Holt warns on unsound spending and tax limits
West Virginia Governor Homer A Holt told the 31st annual governors conference that public spending paid by others risks weak government finance. He warned against soaking the rich and said income taxes on public securities are unwise, urging tax fairness and alignment with public services costs.
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Albany
N. Y
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Overnor
Westirginia Democrats
Couch
Holt
Yankee Clipper Starts Air Mail Run to Newfoundland
Yankee Clipper begins the 1900 mile Trans Atlantic air mail leg from Port Washington to Newfoundland. The flight, part of Pan American’s North Atlantic route, was delayed three days at Shediac due to bad weather.
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Newfoundland
T- Pan-American
Port Washington
Shediac
Hopes Grow For Tientsin Accord
British and Japanese talks on the Tientsin dispute will open in Tokyo as officials anticipate an immediate start. London and Tokyo await confirmation while U S trade reports cite Japanese interference hindering movement on the Hai river and delaying flour shipments.
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Tokyo
Tientsin
Hai River
United States
American State Steamship Company
Michigan
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
London
E. G. Jamieson
Masaharu Honma
Honma
Ihey
Expect Duke Duchess To Return To Britain
The Evening Standard reports a planned autumn homecoming for the Duke of Windsor and his duchess with October residence in Britain. A visit to the United States next year is also possible, aided by the duke’s renunciation of the royal highness title for the duchess.
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Duke
Britain
Edward
London
Duke of Windsor
Evening Standard
Lord Beaverbrook
Windie
Windsors
United States
Paris
Baltimore Man Named District Governor at Ahepa Convention
Theodore Agnew of Baltimore was elected district governor of the Order of Ahepa at the final session of the annual convention. Officers include N. G. Galanes of Richmond as naea governor and J. P. Mandaleri of Richmond district secretary. Annapolis, Md. chosen for the 1940 convention city as the three day meeting closes with over 150 registrations.
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Order of Ahepa
Capitol District
Theodore Agnew
Baltimore
N. G. Galanes
Richmond
J. F P. Mandaleris
Gus Curtis
Welch
Annapolis
Nicholson
WDC
J. P. Mandaleris
Steven
Durham
WN. C
William Revi
Washington
West Virginian
Soviet airmen defeated by Japanese near Manchou frontier
Tokyo reports a sweeping Japanese air victory with 120 Soviet aircraft destroyed in two battles near the Manchou frontier. Dispatches from Hsinking claim a first Japanese aerial invasion of Mongol dominated areas, noting 104 planes destroyed in a raid on a Mon base and tallying prior Soviet losses since May 20.
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Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Russia
Mancuo
Hsinking
Hanchoukuo
Mongo
Russia
Japan
Far East
Tamsk
Tamskome
Lake Bor
Darwinian code urged as answer to moral problems
Dr. B J Holmes, zoologist and educator, in a presidential address to the AAAS division, urged substituting a Darwinian code of morals for Christian and other authoritarian rules. He said cruelty and deceit are intrinsic virtues in natural law when not misused, and that ethical teaching under Christianity remains authoritarian though refined.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Uman
8. J. Holmes
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Charles Darwin
Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Jesus
Prison Hostage Escape Attempt Ends in Shootout
Three convicts seized welfare worker Ruth Joiner at Indiana state prison in Michigan City. Guards and staff opened fire, the trio and a fourth prisoner were wounded. Joiner and Warden’s secretary Edgar Wetzell were hurt. Joiner and Wetzell rushed to hospital. The leaders, Sweet Skusz wich and Niverson, held life terms or long sentences.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
Richard
Greene Lee
Earl Niverson
Peter Weeks
Dowd
Joiner
Hunt
Edgar Wetzell
St. Joseph County
Ford remarks stir up anger on Capitol Hill
Senate report notes elimination of a three man board and restoration of a theater project while killing the WPA contribution of 125 million to the PWA. Roosevelt lashes out at the coup that stripped the administration of devaluation powers as lawmakers rush to pass the $2 billion stabilization fund and related relief and farm benefit measures before the fiscal year end.
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Ford
Capitol Hill
Senate
WPA
PWA
Washington
Hyde Park
Capitol
Congress
The
Hudson
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Attacks Congress Over Devaluation Policy
President Roosevelt warned Congress that halting devaluation powers would harm national defense and yield monetary control to Wall Street and international bankers. He described a return to volatile currencies and a loss of monetary sovereignty if powers are withdrawn.
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Wall Street
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
United States
Daladier Warns Of Grave Crisis As Parliament Adjourns
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier adjourned the French parliament for summer with a warning of the gravest international crisis in twenty years. He cited troop concentrations of Germany Italy and Spain, plus semi military units, totaling about 3 000 000 soldiers on frontiers. He warned the chamber the situation may shorten the vacation. Senate heard the same decree as Daladier remained grave and silent.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Italy
Spain
S. A
Chamber
Senate
Daladier
Poles Shoot Down Nazi Plane Over Peninsula
A Warsaw dispatch reports Polish artillery downed a German military plane over the peninsula after it ignored warning shots. The second round struck and the plane fell into the sea. a German ship later rescued the crew. Independent sources confirm the incident as described by the Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Exchange
Warsaw
Long Pledges Square Deal See Page 2
Baton Rouge reports fugitive LSU proxy Dr. James Monroe Smith bilked banks of $500000 after resigning. Attorney General Ellison says loans were invalid and banks bear loss. Smith was last seen in Memphis. details tied to three substantial advances in six weeks.
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LSU
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
State University
James Monroe Smith
David M. Ellison
Smith
Noes Ellison
State Bond and Tax Board
Louis F. Guerre
Paul Herbert
L. U. Law School
Ellison
Treasury Lowers Silver Purchase Price After Senate Vote
The U S treasury cut the price it pays for foreign silver from 43 to 40 cents an ounce to curb a potential flood of imports after yesterday's Senate vote to stop government purchases abroad. London prices slipped toward 39 cents while U S mined silver remains at 64.64 cents. The Senate also moved to require a price of 177.57 cents for foreign silver, with House action pending.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
London
Grain Exchange
House
Mexico
Deblare Alter Ury
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England
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Ahepans
Indiana State
Leroy Hunt
Joseph Piotrowski
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Piotrowski
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Sweet
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