Forms SS-2 and SS-2a announced for Title VIII taxes
Commissioner Helvering announced release of Forms SS-2 and SS-2a for information returns under Title VIII of the Social Security Act. Employers must file these returns quarterly from January 1, 1937, with the first period covering January 1 to June 30, 1937, due by July 31, 1937. Forms require the employer identifier, per employee account numbers, and detailed wage data. penalties apply for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Collectors of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Treasury
General deficit totals rise to nine million nine hundred seventy seven thousand seven hundred fifty two
The general fund deficit stood at 9,977,752 when warrants were paid up to January 12, 1937, with 1,108,232 called. The Confederate pension fund deficit was 4,633,593. Pension warrants were bought for the state highway investment fund through July 1936, if not discounted, and warrants paid through July 1935 regardless of discount. The boyhood home of John Hay, Lincoln's secretary, was sold in Warsaw, Illinois, for taxes, for only 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Confederate Pension Fund
State Highway Investment Fund
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Warsaw
Ill
Churches Schedule Services and Children's Day
Pastor Dr B Wrenn Webb leads Sunday school at 10 a m. Worship at 11 a m with Almost Is Not Enough followed by a Practical Program of Christian Life and Service at 8 p m. Children’s Day set for the 11 o’clock worship on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Layman's Day on Sunday week service schedule posted
The 11 o clock service Sunday will be conducted by officials of our board of stewards in observance of Layman's Day. Sunday school meets at 10 a. m. Miss Lucille Sanders will report on the adult assembly at S. M. U. Dallas. Evening service at 7 p. m. The pastor will preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Stewards
Lucille Sanders
Dallas
Joe M. Connally
Community Property Law of Texas Under Fire in Tax Campaign
Texans face a tax campaign clash as Secretary Morgenthau attacks Texas community property law, linking ordinary business owners to tax dodgers. Roosevelt forwards the dispute to Congress, arguing the law stems from historic roots and should not be discredited by enforcement evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Property Law of
Texas
Austin
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
the Treasury
Congress
Republic of Texas
Robert Lynn Batts
University Board of Regents
Paris
France
Spain
Mexico
California
Florida
United States
Morgenthau
Ten Million Sought to Build U.S. Merchant Fleet
President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide 10 million dollars for an immediate start on ninety five new merchant vessels and to authorize 150 million dollars in ship construction contracts next year. Joseph P. Kennedy outlined a fleet plan including sixty cargo ships twenty four passenger cargo ships one liner and ten tankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Maritime Commission
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States Lines
Manhattan
Duke's Wallis Cocktail Recipe Celebrates Windsor Wedding
The Duke of Windsor creates a celebratory Wallis cocktail with cointreau peppermint gin lemon juice and soda. Mixed as a wedding toast in Monts France at Chateaud de Candé.
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Chateau de Cande
Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis
Government Plans War on Evaders of Security Taxes
Washington reports the internal revenue bureau will fine thousands of individuals and firms for failing to file social security act returns. Penalties range from pennies to dollars, with possible imprisonment for willful violators. Employers must file monthly payroll related returns, and the bureau notes some delinquencies stem from belief the act would be struck down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Bureau
Supreme Court
Savoy Cyclone Remembered From 57 Years Ago
Savoy recalls a May 28 cyclone that leveled Main street and moved the town to Hayes street now highway 82. Residents recall dramatic impacts including residents blown from rooms, the depot wrecked, store ledgers found miles away, and 13 deaths. Hassell College became an emergency hospital after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Main Street
Hayes Street
H. H. Atterberry
Minnie McMurray
S. D. Moore
van Alstyne
Sam Harle
Durant
Oklo
Russell-Bedford Company
Eagle Lake
Okla
Hassell College
Want Ads and Auto Loans in Sherman
Classified notices promote automobile loans by Auto Finance Company led by F W Creager with locations on Travis Street. Listings include sale items like a 1933 Chevrolet truck and 1929 Ford truck, plus farm equipment from Manning and Meador. A card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness after Mrs Jennie Childress's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Ford
Fordson
Manning & Meador
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
Jennie Childress
J. H. Copeland
Sam Childress
Gus Childress
J. R. Childress
E. R. Childress
Ben Childress
Death rate in the United States reaches 11.5 per 1,000
The 1936 U S death rate was 11 5 per 1 000, the highest since 1935, with 1 474 177 deaths, up 81 425 from the prior year. Heat wave and respiratory deaths cited. North Dakota lowest at 8 0, Arizona highest at 15 5, DC 14 7. Other rates include South Dakota 8 7, Arkansas 9 2, Oklahoma 9 2, Utah 9 9, Nevada 14 4, California 12 5.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Utah
Arizona
District of Columbia
Nevada
California
Odorant Added to Fort Worth Gas Main
Fort Worth officials placed odorant in Lone Star Gas mains as a 12 day strike tied up operations at the main warehouse and downtown offices. The voluntary act preceded a statewide Texas Railroad Commission mandate to odorize gas. Labor mediation continued with no arbitration yet and pickets remained at plants. Citrus plants in the Lower Rio Grande Valley paid 266000 dollars for 25000 tons of call fruit in 1935 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Lone Star Gas Company
Texas Railroad Commission
Joseph S. Myers
National Labor Relations Board
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Planning Board
Old Negro Philosophy on Weather and Work
An old Negro philosopher remarks that the Lord provides enough good days to plant a crop if people work on the days He gives. The piece uses regional dialect to convey self-help sentiment and ends with a sales prompt: if you want to sell it, advertise it.
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Frank Buck
Big Brother
Liberty
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Gossard
Presbyterian Church
F. D.R
Duke
Dick Montgomery
Tal
Eastern Iron & Metal Co. Cor
Mulberry & Branch Sts
Sherman, Texas
U. S
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Luther Gordon
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