Democrats Speed Plan To Pass New Tax In House
Democratic leaders push a rapid tax bill claiming to recoup $500000 in lost sales tax revenue and balance the budget. Speaker Garner urges swift action as Ways and Means meets in special session to push five percent levy on autos seven percent on trucks and three cent radio rate, with reforms to stock taxes and income tax provisions amid Republican criticism.
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Ashington
Peaker
John N. Garner
Treasury
Ock Exchange
York Stock Exchange
Ew York Federal Reserve Bank
Will Wood
Indiana
Night In Turkey scandal prompts court hearing in Chicago
In Chicago at the police court on March 29 Captain Michael Grady charged 56 giggling dance girls and Rev Harry J Mass with a business school of dancing showing a Night in Turkey. Maas testified he aimed to warn the girls while officers arrived to break up the gathering. Hearing resumed April 19.
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Michael Grady
Turkey
Maas
Grady
Chicago
U.P
Harry J. Mass
Chicago Avenue
Rose
Tax Collections Reach New High in March
March income tax receipts totaled 190,624,156.63 through March 25, surpassing the prior year’s 29,116,991.75. Collections exceed the Treasury’s initial March estimate by about 16 million and are just over the revised goal of 190,000,000.
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Washington
U.R
Treasury Department
Treasury
Weather Chronicle Sketch from 36 Mars
Yesterday’s highs ranged from 78 to 82 in Miami Phoenix and El Paso. Today’s lows drop to single digits in White River The Pas and Prince Albert with near 8 below. Conditions suggest fair weather in this vicinity with a rise in temperatures and a likely rain chance by Wednesday night.
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Miami
Phoe
el Paso
White River
Bel the Pas
Prince al
Mars
Yacht Lyndonia Story Reflets Wealth And Family Plans
Miami Beach report notes Cyrus Curtis wintering aboard the Lyndonia with 38 crew polishing brass. He explains yacht upkeep costs fall to future generations. Luncheon hosts include W O Fuller of The Rockland Gazette and Frank B Shutts, owners of The Miami Herald and Miami Evening News respectively, amid talk of sales between papers.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Cyrus Herman Kotaschmar Curtis
Lyndonia
Miami
Camden
Maine
Portland
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
President Coolidge
Mr. Curtis
Curtis
W. O. Fuller
Rockland Gazette
Frank B. Shutts
Miami Herald
Colonel Shutts
Miami Evening News
Governor Cox
Miami News
Mardis Opposes Gas Fund Use for Relief Work
S K Mardis Athens County representative spoke before a Columbus trip to the special legislative session. He argued gasoline tax proceeds should not fund rural road projects, saying the district needs new roads while unemployment and relief are the session's aims. He supports a utilities tax but doubts its fairness, and Governor White has four measures to present. Mardis will review them.
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S. K. Mardis
Athens County
Columbus
Mardis
White
Cyrus H K Curtis enjoys a long career in publishing
Cyrus H K Curtis, turning 63 years ago to daily papers, remains active as he nears his 82nd birthday next June. Friends at a gathering praised his century of work while he opted for Boston baked beans with fish cakes over lavish dishes. Continued on Page 4.
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Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Woman Arrested in Amesville Bank Robbery Case
Helen Lamberson of Columbus wife of Charles E Lamberson was arrested in connection with the January 21 attempted robbery of the First National Bank of Amesville. She was brought to Athens by Deputy Sheriff Charles Bayless and charged with participation. She pleaded not guilty before Magistrate C H Porter and bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court under a $7000 bond.
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Helen Lamberson
Columbus
Charles E. Lamberson
First National Bank of
Amesville
Athens
Charles Bayless
Lamberson
C. H. Porter
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Lindbergh and alleged kidnapers in talks report
Reports from Hopewell indicate Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and men claiming to kidnap his son are “talking business.” Dean H. Dobson Peacock met Lindbergh in Hopewell for a half hour, while Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf said Lindbergh dismissed Norfolk information as not of specific significance.
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Norfolk
U P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Hopewell
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Lindbergh
H. Norman Schwarakoopf
Forecast Bankruptcy Threatens U S Government
London headlines warn that the United States budget failure signals bankruptcy deflation and dollar flight. The News-Chronicle fears democratic systems may crack while a Times correspondent notes disruption forces in Congress resisting control.
