U S Pension Plan Enacted Into Law and Payroll Tax
Roosevelt pushes a sweeping social security bill creating a national old age fund funded by a three percent payroll tax on employers and workers. The plan, debated amid constitutional challenges, aims to provide pensions for 65 plus and add state grants for unmet needs. Under the scheme, two payroll taxes would raise nearly three billion annually by 1980, with illustrative figures showing long term contributions and monthly pensions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Janes
Sears
VBI
Bill Jones
Roosevelt’s Social Security Bill Faces Legal Test
The piece outlines two pension approaches under the proposed program a payroll tax funding varied pensions and a $15 monthly grant for aged citizens matched by states. It debates federal reach into state welfare, constitutional issues, and the political clash with agitators as unemployment relief fights gain support.
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Roosevelt
Ins Sunnge
America
Todey Ie
Wisconsin
Britain May Ship Arms to Ethiopia
Britain considers lifting its temporary ban on arms shipments to Ethiopia as the Italo-Ethiopian dispute looms. A Paris peace conference next week, involving France and Italy, could decide between war or peace. The United States reportedly seeks influence, with talks in Rome at Washington's urging. London eyes Premier Laval for progress, while English opinion shows strong calls to allow British enlistment in the region.
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Great Britain
Ethiopia
Paris
France
Italy
United States
Contowr
Juinus Wo Gerard
Ty Goris
Rome
Waghigton
Premier Laval
Regulation of Trucks Set Up by U S Interstate Commission
Washington dispatch reports Frostden Reenevolt saw Vin qlavis for egen peli, a major carrier regulation move. The Interstate Commerce Commission signed the order, with details continuing on page tye, outlining new controls affecting transportation rates and safety standards pending further action.
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Washington
Interstate Commercce Commission
Ethiopian Crisis Illustrates How Colonies Endanger Peace
London dispatch by Milton Bronner notes colonial ambitions by Britain France and the United States limits curb action. Japan and Italy emerge as chief troublemakers with Germany a potential third in a troubled 1985 landscape. Article argues territorial expansion to secure raw materials and open markets, including a chained China, risks global conflict and undermines League of Nations authority.
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Italy
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Portugal
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Arkansas Unemployables Relief Shifts to State Care
Floyd Sharp says federal subsistence for unemployables ends this day with state take over next Thursday. Subsistence orders issued through Saturday morning cover beneficiaries until then. Federal authority will not issue further orders after Saturday. continuation last week prevented a gap in relief. Officials report Arkansas and federal relief difficulties resolved. federal staff to disburse state funds, releasing money from direct relief to salaries.
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Floyd Sharp
Arkansas
Washington
Relief Administration
Arkansay
Carl B. Bailey
The New Deal in Washington by Rodney Dutcher
Democratic strategists in Washington split on the fate of the New Deal in New England as Rhode Island and neighboring states lean toward Republican chances. Analysts say sentiment remains volatile and emotion appears a big factor, with results likely to lift Republican morale nationwide.
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Vermont
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Choy
Rhode
Rhode Island
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Republian
France
Bugty
Ual
President Roosevelt defies relief strike pressure
White collar workers join laborers in a wage dispute over WPA relief. President Roosevelt presses a hard line, extending the return-to-work deadline while warning unemployed to accept government wages or lose federal aid. Significant Unity threatens with AFL backing as protests spread to New York Philadelphia and other centers.
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New York
Hugh Johnson
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Pat Washington
Roosevelt
New York City
Philadelphia
Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
Willian
Green
Armouice
Cormmente
Eight WPA Projects Are Named by City Planning Board
City Planning Board to Mayor Albert Graves proposes eight WPA projects for action by the district WPA office. The list includes street corrections, sidewalk construction, sewer repairs, Fairpark improvements, a modern airport, Girl Scout cabins, and a community center in Pair park. Projects depend on sponsors and local funding commitments.
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WPA
City Planning Board
Albert Graves
Planning Board
A. H. Washburn
B. R. Hamm
Syd McMath
J. R. Henry
Robert M. Wilson
East Third Street
City of Hope
Fairpark
Girl Scouts of America and
Hope Parent- Teacher Associations
Pair Park
The
American Legion
Long Murder Plot Charge Ridiculed
Senator Long described a plan by unnamed anti Longs to kill him in the senate, reading a transcript from a sound recorder and a voice detector in a New Orleans hotel room. He named T Somme Walmsley and Representative John N. Sandlin as attendees while noting a participant said the murder should occur in the senate. The remarks, tied to a Walsh bill on government bids, drew stunned reactions from onlookers in the hotel row.
