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Show THE LEIH SUN. LEIH. UTAH "' """""J aMMHBMM ii w v n - m rn.rn.Mr m -"a News Review of Current fv Events the World Over Speaker Carner in Dramatic Speech Quells House Sales Tax'Rebels Substitute for Defeated Sales Tax Is Quickly Passed. 1 SPEAKER JOHN N. GARNER quelled the house of representative repre-sentative tax rebels and assured the nation of tax legislation that would balance the T national budget : i The member! of V-''1 ) both parties who had successfully op posed toe sales tax ''Zt-X provisions of the bill drafted by the f ways ana means cuuimuiee p r u in- ; Ised to be good and support the .tm new buj introduced by the committee Speaker and a8 , BubgUtute Garnep for the sales tax that had been defeated. It all came about when the speak-er speak-er took the floor and delivered a speech that was a combination of tempered argument. Impassioned plea and camp-meeting exhortation. As he whirled into his peroration, an exalted house membership answered an-swered his appeal for those resolved re-solved to lead a new life to arise. En masse the congressmen surged to their feet and took the pledge to pass a tax measure that will balance bal-ance the budget. Then the house settled down to business. The ways and means committee Introduced Its list of new taxes to take the place of the defeated de-feated snles tax, and the various Items were approved so rapidly that Acting Chairman Crisp had to stop the offering of Hems in order to give the engrossing clerks time to draw the various amendments. The new levies as provided for In the house bill covers taxes on the following articles with the estimated estimat-ed revenue: INCOME TAXES KEVENUE Individual (Increases carried In bill)......$ 112,000,000 Increase In normal rate ............... 3,000,000 Increase In surtaxes (wartime rates) .... 17,000,000 Lowering surtax exemption ex-emption from $10,000 to 10,000 ........... 7,000,000 Corporate tax (12 to 13 as carried la btlt).. 21,000,000 Corporate tax (13 to 13H per cent) ... . . , 5,000,000 Corporate tax (15 per cent on consolidated andafllllafed returns) 18,000,000 Corporate exemptions (lowered $2,000 to $1,000) 6,000,000 Net loss deduction dis- allowed 1031-19:13 (preventing carry- over of losses) 20,000,000 Administrative changes 100,000,000 Gift tax 20,000,000 Estate tax 20,000,000 Dividends (Sec. 115-D: removing tax exempt corporate stock) ... 0,000,000 Dividends (See. 115-D: removing tax exempt corporate stock) ... 2,000,000 Lubricating oil (4 cents a gallon) 85,000,000 Imported petroleum (I cent a gallon) 25,000,000 Malt, wort, grape concentrates, con-centrates, etc 40,000,000 Imported coal 1,500,000 Telephone and telegraph tele-graph messages .... . 83,000,000 Capital stock and bonds Issues of (10 cents per $100)..... 13.000,000 Admissions over 45 cents (1 cent for each ' 10 cents or fraction). 40,000,000 , Safety deposit boxes (10 per cent of rent) 1,000,000 POSTAGE RATES Increase from 2 to 3 cents in first-class postage 135,000,000 EXCISE TAXES Cosmetics (10 per cent) 25,000,000 Furs 10 per cent).... 20,000,000 Jewelry (10 per cent). 15,000,000 Beverages (restoration of 1921 rates) 11,000,000 Matches (4 cents per 1,000) 11,000,000 Eadlos, phonographs (5 per cent) 11,000,000 Automobiles (3 per , cent); trucks (2 per cent); accessories (1 per cent) 67,000,000 Sporting goods and cameras (10 pet cent) 4,000,000 Chewing gum (5 per cent) 8,000,000 Candy (5 per cent ) . . . 12,000,000 Mechanical refrigerators refrigera-tors (5 per cent)... 4,500,000 Yachts, motorboats, etc (10 per cent above $15 In raiue). 600,000 ! MISCELLANEOUS Sale of stocks (4 ! per cent, but not less . than 4 cents a share 75.000,000 Bonds, transfers of (1 23 of 1 per cent) . 13.000,000 Conveyances (restora- ! tlon of wartime: " rates) Sales of produce on exchanges (5 cents ' per $100) Pipe line (15 per cent of carrying charges) Airplane (5 per cent on manufacturer's price) Total , .$ Amount of savings expected ex-pected on appropriations appropria-tions Amount of expected savings In postal service 10,000,000 6,000,000 15.000,000 2,000,000 084,500,000 243,000,000 80,000,000 Grand total ........