The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1924 Page: 3 of 16
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THE ELECTRA NEWrS
Thursday, January 17, 1934
K S. Liners Are Good Hunting Grounds
For Photographers in Quest of News
“SHOOTING” A FAIR VICTIM.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The grow-
ing use of photographs in newspap-
§- pers, to either illustrate a “story,’*
f? or with but a brief caption to tell
j£ the story in whole, has made the
fj news photographer a big factor in
H. recording events of importance of re-
cent years. In New York City there
are over two dozen “still” photo-
graphic organizations with large
- staffs of men, who devote all their
efforts to obtaining pictures of no-
tables, the notorious, figures big
and small in the days’ news, fires,
accidents, in fact anything that will
present to the eye an event or per-
i sonage intrest. In addition to
ibese are the camera men of the
various newspaper staffs, and the
“movie” men of four big news-reel
organizations.
All on the lookout for pictures
of the unusual and the efforts of
the various syndicates and their men
to get “beats” and exclusive pic-
tures of some person or happening
is strenuous. The men work on
regular assignments as do reporters
and at the same time endeavor to
obtain photographs of anything that
may make a news picture while on
the way to or returning from an
assigned task.
There is one assignment, however,
where it is not considered particu-
' larly “chummy” or in good form,
tor one photographer to try to beat
'■I- associates, and that is ship news.
The men who board incoming pas-
liners, and visit outgoing
-[•amships on sailing days, are
i< — ularly detailed to this task and
. njo> it better than any other local
mo they undertake They know b>
sight, if not in person, celebreties in
, w>rv walk of life and have the fac-
ulty of making persons who really
dislike their picutres appearing in
the public prints, pose in a smiling
manner
The number of camera men who
l.i to sailing and arriving steamers
especially those of the United States
Lines, greatly exceeds thg number
ot reporters. They work in unison,
with a system that would please the
< muniunder of an army.
on a recent arrival of the Presi-
, . m Roosevelt, of the United States
I me? from Bremen, with man\ not-
s aboard, twent> camera men,
\(*nte“n of them from newspapers
.,i,d syndicates and three from mo-
i *-ii picture news-reel organizations.
i I,, i Ued the liner at Quarantine from
t) , rustoms Cutter While most of
r men went to the “sun deck,
. .,ol> they could get their “shots”
ia the light, three or four scouted
. i.out the ship to dig up persons
t , y knew to be aboard, worthy, in
their estimation—which incidentally
i- about as correct as anyone’s can
of being photographed.
The “subjects” were marshalled a
..w minutes after the President
lioosevelt started up the bay to her
Hoboken pier. One by one they
v ,rP posed, this way and that, un-
* , rapidlj fired directions of
i. of a little forward, please”,
.„t your hat. it shades your eyes
hold vour head back”; “can’t you
■mb a little0" “Shake hands with
im wishing him luck That s
•ino Then quick questions are to
n .rr the traveler has been and is
.oing his or her name and address,
■ ml that particular picture is over.
Often photographs of more than
.■ dozen persons and groups will e
made as the liner proceeds to her
i.'-oh. all of which are sure to in-
clude pictures of some pretty m^ss’
who is “shot” for the simple but
. nt reason that she is pretty.
In lart. digging up fair passengers,
h. r*-tofore unknown to the world,
js__bp it said in a
njoyed by the ship
photographers more than snap-
ping hotne notable of either sex of
i. ’Hi'p
that
take
f<> i Vitocrraph
whisper a job e
llt’WS
,s..nt manner and Httle or no
hole, sitting on the rail, shapely
legs well in the picture, clambering
into a life boat, shaking hands with
the captian, in fact, in any way that
will make a pleasing study.
From the docked liner the cam-
era men go to their offices, turn in
their plates, and within an hour or
so, the city’s papers will be carry-
ing large layouts of those “arriving
today on the President Roosevelt.”
Do you need an Electric Iron?
If so, here is a real bargain. An
Edison iron and a Tilticord for only
$5.95. Pay for it with your light
bill. Electra Light and Power, (21)
■ - — .
TO THE SONS OF CONFED-
ERATE VETERANS
You are requested to make appli-
cation to join the organization of
the sons of confederate veterans.
There is a camp at Wichita Falls
which is known as the W. R. Scur-
ry Camp. It is your duty to do this
as the old soldiers are fast passing
away. If you join now you will be
able to obtain the reduced railroad
rates to the Memphis, Tennessee,
reunion next June. I have at my
office room, 4 Cross Building, the
blame applications.
COL. ED C. WILSON.
< If ’ * itude
W*. n
th*. charming tourist Is
:ijr* Ail*
and the\ generally are.
:. .* !..»<*•
• \ of ('.inicra inert will keep
! • !hiv\
for half an hour, photo-
ip in^
!k r with h**r l ewd through
a nf* imp. looking out of a port
Artificail silk is being made from
spruce wood.
• A flash of lightning struck the
earth near the foot of a tree in
Madison County, Illinois, in 180 7.
setting it afire The monks of La
Trappe dug below the fire and found
a yoin of coal, the first in the
NortInvest Territory
■ -
SPECIAL for January—An Edi-
son iron and tilticord for only $5.-
95. You can pay for it with your
light bill. Electra Light and Pow-
er. (21)
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Income Tax
Information
WHO?- Single persons who
had net income of $1,000 or
gross income of $5,000 or
more, and married couples
who had net income of $2,-
000 or more or gross in-
come of $5,000 or more
must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period is
from January 1 to March
15, 1924.
