FDR Bars Tax Plans as Parley Seeks Revenue Safeguards
President Roosevelt summoned treasury and congressional tax chiefs for a White House conference on tax revision amid debate over repeal of the undistributed profits tax. Public officials warned that any revenue loss must be offset by new taxes, with discussions touching capital gains, excess profits taxes, and corporate income taxes. The Senate advanced a farm bill with higher outlays, while lawmakers pressed for broader budget alignment.
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White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congressional
Senate
Capitol
Dep. Disney
Okla
Ways and Means Committee
War Referendum Urged By Solons
A senate judiciary sub committee heard six witnesses urge congress to submit a constitutional amendment requiring a popular vote before any war abroad. Rep. Knutson and three Democratic House members joined Dorothy Bromley in backing the idea, arguing public input is essential amid fears of entanglement. The proposal allows a vote only when not under attack, with exceptions for defense of the U S possessions in the western hemisphere.
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Senate Judiciary
Congress
Democratic House
Rep. Knutson
R.minn
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
New York
Roosevelt
House
Europe
Asia
Knutson
U. S
Rep. Fulmer
D-S. C
Western Hemisphere
Rep. Fish
R-N. Y
Senate Passes Record Farm Bill With Higher Funding
The Senate approved a record 1.218 billion dollar farm bill by 61 to 14, rejecting two attempts to trim the increased funding. The measure adds 383.6 million over house totals to fund Agriculture and Farm Credit for the new fiscal year, sending the bill back to the house for further negotiation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wis
Sen. Johnson
Colo
Bill
Skipper Sets Sail In Motorless Yawl From Bermuda
Guy Clifford Avery 35 of Florida sails an 18 foot motorless yawl named Miss Tampa from Bermuda toward Genoa Italy on the second leg of a U S to Italy trans Atlantic voyage. He aims to reach Genoa in about 80 days after arriving in Bermuda last August from Palm Beach. A stop at the Azores is planned.
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Bermuda
INS
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Tampa
U.S
Italy
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Genoa
Palm Beach
Fla
Azores
Willie Willis By Robert Quillen Just a Punchline
A humor strip feature presents Willie Willis as the speaker quipping about gender roles and pants as a joke. The cartoon captions mock traditional expectations with a punchy line about disgrace and pants worn by men.
FDR's Second Reorganization Plan Approved
The Senate approved Roosevelt's second government reorganization plan with five minutes of discussion and no dissent. It moves many bureaus between departments and abolishes the bituminous coal commission, with duties to the interior department and effects to begin July 9 unless Congress acts sooner.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
Interior Department
Congress
Jap Bluejackets Start Roundup at Amoy
Japanese bluejackets occupied Kulangsu international settlement at Amoy and began rounding up Chinese suspected of anti-Japanese activities. Over 100 arrested in house to house searches in the small foreign district on Kulangsu island in the Amoy harbor. A Japanese spokesman warned similar action may be necessary in Shanghai if unrest grows.
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Shanghai
Kulangsu
Amoy
China
Hung Li
Fishermen Survive After Two-Schooner Collision
Forty-seven crew members reached port after the Edith C. Ross and the Isabelle Parker sank 100 miles off Nova Scotia. The 48th man died, survivors say a heart attack struck Frank Nickerson aboard the Isabelle Parker. Open dories drifted ashore for two days without food or tools.
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Yarmouth
N. S
New England
Nova Scotia
Jonesport
Edith C. Ross
Isabelle Parker
Boston
Frank Nickerson
Argyle Sound
Turkey Joins Britain in European security front
London reports Turkey has joined Britain and six nations in a new security pact to aid each other against aggression in the Mediterranean region. Prime Minister Chamberlain said a long term reciprocal agreement will be pursued to ensure mutual security and Balkans stability as Britain seeks possible Turkish, Yugoslav, and Bulgarian alignment.
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Bulgaria
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Black Sea
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Russia
France
Army Expands Coast Artillery to Bolster Homeland Defenses
The army announces a reorganization of the coast artillery corps to reinforce defense against air and sea threats. Secretary Woodring cites 18 new gun batteries, six with mobile anti air guns, boosting air raid protection by about 83 percent. Skeleton units will be activated with 338 anti aircraft guns funded by Congress.