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Washington
Long
Louisiana
Senate
T. Somme Walmsley
New Orleans
John N. Sandlin
Roosevelt
Song
Walsh
NRA
Infantile paralysis ban blocks Pa entry for guardsmen
Harrisburg dispatch reports Dr Edith MacBride-Dexter Secretary of Health for Pennsylvania ruled that 3000 National Guardsmen from Virginia could not enter Pennsylvania for First Army maneuvers this month due to the infantile paralysis epidemic. The measure aims to prevent spread amid regional health concerns and military activity.
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Harrisburg
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Oran Farmer Hurt in Mowing Machine Accident
Edward Boyd of Oran was hospitalized in Josephine with both legs severely cut by a mower on his farm west of Oran. Doctors said a bone in the left leg is chipped and a tendon in the right leg is cut. The accident occurred about noon Thursday. He is expected to recover after several weeks.
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Edward Boyd
Oran
Josephine Hospital
Boyd
Rev F R Harrison Kiwanis Speaker on WPA site plans
The Rev. Fred R. Harrison, pastor of First Methodist, spoke to the Hope Kiwanis Friday on site improvements possible with WPA help. Guests included Rev. Oscar Gibson of Louisville and Frank May of Memphis. Ray McDowell led the program with C. D. Gibson directing stunts.
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Fred R. Harrison
First Methodist Church
Hope Kiwanis Club
WPA
Oscar Gibson
Louisville
Frank May
Memphis
Ray McDowell
C. D. Gibson
Mrs Bartlett Dies at Stamps 83 Texarkana Resident
Mrs Mary Bartlett 83 of Texarkana died Friday at the home of her granddaughter Mrs Jesse Tatum in Stamps. Survived by three sons Joby Bartlett of Hope A B Bartlett of Little Rock C H Bartlett of Texarkana two daughters Miss Ethel Bartlett of Texarkana and Mrs Fannie Johnson of Kansas City Funeral services were set for 10 o clock Saturday at Spring Hill Methodist Church with Rev Crane officiating and burial to follow at Spring Hill
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Mary. Bartlett
Texarkana
Jesse Tatum
Stamps
Hope
Joby Bartlett
A. B. Bartlett
Little Rock
C. H. Bartlett
Texakana
Ethel Bartlett
Fannie Johnson
Kansas City
Spring Hill Methodist Church
Crane
Spring Hill
Henry D. Griffith Enlists in U S Army Recruit
Henry D. Griffith of Hoye has enlisted through the Paris Texas Army Recruiting Office and will be assigned to Field Artillery at Ft. Sill Oklahoma. About 400 vacancies remain with selections expected within three months. Eligible are single men aged 18 to 35 with dependents and basic education who pass a physical. A community work day is planned at Robertson Cemetery west of Hope on Tuesday August 13 with volunteers asked to bring lunch.
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Henvy OD. Griffith
Hoye
U.S. Army
Paris
Texas
Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Okla
Robertson Cemetery
Hope
Tovis
Senate Finance Committee raises taxes on small incomes nationwide
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee moved beyond Roosevelt's program by lowering exemptions and lifting surtaxes in the lower brackets. It abandons house inheritance levies in favor of higher estate taxes, boosting estimated revenue to over 400 million dollars, with married exemption dropping from 2500 to 2000 and single from 1000 to 800. Surtaxes begin at 3000 net income, previously 4000, and the top rate rises to 75 percent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Mercury Reaches 105 Degrees Setting New Record
A seasonal heat record was set Saturday as the mercury climbed to 105 degrees at 1 45 p m on the federal thermometer at the Fruit Truck Branch Experiment station. The usual peak occurs between 3 and 4 p m, suggesting 107 or 108 may follow. Friday posted 103 at 2 30 p m with 104 75 noted an hour later. Saturday continued the stretch of three days over 100 degrees.
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Fruit& Truck Branch
Train Wrecked by Blast in Illinois
Three men injured two seriously when an Illinois Central freight train was dynamited near Springfield Illinois. The blast derailed the locomotive and ten empty cars. Investigators cite the Illinois coal miners dispute as the likely motive.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illnois Central Freightrain
Here
Ili
Jois
Wiley Post and Will Rogers on Alaska Flight Start
Wiley Post and Will Rogers began their Alaska tour in a monoplane from Juneau. Post aimed for Dawson via Skagway, with plans to follow the Yukon toward Fairbanks and Nome. Rex Beard, noted author, waved goodbye as they prepared for an indefinite Dawson stop amid clear, sunny weather.
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Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Juneau
Ala
Rex Beard
Dawson
Yukon
Fairbanks
Nome
New Hope Cemetery cleanup planned near Hope
The New Hope Cemetery ten miles south of Hope will be cleaned this Friday August 16. A portion had been cleaned earlier but many relatives were not present. organizers decided to redo cleaning of the grounds to finish the job.
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New Hope
Hope
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