Names of Big Business Men In Tax Probe
Washington reports Treasury investigators named prominent leaders such as Du Pont Mellon and Raskob before a Senate committee. They outlined how personal holding companies could shift assets to reduce taxes, with examples showing large potential surcharges and disputed fairness.
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Washington
Treasury
du Pont
Mellon
Raskob
Senate-House
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Helvering
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Pierre du Pont
Thomas W. Lamont
Jacob Ruppert
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Roy W. Howard
W. S. Paley
Robert P. Scripps
E. W. Scripps
Scripps
Surtaxes
Vinson
Surtax
Rosell Magill
Hot Weather Advice Do Not Talk About It
A doctor urges readers to avoid stimulants, skip heavy drinks, and dress lightly in heat. Wear a hat, stay out of hospitals, and choose loose porous clothing. Men are advised to trade forms of dress for comfort and to prepare a personal list of heat safety "don'ts."
Strike settles for Fayette Plumb workers in St Louis
In St Louis on June 24 AP reports Joe Morris of CIO said Fayette R Plumb Inc axe manufacturers settled a strike of 150 workers. The agreement includes a five day forty hour week a ten percent wage rise for those under fifty cents per hour and a five percent raise for those earning over fifty cents.
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ST. Louis
Joe Morris
Steel Workers Organizing Committee of
CIO
Fayette R. Plumb, Inc
British Work To Allay New Scare of War
Madrid dispatch reports Spanish officials fear Germany and Italy plan to blockade ports as the Spanish civil war intensifies. Artillery duels shell Madrid while Basque defense expands near Ortuella and refugees suffer casualties. British French warships guard evacuees as Baleares sinks the government freighter Trinidad. The crisis prompts a possible non inter intervention policy statement in Parliament and a four power patrol review.
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House of Commmons
Ita
Germany
Spain
Madrid
Italy
Catalonia
Bilbao
Ortuelia
Gordejuela
Ortuella
Bilbao-Santander
Caranga
el Mercadillo
Santander
Baleares
Carmelita
Trinidad
Woman Exonerated in Slaying of Party Girl
CHICAGO June 24 AP A coroner's jury exonerated Mrs Ruth Freed of any connection with the July 2 1936 slaying of Miss Audrey Vallette a North Side party girl After nearly a year the jury found murder by a person or persons unknown Mrs Freed appeared voluntarily but declined to testify Four witnesses could not identify her as the woman seen leaving the hotel after Miss Vallette was slain
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Chicago
Ruth Freed
Audrey ‘Vallette
North Side
Freed
St Louis Man Acquitted In Payroll Case
The Missouri case centered on whether a legislative employee must be present in Jefferson City to receive pay. Judge Wheatley discharged Thomas King after hearing witnesses linking him to Hogan and Brady of St Louis. The judge cited lack of clear evidence of criminal act or regular capitol employment. The trial featured heated exchanges and personal remarks among attorneys.
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Jefferson City
Smith
Forrest Smith
King
Edward
Jellyroll) Hogan
St. Louis
Hogan
Opal Waul
House
Thomas King
Edward Brady
Ralph Fischer
Wheatly
Foud
Man Who Died Penniless Worth 15 Millions Once
Sam S. Bernard, 78, died penniless in Pueblo, Colorado, once reputedly worth 15 million dollars during Cripple Creek gold rush days. His Tulsa lawyer son Merrill S. Bernard and wife traveled to Pueblo. The elder’s fortune allegedly came from a miner’s grubstake while running a grocery store.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bernard
Steel Plants Reject Union Election Plan
The 7 state steel strike saw steel executives quit a Cleveland mediation conference and reject the CIO plan with the president as arbiter. Gov Earle moved to lift martial law in Johnstown while Ohio valley tensions eased as Warren and Mahoning grapple with stoppages and sympathy actions.
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Federal Mediation Board
C. IL
Johnstown
George H. Earle
Cleveland
C. LO
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Ohio
Mahoning Valley
Warren
Lionel Evans
Youngstown
Martin L. Davey
Mediation Board
FDR
Evans
Roosevelt
Mahondng Valley
Citizens’ Committee
Davey
C. I, GO
F. R. Schaefer
Niles Steel Products Co
Internationally Famous Engineer Succumbs at 72
Col. Hugh L. Cooper aged 72, renowned hydro electric engineer who led the Dnieper river project in Ukraine, Russia, died at his Stamford Connecticut home. His notable works include the 620000 horsepower Muscles Shoals Alabama project.
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New York
Hugh L. Cooper
Dnieper
Ukraine
Russia
Stamford
iConn
Muscles Shoals
Ala
People's Front Backed by Socialist Leaders in Paris Rally
In Paris the People's Front held a large brief mass meeting to confirm continued unity behind reform plans after Camille Chaumet formed the new cabinet. Socialist leaders led the crowd at Place de la Nation praising the new premier while markets welcomed the change and the crisis with Germany seemed eased. The cabinet planned decree powers to cut expenses and impose taxes but avoid full sweeping control over finance.
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Paris
People’s Front
Leon Blum J
Camille Chautemps
Place de la Nation
World of Finance
Germany
Girautemps
Hns
Blum
Senate
Leon Blum
Chautemps
President Roosevelt Opens Conferences on Jefferson Island
President Roosevelt embarked on the USS Potomac for a three day series of mass party conferences at the Democratic retreat on Jefferson Island. He planned to spend the night aboard the Potomac in Chesapeake Bay and reach shore in a small launch tomorrow morning.
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Potomac
Annapolis
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Six Year Old Girl Dies In Oklahoma Car Crash
In Miami Oklahoma on June 24 a collision between a car driven by George Chamberlin of Coffeyville Kansas and a car driven by Bob King of Miami killed six year old Darlene Fugit who was riding in Chamberlin’s sedan. The child was decapitated in the impact. other occupants were uninjured and no one was held.
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Miami
Okla
Darlene Fugit
George Chamberlin
Coffeyville
Kas
Bob King
Chamberlin
Iron Workers Refuse Union Join Threaten To Quit
Fifteen of the eighteen veteran employees at Schark Iron Works served notice on organizers for the fabricator's union of the A F L affiliate that they would quit before joining the union. A spokesman for the employees charged organizers with intimidation. Henry Schurk, owner of the plant, said the decision on union affiliation was theirs to make.
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ST. Louis
Schark Iron Workers
A. F. of L
Henry Schurk
Wichita police seize punchboards in tobacco store raid
Wichita authorities continued a broad crackdown on shambling devices as police seized punchboards valued at about 1509 dollars from a wholesale tobacco store. Three workers have joined the union amid ongoing labor activity.
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Wichita
Kas
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England
London
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Office
House of Commons Today
Britain
Shrine Leaders of Convention
Detroit
Clyde L. Webster
Imperial
Walter S. Slugden
Sistersville
W. Va
Spanish
Mounttains
San Diego County
Mars
Denver
Earth
American Association For the Advancement of Science Today
Jupiter
North America
Mars Ifakten
Mt. Wilson
Seth B. Nicholson
Elizabeth Sternberg Mulders
Alfred H. Joy
Ords
Oklahoma
Schlitz
Jos
Schlitz Hrewing Coq
Milwaukee, Wis
Arene
Tyeen
Doan
H. C. Asel Appliance Company
E. High St
Pope Drug Store
Phillips
Phill
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