Q and A from The Evening Star Information Bureau
A reader question column answers facts on Youth Congress membership and historical court presentation dates. It defines a brain child as an original product of thought and describes a hammerhead shark as a large, ferocious species with a broad head found in warm seas.
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Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Duchess of Bho
Ernest Simpson
King George
Queen Mary
Questions and Answers on Arts, Travel and History
A compilation of brief Q A items covers actors Conway Tearle and Tallulah Bankhead in Antony and Cleopatra, horse racing prospects for Santa Anita, military retirement ages, Niagara Falls erosion, U S coinage dies, Sir Harry Lauder, English left driving, Royal Geographical Society medal, Elihu Yale tomb inscription, Faroe Islands sovereignty, Churchill quote attribution, bootblacks, diamonds composition, regular BBC TV, federal property value, World Youth Congress dates, White Sulphur Springs Montana, greeting etiquette, women buyers earnings, Mayor LaGuardia children, Marta Abba career, and the year Taft presided over the admission of Arizona.
Tax audits and the integrity of government revenue
The text defends independent audits of wealthy individuals including Mr Hoover and notes the Board of Tax Appeals as unbiased. It recalls Henry Breckinridge’s 1934 audit protests after opposing Roosevelt, dismissing that as an exceptional case. It concludes income tax enforcement is burdensome but generally fair and just.
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Mr. Hoover
Board of Tax Appeals
Henry Breckinridge
Roosevelt
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Breckinridge
Virginia Highway Funds In Limbo As President Proposes Cut
Anti diversionists warn that President Roosevelt seeks to curb Federal highway aid for next year cutting allocations 20 to 25 percent. Shirley of the State Highway Commission disputes a disaster, predicting delays not stoppages and urging Virginians to expect continued road expansion despite possible reductions.
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Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Virginia
Roosevelt
Congress
Shirley
State Highway Commission
Now Kennedy confronts Tim over a £500 letter stake
Tim contemplates options to raise £1,900 to satisfy Adams’ demand for a letter. He considers loans and selling the practice while fearing exposure. Adams pressures Tim with blackmail and hints at ruin, prompting Tim to plot a drastic plan and consider drastic action.
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Kennedy
Adams
Tim
Ickes Denounces Nearly All in New York Speech
Harold Ickes, Interior secretary, savaged the Supreme Court and Ku Klux Klan in a bitter New York address. He made no protest when Franklin Roosevelt appointed Hugo Black to the Court, suggesting even a former Ku Klux member could not further taint a court he deems corrupt and self-seeking.
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Harold Ickes
Interior
New York
New Deal
New Dealers
Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Court
Roosevelt
Hooded Order
Power and War in Emile Zola’s Philosophy
The article lauds the Life of Emile Zola for its entertainment and lessons, focusing on Zola’s denunciation of war and the lust for power. It links past warnings to contemporary leaders Mussolini Hitler and Stalin, condemning imperialism, armament building, and global power struggles while urging ordinary people to resist dictators and preserve peace.
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Emile Zola
Zola
Mussolini
Ethiopia
China
Hitler
Stalin
United States
Hugo Black and the Ku Klux Klan Allegations
Washington columnist Drew Pearson and Robert Allen report on Hugo Black’s Klan membership controversy. Black reportedly remained silent during Senate confirmation, while opponents and supporters debated the implications for his Supreme Court tenure and whether the president knew of the charges.
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The
Lynchburg News
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Washington
Drew Pearson
Robert 8. Allen
Senate
Alabama
Senator Black
Justice Black
No Tax Inquisition Mentioned by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau’s disclaimer of any persecution of Mr. Hoover through prolonged examination of his income tax returns is to be taken at face value. If anything of the sort were
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Richmond News-Leader
Morgenthau
Hoover
City council meets in special session over 1937 budget
City council members meet in a special session to study the 1937 budget noting the present rate of 1.20 dollars is too low. Dr L M Allen has pictures and voice recorded by Pathe News Reel Co. as the doctor who brought Mrs Simpson into the world. Coach Ochs awards 17 varsity football men at Handley with monorais. Kenneth Heini presides at the banquet. Frank Wissler is elected head of the Virginia Horticultural Society at Roanoke convention.
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L. M. Allen
Pathe News Reel Co
Simpson
Ochs
Handley
Kenneth Heini
Frank Wissler
Mt. Jackson
Virginia Horticultural Society
Roanoke
Northern Virginia Dental Study Club Hosts Meeting Five Years Ago
Five years ago Dr. E. M. Steele hosted the Northern Virginia Dental Study Club at his Stephens City home. Carter Baker and Lee Garber were named by coaches on the all C. V. A. L. football team for 1932. Massie reports twelve inmates and a lack of personnel at the county and city parish farm. Miss Lucy Belle Vorous and Mr. Glen Hepner announce their marriage which occurred last month.
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E. M. Steele
Northern Virginia Dental Study Club
Stephens City
Carter Baker
Lee Garber
All C. V. A. L
John M. Massie
City Parish
Lucy Belle Vorous
Boyce
Glen Hepner
Jackson
Winchester area notes ten years ago reports
Ten years ago a winter day saw a low of eleven degrees with a cold spell. Charles W. Trenary, Winchester revenue commissioner, addressed the Rotary Club to boost local public interest. County delegates spoke at Culpeper urging North Frederick Pughtown road improvements. Rose McDonald of Berryville was elected president of the Winchester Clarke County Garden Club at a meeting with Lucy Kurtz.
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Charles W. Trenary
Commissioner of Revenue
Winchester
Highway Commission
Culpeper
Frederick
Pughtown Road
Rose McDonald
Berryville
Winchester-Clarke County
Garden Club
Lucy Kurtz
Winchester’s oldest resident dies at age 99
Miss Margaret Williams of Winchester dies at 99, born in 1814. In other news, a Rockingham man Joe Frazier is acquitted of beating his wife to death. Isaac Harbaugh is killed at Star Tannery mill by a revolving lumber saw. Sarah Zane Fire Company votes to buy a chemical and hose wagon.
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Margaret Williams
Winchester
Washington
Joe Frazier
Rockingham
Isaac Harbaugh
Star Tannery
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Meeting
Surprise wedding of Samuel R Atwell and Carrie Barr
Forty years after the nuptials local citizens remark on the surprise wedding of Samuel R Atwell and Carrie Barr. Workmen digging for a Main Street water line reveal old corduroy road in front of the Presbyterian Church. Dr G Kenton Heist is reappointed to the State Dental Examiners Board by Governor O'Ferrall.
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Samuel R. Atwell
Carrie Barr
Main Street
Opportunity and manners in business with Carnegie tale
The article outlines how recognizing opportunity powers success, citing Ziegfeld and Meyer Guggenheim as examples. It praises practical manners and professional conduct, recounting an anecdote about a university student who smoked in a client’s home, illustrating judgment and etiquette in business interactions.
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Ziegfeld
Meyer Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Pat Harrisons Assurance on Tax Reform
The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star recounts Senator Harrison calling for substantial modification of the undistributed profits tax and the capital gains tax. He warns the tax structure harms business, throttles expansion and employment, and argues unfair levies burden government revenue.
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Fredericksburg
Free Lance Star
Harrison
Congress
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