Tax measure faces battle from Senate
A newly shaped tax plan aims to raise 800 million dollars via penalty taxes on undistributed corporate profits and revisions to revenue. It faces opposition in the Senate yet administration leaders expect passage after conference committee approval. Roosevelt is said to back the plan to push for higher corporate distributions and dividend taxes.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate House
House
Senate
Relief Funds Set at 3.27 Billion for Relief and Public Works
Washington reports President Roosevelt and aides will have 3.271 billion dollars for relief and public works in the new fiscal year starting July 1. The amount is enough to provide jobs for more than 3 million at current relief costs, with a 2.375 billion dollar deficiency relief bill awaiting the President’s signature. Legislative steps will also study long range relief problems as the program is pushed into high gear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Black & Decker guards fingerprinted after plant clash
Forty six company guards from the Black & Decker Electric Company were fingerprinted at city hall in Kent Ohio for arraignment on shooting with intent to wound. They were removed from the plant after a day of armed conflict following an entry earlier and strike pickets remained at the plants. All guards were booked as residents of Cleveland.
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Kent
Black & Decker Electric Company
City Hall
Cleveland
Record heat persists with 104 degree reading
The local weather observer logged 104 degrees at 1 PM today. Thursday hit 105 for the year’s hottest day, while 103 degrees were recorded on Wednesday and Tuesday.
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Mercury
Erring Pressed Again to Seek Democratic VP Nomination
Clyde L. Erring Iowa's new deal governor said he was urged once more to pursue the Democratic nomination for vice president. The report notes continued encouragement from party figures as he weighs the bid.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Erring
Iowa
Decatur Citizens Urge Unanimous Re-Vote on School Tax
Decatur voters approach Saturday ballot on continuing the three mill school tax. Prominent local leaders including Mayor James A Nelson and school officials urge a unanimous vote to maintain a nine month term and prevent school reductions. Endorsers stress the tax is essential, longstanding, and necessary for full term education.
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Decatur
A. H. Hoff
Board of Education
Guard slain as three convicts escape from Texas prison farm
Three long term convicts attacked and killed guard Felix Smith at a Texas state prison farm plowing squad. The escapees T. N. Atkinson Luke Trammel and Forrest Gibson fled on horses and mules into dense brush after overpowering the guard, who was armed with two pistols.
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Prison Farm
Tex
Felixa
Smith
T. N. Atkinson
Luke Trammel
Forrest Gibson
Clash Report From Horman Province Out Posts Exchange Fire
Reports say Kwangsi and Nanking out posts in Horman province exchanged shots all day Wednesday. No major clash suspected. Foreign missionaries in the area were believed to have evacuated to Changsa as troop movements continued.
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Canton
China
Kwangsi
Nanking
Horman Province
Changsa
Eden View Under Fire Over Italo-Ethiopian Policy
London protests erupt as labor leaders condemn the government's backing of suspension of sanctions against Italy. Four antiwar leaders accuse the cabinet of betrayal of the League of Nations and plan a national campaign, led by Clement Attlee, to seek a vote of censure against Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
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London
League of Nations
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Elephant executed in San Francisco for keeper death
Wally the elephant, executed for killing his keeper, was opened for examination today as researchers inspected parts of the six ton carcass.
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San Francisco
Wally
Rain Relieves Drought Across Two Regions
Rain spread relief across the Pacific Northwest and drought-stricken plains while heat lingered in the Central Plains. Temperatures topped 110 in Kansas and reached 118 in California as farmers faced grasshopper damage and sought federal aid. Senate and administration officials discussed drought relief and Resettlement Administration support.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Oene
Middle Plains
Central Sea
Thomas Berry
South Dada
South Dakota
Washington
Murphy
Kans
Clinton
Okla
Scottsbluff
Neb
Pueblo
Colo
Crop prospects weaken as drought bites western plains
A Federal crop reporting board statement notes no figures but warns spring grains and hay crops declined in the first half of June. Conditions are critical in Western North and South Dakota and Eastern Montana with partial relief in parts of the Southeast and Ohio Valley. In Atlanta, overnight showers end a 70 day drought, rainfall aids fields but damages exceed 150 million dollars. park campfire bans curb wildfire risk.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
North
South
Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio Valley
New York
Nebraska
Rio Grande River
Atlanta
J. Ross Eakin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Westminster church meeting on finances at 7 tonight
All men of Westminster Presbyterian church are asked to meet in the church auditorium tonight at 7 o'clock to discuss the financial affairs of the church. The change of time from 5 30 to 7 is to allow the meeting to end before 8.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Triple Death Puzzles Pittsburgh Police In East End
The bodies of University of Pittsburgh instructor Martin Feely wife Eleanor and their two children were found in their East End home. Officials debate whether it was a triple murder or a murder suicide, with evidence including a rope, a radiator pipe, a butcher knife, and an ice pick.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
East End
Martin J. Feely
Pitt
Pottersville
N. J
Robert
Janice
Eleanor Feely
George Schmetzer
Hersis
John Artz
James L. Davidson
Charles F. Young
Mrs. Feely
New Jersey
Feely
Mrs
Sweetheart
Sweetie
Martie
Grace Stansbury
Rightists Defy Dissolution Orders in Paris Labor Reform Debates
In Paris on June 19 officers reported defiant rightist leaders refuse to disband four armed leagues. The Senate passed Premier Blum's 40 hour week law by 182 to 84 after a rightist push to condition reform on broader international action. About 200000 workers remained on strike as violence stayed limited.
