Committee Urges Major Increases in Personal Holding Taxes
A Senate House tax committee urged drastic rises in domestic personal holding company taxes to curb tax avoidance. The plan proposes a 100 million dollar eight point program plus changes to foreign holdings and undistributed net income treatment. It cites potential revenue gains and targets tokens of wealth like yachts estates and personal talents for higher taxation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Embezzlement And Forgery Charges Face K L Shipwash
Following a lengthy police and school system investigation, Elaner L. Shipwash chief of school maintenance was arrested last night on forgery and embezzlement charges. Authorities say he forged endorsements on payroll checks and padded payroll funds. He posted a 1000 bond and was released.
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Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Elaner L. Shipwash
Lexington Avenue
Shipwash
City School Board
Carroll
James Boulware
Leonard
Boulware
Mr. Shipwash
Greensboro-High Point
Railroad Strike Threat Dims After Wage Hike Rumors
In Cleveland on August 5, threats of a million-strong railroad strike eased after Washington announced a five-cent hourly wage increase for non operating workers, while operating brotherhoods vote looms. Separate city school board actions suspended a janitor payroll padding case against Shipwash as investigations unfold into forged checks and improper payments.
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Cleveland
Washington
Hwever
National Mediation Board
Otto 8. Beyer
Chinese Leaders Declare War as Japanese Advance Escalates
Chinese authorities move to defend population as Chiang Kai shek orders mobilization and Tokyo signals punitive actions. U S officials shift to safety plans for about 4 000 Americans in Shanghai and Anhwei while missionaries and educators fear impacts from rising hostilities. Consulars coordinate evacuations and safe zones as crisis deepens.
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Shanghat
China
A (Ap
United States
Eralissimo
Chiang Kai
American Missionari
North
Gauss
Shanghai
Iang
Anhwei
Typhoon in Korea Kills 130. 18 Hurt in North
Typhoon struck KeiJo in northern Korea causing heavy property damage. Reports say 130 people killed and 18 injured as weather disruption spread across the region.
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Keijo
Korea
Removal Differentials In Railroad Rates Imperative
Raleigh August 5 The Law Bureau Sir Hotel reports wage and hour bill in Congress will require removing railroad rate differentials against the South to sustain industrial prosperity. Stanley Winborne head of state utilities commission notes the Interstate Commerce Commission’s own investigation into these differentials as a hopeful sign. Originally a combination of Southern states filed Proceedings regarding rail rate disparities.
Guilford College Reports Record Enrollment and Budget
Guilford College officials described the school’s largest budget and student body in its history during the North Carolina Society of Friends meeting. The year saw 3853 regular students, 24 summer students, and two special students, amid a $152000 budget. Mary M. Petty of Greensboro was elected the first woman to its board.
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Guilford College
Clyde A. Milner
Dudley DeWitt Carroll
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Society of Friends
Guilford
Mary M. Petty
Greensboro
Tobacco taxes dominate federal revenue in 1936 37 year
Internal revenue data show tobacco tax receipts at 552 million dollars for the year ending June 1937, over ten percent of all federal taxes. Cigarettes drove most of this, totaling 476 million, with tobacco gains over the prior year and tobacco taxes far exceeding social security receipts.
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U. 8
Washington
Internal Revenue
Wheeler Assails Democrats Over Campaign Contributions
Senator Wheeler denounced the Democratic National Committee for soliciting campaign contributions from Roberts KR Young a New York railway magnate amid his summons by the Senate railroad investigating committee. Wheeler called the practice deplorable and warned it suggested money buys favors. Young testified he contributed about 815,000 to the convention.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Democratic National Committee Today
Roberts KR. Young
New York
Senate Railroad Investigating Committee
Young
Custody Battle Plays Out Over Adopted Son
Otto and Martha Horst seek permanent custody of 30 month old Donald who was taken by John Regan and Lydia Nelson. Donald, now at St Vincent's orphanage, was surrendered after Nelson and Regan claimed he was their son. Nelson vows to fight for the child while Horsts urge return.
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Donald Horst
Chicago
John Regan
Otto Horst
Regans
Donald
Otto
Martha Horst
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Horsts
W. F. Crowley
Lydia Nelson
Crowley
Miss Nelson
Silk Strike Not To Hurt England States Seriously
A TWOC spokesman said New England would feel only in a few isolated spots as silk workers plan a general strike next Monday. Hyman Blumberg, New England director, said most of the industry in the region is under contract.
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England
Boston
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
New England
Hyman Blumberg
TWOC
Grants under Old Age Act attract thousands in July
Raleigh August 5 Mrs W T Best state welfare commissioner said about 2500 applications for grants under the old age assistance and aid to dependent children programs were received during July. She estimated about 25000 persons would receive assistance by year end with old age grants averaging 12.20 and children's aid 5.65. Old age grants range from 5 to 80 dollars each.