$1,257,500,000 Anticipated deficit 1933 $1,241,000,000 Surplus (with pro-posednewsavings) pro-posednewsavings) $ 16,500,000 The house bill provides for the payment of the levied and excise and sales taxes by the manufacturer direct di-rect to the government with the method of collecting the taxes about the same as under the general manufacturers' man-ufacturers' sales tax which was rejected. re-jected. That does not mean, however, how-ever, that the tax will not be passed along In the form of an Increased price for the merchandise, and there la nothing in the bill that would prevent the manufacturer from directly di-rectly Including the tax item In his Invoice to the jobber or retailer and so on down the line nntll it reaches the consumer. The fact that the house has passed a revenue bill does not mean that this bill is to be the law of the land. It is almost certain that the senate will not agree. The senate committee Is very likely to substitute substi-tute for the new provisions of the house bill the manufacturers' sales tax that was rejected by the house, and pass the revenue bill In that form. Should It do so it will mean another Dght in the house, then a long conference consideration, and there Is no prospect for an early adjournment of congress. Experienced Experi-enced members of both houses are now predicting that there will not be an agreement over a revenue bill earlier than September. HP HE : Iloover budget will be slashed a quarter of a billion dollars if the house accepts the recommendations rec-ommendations already made and to be made by Its appropriations and economy committees. Chairman Joseph Jo-seph W. Byrns (Denx, Tenn.) of the house appropriations committee asserted. as-serted. Just prior to announcing his resignation, res-ignation, on a plea of overwork, from the chairmanship of the special spe-cial economy committee, Mr. Byrns said that body will submit recommendations recom-mendations culling for consolidations consolida-tions and economies totaling at least $75,000,000 and possibly a sura two or three times that figure. Chnirmnn Byrns snld that hearings hear-ings thus far conducted by the various va-rious committees handling governmental govern-mental supply bills disclosed that at least $150,1100,000 could be shaved off the budget figures submitted by President Hoover without in any way impairing the efficiency of the government. The committees plan to slash an additional $30,000,000 from national defense appropriations, appropria-tions, Mr. Byrns said. NORMAN DAVIS, one of the American delegates to the Geneva arms conference, arrived In Washington and went Into a series of conferences with State department executives. Although Al-though officials declined de-clined to make public pub-lic the nature of the discussions it was learned- that Mr. Darts outlined the obstacles which have been encountered encoun-tered in the move to work out a general gen-eral arms limitation limita-tion treaty and reported re-ported to the de partment on the plan of action for the future outlined by himself and his associates. As matters now stand, many pressing European problems must be settled before there Is the remotest chance for the negotiation of a treaty which carries reductions In land forces. Norman Davis PRESIDENT HOOVER announced formally at the regular press conference that he Is "absolutely opposed to the enactment by congress con-gress of additional soldiers' bonus legislation, and indicated that be would veto such a bill If passed. The President's statement follows: "Informal polls of " the house of representatives have created apprehension appre-hension In the country that a further fur-ther bonus bill of $2,000,000,000 or thereabouts for World war Teterans will be passed. "I wish to state again that I am absolutely opposed to any such legislation, leg-islation, "I made this position clear at the meeting of the American Legion in Detroit last September 21. and the Legion has consistently supported that position. I do not believe any such legislation can become law. "Such action would undo every effort that is being made to reduce government expenditures and balance bal-ance the budget. "The first duty of every citizen of the United States is to build up and sustain the credit of the United States government "Such an action would Irretrievably Irretriev-ably undermine it" SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Arthur M. Hyde called his department de-partment the "prize boob In the history his-tory of finance," because of Its policy pol-icy of making virtually unsecured loans to farmers In the face of rapidly rap-idly mounting crop surpluses. "Under present conditions," Secretary Sec-retary Hyde said, "my department Is now lending more money on thinner thin-ner security and sustaining more losses than any organization ever has done before in the history of the world. Loans now being made by my department to small farmers who otherwise could not finance themselves could not by the furthest stretch of the imagination be called good business." The Hyde statement was directed at the farm loan policy under which the Agricultural department makes loans to small farmers for economic econom-ic reasons. He asserted that the government should not go Into the business of making loans to farmers except in cases of drought, or floods or calamities growing out of natural causes. The current type of loans are unjustifiable, he said. WASHINGTON crime Is again brought into the limelight as police attempt to locate extortionists extortion-ists who have threatened harm to the children of three