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New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
 URGES INVESTIGATION
Chairman Dobson Says He May Insist on Official
 Inquiry

"The board of public works not only would welcome the investiSd- tion suggested by Alderman Falk, but might insist, as far as it is within our power to do so, that there be an investigation" was the challenging reply of Chairman George R. Dobson of that commits sion when asked today what com ment he wished to make on the second ward aldcrman's public statement of yesterday.
 Alderman Falk had been asked by the board 10 attend one of it's meetings and amplify his claims of extravaganza in the employment Of trucks and cXCaNating equipment, as well as his charge that city
New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
sOITHE,RN CROSS IN PERSIA

Bunder Abbas, Persia, July 6 tAp Captain Charles kingsford Smith and three companions arrived here at noon today from Karachi, British India, in their airplane, the Southern Cross. The distance was about 700 miles.
 The men are flying from Sydney, N. s. w., to London.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
Plan Presented to National As Senbly ReVises Present Plan
 Of Government of Nation
PROJECT WOULD CREATE
 AN ELECTIVE PARLIAMENT
Belief Expressed That Proposal Represents Results of Seven Year Program of Present Dictator, Gen. eral Miguel Primo De Rivera One Member Of Group for Every 100000 Population.

Madrid, Spain, July P}-A pro- Jected new constitution for the Spanish monarchy has been present. ed to the Spanish national assembly.
 The project contains II sections and 104 articles, detailing various concepts of the nation, state, reli- gion nationality. individual rights, the monarchy, and succession to the throne.
 Reserved opinion held it repre- sented the results of the seven years program to establish Spanish government on a new basis begun by the present dictator, General Miguel Primo De Rivera, Marques De Estel- Ia, when he assumed power in 1923.
 Paris, July P-Re- establish mcnt of the elective Cortes, or Spanish parliament, is provided for by the projected new Spanish con- stitution, submitted to the national assembly for plenary action in Oc- tober the text of which has become known here. The projected consti- tuition would establish Spain as a constitutional monarchy with the executive power vested in the king. and with the ministry to have arbi- trary consultative power.
 The legislative power will revert to the "Cortes,' a single body con- taining one member for every on. hundred thousand of population. both sexes being available for nem- bership and for enumeration for representation.
 One half of the Cortes will be elected by universal suffrage, 30 members appointed by royal decree and the rest elected by special classitlcations or professions as laws later enacted may establish.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
CLEVELAND PLIERS
 CREATE NEW MARK
Mitchell and NeWcomb Better
 Endurance Flight Record
NEAR DEATH IN STORM
Refucling Plane Crashes But "City Of Cle>cland' Scars On - Pilots Acclaimed by Crowd of 15,C00 at Flying Field.

Cleveland, Ohio, July P}-Hold- CTS of a new worlds record for en- durance flights of 174 hours and 59 seconds. Pilots Roy L. Mitchell and Byron K. Newcomb today rested their Wearied bodies after remain ing in the air from a week ago Fri day afternoon until 12:39:5O this morning, when they brought their plane to earth at Cleveland airport.
 They exceeded by ore hour, 2S minutes and 5S seconds the old mark set in Fort Worth. Texas, by Reginald Robbins and James kel- ley, who remained aloft 1T2 hours. 32 minutes and 1 second.
 Weariness brought the airmen 10 a landing and the riotous acclaim of 75,OO0 persons, one Of whom was killed, after flight which became more hazardous and difficult as the days aloft cut down their physical endurance.
 Near Disaster In storm
 The climax of the attempt came but few hours before it ended, and the two men said it nearly killed them. They survived severe cleo trical storm, which damaged their refueling plane in a forced landing and stopped all other air traffic, 10 fight on for the record, attained 12 hours later.
 Exhausted, the airmcn immediate ly were taken under guard to a hotel, lo sleep throughout the day
New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, probably local thun- dcrshoWers Sunday: some what warmer tonight.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-06
Backs Premier in Special Ses- sion TOday-Vote Of ConG-
 denCe AVerted in Chamber
RESERVATIONS MUST BE
 EXPRESSED SEPARATELY
Group Decides to Explain to Parlia- ment in Forthcoming Debate Just Why This Plan is Neccssary- Drastic Action Believed Not Far as Legislators Open Oppose Lead CTS Stand.

