Billion Dollar Tax Program Stirs Protest
Washington February 28 AP A proposed billion dollar tax program for speedy enactment by President elc faced strong resistance in Congress. The plan's goal to offset losses from processing taxes and fund a proposed $1300000 annual bonus drew criticism and calls for scrutiny from GOP leaders. The debate centers on revenue sources, the balance of the federal budget, and the timing of the bonus, with analysts predicting a lengthy fight over its passage.
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Elc
Congress
AAA
Tee Ren - Sen
McNi
Oregon
Leaer
Ur. Rootevil
Con Songer
President to Sign Neutrality Law Expanded
Washington reports the president will sign a broadened neutrality law extending the embargo on arms and munitions to May 1, 1037 and applying to all nations at war while exempting the American republics when at war with non American nations. Senator Thomas urged peace through neutrality and an accompanying world education campaign.
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Washington
Pelite Morrow
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Pienas Tore
Test of Utility Holding Firm Act Is Asked
Washington news reports the Supreme Court will hear petitions from Public Utility Investing and Associated Utilities challenging the Public Utility Holding Company Act and seeking a rehearing of the TVA decision. The case questions federal power to regulate power and coal industries under constitutional limits. Carter, a West Virginia Virginia coal operator, signs a brief challenging the Guffey act’s reach over soft coal, arguing it exceeds inter state commerce authority. Arguments are set for March.
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Public Utility Holding Company Act
Supreme Court
Public Utility Investing Corporation
Associated Utilities Corporation
Utilities Power and Light Corporation of
Virginia
TVA
Baals
Wilson Dam
Congress
Mothers to Share Stork Derby Cash
Four Toronto mothers contending for the $500,000 Stork Derby prize agreed to share the bequest under Charles Vance Milar's will, while a fifth mother claiming a stillborn child and future advantage refused to join. The four signatories include Mrs Timlock with nine children, Mrs Harrison, Mrs Graziano, and Mrs Darrigo, all born since 1926.
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Toronto
Charlea Vance Milar
Arthur Hollis Timlock
Matthew Kenny
and Swortsman Sre
Timlock
Ambrose Harrison
Gus Graziano
Stettano Darrigo
Five Ten Heiress Battling For Life
London reports Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow is seriously ill after a Caesarean birth operation to stop a hemorrhage. Doctors warn of peritonitis risk as blood transfusion may be needed. Her condition remained unchanged at 10 PM with family at the bedside and her husband watching anxiously.
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Universal Service London
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz- Reventlow
Lord Horder
Edward VIII
London Daily Express
Barbara
Lane Roberts
Mra
Franklyn Hutton
Haugwitz-Reventlow
Hyde Park
Woolworth Millions
Barbara Ead
Farm Measure Moves Through to Roosevelt Approval
The AAA bill for 1938-37 fast-tracked by the House and White House negotiators faces rapid White House action. President Roosevelt issues an executive order allocating 37 million to the Farm Credit Administration for loans, with potential future additions but caps on disbursement and individual borrowers. Senate agriculture committee reacts to the veto of the seed loan bill as negotiations continue.
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AAA
Burns
Garner
White House
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bruno's Lawyer Attacks State Over Perjury Actions
Trenton February 28. C Lloyd Fisher counsel for Hauptmann assails the state for not starting perjury actions against two prosecution witnesses who identified Hauptmann. He warns of possible legislative investigation and criticizes Attorney General Wilentz and Hunterdon County Prosecutor Hauck Jr for not bringing cases before the grand jury. The issue centers on Hochmuth’s claim of seeing Hauptmann in a car with a father driving toward the Lindbergh scene.
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Lindberg
Fisher
Finer
David T. Wilentz
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Wilentz
Amandus Hochmuth
Hopewell
Hauptmann
Lind
Mean Cop Traps Auto Parkers With Peanuts
BAN TORE Calif February 28 144 A patrolman uses peanuts to trap parking violators. He places a peanut under a rear wheel and returns an hour later to see if the car moved. If crushed, the owner is away. if not, a tag for over parking is issued. He claims 23 catches so far today.
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Ban Tore
Calif
George Maestressat
Automobica
Leap Year frolics hit bachelors as cops go feminine
In Chicago on February 28 1936 eligible bachelors prepare to be hunted by women in Aurora Joliet and other towns as Leap Year traditions turn civic roles playful. In Aurora the female police chief to be Helen Thompson 21 leads a public enemy list of bachelors with a mock arrest and possible fines of a silk dress while Joliet wives reject chasing bachelors under the new scheme. Nationwide celebrations mark 56th leap year birthday anniversaries with Eldridge Candee and Eliot Candee of West Haven and Waterbury among the notable celebrants born February 29 1880 noting only 18 such anniversaries observed.
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Aurora
Ill
Joliet
Helen Thompson
George Desmeter
Boston
Mass
Eldridge E. Candee
Eliot E. Candee
West Haven
Waterbury
Conn
Beloved Scotti Claimed by Death in Naples
Antonia Otti Scotii a Metropolitan Opera baritone for 33 seasons, dies at 70 in poverty in Naples. He retired three years ago after a career marked by financial hardship, supported by the New York Critics and the Metropolitan Community. Three other mourners attend the burial as details emerge.
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Naples
Maly
Antonia Otti
Metropolitan
New York
Scotti
Asic
Nine Kinds of Kisses Claim by Joan Bennett
Hollywood report quotes Joan Bennett declaring after years of movie kissing there are nine kinds of kisses. She lists the heart in throat and grand finale varieties and notes actresses often feel overshadowed by the men they kiss.
