Plans to seal tax loopholes to raise revenue
Washington reports Treasury and congressional tax experts drafting plans to close snap holes in the tax structure to add 100 to 200 million dollars annually. John W. Hanes invites leaders from business, industry, agriculture, labor and law to help draft a program to improve tax laws. A House subcommittee study may begin November 1 with a comprehensive bill aimed for January. Roosevelt opposes curtailing revenues and may push taxes to finance farm benefit payments.
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Washington
Treasury
Congressional
House
John W. Hanes
House Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Bank Robbery Ends With Insured Losses Across City
Bank robbers held customers at gunpoint in a city bank, stealing 642 dollars from Hyman Ochrach while passing up 1000 dollars in checks from Joseph Ultman. Police halted the bandits as they fled, guards were posted on roads, and the bank reported full insurance on the loss.
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Hyman Ochrach
Joseph Ultman
Machinery and Tool Company
Indiana County Educator Grumbling Takes School Post
Grumbling serves as secretary treasurer of the Indiana County School Principals Association from 1933 to 1937 and led as president 1837 to 1988. He will supervise about 1,000 students at Berlin Brothersvalley and 600 in Stoneycreek Township. Stoneycreek students attend the consolidated grade and high school in Shanksville. Shanksville opens Monday, August 28, with Berlin Brothersvalley opening two days later.
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Indiana County School Principals' Association
Indiana County
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Berlin-Brothers Valley
Grumbling
Stoneycreek Township
Stoneycreek
Shanksville
Berlin- Brothersvalley
International tensions and border measures around Europe
International pages report stalled moves toward a British French Soviet mutual aid pact as Moscow discussions progress. Poland expands border defense by partitioning large frontier estates while Germany cites Polish terrorism claims. In Geneva, the World Zionist Congress opposes a British plan for an Arab led Palestine state, and Britain rejects Japan’s demand to include economic issues in Tokyo talks. The EU top events draw cautious British reaction.
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Moscow
Poland
Germany
Gleiwitz
Volgsdeutsche
Geneva
World Zionist Congress
League of Nationg Council
Britain
Palestine
Congress
League
Mandate Commission
Japan
Tokyo
Britain rejects Japanese demand in Tientsin talks
London says economic questions must be referred to nine power treaty signatories and allied accords. Tokyo asks Britain to ban Chinese currency in the Tientsin concession and to surrender about 4 million dollars in silver reserves, stalling a Sino British French talks on the Tientsin blockade.
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Tientsin
Japan
Britain
Washington
United States
Belgium
British Empire
China
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Tokyo
Untold Bund Nazi ties raise questions in hearings
German born 19 year old witness described Bund youth trips aboard the S S Hamburg to Germany for Nazi instruction. Testimony linked Bund leaders to German propaganda networks and urged secrecy to protect the movement. The witness said she left after three days, citing immoral advances and coercion by leaders.
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S. S. Hamburg
Miss Voores
Miss Vooros
August Clapprath
Clapproth
Bund
New Jersey
Hitler
Germany
Sud
Dies
Adolf Hitler
Dias
Frederick Vandenberg
South Brooklyn Post
Miss Voorns
Hamburg
Severin Winterschecht
Vandenberg
Winterschecht
New York
Bond Conspiracy Trial Heads Toward Jury Today
Harrisburg August 18 The defense rested in a two week bond conspiracy trial of two Pittsburgh insurance men and a former state official with a possible jury verdict today Judge Fred S Reese told the jury charge would be delayed until Saturday morning if summations run late Insurance agent James P Kirk city treasurer and Allegheny County Democratic Chairman last of three co defendants testified denying conspiracy to monopolize the states bond business with highway contractors Kirk admitted seeking recommendations from former Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke and said he believed his lists of dog owners were legal and could be used for private gain if legal
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Fred S. Reese
James P. Kirk
Allegheny County
Victor Skok
H. H. Temple
Highways Department
Skok
Secretary of Highways
Compton
Kirk
Warren van Dyke
Highways
van Dyke
Shadow Lawn Goes on Block in New Jersey Auction
Shadow Lawn, a 3.5 million estate once the summer White House of Woodrow Wilson and home of F. W. Woolworth head Hubert W. Parsons, will be sold at Freehold on Sept 15 to settle a 700000 mortgage and 154000 in delinquent taxes. Borough takeover three years ago allowed by Borough Attorney William A. Stevens, with Parsons offered the option to bid to buy it back.
