Hastings Says Roosevelt Shaped Tax Bill Overhaul
Washington Aug 13 AP Senator Hastings Republican of Delaware declared that President Roosevelt directed the Senate finance committee to rewrite the tax bill. Hastings said a Monday meeting would finalize provisions aligning with the president’s desires, including removing Hitle income adjustments and boosting taxes on smaller incomes sought by Democrats. Debate on the bill, with potential tabling of extraneous riders, is expected to extend through the week.
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Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Hastings
R.-Del
Delaware
Finance Committee
Berkley
D. Ky
Hasting
Barkley
LaFollette
Gerry Urges U S To Quit Olympics
In Washington on August 13 a Senate discussion explored withdrawing American athletes from the Nazi Games amid anti Jewish and anti Catholic measures in Germany. Senator Gerry proposed considering a U S boycott and warned of possible hostile reactions should a Jewish American face defeat. Supporters argued for diplomatic protest. opponents doubted any action would occur.
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Sara
Ger
Senate
Hanes
Sen
Gerry
United States
Sennae
Germany
Brexica
Tee Walsh
1000 Drowned As Dam Breaks In Piedmont Flood
In Alessandria Italy Aug 12 more than 1000 residents of Molare and Ovada drowned when a cloud burst flooded Lake Oréiglieto causing a 20 foot dam breach. Police and relief workers recovered 600 bodies by midnight as a cotton mill housing 200 workers was swept away and villas of Genoese residents in the Orda valley vanished. Property crops and wine vineyards suffered millions in damage.
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Alessandria
Italy
Molare
Ovada
Piedmont
Oréiglieto
Carabinieri
Ethiopia
Orda
Genoa
Methodist Church Merger Is Mapped
In Chicago on August 13 leaders of North South and Protestant branches of Methodism completed initial talks for a merger. A 25 member plan committee worked at Evanston’s North Shore hotel to draft a constitution for ratification by the three general conferences. If approved the united church would total 7 to 8 million members, the largest Protestant body in the United States.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church North
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Protestant Church
North Shore
Evanston
United Church
United States
Retailers May Get Exemption Up to Five Thousand
City council considers amendments to a gross sales tax ordinance to grant up to five thousand dollar exemptions for small retailers. The measure was sent back to the ordinance committee by Chairman Gary Davis for revisions, with rate increases and other changes likely before a final vote. The consumers sales tax proposal remains in committee and both ordinances may be debated on second reading next Monday as the budget moves forward.
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Gaiy Davis
Davis
Three Powers Seeking Peace in Italo Ethiopian Talks
Paris reports a three cornered effort to settle the Italo Ethiopian quarrel without war as Eden arrives with a plan to give Mussolini control over Ethiopia in effect. France and Britain seek reconciled positions ahead of Friday's formal talks among Laval, Aloisi, and Eden. Haile Selassie is not invited but will receive updates through his minister in France. Tecla Hawariat Mdicialg says England faces tougher path than securing the king of kings approval.
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Paris
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
League of Nations
Eden
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
Pierre Lavil
France
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Laval
Aloisi
Haile Selassie
Tecla Hawariat Mdicialg
England
Spanish War Vets Bill Becomes Law
President Roosevelt signed the Spanish-American war veterans bill, restoring pensions for veterans and dependents. The Veterans Administration estimates annual cost at 45.58 million dollars, returning about 56 thousand people to the pension roll and increasing outlays by around six thousand dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
yElaws
Drum and Bugle Boys Serenade at State House
A boys drum and bugle corps from Camp Fairchance in Boone county visited the state house and serenaded Governor Kump and officials receiving applause. The group rehearsed daily, wore new uniforms, and will visit all six camps under Major Turner before parading in Charleston.
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State House
Kump
Fairchance
State Department of Public Welfare
Boone County
Jackson County
Ripley
Francis W. Turner
Charleston
James A. Chamber
State Board of Control
Turner
Fox Explains Road Deficit and State Funds
Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox attributed a $1 021 836 30 deficit in road commission funds to heavy spending from the general road fund on secondary highways. He said the shortfall will be deducted from this year’s revenues after reviewing the highway department’s finances at the governor’s request. Fox noted primary road maintenance and construction costs around 2 890 000 for the year ending June 30 1935, with secondary road outlays near 3 850 000. He estimated general road fund revenues at 10 500 000 for the year, split 4 500 000 from automobile licenses and 6 000 000 from gasoline tax. The state road bond fund showed 47 912 000 outstanding on Bond Fund No. 1, with 1 197 000 due for retirement January 1 1936.
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Fred L. Fox
Road Commission
Kump
Fox
Highway Department
Etvernor
Fuzid
Southern Charm Lures Wales As Princess of Social Circles
Paris reports in a privately circulated pamphlet titled What Charmed The Prince that Mrs Earnest A Simpson formerly Wallis Warfield of Baltimore is the prince of Wales social partner. The pamphlet claims her voice is the most beautiful in the world and that the public shows intense interest, with high prices paid for the pamphlet though it remains limited to a select few. It explains her charm and suggests general precepts for women to emulate her success.
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U. S
Paris
Earnest A. Simpson
Prince of Wales
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Emasculation Killing Case Set For September 9
Chicago August 13. Man deville W. Zenge 26 faces trial for the emasculation killing of Dr Walter J Bauer. Judge John C Lowe set September 9 for the trial assigning to Judge Denis J Normoyle. Defense seeks more time. Bauer married Louise Shaffer former fiancee of Zenge. Dr Bauer was on hospital staff.
