Otto Kahn Tax Trouble Hint Deepens In Hearings
Senate investigators questioned Otto H. Kahn about three years with no tax paid after his firm earned large profits from selling Chilean bonds. Evidence showed a 1930 stock loss of 117 584 deducted, then repurchased from his daughter, with questions on whether the deduction was properly allowed on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kawn
Washington
Jne
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Senate
Otto H. Kahn
New York Banking House
Ferdinand Pecora
Banking Committee
Kahn
Benjamin J. Buttenwieser
Pecora
Maud FE. Marriott
Internal Revenue Bureau
Lead Shifts in Fair Tour Rage at Chicago World’s Fair
Miss Hazel Gamble leads in the Chicago World's Fair contest with votes casting, as contestants race during a double vote period. Single votes now decide the winner, with supporters crucial for momentum in the final weeks before July 22. A tour of the Century of Progress fair is the prize and promises broad benefits for teachers students and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Gamble
Chicago
Volstead is Dropped in Day Unit Shakeup
St Paul, June 28. Andrew J Volstead, author of the enforcement act bearing his name, was divorced from official connection with its administration. The 73 year old legal adviser to the eighth district prohibition administrator will be furloughed indefinitely July 1. He said the cut in appropriation prompted the action and he had not changed his views on prohibition since helping draft the Volstead law in 1919.
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St. Paul
Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
Eighth District
Prohibition
St Paul
Sharkey to Meet Carnera in Second World Title Bout
Jack Sharkey defends the heavyweight crown against Primo Carnera in New York in a 15 round clash. The Telegraph will print a blow by blow account via press, AP from ringside, with 8 30 p m field time and a $250000 gate. Carnera opens as the favorite, first since the 1930s. The bout will not be broadcast.
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Jack Sharkey
New York
Primo Carmera
Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
Bluefield
Sharkey
Carnera
Virginia lawmakers edge toward special session on beer
Richmond Va June 28 Proponents of a special session of Virginia s general assembly say such a session is certain and Governor Pollard plans to order special elections to fill vacancies If two thirds of both houses force action on beer repeal referendum machinery and public works an August date may be set Senator William M Tuck reports that more than half of each house favors a session and four fifths may back emergency beer legislation yielding legal 3 2 beer by early session A nine seat vacancy push prompts Pollard to call elections risking over a quarter million Virginians without representation in a body poised to decide major issues
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Wright
Pollard
William M. Tuck
Halifax
Tuck
Senate
Virinia
California votes repeal strong in 2nd turn of slang era
San Francisco June 28 A mountain of repeal votes boosted California toward ending the eighteenth amendment. From 8 024 precincts counted the repeal total reached 911 930 with 272 681 against. Californians also legalized pari mutuel horse betting and approved a $20 000 000 relief bond.
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San Francisco
California
Coal Operators Stand Against National Labor Union In Kentucky
Pineville Kentucky June 28 coal operators south of the Ohio River refuse to recognize the United Mine Workers or any union dominated by northern competitors. James Hume Straight Creek Coal plans local unions while Harlan operators follow suit amid investigations by H B Dynes and concerns over possible worker discharge for union membership. Lawrence Peggy Dwyer of the UMW cites alleged miner cases as government probes seek to curb company unions amid freight-rate tensions.
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Pineville
Ohio River
United Mine Workers of America
James Hume
Straight Creck Coal Corporation
H. B. Dynes
Department of Labor
Washington
Hume
Dynes
Straight Creek
Harlan
Lawrence Peggy. Dwyer
United Mine Workers
Southeastern Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Textile Workers Push Higher Wages and End Child Labor
Washington June 28. Labor backs a higher wage than proposed for the cotton textile code as William Green of the AFL labels $11 a week in the North and $10 in the South as insufficient. Operators agree to outlaw child labor, while leaders push for $14 to $16 daily minimum and shifts toward 35 hour weeks. Hugh Johnson seeks fact gathering from witnesses Batty Green and McMahon in the second day of the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Recovery Administration
William Green
American Federation of Labor
North
South
Barlier Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Commerce Department
Hugh Johnson
William E. G. Batty
New Bedford
Fall River
Mass
Green and
McMahon
Electric power output and rail freight carloads rise in June reports
New York reports electric power output up 10.9 percent from 1932 for the previous week, totaling 1,598,136,000 kilowatt hours as Edison Electric Institute releases figures. Major railroads show freight carloads climbing with New York Central posting 101,231 units, Norfolk and Western 22,991, and other lines reporting gains. Ford plant at Hegewisch records payroll peak in over two years with 2,500 workers, about five times winter lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edison Electric Institute
Chicago
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Hegewisch
Ill
Ford Motor Company
Phelps Eligibility for City Board of Directors Declared Valid
Bluefield West Virginia records show T. J. Phelps deemed eligible to run for district No 1 on the city board of directors. City solicitor Dr. M Easley announced the decision after an attorney general letter supported that registrar duties do not bar candidacy.
