Roosevelt taxes shift burden from rich to workers
John D. M. Hamilton, Republican chair, decries Roosevelt policy as exhausting wealth and shifting the tax load to working people. He cites tax receipts rising since 1933 and claims 40 percent of taxes came from income tax earners in 1933 and 60 percent from consumers in 1947, arguing the securities act and Wagner act deplete capital and harm industry.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Hamton
Transicente
Black bear found in haystack in park
Livingston reports a big black bear emerged from a fresh hay stack at Yellowstone Station during morning feed for 600 buffalo. Keeper Harry Trischman chased the sleepy bear as it fled toward the Lamar River Valley, likely seeking a nap warm spot to continue resting.
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Jan
Yellowstone
Harry Trischman
Buffalo Ranch
Lamar River Valley
Bruin
Trischmans
Trischrman
Roosevelt appeals for 1.1 million for Chinese civilians
President Roosevelt urged Americans to contribute 1 1 million to aid Chinese civilians in distress. The Red Cross would collect through its 4700 chapters with Admiral Caryl Grayson as chair. He urged prompt generous gifts and said outside help was needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
Ed Cross
Red Cross
Caryl Grayson
International Red Cross Committee
Rolling Rock Kills Two at Elkhorn Negro High
A 10-ton rock crashed down a mountain tearing a 12 foot hole through Elkhorn Negro High School today. Two students, Junior Hughes 16 and Johnny Robinson 18, were killed. A teacher and three other students were injured. County school superintendent Marbury George W. Bryson estimated damage at about $5,000.
On the Record Dorothy Thompson highlights Jewish exodus and fear
Dorothy Thompson surveys harsh anti Jewish moves in Germany and Romania noting council appeals to the Reich government as per December events. She cites expulsions and diminishing Jewish assets and youth prospects, with references to Sehnacht resignation and fascist moves.
Snarling Seadlund Held in Chicago for Murder
The unruly prisoner John Henry Seadlund was held without bail today on charges tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He allegedly confessed to prosecutors and faced arraignment before U S Commissioner Walker. Seadlund, restrained and escorted by federal agents, created a disturbance during transport, kicking a photographer and a news reel operator. The indictment covers kidnapping near Chicago on September 25, moving the victim to a hideout near Emily Minnesota, ransom of sixty thousand dollars, and the killing October 10 near Spooner Wisconsin. A grand jury presentation was planned for Friday as part of the case leading toward the electric chair.
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Dan
John Henry Seadlund
Wal
Charles &. Ross
U 8
Rawin &. Walker
Grand Jury
Seadlind
Federal Bureau
Ren
Walker
Seadlund
Toss
Emily
Minn
Rancom
Baily
Spooner
Wis
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Reed nomination advances to Senate for Supreme Court seat
Solicitor General Stanley F Reed wins unanimous endorsement from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leaders expect confirmation by the full Senate next week as Reed, 63, is nominated to succeed retired Justice George Sutherland on the Supreme Court with President Roosevelt pressing for quick action.
NOE DETERMINED TO RESUME FAST
Memphis Tenn Jan 2 LP The Rev Israel Harding reluctantly ends his 22 day fast to join doctors again in efforts to restore strength to his ravaged body for the purpose of hastening his recovery He declares the fast broken by well meaning friends and drinks orange juice and water as part of the plan to resume healing after being removed as dean of St Marys Episcopal cathedral for religious vagaries to Bishop James M Maxon
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel
Harding Noo
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
James M. Maxon
Lawmaker Urges Honest Effort to Boost Business Recovery
Representative Woodrum of Virginia told the House that a deliberate honest effort toward balancing income and outgo would be the greatest contribution Congress could make to business recovery.
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Washington
Woodrum
D. Va
Howse
Congress
Farm Tenant Purchase Program committee named in Montana
The Farm Security Administration in the state announced an eight member committee to select Montana counties for starting the farm tenant purchase program under the Bankhead Jones act. Tom Horsford of the FSA will chair the group with appointees including J Taylor Lester Gore Leo Cohener R A land F H Richardson W S Batley W C Sirmcher and F Lyman. The committee will choose final loan recipients under the act.
