Final draft of tax bill reported speed toward final vote
The House sped toward final enactment of the budget balancing tax bill receiving the conference report. It includes a 13 percent corporate tax and a 5 percent stock transfer levy with $20 value threshold, and preserves Senate tariffs on crude oil gasoline and other items.
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Washington
House
Senate
Charles R. Crisp
Ways and Means
Crisp
Treasury Department
Canada
Henry T. Rainey
Herce
Hoover
Reed Smoot
Finance Committee
Roosevelt Won't Open Walker Ouster Move
Governor Roosevelt said he would not initiate removal of Mayor James J. Walker. He stated the Hofstadter committee must present its evidence, placing responsibility on the committee to act rather than expecting him to act first.
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Roosevelt
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
New York
Hofstadter
German Cabinet Calls Reichstag Dissolution
In Berlin on June 3 the German cabinet decided to ask the president to dissolve the Reichstag immediately, signaling a political move amid cabinet deliberations.
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United Press Berlin
Reichstag
McGraw Steps Down From Giants Manager Post
The New York World Telegram reports John McGraw resigns after thirty years as manager of the New York Giants. Bill Terry, the Giants' first baseman, is named his successor. McGraw, 59, has long battled illness and limited time with the team. Official word from the Giants was not available, with a 4 p.m. announcement anticipated.
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NEW York
New York World-Telegram Today
John McGraw
New York Giants
Bill Terry
McGraw
Sims
Dietrich Kidnap Plot Alleges Extortion Scheme
A youthfully described former film worker faces questioning in a plot to kidnap Marlene Dietrich’s daughter to extort $20,000. The District Attorney identified the crime as cheap thievery, with letters accidentally swapped between Dietrich and Mrs. Egon Muller revealing prior payments and police traps.
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Hollywood
Marlene Dietrich
Baron Fitts
Miss Dietrich
Beverly Hills
Hunger relief battle looms over Indiana special session
Indiana faces pressure to include unemployment aid as lawmakers plan relief bills from one to twelve million dollars. Governor Leslie calls a July 7 special session focusing on taxation and economy, while labor groups push for state loans or debt devices to access federal aid amid coal region hunger reports.
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Indiana
Hoover
Harry G. Leslie
Polish American aviator opens nonstop NY to Warsaw attempt
Stanley Hausner started from Floyd Bennett airport in a Bellanca Rosa Maria aiming to fly nonstop from New York to Warsaw. He plans to fly the Great Circle route with favorable weather reported along the path and may land in London if needed.
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United Press
Floyd Bennet
N. Y
Stanley Hausner
Floyd Bennett
New York
Warsaw
Poland
Hausner
London
Great Circle
Weather Bureau
Earhart Returns to Paris Amid Warm Welcome
Amelia Earhart Putnam arrives from Cherbourg to a 5 000 strong crowd in Paris at Saint Lazare station. Norman Armour and officials greet her. she plans to visit Rome, says she may start a family after further flying and will not buy Paris clothing.
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Paris
Amelia Earhart Putnam
London
St. Lazaire
Cherbourg
George Palmer Putnam
Norman Armour
United States
Miss Earhart
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Atlantic
Too Smart Child Completes Eight Grades in Two Years
Eight year old Joanna Xenos from Morris school in Chicago raced through all eight grades in two years and is deemed too immature for graduation in June. Principal Alfred W Schroeder plans to place her in fourth grade next September under a new instructional method despite her flawless coursework. Her parents cannot read or write.
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United Press
Hicago
Joanna Xenos
Morris School
Alfred W. Schroeder
Joanna
Earthquake Ruins Colima. Eight Dead and Fifteen Hurt
A powerful quake in Colima state Mexico killed at least eight people and injured fifteen. Aftershocks disrupted seismology labs in Mexico City and nearby areas. In Denver a stronger quake near Regis College startled authorities saying it surpassed the 1886 Charleston temblor and far exceeded the 1906 San Francisco quake.
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Mexico
Colima
Mexico City
Denver
Regis College
A. W. Forstall
Charleston
S. C
San Francisco
Man Remarries After Giving Up Golf
Raymond M. Schwartz of 5110 Crawfordsville Road quit golf to remarry his ex wife. Divorced in March after a court quarrel over his golf mania they wed again last Thursday at St Marys church pledging never to swing a niblick again.
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Indianapolis
Raymond M. Schwartz
Crawfordsville Road
Schwartz's
Schwartz
St. Mary's Church
Raskob Reveals GM Losses Amid Senate Hearings
John J. Raskob testified before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on losses from a General Motors stock transaction. He described selling large GM blocks in 1927 28 and disputed claims of bear raids while noting the Management Securities Corporation held sizable GM stakes and earned profits beyond 7 percent.
