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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1936
Page
4
Merle Thorpe argues taxation hinders recovery noting one third of earnings go to tax agencies. He cites up to twenty two million dependents on tax payrolls and claims government bureaus regulate hundreds of activities from marketing to licensing, urging deflation of government.
A discussion on expanding pension schemes beyond veterans stretches across society from old age to teachers and police. The piece recalls the 1917 War Risk Insurance Act aims to end post Civil War pension abuses while noting vast Civil War pensions already paid and ongoing veteran numbers.
The piece notes seven women serving in Congress, listing Edith Nourse Rogers Mary Norton Florence Kahn Hattie Caraway and others, and critiques pension costs for veterans widows and orphans. It contrasts woman lawmakers with male critics like John Erskine and references local legal observers and pension schemes as financial strain.
Washington discusses how to fund the bonus and farm bounties amid White House and Capitol Hill disagreement. The President favors new taxes to stabilize finances, while lawmakers resist broad levies in an election year. Potential measures include excise taxes on processors, corporate taxes, inheritance taxes, and a possible tax on lotteries to fund obligations.
Twenty three women in the St Thomas Teachers Association Virgin Islands help win equal suffrage after the elections board denied registration they pursued the case in Federal District Court. Henrietta Szold founder of Hadassah now leads 45000 women promoting medical and cultural advancement in Palestine. Calm M Hoke the first woman consulting chemist applied science to jewelry and advanced platinum use. In Britain Eleanor Rathbone becomes the first woman to Parliament without opposition after early Liverpool council service and social welfare work.
A discussion recalls Amelia Earhart urging funds to break gender barriers in aviation while noting the persistence of prejudice. It contrasts Earhart's advocacy with criticisms of women in top roles and cites Billy Sunday and Robert Ingersoll on faith, doubt, and salvation.
A clipped obituary note recalls Billy Sunday’s death, framing faith as surpassing hope. It notes his influence as a religious evangelist and public figure, indicating his legacy in early 20th century American religious life.
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