prominent Washington families. fam-ilies. Mrs. Betty Han-na Han-na Davidson, granddaughter grand-daughter of Mark Banna, demanded police protection following receipt of a . telephone call threatening Injury to her daughter, Daisy, six years old, unless $2,000 was paid. This threat followed shortly upon the disclosure that threatening letters let-ters had been received by Mrs. Alice Longworth, widow of the former for-mer speaker, and Sir Wilmott Lew-Is, Lew-Is, Washington correspondent for a London newspaper. The letters threatened harm to Paulina Long-worth, Long-worth, seven years old and probably prob-ably the best known child, next to the Lindbergh baby, In the United States, and to Wilmott Lewis, Jr., five years old. '1 ,'.Wnv0nVX'Xv5'.- Alice Longworth A RECOMMENDATION against development of the navigation and Irrigation phases of the $772.-000,000 $772.-000,000 Columbia river development develop-ment project at this time was included in-cluded in a report submitted to the secretary of war for transmission to congress by Mai Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of engineers. While recommending that the sura of $16,000,000 should be expended ex-pended by the government for the construction of locks and other aids to navigation In the Columbia river when private or state Interests are ready to develop water power, Major General Brown took the position po-sition that the time was not ripe for the spending of any considerable consider-able amount of federal money on this huge project. THE Missouri Democratic state convention at St. Louis instructed instruct-ed its 54 delegates to the national convention to vote for former United Unit-ed States Senator James A. Reed as long as he has a chance to secure se-cure the nomination for President. Missouri's delegation will have 86 votes. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the second choice of the Instructed Instruct-ed delegation. CTILL hale and hearty. Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely celebrated his eighty-eighth birthday anniversary anniver-sary In Washington. His friend. Brig. Gen. Davis L. Brainard, chatted 1 "jw rtlth him, recalling - , - J memories of the E X Arctic tragedy that shocked the world 43 years ago. Together To-gether they had laid on the ice of Cape Sabine In 1SS4 within whis pering distance of me icy aeatn tnat claimed IS of the party of 25. Braln- j Gen. Greely ara was his top sergeant They are the only survivors of the seven who were taken from the cane Jnna 23, 1SS4, after ten months of privation priva-tion and suffering, during which Greely. then a lieutenant observed his fortieth anniversary.' A TREATY between the United States and Canada for the construction con-struction of the St. Lawrence waterway may be ready for signature signa-ture soon. William D. Herrldge, Canadian minister. Is now ready to negotiate. It only remains to secure se-cure the consent of the respective govern mi nts. Then the treaty will be written. . Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Reader. PLN HEALTH DAY. SCHOOL BUDGET (XT. STUDY BEET CONTRACTS. TO DISCUSS WAGE KATE. SEIZE SLOT MACHINES. ' TROVO, UT. A new water com pany has bren incorporated to con trol water rights in American Tort creek. CHEYENNE, WTO. A new contract con-tract on coal miners wages will be discussed at a conference here in a few days. WHEATLAND, WYO.-The lo cal beet growers' association has decided de-cided that all members of the association asso-ciation will be permitted to make Individual contracts this year for the sale of their crop. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Contracts for the production of 5000 acres of beets, half the probable acreage of beets in the Twin Falls-Burley district dis-trict this season have been signed. PRICE, UT. A large number of high school bands will compete in the Intermountain school band contest con-test to be held here In mid-April. PRESTON, IDA. Farmers of Franklin county will produce 800 acres of peas during the forthcoming forthcom-ing season 500 acres of perfection grade which will probably be utilized utiliz-ed for seed and 300 of Early Surprise Sur-prise which will be canned. AMERICAN FORK, UT. The proposed school budget for 1932-83 calls for a nine months school term and provides for a 16 per cent cut of the amount of the budget for the current year. OGDEN, UT. A raid has been started by the district attorney to seize all slot machines in Ogden which are played for money. Fourteen Four-teen machines have been seized. BILLINGS, MONT. Directors of the Montana-Wyoming Beet Growers' Grow-ers' Marketing association, after a meeting held to consider contracts offered them, have voted to release the membership to contract for 19-82 19-82 beets with the sugar companies. SMITHFIELD, UT. The annual an-nual health day celebration has been set for April 27, according to Mayor B. Roskelly, chairman of the general committee. Full co-operation for the celebration has been offered offer-ed by the school board and every school in Cache county will participate. par-ticipate. LOGAN, UT. A check for $318.