Paris, July tPo-The French cabinet meeting again today in spe- cial session, stood firmly upon Premier Poincare's decision that ratification of the American and British debt accords must be un- qualified. Any reservations must be expressed separately. The minis try was unanimous in it's attitude.
 It was decided the government should explain to parliament fully at it's forthcoming debate on the debt notifications just why this was necessary and how futile it woul be to send to Washington a ratitica- ton which was unacceptable.
 Paris, July LP-Premier Ray mond Poincare's "Armistice Day
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Average Daily Circulation For %sst Ssns ss3s n1d''s ing: 15,O97
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The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

land in the Big Delta country.
 The coal deposit was discovered
 by MT. Beymer about 12 years ago, while he was out prospect ing. The coal was withdrawn from entry then and samples were sent to Washington, D. C.. where government analysis proved it to be of exceptional quality, by far the best ever found in Alaska. Secretary Daniels. of the navy de- partment, sent a naval officer to Alaska in 1921 to place the coal lands in naval reserve, but as he came at the wrong time of the year, the trail was closed, so he did not go into the lands. MT. Reymere's claims comprise 2,560 ceres and is practically entirely Tnderlaid with coal. The general formation of the land is a sand stone upheaval and appears to have been an ocean bed at one time, Beymer said. leaving the coal clean and free from any slate or shale. When the discovery
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

To feel the side of the road crumbling beneath them and to find few second later the auto mobile in which they were riding in an upright position in "a small stream, with water nearly up to the tops of he cushions, was the experience recently of four Fair banks women and a child Des- bite the fact that the automobile described complete somersauh in he air, none of the five occu- pants were injured Tn any way. In the car we're Mrs. John H. Kel- iy, who was driving, Mrs. G. E.. Linek, Mrs Elsie Mcdonald, Mrs. Frank Buttertield and her young son. Mrs. Kelly had drawn to one side of the road to allow an- other car 70 pass on the nasrow stretch. The car had just halted when the side of the road gave way and before any of the occupants could get out it had plunged off the bank into the stream Ike Thompson, driver of the car which Mrs. Kelly had stopped for. aid ed them in getting out of the
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

In the trial of Mrs. Frances Case at Ketchikan, charged with viola tion of the liquor law, a jury of seven men and five women brought in verdict of not guilty. Where upon Judge Harding informed the jury that the verdict was contrary to both the law and the evidence and criticized them severely for returning such a verdict and dis. charged them from further jury service. Some weeks ago, Mrs. Case and her husband, Oscar Case, were arrested. In the commits sioner's court the hueherd was found not guilty and Mrs Case was found guilty and appealed to the district court. The first trial
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

A revival of prospecting in AL aska is one of the most encour- aging signs in the mining indust- ry, declared N. M. Wimmler, who recently returned to Juneau from three-months' study of placer mining over a wide area of the Territory. He found substantial increase over the past several years in the number of men engaged in the search for new mining areas This he attributed to two main reasons. One is to the Territory's Prospector's Aid program, and the other is the activities of larger companies in both placer and lode mining branches of the industry. Many of the men now in the hills were enabled to get there through the aid extended by the Territory in the payment of transportation costs.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

was made the coal area was said to be the largest ever found in Alaska. Beymer has obtained an exclusive prospecting permit and intends to lease the ground to some interest which will open them ID and supply new field of op- era.tion in Alaska. The coal. when mined, would be hauled by tract or to Fairbanks and then shipped out over the government rail road.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

Frank H Foster. of Cordova, d member of the last Territorial Legislature, is declared to be ready to get into the fight against Dan A. Sutherland and to have a formidable 6acking in the southern part of the territory, according to a recent article in the Seattle Times
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
 OF INTEREST TO ALL

in the district court ended in a disagreement of the jury and the second trial in an acquittal after the jury had deliberated more than full day. After the second trial officers of the marshal's office raided a taxi stand occupied by Oscar Case. but reported they found nothing
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

Discovery of promising new mineral deposit is reported on Popisland. It was made by A. H. Bradford. superintendent of the Pacific American Fisheries. He was assisted by Frank R. Brown formerly superintendent of the Ap- ollo mine at Unga. A group vein was traced for 500 feet, with val ues in zinc, lead. silver. copper, and some gold. It carries aggre- gate values of s16 to the ton. The men believe that a large tonnage is possible
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

In the presence of hundreds of Juneau residents, including more than 600 school pupils, and Ter ritorial and local officials Cover nor Geo. A. Parks recently broke ground for the new Territorial capitol building. The ceremony was brief and without speeches. It took not more than three or four minutes to formally set in motion the construction of Alas ka's $75o,ooo capitol, the initial appropriation for which was made 1s years ago.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

The body of the late Pete An derson, Jr.. was found recently by a party about ten miles below Fortymile, on the main Yukon. The lad was drowned in the Forty mile river on the afternoon of August g, while he and his broth CT Arthur were swimming their horses across the small turbulent portions of the stream. Arthur also had narrow escape from drowning.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

