Accused Will Tell of Plot Next Tuesday in Hearings
Wirt and the House investigating committee plan to have next Tuesday's session feature testimony from participants in a Virginia dinner party linked to alleged brain trust plotting. The witnesses include Todd Miss Alice Barrows Miss Mary Taylor Hildegarde Kneeland Robert Breure David Cushman Coyle with officials noting Kerensky references.
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Jashington
Franklin Aq Roosevelt
Clal House
Comee
Gary
Ind
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N. C
Virginia
Ph Wirt
Laurence
Washington
Ican Party
P Todd
Kerensky
Todd
Wirt
Beusevels
Roose Ons
New House
West Inia
Rainey
Henry T. Rainey
Id Rainey
W. I. Wester
Bainey
Westervelt
Ion
Lewis W. Douglas
2Bulwinkle
Ears, Roebuck
M. L. Wilson
Alice Barrows
Bureau of Education
Interior Department
Mary Taylor
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hildegarde Kneeland
Department of Agriculture
Robert Breure
Textile Code Advisory Board
David Cushman Coyle
Public Works Administration
Brain Trust
Coyle
Mr. Roosevelt
Miss Taylor
Bulwinkie
Barrows
Miss Kneeland
Rexford G Tugwell
Carpenter Pays Ten Cents In Rent Dispute
In Lynn Massachusetts Eleanor M Casey sued Arthur H Carpenter claiming $93.60 rent. Carpenter countered Casey owed him $93.50. Judge Philip Kiely ordered Carpenter to pay ten cents, Carpenter appeals.
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Lynn, Mass
Llp
Eleanor M.casey
Arthur H. Carpenter
Carpenter
Miss Casey
Philip Kiely
Plan Hearings On Alcohol Gas Plan
Dr. L M Christensen Iowa State college chemist Ames said a definite date would be set Friday for hearings by the senate finance subcommittee on the proposed alcohol gasoline bill He will testify for the department of agriculture as an expert on blending gasoline with five percent alcohol manufactured from American farm products.
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Washington
L. M. Christensen
Iowa State College
Ames
Clark
Senate Finance
Christensen
Department of Agriculture
Auto workers strike actions ripple across Detroit plants
The Associated Press reports one strike ends while another looms as Detroit car plants resume after conflicts. About 18 000 tool and die shop workers threaten to quit if wage gains fail. the NRA regional labor board in Detroit must intervene to prevent walkouts.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Detroit Nra Regional Labor Board
Motor Products Corporation
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit-Michigan
United Automobile Workers Union
National Automobile Labor Board
Budd Automobile Body
Philadelphia
Matthieson and Hegler Zinc Company
Chicago Regional Labor Board
la Salle, Ill
East Hartford
Illinois primary reshapes party seats in off year vote
In Illinois Tuesday off year primaries produced a large turnout with about two million votes expected statewide. Democrats touted six renominated congressmen and party strength, while Republicans claimed several incumbents were renominated as NRA debates heated the race in the tenth district. Florida?
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Chicago
Downstate
Rainey
Ingy
Simpson Church
Carrollton
J. N. Kirby
Petersburgh Farmer
Patrick Nash
Roosevelt
NRA
Simpson
Tenth
Harold L. Ickes
James Simpson,Jr
Ralph E. Church
Evanston
Ickes
Winnetka
Congress
Chester Thompson
Rock Island
J. L. Adair
Quincy
James A. Meeks
Danville
W W. Arnold
Robinson
Bomb Blamed for Explosion of Egg Truck at Denison
AP reports near Denison Iowa a heavy egg truck exploded destroying 240 cases of eggs. Driver Merle Haggerty of Fremont Nebraska was injured. Leo Mellam of Associated Freight Forwarding suspects a bomb amid egg business feuds. Robert Mellam traveled to Denison to audit the blast.
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Omaha, Neb
Denison
Merle Haggerty
Fremont
Neb
Leo Mellam
Associated Freight Forwarding Company
Omaha
Robert Mellam
Farmer kills five relatives after reproach in Sava
In Prague Czechoslovakia UP news, 32 year old farmer Josef Celka of Sava village shot and killed his father mother brother sister in law and aunt after they reproached him for neglecting work to go poaching.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Celka
Sava
Silver Farm Relief Bill Heads to Senate
The Senate agricultural committee reports favorably the Dies silver relief proposal tied to a $1.29 price and 25 percent premium for world prices. The measure would refinance all farm mortgages with government bonds and create a large currency issue. inflationists push for broader currency expansion while opposition questions totals and feasibility.
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Washington
Senagricultural Committee
Dies
Thomas
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Fort
Agriculture Committee
Ben. Lyhn Frazier
N. D
William Lempker
House
Innoan
Missing Two-Year-Old Girl Found Near Death in Chicago
Two-year-old Dorette Zeitlow reported abducted from her grandmother’s home was found near death Tuesday night in an abandoned ice house. She was rushed to St Elizabeths Hospital where doctors reported grave condition and quiet environment needed. a passerby heard a faint cry and discovered the semi conscious girl.
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Chicago
Dorette Zeitlow
St. Elizabeth's
Dorette
Senate Rejects Double Barreled Income Tax Increase
In Washington the senate defeated two high tax proposals on close votes. A 46 to 44 tally blocked a Couzens amendment after a tied 45 to 45 moment. Senator Borah supported the plan yet opposed the measure. Earlier Sen William King’s 5 percent normal rate hike and surtax increase failed on a 17 to 17 tie, with King estimating a $40 million treasury gain.
