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B4 PLAN GIVEN SETBACK MIEH'G AN .|- AX PI. AN | RAIL AMALGAMATION UPTOLEGISLATURE Would Extract State Funds Directly From Individuals and Firms. By the Associated Press, LANSING, Mich., February 3—A it of taxat'on which would extract v from every individual and firm Michigan the cest of State govern- ment was laid before’ An apparently, svmpathetic Legislature today by Gov. Wil'iam A. Comstock. he Democratic chief executive, who flice » month ago backed by & ature controlled by his own party, proposed to allow local units—cities, townships. counties, school districts—the - preeecds of the real estate tax, row limited by constitutional #mend- ment to $15 on each $1,000 valuation. Retoil Sales Tax, ‘To carry on_ the Stcte government, An exemptio: ss income is allowed other s, whether conducted by an ! or a corncraticn. with the tax bills. Gov. C m- stock prorosed relief through install- ment plers for those now delinquent in | State taxcs. ss Income Taxes. The g income taxes would be imposed as follows: Three per cent on utilities, to go to the school fund. Three per cent on amus2ment places. Three per cent cn income from profes- sional services. Three-tenths of 1 per| cent on the sale value of manufactured articles. Two-tenths of 1 per cent on mining. oil productirn and cther ex- tractive industries. Threo-tenths of 1 per cent cn tions, books, news- papers and pt The 3 per cent sales tax is on reiail sales, wholesale transactions being exempt. PUBLIC MEETINGS BARRED IN' MENINGITIS OUTBREAK Calax, Va, Closes Schools, Churches and Theaters for Two Weeks to Avoid Spread of Disease. ated Press. Va. February 3.—Schools, and theaters will be closed two weeks as a precaution a7ainst the spread of cerebro-spinal meningitis, Mayor Carrico ennounced last night His stotement followed the death rden L. Draper, State health ! issioner, ,who_had ' rezcmmended g of ‘public buildings, said he ed local authorities had the sit- comparatively | e cied at a TODAY IS ‘MOST FOOLISH PERIOD,” TABER DECLARES IMaster of Grange Points to Bless- ings of Surplus Amid Hun- ger and Want. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, February 3.—Louls J. Taber, Cclumbus, Ohio, master cf the National Grange, told the annual meet- ing of Southern Agricultural Workers Lere yesterday that “50 years hence students and historians will look on this as the most foolish period in history.” ‘The era, he said, would be viewed as a “time of the greatest poverty in financial and economic statesmanship in history, a period when the blessings of _ surplus, atundance and plenty brought misery, hunger and .want.” Taber told the conventicn that “meat on.the table for the Nation depends upon a restoration of farm values; there can te no econcmic health for the rest of us until the paralysis has been sirnck from the farmers. The first siep is to Lft farm prices. HMe said that on January 3 the farmers’ selling price on the index scale was 52 and that the things the farmer has to purchase stood at 106. FATHER FOUND BY BOY AFTER 3,000-MILE HIKE Zero Weather Encountered in Mountains While Scantily Clad During Florida to Utah Trip. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, February 3. —FProm Tamga, Fla., to Salt Lake City is a long way for 14-year-old legs, but William Alman had made it yesterday and, better yet, had located his father. The boy, advised that his father, W. M. Alman, had found a job here, set out on the 3,000-mile trip. Assisted by rides in freight trains, trucks and motor cats, he reached New Mexico, where extra clothing was stolen by other iramsients while the boy was asleep. Scantily clad, he continued through the mountains in the face of zero weather and éarned an overcoat by chopping wood and shoveling snow at Canadian Senate Accepts Report of Royal Commission Opposing Con- solidation of Two Lines. By the Associated Press. . OTTAWA, February 3.—Amalggma- tion of the Canadian Pacific and Cana- dian National Railways received a set- back here yesterday when a Senate committee accepted the general rec- ommendations of the Duff Royal Com- mission, which reviewed the railway sit- uation. With only one dissenting vote, the ccmmittee indorsed the report, and in effect accepted the principle of closer co-operation between the two systems, creation of a board of trustees to man- age .the Canadian National and of a board of arbitration to settle points in Gispute, KING AVOIDS LONDON Physician Advises British Ruler Against Influenza Menace. SANDRINGHAM, England, February 3 (#)—King George has postponed his return to Buckingham Palace, in Lon- don, on the advice of his physicians epidemic of which is prevalent. It was said that his majesty is in excellent health, but this precautionary measure was throught wise. Several years ago an attack of pneumonia near- intended to come to London next | Monday. Every Lens of Warranted Accuracy Optical Dept. Take Bayer Aspirin according to direc- tions in package. Water. Grand Junction, Colo. He arrived here and found his father, employed in a restaurant as cook. FATE OF PRISON BABY TO BE FIXED BY COURT Més Snipes, Whose Death Sentence Was Commuted, and Husband to Be Heard Wednesday. By:the Associated Press. CGOLUMBIA, 8. C., February 3.