Huge Savings In Pay Taxes Up To Scions
Washington May 13 The House Ways and Means Committee nears final revisions to the social security act aiming to cut payroll taxes. Proposals include lowering unemployment tax from 3 to 2 percent, potentially saving employers up to 300 million yearly, with overall three year savings around 1.5 billion.
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House
Washington
INS
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional and
I Sasury
Roosevelt
White House
John McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
End of Miners' Dispute Clears Business Path
Washington May 13 Administration leaders hoped for a near term business upturn as the eight week coal deadlock ended. Perkins in a post mortem warned of a possible national fuel shortage and said presidential intervention prevented a curb on the expected business pickup. Public utilities and transportation entities welcomed the settlement.
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Washington
INS
Sec. of
Labor
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Transportation Inter
Putnam Seeks Federal Probe Into Kidnapping
Hollywood publisher George P. Putnam husband of the late Amelia Earhart called for a federal inquiry into his kidnapping by alleged Nazi sympathizers. He described being lured from his North Hollywood home by a phony call, bound, blindfolded and driven to a Bakersfield area unfinished house where threats were made to stop his book about Hitler.
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Hollywood
INS
George P. Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Putnam
North Hollywood
Bakersfield
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Economy Bloc Sees Four-Billion Session Deficit
Washington on May 13 AP reports the economy bloc warns total congressional appropriations for the current session could exceed nine billion dollars and near ten billion. Pushed by stalled economy drive, current totals show six billion four hundred forty six million already approved or in bills, with large future add ons including relief funds and state justice commerce allocations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Women's feet take their worst beating in 1939 styles
Dr Clyde W W Dal rymple of Little Rock told the Arkansas Osteopathic association that women with foot troubles outnumber men ten to one. He blamed two new shoe designs without backs and without tees for deforming the foot and warned vanity could cause lasting damage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clyde W. W. Dalrymple
Arkansas Osteopathic Association
Ex Officials Guilty Of WPA Fraud
Six former Kokomo Indiana city officials were found guilty of diverting Works Progress Administration labor to private use. Jurors returned verdicts against Olin R. Holt former mayor Carl Broo former city attorney George H. Morrow former city engineer George Mix former assistant city Mel Good former city clerk Lincoln F. Record former WPA official.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Kokomo
Works Progress Administration
Olin R. Holt
Carl Broo
George H. Morrow
George Mix
Mel Good
Lincoln F. Record
WPA
Two More Suspects Questioned In Philadelphia Poison Deaths
Philadelphia May 13 two new suspects were being questioned in the investigation of an insurance murder ring. A fortune teller woman and a minor South Philadelphia political figure faced no charges as police and prosecutors review statements from earlier prisoners. The investigation follows a mysterious New York visit by three victors linked to the case.
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Philadelphia
New York
James Kelly
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dist
William F. X. Geoghan
Kelly
Atty
Vincent A. McDevitt
Hallanan Militant Talk Triggers Capitol Laughs
Democratic leaders in the state house laughed at Walter S. Hallanan’s militant speech denouncing a “two percent” fund. He alleged a slush fund funded by state employees to the eve of the 1932 election, citing a list of contributions from departments and offices.
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Charles R. Morse
State House
Walter S. Hallanan
GOP
Hallanan
Secretary of State
Republican State Executive Committee
Bankers to Face Senate Anti Monopoly Hearings
Washington May 13 The nation’s leading bankers and investment firm executives will be questioned by the senate anti monopoly committee starting Tuesday. Senators and SEC officials will probe why private capital is idle and how big money’s sit down affects investment, with 42 prospective witnesses from high finance listed by the SEC.
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Washington
INS
America
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
O’mahoney
Mother's Day Prayer For Return of Lost Son
In Philadelphia on May 13 a 31 year old mother and her husband pray at Mass for their six year old son who vanished on April 18 from a Lindbergh boulevard area. Detectives weigh theories from sink holes to car accidents and potential abduction as no trace remains.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Brusco
Lindbergh Boulevard
Passayunk
Schuylkill River
Delaware Bay
300000 Miners To Resume Work
New York May 13 AP Three hundred thousand soft coal miners idle six weeks return to work Monday under the first union shop contract signed by John L. Lewis United Mine Workers CIO and a majority of Appalachian conference operators. Fifteen of 21 coal associations signed the two year contract ending two months of talks marked by resistance to union shop Roosevelts personal intervention. The six dissenting associations were all southern groups employing about 45000 men and producing 45000000 tons a year. five southern companies followed the majority and signed separate agreements.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Hazard
Harlan County
Kentucky
Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
Southern Appalachian Coal Operators’ Association
Tennessee
Virginia
Kanawha Coal Operators
West Virginia
Kanawha
Charleston
Kanawha Field
Koppers Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Christian Colliery Company
Youghingheny and Ohio Coal Company
Raleigh-Wyoming M Company
Kelly’s Creek Colliery Company
van A. Bittner
Umwa District 17
Panhandle
Mercer County
United Mine Workers
State House
Holt
Homer A. Holt
Fairmont
201St Infantry
National Guard
West
E. L. Bock
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Kentucky Troops Mobilized for Harlan County Mines
The first contingent of national guardsmen ordered by Gov. A B Chandler to safeguard Harlan county coal mine reopenings mobilizes tonight. Adjt Gen G Lee McLain issued emergency orders after the Harlan Coal Operators Association refused to sign a UMWA contract. The governor says troops on a peaceful mission will ensure workers can return when mines reopen Monday, without forcing anyone to work.
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Frankfort
INS
A. B. Chandler
Harlan County
Adj
G. Lee McLain
Harlan Cal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
New York
Border War Watch Raised By Kentucky Officials
Kentucky officials said they would monitor the border with West Virginia as a precaution against potential border warfare in coal regions. Gov Holt asked state troopers to watch the area, with extra troops possible if tensions rise near Harlan Hazard Big Sandy and Williamson areas amid wage conference withdrawals.
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West
A. B. Chandler
Harlan
Chandler
Holt
Col
C. C. Tallman
State Coal Facts Report From Associated Press
Large mines total 536 with 330 companies and 101000 miners. Immediate employment assured for about 88000 while 11000 miners work in Reed Kanawha field. Kanawha field tonnage reaches 13000000 tons in 1938 and West Virginia total 93000000 tons. Kanawha operators signed five. Shutdown length seven weeks the longest since 1922. Estimated wage loss 21000000. Mines reopened in excellent condition per state department. Total mine days 75519. days per man 175.9. per mine 140.9. tons per man 912. average daily production 543589.
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Associated Press
Reed Kanawha
Kanawha
West Virginia
State Department
King and Queen Delayed by Ice and Fog Off Quebec
The Empress of Australia carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth faced drifting ice and dense fog 250 miles off Cape Race delaying their arrival in Quebec by 24 hours. Officials said no danger, with naval units rendezvousing later off Gaspe as ceremonies shift from Monday to Tuesday. Ottawa visit shortened to three days.
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Que
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Australia
Cape Race
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
E.S.T
Saguenay
Gaspe Peninsula
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Ottawa
Miners Return as West Virginia Reopens After Pact
West Virginia coal fields move toward resumption after 88,000 of 100,000 workers are assured of Monday openings. Five Kanawha field companies sign union shop pacts, with governors and UMWA leaders signaling further signings. Jubilation spreads across coal camps as operators resume amid cautious optimism for a brief revival.
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Empress of
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