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Paris
France
Croix de Feu
Fiery Cross
League For French Solidarity
Young Patriots
Francistes
Senate
Leon Blum
Pon International Acba
Woman Pleads Innocent in Husband Murder Case
Mrs Mildred Mary Bolton, 40, a widow, pleaded innocent to murder of her husband Joseph Bolton, 44, an insurance broker. Chief Justice Dennis J Normoyle arraigned her and assigned the case to Judge Robert C O'Connell who was to set a trial date Monday.
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Chicago
Mildred Mary Bolton
Joseph
Dennis J. Normoyle
Criminal Court
Normoyle
Robert C. O'Connell
Minister Seeks Verdict Set Aside in Paige Affection Case
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 19 Rev Eckine M Gattis 44 asked Judge Barnhill to set aside a jury verdict ordering him to pay Hoke Paige 18000 for alienating Mrs Paige's affections Paige sought 40000 accusing Gattis of breaking up the home The Paige couple separated about a year ago Mrs Paige testified denying any intimate relation with the minister and said her husband's drinking and instability were factors The judge was expected to rule on the post trial motions after two days of testimony and defense motions to set aside the verdict
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Raleigh
N. C
Eckine M. Gatts
M. W. Barnhill
Hoke Paige
Gattis
Paige
Mrs. Paige
Barnhill
France to reassert gold return aims in parliament
Paris June 19 Vincent Auriol the finance minister told the chamber of deputies that the French franc would not be devalued and France would strive to recover the large sums of gold and other capital previously sent abroad, signaling a push to repatriate wealth.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Chamber of Deputies
France
Admiral Sims in Boston Hospital to Undergo Minor Operation
In Boston on June 19 Admiral William S. Sims, commander of American naval forces in European waters in World War I, remained unchanged in condition at Deaconess Hospital. Hospital authorities said he entered earlier in the week and would probably have a scheduled minor operation later today.
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Boston
William 8S. Sims
Sims
Eclipse Shadows Across Soviet Lands Spark Observations
Instruments of scientists studied the brief eclipse across the Soviet Union from Tuapse to Khabarovsk. Expeditions photographed and measured the sun, testing Einstein theory amid clear and clouded weather, with crews airborne and on land as peasants watched and locusts interrupted fields.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Mediterranean
Japan
Soviet Union
Tuapse
Khabarovsk
Sea of Japan
Kustanal
Georgetown University
National Geographic Society
Ak-Bulak
University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ak Bulak
Omsk
Belo Rechenskaya
el Sea
Krasnoyarsk
Mrs Pannie FE Cagle dies. longtime Decatur resident
Mrs. Pannie FE Cagle, 63, died at 9 25 PM Thursday at her home 318 Johnston Street after months of illness. Funeral services will be at 2 30 PM Saturday at home, Rev N Hart officiating, burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Survived by brother W B Skelton of Decatur and cousin Mrs C L Cox of Memphis. She was widow of H B Cagle once prominent in the local theatre scene. Pallbearers named C H Eyster Lamar Penney Hewyatt D L Blackwell Hugh Terry Joe Terry. Mrs Cagle was a longtime well known Decatur woman.
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Pannie FE. Cagle
Johnston Street
W. B. Skelton
Decatur
C._L._Cox
Memphis
H. B. Cagle
C. H. Eyster
Lamar Penney
Hewyatt
D.L. Blackwell
Hugh
Joe Terry
Nine children drown when boat capsizes at Maine picnic
In Machias Maine nine children were reported drowned when a boat carrying fifteen youngsters from a Lake Gardner picnic overturned near town. Lifesaving crews recovered bodies as rescue operations followed the incident at Lake Gardner.
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Machias
Maine
Lake Gardiner
Negro woman makes bond in gas case near Hartselle
Etta Oldacre, a negro woman, posted $1,000 bond after a grand jury indicted her for abortion connected with the death of 19 year old Lonnie Mae Smith of Decatur on April 4 near Hartselle. Coroner's autopsy found the girl in a delicate condition with organ injury. Viscera sent to Auburn toxicologist. embalmed body hindered poison testing. Court adjourned as capital cases begin Monday. other rulings included burglary conviction and whiskey manufacturing acquittal.
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Etta Oldacre
Liberty
Lonnie Mae Smith
Decatur
Hartselle
A. A. Griffith
J. Street Sandlin
Walton, Blalock
P. H. Sandlin
Miss Smith
I Goes
Fee Vie
Meadouty Debok
Smith
A. A. Derffith
John Alvis
Robert Black
Weaver Denton
Johnnie Mangrum
Lawrence Layton
Oldacre
Philly Welcomes Democrats as Convention Looms
Philadelphia flags waved as the city prepared for visiting Democrats ahead of the national convention. In Washington leaders of the New Deal drafted policy statements on farm aid money and relief. A farm plank may be proposed with four features including support for the AAA soil conservation program with subsidy payments to farmers.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Wallace
Resolutions Committee
AAA
Roosevelt Jr. Loses Shirt as Harvard Team Beats Yale
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr rowed No. 6 in the Harvard shell in the varsity race against Yale. Yale won the race and took the shirts of the losing oarsmen under an old Yale Harvard custom.
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New London
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Yale
Weather notes from Tennessee Alabama and Florida region
Maximum temperature 105 and minimum 77 recorded in the past 24 hours. Tennessee River falling to 2.7 feet with no rainfall. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect fair conditions tonight with Saturday partly cloudy. Tennessee forecast shows little change in temperature through Friday and Saturday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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