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Raleigh
W. T. Best
Crop Control Legislation Must Precede Crop Loans
A group of Southern congressmen said President Roosevelt insists crop control legislation must come first before any crop loan discussion. Representative Ford noted the President might back loans on basic commodities if assured a crop control bill is the initial item in January. Ford described a satisfactory conference and a push for stabilizing commodity prices.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Representative Ford
D. Miss
Ford
Complaint Filed Against Goodyear Over Labor Turmoil
The National Labor Relations Board regional office in Atlanta filed a complaint against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co of Gadsden Alabama charging it sponsored acts of terrorism aimed at United Rubber Workers and other unions. A hearing is set in Gadsden August 12, with charges filed by B T Garner international representative of the United Rubber Workers of America.
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Atlanta
National Labor Relations Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Gadsden
Ala
United Rubber Workers
Charles N. Feildson
NLRB
B. T. Garner
United Rubber Workers of America
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
Physician Dr. Matheson Fatally Killed in North Carolina Crash
Dr. J F Matheson, wealthy Charlotte physician, died when his car veered off a highway near Hartsville. Nurse Mrs J T Bowell and chauffeur Julius Kellogge were seriously injured. Eight year old Nicholas Lowell escaped unharmed. Police noted a curved road, 30 foot fill, and a head on crash into a willow tree as the cause.
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Hartsville
N. C
J. F.matheson
Charlotte
Here
J. T. Bowell
Julius Kellogge
Lowell
Nicholas
R. P. McClelland
Lionel Harvin
Hoyt Bailey
Dr. Matheson
Myrtle Beach
French Prisoners Transferred Today
Two Frenchmen condemned to death by Spanish insurgents for plotting to spread disease germs among Generalissimo Francisco Franco's troops were brought from Pamplona to FUENTERRABIA today. The men Louis Chabrat and Jean Roujennec are held pending further investigation.
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Fuenterrabia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Pamplona
Louis Chabrat
Jean Roujennec
Wage Hour Bill To Come Up In House Thursday
In Washington the House plans to take up the administration wage and hour bill late Thursday with a rule for debate set for Wednesday. Housing legislation is expected to occupy the chamber early next week and a Saturday session may follow if the sugar control bill remains unsettled. Progress toward adjournment by August 21 faces pressure from demands for general farm measures as southern lawmakers press President Roosevelt on crop control over crop loans.
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Washington
Bankhead
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Ford
D-Miss
Mooney Seriously Ill In California Prison
Tom Mooney, 54, is seriously ill in San Quentin. Prison physician Dr. Leo L. Stanley and Stanford Medical School doctor Dr. Leo Bloesser, hired by Mooney’s counsel, believe he would recover after the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing in which 10 people died.
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San Rafael
Calif
Tom Mooney
San Quentin
Leo L. Stanley
Leo Bloesser
Stanford University Medical School
Mooney
San Francisco
Explosion at Paterson plant kills worker and injures many
An explosion at a Paterson brake lining plant demolishes a brick building. At least one man, John Loughrey of Paterson, is confirmed dead, with two score injured and several in critical condition. Dozens remain hospitalized.
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Paterson
N. J
John Loughrey
Coleman Brooks Shot to Death in Concord
Coleman Brooks age 25 was found shot through the heart shortly after midnight. Coroner N J Mitchell ruled death by own action in Concord with details from the morning report.
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Concord
Coleman Brooks
N. J. Mitchell
Bronx janitor charged over Earhart hoax and rail track savings
A Bronx janitor Wilber Rothar, 42, held on $20,000 bail for allegedly extorting $2,000 from publisher George Palmer Putnam by claiming he found Amelia Earhart alive. Rothar confessed the tale was a hoax after $1,000 cash and a $1,000 check were given. A tentative city project with Southern Railway seeks to save about $25,000 by using gravel from the city pit as ballast and adjusting the track contract.
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New York
Bronx
Wilber Rothar
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
mid-Pacific
Rothar
Putname
High Point Southern Railway
E. M. Knog
B. Herman
W D. C
Southern
Herman
Spanish forces defend Madrid Valencia lifeline road
Spanish government troops fortified positions north of a Cuenca highway to halt Moorish insurgents. A communique claimed victory after close combat ten miles southwest of Teruel, with reports of heavy enemy losses. Northern Spain saw gains as an insurgent gunboat sunk a small unident trawler.
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Associated Press
Cuenca
Teruel
Aras
Spain
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Panama
Miller C. Foster
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Roy Keeley
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