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Westt Long Branch
N. J
New Jersey
Shadow Lawn
Hubert W. Parsons
F. W. Woolworth
Freehold
Parsons
William A. Stevents
Stevens
White House
Woodrow Wilson
No Wedding Ring From This Loot
Edmund Grey, 22, admitted robbing Blue Springs State Bank to fund marriage plans with his 17 year old sweetheart. He told Detective-Greenspan the raid aimed to raise funds for marriage, but she said marriage is impossible after the incident. He was arrested after stepping from an eastbound plane at Municipal Airport on a Kansas City police request.
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ST. Louis
Edmund Grey
William Greenspan
Blue Springs
Greenspan
Grey
Kansas City
Municipal
Welfare Department Tests Institutional Menus for Vitamins
Harrisburg Aug 18 The Welfare Department ordered a study of institutional menus to ensure patients and inmates receive required vitamins. Secretary E Arthur Sweeney asked Pennsylvania State College scientists to analyze the meals and adjust compositions by removing excess A units and increasing B units as needed using scientific instruments.
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Harrisburg
Welfare Department
E. Arthur Sweeney
Pennsylvania State College
Sweeny
Wheat farmers to receive 18 to 22 cent payments for 1940
Washington says the agricultural adjustment administration will pay wheat farmers 18 to 22 cents per bushel for meeting the 1940 crop control program. The reduction from 28 cents to 18–22 cents reflects an increased national wheat acreage allotment of 62 million acres for next year versus 55.6 million this year.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bund inquiry hearing highlights German ties and political tempers
Witness Kuhn testified the Bund had possible German connections and argued the Dies committee failed to find unAmerican activity. Dies defended the probe as showing Bund sympathy and aid from German sources while Murphy denied addressing Bund meetings during his 1936 Michigan gubernatorial campaign.
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Tillie Koch
Kuhn
Bund
Germany
Special House Committee
Dies
Texas
John C. Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Chicago
Murphy
Detroit
Michigan
Milk Strike Tests Prices in New York Area
Pennsylvania dairy farmers in Wayne County vote a strike to withhold milk from New York processors while the Milk Control Commission adopts a hands off stance citing no control over federal price setting. Upstate New York faces shortages as strike actions enter the fourth day with state troopers deployed and hearings planned on raising class 1 milk prices.
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Milk Commission
New York
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
Wayne County
John M. McKee
New York City
Honesdale
James R. Kean
Kean
Forrest Taylor
Scranton- Wilkes-Barre
McKee
Dairy Farmers’ Union
Upstate Dairy Farmers Union
Herbert H. Lehman
Plattsburg
N. C
John L. Rice
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Holton V. Noyes
Syracuse
Monticello
Indian cuts off own finger in desert amputation
Salt Man's Son, a 79 year old Navajo, amputated his finger in the desert while leading a horse. He refused anaesthetics, saying he did not hurt, then drove to Ganado for treatment after the horse bolted and nearly tore the finger off.
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Ganado
Ariz
Detroit Weekly Car Output Dips From Last Year
i Wards automotive reports show Detroit plants produced 12 955 cars and trucks this week versus 24 875 last week and 29 940 a year ago. General Motors assemblies totaled 1 215 against 1 030, Chrysler 2 50 versus 2 140, and Ford 2 025 versus 17 000 last week, with a rise expected next week.
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Detroit
i—Ward
General Makers
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Barber Robbed of Vacation Money in Pittsburgh
Bert Leonard barber shop manager was held up by two masked gunmen who stopped his car as he left for work. They took his wallet containing 125 dollars saved for a seaside vacation and warned him not to look around.
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Pittsbuurgh
Bert Leonard
Pershing Seeks Larger American Army
General John J. Pershing, returning from France, said the regular army should be much larger and noted the French are ready for it. He cautioned that no one knows when a European war might occur.
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New York
America
United States
Jonn J. Pershing
France
Sodium vapor lights aid airport fog landings
Pittsburgh Aug 18 The latest use of sodium vapor lights is to illuminate airport runways for safe landings in foggy weather. W A Pennow aviation lighting engineer of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co said tests at Akron showed sodium lights were visible from planes at 410 feet during thick weather while ordinary incandescent lights were visible only 43 feet.
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Pittsburgh
W. A. Pennow
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Akron
Mut Show to be Fair Feature at Indiana County Fair
Mut Show will be one of the features of the Indiana County Fair week after next with events for largest, smallest and ugliest dog and cat and oddest pet. It is set for Friday September 1 at 8:30 a.m. in front of the grand stand registrations open to the county at Dairy Dell stores.
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Dairy Dell
Treasury Balance Reported With Large Cash Figures
Washington August 18 Treasury balance figures show Aug receipts 8,408,901.05 and expenditures 20,917,610.18 leaving a net balance of 2,404,092,449.59 with a working balance of 1,715,163,268.54. Customs receipts for the month totaled 19,065,047.77.
