Senate Finance Panel Rewrites Wealth Tax Plan
The Senate finance committee rejected higher taxes for small incomes and approved a rewritten wealth tax. It raises surtaxes only on incomes over 1 million dollars, taxes intercorporate earnings, and adjusts the income tax brackets to imitate Roosevelt proposals. Estate and gift taxes rise, but inheritance taxes are not adopted.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Barkley
Burns
House
Robinson
White House
Charman Harrison
Miss
la Follette
Sabre Slays Japan Military Chief Nagata in Tokyo
Tokyo reports Lieutenant General Tetsuzan Nagata, director of military affairs, was slain by a sabre thrust from Lieutenant-Colonel Aizawa during an argument in Nagata's rooms. Colonel Niimi tried to intervene. Nagata died of a chest wound as officials consider post incident steps and possible resignations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tetsuzan Nagata
Aizawa
War Office
Nagata
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Senjuro Hayashi
Hayashi
Nazaki
Niimi
Aizwa
Diva Amelita Galli-Curci Hopes to Sing in Three Months
In Chicago at Henrotin hospital Madame Amelita Galli-Curci recovering from thyroid goitre removal. Surgeon Dr Arnold Kegel says the adenomatous growth reduced airway by half but vocal chords unaffected. She hopes to relearn singing within three months and may sing again before then.
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Chicago
Amelita Galli-Curci
Henrotin Hospital
Arnold Kegel
Senate Parts Black 30 Hour Week Bill Amid NRA Wage Order
Washington August 12 The Senate defeated the Black 30 hour week bill 61 to 23 and moved to apply NRA code wages and hours to interstate commerce industries. Senator Clark limited the Walsh bill to two years and the AFL urged not to block the Walsh measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Clark
Long
Black
Ala
Austin
Labor
Senator Walsh
Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Eastern Ohio Starts Repair Flood Damage
In Zanesville Ohio on August 12 the flood district began repair work after waters receded. Damage is estimated over 6 million dollars with Holmes county reporting 75 bridges washed out and miles of roads damaged. Officials seek federal and state aid to rebuild the county road system and say at least 200000 dollars is needed. Dam projects in the Muskingum watershed were damaged but the impact is delayed construction rather than cost.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Holmes County
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
Two Youths Held in Robbery Probe in West Virginia
In Jane Lew West Virginia two youths Harvey Harris twenty and Benjamin Everhart sixteen were detained after bloodhounds led officers to a Vandalia boarding house during a robbery inquiry. Sheriff McDonald said eight hundred dollars in cash and one thousand dollars in notes were taken from Raymond Warner and his mother who found the theft upon returning from Roanoke. No charges were filed.
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Jane Lew
W. Va
Harvey Harris
Benjamin Everhart
Raymond Warner
Vandalia
R. BE
McDonald
Warner
William Warner
Roanoke
Poised Hopson Subpoena Nears Utilities Hearings
Washington reports House lobby investigators served a subpoena to Howard C. Hopson, head of the Associated Gas and Electric system, as a key witness in the utilities bill inquiry. Senator Wheeler warned a 1936 public settlement would badly punish power firms, while Hopson’s exact whereabouts remained closely guarded.
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Wheeler
Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
O'Connor
D-Ny
Rules Committee
Hopson
New Yorker
D-Mont
Senate Lobby Committee
Senator Black
D-Ala
House
Senate
Associated Gas and Electric
Associated
F. S. Burroughs
Oward
Strikes widen as unions push spread of labor action
Union leaders rally to widen walkouts against WPA hourly security wage with AFL support. Meany blasts administration claims while Johnson notes relief workers must return by deadline. officials report 656 on strike though accuracy is unclear. Labor rivals form uneasy alliance with non union groups.
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New York
Works Progress Administration
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Atlantic City
WPA
Public Works Administration
Hugh Johnson
Washington
George Meany
New York State Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Meany
Johnson
Aston
The
Work Administration
Roosevelts State Board Education Meet Probed
Washington reports on potential Roosevelt statements ahead of western trip addressing constitutional changes and national issues. Board actions in Marshall College faculty changes and future school openings roll forward as Bluefield and Concord campuses prepare today.
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Roosevelt May
State Board OF Discussssues Education
Hoover silent on new deal challenge stirs Chicago speculation
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived by train in New York amid a storm of political speculation stirred by his challenge to the new deal and potential future constitutional changes. The scene was described as inscrutable as he faced questions on the provocative stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Friends
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
Borah
Idaho
Representative Truax
Ohio
Truax
George Bender
Davey
Hoover
New York
Chicago
Methodist Leaders Confident Denomination Will Be United
Chicago August 12 Methodist leaders express confidence a draft constitution will unite the three way split among American Wesleyan churches. A four day joint commission session will study a plan to merge the Methodist Episcopal Church North the Methodist Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church within 18 months. The union would keep Episcopal government and bishop rule while reconciling sub divisions and possibly name the new denomination.
