Arnold's Tax Crusade Highlighted by Nebraska Data
A friend cites Arnold of Fullerton Nebraska as head of the Nebraska Federation County Taxpayers Leagues. He credits his movement with large tax cuts from 1932 to 1934, contrasts Iowa's levy with Nebraska’s, and urges Iowa to study Kansas and Nebraska examples for real tax relief.
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Frank Nord
Fullerton
Neb
Uid
Ice
Arnold
Nebraska Federation
Kansas
Nebraska
Des Moines
Iowa
Bombs Terrorize Wilkes-Barre Holy Week. One Killed
A string of six bombs sent through the mails on Good Friday killed Michael Gallagher and injured five others in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. The packages, labeled Easter gifts, were tied to a mine labor dispute era. Police, state inspectors, and postal authorities searched the area for more bombs as suspects were questioned.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming
St. Mary’s Church
J. J. Curran
Udge
Sher
Hanover Township
Clinton Lehman
Thomas Maloney
Maloney
Benjamin R. Jones
Luzerne County
Luther Kniffen
Kniffen
Harry Goulstone
Glen Alden
Kingston
James A. Gorman
Anthracite Conciliation Board
James S. Gorman
Gorman
Miami
Fla
Wyoming Valley
Pershing Fined $50 For Speeding In Turlock California
General John J. Pershing was fined $50 by City Judge H O Carlson for a severe speeding offense. Pershing and his chauffeur Crawford Shaffer were accused of 48 mph in a 25 mph zone near Modesto, cited after a patrol siren was sounded.
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Turlock
Calif
John J. Pershing
H. O. Carlson
Carlson
Pershing
Crawford Shaffer
Modesto
Twin mother gives birth to triplets in Waltham
Mrs Jane Burgoyne, a twin, delivered triplets Friday in Waltham Massachusetts. The report notes her twin status while recounting the birth details and location from UP dispatch.
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Waltham, Mass
Jane Burgoyne
Good Friday Reflections On Forgiveness And Ignorance
A 1936 reflection on Jesus words from the cross, noting that harm often stems from ignorance, not malice. It contrasts cruel acts with the forgiving love shown on Good Friday and urges vision to see the impact of deeds on others.
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Pather
Jesus
Dr. Newton
Sabat Smith
Ex-convict held as slayer suspect in Sandford death
Raymond Boyer 32, an Oklahoma ex convict, was arrested in St. Louis as a suspect in the shooting death of Lieut. W. Dale Sandford, commander of Missouri CCC camps. Sandford’s body with three bullet wounds was found near Oak Grove after a Wyandotte reserve officers meeting.
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ST. Louis
Raymond Boyer
Oklahoma
W. Dale Sandford
Missouri
CCC
Boyer
Washington, D. C
Sandford
Oak Grove
Wyandott
Kan
John Carroll
Richard Logan
Kansas City
W. S. Sandford
Donald M. Medearis
Kansas
City
Kaw
S. M. Montesinos
35Th Infantry
Two German Frank Vogls Seek U S Citizenship Within Months
Two unrelated German named Frank Xavier Vogl filed petitions for final citizenship papers within six months of each other in Buffalo New York. They had never met before.
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Buffalo, N. Y.Y
Frank Xavier Vogl
Germany
Noted New York Writer Nancy Titterton Slain at Home
The body of Nancy Titterton, 34, writer, was found in her Beekman Place apartment on the Upper East Side. She had been strangled with the coat of pink pajamas. authorities deem burglary not motive and note the scene suggests foul play.
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New York
Nancy Titterton
Upper East Side
Lou Titterton
National Broadcasting Company
Titterton
Beekman Place
Katherine Cornell
Vera
Stretz
Fritz
Gébhardt
Seett -Aetense
Mrs. Titterton
Nancy
Evans
F. R. Mansbridge
Rhode Island Land Development Chief Quits After Jest Controversy
Francis S. Madison, head of a Rhode Island land development project, resigned following a luncheon club story critical of President Roosevelt. Affiliates signed affidavits of protest. regional offices questioned Madison, who admitted the jest and offered to resign. Washington reported no HQ action.
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Washington
Resettlement Administration
Francis S. Madison
Rhode Island
Madison
Roosevelt
Northeastern
Nun Elena Aiello Reports 12th Good Friday Blood Miracle
In Cosenza Italy Nun Elena Aiello lay in an orphanage cot surrounded by physicians priests and sisters as blood streamed from her face and forehead for the 12th consecutive Good Friday. Crowds gathered outside the stone building to pray amid the event.
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Cosenza
Italy
Elena Aiello
Mementoes Of Coolidge To Go In Auction Sale
Northampton Mass UP the late President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge memorabilia from the Beeches home will be auctioned May 7 with George H Bean as auctioneer. Proceeds and items attract buyers from students professionals and women seeking keepsakes with requests to meet at sale time.
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Coolidge
Northampton “Beeches
Calvin Coolde
George H. Bean
Bean
Superior Court
Coolidges
Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Beeches
Mother of boy film star sought in New York by police alarm
Police were asked to broadcast an alarm for Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew mother of Freddie Bartholomew in New York after her London husband feared she had been kidnapped or harmed. New York attorney Philip Levey reported she came to regain custody of Freddie who is living with his aunt Miss Millicent Bartholomew since age three.
