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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
4
The piece notes a US tax burden rising from local systems, with taxes equaling half bank deposits in a year. It argues state and local governments would exhaust revenue from crops and the wheat harvest, while industrial output and corporate earnings fall short of government needs. It highlights deep debt risks and unsound expenditure controls.
President Coolidge rests in the Black Hills of South Dakota to regain strength for a strenuous pre election year. Congress faces a crowded calendar with October or November session plans and major issues likely to be tied to the 1928 campaign, including Mississippi flood relief, seating disputes, tax cuts, and a looming political fight over policy.
Local editorials urge communities to back their own development by investing funds and planning efforts to attract outside capital. Communities in South Georgia discuss establishing manufacturing or a modern hotel, but now urge residents to prove faith through personal investment and toil.
The Savannah Morning News argues that capitalists should venture beyond safe investments and engage personally in factories and industries. It urges owners to invest effort, management, and risk for bigger profits, not sentimental or civic motives alone.
Commentary on why Col Lindbergh did not wear his Missouri National Guard uniform when he returned from Paris. The piece argues his flight was a personal achievement, not military, and stresses his modesty and American identity over pomp. It also comments on gift-giving, a distant comet, and public views of naval matters and travel hazards.
The Savannah Morning News notes plans for a Hahira factory to exclusively use Georgia grown tobacco, the best bright leaf. It imagines cotton hills and tobacco districts near factories, with numerous wood working and other plants thriving near Georgia forests.
A Parisian letter claims President Coolidge will appoint Robert Bass of New Hampshire as ambassador to Cuba. The note adds Bass could influence U S policy while in Havana. A Yale uproar followed a dramatic coach's firing, raising questions about the school’s hiring standards.
Chevrolet Motor Company announces a 2 million dollar development at Flint Michigan to relieve congestion from rising production. The plan adds a three story office building and a three story parts building 530 by 122 feet and 260 by 60 feet respectively. Completion by October 1 will allow razing of the old offices and parts buildings for a modern factory.
The Panhandle of Texas transformed from virtually unknown to a major oil region. Radio and airplanes linked distant headquarters to remote field operations, enabling rapid transport of people and freight. The result is substantial time and cost savings for companies expanding communications and logistics.
A film note highlights De Wolfe Hopper as America's comic hero in Casey at the Bat with Wallace Beery. Ford Sterling ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway are praised for prior works. Hector Turnbull and Monte Brice contributed to Mantrap Behind the Front and Were in the Navy Now. Beery shown as a Babe Ruth figure in a small town tale, and Bebe Daniels headlines A Kiss in a Taxi at the Colonial Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday.
A partial OCR fragment mentions the phrase Sonn heet in te the hig h on ban tate referring to the highest point in the British Isles. The text is incomplete and lacks clear details or context.
The article notes the U S war cost around 40 billion with debt down from 27 to 19 billion by 1926 due to refunds and rising revenues. It highlights growing state and city debts and new revenue from auto and gasoline taxes, which top $200000 in 1926 and fund road building. It warns that overtaxing could kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
The piece argues readers should support the local paper with advertising and job printing. It claims the newspaper aids civic affairs without direct pay, and urges patrons to prioritize local printing needs and office supplies.
The article states that about one third of livestock for food is raised west of the Mississippi while two thirds of consumers live east of the river. It notes 1 900 packing houses operating to convert livestock into meat and move products to markets east of the Mississippi.
Wallace Beery stars in Case y at the Batt arriving July 7 and 8 at the Colonial Theatre. Ernest Thayer poem inspiration with De Wolf Hopper favorite. Hector Turnbull Brice Morris adapted and Brice directed. Jules Furthman wrote screenplay. cast includes Holloway Pitts Sterling.
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