Laughton Named in Tax Dodge Probe
Treasury officials told Congress that Charles Laughton shifted salary to a British company to reduce U.S. income taxes. The probe lists other figures including Col. Jacob Schick and Jules S. Bache, with talks of reciprocal tax accords and personal holding companies to curb avoidance. Westinghouse and De Ronde cases cited. De Ronde faced $33,000 in taxes and $1,700 payment offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Joint
House
Senate Committee On
Charles Laughton
United States
Elmer Ivey
Internal Revenue Bureau
Laughton
Congress
Roswell Magill
State Department
Col
Jacob Schick
Schick
Trey
Irey
Jules S. Bache
New York
Phillip de Ronde
New York City
Wallace Groves
Perry K. Hudson
New York Stock Exchange
de Ronde
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisc
Magill
George Westinghouse, Jr
Bahamas
British Columbia
Jamaica
Westinghouse
Hibernia Trust Company of
GOP Meeting Faces Rift Over State Platform Planks
Liberal delegates at the Cleveland GOP conclave urged broader labor social and economic planks while Taft urged realism. He argued the party cannot out deal the New Deal and suggested old age pensions with real benefits. Edward Turner called for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Edward C. M. Turner
Relief Split Over Local Share Of WPA Costs
Administration Democrats divided over relief policy as they back Byrnes plan for local communities to shoulder 25 percent of WPA project costs in the $1.5 billion relief bill. Senate leaders Robinson and Byrnes, previously aligned, now support the 25 percent figure after earlier pushing for 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Byrnes
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Robinson
Ladies Choose Clevelander as Head for SAR Chapter
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic meeting with the G A R encampment elected Mrs. Carrie North of Cleveland as president. Clara Tice Martins Ferry became senior vice president and Gwendolin Hinkle Middletown joined the administration council with Vera Koehler Martins Ferry as delegate at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Perry County cloudburst floods town. one dead
A cloudburst in southern Perry County swamped a ten mile area damaging homes and rail property. Mrs N C Street 56 was killed by lightning while milking a cow near Sayre. Water covered streets and Rendville Moxahala were hit hard. one house burned after a lightning strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Mameaeer
N. C. Street
Sayre
Moxahala
Man Appears To Be On A Party For 36 Hours
Police in Atlantic City worried about a man who claimed he had been on a party for 36 hours and left a wallet with $5,000 for safe keeping. He called police to take custody of the money because he said he was going on a party. He later phoned again asking them to keep it longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
U.P
Seek End of Ship Strikes
National Labor Relations Board members moved to settle strikes by Steamship crews and shipyard workers amid a feud between AFL affiliated unions and the CIO linked Committees. Seventeen ocean liners were idle in Baltimore as longshoremen refused cargo handling, with about 1,000 on strike. Sit-down strikers blocked two eastern freighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Baltimore
National Maritime Union
CLO
Eastern
Horse Kills Child at Dover Farm Tragedy
Five year old Kenneth Yackey son of James Yackey was killed Thursday night when a horse at a neighbor’s farm trampled him. Thirteen year old Robert Baer was driving a jog sled with a team, fell off, and lost control of the horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Kenneth Yackey
James Yackey
Robert Baer
Comb Village For Socialite
Two G men joined state troopers and coast guards in Chilmark Martha Vineyard to pursue the latest clue in the disappearance of Mrs Alice Mctonett Parsons Long Island heiress. A house to house search failed to locate the tipster who rang police claiming the socialite was on the island. The tipster’s description matches a man said to be involved in the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilmark
Mass
U.P
Martha Vineyard Island
Alice Mctonett Parsons
Long Island
Department of Justice
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Greyhound Plans to Build 89 New Busses
Plans to construct 89 new busses were revealed before the Interstate Commerce Commission in petitions by three Greyhound companies to issue 1,680,000 dollars of five year mortgage notes. Central Greyhound Inc Cleveland 25 busses 300,000. Atlantic Greyhound Corp Charleston 44 busses 528,000. Greyhound Corp Chicago 20 busses 240,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
Greyhound Companies
Central Greyhound Inc
Cleveland
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Charleston
W. Va
Greyhound Corp
Chicago
Rehearsal Planned to Move Paralyzed Victim from Ship
Frederick B. Snite a 28 year old with infantile paralysis aboard the President Coolidge nears transfer to a railroad car with artificial respiration equipment. Doctors warn death is imminent and a five minute transfer is essential. A special siding and trained crew prepared, longshoremen rehearsed in protective gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frederick B. Snite
China
Chicago
President Coolidge
Church-Nazi Unrest Over Election Sparks Tense Clash
In Berlin tension rose as Nazi officials clashed with Evangelical Church leaders over upcoming church government elections. Rev. Martin Niemeller accused opposition leaders of being silenced and claimed free elections were unlikely. Hitler Youth stood outside, doors were closed, and police arrested 10 people after clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Evangelical Church
Martin Niemeller
Hitler Youth Organization
Germany
Pledges Rise to Back Film Girls in Los Angeles
Patricia Douglas, a 20 year old movie extra who alleged an assault at a Hollywood haymow party, saw her case dropped by a grand jury. Attorney S. J. F. Brown vows to mobilize Los Angeles County women’s clubs to uncover misconduct in the film colony and urge others to come forward with stories of abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Patricia Douglas
Miss Douglas
S. J
F. Brown
Los Angeles County
Hollywood
Start Regular Plane Service to Bermuda
