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19 July 1938. -1- 19 Jul y 1938 
STATE DEPARTMENT RADIO BUL LETIN #166 
~ ■ ■ Tie "July 1938). 
White House - President’s Cruise : 
The Press reported that the President received message of 
greeting from President Garden ps of Mexico, delivered yester 1 
day hv Captain Gomes Maguro , commanding officer at Garymas , 
while'' the' U.S.S. Houston anchored off Cedros Island, lower 
California. : 
State Department - Press Conference: 
This afternoon a correspondent remarked that an American 
aviator, Douglas P« Corrigan, had landed at Dublin this 
morning after a 29 hour flight from New York and that the 
Department of Commerce was showing concern regarding the 
possibility of his attemptong to fly back to^ the United 
States because of the greater danger of East-West . flight 
and inquired whether the State Department was taking any 
action toward requesting the British authorities to prevent 
Corrigan taking off for a return flight The Secretary of 
State replied that h6 had just learned of the flight and that 
it was very interesting, adding that the Department had not 
taken any action in the matter and that he had not heard 
of any possible steps by the Department of Commerce. 
A correspondent referred to the note from ohe Japanese 
government regarding American owned property in China and 
asked whether it was satisfactory and whether this government 
would take any further steps in the matter. The Secretary 
of State answered that as the correspondents realized, this 
was a question of continuing discussion back and forth with 
some phases to be cleared up and eliminated^ and new phases 
appearing 1 , adding that he could make no additional comment. 
Asked whether he could comment on the British trade agreement 
negotiations the Secretary stated that there was nothing more 
than what had been said previously, that they were developing 
in the formal way. 
BUSINESS 
Income tax returns: 
The Treasury announced yesterday that aggregate net • income 
reported by individuals ior 1936 was ' $19 , 240,110 ,00 , an 
increase of 29 % over 1935 'and that 5,413,499 returns were 
filed, an increase of 837,487 over the preceding year. The 
number of taxable returns was 2,861,180, or 35.5% greater 
than in 1935. It was also shown 'that the number of persons 
reporting a net income of $1,000,000.00 or more rose to 61 
from 41 in 1935 . 
San Antonio - Power : 
Mayor Q,uin of San Antonio anno unced^ yesterday that the city 
would not accept the recent allocation by the PWA of 
$2,770,000.00 for municipal power service to compete with the 
San Antonio public service company. The Mayor stated that 
duplications for Federal funds had been mads over two years 
affo and that meanwhile the Utility Co. had reduced its power 
rates. He added that he did not believe that a Municipal 
System would be profitable. 
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