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John Wesley
Commission On Unity
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Joint Commission On Church Unity
United States
Episcopal
West Virginia Governor Seeks outright WPA grant relief
Gov. H. G. Kump announced the state lacks funds to match WPA grants for secondary roads and school buildings. He urged lawmakers to pursue outright grants, saying counties and municipalities cannot provide the required matching funds. He noted assurances of federal consideration and described tax limits and state credit as solid.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kump
Kump
West Virginia
Works Progress Administration
Arate
Washington
Congress
Bender calls for Ohio special election over Truax vacancy
George H. Bender a Republican candidate for the unexpired Truax term says Ohio law requires Governor Davey to call a special election regardless of politics or economics. He threatens mandamus action if the governor refuses, arguing precedent exists for a special congressional election and condemning economic talking points as politics.
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Cleveland
George H. Bender
Ohio
Bender
Charles Truax
Truax
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Democratic Presse
Rhode Island
Farley and Company
Committee Votes Approval Of Bill To Regulate Coal
Los Angeles report notes passage by committee of a bill aiming to regulate coal operations. The item outlines proposed standards and enforcement mechanisms, including licensing and safety requirements for mining and transportation sectors.
Italy mobilizes million troops and threatens sea outlet
Rome reports massive Italian mobilization near a million troops as Addis Ababa vows Ethiopian defense of mountainous frontiers. Haile Selassie and the Ethiopian foreign office deny talks of ceding territory to Italy. General Smuts warns the Italo Ethiopian war could spark broader African instability.
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Rome
Italy
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Foreign Office
Durban
Union of South Africa
Jan Smuts
Africa
Italy Mobilizes 500000 for August War Games Near Brenner Pass
Rome reports Italy moves toward a October goal of one million mobilized, ordering 500000 troops for war games starting August 24 in the Brenner area. Projections note 235000 already in East Africa or ready, with tensions over Ethiopia and an outlet to the sea.
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Italy
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Mussolini
East Africa
East African
Brenner Pars
Paris
Ogaden
Addis Ababa
Il Lavoro Fascista
Anthony Eden
Zeila
British Somaliland
Britain
League of Nations
II Giornal d'Italia
Frank B. Kellogg
Motorman blamed in seven deaths wreck near Springfield
Springfield Ohio August 12 The motorman Roy Zimmerman 45 of Cincinnati and Lake Erie passenger train was blamed for the crash into a work car that killed seven people including Mrs Mary Meeker 51 of Jackson Center. Dispatcher's testimony supported that Zimmerman failed to follow orders to wait on a siding.
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Springfield
Cincinnati and
Lake Erie
L. E. Employes
Roy Zimmerman
Mary Meeker
Jackson Center
Donald Mason
Zimmerman
James Duncan
Lima
Springfield- Toledo
Ralph Webb
Mason
Duncan
One Vote Margin Breaks Guffey Coal Control Deadlock
Washington reports a 13 to 12 Ways and Means vote to approve the Guffey coal stabilization bill after concessions. The measure creates a national bituminous coal commission to regulate the soft coal industry and faces a formal vote on Thursday. The president seeks a court test of constitutionality as administration members pledge to file dissenting reports.
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Guffey
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
House
McCormack
Mass
Disney
Okla
Cooper
Tennessee
Fuller
Arkansas
Secretary of Interior
Cox
Rules Committee
Rules
Kentucky Ambush Slaying Revealed Near Crawfordville
London Kentucky August 12 A Clay county ambush slaying was revealed when Mrs Sim Benge arrived to request bloodhounds to trace killers who shot Alex Hampton at the Bill Benge home near Crawfordville The Sim Benge home was also fired upon Circuit Judge Begley ordered Manchester officials to join the search with bloodhounds. The shooters may have mistaken Hampton for their intended target.
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London
Clay County
Sim Benge
Crawfordville
Lexington
Alex Hampton
Hampton
Bill Benge
W. E. Begley
Manchester
Tie
Benge Place
Robber Suspects Refuse to Waive Extradition
Two men held for the 1400 bank robbery at Amelia Court House Va refuse extradition. Luther C Boggs 34 escaped convict from Louisiana penitentiary and Frank Hagan 24 of Monroe La deny knowledge of the July 26 holdup. Rexroad says Boggs is also wanted on robbery charges in Linden Tex and Woodville Miss.
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Charleston
W. Va
Amelia Courthouse
H. N. Rexroad
Luther C. Boggs
Louisiana Penitentiary
Frank Hagan
Monroe
Rexroad
Linden
Tex
Woodville
Miss
Boggs
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Marshall
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University of North Carolina
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Thomas C. Donelly
University of New Mexico
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Peabody University
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Kent
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Athens
West Virginia State Teachers College
School of Negro Deaf and Blind
West Liberty
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Methodist
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Woes
Los Angeles
George&. Barnes
Ace
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Hollywood
Miss Blondell
Norman Scott Barnes
Lookout Mountain
Associated Press
Ways and Means
Kentucky
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