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October 2, 1934
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Headlines from October 2, 1934
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Mayor Likely to Name Mrs. W.A. Cunningham To $7,000 Vacancy on Board of Assessors
Expected to appt Mrs W A Cunningham to Bd of Assessors
Hylan Offered Nomination for Governor By the Recovery Party He Incorporated
Incorporated group offers Gov's nomination to J F Hylan; other nominations
CITY PLANS 1% INCOME TAX, ALSO LEVIES ON ESTATES AND MORTGAGE INTEREST; MAYOR STUDIES PROGRAM Final Decision Likely to Wait Till After the Election. LOAN TO BE VOTED TODAY Aldermen Called to Authorize Borrowing of $6,000,000 for October Relief. MANY TAX PLANS HEARD Levy on Incomes Above $1,500 Proposed -- Graduated Rate for Mortgage Interest Tax. 1% TAX ON INCOMES WEIGHED BY CITY
LaGuardia, B S Deutsch and Aldermen's com discuss graduated tax on mortgage interest above 4%, occupancy tax and transit fares tax
Notable Births
1934Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge[โ ]
Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, is a British judge, who formerly held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
1934Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)[โ ]
Robert Earl Wilson was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers (1966โ1970) and San Diego Padres (1970), primarily as a starting pitcher. Wilson batted and threw right-handed; he was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and graduated from Greenville Park High School in Tangipahoa Parish.