Modern Business Methods Draw Fire In Probing Lobbying
Senator Schwellenbach chief among critics as House and Senate committees broaden inquiries into lobbying practices. Leaders Black and O Connor pledge exhaustive probes into campaign funding and the use of fake telegrams in the utility bill fight. The hearings target Associated Gas and Electric and the network of holding companies with $50 000 appropriations and aims to reach broad reform.
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Father Knickerbocker Prepares For Dewey Led Probe
New York July 20 Father Knickerbocker braces for a new municipal inquiry led by Thomas E Dewey the 33 year old former U S attorney He will investigate conditions under a Fusion Republican mayor Fiorello H La Guardia and follow prior Seabury exposes on vice gambling and bail bond rackets The probe opens July 29 before an extraordinary grand jury and grows from policy operators ties to ball bondsmen with a claim that the numbers game brings 100000000 yearly, mostly from the poor.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Herbert H. Lehman
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J. Richard Davis
Arthur “Dutch Sehults
Filegenheimer
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Nazi Purge of Clergymen and Jews Gathers Impetus
A new Nazi purge of opposition accelerates through the Reich targeting Jews clergymen and war veterans. Julius Streicher would head efforts to oust Jews from Berlin or segregate them, while Catholic priests face cautions on political sermons. Prosecutions threaten swift punishments as secret police move to dissolve Stahlhelm and other groups. The papal nuncio protested anti Catholic measures as broadcasts warn of wholesale arrests.
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Ethiopia Holds Line as Italy Presses War Claims
Emperor Haile Selassie denounces Italy’s march toward war and vows to defend Ethiopian territory to the last man. Italy protests in Addis Ababa as London eyes Geneva council action and Mussolini’s terms remain unchanged.
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Dail Dies After Car Collision Near Elizabeth City
In Weeksville resident J M Dail aged 79 died from injuries after a collision near Elizabeth City. The crash involved a car driven by his daughter Mrs M C Muse and another vehicle driven by D R Forbes of Camden.
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Goldsboro Man Drowns in river incident
Goldsboro July 20 AP Paul Blackman of Goldsboro drowned today in a river incident. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful as authorities recovered the body.
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New Deal Receives ABA Approval Amid Criticism
The American Bar Association approved the New Deal overall while voices criticized policies such as the NIRA the AAA the processing tax and the social security act. James M Beck urged the Supreme Court to rule the processing tax unconstitutional and condemned the share the wealth interpretation by Henry Wallace.
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AAA
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Supreme Court
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Congress To Work Until Labor Day
Congress faces a slow return with likely adjournment after Labor Day as leaders debate tax bills and deferral of major measures. Senate and House plan work on the AAA reform, banking, and alcohol control while targeting passage of the tax recovery bill and the second deficiency appropriation.
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Senate Deadlock on AAA Acts After Ten Days
After ten days of debate the Senate failed to finish the AAA amendments to the New Deal farm program. The chamber rejected a rayon tax proposal and considered a substitute loan measure for cotton cooperatives. Debate focused on processing taxes, foreign trade concerns, and the potential impact on cotton textiles.
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George
Sun Claima
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D-Ga
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D-Ny
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Snell Attacks Roosevelt Tax Plan in Action on Capitol Hill
House Republican leader Snell accused President Roosevelt of pushing a dangerous tax program and veering toward impeachable grounds. He criticized the administration for unconstitutional actions, urging review of failures and warning the New Deal could ruin legislative stability.
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Samuel B. Hill
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Mrs Connolly Heads Veterans Auxiliary
Mrs Francis Connolly of Irvington New Jersey was reelected national commander of the Women s Auxiliary to the Disabled American Veterans in New Haven Connecticut. Also named were senior vice commander Maude Sargent of Kansas City Missouri and first junior vice commander Catherine Brumbaugh of Asheville North Carolina.
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