Dallas area reminiscences reveal school honor roll and obits
A historic column recalls past students and first grade honor roll names Sallye Hamilton Eva Stillwell Doris Ayres Mildred Cantrell Emma Davidson Sarah Lee Holland. It notes obituaries Mrs Laura Carter and Joe T Wallace with local deaths and a tax rate unchanged at 1.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lean
Durelle Mangrum
Jack Barbee
Bernard Caperton
Virgie Davenport
Ray Humphries
Herman Crowell
Thelma Trigg
Johnie Bell Marshall
Sallye Hamilton
Eva Stillwell
Doris Ayres
Mildred Cantrell
Emma Davidson
Sarah Lee Holland
Big Business Backs Income Tax Limitation Push
St Louis Post Dispatch reports a nationwide push for a 25 percent income tax ceiling is financed by large corporations including Du Pont interests and by businessmen unaware funds reach solicitors. Western Tax Council founded by James Asbury Arnold allegedly used dummy organizations. now run by Frank E Packard. If adopted it could raise corporate profits and top personal incomes but drain federal revenue by about 16 billion annually. sales tax may be needed to offset losses. promoters plan rapid action in several states to push Congress toward a constitutional change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
du Pont
Western Tax Council of Chicago, Inc
James Asbury Arnold
Senate
Council
Better Business Bureaus
Arnold
Post-Dispatch
Pierre S. du Pont III
Western Tax Council
Frank E. Packard
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Packard
United States Treasury Department
Katy Section Crew at Trenton Abolished Feb 1
The MK T Katy railroad will abolish the Trenton based section crew on February 1 and transfer duties to Whitewright and Leonard crews. Paul Pierson has long served as section foreman. The Katy has kept a Trenton based section crew since the line's construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KATY
Trenton
Mk&t
Katy) Railroad
Whitewright
Leonard
Paul Pierson
Local Obituaries and Prize Winners in 1927 Sun Notes
Mrs Lenora Bell Pierce died at her home southwest of town Friday morning. Scott Bruce died at his home in Tom Bean Tuesday night. Martin Belew won Rotary Club prize of 100 dollars for Best Balanced Farm Program and 50 dollars from Whitewright Chamber of Commerce. R E L Binion won 50 dollars for The Most corn on Five Acres. December 25 issue of Farm and Ranch magazine featured J R Oliver and his Duroc Jersey hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Carter
J. M. Carter
Eugene McIver
South Bend Street
John W. Low
Dallas
George Ashlock
Tishomingo
Okla
Joe T. Wallace
J. P. Autrey
Whitewright
O. H. Bartlett
Irvie Joe Blair
E. P. Montgomery
T. W. Gattis
P. A. Short
Willie Smith
Louis Randle
Thurman Hamilton
L. B. Jones
Floyd Badgett
Looney Robbins
Mac Powell
Trent Phillips Jr
Ollie McMillin
Hester Martin
Fannie Robbins
Bettie Lou Mc
Lenora Bell Pierce
Scott Bruce
Tom Bean
Martin Belew
Grady Gillett
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Farm and Ranch Magazine
J. R. Oliver
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Thomas A. Edison
Congress
Arizona
California
Colorado
Maryland
New York
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Olop
Chevrolet
Fisher
Kitewright
Tex
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