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Bu United Preas
Washington
John J. Barticb
General Motors Corporation
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Stock Exchange
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
William A. Gray
Carter Glass
Dem
Glass
Capitol
General Motors
Gray
Management Securities Corporation
du Pont Company
Management Securities Company
Duncan A. Fletcher
Fla
Management Securities
Herriot Invited to Form Cabinet in Paris
Paris June 3 Edouard Herriot Radical-Socialist leader was invited by President Lebrun to form a cabinet Herriot accepted and said he hoped to complete the cabinet by Saturday
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Heriot
United Press
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Albert Lebrun
Herriot
Sudden Flood Perils in Oklahoma City
A cloudburst on June 3 sent the North Canadian river through south Oklahoma City causing deaths and injuries. More than twenty people were missing, and hundreds stranded in Packington and Capitol Hill. National guardsmen and city agencies conducted rescues by boat as seven inches of rain fell since 2 am. Property damage reached hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Oklahoma City
National Guardsmen
William H. Murray
Robert Burns
Packington
Capitol Hill
Jacob Matenko Seeks Divorce After Cruelty Allegations
In Chicago on June 3 Judge Harry B. Miller approved Jacob Matenko's divorce from Anna Matenko on cruelty grounds after he testified she forced him to sleep with a police dog in their basement for three years and showed little affection thereafter.
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United Press
Chicago
Jacob Matenko
Anna
Harry B. Miller
Marenko
Pair Weds in Court After Guilty Plea to Robbery
Chester Glen Jackson 20 and Ruby L. Chadwick 18 married in the criminal court shortly after Jackson pleaded guilty to holding up a man with a shotgun and an automatic pistol, stealing $5. Jackson was sentenced to ten years in the reformatory and the couple received a brief honeymoon allowed in jail. The ceremony was performed by Judge Frank P. Baker with Rev. Lynn A. Tripp assisting. Deputy Clerk Thomas D. Doyle and Deputy Sheriff Edward Rassenbrock handled the license and witnessed. The same court day also noted the state education board approving a rise in life teachers license requirements from three to five years starting January 1, 1935.
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Ruby L. Chadwick
East Thirty-first Street
Jackson
Reformatory
Lynn A. Tripp
Criminal Court Probation Department
Frank P. Baker
Thomas D. Doyle
Edward Rassenbrock
Bernard Risk
Stewart Street
Man Survives Nine Hour Crawl From Gas Tank
Edward Newton, 38, crawled 120 feet to escape deadly fumes after fellow painter Ernest Howard, 36, died in a Newport water tank project. Newton endured near unconsciousness, aided by a ladder and rising sun fumes, finally emerging at 3 pm.
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United Press
Wilmington
Del
Edward Newton
Ernest Howard
Howard
Newton
Newport
Here
Lover Slays Girl and Leaps Into Volcano Tragedy
Sylvester Nunes wounded his 17 year old sweetheart Margaret Enos after forcing her to accompany him to Kilauea crater. He shot her then jumped into the lava pit with the car and weapon left behind. Rescue teams faced extreme heat and smoke as they planned a 1200 foot descent.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Hilo
T. H
Sylvester Nunes
Kilaueau
Nunes
Margaret Enos
Margaret
Mme. Pele
Fire
Dale and associates sentenced in Prohibition conspiracy case
George R. Dale mayor of Muncie and ten others were sentenced by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell for conspiracy to violate the national Prohibition law. Dale drew eight years in Leavenworth plus a $1,000 fine. others received varied terms from sixty days to eighteen months and fines up to $1,000. Appeals filed in all but two cases as defendants claimed they were framed by city underworld allies.
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George R. Dale
Muncie
Robert C. Baltzell
Dale
Leavenworth
Frank Massey
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe, C
Corbett Johnson
Johnson
Fred Ellis
Safety Board
Chillicothe Reformatory
Ernest Flatters
Chllicothe
Fred Kubeck
William Parkhurst
Kenneth Horstman
Harry Nelson
Dan Davis
Baltzell
Circus Act Stirs Lindbergh Case Ire in Quincy
Mayor McGrath urged police to bar a circus feature claiming to have found the Lindbergh baby. He condemned the act as contemptible commercialism that could spoil public sympathy for the Lindberghs.
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Lindy
United Press
Quincy
Mass
Thomas J. McGrath
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