Tariff Hikes on Cotton Cloth Hit Japan Hard
The U S tariff commission said President Roosevelt approved about a 42 percent tariff rise on cotton textiles using yarns 30 to 50 counts, mainly from Japan. The move ends hopes for a gentleman's agreement and targets bleached printed and dyed fabrics, excluding unbleached or certain woven cloths.
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Washington
U. S. Tariff Commission
Roosevelt
Japan
New England
Tariff Commission
Commission
Senate
United States
New York
Congress in recess reviews bills and investigations
In recess the Senate appropriations subcommittee screens a deficiency bill while the Finance Committee studies a revenue measure. In the House, debate resumes on the Overton flood control bill as the Bell committee weighs a contempt citation against Dr. F E Townsend who walked out during old age pensions inquiry. The omnibus flood control bill passes and returns to the House. Finance resumes tax measure study and Overton flood control bill debate continues. Townsend pension plan inquiry continues with Bell committee.
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Appropriations
Finance Committee
Overton
Bell Committee
F. E. Townsend
Senate
House
Finance
Townsend Pension Plan
Prison kidnappers die on gallows in San Quentin case
Kay and two others were convicted of kidnapping California parole officials during an abortive San Quentin escape on January 16 1935. The trio faced the death penalty as Rudolph Straight was killed by possemen and Fred Landers received a life sentence. Letters from prisoners invited victims to witness the hangings. A separate fire and body discovery followed, with police noting no recent missing women.
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Kay
California
Mackay
Kristy
San Quentin
State Prison Board of Terms and Paroles
James B. Holohan
Rudolph Straight
Fred Landers
Frank C. Sykes
Parole Board
Joseph H. Stephens
Warren Atherton
Mark Noon
Charred Body of Woman Found in Forest Grave
In Chesterfield New Hampshire wardens found the charred body of a young woman on a mountain slope beside a fire blackened revolver. The 20 to 30 year old victim had no identification and clothes were burned. Autopsy planned in Keene.
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Chesterfield
N. H
Keene
State Forestry Service
Westmoreland
J H Thomas Resigns From Cabinet Post
The long-serving minister, once an engine wiper, quits cabinet amid a leak investigation. Reports say he denied sharing budget secrets yet noted conversations with two prominent men who took insurance against tax increases. The budget was announced April 21 after Chamberlain outlined proposals April 9.
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Thon
Thomas
House of Commons
Alfred Butt
M. P
Alfred Bates
Chamberlain
Bates
Butt
Lloyds
Speed Payment Of Bonus Beginning June 15
Uncle Sam will speed payment of the soldiers cash bonus to accredited veterans in the week starting June 15. Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines announced after a conference with President Roosevelt. More than two million applications out of 3,100,000 received have been approved and bonds will be sent to the post office for registered mail delivery on June 15.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Frank T. Hines
Roosevelt
Veterans’ Administration
Treasury
Post Office Department
Townsend defies inquiry amid pension case stand
Elderly Dr Francis E Townsend proclaimed he would rot in jail rather than answer further questions from the House committee probing his $200 a month Old Age Revolving Pension plan. He accused the panel of unfair tactics and left the hearings with Rev Gerald K Smith, fueling talk of third party alliances.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House Committee
House Old Age Pensions Committee
House
Townsend
Gerald K. Smith
Huey Long
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Detroit
Father Coughlin
Townsend Movement
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Sullivan
Bricks Allegedly Supersede Whisky in Warehouse Case
Testimony reveals a shipment described as merchandise from a government warehouse was bricks, not whisky. Linn's account is joined by Juanita H. Jackson of Jackson Michigan, a former Townsend worker who left the movement, claiming the affair is a deception.
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Sullivan
Clarence A. Linn
San Francisco
Linn
Edward J. Marquette
Edward J. Margett
California
Canada
Department of Justice
Margett
Seattle
Juanita H. Jackson
Jackson Mich
Two Children Seized by Police Over Hotel Stay
Russell Thompson age 14 and his sister Margaret age 10 from Chicago had raised $4 by selling junk to visit a radio singer they admired. They could not meet her, sought a hotel room, and were reported by a suspicious clerk. Officers took them to the juvenile home while awaiting word from their parents in Michigan City Indiana.
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Chicago
Russell Thompson
Margaret
Michigan City
Ind
Fractured vertebra shocks La Salle man
John Demes woke with a sharp neck pain and was taken to La Salle hospital where doctors diagnosed a fractured vertebra. A plaster cast immobilizes his neck after the injury early today.
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LA Salle, Ill
John Demes
John
la Salle Hospital
Boy Catches First Fish With Bare Hands in Mud Hole
In Conneaut Ohio four year old Tommy Waddle fished with a two foot pole and string for a month. On Thursday he abandoned the gear and used his hands to reel in his first fish from a small mud hole.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Tommy Waddle
Edward Maish 15 Killed in Tama Highway Crash
In Cedar Rapids Edward Maish 15 was killed in a Tama-area collision that also claimed the life of Frank Kaiser of 1414 Second Street SW. A 6-year-old, Sonny Evers, suffered a lip injury in an First Avenue collision involving a mother’s car and Olaf Dalsbo’s machine.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama
Frank Kaiser
Second Street
Sonny” Evers
H. W. Evers
Mount Vernon Avenue
First Avenue
First Street
Olaf Dalsbo
Reginald Alcorn
Dalewood Drive
Keith
Clyde Bausch
G Avenue
SS. Gleason
Mount Vernon Road
R. T. Heald
L Street
Don Eldridge
Fireflies and fish rescue in Fox River incident
Ed Harris dropped a flashlight into the Fox river in Omro Wisconsin. Hours later while helping Francis Davidson clean fish he cut open a large fish head and recovered the still burning flashlight.
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Omro
Wis
Ed Harris
Fox River
Francis Davidson
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