Senate to Pass $1.644 Billion Tax Revision This Week
The Senate moved a $1.644 billion tax bill toward approval with House backing 358 to 1. Senators expect passage by week’s end to avert loss of nuisance taxes and three cent postage. The bill scraps the undistributed profits tax and keeps key House provisions for swift enactment.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
George H. Tinkham
Mass
Jone
Senate Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
Miss
Harrison
Green Defends Labor Policies at Kiwanis Convention
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor declares the AFL will not compromise with any ism. He states the AFL economic policy aligns with American ideals and opposes fascism Nazism and communism.
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Boston
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Fear Dispelled by Solons Bricker Says
Gov. John W. Bricker told Stark County Federation of Men's Bible Classes that the legislature’s main achievement was dispelling fear and restoring confidence in state government. He warned that political and economic fear underlie social ills of democracy today.
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Canton
John W. Bricker
Stark County Federation of Men’s Bible Classes
Andrews Says Lobby Is Fighting Three Acts
Wage hour administrator Elmer F. Andrews charged in a radio address that powerful lobbyists are attempting to amend and mangle the wage hour social security and national labor relations acts. He alleged flank attacks to chop these laws to pieces.
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Washington
Wagehour
Elmer F. Andrews
President Threatens Special Session Over Neutrality Law Revision
President Roosevelts allies indicated he would oppose mid July adjournment if it delays updating the neutrality law to 1940 He may call a special session to pass a substitute measure The House planned to take up Rep Sol Bloom s neutrality bill next week Senate isolationists threaten a filibuster while others argue for four weeks of debate Bloom s bill would repeal the arms embargo and require cash and carry sales with expanded presidential powers
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House
Congress
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
A. A. Berle
Sol Bloom
N. Y
William B. Bankhead
Senate
Bloom
Burke Seeks Polite Drive Against Third Termers
Sen. Edward R. Burke argues against a third U.S. presidency term and backs a constitutional amendment limiting a chief executive to one six year term. He warns that breaking the tradition endangers the republic and cites expanding bureaucracy and patronage.
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Burke
Washington
U.P
United States
Edward R. Burke
Nine Towns Protest Conservancy Taxes
Newcomerstown lead strike spreads to nine towns under the Muskingum Valley Association with about 12 000 property owners involved. Delinquency runs about 95 percent in Newcomerstown as towns Zanesville McConnelsville Malta Byesville Cambridge Newcomerstown Coshocton Uhrichsville and Dennison join the protest.
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Newcomerstown
U.P
Muskingum Watershed
Townsend Plan Backers Prepare for National Convention
The Townsend Club vanguard arrived in Indianapolis with predictions of more than 15,000 supporters attending the four day national convention opening Thursday. Backers will converge in trains and car caravans over the next three days.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Townsend Club
University Farm Index Reaches Peak for May
Ohio State University rural economics reports the farm income index at 79 for May, up from 72 in April and below May 1938’s 82. The index tracks cash income from Ohio’s principal farm products noting May as the year’s high so far.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Ohio
University Department of Rural Economics
Hocking Relief Reaches New High On County Rolls
Logan special report says 3000 Hocking Countains on relief rolls at week end, a county high tied to unemployment and WPA. With WPA projects resuming Monday, a drop is anticipated. first pay not until July, so temporary relief continues through month end.
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LOGAN
Everett Jacoby
Bartholomew Parents Sue Aunt for Freddie Earnings
Mr and Mrs Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew of London filed a 1 million suit against Miss Myllicent Bartholomew Freddie Bartholomews aunt and guardian alleging fraud conspiracy and manipulation of custody. The suit seeks earnings from Freddie and accuses the guardian of poisoning the boy against his parents.
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Hollywood
A.P
Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew
London
Freddie
Myllicent Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Miss Bartholomew
Girl Hit by Auto Driver Suffers Serious Injuries
Wanda Rinehart, 12, of Hamden, is fighting for life at Holzer Hospital after a hit and run on a highway near her home Saturday. She has both legs broken below the knees, a fractured right wrist, and severe cuts and bruises.
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Gallipolis
Wanda Rinehart
Hamden
Holzer Hospital
Food Scarce In Blockaded British Area
British warship Sandwich arrived as Japanese blockade tightens around the Tientsin Concession. Food prices soar with vegetables eggs butter ice and milk in short supply. Five British youths were reportedly stripped for a Chinese crowd.
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Tientsin
Sandwich
Lowestoft
Tientsin Bund
Hong Kong
London
Japan
Chile and Spain face strain over asylum and press rights
Latin American nations including Argentina Mexico El Salvador and Venezuela back Chile in demanding that Franco regime respect asylum rights and allow the departure of 14 Republican refugees sheltered in Madrid. Colombia's ties with Spain also suffer over press freedom as Mexico City paper Ultimas Noticias notes Franco losing friends in the hemisphere.
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Santiago
Chile
U.P
Spain
Argentina
Mexico
Salvador
Venezuela
Madrid
Mexico City
Ultimas Noticias
Francisco Franco
Colombia
AFL Counsel Accuses NLRB Member of Bias
AFL counsel Joseph A Padway charged NLRB member Edwin Smith with bias before the House Labor Committee. Padway urged Wagner Act amendments to abolish the current labor board and reconstitute it with five members.
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AFL
NLRB
Washington
U.P
Joseph A Padway
American Federation of Labor Counsel
National Labor Relations Board
Edwin Smith
Padway
House Labor Committee
Rev John Sharpe Elected Moderator of Ohio Presbyterian Synod
Martins Ferry clergyman Rev John Sharpe was chosen moderator at the opening session of the Ohio Presbyterian Synod in Wooster today. He succeeds the previous moderator and begins his duties immediately.
