Congress to adjourn by next Thursday as tax bill moves
Congress aims to adjourn within five working days while a $250 million wealth tax bill heads to conference. Senate and House negotiators race to settle five major bills, with clashes expected over open silver market and tax exempt bond amendments. Senate leaders signal limited chance for major new measures, while rail pension and Frazier Lemke farm relief move ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
House
Ctiff
Senate
Senate House
Chancel
Roosevelt Eyes White House Talks as Congress Stalls
President Roosevelt plans a series of conferences at the White House to steer the remaining administration bills through Congress. He returns to attend Franklin Jr.’s 21st birthday while Congress faces key tax and other measures and tax adjustment talks with the House continue.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
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House
G Man 15 Slain in Ohio Village
Nelson B. Klein a justice department agent was killed in a gun battle at College Corner Ohio about 35 miles from Cincinnati. George Barrett the automobile thief was wounded and will be charged. Barrett taken to Cincinnati hospital. Klein survived by wife and three children. Hoover said Klein and a fellow agent opened fire upon Barrett who fired first. Klein’s death marked a fourth federal agent killed in two years in the line of duty.
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Nelson B. Klein
Justice Department
College Corner
Ohio
Cincinnati
George Barrett
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Barret
Klein
Barrett
Hoover
Justice Dpartment
Red Cross Aids Kent Flood Victims Near Celery Fields
Forty families made destitute by floods in the celery fields near Kent Ohio received aid from the national Red Cross today. Cleveland worker T. J. Kehoe and county chairman W. E. Walls completed an inspection yesterday. Local funds will be raised to match Red Cross contributions.
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Celery
National Red Cross
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Cleveland Red Cross
W. E. Walls
Red Cross
Levying Bodies Will Meet Tuesday August 2
Charleston West Virginia August 16. County boards of education county courts and municipal councils meet Tuesday August 2 to lay the formal levies approved by the tax commissioner. Tax Commissioner Fred L Fox refused to approve the Mingo county court estimate raising operating expenses from 148620 to 173320 suggesting restore last year’s level and use the saving to aid the poor. He says Mingo’s proposed 10800 for justice court is the highest in the state and out of line and sees no need for more than 17000 for deputy sheriffs.
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Fred L. Fox
Mingo County
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Justice Court
Lilly Clan Opens Annual Reunion on Flat Top Mountain
The Lilly reunion starts a two day program at Flat Top mountain at 9 30 with welcome by A A Lilly Beckley and response by Robert J Ashworth Beckley General A A Lilly will preside. Speakers include Mrs Pearl Harmon Lilly Ted McDowell Elder J D Cockram and musical numbers by the Dunns choir and Lilly Serenaders.
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A. A. Lilly
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Robert J. Ashworth
Association
Pearl Harmon Lilly
Los Angeles
Cal
Ted McDowell
Beckley Post-Herald
J. D. Cockram
Stuart
Dunns Choir
Lilly Serenaders
Harold M. Riffe
Raleigh Register
William H. Sawyers
Hinton
J. Frank Marsh
Concord State College
J. Q. Hutchinson
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Ohio considers date for special election to replace Truax
Governor Davey ordered a proclamation for a special election to fill the late Democrat Charles W. Truax seat. The date remains unclear with plans to coincide the nomination primary with May and the general election in November. Republican leaders criticized the delay, accusing Roosevelt and Davey of conspiring to deprive Ohioans of representation.
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Charles W. Truax
Martin L. Davey
John Carew
Davey
New York
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Fletcher
Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeling Compromise Gas Rate Is Approved
The Public Service Commission approved a 45.5 cents per thousand cubic feet rate for Natural Gas Company of West Virginia serving Wheeling and nearby areas. The prior rate was 52 cents, cut to 44 cents temporarily last December. The city sought a permanent reduction, and the agreement was adopted by Wheeling officials. an order will finalize the compromise and dismiss the complaint.
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Wheeling
Engineer estimates recent flood damage in West Virginia
West Virginia flood damage is put at 258000 by state road engineers. District reports note torn roads bridges washed away culverts blocked with debris and landslides. District losses include Charleston 12000 Huntington 10000 Parkersburg 75000 Clarksburg 1000 Keyster 15000 Moundsville 100000 Weston 15000 Elkins 20000 Lewisburg 10000.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Mortimer W. Smith
Road Commission
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Clarksburg
Keyster
Moundsville
Weston
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Lewisburg
Princeton
Senate approves bills for four new federal judgeships
Washington Aug 16 senators passed bills creating additional federal judge ships in West Virginia Oklahoma Tennessee and Kentucky and sent them to the house for action.
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West Virginia
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Senate
House
Utilities magnate testifies amid bribery and lobbying debates
Senate lobby inquiry records Howard C. Hopson recounting a million dollar loan by Associated Gas and Electric to fight the Wheeler Rayburn holding company ban. Patrick Hurley fears public scrutiny while Basil O Connor connection noted as Basil O Connor acknowledged work for the group.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Associated Gas and Electric
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House Rules Committee
Black
Senate Committee
Hurley
Hoover Cabinet
Miami
Mercer relief workers demand Mercer county labor on local projects
About 150 relief clients met at the Grant street bridge area urging that Mercer county labor fill Bluefield Princeton road project jobs and that non residents be kept off. K F Buchanan cited 65 percent non residents on the project and called for county men to lead WPA and PWA work.