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London
U.P
United States
News-Chronicle
Washington
London Times
Congress
Gas Price Rise Hits Ohio Motoring Costs
Ohio motorists faced higher gas prices Tuesday as dealers announced a half-cent increase across all grades. Major brands sold at 15 17 and 20 cents per gallon with the rise expected to be statewide. Oil and lubricants remained unchanged.
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Ohio
Encouraging Lindbergh Baby News From Virginia
Beverly Hills letter writer Will expresses cautious optimism about reports of the Lindbergh baby case, noting sensational claims from Virginia and urging trust in prominent men who might share genuine news, while warning others not to misuse publicity.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Virginia
Sam
Will
Godfrey Line Coach Named at Ohio State U
Ernie R. Godfrey was named line coach at Ohio State University succeeding George Hauser who left to join Minnesota. Godfrey, a former OSU player and 1928 Freshman coach, previously coached at Wittenberg College and will work with Wesley Fesler and Don Miller among the staff.
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Columbus
Ernie R. Godfrey
Ohio State University
George Hauser
University of Minnesota
Godfrey
Ohio State
Wittenberg College
Sam Willaman
Richard Larkins
Wesley Fesler
Fesier
Floyd Stahl
Cyril Surina
Don Miller
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Dry Wrath Threats On Both Sides In Prohibition Debate
Washington reports the National Prohibition Board of Strategy rejects any referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment. Secretary Edwin C. Dinwiddie says the board will fight to block wet planks at June party conventions. He warns millions of prohibition supporters will not back a party if it pursues wet platforms or nominees.
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Washington
U.P
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie
Diver John Shunk Volunteers to Find Body of Dr Cole
BELLAIRE Ohio March 29 John Shunk veteran riverman and diver who claims to have recovered 26 drowned bodies from the Ohio River volunteered his services at Browns Island near Weirton to help locate Dr Carol Skinner Cole a St Louis woman physician who died in a mail plane crash The brother E H Skinner of Kansas City offered 1500 dollars for the recovery Post office inspectors recovered 30 of 47 air mail sacks nearby.
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Bellaire, CO
U.P
John Shunk
Ohio River
Browns Island
Weirton
Carol Skinner Cole
St. Louis
Hal George
Shunk
Tennis star Hunter injured in New Rochelle car crash
Francis T. Hunter internationally known tennis player and president of The White Plains Daily Corporation sustained a fracture of the right leg in an auto mobile accident in New Rochelle on March 29.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
U.P
Francis T. Hunter
White Plains Daily Corporation
Rumors US to Abandon Gold Standard Stirs Shanghai News
British owned newspapers in Shanghai on March 29 report rumors that the United States may prepare to go off the gold standard.
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China
Shanghai
United States
Discussion On Home Grounds Planned Here
Athens residents interested in a sturdy green lawn this summer can learn lawn care at a free Monday night session in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms. County Agent T H Johnson and assistant professor W W Wiggins will lead an informal round table on grass planting yard improvement and landscape questions.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
T. H. Johnson
W. W. Wiggins
Ohio University
Athens Better Homes and Grounds Committee
Village Proctorville Loses Police After Dry Raid
IRONTON March 20. Proctorville village lacked its police after a federal dry agents raid. Marshal Arville Carson deputy Melvin Ness and constable Benn Dunsee jailed in Portsmouth on liquor charges with $10 000 bonds each awaiting hearing April 11. Carson accused of selling whisky and conspiracy. Four prisoners escaped after arraignment.
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Ironton
U.R
Proctorville
Arville Carson
Melvin Ness
Benn Dunsee
Portsmouth
Trenton
United States
F. A. Ross
Proctorville Jalil
Ross
Carson
Dunsee
Aged Man Guilty In Obscene Literature Case
Louis Kunz, 77, found guilty by a jury of importing and distributing obscene literature in a first federal trial in Cleveland. He faces sentencing as Federal Judge Paul Jones waits on the verdict. Witness Dr. Frederick Bettelheim defended the magazine, calling it less suggestive than modern advertising.