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Farm Security Administration
Montana
Tom Horsford
Farm Security Administrators Rehabilitation Division
J. Taylor
Montana State College
L Extension Service
Bozeman
Lester l Gore
Great Falls
The
Montana Farmer
Leo Cohener
Brody
R. A. Land
Antelope
F. H. Richardson
Columbus
W. S. Batley
Corvallis
W. C. Sirmcher
Townsend
F. Lyman
Sventry A. Wallace
Senator Milton Seated Despite Labor's Charge
In Washington Sac 94 4 John Milton a Jersey City lawyer became the junior senator from New Jersey despite a labor protest. Labor's Nonpartisan league charged he is unfit and owes his appointment to a political machine led by John Milton and mayor Frank Hague. Governor A Harry Moore attended the swearing in?><
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A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
John Milton
United States
Moore
Milton
Port of New York Authority
Frank Hague
Jersey City
N. J
Washington, Sac
Garner
Elections Committee
Labor
Nonpartisan League
KE. L. Oliver
Carl Kolderman
New Jersey League
Senate
League
Jnrsey
Hague
Brlen Hopes Labor Movement 1 To Be United
In Miami on January 24 President William Green of the AFL expressed hope for a truce with the Committee for Industrial Organization. He said the executive council opening its mid winter meeting is not in a belligerent frame and may proceed judiciously on whether to expel the United Minn Workers Amalgamated Clothing Workers and others with suspended charters. The council aims to unite the labor movement while weighing potential reorganizations.
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Miami, Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
AIL. Executive Council
C.so
United Minn Workers
Amalgamated Cloning Workers
Br Afl
Green
Rosamond Pinchot Gaston Dies By Suicide At Estate
Rosamond Pinchot Gaston ex actress known for The Miracle was found dead in her locked car at a Brookville Long Island estate. A garden hose ran from the exhaust into the car as investigators said death was self-inflicted. Her two young sons, ages 3 and 6, were on site with the family. The notes found near the body were not disclosed.
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Oxeter Bay
Rosamant Pinchot
Merloal
Lewis
Filmore
Nexsau County
Brookville
Long Island
Miss Finchot
Amos Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Willam Gaston
William
James
Six Lost Auss Fliers May Be Ewing Still
Seatlie, Jan. 24. Explorer Y. Stefansson said he believed the six Soviet airmen lost in the Arctic since last August 13 may be alive. He noted a 50-50 chance they landed safely and, if so, another 50-50 chance they still survive in the Arctic. Stefansson is president of the Explorers Club in New York that helped coordinate the search for Sigismund Levavetsaky and his five companions.
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Haxplorer
Y. Stefansson
Arctic
Stefansson
Explorers Club
New York
Sigismund Levavetsaky
Sago School Strike Prolonged Amid Student Protests
In Saco Montana on January 24, about 100 junior and senior high students paraded through streets instead of attending classes as the school strike continued unmitigated. Superintendent Harry M Ross, after talks with Phillips County authorities, issued a public statement denouncing the board’s failure to reinstate him for the 1938 39 year and signaling possible court action.
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Saco
Mont
Sffike
Malta
Phillips County
Harry M Ross
Ross
Io Hava
Icy Water Ageing Strikes Midwest Region
A sudden surge of icy waters forced over 600 families from their homes across northwest Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and eastern Iowa. Highways and railroads were impeded as rivers swelled. Eddie Proctor, 6, drowned trying to ford a dry run to school in Amboy. Rockford bore the worst impact, with rescues and widespread disruption as temperatures dropped and rain turned to snow.
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Rockford
Ilanoia
Wisconsin
Iown
Eddie Proctor
Amboy
Peoria
Ilinois
Be Toit
Wia
Air Attacks Reported Across China as War Stagnates
Shanghai reports a new wave of damaging air raids by both sides as the conflict shifts to the air. Japanese planes strike northern central and southern sectors and target Suchow near Nanking while Chinese air activity concentrates along the Yangtze above Nanking. Shantung fighting continues with little change in the front.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Nanking
Suchow
Shantung Provinces
Digkey Honored By Zone Publishers
Portland Oregon January 24. The Pacific Northwest Newspaper association closed with a policy discussion on advertising and labor issues. Fourty daily papers were represented and Officers and the board of directors were reelected, including J H Dickey Jr of Montana Standard and William H Cowles Jr of Spokane Chronicle and Spokesman-Review.
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Portland
Oro
Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association
Daily News
J.H. Dickey, Jr
Montana Standard
Butte
William H. Cowles, Jr
Spokane Chronicle and Spokesman
Feriew Board of
Spanish Rebels Declare Yankee Force Wiped Out
In Persignan France at the Spanish Frontier Jan 34 AP report says government evacuated Toniel after a month of battle. Insurgent dispatches claim Franco's troops hold three positions near the city as American volunteers attack El Muleton hill southwest of Persignan. Government says Washington and Cincinnati battalions wiped out two squadrons of insurgent Moorléh cavalry. Balmanca source notes Walter tangs unit decimated by machine gun fire with high casualties.
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France
Toniel
Gove
Franco
el Muleton
Vol
Washington
Hepater
Balmanca
Walter Tangs
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