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Grant Street Bridge
Bluefield
Princeton
K. F. Buchanan
Elmer C. Smith
National Reemployment Service
Smith
Buchanan
Daily Telegraph
J. A. Sifford
W. A. Clark
Nellie
Congress to Buy Winnie Mae Plane for Smithsonian
Congress votes to pay up to 25000 dollars for Wiley Post's world girdling aircraft Winnie Mae to be housed at the Smithsonian. The decision follows the pilots death and honors Post and Will Rogers who perished in the same era.
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Congress
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Senate
House
Smithsonian Institution
Winnie Mae
Post
Harold Gatty
Will Rogers
Vote on Goal Bill Moves Toward Monday Final Action
The House debated the Guffey coal bill centered on constitutionality and set up a final vote likely Monday. The measure would create a national bituminous coal commission to regulate wages hours prices and trade practices in the industry. The vote on the rule was 241 to 94 as leaders urged speedy passage before adjournment.
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Washington
House
White House
Burns
United Methodist Church Union Plan Tentatively Presented
Chicago Aug 16 A joint commission on unity filed a proposed constitution for a United Methodist Church of 20 million members. Delegates from the northern, southern and Protestant units, voting 50 to dissent, outlined a merger to be ratified by church elected bodies with operation possible after several years.
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Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Church
United States
Joint Commission On Unity
Will Rogers Legacy Of Humor Basks In World Farewell
World obituary notes Will Rogers left a priceless humor legacy. The article cites his epitaph wish and recalls witty lines about Cal Coolidge, the Sphinx, tariffs, the London naval conference, dress attire, and comments on Mellon and the Prince of Wales.
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Rogers
Biggest Sausage Ever Built Heads To Pittsburgh
New York August 16 The five foot long seven inch thick near hundred pound salami built by Isi dore Pinckowitz head of the Hebrew National Kosher Sausage Co aimed at Mayor William A McNair and Pittsburgh city council members. Leon Mitchell of Fifth Avenue supplied the shop for delivery to Pittsburgh next day as Wireless Louis Zeltner touts the feat amid a tale of rival tastes and wagers.
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Pittsburgh
William A. McNair
Isidore Pinskowitz
East Broadway
Pinckowitz
Leon Mitchell
Fifth Avenue
Louis Zeltner
New York League of Locality Mayors, Incorporated
Seltner
Pittsburg
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Aerial Fatalities
Los Angeles, Aug. 15. A famous Oklahoma cowboy and an aviation pioneer died in separate crashes. Will Rogers, renowned actor and humorist, perished while flying, ending a career spanning vaudeville to Zeigfeld follies. Wiley Post, famed aviator who circled the globe in 1933, lost his life after a collision with the wind.
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Will Rogers
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
California
Rogers
Zeigfeld
Audi
West Virginia airport funding eyed in emergency relief
Representative Randolph says Harry Hopkins anticipates funds to finish eighteen incomplete West Virginia airports started under FERA. Randolph met Hopkins and planned a further talk with aide Westbrook. He seeks about 159000 dollars, and notes wage scale reviews for West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Harry S. Hopkins
Randolph
Hopkins
FERA
Lawrence Westbrook
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Works Progress Administration
Rendolph
Auto dealers seek FTC hearing on used car values
Charleston West Virginia August 16 J. 8 Calhoun president of the Automobile Dealers association of West Virginia said the federal trade commission has set August 28 for a hearing on a proposal to control the value of used cars and other trade practices affecting the association.
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The
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Federal Trade Commission
Hopkins Allows Union Labor On All Work Relief Projects
Washington reports that Harry L. Hopkins orders exclusively union labor for all work relief projects under contract including heavy construction such as slum clearance PWA and rivers and harbors. Contractors may hire from union rolls with relief preference but must offer labor from the employment service if unions do not provide within 48 hours. The policy backs Ickes on skilled labor shortages and faces union wage disputes and strikes in New York City.
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Harry L. Hopkins
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Hopkins
New York City
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die In Barrow Plane Crash
Pilot Joe Crosson retrieved the bodies near Point Barrow Alaska after a crash that killed humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post. The rescue party recovered the remains and planned transport to Fairbanks. Eskimo news spread quickly as officials and relatives mourned the well known pair.
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Charles D. Brower
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Stanley R. Morgan
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Ethiopian Emperor rejects military occupation at Paris talks
At the Paris conference Emperor Haile Selassie insists Ethiopia will not accept occupation as Premier Laval Eden and Aloisi open talks. He proposes security guarantees for colonies and Ethiopians, plus economic and agricultural concessions to Italy, with further discussions set for tomorrow.
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