-18 $318.-18 was recently sent to the Logan unemployment fund by the city clerk and auditor. The amount Is 5 per cent of the city employes' salaries sal-aries for March. Since December 1, 1931. the fund has received $1590.80 Ta donations from the city employes. - PRICE, UT. The municipal zoo, with the exception of the deer, has been discontinued, and the animals sent to Wilberg's resort near Castle Dale, with the stipulation that the city may have the animals back if they so desire. AMERICAN FORK, UT. Improvement Im-provement to the Salt Lake and , Utah railroad roadbed through the. city of American Fork has been arranged ar-ranged for by the railroad officials. SPRINGVILE, UT. A Provo firm has been awarded a contract for crushing, hauling and spreading spread-ing approximately one thousand yards of gravel for the city streets. The price was 47 cents per square yard. BURLEY, IDA. 500 grangers and others have signed agreements for a co-operative service station to be built by the Community associated associat-ed company of Pocatello. Lots have been purchased and building is to begin soon. LOGAN, UT. Work on the completion com-pletion of the secondary state highway high-way of the Logan-Uyrum-Wellsville road has started. JUNCTION, UT. The Piute county commissioners and the state road commission have decided decid-ed on two road projects in Piute county, which will mean about $60.-000 $60.-000 spent on road work in the county this spring, including six miles of oiling and a strip of new road to be made In Marysvale canyon. can-yon. PROVO, UT. 20 teams and ft men are doing preliminary work u preparation for paving 2.1 miles of the Provo-Pleasant Grove wh. way through Vineyard and Lake- view. PRESTON. TT)A Thi t American Legion post recently adopted a resolution petitioning the Ledon Sixth d I strip - - vuuvi. IU take Immediate steps to create sentiment sen-timent in the department of Idaho for the full cash narmonr nt tDt M - " d service certificates. JfEPHi, UT. 150 men will be given work in an attempt to help the unemployment In east Juab county through two road projects located In Salt Creek canyon and Mona. BEAVER, TJT.-Turkey raising m Beaver county during 1932 promises prom-ises to surpass all other years. At east 1,000 poults will be shipped ?Sn maTer Ta,, and ab0t fWO will be shipped Into the MI1- rord valley within the next few weeks, tJA" LAKE CITT' CT Income itl haTe submitted to the State nf rt, k- h . i "j per PUed for the remission of the filing Where Fire Almost Wiped but Entire T ,rHLr - mrtj- of 61 L- sail w fniaW3 then ! . ho bav lea the HSior L star. in " self-P Jr A lit er " scene of warlike desolation after the fire that burned two churched ' h!!fT! . and threatened to wipe out the entire town of Eureka Springs, Ark. a M 'Partaeui jew--- . Lmes orb Uut e report- I C Gl Persons and Scenes in the Current Ne that be I jRsure from macbine f Old E! the United wttte nt tteditea w QulniB' lalEine was kuona bark i Bsed in L before t i s 3r m i jF- v If 1 Henry Pu-Tl, former boy emperor of China, riding in state to the capltol for his tnanpirttei the first president of Manchuria. 2 President Pu-YL 3 Five-year-old Rita Sigmund In the artificial - Dirator in a hosnltal Ht I,on? Urnneh W .T Sho lino fnonf 1 . - "o t v --v Mvim u in who vuauiucr eiuce lis m fcciuucA. iuttuio oajr outs ia wuiumg aer uguu STAR WEIGHT TOSSER -1 1-1 4. r s' . ,t, iv. v 9 "A Happy Landing" to Be Sure I Diffici i the CUH U are con each wor Caalngs. , I - Hell ijo the ma jjnestty Goi kl-Aesch I The lie music i the same orace. lAstor I've porter cha ilary for m Awct-Th M was an ta departm Herman Brlx. A. C track team, fnrmpi nnitmif. WUtlCiOilJ of Washington Btar weight tosser uu uuiuer vi me isational A. A. U. outdoor shot-Dut record t K9 5 inches, as he threw the shot 50 feet 3 inches to win the event in the dual meet against Stanford. a. won tne meet 80 to 5L SETS NEW RECORD V ' it XX. A new record n n in.. wuuuuous service serv-ice as a member of congress has been establish i :f .. W 7,V V: h' X-'- 1 . " M&r :: f : ' "' ' - : ' M 4 ' " 1 ' . " beSSJ ,1 n in ii ii iW" I The pilot of this plane escaped with minor bruises when tJ alighted on a tree after the motor stalled. This freak aecweni near Vincennes, Ind. tottnes ! togood wun. I Sngacdc I crcultt just as applica - S!g,h I affeaei jeh 20 yea ; tttiat t 70 i. ttadi The Hunt Goes for a tU.1"": . . . i-- , w v " , .... , , " " " ' ' " " " " J.T " fc - . tjt The cameraman Is afforded' an unusual picture M rf and hunters cross a stream near York. England, w a hunt Look like the hound in front can't wait ior ' "A: I 0! I T 1 KE u Dii opi Ot ; be ' Ea fa ti h 1 J. t c 1 I |