House Passes Revamped Tax Bill Faces Opposition
In Washington a Ways and Means panel backed halting the Guffey coal stabilization bill as constitutional doubts and strong opposition emerged. Chairman Doughton said the full committee would act tomorrow, with a possibility the bill could reach the House without a formal recommendation after stripping title two authorizing a 100 million dollar coal purchase fund. President Roosevelt urged leaving constitutional questions to the courts.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Etel B. Hill
Wash
F. B
Roosevelt
Hill
Roosevelt approves seven point eight million white collar census
Washington August fifth announces a record seven million seven hundred eighty four thousand dollars in work relief funds for an all business activities census. The program begins January two with aims to gather data on operating units employment payrolls receipts and related business information for federal government and private use. Philadelphia to administer with West Virginia Kentucky Maryland Ohio and Pennsylvania receiving allocations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Phiadelphia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Love Rejected Spurs Dwarf to Shoot in Osage
Osage Iowa police report a 27 year old dwarf named Marshall Bascombe shot Miss M Megett after she rejected his love. He followed her to her rooming house and fired into her room, wounding her critically.
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Marshall Bascombe
Osage
M. Megett
Human Factor Declared Key In War On Crime
Washington August 5 1971 P D Singleton superintendent of West Virginia state police urged that individual and personal integrity form the core of policing alongside modern tools. He said the human element is essential for enforcement and requires scrupulous integrity, responsibility, sacrifice, and resistance to corruption in officers.
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Washington
P. D. Singleton
West Virginia
National Crime Prevention
Shingleton
Four Prison Guards Fired After Escape At Joliet
Joliet Aug 5 Four guards at the state prison were fired for inefficiency and negligence after Henry Midget Fernekes escaped while in visitor disguise. Captain Michael Leonard Frank Friend James Nolan and Robert Shaw were dismissed. Bowen said no bribery suspicion exists and noted gross carelessness. A $1000 reward was offered.
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Joliet
State Prison
Henry
Fernekes
A. L. Bowen
State Department of Public Welfare
Michael Leonard
James Nolan
Robert Shaw
Leonard
Bowen
Japan contracts with Ethiopia to ship guns
London report says Japan signed a contract Friday to supply a heavy consignment of arms and ammunition for Ethiopia's army modernization. A Japanese military and commercial mission was said to be dispatched, with discussions of a potential mandate in Addis Ababa.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Addis Ababa
Japan
Ethiopia
Britain
France
Chicago
Mendel
Italy
Ville W. Zenge
Louis Schatler Bauer
Walter J. Bauer
Cleveland
Zenge
Louise
Gun Battle in Front of Hotel Kills One
A sheriff said Elmer Stone, 40, of Kimball was shot to death in a gun battle in front of a Kimball hotel. A. R. Spence of Kimball awaited arraignment on murder charges as Wohlford, brother-in-law to both men, was wounded while sitting in Spence’s automobile. Stone had been with Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Spence who were about to leave Kimball after Mrs. Spence returned for clothing from Statesbury.
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Kimball
Colored Man Injured When Struck By Auto
Wes Beener a colored man from South Grafton was struck by a curbside auto on Latrobe street in front of the I O C F building. He suffered cuts to the leg and was treated surgically then sent home in good condition. the driver fled, the incident deemed an accident and no arrest was made.
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Latrobe Street
C. F
Wes Beener
South Grafton
Beener
Earl Wilson Shot Self at Minor Abel Farm
Earl Wilson, 22, a farm hand employed by Minor Abel, was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the left shoulder inflicted by himself early Sunday morning at the Abel residence on country club road. Police say he semi intoxicatedly handled a 38 caliber revolver, the bullet removed at City Hospital after entering the shoulder blade area.
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Earl Wilson
Abel Country Club Road
Minor P. Abel
Country Club Road
Able Farm
Wilson
Typhoon Kills Hundreds On South China Coast
A violent typhoon struck the South China coast near Amoy on August 5 killing or drowning hundreds. Southern Fukien province suffered heavy losses as streams flooded and many villages were submerged near Chuanchow, about 100 miles north of Amoy.
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Amoy
China
South China
Fukien
Chuanchow
Trainman Loses Legs But Fails to Lose Courage
In Philadelphia on Aug 5 a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman, John A. Marley, 42, lost both legs above the knees when a truck wheel passed over them while switching cars. He calmly smoked a cigarette, applied a tourniquet with a belt and a stick, and reassured his wife that he may faint later but is in good condition.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio
John A. Marley
Argument Over Wood Load Triggers Fatal Stabbing in Ston
In Ston, Pennsylvania, 36 year old Robert R. Shober died after a stabbing blamed on a wood load dispute. County Detective H J Manikheim planned to file charges against 54 year old Lyman W Cushing. Shober collapsed shortly after wandering to a settee with abdominal wounds. both men had delivered wood together Saturday and later argued.
