Congress Focused on Tax Dodging and Steel Strikes
Washington week centered on inquiries into tax dodging and the steel strike. Treasury officials named several figures tied to abroad operations, while a reform push sought to close tax loopholes. Senate Post Office probes questioned mail delivery during strike actions. Philip Murray defended union positions amid broader Capitol Hill activity.
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Senate
Te-House
Treasury
Roosevelt
Treasury S
Senate Post Office
Rike
Republic Steel
Ikers
Philip Murray
CIO
House
Capitol Hill
White House
Insurgent Forces Enter Bilbao Amid Basque Siege
Basque capital Bilbao falls to Francoist troops after a prolonged siege. Insurgent radio reports say the city was taken at 2 30 p m with no resistance, as Basque evacuees suffer food and water shortages amid the crisis.
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Hendaye
Francisco
Bilbao
Pittsburgh
Spain
Biscay Bay
Irun
Enty
Treasury officials push 25 percent withholding to curb tax dodging
Treasury officials in Washington proposed increasing the 10 percent withholding tax on income earned in the United States but paid abroad to 25 percent. They argued this would force non residents and foreign corporations to choose between the new levy and the regular American income tax, aligning foreign taxpayers with citizens.
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Washington
Treasury
America
Martial law declared as Bethlehem Steel clash escalates in Johnstown
Governor George Earle ordered closing of the Bethlehem Steel Works to prevent bloodshed as 40,000 marchers threaten the plant. Mayor Bossik resists police takeovers while state officers prepare evacuation of workers amid the 24 day dispute between CIO and independent steel firms.
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Johnstown
George E Earle
Johnston
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
T Bria Steel Works
Johnste
Daniel J. Shields
Earle
Bria
Justine S. Janeway
Earles
Bethlehem
John Ll. Lewis
CIO
Republic
Bethlehem. In Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Spindles Show Less Activity in May Census Report
The census bureau shows cotton spinning capacity at 137.7 percent in May, down from 146.7 in April and 105.2 last May. May spindle count was 26,986,187 with 659,296 active during the month, and total active spindle hours reached 8,547,967,501 averaging 317 hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Compar
Pril
Belk Firm Placed Under North Carolina Chain Store Laws
Raleigh June 19. The revenue commissioner ruled Belk Bros of Charlotte must follow state chain store laws governing stock ownership and bulk purchases. The decision targets 52 Belk units in North Carolina and upholds chain tax applicability despite Belk’s lawsuit alleging misapplied taxes on four stores.
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E- Company
Res
Belk
North Carolina
Revue
A. J. Maxll
Belk Bros
Charte
Unita
Watch Peddler Sought for Murder in Suburban Store
Charlotte gains police widened search for an aged watch peddler named Alexander after he shot W. H. Futrell a 60 year old merchant last night in a rural suburban store. Witnesses say Futrell admonished him to cease quarrelling over a watch before the fatal shot.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Alexander
W. H. Futrell
Hhe
Burban
Vie Fes
Futrell
Inter
English Author James Barrie Dies At 77
London reports that James M. Barrie the author of Peter Pan died today at age 77. The British playwright and novelist had been ill for a long time and was suffering bronchial pneumonia before being moved to a London nursing home on June 11.
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London
James M. Barrie
Peter Pan
Blum Cabinet in Tight Spot
In Paris the senate rejected Blum's bid for virtual dictatorship over finances by a 240 to 78 vote. The independence of the senate kept pressure on Premier Blum as he pressed for authority to act swiftly to address an estimated 1.76 billion dollar 1937 deficit and the nation’s credit concerns.
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Paris
Senate
Leon Klum
Leon Blum
Blum
France
Senate Finance Committee
Germans Claim Leipzig Attacked Off Algeria
Berlin reports two unsuccessful torpedo attempts against the German cruiser Leipzig off Algeria on June 15 and June 18. Torpedoes were fired three times within 30 minutes, with no hits recorded on the 6,000-ton warship.
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Berlin
Admiralty Office
Leipzig
Algeria
Posse Seeks Moore's Slayer in Grevious North Carolina Shootout
In Goldsboro on June 19 a posse hunted Lester, a Negro suspect, linked to a gun battle that left Frank Cox dead and wounded Highway Patrolman J. T. Cox. Sheriff A said the pursuit followed a stop for a headlight violation. a body and pistol were found near the ditch the next day.
