Excise Taxes Seen as Road to AAA Bliss
Washington January 12 The administration reviews reenacting processing taxes as excise to fund a substitute for AAA. Farm leaders propose a seven point program including new taxes on processors of livestock and dairy. They note court rulings could allow excises on other farm commodities if not coercive. Soil conservation land rental costs could reach 500 million annually to support crop surpluses and farmer subsidies.
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AAA
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Farmers’ Conference
C M En Thwart Kidnap Threat
Federal agents stopped a plan to extort five thousand dollars from boxing authority John W Behr by kidnapping his daughter Barbara Ann Behr aLake Forest College freshman. The plot involved an elaborate trap in a loop hotel and the target was placed under police guard as a manhunt began. Calvin A Brainard died at 90 in Buffalo NY he was a national G A R commander in 1923 and helped guard Lincoln after his assassination.
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Chicago
John W. Behr
Barbara Ann Behr
Lake Forest College
Behr
Wilmette
Buffalo
N. Y
Calvin A. Brainard
New York Department
Guard of Honor
Lincoln
French flying boat to depart for Pensacola span
Pensacola officers were notified that the large French flying boat the Lieutenant De Veissetau Paris will leave Martinique tomorrow for the final leg of its trans oceanic flight to Pensacola.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Station
de Veissetau Paris
Martinique
Tragic loss as Iowa crew perishes in Pacific storm
A southeast hurricane drove the intercoastal freighter Iowa onto Peacock Spit off Astoria Oregon. Thirty four crewmen perished with bodies washing ashore as rescue efforts stalled by heavy seas and pounding surf. Captain R Stanley Patch of the Onondaga and lighthouse keeper A G Siniluoto saw no survivors. Coast guard and crews fought for hours to reach the wreck but failed to save any aboard.
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Astoria
Ore
Iowa
Peacock Spit
Columbia River
R. Stanley Patch
Coast Guard
Onondaga
A. G. Siniluoto
North Lead
Romulus
Lumberman
Rochelle
Vinland
Marion J. Perich
Portland
Edgar L. Yates
The
States Steamship Company
Young miner dies defending escort on Nevada highway
Charles Meyer 24, a miner, died after resisting two masked men who beat and shot him while protecting his sweetheart Gwendolin Coats 18 on a lonely highway east of Nevada City California. Miss Coats was knocked unconscious and a sedan fled the scene. Meyer died from his wound at a local hospital.
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Nevada City
Calif
Charles Meyer
Here
Meyer
Gwendolin Coats
Youth Dies in Crash Near Hondo Texas
George Schuehle aged 17 son of Henry Schuehle died when the car he drove left the highway near Hondo Texas and overturned last night. Two companions escaped with cuts and bruises.
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Hondo
Texas
George Schuehle
Henry Schuehle
Supreme Court set to rule on New Deal power and tax cases
A noon tomorrow Supreme Court session will decide key cases on New Deal authority, processing tax refunds, and Bankhead Act validity. The court may also consider Guffey Act and slum clearance land condemnation later. observers expect opinions to signal stance on New Deal laws following AAA reversal and related disputes.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
New Deal
AAA
Ferry Tragedy Off Hango Coast Claims Sixteen Lives
Sixteen people drowned when a ferry boat went down off the coast of Hango in the Gulf of Finland. The disaster occurred near Helsingfors with the fate of several passengers still uncertain.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Hango
Gulf of Finland
Cash Bonus Payment In Sight at Parley
Senator Clark predicts a final agreement on a new bonus bill for Senate introduction tomorrow. He says a substantial agreement or sharp disagreement will occur before the Senate finance committee acts. He insists on full cash payment and notes the House bill lacks funding for the estimated 2.2 billion dollars for World War veterans.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Senate Finance Committee
House
Plan to Nab Thugs Would Ignore All State Boundaries
Oklahoma City January meeting to discuss an interstate compact to transfer prisoners without extradition delays. Col Charles Daley backs fingerprinting all citizens and closer interstate police cooperation with Governors from Arkansas Texas New Mexico Colorado Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma attending.
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Ulsa
Okla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles W. Daley
Oklahoma Bureau of Identification
Daley
Oklahoma
Garland Marrs
Tulsa
Sid Jackson
Association
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Garbo Denies Noel Coward Romance as Fabrication
A source close to Greta Garbo says reports of a romance with Noel Coward are pure fabrication. Garbo and Coward met casually during his Stockholm visit, and friends say neither showed interest beyond the brief encounter.
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Stockholm
Greta Garbo
Noel Coward
Hollywood
Coward
Relative of Ruth Plunges to Death at Ruth Apartment
Eugene Merrett, brother-in-law of Babe Ruth, fell to his death from a bedroom window of Ruth’s Riverside Drive 15th floor apartment. Merrett, 43, had been living with the Ruths for four months and worked for the Manhattan and Hudson Railroad. Police attributed the fall to dizziness while seeking air.
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New York
Eugene Merrett
George Herman
Babe) Ruth
Ruth
Riverside Drive
Ruths
Merrett
Hubert Merrett
Florida
Ingle
Manhattan and
Grand Jury Probes Baby Farm Rumor in San Antonio
San Antonio investigators from the State Medical Board plan a Monday inquiry into alleged baby farm activity. Witnesses will be questioned about midwives maternity homes allegedly caring for unwed mothers and transferring children. A kidnapping complaint has been filed and false vital statistics reports will be examined.
