Senators Push Tax Change to Break Personal Holding Companies
Washington reports Senator George proposes revising tax laws to dissolve personal holding companies. He urges taxing them as partnerships to cut the loophole, with treasury officials detailing cases of tax dodges. Internal Revenue Commissioner Helvering and Fortas discuss 17 corporations where owners would face additional surtaxes in 1934.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
Treasury
Congressional Committee
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Abe Fortas
Securities Commission
Senate-House
Helvering
Restriction of melon shipments sought to avert drop in price
Albany Georgia June 29 Thad Huckabee manager of the watermelon control committee asked the secretary of agriculture to restrict shipments of watermelons below U S No 2 grade from North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida citing excessive loading of low grade melons that caused a market drop of more than 100 a car He blamed Georgia and Florida growers for persistently shipping low grade fruit despite a strong season outlook warning the trend could worsen through the season
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Albany, Ga
Thad Huckabee
Georgia
Florida
Be Careful on Saturdays and Sundays for Men 33 in Atlanta
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce warns men around 33 years old to be extra cautious on Saturdays and Sundays after a chamber traffic survey found 88.2 percent of Atlanta auto accident victims are men with an average age of 33. It notes Thursday as the safest day and reports 23 traffic deaths in Atlanta since January 1.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Young Roosevelt and du Pont Will Rehearse Wedding
Franklin Roosevelt Jr and Ethel du Pont rehearse their wedding in Wilmington days before the ceremony as relatives and friends gather. A luncheon and parties frame the betrothal eve with trains, hotel visits, and estate gatherings at Owls Nest and nearby Christ Church. A separate Washington note mentions a peanut statistics bill and a $10,000 aid grant to Mrs Snider of Smithville.
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Wilmington
Del
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
du Pont
Roosevelt
Owls Nest
Eugene du Pont
Christ Church
du Ponts
Tride
Miss du Pont
Washington
Walter F. George
Georgia
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
George
Cliff Snider
Smithville
Chinese Regulation Bans Heroin in Patent Medicines
In line with the anti narcotic program of the Chinese government a new regulation prohibits the use of heroin in patent medicines.
Death Toll From Weekend Car Crashes Rises
A woman driver featured in the death count as five fatalities occurred in weekend crashes. Five people were killed in weekend incidents while four died in accidents on Friday. Monday and Tuesday each recorded three fatalities, Wednesday saw two, and only one fatality occurred on Thursday.
France's Chautemps Government Wins Confidence Vote
In Paris the Chautemps cabinet secured a 393 to 142 confidence vote as it seeks powers to reform France finances. Georges Bonnet imposed a gold and forex moratorium and hints of franc devaluation amid talks with the United States and Britain to avert a fiscal crisis.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Bonnet
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Rene Brunet
Britain
Brunet
Extra Session Talk Grows Amid Revenue Shortfall
Rumors of a possible Georgia extra session gain traction as lawmakers discuss tangible taxes and a new bus and truck tax. Governors 80 percent budget operations and a looming 4 million shortfall shape plans, with county, city, and state divisions proposed for an intangible levy. Andrew Kingery and John Hammond at the capitol add to the session speculation as the governor’s condition improves.
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Hollywood
Rivers
Harris
Charles Reid
State Democratic Executive Committee
Burbank Field
Musgrove
Atlanta
Andrew J. Kingery
Cerk
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Georgia General Assembly
Capitol
John Hammond
Senate
Miss Whitsell Receives Lost Purse From Honest Find
In Saltese Montana Miss Bertha H Whitsell a teacher lost a purse containing 1900 dollars. A passerby found the purse on the road in Spokane and returned it to Miss Whitsell as soon as they reached their destination.
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Saltese, Mont
Bertha H. Whitsell
Spokane
City Council Debates Utilities Growth and Budget in June Session
The council, despite heat, discussed paying Georgia Municipal Association dues, wiring bids for a 2500 KW turbine, and widening streets near the abattoir. It approved tax levies timing, charity funding, and yard regulations including speed limits and livestock controls, then adjourned.
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Powell
Georgia Municipal Association
D. R. Pringle
Pringle
Watt
East Jackson Street
Crawford and
Dawson
Glenwood Drive
Vashti
Dobbins
Abattoir
Vine Street
Vann
Park and Tree Department
Vaughn
Local Visitors and Family News Highlight June Birth
Mayor W. T. Flint and J. J. Bryant of Pelham visited on business. Miss Jane Murphy from Tallahassee visits her grandmother Mrs. Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. Truett return from Florida. Roscoe Truett heads to Atlanta to see his sister Mrs. Jim Todd. Jimmy Crosby leaves hospital. Chester Bellamy announces birth of baby girl Sunday June 27 at the Chastains home on Boston road.
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W. T. Flint
J. J. Bryant
Pelham
Jane Murphy
Tallahassee
8.B. Sanford
Roscoe Truett
Atlanta
Jim Todd
Chester Bellamy
Mrs
A. T. Chastain
Boston Road
Hats Cleaned and Blocked
Mrs. W. E. MacIntosh left for Bridgewater Nova Scotia to visit her sister for three months. Mrs Geo W Edwards of Chattanooga Tenn will stay with her mother Mrs B Sanford. Mr and Mrs H C Roane and children and Mrs A B Isaacs returned to Atlanta after visiting the Feinbergs. W R McGrew sustained a strained ankle last weekend hindering walking, improving slowly.
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W. E. MacIntosh
Bridgewater
Nova Scotia
Canada
Geo. W. Edwards
Chattanooga, Tenn
8. B. Sanford
H. C. Roane
A. B. Isaacs
Atlanta
al Feinberg
W. R. McGrew
Mrs. H. H. Vann Resting After Serious Operation
Relatives report Mrs. H. H. Vann in a Miami hospital resting as well as possible after a very serious operation last week. It is hoped she may be allowed to return home to Miami within a few days.
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H. H. Vann
Miami
Terrorism Plot Charged To CIO Leader In Warren
Police report three CIO workers Arthur Scott John Boraweic and George Bundas from Warren confessing to a dynamite ring after charges were filed against Hall and two others Joe Obraveic and Charles Byers bail set at 25000 each by Judge R R Speak. Steel mills delay reopening as Indiana Governor Townsend appeals to delay the strike prompting 2500 pickets around plants to resist resumption.
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Arthur Scott
John Boraweic
George Bundas
Warren
CIO
Gillen
Hall
Joe
Shm) Orawiec
Charles Byers
R. R. Speak
Municipal
Chicago
Inland Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Calumet
Illinois
Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Franco British plans for patrol rejected continue on page one
Describes the hardship in Santander as Franco British patrol plans are rejected. Mothers await medical aid in overcrowded maternity homes and provisional clinics. Refugee children are separated daily while women and children strive to board ships, with many left without a place.
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Santander
Man fatally shot by police in Brewton home
Mack Watson of East Brewton was killed when officers responded to a disturbance at his residence. Police say Watson was drinking and abusing family members and that Officer Robert Rhodes shot him in self defense. Chief R. A. Strong cited the incident.
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Diogenes
Alderman Dawes
Dawes
Lquor
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Andont Ee
Mrs. B. A Truett Ang
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Eddie Lewis
W. Jackson
Porter’s Electric Shop
Perkins
B. J. Gillen
National Guards
South Gorseon
Winn’s Dairy
Bireleys Orangeade
Bank of Thomas County
W. F Scott
W. E. Young
Exec
Cc. K. Wall
H. B. Gurley
W. F. Scott
C. K. Wall
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J. M. Golden
W. C. Ball
E. A. Dawes
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