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Hollywood
Mande Doan Bennett
Rail Rates Slashed by U S Group Across Nation
The interstate commerce commission ordered a nationwide cut in railroad passenger coach fares to two cents a mile and Pullman fares to three cents, effective June 2. Surcharges were eliminated. Eastern roads resisted, arguing the cut would reduce revenues by about 356 million annually, while southern and western lines had already tested lower rates. The ICC also noted other developments including a challenge to the railroad retirement act in D C court and anticipated railway labor actions delaying terminal unification moves.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman
Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
ICC
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Joseph A. Eastman
Rneven
Fourth Police Unit Is Formed
Forty five state troopers in 11 southern counties were ordered to form a new company with headquarters in Beckley. Col. P. D. Shingleton announced captains and transfers, with Beckley headquarters to oversee road patrol and safety work, using 50 troopers on motorcycles and cars and planning future district sites including Clarksburg and Fairmont.
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Beckley
P. D. Shingleton
George H. Skeen
Elkins
C. A. Crawford
Beckley Hook
M. M. Bardon
Charleston
J. P. Horne
Weston
Shingleton
Clarksburg
Moore
Sheen
Elk
Via
Arnold Moore
Charleston Chamber Inquires On Naval Ordnance Plant Sale
The Charleston chamber of commerce seeks buyers if the Navy Dept sells the South Charleston naval ordnance plant. S. P. Fuller, managing director, said yesterday he wrote Washington to check for changes in sale plans. He noted 1933 efforts to sell, but a Senate defeat halted the plan.
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Navy Department
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
S. P. Fuller
Puffer
Washington
Plana
House of Representatives
Chamber
Bie
Senate
Hitler Offers Franco German Alliance Amid Tense Europe
Berlin reports of Adolf Hitler in a Berline interview with Bertrand De Jouvenel reveal a proposal for a Franco German alliance as an alternative to the Franco Soviet pact. Hitler argues peace benefits both nations, insisting his aims are practical and for Germany’s advantage while downplaying doubts about sincerity.
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Germany
Adolph Hiltier
Europe
Bertrand de Jouvenel
du Bertrand de Jouvenel
Henry de Jouvenel
Rome
United States
Universal Service and
American Newspapers, Inc
Weighing Twelve Ounces at Birth Thriving Baby
In Chicago the birth of Jacqueline Jean Benson at St. Anne's Hospital on January 1 was recorded by Dr. Edward P. King as twelve ounces at birth. Now two pounds two ounces, the infant is described as thriving. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lester Benson.
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Chicago
Edward P. King
St. Anne's Hospital of Chicago
Jacqueline Jean Benson
Mother of Heiress Tries Fatal Act in Jersey City
In Jersey City on February 28 Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt, mother of an heiress, was found at the Medical Center after a death by own action attempt reported February 2. A mayhem warrant from San Francisco charges Hewitt as sought by police. Deputy Police Chief Wilton said Hewitt admitted her name when questioned. Police lodged charge of attempted death by own action.
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Jersey City
N. J
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
San Francisco
Medical Center
Charles Wilton
Jargen Cooper
Hewitt
Italy Captures Amba Alagi in Northern Ethiopia
Edward J. Neil reports the Italian army of 30,000 from the first army corps seized Amba Alaji in northern Ethiopia, driving Ethiopian forces led by Ragib Bahgat toward Dessye. Unofficial reports also cite a major Ighian victory in the Tembien region with thousands killed and Rag Seyoum's army routed.
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Edward J. Neil
A.T
Ethiopia
First
Amba Alaj
Amba Aradam
Ighian
Tembien
Amba Alaji
Rag Fralughet
Pilota
Ras Mulughets
Dessye
Quorar
Haile Selasia
Amba Ali
Buie Plein
Moun
Morals Battle Stirred By Removal Order At Richmond
In Richmond Virginia on February 24 1905 John Stewart Bryan Jr vice chairman of the Richmond Academy of Arts was arrested on a charge of violating a state law against displaying any material that corrupts youth Morals protest organizerFM Terrell demanded removal by noon but later sought to withdraw the warrant Terrell defended the protest while artist Mardi Gassner defended his abstract works including the Ascent of Man asserting no vulgarity in art
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Richmond
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond Academy of Arts
FM. Terrell
Mardi Gessner
Bryan
Bevan
Terrell
Gassner
New York
Citizens’ Committee
Long Itand
Tokyo mutiny rebellion around Tokyo palace ends aftermath
AP dispatches report rebels who seized government buildings in Tokyo began surrendering after orders from Emperor Hirohito and Gen. Kohl Mashil to evict them. Loyalty troops tighten circle in Nagatacho area near the imperial palace as martial law measures loom amid conflicting Reuters notices from Shanghai and Osaka.
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Shanghai
Domel G
Plis
Mampel
Jeafidta
Embasy
AP Tokyo
Tokyo
Nagatacho
Imperial Palace
Kochei Hashii
Nuatacho
Emeperor
Hirohito
Gen
Kae
Reuters
Sheng
Osake
Osake, Industrial Ceneter
Young Journalists Meet Here Today At Convention Opens
More than 330 high school journalism students and faculty advisors registered for the tenth annual United High School Press Convention opening at Shrine mosque. W Page Pitt expects registration to reach 450 as delegates from Mt Hope Belington White Sulphur Princeton Point Pleasant Pax gather. Officials Morris Harvey travel to attend with Dr Leonard Givman presiding. morning sessions discuss publication problems and officers to be elected in the afternoon.
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Shrine
W. Page Pitt
Marshall College
Cat
Mt Hope High School
Belington
Princeton
Point Pheasant
Pax
Morris Harvey Leav
Leonard Igivman
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