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Ston, Pa
Aus
H. J. Manikheim
Robert R. Shober
Manikheim
Lyman W. Cushing
Shober
Setee
Cushing
Wood
Taylor county projects gain presidential approval in WV
President Roosevelt approved two Taylor County projects in West Virginia, totaling 4,829,245 dollars in federal funds. The Booths Creek highway costs 39,350 dollars with 38,223 dollars from federal aid, and field house work totals 4,080 dollars. The county receives far less than Barbour County’s 101,179 dollars in nearby allocations.
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PWA
Taylor County
Marion County
Boothsville
Field House
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Booths Creek
Barbour County
Reed Not Candidate for Office Seeks Delegate Role
Former Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania said he does not plan to seek further public office, aiming only to be a delegate-at-large to the 1936 Republican national convention. He voiced strong GOP support, urged clear positions on major issues, and criticized the New Deal while predicting a business boom if government stayed out of economic activity. Reed, 54, remains Republican National Committeeman from Pennsylvania and serves as a director at Union Trust, with continued ties to his firm and friends like Andrew Mellon.
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Pittsburgh
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Red
Reed
Union Trust Company
Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon
Union Trust
Two Infantile Paralysis Cases Listed in McDowell
Welch West Virginia August 5 Dr W C Hall health officer reported two cases of infantile paralysis in McDowell county He said members of two families are quarantined
Mob Fatally Attacks Black Suspect After Alleged Threat
In Pittsboro Mississippi a Black man Bodie Bates accused of frightening a white 22 year old woman was killed by a white mob that stormed Calhoun county jail. The mob overpowered a jail officer, seized keys, and dragged Bates to a river bridge where he died. Sheriff Powell confirmed the incident and said a cafe worker reported a man appeared at her window late Saturday night. Continued on page 4.
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Pittsboro
Miss
Bodie Bates
Calhoun County
Bates
Yalobusha River
Jack W. Powell
No Murder at Tygart Valley Dam Site
Sentinel reports no murder or serious assault occurred at the Tygart Valley dam project last night. After chasing tips all morning, the story proved fabrication from an overactive imagination, with officials denying any hospitalizations or police knowledge of the incident.
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Sentinel
Tygart Valley
Five Insane Prisoners Escape Missouri State Hospital
Five criminally insane inmates fled the Missouri State Hospital after overpowering staff. One, possibly Oliver Hamilton of St Louis, armed with a 45 caliber pistol, abducted workers and hijacked cars across central Missouri. The escape leader is Paul E. McCarick of Verona.
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Fulton
Missouri State Hospital
Missouri
Oliver Hamilton
St. Louis
T. B. Crosswhite
Columbia
Crosswhite
McCarick
Circus Accidents Draw Thrills Without Crowds
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on August 5 a runaway elephant at a circus injured J D Wilhelm and a Hagenback worker before workers subdued the animal with clubs and stones. Report notes the same elephant had killed a man in the south.
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Sunbury
J. D. Wilhelm
Hagenback
Wallace
Wilhelm
Huge Margin in Favor of Tax Measure
Washington reports a sweeping tax bill passed 282 to 98 by the House, sending it to the Senate amid anticipated bitter controversy. Senate Finance Chair Harrison aims to finish hearings by Wednesday and push a revised bill this week, with potential changes to inheritance taxes, surtaxes, and brackets. Riders may include soldiers bonus and Frazier Lemke refinancing proposals.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Representative Treadway
Mass
Harrison
Finance Committee
JAIL MAN IN BRUTAL CASE
Kansas City police and Missouri troopers arrested Clarence Edwards after the slaying of Dr. Paul Rodgers. Edwards said he stomped Rodgers to death during a drunken tussle that began as a playful scuffle. Rodgers’ body was found beside a lonely road along the Missouri river bottoms.
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Kansas City
Kus
Clarence Edwards
Paul Rodgers
Edwards
Kansas
T. Beatty
Dr. Rodgers
Jeff Edwards
Hal
Rodgers
Capt. Beatty
Asylum
Lonely Road
Missouri River
Capt
Beatty
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Marie Megett
Col. Shingleton
National Crime Prevention School
City Hospital
Paul Warden
South China Coast
M’dowell
Mississippi
Yar
Band
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