—The fate of Frances Joan Snipes, whose birgh January 17 followed by only a few days commutation of the death sentence imposed on her mother for slaying a York County policeman, may be de- cil in City Court here next Wed- negday. Judge Heyward Brockington yester- day issued an order for Clyde Snipes anfl his wife, both of whom are in tate’'s Prison as a result of the slay- ing, to show cause why the baby girl and a 6-year-old son, Clyde, should not be-taken from them and agdopted into suftable homes. e baby is still with her mother in prison, while the boy is staying with relutives here. INDICTED IN TAX CASE CLEVELAND, February 3 (#).—Clyde Smith of Akron, Ohio, alleged perpetra- tor of a $90,000 race track swindle, in which Roy E. Martin of Columbus, 03.. was the victim, was indicted by a Fed- eral grand jury yesterday on a charge of failing to report for taxation & 1929 income of $83,567. . L. Pearse, internal revenue agent, sald Smith was convicted in a Federal court, in Georgia in connection with the swindle, under the name of Charles W, Reynolds, 1i you have a cold—don’t take chances with “cold kill- ers” and nostrums. A cold is too dangerous to take chances on. 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WILMINGTON, Del,, February 3.— Thirty-two Midwestern and Eastern railroads have petitioned the Federal District Court to hold up the Inter- state Commerce Ccmmission order fix- ing rail-barge-rail and imrge-rail rates | on cotton‘from Migsissippi River points | to certain Eastern States. | The commission order is effective February 21, The railroads ask that | the court issue a temporary restraining order pending proceedings for an in- junction. The commission is given 10 days to make answer. The railroads in their petition state that if the order of the commission is placed in effect they will suffer con- tinuing damages and substantial losses ! in revenues. ! The court is asked to decree that the commission_order is bevond the lawful authority of the commission and should | be ret aside. 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Get a box of 12 or bottle of 24 or 100 at any drug store. Ask your druggist about the recent price reduction on the 100 tablet size Bayer Aspirin. — e ASPIRIN WITHOUT THIS CROSS Seldom Seen In A Sale! But Tomorrow, Kann’s Men’s Store Offers Y ou— Oxford Gray orsted and lue Serge pring— Mainstays of Every Man's Wardrobe for only— ~ [ ; Extra Troasers v for $3.00 —Because Blue Sérges and Oxford Gray Worsteds are * the mainstays of every man’s wardrobe—(and every good store’s suit stocks) they do not often find their way into special sales! Yet here—right on the thres- hold of the Spring season—are those very suits at a special low price! Single or double-breasted models— celanese body and sleeve linings—hand tailoring where Men's it is essential—regular, long, short and stout sizes. " " B.V.D. Shirts and Shorts 35¢ Ea. Three for $1.00 ~—The shirts of fine combed mercerized lisle yarns . . . and the shorts cf white, plain - colored and fancy broadcloths, in side-tie and elas- tic waist styles. Kann's Men's Store Street Floor. Every Man Knows That Oxford Gray and Blue Serge o are smartest for business wear. o are dressy enough for informal evenirgs and Sun- days. and that the coats are particularly desirable with your white flannels during the Summer. are suitable for more occasions than any other weaves or colors. Kann's—Men's Store—Second Floor. vercoats Reduced! __Our entire stock of fine Meltons, Fleeces, Velours, Alperus, Cambridge Grays, Oxford Grays, Browns and Blues. All sizes. Single and double- breasted models—Now in these three low priced groups. Men’s Suede Jackets With Talon Slide Fastener — $5.95 Values —Reindeer colored suede jackets, with sateen lin- ing, knitted collar and cuffs, and full slide fastening $ front . . Just what is needed for early Spring days 3 ; 9 —but only at this price tomorrow. L 2 Street Floor MEN'S ' s STORE Avenes”—Tth, A Special Sale! $13.85 and $16.85 “PREP” SUITS Reduced to $10 —50 suits, and all for- merly much higher riced. Among the many abrics are the popular flake twist, on extra hard finished suiting. Gray and brown mix- tures. Sizes 16 to 22 in the assortment. $13.85 and $16.55 “PREP” OVCI’COBtS Reduced to 510 —All-wool coats, the majority double-breasted models with full belt. Grays and browns. Sizes 15 to 20. Youths' Overcoats Sizes 10 to 15 $8.85 —Fine fleecy all-wool coats, including many dark blue Meltons. All well lined and tailored. Formerly $13.85. Kann's Boys’ Store—Second Floor. B e R - First Shipment Sold Out! Tomorrow 300 More Men's 3 Spring HATS $1.95 —The newest snap brim and off-the-face models ...of fine, mellow weight fur felt. Every hat sllk lined—and in the smart- est and newest Spring shades— Snow Pigeon Squirrel Steel Em Mink Sudan Linfold Sizses 63 to 7% Kann's Men's Store—Street Floor.