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Office of Attorney General
T. J. Phelps
City Board of Directors
M. Easley
Phelps
Easley
Board of Directors
Bluefield
W. Va
D. M. Easley
Mr. Easley
Women pilots enter Bendix race in Los Angeles event
Amelia Earhart Putnam and Ruth Nichols lead entrants in the Bendix trans continental race from New York to Los Angeles as the opening feature of national air races on the West Coast. A special $2,500 prize is offered for women in the race.
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America
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Ruth Nichols
New York
Los Angeles
Night court session in Pocahontas case and midwest weather toll
Judge George W McClintic took under advisement the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co suit against sheriff Will P Cook and the state fund commission seeking about 35000 in allegedly illegal Wyoming county taxes from 1931. Canterbury v government ended with a directed verdict for the defense amid a low-witness turnout and delays. Weather across the midwest brought heat and rain, with deaths and crop damage offset by showers as temperatures surged, including 109 in Salina Kansas and near 100 in Indiana regions.
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Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Will P. Cook
Wyoming County
Canterbury
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
Milwaukee
Ohio
Salina
Kas
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Youngetown
Philadelphia
Baltimore
North Dakota
South Shore
Commodity Prices Continue to Jump Across Sectors
Washington reports wholesale price index for week ending June 24 at 65.1, up from 64.5 the prior week. Increases occur in farm products hides leather textile fuel building materials. Base year 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Scientists Told of Honor Among Thieves
Chicago June 28 Scientists who study crime heard Frank Smith a professional pickpocket speak on social relationships of thieves at a Crime Society symposium. He described a three to four man mob sharing proceeds and a strict code, with punishment for insiders who hold out.
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Chicago
Frank Smith
Smith
The
Association
Section
Sociology
Gold Countries Seek Bank of England Support at London Forum
At the London conference the European gold bloc pressed for external aid from the Bank of England to stabilize currencies tied to gold including France and Estonia as the American delegation sought paths to aid the franc. Raymond Moley conveyed White House optimism as negotiations continued amid crisis.
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Bank OF England
London
France
United States
Great Britain
Esthenia
Baltic
International Assembly
Raymond Moley
Washington
Roosevelt
Important Industries Prepare Work Codes
Chicago June 28 Industrial codes meeting the federal government recovery requirements for several industries were under preparation. Lumbermen from Southern and Appalachian hardwood factories and western pine mills, wholesalers, wage terms for a code were discussed. Harness makers reported a 48 hour week with minimums of 30 and 35 cents for skilled work and 20 cents for unskilled. The wheel group including sale producers and steel foundry leaders convened. National Canning association members studied the agricultural adjustment act allowing contracts to reduce production.
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Chicago
American Cement Institute
Wayne Dinsmore
Dinsmore
National Canning Association
Improved Conditions Noted in England by U S Steel Chairman
Myron C. Taylor, chairman of United States Steel, reported from Europe that improved conditions and an optimistic spirit marked England. He hoped the London economic conference would succeed and avoided commenting on steel prices. Taylor and his wife arrived on the liner Majestic, delayed seven hours by fog off Ambrose lightship.
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New York
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
England
Majestic
Taylor
Ambrose
Repeal Referendum Delayed Then Prohibition Vote
In Belington West Virginia on June 28 a 60 strong fourth ward reelection board faced delay as officers failed to locate a person to serve. Mrs Thames Griffith volunteered to announce herself wet and join the board to allow the election to proceed. The vote stood 49 to 46 in favor of repeal.
