Word: jans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strict interpretation of the Treaty of Ghent upholds the contention of the Andrew Jackson society that "Old Hickory's" victory on Jan. 8, 1815 at New Orleans, fell within the period of hostilities. But a strict interpretation of the Treaty also indicates that a British victory at New Orleans would have been nullified since signatories agreed to restore conquered territory...
Public criticism of Governor Hoffman's behavior was touched off late in December by the departure of Colonel Lindbergh & family for England (TIME, Jan. 6). At once a large section of the nation's Press hotly blamed the New Jersey Governor for driving the No. 1 U. S. hero into exile. One of its Democratic members demanded that New Jersey's Legislature investigate the Governor's actions. The Legislature, Republican-controlled, did nothing...
...Corporation capital stock and excess profits taxes would be repealed, but not before Jan...
...subject of taxes both mail-order men did plenty of grumbling. Said Sears' Wood: "Our tax bill for the fiscal year . . . was $6,535,704, the largest in our history except for the War year 1918, and $2,000,000 greater than for the year ending Jan. 29, 1935. This does not include sales taxes, excise taxes or processing taxes." Said Ward's Avery: "The company is required to file annually more than 1,600 tax returns.* The amount of $5,221,000 (equal to $1.14 per share of common stock) represented the company's direct expense...
...about Machiavelli, Senior Lewis Jefferson Gorin, a small, grave Terrace member, had fallen to brooding about the way his elders and betters run the world. In the midst of these reveries, Congress had voted to cash the soldiers' Bonus in full ten years before it was due (TIME, Jan...