaught Syndicate fiction piece mentions Missouri farm life and a peculiar monkey behavior, noting that monkeys do not search for fleas but seek an akin scale resembling human dandruff and a sweet taste, followed by a quoted life reflection about social attention and isolation.
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Missouri Farm
McNaught Syndicate
Lynden O. E. S. Card Party in Finley Show Rooms
Grafton March 4 The Lynden chapter of the O. E. S is holding a card party at the C. B. Finley Motor Company show rooms on Thursday at 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in pinochle bridge and bunco.
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Grafton
Lynden Chapter
The
C. B. Finley Motor Company
PTA Session Produces Rug in School Home Economics Room
The Parent-Teacher Association met this afternoon in the Home Economics room of the school building to craft a rug.
Freshman Fundraiser at IOOF Hall Promises Variety Talent
The Grafton High School freshman class with Miss Norvine Nichols sponsors a Water Bowes amateur program in the IOOF hall Friday evening. Impersonations recitations instrumental vocal and dance numbers are planned. Joseph Boddy of Elyria will be the announcer with Gerald Frank county music supervisor as talent judge.
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Grafton High School
Norvine Nichols
Farm Moves Shake Oberlin Area Homes
Mr and Mrs Ora Sprague and two sons moved onto the Worcester farm near Oberlin as the Albert Redmond family from Hatton occupied the Sprague farm last week. Mr and Mrs B H Wise moved to Mrs Anna Hosler's house at Kingsley's Corners last Monday. Lee McClellan and family of Amherst came to the Benzing farm Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ilo Phelps and family have gone to Berea to live. Mrs Musa Artz and son Carl moved into Miss Winnifred's house on Friday.
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Ora Sprague
Worcester
Oberlin
Albert Redmond
Haton
Sprague
B. H. Wise
Anna Hosler
Kingsley’s Corners
Lee “McClellan
Amherst
Benzing
Ilo Phelps
Berea
Musa Artz
Carl
Miss Winnifred
Young People's Bible Class Meet at Bartlett Home
The MEF Sunday school class invites members to a Friday evening gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Lucius Bartlett with Mrs Merle Brunson assisting as hostess. The event details emphasize a social and devotional get together for youth members.
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MEF
Lucius Bartlett
Merle Brunson
Baker Bowman family dinner marks golden wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs W E Baker and Mr and Mrs John Bowman attended a family dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Bowmans golden wedding anniversary at their LaGrange home Sunday. Three children were present.
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W E Baker
John Bowman
Chatham School News Highlights Students Enjoy Film
Chatham Ohio March 5 Genevieve Richards of Mansfield enrolled in Sophomore class. Students attended a motion picture on Safety Monday afternoon. Teachers held a surprise party for Mrs Beaton Wednesday night. Senior class staged a surprise for Supt H J Kohh on his birthday Wednesday evening. YWCA met Friday to discuss folk dances. YMCA Boys met with Gridas Gene Whitman leading on Old Coins as a Hobby. Boys quartet and girls sextette to Granger Friday. attendees include Burton Bunker Gordon Wathews Elmer Clinesmith Robert Ripley Margaret Walkden Carole Kulp Helen Auble Josephina Grim Helen Suiestand Bernice Smith Hilde Pugh Nether Dobson.
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Chatham
Genevieve Richards
Mansfield
Barthday
Beaton
H J
Y W CA
Y. M C
Gene Whitman
Granger
Burton Bunker
Gordon Wathews
Elmer Clinesmith
Robert Ripley
Margaret Walkden
Carole Kulp
Helen Auble
Josephina Grim
Helen Suiestand
Bernicelinesmith
Hlste Pugh
Nether Dobson
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Incidents
Miss Helen Auble stayed as an overnight guest of Miss Bernice Ramsey Friday. Miss Ruth Basom severely burned her hand and arm when a gasoline can ignited while pouring into an engine. The Schrader family moved to a farm on Smith Road. Oscar Henke of Columbia visited Mr and Mrs Walkden. Mr and Mrs Avery Clapp spent the weekend at Columbiana. Mr and Mrs Clyde Basom and
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Helen Auble
Bernice Ramsey
Pnday
Ruth Basom
Schrader
Smith Road
Oscar Henke
Columbia
Walkden
Avery Clapp
Columbiana
Clyde Basom
Suggestions from Elyria schoolchildren for a better city
281 area students submitted essays in a Chamber of Commerce contest outlining reforms. Proposals include banning saloons and gambling, closing Sunday theatre and baseball, removing hazardous railroad crossings, creating playgrounds and parks, building a YMCA, removing park hitching rails, and cleaning backyards with shrubbery and trees planted.
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Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Plans Bureau of Statistics for weekly business report
The Chamber of Commerce plans a new Bureau of Statistics to issue weekly reports on business conditions including factory employment, living costs, bank deposits, agriculture, and building activity. Martha Peck known as Auntie Peck celebrated her 92nd birthday at 314 Seventh Street yesterday, having lived through 22 presidents starting with John Quincy Adams.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Statistics
Martha Peck
Peck
Seventh Street
John Quincy Adams
Vaughn Named Crawford County School Superintendent
R P Vaughn former Elyria High School principal is appointed county school superintendent for a two year term succeeding E C Seale Vaughn now leads Crawford County schools based in Bucyrus A new $42000 Second Congregational Church building will be dedicated Sunday with Rev George LaGrange Smith of Cleveland delivering the dedicatory sermon
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R P. Vaughn
Elyria
E. C. Seale
Vaughn
Crawford County
Bucyrus
Second Congregational Church
George LaGrange Smith
Cleveland
Veterans loans in Elyria total six hundred applicants
Three years ago six hundred World War veterans applied for veterans loans in Elyria under the new Veterans' Loan Law. Fourteen have already received checks totaling about $7,000. The state highway department awarded today a contract for a 30 foot concrete bridge over the Black River at LaPorte costing $36,343.32.
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Elyria
Black River
LaPorte
State Highway Department
Mayor Receives Axe to Cut City Taxes in Cambridge
In Cambridge Massachusetts a group of local business leaders reversed a gesture of the mayor gifting a city key by presenting Mayor John D Lynch with an inscribed axe. The axe bore a ribbon urging him to reduce the tax rate.
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Cambridge
Mass
John D Lynch
Family and friends gather for Sunday meals and visits
The text lists Sunday dinner guests at various homes including Mr and Mrs Lee Walkden and Mr Ellsworth Breyley visiting the Jameys. Ernest Packard and daughters Alice dined with Simon Chidsey at Bunker Hill. Bernice Ramsey visited Akron, and John Ramsey returned from Indiana. Frugal social notes in a small town context.
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Lee Walkden
Ellsworth Breyley
R. M. Jameyson
Ernest Packard
Alice
Simon Chidsey
Bunker Hill
Jackard
Bernice Ramsey
Akron
Clyde Brow
John Ramsey
Indiana
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Relief For Bad Breath
Thousands suffer from bad breath and find relief with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The vegetable formula gently stimulates bowels to clear system without calomel side effects. Independent readers note olive color tablets. take one or two at bedtime for a week. Pricing 15c 30c 60c.
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