Washington tax plan details and rate changes outlined
Washington reports outline a vast federal tax overhaul with new revenue act provisions. The plan shifts who pays, raises the two cent check tax, and introduces higher income and gift taxes while detailing postal and excise duties and effective dates across June and July.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
America
Post Office Department
United States
June
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Expect seasonal pickup in Missouri coal mining area
Arnold Griffith of United Mine Workers District 25 said a seasonal rise in coal prices within weeks should provide work for hundreds of Ray and Clay County miners. He could not estimate total rehired since a wage contract ended eight months of idle, noting about 200 back to work near Excelsior Springs. Mosby mine plans to start work tomorrow if machine labor use dispute is settled.
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Excelsior Springs
Arnold Griffith
United Mine Workers of America
Ray
Clay County
Mosby
Nevada Firm Failure Attributed To Texas Loans
St Louis AP reports the Farm & Home Savings & Loan Association of Nevada Missouri failed largely due to Texas loans. A $1.6 million first mortgage on Adams Gardens near Harlingen Texas and a shift to a controlled company spurred depreciation writes, triggering reserve tapping and depositor alarm. Additional loans included Majestic Homesites in St Louis County and Hardin College at Mexico Missouri with refi plans by the Missouri Baptist General Assembly.
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ST. Louis
The
Post-Dispatch
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Farm & Home Savings& Loan Association
Nevada
Adams Gardens
Harlingen
Tex
Texas Building and Loan Supervision Bureau
St. Louis County
Majestic Homesites
Hardin College
Mexico
Missouri Baptist General Assembly
Negro cab driver kidnapped in Tulsa to Jasper county
Ernest Gomihue, a Negro driver for Rose Cab and Baggage Co of Tulsa, told Sheriff he was abducted by two bandits in Tulsa, brought to Jasper County, left bound on a country road north of Carthage. He freed himself, walked to a farmhouse, and reported the kidnapping. $3 was taken.
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Joplin
Er-nest Gomihue
Rose Cab and Baggage Company
Tulsa
Okla
Harry Stephens
Jasper County
Tulisa
Carthage
Sarazen Leads Open Field With 270 In Britain
Gene Sarazen, former American open champion, shot 270 to lead 199 players in the British Open first round at Prince's course, four under par. He tops Mac Donald Smith and English trio Whitecombe Davies and Alliss by one stroke. Tommy Armour tied for 28th after a 75.
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Sandwich
Eng
Gene Sarazen
Prince’s Course
Mac
Donald Smith
Charles Whitecombe
W. H. Davies
Percy Alliss
Tommy Armour
New England Faces Unseasonably Cold Weather
Boston recorded 42 degrees the lowest June temperature in 48 years as frosts caused crop damage across New England. The unseasonable cold sent residents into heavy clothing and raised concerns for early agricultural yields.
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New England
Boston
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across The Globe
A rapid collage reports a Paris style warning about a dress and marital tension, a New York Bellevue hospital air circus for crippled children, a floating auction of decayed imperial palaces in Istanbul, and a Rochester deputy sheriff’s ghost sighting near a farm. The piece blends sensational oddities with light tragedy.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Flying Police
Dream comes true for five and ten girl
Mary Ann Campana, 18, clerk at a downtown Youngstown store, becomes the citys first aviatrix after seven hours of instruction. She soloed at Municipal Airport with a perfect takeoff and landing, having saved nickels and dimes at the counter to pay for lessons.
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Youngstown
Mary Ann Campana
Miss Campana
Municipal Airport
Receivers Sought for Central West Public Service Co
In Chancery Court Guy G. Foxx of Chicago filed for receivership of Central West Public Service Co of Omaha. The Delaware-incorporated firm, with $12.689 million debts including $1 million notes due Aug 1, owns utility properties across Iowa Minnesota South Dakota Texas and stakes in other utilities. The bill says the company is insolvent and cannot meet current and maturing obligations.
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Del
Central West Public Service Co
Omaha
Chancery Court
Guy G. Foxx
Chicago
Foxx
Belaware
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Texas
Ilinois
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Virginia
West Virginia
Herriot’s France Wins Solid War Debt Mandate
Premier Edouard Herriot earned a confident mandate as France’s Chamber of Deputies backed his war debt and reparations policy. The vote stood 390 to 152 with support from left to center right, plus Tardieu’s former allies, pledging immediate economies in the war budget and international collaboration. In a separate incident, a 45-year-old schoolboy and his horse were killed by lightning near Stone Fort, Illinois, as the youth returned from mailing a letter.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Leacanne
France
Chamber of Deputies
Andre
Secret of fuels told by professor at State College
Dr. P. B. Schweitzer of Pennsylvania State College spoke at the annual national oil and power meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He said fuels that cause knock in gasoline engines smooth a Diesel engine, while fuels that make a Diesel engine rough improve a gasoline engine. He noted potential for using waste refinery products to boost Diesel performance.
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State College
PB. H. Schweitzer
Pennsylvania State College
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. Schweitzer
No Adjournment Seen Before June 20
Representative Rainey, Democratic leader, says Congress cannot adjourn before June 20 due to Senate delays. He notes the House has done all it can and that adjournment by week’s end is unlikely. The target dates are June 20 or 25, to allow attendance at the Democratic convention starting June 27.
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Washington
Rainey
Congress
Democratic House
Senate
Thirty Forest Fires Rage in Quebec Evacuations Reported
In Quebec on June 8 thirty forest fires spread under strong winds. Four townships—Melot Hucon Beaudet and La Trappe—were evacuated. Fires near Charles Mountain St Honore and surrounding Chi coutimi areas caused extensive damage to forests and countryside.
