Congress Considers Tax Bill and Conference Action
Congress moves a landmark $1.1 billion revenue bill to a conference after Senate passage. House measures raise gasoline and electricity taxes to balance the treasury, with conferees named by Speaker Garner and both chambers pushing to final approval.
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Washington
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Treasury
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Treasury Gap
House
Garner
Collier
Mississippi
Crisp
Georgia
Rainey
Illinois
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
Britten
Ill
Pewse Papermen
Genata
Mob hangs alleged dynamiter after jail removal in Kentucky
In Princeton Kentucky a mob removed Walter Merrick 48 from the county jail and hanged his body from a tree three miles from town. Merrick faced trial June 18 for dynamiting a Nashville Tennessee hospital store and a boy nearby was injured by the blast. A sixth Alexandrine mob lynching in Kentucky since 1923 with a prior 1920 record.
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UPI
Walter Merrick
Merrick
M. P
Nashville
Tenn
Hopson
P’poole
Kentucky
Revised Economy Bill Seeks 10 Percent Salary Cut
Washington in Senate debate over a national economy bill carrying 238.605 million dollars in next year’s savings. It calls for a flat ten percent cut in all government salaries, halves vacation allowances, expands presidential reorganization powers, and trims veteran and pension benefits by about 50 million.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Special Economy Committee
Congress
Veterans Hospitals
Merchant Marine
War and Navy Departments
Public Works Administration
Evidence of Bonds Tied to Mayor Walker Removal Case
Samuel Seabury at Hofstader committee hearing today introduced testimony indicating Mayor James J. Walker owned bonds of the Reliance Bronze and Steel company, which received a city contract worth 43 556.40. Seabury argued this relationship provided grounds for removal from office.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Hofstader Committee
James J. Walker
Reliance Bronze and Steel Company
Seabury
J. A. Sisto
Sista
Poot Walker
Atlantic City
Sisto
Harry J. Rosenbloom
Reliance Browess and Steel Company
Rosenbloom
Eity
Walker
Reliance
Ash of Million in Presbyterian Budget Effected
Crowe, 70 year old moderator from St. Louis, spoke as the Presbyterian General Assembly in Montreat, North Carolina, adjourned after cutting the general budget by over 1 million dollars and refusing affiliation with the Federal Council of Churches. A new secretary for foreign missions was named, and a $1,000 appropriation for the Lord's Day Alliance was rejected on grounds of prudence amid ongoing controversy.
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N. C
Federal Council of Churches
Presbyterian Church
United States
William Crowe
St. Louis
Atlanta
C. Darby Fulton
Nashville
Hoover and Garner clash over relief pork barrel label
In Beverly Hills California on May 81 Garner and Hoover trade barbs over relief plans. Hoover calls Garner's plan a pork barrel while Garner counters with a jab about Reconstruction Finance. The writer notes Senate taxation and upcoming convention rhetoric.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Garner
Hoover
Jack
Senate
Senate Move Aims 100 Percent Tax on Crime Income
Washington June 1 The Senate approved a 100 percent tax on all income earned by crime asserting the government should confiscate the profits of gangsters bootleggers narcotic distributors and gambling syndicates Senator Glenn Illinois led the push arguing lawbreakers will lose a safe haven in declaring illicit earnings Under the plan criminals must hide true occupations as the income tax would be used to prosecute gang leaders and crush underworld power.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ex-Convict Greeted By Death In Forcing His Unwanted Entry
Raleigh report says Lynn Johnson former convict died after forcing entry to a Wake county home. Annie Terepaugh 18 fled with Billings family, Johnson warned away then drew a knife and was shot by occupants while officers pursued a warrant. Coroner L M Waring confirmed the killing happened before police could reach Johnson.
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Raleigh
Lynn Johnson
Vance Billings
Wake County
Johnson
Billings
L. M. Waring
Annie Terepaugh
Treasury Receipts and Outlays for May Released
Treasury reports for May show receipts of 2 255 978 17 dollars and expenditures of 15 03 212 28. The May 28 balance stands at 392 869 718 19 dollars and customs duties for 28 days in May total 16 984 042 75 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Voters Urged to Cast Ballots Early in North Carolina Primary
Raleigh June 1 With a forecast of heavy or record turnout three Democratic gubernatorial candidates urge North Carolina voters to vote early Saturday. Polls open between 4:45 and 5:11 am local time and close between 7:27 pm and later, depending on longitude. Precincts may include 2500 voters per poll, requiring about three voters a minute to vote. Managers for Fountain Ehringhaus Maxwell urge early casting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Weather Bureau
J. L. Delaney
R. T. Fountain
L. P. McLendon
Colorado River Deluge Threatens Blythe Farm Lands
Blythe California reports severe flooding from a break in a levee on the Colorado River. At least three drowned, seven missing, and over 20 thousand acres of farm land endangered as 260 men race to shore up a 20 foot gap near Brown's Heading after floodwaters surged to a multi mile wide river.