Prohibition officers Church and
 Handy recently ra:ded the camp of Berndt Benson, on Wrangell Island and found still and a quantity of moonshine Benson was taken before Commissioner William G. Thomas. at Wrangell, where he entered plea of guilty to violating the dry law and was fined s1,000 dollars and sentenc- ed to serve 12 months in jail.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

A. F. Hoffman, deputy U. S. Marshal at Matanuska. is carry ing one heel in a cast as the re- suit of falling from the roof of his office at Matanuska. He was paint ing the roof at the time and the ladder gave way with him.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07
Two killing frosts occurred in

Two killing frosts occurred in the Fairbanks districts on the nights of September 19 and 20. which set the farmers to harvest ing their potatoes after an excep- tionally long growing season. On both nights the thermometer drop ped to several degrees below freez- ing point. ,.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

G. D. Beymer, an oldtimer in the Alaska field, arrived at Cor dova recestly from the Interior where he, has been prospecting and building a road to his coal
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07
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Al furnishings, be.ldlAgs

AN furnlshings, besldlngs mis, mattresses, and other personal pro- perty coatsinea in the Go1den GAes hstol aad adjaoeat buAdtngs, b.. longing to fAe est~to of the lats Jaanes A. SwaEtsel VIII be offered for sale. .-Tesms CasA, snqaire Geo. s. Maynard, administrator, at tho NOme Nugget Odce.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

A three-yearold buck dear was rescued recently off Point Adol- phus, Icy Strait, recently by Cap tain E. Singstad, of the fishing boat Seaketch. who brought the animal to Juneau. "It was fine weather of Point Adolphrs," said
 captin Singstad, telling of the in- eident, "and the visibility was good when all of sudden I saw what appeared to me to be the hand of a human being waving along above the surface of the water. I immediately changed my course and when I got close enough I found that object I had seen was a good sized deer. It was almost dead and just about to sink when I grabbed it by the ears and, with the help of my crew, hauled it aboard the Seaketch. worked on it for five hours trying to bring it back to life before 1t shovel any signs of moving about. And it didn't show much pep of any kind until it reached Juneau. I intend to send it to a friend of mine at Lituya Bay, who has a fox ranch there. He hasn't any deer there though. and think he will be glad to get it.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

marooned auto and brought them back to Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

To save writing letters, maN a r"pv os The Nome Nugget Sn plane
The Nome nugget., 1929-12-07

PR RAG ICAl BOOSTING
 The citizen prefers b bu, 8 he do there action Questioning his loyalty continually preaching is likely him spirit of antasonimnegative psychology the scientists In any campaign the do part they have goods prepared prices should edKora be pisted advertising mercantile service merchandise the buyathome Without merchandise the the advertising there is little spending boosting sentimental appeals ''
 are merchants advertising Is of mercantile service informs reminds in . obtained the prices It is clerk delivery anything 
 Advertising important than prices We believe the price question overated. Tho person elsewhere. convenience In object paying little home 1t the goods properly him. We have not that good advertisers get prices.
 When pick newspaper filled with attractive advertements-good illustrations and artistic typography its town Is prosperous may bay-athome appeals a of the publication procams that Ehe chants have adopted method of keeping trade at home ro proclaims that thero someone taught them the only boost .
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

payers. shall be permitted to escape his proper share of tLe total tax burden. Extravagance in expendi- ture of public money will be resisted most effectively wh' T all shall be required alike to feel the effects of tax impositions which are required to meet such expenditures. Antiquat- ed statutes which cannot be admin istered in a manner to require tax payers to respond with prompt pay ments. tax exemptions. and other means of escaping tax burdens con- tribute by indirection more than anyone can possibly know to the ever-increasinE public demand for public expenditures.
 When all are found in the tax net. and each is required to pay his proportionate and fair share of such burdens as may be imposed. and not until that time. will there be that positive resistance which is required to stop imp, ,per demands for ex- penditures of money to be collected
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

justly is compromised and bartered away. There is no measure or rule of justice among competitors in diff ferent towns or even In the same town. Favoritism is unavoidably practiced. tax punishments by those who are willing to impose them are invited, and money rewards to the inherently selfish are meted out to those who are most persistent in seeking to obtain them. Obviously. this situation should receive the at- tention of the general assembly. The view is advanced that it is practical to change this statute. 50 that better results may be obtained.
 ''The view is more or less fre- quently taken and advanced that some measure of favor should be ex- tended to manufacturers in particu- lar, on account of the desire of the communities to promote end encour- age industrial growth. Those who advance this thought overlook the important f, ct that. If any tax favor of the kind should be desirable, the
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

