TVA Board Row Over Berry Claim Sparks Federal Scrutiny
A long running feud within the Tennessee Valley Authority tops the page as Dr A E Morgan chairman accuses fellow directors Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan of secrecy and manipulation while Sen George Berry seeks 5 billion dollars over flooded marble quarries near Norris Dam. Separately Secretary Roper warns small businessmen lean toward government aid amid a 1900 letter sampling and a new corn acreage plan details state by state allotments for 1938.
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Tennessee
Berry
Morgan
TVA
Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan
Congressional
Tax Bill Battle Opens In House Fight Over Reform
North Carolina's ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, chair of the ways and means committee, filed the revenue bill and a partisan struggle began. Administration leaders say the act will boost trade and ease hardships without lowering overall federal income. Opponents flag the proposed penalty tax on closely held corporations as a political weapon. McCormack and Lamneck criticize that feature while Republicans on the committee blame New Deal taxes for business unease. Senate Finance Chair Pat Harrison says hearings will start soon, with a majority opposed to several house bill provisions.
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Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
House
Doughton
McCormack
Massachusetts
Lamneck
Ohio
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Destructive California Flood Strikes Los Angeles Area
Disaster in Southern California caused by extraordinary rains. Nearly 50 people were drowned or killed in landslides, with thousands evacuated from their homes. Property damage could reach 30 million dollars. Los Angeles was isolated briefly, communications aided by short wave radio.
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California
Los Angeles
Death of D Annunzio Ends Era for Italian Patriot
Abdrie D Annunzio, poet playwright soldier and national figure, died at his villa in Gardone Riviera from a cerebral hemorrhage. He would have turned seventy five soon. His bold seizure of Fiume after World War I and aerial exploits made him an idol of the people. The world of letters mourns the loss. WPA Rolls Increased. Congress sent a quarter billion emergency relief appropriation to the White House and authorized 500,000 more relief workers this month. Aubrey Williams said March increases could lift local enrollments 15 to 25 percent, with large industrial centers expected to demand a bigger share. The British government announced the greatest air force estimates in history and mobilized scientists for air defense plans. For the fiscal year starting April 1, air force spending is 367,500,000 dollars, plus a 23 percent rise in army appropriations. Fifteenth US Infantry left Tientsin after 25 years in North China with no shots fired, to be replaced by a marine detachment.
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Abriele
D’annunzio
Gardone Riviera
Fiume
World of Letters
WPA
Congress
White House
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Harry Hopkins
Williams
Air Force
United States Infantry
Tientsin
North China
Angel Delmore
Havana
Cuba
Christopher Columbus
Azores
Chaucer
San Francisco
Soviet Chiefs Face Death In Stalin Purge Trial
Soviet leaders including former Premier Alexei Rykov and Nikolai Bukharin faced a military tribunal in a blood purge case. Accused of conspiring with foreign powers to dismember the Soviet Union and plotting assassinations, they admitted guilt though some contested confessions.
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Soviet Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Lenin
Alexis Bykov
Sergei Kiroff
Maxim Gorky
Alexis I. Rykov
Nikolai Bukharin
Izvestia
Krestinsky
Berlin
Three Taken as Spies in U S Ring
Government agents and New York police dismantled a spy ring selling US army and navy secrets to a European power. Three arrested include ex sergeant Guenther Rumrich and private Erich Glaser, plus German liner hairdresser Johanna Hofman. Rumrich and Glaser confessed. Hofman acted as liaison and paymaster. Authorities seek other members and recovered code keys and money.
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New York
Johanna Hofmann
Dresden
Germany
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
United States Army
United States
Ceser
Europa
Europe
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
Army Air Base
Air Corps
Rumrich
Johanna Hofman
Ring
Senate to Probe Reds Investigation of subversives in merchant marine
Senator Copeland pushes a resolution for a special investigation into communist activity in the merchant marine. A Garner appointed committee will conduct the inquiry. In Washington, Harry Bridges arrives to resist deportation as an undesirable alien and seeks hearings before the commerce and labor committees.
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Senate
Copeland
New York
Garner
Harry Bridges
Washington
Bridges
Senate Committees On Commerce and Labor
Historic Hoaxes and the Lost Explorer Tale
A collection of historic hoaxes from January 1926 recounts two Wisconsin woodsmen fabricating a petrified explorer in a hollow tree identified as Pierre D Artagnan of the 1675 Marquette Joliet expedition. The tale, promoted by local presses, was exposed as a hoax, with promoters admitting the ruse.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Middle West
Art Charpin
Walter Latsch
Pierre D'Artagnan
Marquette-Joliet
Rusk County Journal
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Historical Society
M. D. Hinshaw
Edward Richardson
Rusk County Lyre
Oddest Hall of Fame in Genoa A Curious Funded Tribute
The world’s oddest hall of fame sits in Genoa Italy established about 500 years ago by Col lier s Weekly. It allowed men to elect themselves and determine their fame with a monetary gift. Donors received statues or tablets scaled by lire amounts from 4 tablets for less than 25 000 to a seated statue for over 100 000 lire.
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Genoa
Italy
Collier's Weekly
Make a Slipcover to Refresh Your Home This Spring
The article explains how to craft a versatile couch slipcover using navy blue cotton and cream or colored cord, suited to modern, Colonial, or provincial rooms. It suggests a curved candlewick tufting needle and thread size 8 or 10, and promotes a book by Mrs. Spears on home decor with sketches and practical methods. Readers can order the book from Mrs. Spears at 210 So. Desplassey St. Chicago, Dl, with a small coin price enclosed.
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Spears
Pineapple Cream Dessert Idea from Marjoris H. Black
Favorite Recipe of the Week presents Pineapple Cream. Drain pineapple juice, whip cream, fold in drained pineapple and marmalade or jam. Vary jam for different flavors, serve over cake slices. A splendid dessert for bridge parties, luncheons, or family meals.
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Marjoris H. Black
Famous Food Expert To Conduct Feature
A new weekly food department launches with Houston Goudiss, famed author and radio personality, guiding a health oriented series aimed at families. The column promises clear, practical guidance for housewives and may inspire scrapbook collections, inviting wide reader participation every issue.
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Ouston Goudiss
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription A Longstanding Tonic Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic helping women of all ages for almost seven decades. The message urges readers to pursue self-advancement and be the person they would inspire in others, attributed to Amiel.
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