Senator Harrison Favours No Federal Tax Increase Next Year
The Mississippi senator and chairman of the Senate Taxation Committee reiterates that federal taxes will not rise next year. He cites improved federal revenues and business growth as reasons to avoid new levies. The writer condemns wasteful federal projects in Biloxi and New Orleans, noting idle WPA workers and long delays on airport construction.
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Hairman
Pat Harrison
U. S. Senate Committee On Taxation
Harrison
Senate
Mississippi
Biloxi
New Orleans
Grand
Huey Long
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Fire kills five in New York rooming house blaze
William Hoffman, asleep with a lit cigarette, is charged with second degree manslaughter after a fire at a four story West Seventy third street rooming house kills five people including a mother and infant. Fire Marshal Brophy cites the cigarette as the torch. bystanders rescue others as August Frank dies atop arrival of the first fire units.
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NEW York (Ap
William Hoffman
Saul Price
Hoffman
New York
Thomas Brophy
West Seventy-third Street
Broadway
West End Avenue
Brophy
Ann Nichols
Chester Morash
August Frank
WPA Reform and Political Resistance in Relief Spending
The piece argues senators like Harrison should curb WPA waste in Mississippi and Louisiana but notes most officials resist reducing payrolls. It warns that relief funds politicization will rise as budgets shrink, risking millions in waste while the deserving suffer.
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Washington
WPA
Germany to ration fats and butter starting New Year
Berlin reports Germany will strictly ration all fats and butter from January 1 amid a raw material shortage. For the first time since the war, ration cards will be issued and every citizen must declare daily fat consumption including lard butter margarine cooking oil and tallow.
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Germany
Berlin
INS
French Government Clears Hurdle On 1937 Railroads Budget
Paris AP reports the popular front government pushed the 1937 budget through the chamber of deputies with an ordinary deficit of over 4.3 billion francs. Finance Minister Vincent Auriol said the estimates would go to the senate Saturday with aim to finish parliamentary action by year end.
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Paris
Popular Front
Chamber of Deputies
Vincent Auriol
Senate
Tangles of Life and Divine Wisdom in a Parable
A reflective meditation on a parable of tares and wheat, noting that only angels can untangle life’s knots. It references Thornton Wilder and Hardy, laments human error, and argues some tangles remain forever, needing divine wisdom beyond earthly means.
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Thornton Wilder
Sargent Stresses Soil Conservation at Linn County Meeting
Fred W. Sargent president of the Northwestern Railroad urged Linn County farmers to unite for soil conservation at the Farm Bureau gathering in the Montrose hotel. He cited Vermont soil erosion and warned of western degradation without broad farmer support and federal leadership.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Montrose
Fred W. Sargent
North Western Railroad
Linn County Farm Land
Sargent
Vermont
West
Church-State Ties Weakened by British Row
London AP reports that criticism by the Archbishop of Canterbury of Edward VIII’s friends has revived talk of disestablishment. Observers warn further debate could sever church and state, ending subsidies and official role for the Church of England.
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London
Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VIII
England
Edward
British Isles
William Gladstone
Ireland
Iowa Convict Claims Confession Clears Condemned Man
Fort Madison prison inmate Eddie Tallent says Tony Thompson did not participate in the Wolz murder and that Thompson was framed after a factory theft. Tallent, serving a life term, asserts he and Paul Hake framed Thompson to shift blame for the Oakville killing. The governor received the confession for review.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Fort Madison
Tony Thompson
St. Louis
Eddie Tallent
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Thompson
Tallent
Wolz
No Indictments In Robles Kidnapping
A federal grand jury in Tucson concluded after ten days of investigation that the June Robles kidnapping case did not present sufficient evidence to warrant indictments against any person. The panel submitted its report to Federal Judge Albert M. Sames after about an hour of deliberation.