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New York
Lillian’ Mae Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
London
Philip A. Levey
Cecil Bartholomew
Freddie
Levey
Police Missing Persons Bureau
Tax Bill Softens Blow for Debt Laden Firms
Washington activists report congressional tax experts agreed to ease the impact of the administration’s revenue bill on corporations in debt. The Ways and Means panel also moved to tax foreign banks and insurers at 15 percent, aligning them with domestic units.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
America
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
United States
Hill
Roosevelt
Calles Exiled by Mexico United States in Overnight Move
Former Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles and three top rivals were forcibly exiled to the United States under armed guard. They boarded a chartered plane in Mexico City and were flown to Brownsville, then to Fort Worth for the night en route to San Diego.
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Brownsville
Tex
Plutarco Elias Calles
United States
Calles
Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Morones
Luis de Leon
Minis‘ter
Rafael Melche ‘Ortega
Ome
Guanajuato
Cet
Alfredo Calles
Fiman
Fort Worth
San Diego
Calif
Santa Barbara
Rafael, Navarro
Valley of Mexico
Navarro
Lazaro Cardenas
Vera Cruz
New York Attorney Clears Judge Ritter at Hearing
New York attorney Charles A. Brodek testified for the defense to exonerate Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida on a house charge of performing legal services after his elevation to the bench. Brodek said he paid Ritter $2,000 on March 30, 1929 for services rendered before he became a judge, and that no services were performed after his appointment.
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Washington
INS
Charles A. Brodek
New York
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Brodek
Ritter
Dismisses Jury In $25 000 Suit In Iowa
Judge Frank Bechly ended the jury deliberations in the case of Clarence Hotle against E S Percival after they failed to reach a verdict. Hotle sought 25000 damages for injuries from a February collision between his mail wagon and Percival’s car near West Chester. Hotle is hospitalized at the University of Iowa.
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Washington, In
Frank Bechly
Clarence Hotle
E. S. Percival
Hotle
Percival
West Chester
University of Iowa Hospital
Guatemala proposes Americas league to unite against aggression
In a letter to President Roosevelt Guatemala proposes creating an American league of nations with mutual aid in case of attack, a Monroe doctrine based pact, and a permanent Americas court of justice. The plan aims to keep the hemisphere out of Old World conflicts and resolve disputes to prevent war across the Americas.
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Jorge Ubico
Roosevelt
United States
South America
Americas
Court of Justice
Double Drowning Probed at Farm Cesspool
Police investigate the deaths of Melchert a 29 year old farm hand and Anna Goodsman 45 owner on a farm near Lathaur. Initial belief had Goodsman drowning first. later autopsy suggests Melchert died first. A broken ladder rung found in the cesspool and signs of rigor mortis on Melchert support foul play theories.
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Clinton
Polige
Riggert
Ani
Lathaur Melchert
Anna Goodsman
Miss Goodsman
Melchert
Goodsman
Pene
Mary Goodsman
Amputate Leg to Save Plane Victim in TWA Crash
Uniontown hospital surgeons amputated left leg above the knee of C. G. Challinor of Cleveland to prevent him from becoming the twelfth victim of the TWA crash. He suffered a semi gangrenous infection and was in critical condition after exposure on the mountain rise. His wife and father rushed toward Uniontown as other survivors, Mrs Meyer Ellenstein and stewardess Nellie Granger, showed slight improvement and recovery.
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Uniontown
INS
C. G. Challinor
Cleveland
TWA
Uniontown Hospital
William A. McHugh
Paul B. Steele
Pittsburg
Challinor
John Challinor
Clarksburg
W. Va
Meyer Ellenstein
Newark
N. J
Nellie Granger
Sharp drop in corn stocks sparks Iowa crop forecast
Des Moines AP reports a sharp drop in Iowa corn on farms to 136,396,000 bushels from the five year average of 173,636,000. Oats stocks exceed last year and aid livestock feed supplies amid a harsh winter reducing corn usage. Wheat production for 1936 is forecast at 7,290,000 bushels with ample pasturage and oats losses tied to severe weather.
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Carl
Des Moines
Iowa
Wig the . Statistician
Wheat
Missouri River
Agriculture Department pins winter wheat at 493 million bushels
The Agriculture Department announced Friday that this year’s winter wheat crop will total 493,166,000 bushels. The report notes conditions as of April with continued details on Page 2.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fire at Bloomsburg hotel claims lives after blaze
Fire swept Fisher's hotel in Bloomsburg early Friday killing one person and leaving another body believed to be inside. Fire Chief William Davenport said a body identified as Mrs. Lehman of Bloomsburg had been recovered.
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Bloomsburg, Pa
William Davenport
Davenport
Lehman
Bloomsburg
Crow Wing County Declares Gopher Bounty
Crow Wing County Minnesota imposes three cent bounty on common gophers and five cent bounty on pocket gophers after farmers complained about crop damage and nuisance caused by the pests.
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Brainerd
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
General Fund
ilkes-Barre, Pa
Gen. Pershing
Ripley
N.Y
Broadcasting Co
East Side
Rhode Island Land Development
New Deal
Nun
League of New World Nations
American League of Nations
Guatemala
Wank
Pittsburgh
Alleghany County
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