Republicans Press Slow Treasury On Liquor Tax Hearing
Washington reports Republicans assailed the Treasury and allied departments for delay as a joint congressional hearing on liquor tax legislation faced postponement. Acting Secretary Morgenthau sought more time. interdepartmental committee members prepared a $2.60 whiskey tax plan projected to raise about 300 million dollars annually. Rep. Treadway and Rep. Bacharach urged delaying until Treasury proposals were ready, while reps McClintic and Boehne pushed for a lower tax and extension of the current 1.10 rate to curb bootleggers.
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Doughton
House
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Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
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Inter-Departmental Committee On
Alcohol Control
Congressional
Inter-Departmental Committee
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Treadway
Mass
Bacharach
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Harrisons
L.H. Parker
Joint Committee On
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McClintic
Okla
Boehne
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Navy planes to try flight 10 averse Hawaii voyage
Navy planes plan a six aircraft Pacific crossing from California to Hawaii next month in a debut that would test attitudes and endurance across the long ocean route. Rear Admiral Johnson’s team, after a 3292 mile stop in San Francisco, aims for a nonstop final stretch of 1648 miles and a successful pass would affirm capability to circumnavigate if needed.
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Virginia
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Enesler McGinnis
Mexico
Nebraska Livestock Growers Protest Low Prices Meet
About 50 stockmen from northeast Nebraska adopted eight resolutions denouncing the low price of hogs and cattle relative to corn. A committee was chosen to travel to Shennandoah Town to seek an audience with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and press the case.
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Shennandoah
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Thieves Take Four Coats At Kansas City Wedding
Police report a theft during a Sunday wedding at the Masonic Lodge building in Kansas City. Four coats valued at $1,940 were stolen from a second floor room while guests attended the ceremony on the third floor. The heaviest loss was a $1,000 ermine coat owned by Miss Dorothy Hodes.
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Kansas City
Jeanette Rubin
Fred Spector
Peek to Lead Expansion of U S Foreign Trade
George N Peek, agricultural adjustment administrator, is expected to assume a larger role in expanding America's foreign trade. A White House meeting with Peek and other trade experts aimed to survey export efforts and coordinate government activities to find markets for surpluses and to import foreign goods on an exchange basis without harming home markets.
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Washington
George N. Peek
America
White House
Peek
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Illinois Woman Denies Kidnap Charge in Belleville Court
Mrs. Lucille Adams of East St. Louis pleaded not guilty to kidnapping the 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jordan in police court. She was remanded to jail on 2000 dollar bond with a preliminary hearing set for December 15. The case notes no ransom element. Adams was arrested in Kansas City after taking the boy across the Municipal Bridge. The boy claimed she took him across the bridge and hitchhiked into Missouri, some of the route described via streetcar.
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Lucille Adams
East St. Louis
Chester Jordan
Adams
Kansas City
Municipal Bridge
Missouri
Earle Wynekoop Freed of Wife Murder Accessory Charge
Chicago dispatch reports Earle Wynekoop released from the accessory charge in the murder of his wife Rheta. The state said investigation failed to prove the charge. Wynekoop’s mother Dr. Alice Wynekoop remains indicted for murder and will be tried in January.
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Earle Wynekoop
Chicago
Rheta
Earle
Alice L. Wynekoop
Central District Optometric Association Meets This Evening
Dr Dale Summers of Jefferson City will preside at the Central District Missouri Optometric Association gathering at the Missouri Hotel with speakers Dr Virgil Blakemore of Columbia and Dr George Lively of Sedalia Also note a district flour sales contest winner and local hospital births and civic notices from Jefferson City including weather readings and a minstrel show invitation.