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Quebec
Lake St. John District
Melot
Hucon
Beaudet
la Trappe
Charles Mountain
St. Honore
Chicoutimi
Dollar Rises to 25.94 on Confidence from Finance Bills
The dollar strengthened to 25.94 in Paris amid renewed confidence after the American Congress passed finance bills. Report notes these measures are viewed as restoring trust in financial markets.
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Paris
American Congress
Neville meets Saito with foreign ambassadors in Shanghai
American Charge d Affaires Edwin K Neville and the French British and Italian ambassadors met Premier Saito in Shanghai to discuss the future status of foreign concessions and impresarios.
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Shanghai
Tokyo
Edwin K. Neville
Saito
Insull withdraws from vast utility empire in audit
Chicago June 8 AP Samuel Insull has quit control of rails and 52 other corporations, signaling a abdication from the utility empire he built. Federal audit proceeds to assess personal liability of officers at Insull Utility Investments, with potential civil action for recovery of funds. Simultaneously, Insull signed resignations from Chicago Rapid Transit Lines and related companies, transferring control to James Simpson of Marshall Field & Co. and stepping down as receiver of holding and trust entities.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insuil Utility Investments, Inc
Walter Lindley
James Simpson
Marshall Field & Co
Lindley
Salesman Sticks Around Doctor After Lose
In New York on June 8 AP report, Louis Fox of Chicago waits in Dr. Elihu Katz’s reception room as Katz ignores him while patients come and go. Fox reveals he has $160, the amount the doctor reportedly lost Sunday night, and asks what Katz has. The scene ends with Fox insisting he has only $5.
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New York
Elihu Katz
Louis
Fox
South State St
Chicago
Dr. Katz
Katz
Three More Bodies Recovered At Ellington Apartments
Cleveland reports eight dead after the Ellington apartments explosion and fire with five or more still missing. A woman tentatively identified as Miss Dehlin Small was among the recovered. another body’s sex could not be determined, and a third’s identity remained unclear due to heavy charring.
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Cleveland
Ellington Apartments
Dehlin
Small
Louisiana Legislature Backs Wet Referendum Vote Plan
Baton Rouge lawmakers approve submitting the eighteenth amendment to a statewide referendum for November. The House passed the measure 71 to 25, after Senate prior approval. Elsewhere, L. Adams 52, longtime president of Sentinel Life Insurance, dies at his Blue Springs farm. he previously headed Metropolitan Life in Kansas City and St. Louis.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Senate
el, Adams
Kansas City
Smith group plans fight to the limit for Shouse chair
New York June 8 AP Alfred E Smith will lead Democrats from five eastern states in a fight to elect Jouett Shouse permanent chairman at the Chicago Democratic National Convention. The strategy aims to show Roosevelt has alienated eastern Democrats and to stop Roosevelt’s nomination. Florida and Mississippi pledge support for Roosevelt. Republicans in Chicago push prohibition and renomination of Hoover. The convention opens June 27.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Jouett Shouse
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Shouse
Smith
Walsh
Chicago
Associated Press
Florida
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Idaho
Hoover
Indiana
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
L.d. Chassee
Milwaukee
Ruth Bryan Owen
Mark Wilcox
Roosavelt
Veteran Tries Seizing Tugboat In Ri ver Aid Plot
In Kansas City June AP says World War II veteran Walter E. Baker 36 La Veta Colorado attempted to commandeer a U S tug on the Missouri River to aid a Denver to Washington bonus march. Police responded to a riot call finding him aboard the tug with four comrades watching as Captain Vere L. Wilson and guard Noel C. Wilder resisted and Baker was beaten and hospitalized. Baker had reportedly recently been a patient in a government hospital in Colorado.
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Kansas City
United States
Missouri River
Denver
Washington
General Hospital
Walter E. Baker
la Veta
Golo
Baker
Revere L. Wilson
Noel C. Wilder
Beker
Colorado
Proposes New Rail Freight Rates in Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission examiners proposed readjustment of rates on classified freight and certain commodity traffic in the southwest to help carriers meet truck competition. The plan keeps current overall revenues, applies to most items in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and western Louisiana, and favors adding emergency freight surcharges in the southwestern differential territory.
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Washington
June
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
William J. Keobel
R. G. Taylor
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Oklahoma Panhandle
Patrick J McCarthy Dies In Toledo At 46
AP report states Patrick J McCarthy age 46 died in Toledo after a long illness. He led the Knights of Columbus educational work for ten years and was nationally known for his contributions to the organization.
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Pat McCarty
Toledo
Patrick J. McCarthy
Knights of Columbus
K. Co
Gas Saver Lab promotes high mileage Ford cars
Gas Saver Laboratories of Wheaton Illinois claims new Fords achieve up to 40 miles per gallon while older models reach 17, and other makes 1 4 to 1 2 more. They offer agents monthly earnings from 250 to 1000 dollars and invite immediate inquiries.
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Gas Saver Laboratories
Wheaton
Illinois
Dry leaders in GOP seek to stem wet tide
Nine Republican senators form counter offensive against resubmission plank to keep the Chicago platform dry. Senators Borah Capper Robinson Smart Goldsborough Howell Van denberg Steiner and Thomas meet with Moses to draft a compromise. Opponents held a late meeting in Borahs foreign relations room denouncing the plank as vote getting. Skelton says gangster foes will face four bad years if elected attorney general in Missouri.
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Lyle C. Wilson
U. P
Washington
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Capper
Kansas
Robinson
Indiana
Smart
Utah
Goldsborough
Howell
Nebr
Ore
Thomas
Smut
Moses
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Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
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