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...lively backdrop of current Ontario politics was a rapid little drama in which Ontario's dimple-chinned Premier Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn, who has been loudly promoting a provincial New Deal, played the hero and the bankers were cast as the villains. What gave this hoary theme a sudden and surprising twist, however, was the fact that the villains, instead of knuckling under as they had done in the U. S., cracked down on the hero...
...Massachusetts State Income Tax Department. The agent seized 75-year-old James Henry Rand Sr. retired maker of card-index systems, hustled him off to the Barnstable town lockup. There Oldster Rand was charged with dodging Massachusetts income taxes of $35,000 in 1928-29-30. Reason for the sudden arrest, it turned out, was that the tax-collectors feared Mr. Rand might make a getaway on his son's yacht. Disgruntled Mr. Rand spent the night in jail. Arraigned next morning, he protested that up to 1932 he paid his taxes in New York. Furthermore, he could...
...Department of Agriculture, if they knew of the impending "march," had made no mention of it to the Press. The descent on the marble halls of Government by 4,000 farmers from 25 states-a lobby unparalleled for size and sudden "spontaneity" - caught newshawks flatfooted...
Brain Squeeze. When they suddenly sit up, stand up, drop into a chair, fall into bed or tumble, some people get dizzy, may even develop headaches. Immediate cause: sudden shifting of blood and other fluids within the brain, skull and spinal column. These squeeze the brain unduly. Usual underlying cause: hardening of the arteries and failure of the subtle body mechanism which should instantaneously regulate blood pressure and circulation...
...stockmarket even approaching its two previous New Deal records. Then last March it began to recover from the deep gloom of winter, and by late last month was shooting swiftly toward the old critical point of 108-110. There for a fortnight it wavered uncertainly. Last week in a sudden surge of heavy trading the Dow-Jones average was thrust upward to 114-highest level since...