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Tucson
Ariz
INS
June Robles
Albert M. Sames
Airmail Plane Missing Over Woods Of Idaho
Spokane AP report says Northwest Airlines transport ship carrying mail with pilot Joe Leivermore and co pilot A. A. Haid departed Missoula at 12 50 a m local and failed to report by 3 19 a m Pacific near Elk River Idaho as it flew north northwest over wooded mountainous terrain with no passengers aboard.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Elk River
Idaho
Roy Ross
Joe Leivermore
A. A. Haid
Ross
Aerial search for missing Western Air Express plane
A dozen aircraft including two seater scouts and 10 passenger transports took off from Salt Lake City to survey about 14 000 square miles of mountains and desert where a Western Air Express transport, missing three days, is believed to have crashed.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Searchers pursue three new leads in missing Western Air plane
Weary crews, hopeful that seven passengers may still live, set out at dawn to pursue three new leads. Allan Barrie will direct the air line search as reports pop up of lights on a hill north of Tonopah Nevada, a Eureka Utah mine boss hearing motors at 430 am, and theories that pilot Samson turned the missing LA to Salt Lake City flight back on course.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Allan Barrie
Ralph Hall
Oil Company
Tonopah
Nev
Nevada Desert
Dobbs
Eureka
Utah
S. J. Samson
Los Angeles
Farm crops valued at over six billion dollars in 1936
The federal crop reporting board estimated the value of 64 principal crops at 6,084,932,000 dollars for 1936, with total farm income reaching 9.53 billion despite a drought reducing yields. Corn output fell to 1,524,317,000 bushels and wheat to 626,461,000 bushels.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
New trial sought in Zody Winslow auto case facts dispute
Defense presents evidence in Cedar Rapids that John Zody now shows no persistent symptoms from the 1935 accident and that previous medical opinions misread his condition. Dr. Clarence Van Epps testified he re-evaluated Zody after observing him at work and now doubts prior conclusions.
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Zody
la Plant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Collins Radio Company
Clarence van Epps
University of Iowa
van Epps
Cedar Rapids
Wells Responds to Archbishop on Edward VIII Abdication
H G Wells critiques the church’s reaction to Edward VIII's abdication, accusing bishops of politicizing the Crown and profiting from the downfall. He argues the archbishop’s radio attack reveals deeper tensions between church and state in Britain.
G O P Chiefs Vote Hamilton 25000 A Year
Chicago AP report says Republican National Committee executive committee voted to pay Chairman John Hamilton 25000 dollars annually to devote full time to party rehabilitation. It marks the first full time chair salary between presidential campaigns. Hamilton previously earned 15000 plus 10000 base expenses. Fletcher never paid a salary.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Hamilton survives party chairmanship fight in Chicago
John D. M. Hamilton won a 74 to 2 confidence vote by national committeemen after a stormy session. He will appoint a committee to reduce the party deficit of 901,501 dollars and set up permanent headquarters in Washington as a vigilant minority by Congress’s January start. He plans a nationwide swing to maintain contacts and build a permanent organization.
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Chicago
INS
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Hamilton Fish
New York
Hamilton
Washington
Congress
Widow watches McKeever hanged for murder in Fulton barn
In Fulton Missouri George McKeever was hanged for the murder of Ben Booth as Mrs Alice Booth and about 150 spectators saw the execution. McKeever voiced forgiveness before the trap sprung and admitted no guilt. Francis McNeiley, who confessed to killing Sheriff Wilson, testified against McKeever.
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Fulton
Ben Booth
George McKeever
Alice Booth
McKeever
Missouri
Roosevelt To Keep Hands Off House Leadership Fight
President Roosevelt said the White House will not interfere in choosing the Democratic House leader. He noted that since 1933 there have been three speakers and two speaker contests, and the administration has stayed out of the final selection each time.
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Roosevelt
House
Washington
White House
Arrested Cop Seeks Revenge After Molestation Charge
Duquesne police officer Martin Sullivan, jailed on molesting charges, killed five people and wounded two during a Thursday night spree across three homes. He discussed the killings calmly before surrendering to Constable Thomas Gallagher and awaiting trial.
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Duquesne, Pa
Duquesne
Martin Sullivan
INS
Chiang Kai Shek May Return to Nanking Saturday
Chiang Kai Shek, the Chinese leader and captive of General Chang Hsueh Liang, said he expects to be back in Nanking on Saturday. He urged that hostilities against his captor be halted, and the government announced a halt in fighting until 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Nanking
INS
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang
Temperature Changes In Cedar Rapids Weather
The sun broke a morning cloud cover in Cedar Rapids as the temperature rose to 32 at 2 30 p m after 26 at 7 a m and 9 30 a m and a 24 hour low of 24 at midnight Thursday Thursday’s high reached 31 at 3 p m followed by 26 at 7 p m according to Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Roosevelt Jr. Undergoes Sinus Operation at Mass General
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the President had a successful sinus infection operation at Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday. Doctors described the procedure as a success and his condition as perfect.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
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