Great Show School Income Tax Measure Signed
A Pennsylvania type story notes a 1936-37 income tax plan to raise 25 million dollars yearly, funding a school subsidy and state aid for teachers, contingent on real estate levy reductions. It also reports a Vienna car crash injuring Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and his family, with rumors of sabotage and a later note of mourning attire received by Mrs Schuschnigg.
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Yahoo
George H. Earle
Schuschnigg
Linz
London
Exchange Telegraph
Vienna
F Mirs
Kurt’ Schusebnigg
Austria
Heath Enters City Council Race as Other Candidacies Stir Local Politics
Heath announces for a four year city council seat and begins circulating nominating petitions. He will seek the Democratic nomination. Rumors say another candidate may challenge for city treasurer with Frank W. Parsons already petitioning and incumbent Frank W. Westley expected to run again. The treasurer race is shaping up as highly competitive.
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Frank Lo Health
Heath
Heavy Fog Triggers Several Minor Auto Accidents
Dense fog across the city last night caused multiple minor crashes with no serious injuries. Vehicles driven by Cyrus D. Tuttle and Harry Christ collided near Columbus and North Center streets. Frantic Ferry and a Bradford resident’s car also tangled on B Columbus Avenue.
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Cyrus D. Tuttt
Pasadena Avenue
Webster Grove
Harry Christ
Main Street
Columbus Avenue
North Center Street
East South Street
Mr. Walver
Bradford
B. Columbua Aye
Gerry
Storms and Heat Wave Claim 120 Lives Across Nation
A series of storms floods and a heat wave killed at least 120 people and caused about 50 million dollars in property damage this week. Forecasters expected Atlantic breezes to ease the end of the weekend while renewed rains threatened floods in New York. The heat wave stretched from the Gulf to the Canadian border, with New York City reporting extreme temperatures.
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United Press
Midwest
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian
Fim
New York Metropolitan Area
Walmsley Defies Long After Ward Leaders Surrender
New Orleans July 13. Mayor T S Semmes Walmsley, stripped of power and abandoned by his party, challenges Huey P Long as 13 ward leaders of the old regular machine surrender to the Kingfish. Long jubilates as Walmsley fights on behind the mayoral desk, a symbol of a crumbling resistance.
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Walmsley
United Proag
New Orleans
T. Sémmes Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Afl Louisiana
Long
Chinese floods create mass homelessness in Hupeh Province
The provincial government telegraphs that floods along the Yangtze in western and central Hupeh have killed many and left about 100000 people homeless at Ichang. Immediate famine is forecast as relief resources are strained and the crisis widens.
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United Press
Nanking
Hupeh
Yangtze River
Provincia
Ichang
Completion of Old Projects First Movement Announced
The Erie area eyes a federal 4 million re employment push with unfinished RWD work prioritized. Local officials report extending active projects to finish them, then potential large undertakings like a vocational school and storm relief sewer, financed by city and school districts to reduce relief rolls.
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Fede-G
Corry
Holgar Rommerdale
Erie
RWD
Board of Education
Ity Council
Missing witness in Reno case tied to slaying
Federal agents in Nevada search for Roy J. Frisch believed missing witness in the Reno gambling fraud case. J Edgar Hoover said Frisch was slain before he could testify in the Graham McKay fraud trial and that his body was reportedly buried about 150 miles from Reno.
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Ey United
Cee
Atlantic City
Nevada
Roy J. Frisch
Reno
Frisch
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
New York
Graham- McKay
Bronze tablets at John Brown tannery to be unveiled
The John Brown Memorial Association sets a reunion and dedication for August 3 at New Richmond in the John Brown grove. Two bronze tablets will be unveiled marking the old tannery site where John Brown of Harpers Ferry worked 1826 to 1885. Dr John Steele Duncan will lead ceremonies with a jubilee program and optional grove luncheon.
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John Brown
Harper's Ferry
John Steele Duncan
Democratic registrars reappointed in city districts
Democratic registrars for voting districts were named by county commissioners. The personnel remains unchanged from last year. Commissioner Joseph F. Rogan nominated them and the move was approved unanimously. Republican registrars will be named by the two Republican board members today or tomorrow. Registration date to be announced later under the permanent registration bill. Democratic registrars listed include Donald A. Stewart, Elizabeth F. Kinley, Amy V. Skinner, Mary C. Dempsey, Nell M. Swann, and Honor Maloney across wards and districts.