pertinent. in all such instances. to acQuatnt the officials concerned with the laws governing their acts. and to inform tho selectmen. or other ohi. cials in authority. Of the conditions existing"
 The commissioner empnasixes the fact that the ad valorem or local property tax administered by asaes, sors and collectors. is responsible for raising more than $63.O0o.0 900 an nually- or more than is obtained by the federe l. state and county govern ments in Connecticut combined. Flo, this reason. he says. painstaking care should be the watchword in the manner of assessment in order that this tremendous $s3.00o.0 900 annual cash burden may fall as evenly as possible on those required to pay.
 ''The surest safeguard against ex- travagance on the part of any gov : ernment." he says. Ties in seeing to 1t that no substantial number of tax payers. or any group of tax
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

relats' to the taxation Of all tangible personal property and report there on with such recommendation as 1t may deem wisa."
 In . review of local tax collection activities. the commissioner notes . general improvement in the methods and records of collectors. Agents of the tax commissioner" he sayA have made annual visits to the municipalities of tho state. observed the work of collectors md rendered such assistance as the collect0rs sought. or as appeared necessary With constant changes in personnel ar1ong local collector. it can be seer there is distinct need for such con tact. It should be emphasized. how ever. that there is much room for improvement in the character of the records kept in many of our smaller communities. Inadequate records were found and unfortunate collec- ton methods noted in many cases. It has been the custom of the de-
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

law itself should determine th~ ex- tent of the favor to be shown.
 The value or extent of favor to be extended should not be . matter held in secret by administrators Of the ad valorem tax law. or obtained through connivance of the tax payers with the local aSsessing officials The consent of other tax paying groups, such as home owners. merchants, end farmers, who would be required to assume additional tax burdens in case such favcrs should be shown. should be obtained in ad. vance and the policy of the state in this regard should be made clear.
 "I recommend that legislation be enacted authorizing the appointment by the governor of a commission consisting of not moro than three persons. whose qualifications to deal with any subject of the kind is e. tablished in the public mind. to in. vestigate the application and the ad. ministration of the statutes which
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
by the use of the taxing psvse

by the use of the taxing powoA
 'rhe tax commissioner is colDo1 - by local taxing officials with greatee frequency in late years than fssmsse ly to assist local aasesaoss in the sos iution of their problem. With loca1 assessment problems on the increase. it has been the aim of this depaFts ment to keep in ciose contact Wito the town officials engaged tA thio important task. The beneficial Fe. suits which have followed inveotioa. tions made by the tax department intn local property tax difficulties have shown that this con svuctive cooperation between state and town is desirable and that 1 is welcomed by local officials"
 Commissioner Flodgett shows that in the past year nix towns requested tn. tax commissioner 10 audit thA accounts of their collectors or treas urer or both. one half of the cost Of which work was paid by the state and the other half by the tewnA
New Britain herald., 1929-01-29

10. Add . penalty of one dollar to personal taxes unpaid after 20 days, instead of GO day period of grace now allowed.
 Inadequate Law
 Emphaas is given by Commission or BlodEett to the fact that exper- fence of local tax assessors and tax payers throughout the state uni- formly shows that the present statute governing taxation of the goods of merchants and manufac- turers. which include raw material. goods in process, hnished goods and machinery. is inadequate and un- sound. A distinct remedy Is needed. 1 he urges. as the existing law puts tax official in . dilemma. results in illegal and unfa'r compromise. with neither the assessors or the taxpay- CT able to fairly determine the cor rect value for assessment purposes. Tho tax is in such condition" he says, ''that 1t lends itself to every possible tax evil"
 The tax commissioner in his re- port further points out: "In most of tho communities of the state. the ,, practice is to accept the figures of the merchant as to the value or av- craze value of goods kept by him for sale in the preceding taxing per iod. This is not the law. The point is the assessors cannot appraise the stock of goods of merchants for tax purposes. and the taxpayer cannot show the amount he is required by this section of the law. With respect to the application of this section to manufacturing concerns. there are vastly greater difficulties
 "As a matter of fact. no rule is be- ing employed generally in the towns of the state. except. possibly. in two or three of them. Where no uniform rule is applied. the position of the local assessors is precarious. because neither the assessor nor the taxpay- CT nor the lawyers nor anyone con- ! nected with the business knows which is the correct plan by which to assess such property. This places the manufacturers and tho mer- chants in such . position that they cannot. regardless of their intelli.
 gency or disposition to deal fairly with the municipalities in which they carry on operations, determine the tax obligation to their respective communities. Manufacturers and merchants. therefore, are at the mercy, and, to . large extent, sub-
 1ect to the caprice. of the local tax ing official. Tho statute. therefore. lends itself to unseemly compromis- ing and dickering with the states taxing power on one side and the taxpayer on the other.
 Justice Bartefed
 | "The purpose of the state to tax