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Goldsboro
Lester
Paulison
Cox
Frank
J. T
Frank Cox
Probe of Gun Registration At Steel Firms Sparks C I O Demand
The Committee for Industrial Organization asked the treasury to investigate whether Republic Steel Corporation and Youngstown Sheet and Tube failed to register firearms under the national firearms act. Lee Pressman urged Secretary Morgenthau for an immediate inquiry citing dangerous conditions near the steel plants and alleged gun use by company agents.
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Committee For Industrial Organization
The
Treasury Today
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Lee Pressman
Steele Workers’ Organizing Committee
Morgenthau
Stocks Drift in Mixed Directions on Mart Eve
New York June 19 Stocks showed little overall progress with only a few issues advancing. News of a federal mediation board aiding steel talks briefly improved sentiment before Governor Farley of Pennsylvania declared martial law at Johnstown and rekindled market unease.
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New York
Federal
Farle
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Auto Thief Sentenced After Chain Gang Claim
Fred Wiggins 23 of Greenville Indiana pleaded guilty to automobile theft and was sentenced to three years in prison by Federal Judge Robert C Baltzell. He said he escaped a South Carolina chain gang four times and that it was not hard to do.
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Indianapolis
Fred Wiggins
Greenvile
8. C
Robert C. Baltzell
South Carolina
Nineteen Pass Pharmacy Exams in Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL June 19 F W Hancock secretary treasurer of the state board of pharmacy said yesterday 19 of 23 applicants passed the regulation pharmaceutical examinations and were entitled to become registered pharmacists.
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Chapel Hill
F. W. Hancock
State Board of Pharmacy
Soviet Fliers Sweep Over North Pole In Transpolar Flight
Three Russian airmen crossed toward the North Pole on a 6000 mile non stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco Bay. They reported halfway and near the edge of the magnetic jungle as weather forced blind flying. Pilot Valeri Chkalov co pilot Georgi Baidukov and navigator Alexander Beljaakov reported the aircraft performing well and planned a landing at Oakland after nearly three days aloft.
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Moscow
San Francisco Bay
North Pole
E.S.T
Pole
Oakland
Valeri Paviovitch Chkalov
Georgi Phillipovitch Baidukov
Alexander Vassilievitch Beliakov
Temporary injunction delays Buzzard Roost hydro project
The U S circuit court of appeals granted a temporary injunction delaying construction of the Buzzard Roost hydro electric project in Greenwood County D C but allowed an extra 150000 dollars for preliminary expenses. Judge John J Parker signed for Duke Power and Southern Public Utilities in appealing District Judge J Lyles Glenns ruling upholding the county. an early hearing is set for August 1 likely in Asheville.
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Asheville
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Greenwood County
D. C
PWA
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
J. Lyles Glenn
Parker
Fever Deaths on Highways Rise and Fall in May
Raleigh June 19 The state highway patrol report today that in May it investigated 496 accidents in which 87 persons were killed and 570 injured These totals represented drops from May a year ago when 92 were killed and 663 hurt in 530 wrecks but in April this year there were only 74 fatally hurt and 644 injured in 619 accidents May's fatalities brought to 395 the total killed on North Carolina highways this year while last year there had been only 867 killed at the same time
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
May
North Carolina
Cecil Elected NC Press Officers At 65th Convention
Curtis Russ of Waynesville was elected president of the North Carolina Press association at the 65th annual convention in Elizabeth City. H. A. Cecil of High Point became vice-president, Beatrice Cobb of Morganton was re elected secretary-treasurer. The executive committee includes L. C. Gifford Hickory W E Horner Sanford Mrs BE F C McCullough Elizabethtown with retiring president C C Council Durham and Talbot Patrick Goldsboro.
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Elizabeth City
Curtis Russ
Waynesville
North Carolina Press Association
H. A. Cecil
High Point
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
L. C. Gifford
Hickory
W. E. Horner
Sanford
Mre
BE. F. C
Roosevelt aide says federal troops not ordered without state request
Secretary Stephen T. Early said the government could not mobilize troops to quell steel strike disturbances unless a governor or state legislature requests federal aid. He noted Pennsylvania has not requested action while Ohio did, and warned further bloodshed often follows troop movements.
