Chiasso Gateway Full of Mystery
Swiss Italian frontier town Chiasso swarms with German Italian and Swiss soldiers reporters and secret service men as Italy and Germany watch each other across the border. A brawl near the barrier ends with an Italian jail and a misty war rumor landscape centered on Trentino and Trieste.
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William G. Sheppard
Catasso
Switzerland
San Antonio
el Paso
Italy
Frankfort
Milan
I Supor
Germany
Chiasso
Germania
Como
Swiss War Department
Secret Service
Trentino
Trieste
Silvera Wins Damages After Rooster Case in California
In Mission San Jose California August 7 Joe Silvera sued Manuel Fonda over a black Minorca rooster. The court ruled Silvera entitled to damages equal to the rooster’s value after Fonda’s chicken scratched Silvera’s onion patch. Silvera’s loss included 45 days at two dollars per day plus the 75 cent rooster value.
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Silvera
Mission San Jose
Cal
Joe Silvera
Manuel Fonda
Fonda
Minorca
State urged to honor ten year tax exemption for Alabama Power
The Advertiser argues the state should keep its ten year exemption promise to the Alabama Power Company. It notes massive investment since 1911, warns against changing policy, and recalls Taft veto that halted lower Coosa dam plans intended for Montgomery fertilizer and cyanamide production. The piece emphasizes faith, progress, and the risk to future plants if the exemption ends.
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Alabama Power Company
Alabama
Advertiser
Washington
Cooga River
Lock 12
Coosa
Wetumpka
Middle Alabama
Montgomery
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Washington Doctrinaires
A Question of Good Faith on Tax Exemption Policy
The Star argues Alabama has long exempted corporations to attract capital and develop natural resources. It notes the Alabama Power Company exemption mirrors a 1909 measure and urges continuing the ten year term. The paper stresses moral obligation to support investments and foreign money for development.
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Alabama
Alabama Power Company
the Star
Recess Committee On Finance and Taxation
Anniston Star
Commonwealth
Star
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Chiasso Gateway
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Whales
Iowa
Yassuh
Tuscaloosa
West Blocton
Jacksonville
Piedmont
Quenelda
Ashland
Hartselle
Guntersville
Boaz
Albertville
James Mitchell
Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomry
Lower
Anniston Sunday Star
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