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Mandeville W. Zenge
Walter J. Bauer
John C. Lowe
Denis J. Normoyle
Criminal Court
Joseph R. Roach
Joseph E. Green
Zenge
Lewe
Canton
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Louise Shaffer
Kirksville
Longs Claims As Vote Getter Are Ridiculed
A 1936 presidential bid by Senator Long drew swift denials from Democratic officials who said his claim to carry six southern states was unsubstantiated. Republicans and Democratic leaders both voiced cautious interest in Lena’s program, while aides described Long’s candidacy as a political maneuver rather than a solid plan.
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Washington
Sen
Long
D. Se
Democratic Organization
Louisiana
Weill
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
White House
Lena
Bilbo attacks Huey Long over Mississippi influence
New Orleans reports Sen Theodore Bilbo accuses Huey P Long of trying to influence Mississippi politics. Bilbo backs Hugh White in the August 27 run off, says Long would turn Mississippi into a Louisiana province and warns against annexation. Bilbo calls Long's plotting a cheap public attempt.
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New Orleans
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Bilbo
Washington
Leong
Paul B. Johnson
Hattiesburg
Hugh White
Long
Bilba
Huey Tong
United States
Sonnet Conner
Sen. Leng
Heavy Rain Disrupts Tele\-phone Service Across WV
A 72 inch rainfall in Charleston and strong winds crippled telephone wires across Southern and Central West Virginia. Trees fell on lines between Charleston and Madison and Parkersburg and Huntington, with service expected to resume by morning. A West Virginia Virginia rail delay was blamed on the storm. Lightning struck an Interurban trolley near Stop 7 South Charleston, burning a feed wire. the car, driven by motorman Dall Mallory, was towed to the barn.
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Ourlying
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Repair Department
Southern
Cental West Virginia
Madison
Parkersburg
Huntington
Servier
Sportsman
Chesa Peake and
Ohio Railway
West Virginia
Stop 7
South Charleston
John Smith
Bharleston Arava Cou Ity
Dall Mallory
Hightown
Elusive power magnate Hopson faces Senate contempt probe
Howard C. Hopson, chief stockholder of Associated Gas and Electric, eluded House and Senate investigators for weeks before testifying to the House Rules Committee. He later vanished with city detectives and Capital Police to avoid a Senate subpoena, while defending his income as private and arguing the public has a right to privacy. The episode sparked calls for a Senate contempt citation and intensified the battle over utility regulation.
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Howard C. Hopson
Senate
Associated Gas and Electric System
Capital
House
Hopson
Stephen W. Birmingham
New York
New Jersey
Birmingham
House Committee
J. J. Mange
Elestric
Bany
O'Connor
Eugene Cox
Georgia
Associateds
Associated
Sen. Black
Ala
Black
Newspeptnan
Unions Renew WPA Battle in New York
Union strike leaders in New York renew protests against WPA programs calling for prevailing wages. Thomas Murray says unions will press on while Gen Hugh S Johnson reports most workers reported for duty and doubts the walkout will spread. Secretary Ickes offered no comment on AFL demands for PWA take over.
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New York
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Thomas Murray
Hugh S. Johnson
Works Progress
New York City
Murray
Whe
Ickes
Washington
Amercan Federation of Labor
State Delegation Favors Coal Bill
Washington Aug 13 A determined move to jam the coal stabilization bill through the House was launched today with supporters claiming early gains. West Virginia's delegation voted unanimously to back the measure, seen as key since WV producers have opposed the bill. Pennsylvania Democrats in the House were already pledged to support.
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Washington
House
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Party Girls Ferris Guilty in Detroit Murder Verdict
William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque dancers were found guilty by a recorder's court jury of first degree murder in the $134holdup murder of attorney Howry Carter Dickinson. The six men and six women deliberated 2 hours 41 minutes and the judge ordered life imprisonment for Ferris and the two men. The women received separate verdicts with a mercy recommendation, though Michigan law requires life for first degree murder. The trial featured emotional outbursts from Florence and Loretta Jackson and Jean Miller as they were escorted from the courtroom. Ferris vowed to appeal as Dickinson's death was linked to estate matters of late lumber magnate William H. Yawkey.
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Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Recorder’s Court
Howry Carter Dickinson
John A. Boyne
Michigan
Florence
Loretta Jackson
Jean Miller
Ferris
George S. Fitzgerald
Duncan C. McCrea
Miller
Dickinson
William H. Yawkey
AFL seeks immediate abolition of all state sales taxes
The American Federation of Labor executive council urged William Green to press affiliated state federations to seek repeal of all state sales taxes at upcoming legislative sessions. Green warned taxes burden laboring people and shift relief costs to the unemployed, while noting potential steel industry tensions over organizing efforts.
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Atlantic City
WN. F
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Green
Noor
Federaton
NRA
Federation
San Francisco
Amalgamated
Pittsburgh
Michael Fighe
Lghe
Greene
Freeze Revival Claims Spark Scientific Backlash
New York August reports three respected medical scientists challenge Ral Willard, Hollywood “reviver” of frozen monkeys, to prove his icicle death to life tests or stop talking. Det John A Killian calls the claims impossible and demands proof or correction, as page 3 continuation promises more.
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New York
Ral Willard
Hollywood
John A. Killian
New York Post
Willard
Alaska Was Good Buy For U S Declares Wits
FAIRBANKS Alaska Aug 13 This Alaska is a great country if they stay free from U S control They have a bright future This aviation minded city has 39 000 white residents and 70 commercial planes operate daily in winter They urge improved machines and note pilot talents in both countries They reference Seward and the 1867 Alaska purchase as a correction of past overpayments to Indians for Manhattan Island
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Alaska
U. S
Edmonton
Epee
Arctic
Louisiana
Seward
Manhattan Island
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