Akron To Impose Five Cent Garbage Charge
Akron residents would pay five cents a week for garbage pickup and incineration under a plan from the finance committee. The charge would be 65 cents quarterly in advance, with downtown businesses billed per can on a daily basis.
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AKRON
Ralph Turner
Council
Dean and Mrs Chubb Hurt in Auto Crash Near Corning
Dr and Mrs Edwin Watts Chubb were injured in a Route 13 accident two miles south of Corning when a tire blew, sending their sedan into a 10 foot embankment. They were treated at home in Athens after being cared for by local doctors, with Mrs Chubb suffering a deep chin wound and Dr Chubb facial cuts.
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Edwin Watts Chubb
Route 13
Corning
S. Court St
Chubb
iChubb
Athens
Chautauqua
N. Y
Latta’ Bridge
Dr. Chubb
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio University
Ask Rotary To Act for Peace
Paul P. Harris founder of Rotary urged the international convention to rededicate Rotary to peace. He noted Rotary’s 210,000 members in 70 countries and said conflicting ideologies have long driven the group to foster unity and avoid division.
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Rotary
Cleveland
Rotary International
Paul P. Harris
Chicago
Harris
Judge Manton Sentenced to Prison and Fine
New York report says Martin T. Manton, the highest ranking judge convicted of a crime in U.S. history, received a two year prison term and a $10,000 fine for selling justice as a senior judge on the circuit court of appeals.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Circuit Court of Appeals
Virgil Collins Paroled From Ohio Penitentiary
The Ohio State Pardon and Parole Commission parole 55 inmates at the State Penitentiary including Virgil Collins of Athens for breaking and entering with release set for April 1, 1940.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio State Penitentiary
Athens
Virgil Collins
Prospector's Pillow of Rocks Is Worth $600
A Nevada family stranded in a Chicago park after a failed trek learned their ore samples indicate a mine worth at least $200,000 and a $600 value on the rocks they carried. Tom McDermott found a vein near Las Vegas and tested ore in Chicago before police aided their shelter.
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Chicago
McDermotts
Nevada
Tom McDermott
Las Vegas
Nev
McDermott
Lucille
Iris Ann
Galva
Ill
Four escapees flee Marysville Reformatory by using key
Velma West 33 hammer slayer of her husband escapes with three others from Marysville Women's Reformatory after unlocking her cell with a key given by Lenora Leach 26. The fugitives, including Florence Sheline 23 and others, prompted wide state searches and new leads as officials chased tips across Ohio.
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Marysville
Gallipolis
Florence Sheline
Marysville Woman's Reformatory
Gallia County
East End
Ohio Hospital
Hugh Leach
Mansfield Reformatory
Marguerite Reilley
Reformatory
Mrs. West
Virginia Brandy
Akron
Mary Ellen Richards
Cincinnati
West
Dayton
Velma West
Marysville Reformatory
Mary Richards
Transatlantic Plane May Have Crashed in Canada
In northwestern New Brunswick on May 28 a plane possibly flew into flames after takeoff on a transatlantic flight. Residents near Alcida and Chaleur Bay reported hearing a loud explosion and saw smoke, while investigators planned to question locals and verify sightings.
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Canada
Petit Rocher
N. B
New Brunswick
Thomas H. Smith
Los Angeles
J. Emile Guerette
Alcida
Chaleur Bay
Smith
St. John
Guerette
Clarksburg
W. Va
Theodule Roy
Nazi Fortifications Near Poland Hardened as Troop Numbers Rise
Berlin reports large scale maneuvers across Germany with eastern fortifications along the Polish frontier strengthened. The army massing nationwide is set to reach about 1.5 million by September.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Meigs Auditor Injured By Auto in Columbus
County Auditor George Daniels was injured Monday evening in Columbus when struck by an automobile. He was taken to Grant Hospital for treatment. R. W. Finsterwald, a village council member, left in an ambulance to take Daniels to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
George Daniels
Columbus
Grant Hospital
R. W. Finsterwald
Mr. Daniels
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Armaments Excess Profits Tax Set at 60 Percent
London officials unveil a white paper establishing a 60 percent excess profits tax on armaments profits over 935000 dollars. The measure targets profits above a defined threshold to fund wartime needs.
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London
U.P
Davey Attacks Bricker Claim of Economics
Lima Ohio report notes former Democratic Gov. Martin L. Davey sharply criticized Gov. John W. Bricker before an Allen County audience. He accused Bricker of lies about a deficit and surplus, and claimed higher state spending and layoffs targeted at Democrats.
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Lima
U.P
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Allen County
Davey
Bricker
Riot Forces Police I ntervene at Actor Meeting
At a meeting called by Sophie Tucker to answer mismanagement charges, a near riot broke out at the Hotel Edison in New York. Three police patrol cars arrived after 3 a.m. to restore order as a Texas showgirl allegedly bit a union member on the neck during a floor fight.
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New York
American Federation of Actors
Sophie Tucker
Associated Actors and Artists of America
Edison
Texas
Mother Charged With First Degree Murder
Velma Baker Fink aged 22 confessed killer of her 11 weeks old baby Haldon Fink. She faced arraignment before Justice E H Buchmann on a first degree murder charge as Sheriff H L Myers filed formal charges. The infant was taken from his buggy and thrown into Green Creek a week ago.
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Fremont
U.P
Velma Baker Fink
Justice of the Peace
E. H. Buchmann
H. L. Myers
Haldon Fink
Green Creek
Flying boat Connemara burns in Hythe blaze
A fire destroyed the Imperial Airways flying boat Connemara at Hythe England. One man is reported missing after the incident while the craft was to challenge American Clipper ships in trans Atlantic service.
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Hythe
England
Imperial Airways
Connemara
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