Roosevelt Orders Probe to End Tax Overlap
President Roosevelt instructed the treasury to investigate federal state and municipal tax systems to prevent overlapping. A national conference on taxation may follow next summer. Secretary Morgenthau will name a staff and the study aims to identify economical tax collection and potential federal involvement. The gasoline tax example shows shared levies among governments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt to Study Offers of Business
President Roosevelt will study offers from the business sector as he considers economic policies. Francis M. Stephenson reports from Washington that the administration weighs platform items and possible concessions to industry amid ongoing New Deal debates.
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Roosevelt
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Santa in Custody Over Christmas Cheer Charges
James Suk, playing Santa Claus in Cleveland Ohio, faced five police pickups on alleged intoxication charges before a judge granted him until December 27 to enter a plea.
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James Suk
Santa Claus
Cleveland, C
Santa Suk
Four Held in Slain Girl Ella Barker Case in Artie
Beckley West Virginia December 20 four men and a woman were held for the murder of Ella Barker eighteen shot Sunday at her uncle homes Artie coroner's jury ruled the girl died from a shotgun wound to the left side inflicted by an unknown party deputies Jess Gitional signed the warrant and homes was Deitig sent
Teachers of County Paid for December
About 21 000 dollars in December pay checks were distributed Wednesday by the Taylor County superintendent's office to teachers. The move granted him immunity from the lie.
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Taylor County
New York to Build Power Plant of Own
New York City may enter the power business to sell electricity directly to consumers as part of a broader municipal power push. Mayor La Guardia and officials discuss securing federal loans and potential expansion to other municipalities if private power firms keep high rates.
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New York
Washington
Reevelt
Manhattan
New York City
New York State
Morgenthau la Guardia
Mor=senthau
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Ickes
la Guardia
Indiana Senator Avers He'll Vote Against Holt
Washington reports Senator Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana says he would vote against Rush D. Holt if Holt seeks to take his seat before turning 30. Van Nuys cites the constitutional age limit of 30 as the obstacle. Holt would reach 30 on June 19.
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Indiana
Holt
Washington
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Congress
Senate
van Nuys
Five-bandit raid nets Philadelphia Electric cash haul
A gang of five robbers, one possibly the fugitive killer Robert Mais, held up a Philadelphia Electric Company branch and seized between 40 000 and 48 000 dollars in cash before fleeing in a waiting car. Two workers partially identified the leader as Mais, who escaped from Virginia prison while awaiting execution for a mail employee case. The heist was timed to occur as 60 company employees were inside.
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Philadelphia
Robert
Mais
Philadelphia Electric Company
Virginia
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Beulah Belle Beauty Shop Granted License After Error
A Sentinel correction explains a Beulah Belle Beauty Shop in the Y M C A building was not closed for lack of a license. The shop had just received a license to operate and continues to run as a holiday business. The note addresses a prior misstatement and clarifies the factual status.
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Beulah Belle Beauty Shop
Y. M. CA
Sentinel Item
Beulah Belle Shop
Ehan
Two Dead As Mob Attacks Tennessee Troops
Rioting in a rebelliious Tennessee city as a mob confronts National Guardsmen over a lynching case. Two guardsmen and several townsfolk are killed or wounded. the courthouse is burned, and threats of jail fire loom. Prisoner escape and fast troop movements are noted amid the chaos.
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Tenn
John Hightower
Associated Press
Shelbyville
Tennessee National Guards
James L. Morton
Bedford County
Morton
National Guardsmen
E. K. Harris
Nashville
Jdanov Elected Secretary of Leningrad Party Committee
Andrew Alexandrovich Jdanov is elected secretary of the Communist party control committee of the Leningrad region in Soviet Russia, succeeding Sergei Kirov who was recently assassinated. He is noted as one of the youngest members of Stalin's cabinet of nine.
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Andrew Alexandrovitch
Jdanov
Communist Party Control Committee
Leningrad
Soviet Russia
Sergei Kirov
Stalin
Couple Found Slain in Car in Cincinnati
A young man E. Li. Dobson, 29, and Miss Marie Jannitto, 23, daughter of a prominent tailor, were found dead today in a car near the girl’s home in Cincinnati. Police say the youth shot the girl then himself in a double murder suicide. a pistol lay behind the girl in the front seat. Dobson, from Huntington, W. Va., had moved here six months ago. The girl was shot in the left temple and the man in the right, suggesting the pistol fell from Dobson’s hand after the self-inflicted wound.
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Cincinnati
E. Li. Dobson
Marie Jannitto
Huntington
Dobson
John
Pee Ok
W. Va
Prominent West Virginia official Watson dies after operation
George T. Watson state compensation commissioner died in Charleston hospital at 7 24 am after an operation for complications of appendicitis He was born in Fairmont in 1831 and appointed to the post in March 1933 succeeding Lee Ott Watson had long coal mining ties and served in various executive roles with employers of large labor forces He was educated in Fairmont and served as superintendent of mines thirty five years ago and later led the Murray mine district Continued on page six.
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Charleston
George T. Watson
Watson
Fairmont
H. G. Kump
Lee Ott
Sylvanus
Jane Fleming Watson
West Virginia
Two Accused Slayers Hid By Officers In Jail
In Charleston on December 20 two men charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff Leammon Martin of Bales County are jailed in Kana Waha County awaiting a preliminary hearing. Martini was slain during the incident.
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Charleston
Leammon Martin
Bales County
Kana‘wha
Comple-X Martini
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