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Dale Summers
Jefferson City
Jefferson, City Area
Minor California quake detected by UC seismograph
Berkeley report notes a very slight earthquake at 1 57 a m PST centered about 12 miles from the university. Professor Perry Byerly identified the event on the UC seismograph, confirming the small shock in the area.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Perry Byerly
Farmers Back Honest Dollar Policy At Farm Bureau Meet
At Chicago the American Farm Bureau Federation delegates backed federal control of commodity exchanges and remonetization of silver. Resolutions urged federal guarantees for land bank bonds, lower interest rates, and a tariff on foreign fats and oils. Edward A. O'Neal said farmers support Roosevelt's honest dollar policy and the AAA corn hog program will be debated.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Roosevelt
O'Neil
AAA
Alleged Slayer's Lawyer In House Bets Continuance
In Kansas City on December 11, the Missouri Legislature saved Charles Gargotta from jail on a charge of slaying Ferris Anthon in a street gun battle Aug 11. A trial postponement was mandated because defense attorney Edgar J. Keating sits in the current session of the legislature. The court could not set a date due to potential adjournment, with Judge Daniel E Bird remarking it ought to adjourn for the sake of the people of Missouri.
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Missouri
Charles Gargotta
Ferris Anthon
Thomas B. Bush
Edgar J. Keating
Daniel &. Bird
Congress warned high liquor tax is fatal
Washington AP report: tax expert L H Parker warned Congress that a high liquor tax aimed at driving bootleggers out of business must account for an estimated forty to fifty million gallons of illegal liquor already on hand. He testified at a tax hearing that taxes, tied to the proof gallon, rise with alcohol content and that current rates for 80 to 100 proof whiskies are $1.10 per gallon, with higher proofs taxed proportionally.
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Dec
Congress
L. H. Parker
Parker
Securities Act Change to Meet with Opposition
Washington reports show strong congressional opposition to relaxing the truth in securities act. Morgenthau suggested study, not revision, while Senator Couzens and Rep. Fletcher defend current liability provisions limiting bankers and directors. The "strike of capital" prompts debate, with 439 securities approved since the act took effect July 7.
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Dec
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Federal Tracts Commission
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Faces Prayer Decision
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton said further stage appearances may rely on prayer. She reflected on eastern performances, noting they “might not have been profitable” for theater managers, but proved profitable for her gospel tour.
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Kansas City
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
East
Woman pilots forced down by high winds in Miami
In Miami, Viola Gentry and Mrs Frances Harrell Marsilis were unable to refuel their endurance flight due to strong winds. They took off at 2 33 p m yesterday and landed at 11 50 a m today while attempting a record. An unrelated note mentions Thaln Balbo's fleet averaging 127 miles per hour to Chicago.
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Fela
Viola ‘Gentry
Frances Harrell Marsilis
Thaln Balbo
Chicago
Nine Widows Mourn for Fahri Sheik in Turkey
In Istanbul on December 11 nine widows mourn Fahri Sheik known as Fahri who ruled the Djarbekir district with terror. He and fourteen bandits were killed in a 24 hour clash with gendarmes. Five gendarmes died and seven were wounded in the fighting. Fahri had a vast fortune and nine wives, kept between raids on others' wives.
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Djarbekir
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Fahri
Racketeering Charges Fly At Philadelphia NRA Hearing
Philadelphia hears intense sessions as Bernard Shatkin accuses 100 cash and carry stores of gangsterism over minimum price provisions. Hugh S Johnson receives ovation as NRA hearings probe dry cleaning price controls and alleged racketeering amid protests and warnings to restrain remarks.
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NRA
Philadelphia
Bernard Shatkin
Hugh 8
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Arthur Whiteside
Shatkin
Dogs And Masters Attend Dachshund Club Banquet
In New York on December 11, about 40 dachshunds and their owners gathered at Luchan's for a banquet. The dogs sat on laps and ate hamburgers, while the masters ate burgers and drank beer. All participants were members of the Dachshund Club of America.
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New York
Luchan
Dachshund Club of America
Price Fixing Sparks Debate Over Philadelphia 83 Cent Rate
Arthur G. Brodie of Memphis testifies on Howard Cleaners fee for a 20 percent gap between cash and carry and delivery prices. He argues cash stores are harmed by fixed pricing matching delivery services, urging relief against price parity.
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Arthur G. Brodie
Memphis
Howard Cleaners
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