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Washington
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Ohio
Marriage Papers Found Legal In Nash Woolard Marriage
A Camden records search by attorney W. S. Halstead found no irregularities in marriage papers of ex-Ensign Charles Nash and Beulah Woolard. The husband and wife married after knowing each other 24 hours, and the license is legally valid. Halstead spoke after a call from the couple’s Saginaw Michigan- based parents.
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Elizabeth City
Camden
W. S. Halstead
Charles
Chuck" Nash
Beulah K. Woolard
Halstead
Saginaw
Michigan
State to Pay On Maturing Bonds
Raleigh June 19. State Treasurer Charles M Johnson said 5,495,856.25 would be transferred to New York Monday for payments of maturing bonds and interest due July 1 for the state's debt. Interest payments total 2,899,356.25 and bond maturities 2,596,500.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
New York
Daniels to Spear Lake Junaluska Assembly Opening
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh ambassador to Mexico will address the opening of the summer assembly of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Lake Junaluska on June 27. The event marks the start of a season of church activities in the area.
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Sperk Lake
Junaluska
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
U 8
Mexico
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Governor and Mayor Clash Over Bethlehem Police Control
Harrisburg June 19 The governor denounces Johnstown Mayor Shields as a convicted criminal after Shields refuses to place his police under state supervision during the Bethlehem strike. Earle notes Shields was convicted on liquor and bribery charges and pardoned by the President due to mayoral election.
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eScene
Daniel Shields
Nir
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Earle
Bluffer
Harrisburg
Daniel J. Shields
Shields
Yates Leads Haas In Southern Amateur Golf Clash
Atlanta’s Charlie Yates holds a one-up edge over Freddie Haas of New Orleans after 18 holes of the Southern Amateur at Charlotte Country Club. Haas, 1934 champion, missed several chances to overtake, as both players posted 73s on the 6,900-yard layout. The final 18 holes begin at 2:30 p.m. EST.
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Charlotte
Charlie Yates
Atlanta
Freddie Haas
New Orleans
Haas
Jack Munger
Dallas
Tex
Yates
Charlotte Country Club
E.S.T
Attack on Union Leader Led to Picket Violence
A Republic Steel planter from Warren Ohio testified to a senate committee that he was assaulted by union pickets while attempting to go to work in Nil Ohio. He said he was fired upon his clothing smeared with grease and dragged to be hanged from a tree, marched through the town of Niles.
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Washington
Republic Steel
Warren
Ohio
Senate
James E. Musgrove
Senate Post Office
Niles
Tar Heel Will Share Estate
The will of Mrs. Mabel L. Ford filed for probate in Gates Court provides for equal residuary shares among three nephews two grandnieces and three friends. The estate valued at more than 10 000 includes grandnephews Charli G. Martin Jr Joseph Albertson Jr Lawrence P. Stod Jr and grandnieces Caroline by Dorothy and Ibertson with cash bequests to relatives and friends.
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New York
Mabel L. Ford
Walter A. Ford
Gates Court
Charli G. Martin, Jr
Joseph — Albertson, Jr
New Roch N. Y
Lawrence P. Stod Jr
Pleasantville, N. Y
Caroline By
New York City
Ibertson
New N. C
Martin 8. Boley
Oke
Mass
Dorothy
Permission Granted To Buy Gas Plant
Raleigh June 19 The utilities commission granted Charles B Zeigler of New Jersey permission to purchase the Coneo and Kannapolis Gas company and the Gastonia Suburban Gas plant from Consolidated Gas and Power Company. Valuations set the Concord and Kannapolis plant at 236 553 and the Kannapolis plant at 225 845.
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Raleigh
Charles B. Zeigler
Ni Jersey
Coneo and Kannapolis
Gastonia Suburban
Consolidated Zirc and Gas Company
J City
The
Utilities Commission
Concord and Kanna
Tonia
Farm prospects bright for 1937 harvest and farm income
Government farm leaders forecast a bountiful 1937 harvest with large crops of wheat rye corn oats and other grains. Market experts warn price declines but higher volume will raise total cash income to farmers to about 2.951 billion dollars for the four months, while federal payments under the Soil Conservation Act will stay available at around 440 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
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