Budget row and tax bill move through Congress
Forsyth legislator R. D. McDonald accuses the budget bureau of falsifying its general fund surplus estimates the surplus reported at 1 708 355 in cash operations and 712 258 in the altered budget bureau report. In Washington the tax bill expands to tax more than 7 000 individuals and aims for quick passage before the August adjournment while Senate Democrats prepare to block amendments.
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Forsyth
State Department
Winston-Salem
Budget Bureau
R. D. McDonald
McDonald Block
General Fund
Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Judge Upholds Agricultural Adjustment Act in Memphis Suit
Federal Judge John D. Martin upheld the act's constitutionality in dismissing a $6,863 tax payment suit by Jacob G. Lacroix of a Memphis packing company. The judge also denied an injunction to stop a $1,267 penalty for late tax return filing. an appeal to the Supreme Court was anticipated.
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Memphis
Tenn
John D. Martin
Martin
Jacob G. Lacroix
Packing Company
United States Court of Appeals
First Circuit
Court of Appeals
Secretary of Agriculture
Private Jobs Drive Aims to Cut Dole for Relief Seekers
The Works Progress Administration plans a nation wide push to place relief recipients in private jobs. Officials say the effort targets transferring workers from relief to private employment to end direct relief by November and support a 3 500 000 job goal. They expect 600 000 harvesting roles this summer and emphasize keeping certified workers on the list for temporary work.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Works Progress
Hopkins
N. C. Fugitive Is Captured After 14 Years On the Run
Middlesboro Ky July 27 Fugitive Piggeee Marro alias Jesse Reed a Middlesboro area farmer was arrested on a Raleigh North Carolina road gang escape warrant from 1921 after serving part of a six to ten year sentence He first denied fleeing but then admitted it He refused extradition saying the governor should keep him in Kentucky where his wife and five children live He hid in a drain pipe to escape and then moved to Middlesboro with no prior local arrests
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Middlesboro
Lpiggeee Marro
Jesse Eed
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Marro
Italy Threatens Walkout From League Council on Ethiopia
Italy agreed to attend the July 31 League of Nations session but warned it would quit if the council discussed certain aspects of the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Britain and France pressed for full discussion. Haile Selassie urged peaceful resolution as Addis Ababa reports martial law in Eritrea. An Italian official charged Selassie with seeking to extend his empire to the sea.
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Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Geneva
Great Britain
France
Addis Ababa
Haile Salassie
Rome
Eritrea
London
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
J. A. C. Avenol
League
Bank Bandits Fail As Bank Door Says Lunch
Four bank bandits pull up to Mount Prospect State Bank in a Chicago suburb and wave bystanders aside with a machine gun. The door is locked with an "Out to lunch" sign, forcing a clumsy retreat and embarrassed getaway.
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Chicago
Mount Prospect State Bank
National Distillers Linked to Bootleg Ring Trial Witness Threatened
Senate hearing hears lock design engineer Lester P. Barlow accuse National Distillers Corp of heading a bootleg ring. He brandishes Yale and Towne bottle locks and says the glass industry profits from bootlegging. Clark presses for proof as Barlow cites a Washington hotel meeting source.
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National Distillers
Washington
National Distillers Corporation
Senate
Lester P. Barlow
Clark
D-Mo
Barlow
Finance Committee
House
Keys
Treasury
Yale and Towne Company
Stamford
Conn
Glass Indus
Clark Snap
Ped. Barlow
FHA Chief Sees Broken Mood Behind U S Housing Boost
Stewart McDonald, acting Federal Housing Administrator, says the housing program's long term self liquidating mortgage plan is reviving property values and stabilizing the market. He notes a June rise in residential building activity and a strong year over year improvement, signaling renewed prosperity for builders labor and lenders.
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Washington
Stewart McDonald
Federal
Housing Administration
McDonald
Federal Housing Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Woman sought in murder found in New York rooming house
Evelyn Smith, 46, once sought in the swamp slaying of Ervin Lang of Chicago, was located by detectives in a West 34th street rooming house. She denied knowledge of the killing and was taken to Brooklyn police for questioning. Lang’s body was found July 9 near Hammond Indiana after his legs were amputated. the legs were later located. Smith also known as Pearl Johnson claimed a year had passed since seeing Harry Jung, a laundryman named as the aide to Mrs. Blanche Dunkel who allegedly paid $500 to have Lang killed. Smith said Jung’s real name was Jun Oy Yee and that she’s been in New York since July 8 becoming a fugitive from justice. She gave Clinton Hotel in Chicago as a last address.
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New York
Evelyn Smith
Ervin Lang
Chicago
West 34Th Street
Smith
Brooklyn
Lang
Blanche Dunkel
United States
Clinton Hotel
State Street
Congressmen and Lobbyists Under Senate Inquiry
A Senate lobby committee probes relations between members of Congress and lobbyists. Questionnaires seek sums spent and sources, plus names of lawmakers approached. investigations resume next week amid related utility bill fights and other disclosures.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Federal raids in Bertie and Chowan seize stills and liquor
U S Commissioner W C Manning reports federal tax unit raids in Bertie and Chowan counties netting four stills twelve thousand gallons of mash and one hundred fifty gallons of liquor along with an automobile and hundreds of barrels bottles kegs and jars seized Five men named Charlie and John Phelps W G Myers Jim Davenport and Harry Crumpler were detained in custody.
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Williamston
U. S
W. C. Manning
Johnson Invited to Address N C Bar Convention
Charlotte July 27 Gen Hugh S Johnson former NRA administrator received an invitation to speak at the North Carolina Bar Association annual convention next month W Tillett Jr NC Bar Association president said Professor Thomas Reed Powell Harvard Law School has already accepted to address the event.
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Charlotte
W. Tillett, Jr
North Carolina Bar Association
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Association
Tillett
Thomas Reed Powell
Harvard Law School
Blast at Italian munitions plant kills dozens
A massive explosion at the Bickford Smith munitions factory in Varese, Italy, reportedly killed about 50 workers and injured many others. Witnesses described secondary blasts and a heavy smoke pall as militiamen and Red Cross teams assisted in a provisional infirmary setup.
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Varese
Italy
Bickford-Smith Munitions Factory
Atl
Red Cross
Bickford-Smith Corporation
East Africa
Mountain Hotels Form Grandfather Mountain Resorts Group
Three resort hotels in Blowing Rock Linville and Banner Elk announce the formation of Grandfather Mountain Resorts to attract visitors. Charter members include Mayview Manor Blowing Rock hotel Green Park Blowing Rock Esceolo Inn Linville and Innacle Inn Banner Elk.
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Linville
Banners Elk
Grandfather Mountain Resorts
Mayview Manor
Green Park Hotel
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