Solon Proposes Tax Plan To Raise Revenue
Senator La Follette offers a plan to raise 226 million dollars yearly by increasing income tax rates as part of resolving a revenue gap after the Roosevelt administration questioned the house tax bill. Senate leaders search for a permanent remedy, with Morgenthau seeking to recoup 517 million lost when AAA processing taxes were struck down.
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Washington
LaPollette de Wis
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Treasury
Harrison
Miss
Senate
Woman Stowaway Says She Is Happy Now
Mrs Even S Draper wife of a former Massachusetts state senator told her husband by cable that she feels better and plans to return to New York on the next westward voyage due to lack of a passport. The Cunard liner Georgic carried her as she hid aboard during a 10 day search after disembarking in London. Immigration rules require she depart on the ship she traveled on.
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London
Even S. Draper
Draper
Hopedale
Mass
Georgia
New York
England
Owl snags goldfish at home of H C Wannamaker
An owl captured a goldfish from a backyard pool in Orangeburg South Carolina then perched in a tree as H C Wannamaker Sr and neighbors tossed rocks at it. The incident occurred after a night awake and underscores the old maxim about the early bird.
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Orangeburg
S. C
H. C. Wannamaker
Wannamaker
Pupils Host Class Breakfasts At Central High
The domestic science class at Central High plans and serves a series of breakfasts and luncheons prepared by students. Dorothy Rose Swatzel hosted the first with Annie Lou Johnson assisting. Guests included Miss Ethel Rhinehart Miss Lila Pritchett and others.
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Central High
Dorothy Rose Swatzel
Annie Lou Johnson
Ethel Rhinehart
Lila Pritchett
Lucile Russell
J. D. Go A
Kathleen Brazelton
Mildred Swatzel
Marie Goode
Anita Fretwell
Ada Ruth French
Mary Emens
Mary Roberson
Ruby Smith
Wanda Newsome
Eloise Sparkman
Charlotte Reeves
Evelyn Sneed
Three boys fire historic rifle causing damage in Dixon
In Dixon Illinois on May 1 three youths found a large caliber museum piece rifle. They aimed at a tree but fired through a greenhouse wall and a house hitting a framed picture. The slug lodged above the Toots during dinner as the boys surrendered the gun to authorities.
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Dixon, Ill
George Toot
Smiley Withdraws Candidacy for Democratic Committee Woman
Velma B Smiley who qualified as a candidate withdrew though her name will appear on ballots in some counties John D McQueen chair of the state democratic executive committee said the decision came too late to stop her name and that remaining candidates are Mrs Malone of Dothan and Mrs J Meyfield of Tuscaloosa.
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Velma B. Smiley
Democratic National Committee
John D. McQueen
Democratic Executive Committee
Ines
A. ¥. Malone
Dothan
J. J. Meyfield
Tuscaloosa
More Money for WPA Approved in Alabama
Orville Bush, on behalf of Governor Bibb Graves, reported Roosevelt approved three WPA projects in Alabama. The funds include 34,238 for Walker county garment and rug work centers, 5,131 for a two story addition to Tarrant School, and 2,447 to extend a water line from Birmingham to the Shades Mountain children’s fresh air camp.
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Washington
Wired
Roosevelt
Alabama
Walker County
Tarrant
Birmingham
Childrens Fresh Air
Shades Mountain
Kidnap Victim's a Big Girl Now
June Robles of Tucson Arizona was abducted for ransom as a child and held in an underground coffin for 19 days. Now eight years old she appears happy and healthy and recalls little of the terror.
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June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
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