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Joseph F. Rogan
Rollo McCray
Helen Schluraif
Donald A. Stewart
Elizabeth FP. Kinley
Amy V Skinner
Mary C. Dempsey
M. Swann
Honor Maloney
Two Pittsburgh Men Injured in Titusville Auto Crash
Two Pittsburgh men, Earl Konstanzer 27 and Frank H. Massey 40, are in a Titusville hospital with severe injuries after their car rolled several times in heavy rain. Police said another vehicle driven by Percy Cole lost control and struck Massey’s car, causing the crash on the highway.
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Pittsburgh
Chautauqua
United Press
Titusville
Earl Konstanzer
Frank HC. Massey
Cheuteuqua Sale
Latten
Dyer
Percy Cole
Massey
Panaster
Konstanzer
New Storms Threaten Flood District During Gov Lehman Tour
Gov Lehman inspects stricken south central New York towns as heavy rains renew flood fears. Rivers and mountain streams rise, threatening lowlands while relief crews continue round the clock work to rebuild the Rood-town area.
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United Place
Watkins Glen
New York
Lehman
Sam
Rood
U S Watches African Crisis as Pact Urges Peace
Washington July 13 The United States will not invoke the Kellogg Briand pact in the Abyssinia Italy dispute but shows deep interest in the developing crisis. Secretary Hull issued a statement stressing peaceful settlement and called attention to the Paris pact in response to inquiries from reporters. Hull’s remarks followed Ethiopian and Italian exchanges and a meeting with the Italian ambassador.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Jay
Abyssinia
Italy
State Department
Cordell Hull
Hull
Ethiopia
Two Cent Cigarette Tax Effective Monday
Correites and residents throughout the state will pay two cents additional on each package of twenty cigarettes starting Monday when the new state cigarette tax goes into effect. Retail and wholesale dealers are applying for permits to sell cigarettes and the latter will act as agents of the state in supplying stamps. Retailers must obtain stamps for any cigarettes on hand next Monday, state officials emphasize.
Faces Quick Verdict in Kidnapping Case
Tacoma dispatch July 13 reports a jury of ten men and two women will decide the case of Margaret Waley, 19, Utah girl accused in the kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser. The federal judge’s charge remains with the jurors as deliberations pause.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
Utah
George Weyerhaeuser
B. Cushman
Slush Fund Alleged in Utility Bill Fight
Washington July 13 United Press staff correspondent reports Senate and House probes into a $301,865 expenditure by a lobbying group aimed at defeating the administration's utility holding company bill. Senate leader Hugo Black plans vigorous inquiry while House rules chief John OConnor seeks hotel records to show lavish entertaining by utility reps during the lobbying drive.
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Ronald G. van ‘Tine
United Press
Washington
Congressional
Fromre
Senate
Senate Committee
John Nance Garner
Hugo L. Black
Ala
Capitol
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Burlesque Queen Sought for Slaying in Chicago
Police traced a brutal murder in Chicago as a burlesque queen and her Chinese lover faced charges for killing a man named Ervin Lang and disposing of his body in a swamp. Bloodstained towels and a rooming house clue tied to Mrs Evelyn Smith and a man named Harry Jung. A confession by Blanch Dunkel, 50, that she paid $500 to have Lang removed emerged as key testimony.
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United Press
Chicago
Ervin Lang
Evelyn Smith
Harry
Agreement with Soviet Russia seals one year trade pact
The State Department announced a one year trade pact with Soviet Russia signed in Moscow. The Soviet Union pledged to buy goods worth up to 80 million dollars in the United States over the next year. The accord adds no special tariff concessions but mirrors terms of other reciprocal pacts. Execution starts immediately and may be cancelled by either side with 80 days notice.
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United Press
Washington
State Department Today
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
State Department
France braces for Bastille Day riots in celebration
Paris police massed as 42,000,000 French citizens began a three day Bastille anniversary celebration. Authorities reported raids on second hand stores for arms and interior ministry steps including deportations for fascist and left wing demonstrators. Airspace around Paris was restricted for private planes from 6 am to midnight. Officials warned of preventative arrests nationwide.
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United Press
Paris
Fo Capital
Bastille
Interior Ministry
Lomorvoy
Air Ministry
Huge funds approved for grade crossing elimination drive
Washington July 13 The administration approved rules to spend 400000.01 on farm to market road construction and grade crossing eliminations. Department of Agriculture will supervise labor divided into three classes with a per man year expenditure of 1400. At peak, 720000 workers are expected to be rehired.
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United Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
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