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San Antonio
State Medical Board
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Rainy season halts fighting in Ethiopia north front
Weather reports from Addis Ababa indicate the early six to eight week little rainy season is washing away roads across Tigre to Arussia. Observers say real combat in the north must pause as Italian forces struggle to maintain communications and await the big rains.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tigre
Arussia
Makale
Mussolini
Tembien
Aduwa
Adigrat
Walwal
Black Empire
Palmer Held On Threats To President Roosevelt
Austin Phelps Palmer a former millionaire was jailed on $2500 bail awaiting arraignment Jan 24 before a U S commissioner on two letters threatening bodily harm to President Roosevelt. Secret service arrested Palmer on Park Avenue and he admitted writing the letters, blaming the President for his financial losses.
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New York
Liberty
Austin Phelps Palmer
United States
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Palmer
Park Avenue
William H. Houghton
Texas Count Leads Weekend Auto Toll
Seventeen states reported 52 deaths in auto accidents over the weekend. New York City total casualties reached 1,945 with declines from 1,934. National traffic stats fell: 1,097 to 1,032 deaths, 37,558 to 29,205 accidents, and injuries from 44,544 to 35,332. States listed include Texas leading with 7, Georgia 5, Illinois 5, Indiana 5, North Carolina 4, Ohio 4, Pennsylvania 4, Missouri 3, New York 3, California 2, Kentucky 2, Massachusetts 2, Tennessee 2, and Connecticut 1, Oklahoma 1, Rhode Island 1, and South Carolina 1.
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Associated Press
New York City
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Missouri
New York
California
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Policeman Hitch-hikes to Work With Vice President Garner
Street car officer Adam Mann abandons bus for rides with Vice President Garner in his government car. The longtime habit began after Garner took office in 1932, with Mann joining the vice president to the station and back on a regular cycle. Other officers later shared the ride on a rotating schedule.
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Washington
Adam Mann
Garner
Garners
Mann
District of Columbia Tag 111
United States
Capital Police Watch
Charles Masenheimer
H. E. Davis
States Enact Old Age Pension Laws Across Nation
Aged receive pension benefits spread through at least 22 states with federal approval for 15 states. programs vary by state. Alabama reports 6,500 recipients at 10 to 12 dollars monthly. Colorado 19,600 at about 17.60 monthly after long residence. Connecticut to start 7 dollar weekly pensions. Michigan about 15,000 receiving 11 dollars monthly. Illinois and Massachusetts also expanding programs.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Iowa
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Boy King Cousin Shoot Together During Royal Hunt
In Belgrade on January 12 4 percent The boy King Peter of Yugoslavia hosted his 14 year old cousin Mihai Crown Prince of Rumania for a royal duck hunting party. Accompanied by his father King Carol Mihai arrived by the Romanian royal train at Toptsieder near Belgrade at 9 A M. They joined by Peter Queen Marie and Regent Prince Paul at the hunting lodge Petrovrchitech near Semun where Premier Stojadinovich joined in the hunt late afternoon.
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Belgrade
Jan
Peter
Yugoslavia
Mihai
Rumania
Carol
Toptsieder
Marie
Prince Paul
Petrovrchitech
Semun
Stojadinovich
D. E. Colp Former Texas Parks Board Leader Dies
D. E. Colp longtime Texas State Parks Board chairman died in Temple at 2 15 A M after four days in a coma from double pneumonia. His body will go to San Antonio for funeral services Monday at 2 30 P M. Colp led the park system from 1924 until last November and remained active in directing work under an agreement for a salaried position.
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Temple
D. E. Colp
Texas Park Board
San Antonio
Colp
Texas State Parks Board
Wendell Mayes
Brownwood
All
Special election threatened to block liquor vote in Oklahoma
Governor Barland warned that he will not permit a liquor vote at the general election on November 3. He said he would call an early special election, possibly at the first primary, to decide the liquor issue.
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Oklahoma City
Repeal Forces
Oklahoma
Barland
Horse Rescued After 15 Foot Well Fall
Paris Texas January 12 Mike Freewiths horse fell into a 15 foot shaft. Three men and an automobile wrecker were needed to haul it from the cold water. After ten hours the animal was drawn up and walked away hurt.
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Paris
Texas
Mike Freewith
Stay of Death May Yet Save Babe's Slayer
A historic stay of execution prompts renewed debate over mercy and justice as defenders argue for clemency while prosecutors seek accountability in a high profile case.
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Babe’s
Hauptmann Still Hopes For Delay In Lindbergh Kidnap Case
Hauptmann faces execution for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping as clemency denial prompts talk of a possible gubernatorial stay. Governor Hoffman cites precedents while prison officials prepare for the electric chair. The next move by defense remains undisclosed and a longer delay could hinge on judicial action and a new warrant date.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hold G. Hoffman
Burlingto N. J
Mark ©. Kimberling
John Favorito
Favorito
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Justice Trenchard
Negro ready for death in chair in Huntsville
Henry Carr a Woodville Negro faced execution in Huntsville after midnight for the murder of his wife. He said he would rather die in the electric chair here than return to Louisiana for a 50 year prison term. Carr had escaped from a Louisiana prison and fled to East Texas before the killing.
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Huntsville
Henry Carr
Woodville
Hil
Louisiana
Carr
Tyler County
Texas
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