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Belington
W. Va
Thames Griffith
State bases curb on policy loans
Charleston West Virginia June 28 restrictions on insurance policy loans were liberalized by Harlan Justice deputy state insurance commissioner effective Saturday. New rules allow policy loans and cash surrender values to relieve need or prevent hardship and remove most limits, with further easing expected within sixty days. Loans for company obligations and death claims remain unaffected.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harlan Justice
Insurance Commissioner
Edgar B. Sims
Justice
Carnival Fight Sparks Riot, Two Held on Assault Charges
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 28 police blamed professional jealousy between prize fighter Jack McDonald of Covington Kentucky and minstrel Herman Dillon of Clarksburg for a carnival riot. McDonald and Dillon were arrested on assault and battery charges, each held on $1000 bond for tomorrow’s hearings after McDonald alleged Dillon hit him with a brick and a melee drew in troupe members.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jack McDonald
Covington
Herman Dillon
Clarksburg
McDonald
Dillon
Northern coal men push code talks for fair competition
J D A Morrow of Pittsburgh Coal says the northern group backs a coal code with wages 40 to 45 cents an hour and 32 to 36 hours weekly. Ben Gray notes unity across northern operators while southern groups debate terms. A code is to be ready by next Thursday for General Hugh S Johnson with northern tonnage near 150 million.
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Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ben Gray
Central Coal Associates, Inc
Gray
Hughs. Johnson
Tri State coal producers near agreement on working terms
J D A Morrow president of Pittsburgh Coal says a satisfactory working arrangement among tri state coal producers is in sight with full cooperation pledged by leading operators of Ohio Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Wage and hour policies are being drafted for the national industrial recovery act administrator Hugh Johnson as the code features are ironed out. Morrow heads the coal code association joined by the Western Pennsylvania Coal Producers association and coal code works with Central Coals associates led by Frank E Taplin to unite northern operators.
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Pittsburgh
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Morrow
Hugh 8
Johnson
Coal Code Association
Western Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Coal Code
Central Coals Associates
Frank E. Taplin
Cleveland
General Hines Promises Fair Deal to Disabled Vets
General Frank T. Hines head of the veterans administration promised a fairy deal to disabled American veterans of World War I in a Cincinnati speech after opposition to his appearance. The convention listened as National Commander William Conley said the organization stands 100 percent behind the president when he is right and can show his errors in a dignified, patriotic way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Administration
William Conley
Roosevelt and Davis Meet Aboard Yacht
President Roosevelt and Ambassador Davis discussed disarmament aboard the Amberjack II off Maine. They planned a renewed Geneva talks push this fall and warned public opinion must grow calmer to achieve world peace and disarmament. Davis cited German stabilization as pivotal to the outcome.
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Lakemans Hay
Roqueteland
Maine
Roosevelt
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
Ambassador Davis
Europe
Davis
Repeal Wins West Virginia Wet Vote In 1933 Test
West Virginia backed repeal of the eighteenth amendment by 219,914 to 136,835 with 83,079 margin. Rural and mountain counties stood against repeal while mining and industrial areas favored it. A 20-person repeal convention will meet July 25 to formalize sentiment and plan campaigns into 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Prohibition
B. E. Ewing
Anti-Saloon League
Federal road funds to be distributed July 1
Federal funds from the 400 million recovery act will be distributed to the states on July 1. Regulations favor human labor over machinery, set a 30 hour week where feasible, and require employment through designated agencies. Ex servicemen with dependents and new citizens receive hiring priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Special Board of Public Works
United States Employment Service
Maryland
West Virginia
Pocahontas Tug District Coal Output Surges Week Ending June 24
Coal production in the Pocahontas Tug River district for the week ending June 24 totaled 462 385 net tons, the highest weekly total since November 5 1932. Output rose by 42 401 tons from the prior week and exceeded last year’s level. calendar year to date production reached about 7 net tons with a weekly average near 7410 tons. The district remains about 609 000 tons ahead of 1952’s pace.
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Pocahontas- Tug River
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General Johnson
Attorney Rules
U.S
Midwest
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Kansas
Accord
Frank Hines
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