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Cleveland
U.R
Louis Kunz
Paul Jones
Kunz
Frederick Bettelheim
West Virginia Governor Hints Mercy for Miner Pauletta
Frank Pauletta, sentenced to hang on April 22 for a 1914 killing in Charleston, might receive relief from Governor Conley. It is feared the governor intends a commutation to life imprisonment. Pauletta escaped jail while awaiting execution and had used the name Louis Ross in Pennsylvania.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Frank Pauletta
Coverdale
Conley
West Virginia
Pauletta
Frank Emsberth
Harrison County
Jor
Pennsylvania
Louis Ross
New Serial Novel Begins in The Messenger Tomorrow
The Athens Messenger launches The Man Hunters by Mable McElliott with a liberal daily page installment starting tomorrow March 30. The Dime-a-Dance Girl ends today after pleasing thousands, and opening chapters will feature illustrated photographs of leading characters.
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Athens Messenger
Mable McElliott
the Messenger
Insurgent Strike Fades as Thousands Return to Anthracite Pits
In Wilkes-Barre and Shenandoah regions thousands of insurgent miners abandoned the walkout after 15 days. Key collieries reopened with full crews, including Staunton Mine and Wananie Colliery, signaling a collapse of the outlaw strike and a return to work across major coal areas.
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United Mine Workers
Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Wilkea-Barre-Wyoming
Insurgenta
Wananie
South Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Ewen
Exeter
Lehigh Valley
Hudson Coal Company
Shenandoah
Packer
Inter
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lost Creek
Dry Repeal Bill Defeated in New Jersey Senate
In Trenton New Jersey March 20 the Assembly Bill to repeal Hobart State Prohibition Enforcement Law was defeated by the Republican Senate after earlier passage by the Democratic Assembly. The Senate then passed three referendum bills including state enforcement local option and the Sth amendment sentiment, and repealed the Dorman Ven Ness act.
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New Jersey
Senate
Trenton
N. J
U.P
Assembly
Hobart
United States
Dorman Ven Ness
Ohio Farmers May Get Loans
Ohio farmers in 47 counties can apply for RF C loans announced by Renick W. Dunlap. Last year 41 counties borrowed 217000 dollars. nationally 385000 farmers borrowed 47000000 dollars. Loans up to 400 dollars with 54 percent interest and a first mortgage on crops as security.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Renick W. Dunlap
WEAO
Burial Ceremony For Osage Chieftain Bacon Rind
Pa hurstka Oklahoma March 28 Indians of the Osage Tribe mourn the death of Chieftain Bacon Rind. Pomp and ceremony will precede burial likely on a hilltop. A large funeral feast and dances will honor his years as huntsman. He amassed wealth from oil leases but lived in a lodge on his property and rode his pony. He wore otter skin cap and beaded suits. He alienated Washington officials yet ruled among his people as their leader.
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Pawhuska
Okla
U.P
Wheat Sharing To Be Subject Discussed By Red Cross
Athens County Red Cross Board will discuss distribution methods for wheat to needy families at a 7:30 p m meeting in the Security Savings Bank Building. Miss Pearl French urges residents not to call at the Red Cross office to apply yet and promises updates on when and where applications will be accepted.
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Athens County Red Cross Board
Security Savings Bank
Miss Pearl French
Red Cross
F. C. Dixon
Red Croas Field
Athens County
Norfolk minister visits Lindbergh on kidnapping case flight
The Rev. H. Dobson Peacock of Norfolk Va. left the Philadelphia Navy Yard by plane today after a talk with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh about the kidnapped child. Peacock and others aim to locate and return the child.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock
Norfolk Va
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk
Charles A. Lindbergh
Peacock
Four Bills To Be Introduced To Assembly In Ohio
Governor George White outlines a four bill program to fund relief for unemployment and hunger in Ohio. The plan includes bonds for relief, higher excise taxes on utilities, school aid for needy children, and routing relief funds through local jurisdictions and a state relief commission. He defends the plan against charges of a cash dole and stresses work where possible and taxation of utilities.
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Columbus
U.P
People of
Ohio
General Assembly
House of Representatives
George White
Senate
House
Boards of Education
State Relief Commission
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Ballance
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Riip
Ways and Means Comittee
Ways and Means
Wood
Bureranny
Patman
Texas
Dance Girls
Rev. Maas
Arthur Brisbane
Navy
King Features, Inc
South
Ohio State U
Wittenburg College
National Prohibition
Diver
Hunter
Dry
Proctorville Marshall
Federal Finance Corporation
Agricultural Secretary
Bacon
Preacher
Entabo
Howe
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