Regular commercial passenger service began to Bermuda with Pan American Airways Bermuda Clipper taking off from Port Washington. The aircraft carried 24 passengers and crew under Captain R O D Sullivan and should reach Bermuda in about five hours. The Bermuda return leg travels to New York on Sunday with twice weekly trips planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
N. Y
Upi
Bermuda
Pan-American Airways
Gagman Al Boasberg Dies at 45 in Hollywood
Al Boasberg, famed writer for Jack Benny radio gags and the Marx Brothers films, died today of a heart attack at age 45. Born in Buffalo, he came to Hollywood in silent era as title writer and gagman for Buster Keaton and also directed comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
al Boasberg
Jack Benny
Boasberg
Benny
Buffalo
N. Y
Buster Keaton
Girl Killed in Auto Wreck Near Pittsburgh
Thelma Evans an 18 year old from Wheeling West Virginia was killed when a car she rode in plunged over an embankment near Pittsburgh. Four other people were injured in the crash which occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Thelma Evans
Wheeling
W. Va
Here
Tax receipts decline in Columbus area week
Columbus and Upper Peninsula state treasurer Clarence H. Kinsey reported sales tax receipts for the week ended June 5 totaling 937,958 dollars, down from 1,272,540 dollars in the same week last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Clarence H. Kinstey
Doumergue Dies at 70 in Ripe French Political Career
Paris reports former French president Gaston Doumergue, aged 70, died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Aiguesville near the Mediterranean. He rose from Senate president to the Elysee in 1924 and led France through 15 cabinet crises during seven years as head of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Gaston Doumergue
Stavisky
Doumergue
Aiguesvivles
Mediterranean
Senate
Elysee Palace
Republic
Sacha Alexandre Stavisky
Columbus Lifer Dies of Heart Attack in Prison Yard
Mack Bush, 40, serving a life term for first degree murder in connection with a Cleveland jeweler’s slaying during a 1932 robbery attempt, collapsed from a heart attack Thursday in the Ohio Penitentiary yard. He had been an inmate since October 1932 after prior robbery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Mack Bush
Ohio
Cleveland
Man Dies in Blast at Powder Company in Bedford
Anthony Moretto, 24, died from burns after an explosion and fire at Aluminum Bronze Powder Co. in Bedford. John Vorisek was seriously burned. Officials said the blast may have been caused by lightning and the damage was about 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
AU R
Anthony Moretto
Aluminum Bronze Powder Co
John Vorisek
His First Crime a Perfect Blank in New York
John Stillato aged 51, homeless and unemployed, made a poor first crime today. He was accused of stealing a blanket from a car owned by Detective Thomas T. Mason. The second error came when he tried to sell the blanket to Mason on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Stilllato
Stillato
Thomas T. Mason
Child Slayer Faces Prison In Riverhead Case
Helena Tiernan a 28 year old blond seamstress pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree in Riverhead New York admitting she killed one of her two children to make room for a lover. The plea faces a possible term from 20 years to life in prison. The district attorney accepted the plea after the defense entered it in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverhead
N. Y
U.P
Helena Tiernan
L. Barronhill
Ohio Board Paroles 86 Mansfield Inmates
The Ohio Board of Parole released 86 prisoners at the Mansfield state reformatory. Seventy three cases were continued and one conditional release granted including Floyd Westfall from Meigs and Carl Johnson from Gallia, both for burglary with parole dates in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio Board of Parole
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Meigs
Floyd Westfall
Gallia
Carl Johnson
Steel Strikers at Erie Repel Entry Attempt at Plant
In Erie Pennsylvania striking steel workers backed by about 250 pickets repelled three attempts by 150 workers and 24 police to enter the Griswold Manufacturing Co plant. No bloodshed occurred as police withdrew after the strikers held their lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
U.P
Griswold Manufacturing Co
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Canton Lead Back-to-Work Movement Advances Ambiguously
Cantons back-to-work spokesperson J G Stewart announced nonstrikers would march back to work at the Republic Steel plants within 48 hours amid rising violence and federal mediation efforts. Mutual tensions continued as union protests and police security spiked in Canton and Youngstown with threats of renewed clashes and calls for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
U.P
J. G. Stewart
Republic Steel
James Seccombe
Joseph T. Nist
Youngstown
Ray J. Thomas
Sen
H. Styles Bridges
Philip Murray
W.O.C
Senate Post Office Committee
Thomas
Murray
Washington
Bridges
Post Office Committee
Ralph E. Eiser
Republic Steel Corporation
Larry Young
Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brothershood
Young
John L. Lewis
Chicago
Perkins Asks Davey to Keep Peace in Ohio Strike Centers
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins telegraphed Ohio Governor Martin Davey urging peace in the Cleveland area as the federal mediation board begins. Two conciliators, James F. Dewey and Robert F. Pilkington, will assist the board at its first Cleveland meeting. WPA relief will be based on need, not on strike status, as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Federal Mediation Board
Frances Perkins
Mediation Board
Charles P. Taft
James Seccombe
Canton
Ralph E. Elser
Mahoning County
Perkins
Davey
Ohio
Washington
Au.p
Martin Davey
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Miss Perkins
Steel Board
James F. Dewey
Robert F. Pilkington
Chicago
Works Progress Administration
Gerard Reilly
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Lloyd K. Garrison
Sar
Perry County
New Straitsville
Logan
Oroville
Greyhound
Marx Brothers
National ‘Salvation
Bilbao
Hendaye
Vitoria
Santander
Catalonia
Zaragoza
Columbus Lifer
Powder Company
State Board
David Niles
WPA
Niles
SW. C. C
Lee Pressman
Roosevelt
John S. Brookes, Jr
Republic Steel Corp
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
The
Bethlehem
Cambria
David Watkins
CIO
Tax Limitation League
Auditor's Bureau of Inspection
W. T. Lawrence
League
Harry S. Day
U's
Tax Commission
Clarence J. Kinssey
Norman Beck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!