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Blythe
Calif
Colorado River
Here
Brown’s
Colorado
Love Triangle Fatal Southport Shooting Details Revealed
In Southport a man confessed to killing his estranged wife, shooting fisherman Johnny Varnum, and wounding Fulford. He surrendered after a failed suicide attempt, claiming jealousy over his wife picking berries near town.
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Southport
Willie Pulter
Johnny Varnum
Fulford
Varnum
Mother turns on hatch et in Richmond killing daughters
In Richmond Virginia on June 1 Mrs Turner Shelton 42 attacked her two sleeping daughters Mary Elizabeth 11 and Eleanor 9 with a hatchet wounding both fatally or gravely the younger knocked unconscious the elder fought back as Dr Turner Shelton husband arrived and found the scene police said she showed signs of mental imbalance and a second injury was noted on her hand from the weapon
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Turner
Shelton
Mary Elizabeth
Eleanor
Turner Shelton
Séapitel
Chief Fuel Consumers Heat Buildings in Eastern States
More fuel is used to heat buildings in New York Pennsylvania Illinois and Ohio than in all western states west of the Mississippi. The finding highlights eastern states’ higher winter demand and energy use patterns across agriculture industry and residential sectors.
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Mississippi River
Shemwell Career Ends As Lived In Violence
Lexington North Carolina June 1 Baxter Shemwell a man who spent 50 years living by the gun died in a violence filled end.
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Shemwell
Lexington
N. C
Baxter Shemwell
Ritchie Speaks in Asheville Before Civitan and Club
Gov Albert C Ritchie of Maryland arrived in Asheville to address the Civitan club and a mass meeting sponsored by Buncombe county Jefferson Democratic club. He urged a balanced budget and said the eighteenth amendment should be lifted. He also advocated a general manufacturers sales tax and state rights on liquor.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Civitan Club
Buncombe County
Jefferson Democratic Club
Congress
Ritchie
Treasury
New Charge Against Politicians They Now Spread the Itch
In Kinston North Carolina on June 1 AP reports politicians blamed for high and low prices are accused of spreading an itch. Lenoir county farmer R E Koonce cites tenant outbreaks after candidates overran the place. Clayones Jones says a baby in his home contracted chicken pox after several politicians kissed it.
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Kinston
N. C
Lenoir County
R. E. Koonce
Clayones
Koonce
Comtentnea
Body of Drowned Man Reclaimed After 85 Hours Under Water
The body of Herbert Jones 22 of Sanford surfaced in the New River near Jacksonville after 85 hours submerged. Jones dived overboard from a moving boat Saturday and did not surface. The river was dragged until late yesterday and the body rose near the earlier location.
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New Bern
N. C
Herbert Jones
Sanford
New River
Jacksonville
Jones
Davie County Farmer Dies by Own Action at Home
Stephen Foster, 38, a Davie County farmer, killed himself at his home near South Fork Baptist Church by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His widow, Mrs. Foster, survives with four children and had earlier warned of a possible death by his own action, though she later believed he was joking.
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Winston-Salem
Stephen Foster
Davie County
South Fork Baptist Church
Lexington Pair Held Blameless in Shemwell Death
A coroner's jury found Boaze and Johnson blameless in the death of Baxter Shemwell after a gun battle outside their father in law's store. The jury said the pair acted in self defense when Shemwell fired first. Shemwell died from a bullet wound to the hand.
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J. O. Booze
F. G. Johnson
Shemwell
Booze
Johnson
Adam Link
Link
Boaze
Lexington
Baxter Shemweill
Fountain and Jeffress Duel Over Votes at Highway Board
Charlotte reports E. B. Jeffress and R. T. Fountain trading claims amid highway commission friction. Fountain accuses commissioners of pressuring employees to support Ehringhaus and cites a supposed warning. Jeffress counters with a state order prohibiting political campaigning by staff while maintaining roadbuilding duties.
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E. B. Jeffress
R. T. Fountain
State Highway Commission
Ehringhaus
Raleigh
Jeffress
Highway Commission
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