WHERE? Collector of inter-
nal revenue for the district
in which the person lives or
has his principal place of
business.
HOW? Instructions on Form
1040A and Form 1040; al-
so the law and regulations.
WHAT? Four per cent nor-
mal tax on the first $4,000
of net income in excess of
the personal exemption and
credits for de pendents.
Eight per cent normal tax
on balance of net income.
Surtax from 1 per cent to
50 per cent on net incomes
over $6,000 for the year
1923.
TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS
NO. 4
In making out his income-tax re-
turn for the wear 1923 the business
mun, professional man, and farmer
will be required to use Form 1040,
regardless of whether his net in-
come was or was not in excess of
$5,000. The smaller form, 1040A,
is used for reporting net income
of $5,000 or less derived chiefly
from salary or wages.
All items of gross income must be
reported. In the case of a store-
keeper gross income usually con-
sists of the gross profits on sales,
together with income from other
resources. The return must show
the gross sales, purchases, and cost
of goods sold.
The professional man, lawyer, doc-
tor, dentist, must include all fees
and other compensation for profess-
ional services. 'Hie farmer must re-
port as gross income the proceeds
of sale or exchange of products rais-
ed on the farm and the profits from
the sale of products purchased by
him and resold. He must also re-
port gross income from all other
sources.
Taxpayers, in order to take lull ad-
vantage of the deductions to yvhich
they are entitled, are advised to
study carefullj the .instructions on
the forms under the head “Income
from business or profession.”
NOTE—Additional income tax in-
formation will appear in succeeding
Issues of The News.
It Pays to Continue
Testing of Dairy Cows
As a result of the study of rec-
ords of cow-testing associations In
all parts of the country, the United
States Department of Agriculture
ii&s dhown that in well-managed as-
sociations there Is a gain in the av-
erage yearly production of cows
from year to year. In other words,
even though the poor cows are cull-
ed out at first, it pays to keep ever-
lastingly at it, as there is always an
opportunity for - profitable improve-
ment.
To illustrate mis, figures of but-
terfat production for three associa-
tions, one each in Michigan, Ohio,
and Pennsylvania, show that for the
fxrst year the average per cow was
2i>7 pounds,, for the second year it
was 255 pounds, for the third year
278, for the fourth 292, and for the
fifth year 305 pounds. The last
year in the series showed an aver-
age production of 68 more pounds
of fat than the first year. At 40
cents a pound this amounts to $27.-
20 a head, and for a herd of 20
cows the increased value would be
$544 a year.
Production records of 17,405
purebred, grade, and scrub cows
showed that in milk production the
purebreads and grades excelled the
scrubs by 12,42 per cent, and in
butterfat production by 17,86 per
cent.
$ BIG MONEY $
Is being offered to Draughon-traln-
ed men and women every day. Po-
sitions secured or money refunded.
Catalog and Guarantee Contract
free. Address Draughon’s College
at Abilene or Wichita Falls now.
(19)
Bodies of more than 100 Ger-
man soldiers, postured in lifelike
attitudes, have been found in a tun-
nel between Bethincourt and Dead
Man’s Hill. They were bottling
mineral water when 'stricken in a
gas attack during the battle of Ver-
dun.
What is believed to be America's
first apartment house was built in
New Orleans by the Baroness Pon-
talba, daughter of the Spanish gov-
ernor of Louisiana. Sixteen of
these apartment houses were erect-
ed in 1846, a row of them on either
side of the City Plaza.
if you can give the
woman you love
to a friend and
still Smile —■ , _
you're a
> BAD MAN &
Safety Oil For Cooking
This Is Our Smokeless Kerosene
Is there a difference? If you do
not think so, ask the following parties:
Mesdames T. H. Barwise, Bud Claypool, Earl Calk,
Roy Dickey, Kirk Moore, B. M. Dinsmore, L. N. Cruse,
H. H. Iman, C. A. Smith, N. D. Cooper, K. P. Belden,
Campbell (Big Four Garage), A. B. Corder, E. M.v
Friend, S. Jordan, Ed Knox, Milhollon Bros/ wives,
C. A. Offerle, J. B. Skinner and many others.
Brandon Smith
Phone 316
use
;Sales
-/■J? ? times as
much as that
Vof a/ny otter
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CALUMET
fho Economy BAKING POWDER
the next time you bake —give
it just one honest and fair trial*
One test in your own kitchen
will prove to you that there is a
big difference between Calumet
and any other brand—that for
uniform and wholesome bak-
ing it has no equal.
iMtirTMt,
WQIiLlfS GREATEST BAKING poWbm
What Will Dye Do?
Are you tired of the color of some dress, suit, or coat*’
Send it to us and let an expert dyer change it into a new
color or restore it to the original shade. Convenient to you
by parcel post.
yWSeofl
DYERS AND HATTERS
914 Scott Avenue Wichita Falls, Texas
Mail Orders Handled Promptly
Finance Connects The Links
Success or failure—to the farmer,tradesman, miner, business man, craftsman,
professional man, means finance. Withoutfinance these men would be like a sail boat
on a furious sea without a rudder. How often do we find the man with
big ideas doing little things, and simply because he cannot connect his thoughts with
that of finance.
Upon the banker depends the circulation of the wheels of industry—remove him
and you remove the hub. We render many financial services—acquaint yourself with
them.
The First State Bank
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Baker, Verne A. The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1924, newspaper, January 17, 1924; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892948/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.