Word: scranton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Edward Laton Fuller, 27, was elected president of International Salt Co. of Scranton, succeeding his father, the late Mortimer Bartine Fuller. Milo M. Belding, former vice president, was made chairman. International is the world's largest salt producer, supplies about 25% of the U. S. consumption of rock and evaporated salt. During the first half of this year International earned (before Federal taxes) $399,000 against $322,000 in 1930's corresponding period...
Since 1889 a Single Tax Club has existed in Manhattan, once had for president Samuel Seabury. Pittsburgh and Scranton have approached the essence of the single lax by decreasing the tax on improve ments, increasing the tax on land until they share equally in costs. In large parts of the Canadian Northwest no improve ments on farm property are taxed. Sydney, Australia operates on a single tax basis...
...Scranton, Pa., Magician Huber the Great entertained theatre audiences by getting into a box, letting them nail the box shut, getting out of the box. One night Huber the Great failed to emerge. Anxious spectators broke open the box. found Huber the Great unconscious, nailed fast...
Died. John Joseph Albright, 83, philanthropist (Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo; Scranton, Pa., Public Library), water power pioneer, president of Marine National Bank of Buffalo, director of the American Academy in Rome; after an intestinal operation; in Buffalo...
...Scranton last week met the biennial convention of District 1, United Mine Workers of America. It was more a dogfight than a convention. Shouts and fists broke up the first meeting. A gas bomb thrown by the police to restore order brought tears and temporary blindness to the chief speaker at the second meeting, U. S. Senator James John ("Puddler Jim") Davis. The issue between conservative and insurgent United Miners: whether to strike generally or just locally. The conservatives won. Victory was hollow, however, for 15,000 Pittston miners involved then decided not to strike...