New York Fair Cuts Expenses Amid Disappointing Attendance
The New York World's Fair lowers operating costs by 17 000 a day after a series of dismissals and department mergers. Howard A. Flanigan, vice president, said expenses dropped from 65 000 to 48 000 daily since the fair opened April 20.
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New York
Howard A. Flanigan
Ifair
Blairsville Man Gets New Draftsman Post
Harrisburg Aug 18 The Highways Department made 22 appointments and 20 dismissals in a day. The appointments included Indiana County Blairsville resident Umbert R Varatto draftsman at wage 1380 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Highways Department
Indiana County
Umbert R. Varrato
Blairsville
Stock Market Summary of Major Corporations and Gasoline Firms
A compact report lists numerous corporations and brands in a stock market snapshot. Entries include Am Can, Al Chem, Am Dye, Goodyear, Ford Pow, General Electric, Ford, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel, Exxon, Texaco, and Union Carbide among others, with references to unions, petroleum and chemical firms, and transportation equipment producers. The fragmentary data presents tickers, percentages, and partial prices, reflecting an expansive but unclear market listing.
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Bald Loco Ct Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Briges Mfg
Calumet and Hee Canad Pacific Gase
I 1
Cerra de Pas
Ches and Chin
Chrysler Corp
Column and
el Cor Solvents
Corwith
South
Cons Edison Cansol Oil Corn Products
Crane Co
del Lack and Wes Douglas Aircraft
du Pont del Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Elec Gen Fonds
Gen Motors Gillette Saf R
Greyhound Corp
Hudson Motor Interlake ‘Iron
Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Int
Tel
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Loew's. Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Central AR
North Ameria Packard Motor Penn AR Phila Read C and Phillips
Pure Oj Radio Corp of
Repub Stee
Reynolds Toh
Sears Roebuck Socany-Vacuur
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Texac Corp
Timken
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas
Imp U S Rubber
U S Smelt
Steel West Union Tel West
Mig
Woolworth
Curb— Ark Nat Gas
New
RAM
Hazzard Held For Homicide In Bath Tub Incident
James Hazzard 30, grandson of Jillien Russell, faces homicide charges after the death of Thomas Martinez in his New York apartment. Martinez, a Miami resident, died from severe burns after being placed in a bathtub and hot water was poured over him following a night of drinking. Martinez died hours later at Queens General Hospital. Hazzard, arrested after returning to the apartment, shared it with his mother Dorothy Russell Calvis, a former stage beauty.
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New York
James Hazzard
Jillien Russell
Thomas Martinez
Miami
Richard W. Grimes
George Andrews
Hazzard
Martinez
Andrews
Queens General Hospital
Dorothy Russell Calvis
Market summaries Pittsburgh and Chicago ag markets
Market reports from Pittsburgh note good produce demand with various apple varieties and potatoes marking slight weakness, plus light cattle receipts and active hogs with prices 20 cents higher. Sheep, calves, and cattle availability described, with mixed quality and weights. Chicago wheat opened lower amid global factors, with September futures around 65 5/8 to 65 1/2 and corn moving downward early.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Liverpool
Work Relief program struggles to start up
The Assistant Secretary says work relief is slow as local officials face confusion over what projects to approve and whether they conflict with WPA. Capitol reps assist, 70 projects approved by last Saturday to employ about 800 men full time, while relief rolls total about 2,000 people due to weekly wage limits. Individuals work one to two days weekly until a full 40-hour week emerges.
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Capitol
Russell
College Weather Forecast With Scattered Thunderstorms
The college weather report notes increasing cloudiness with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight and possibly tomorrow. Current 8 am temperature 72, 24 hour high 87, low 67, humidity 17 percent, pressure 28.03 inches.
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International
Indiana, PA
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Fritz Kuhn
Starnes
Unamerican
John
Elizabeth (Hefflick) Stayer
Frank Airgond
Pauline Bianchs Vandergraft
Pauline Bianchi
Sulina
A. M. Cochran
West Penn Hospital
Branch
Luigi
Catherine Compus
Phyllis Vantoney
Salina
John Gianguili
New Castle
Anthony Fundoots
Andrew Jerto
Avonmore
Elma Bianchi
Raymond Bianchi
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
William Goetz
West View Cemetery
League For Germans
Dinkelacker
Hugo Haas
Ridgewood
League For
Miss Vonros
Frank Murphy
Miss Vouores
Ana 19
Brooklyn
Hiller
Yoores
Rhea Whitley
Utica
N. Y
Rob Barber OF
Vacation Money
Pershing
the Treasury
New York Fair
Joe
Homicide
Lillian Russel
Dutchess
Wealthies
College
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