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Washington
Senate
Hich
Couzens
William H. King
Utah
King
Treasury
Ee Seercian
Miias
House
Harrison
William E. Borah
Ida
Farmer-Laborite
Newton Baker to head Army Air probers
Newton D. Baker, wartime secretary of war, to chair the army air corps investigating committee after Colonel Lindbergh declined. Secretary Dern said five civilians were named to help generals in the aviation inquiry and the first meeting would be held soon. The panel includes MIT President Karl Compton and aeronautical researcher George W. Lewis among other aviation figures.
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Washington (Ap
Newton D. Baker
Army
Air Corps
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dern
War Department
Army Air
Tee
Tal
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George W. Lewis
Chamberlin
Jimmie Dove
Gorrell
Presid
Ithe
Air. Corps
Benjamin D. Pent
Jirka Found Guilty of Smuggling Gun in Jail Escape Plot
Chicago crime trial ends with Harold W. Jirka convicted of smuggling a revolver into a county jail as seven prisoners planned an escape. Jury deliberated about three hours. recommended sentence is one to five years. Jirka, brother of Dr. Frank Jirka and son in law of the late Mayor Anton Cermak, awaits sentencing Saturday.
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Chicago
INS
Harold W. Jirka
Jirka
Frank Jirka
Anton Cermak
Daniel P. Trude
Monologist Wirt Tops Tea Party but Dinner Flops
Miss Alice Barrows recalls a dinner for Dr. William A. Wirt as informal and a failure, noting Wirt dominated conversation. Public works engineer David Cushman Coyle recalls a four hour talk on gold devaluation, with Barrows dodging photographers and Harold Ickes overseeing the Interior Department.
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Washington
Alice Barrows
William A. Wirt
Boston
David Cushman Coyle
Public Works Administration
Coyle
Wirt
Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Gage
Ex-convict Held Over $200,000 Extortion Letters
Police say Jack Neely admitted writing extortion notes demanding 200000 dollars from Adolph Bremer father of Edward Bremer kidnapped January 17. Neely, a gospel mission handyman, initially wrote a 200000 dollar demand and later 75000 dollars. He denies involvement in the kidnapping.
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ST. Louis
Jack Neely
Adolph Bremer
S J. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Neely
Bremer
Edward Bremer
New York Senate Approves City Power Plant Bill
The New York State Senate approved a bill allowing municipalities to own and operate power plants as part of Lehman’s utility regulation program. It also passed a bill empowering the public service commission to allocate part of rate investigation costs to utilities. The session extended to 4:30 am to pass LaGuardia’s economy bill for the city.
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Albany
N. Y
State Senate
Senate
Public Service Commission
Herbert H Lehman
LaGuardia
New York City
Lehman
Assembly
Chicago and North Western Reports 7 Million Deficit
The Chicago and North Western railway directors reported a net deficit of 7 875 418 69 for the year ended December 31 1933. Freight revenue rose 4 5 percent from 1932 while passenger revenue fell 9 3 percent. Board members elected for three year terms included Gordon Abbott Samuel A Lynde Marshall Field Samuel H Cady John Stuart and W Dale Clark with Clark succeeding W W Head.
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Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railway
Gordon Abbott
Boston
Marshall Field
New York
Samuel A. Lynde
Samuel H. Cady
John Stuart
W. Dale Clark
Omaha
Clark
W. W Head
A Fable of the Far East on social striving and reform
An old Buddhist priest advises a peasant to move the cow into the house to change a worsening life. The point is that improving society requires collective effort and facing underlying causes rather than complacent acceptance. The piece argues for personal responsibility and unity to push for real change.
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Priest
Bny
ICKES AIDE SAYS BROKER SOUGHT TO HALT LOANS
Davenport Iowa Associated Press reports a trial scene in Washington as Carleton Beh an investment broker from Des Moines testifies he threatened to seek an injunction to stop PWA loan disbursements. Foley Waite and Cooper recount discussions in August about financing bonds at four percent. Mayor Manning and Ottumwa officials corroborate Ottumwa's loan application process.
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Foley
Beh
U. S
Roy. P. Porter
Associated Press
Davenport
Edward H. Foley
National Public Works Administration
Washington
Carleton D. Beh
Des Moines
PWA
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Iowa
Busi
Ken
Cooper
Henry M. Waite
Waite
Yowans
Hin
Teld
Merrill Gilmore
Ottumwa
Gilmore
Petmitratee
Manning
Iowa Democrats See Insurgent Slate Form Against State Officials
A meeting of Iowa Democratic legislators and party members signaled a probable insurgent slate to challenge Governor Clyde L. Herring’s renomination. Rep. Charles J. Zylstra and Rep. C. L. McKinnon were named as potential nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, though neither had decisively committed. They planned to decide publicly Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Charles J. Zylstra
Sioux County
C. L. McKinnon
Henry County
Zylstra
McKinnon
Clyde L. Herring
State Central Committee
Wheat Production to Rise in 1936 Spring Outlook
The Agriculture Department reports winter wheat production at an indicated 491,793,000 bushels for the year based on April 1 conditions, up from 351,030,000 last year. Acreage sown is 41,002,000 with no acreage reductions for contract compliance. rye and pastures show lower April 1 conditions and farm grain stocks list corn at 834,337,000 bushels.
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Washington (Ap
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
NRA Chiefs On Way To Meet Roosevelt
President Roosevelt fished in the Bahamas as Elliott Roosevelt backed by reporters claimed good luck. General Hugh 8 Johnson and Donald Richberg approach Miami base to join the President on return to land and plan next steps for the national recovery campaign before a Friday cabinet session in Washington.
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Miamy
Fla
Roosevelt
White House
Elliott
Hugh 8. Johnson
Donald Richberg
NRA
Johnson
Richberg
Washington
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