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Sec
Woodring
Continental
U. S
War Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Lilly Funeral Set For Tomorrow
Roy Oliver Ollie Lilly 41 stereotyper for the Charleston Gazette died yesterday after weeks of illness in a Charleston hospital. Funeral service scheduled 2 p m Sunday at Simpson chapel with burial in Spring Hill cemetery. Lilly a Kanawha County native and World War II veteran. member of American Legion John Brawley Post 20. Odd Fellows lodge. Survived by four sisters, a brother, and a half sister. Institutional and family details follow. pallbearers named as fellow employees and friends.
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Ollie” Lilly
Charleston Gazette
Charleston
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Earl G. Hissom
Spring Hill Cemetery
Lilly
Kanawha County
John Brawley
American Legion
The
Gazette
Columbus
Odd Fellows Lodge
M. A. Guthrie
Elizabeth Redman
Buffalo
N. Y
Marie Garrett
Detroit
Sadie Gillispie
South Charleston
John Lilly
Cross Lanes
Dorothy Lilly
New York City
Legion To Sponsor Safe Driving Contest
American Legion members will participate in a safe driving contest after May 15 announced by State Commander Elliott W. Nefflen. West Virginia Legion will partner with the state Department of Public Safety to run a highway safety campaign with awards after August 15. The slogan asks How many miles will you drive without an accident and members will monitor speedometers.
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American Legion
Elliott W. Nefflen
Legion
West Virginia
Nefflen
Department of Public Safety
Indiana Miners Contract Keeps Shaft Mines Open
Terre Haute Indiana May 12 Negotiations between the Indiana Coal Operators association and district 11 United Mine Workers resulted in a contract to operate Indiana shaft mines through March 31 1941 Most mines were expected to resume work tomorrow The agreement extends the previous Terre Haute pact and adds a union shop provision sought by John L Lewis though officials say Indiana has long operated as a closed shop since 1902
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Ind
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
District 11
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Charles Funcannon
Harvey Cartwright
Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
FBI Offers Aid In Poison Probe
Philadelphia investigators push to wrap up the poison ring case with possible FBI help. A widow charged with murder seeks chemical tests to prove poisoning, while the stepmother of a murder suspect drinks poison. Mrs Angelina Ruggiere is hospitalized after a suicide attempt linked to the Philadelphia investigation.
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Philadelphia
FBI
Angelina Ruggiero
Camden
N. J
Hammonton
Rose Carina
Millie Giacobbe
Paul
State Coal Men Are Optimistic About Union Shop Prospects
A back to work mood spread through West Virginia coal fields as uncertainty lingered over southern operators accepting the union shop demanded by the United Mine Workers. Opinion split between spokesmen who expected southern operators to go along and those who feared no agreement.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Republican rally outlines 1940 West Virginia GOP aims
National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton criticizes New Deal tinkering but praises parts of the program. He and Walter S. Hallanan lead 1,500 GOP leaders in threatening a GOP victory in West Virginia next year. State party reorganizes with Robert H. C. Kay as chair and S. G. Wells as vice chair. The event marks the launch of the 1940 campaign as 400 leaders attend a luncheon and about 1,500 fill the Armory for an evening rally.
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National Republican
John D. M. Hamilton
West Virginia
Walter S. Hallanan
Robert H. C. Kay
Charleston
C. E. Boone
Wells
Kay S. G. Wells
Wellsburg Paper Company
Kay
Chauncey Hinerman
Cameron
Marshall County
Natalie Sutherland Walker
Young Republican League
Daniel Boone
Hallanan
Hamilton
Armory
Night Session Described as Harmonious by Conference Spokesmen
The full Appalachian coal conference held a two hour meeting in New York to explain the union shop agreement for John L. Lewis CIO miners. No action was taken and a signing by tomorrow was anticipated by both operators and union spokesmen, with hopes of a general mine reopening.
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Appalachian Coal Conference
John L. Lewis
Equal Authority
Teather
Rye
Lewis
CIO
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
John R. Steelman
Appalachian conference agrees on union shop for CIO miners
Negotiators for the Appalachian conference reach a draft agreement to impose a union shop requiring new miners to join the United Mine Workers within a set time while current workers need not join. The plan seeks to end the coal field tie up across 26 states but faces possible delays and opposition as the joint conference weighs approval.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Appalachian
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
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