Hoover Faces Tax Clash as Budget Foes Vow Reforms
Washington Aug 31 AP President Hoover confronts a growing budget deficit and a looming tax debate as Secretary Mellon unveils a billion dollar financing plan for September. Republicans fear tax hikes, while Democrats want relief. independents push for revised taxes next session. Hoover aims to balance the budget amid a tough fiscal year with rising deficit and changing income tax receipts. The article also covers aviation prize results and a dramatic midair collision recovery at the national air races, highlighting Mrs Phoebe Omlie's leading woman’s division win and the daring parachute escape by two Marines.
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Washington
Mellon
Hoover Dodlay
House
Senha
Congress
WU Devivil
Treasury
Ate
Navy
Watson
Indiana
Republican Teader
Hoover
Avas
Cleveland
Xirs
Phoebe Omlie
Santa Monica
Calif
Memphis
Tenn
Javiatrix
Dixie Durby
Bowman
Mae Hailelip
St. Louis
Edith Felix
Portland
Ore
Louise Thaden
Pittsburgh
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Clema Granger
Ruth Stewart
JE. Shankle
Fort Sill
Otis
Cat Delays Chicago Dormitory Work Amid Cat Interlude
Comical scene at the University of Chicago dorm project delays completion planned for November 1. A cat named Tom appears in risky spots, evading removal as workmen struggle to free him from carved oak panels and walls. Overnight antics continue to amuse, with Tom avoiding water but enjoying a hot dog.
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Cngago
Augal
Tameet
University of Chicago
Tom
Fred Mart
Ayas
Slayers Sought In Duffy Killings Across States
Police across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York hunt the killers of Mickey Duffy, Atlantic City racketeer slain during a stay there. Detectives probe the Ritz Carlton suite and a web of associates including Albert Skall and Sammie Grossman as possible shooters, while a $400000 trust funds plan for Duffy’s widow is noted and jail bonds are set for suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Avg. Sr
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Mickey Duffy
South Jersey
Atlantic City
Duffy
Dufty
Harry Green
Durty
James Richardson
Puglist
Berlin
N. J
Funmen
Krow Heo
Ritz-Carlton
Albert Skall
Sammie Grossman
Robert Perkins
Gloucester
Dave Silverberg
Dutch" Schultz
Jacobs
Johnny Shea
Skali
Ralph Gold
Grossman
S. Cameron Hinkis
Treasury receipts and customs takings August report
Treasury receipts for August 28 were 5 477 019.86 with expenditures 7 383 258 85, balance 144 783 911 12. Customs receipts for the month to close of business August 28 were 33 198 101 18.
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Treasury
Washington
Seventeen Die in South. lynchings reported in Florida
A roundup from the South and a Florida lynching follows an attack on a forest ranger. Names include Arthur Holland Ollie West John Henry Hurst Tom Goodson Ralph Jones and Leah Rice Schiff among others. Accidents and fatalities occur in Mississippi Georgia Kentucky Arkansas and Louisiana with several police and civilian deaths.
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Atlanta
Blountville
Fla
Jackson
Arthur Holland
Ollie West
Midville
John Henry Hurst
Tom Goodson
Ralph Jones
Perry
Greenville
Magistrate C
Baker
Leah Rice Schiff
Knoxville
Tenn
Harlan
Joe Moore
Lee Fleener
Moore
Carlo Hyatt
Ernest Wilson
Miss
J. T. Martin
Alexandria
Lee Barker
Gilliganville
US. C
William Tuten
Inez Harvey
Avery
Texas
Little Rock
Ark
James Hawkins
McComb
Henry A
Powers confessed killer sought by police in city debris
In Clarksburg West Virginia August 1981 police hunted other Powers victims as officers and prison officials probed the deaths Powers admitted. Authorities sought women who had corresponded with him under an assumed name as a possible wider net of murders. Powers detailed new admissions and described the grim killings of Mrs. Asta Eicher and three Chicago children and Mrs. Dorothea Sempke of Worcester Massachusetts, while investigators pursued a possible insanity defense and examined the many letters Powers received from prospective brides.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Powers
Asta Eicher
Chicago
Dorothea Sempke
Worchester
Mass
Powara
Cornelius O. Pierson
Camey
Joe
Harry ‘Eicher
Davis Faces U S Mail Fraud Case in Asheville
Wallace B. Davis, twice convicted in state courts over the failure of the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville, faces federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Co-defendant William B. Harris, vice president of General Securities Inc., allegedly aided a fraudulent conspiracy in the securities operation. The article notes the list of firms and persons involved.
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Asheville
N. G
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and ‘Trust Company of
William B. Harris
General Securities, Inc
Securities Enterprise
Man revived by Cortin hormone from adrenal glands
The Aug 31 report details a man who appeared dead after an Addison's disease event, revived by Cortin, a hormone extract from bovine adrenal glands. Dr. Hartman’s team at University of Buffalo presented two papers on Cortin at the American Chemical Society meeting, noting scarce supply and the push to synthesize the hormone despite practical demand from universities and patients.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Buffalo, N
Cortin
American Chemical Society
University of Buffalo
F. A. Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Chemical Society
Addison
Hartman
Weather Rain and Warmer in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with local thundershowers Tuesday and a slight warming tonight. Virginia reports fair tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and a chance of showers in extreme southwest portions, with little temperature change and moderate west winds. Readings show yesterday’s high 84 and low 60 with no rainfall noted. data taken daily at 6 p.m. from Harris house, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Harris
U.S.W
Kilgore Patrols by Troops After Oil Town Fires
Kilgore Texas August reports say national guardsmen guard the town to prevent a recurrence of incendiary attacks that damaged two buildings the prior day. Flames struck a combination hotel and grain warehouse and six fires hit the area Sunday including two churches. Brigadier General Wolters ordered strict patrols and a shutdown of wells as authorities seek suspects.
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Kilgore
Tex
Tekas
Aevants
Jacob
F. Wolters
Wolters
Miner dies in Harlan shooting in Kentucky
In Harlan Kentucky a miner Joe Moore died from a heart wound and Julius Baldwin was shot in the head dying soon after while Jeff Baldwin was wounded as Deputy Sheriff Lee Fleener fired at three miners at a pavilion near Harlan. Firearms were seized and the incident adds to days of labor unrest in the county.
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Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
Lee Fleener
Joe Moore
Julius Baldwin
Jef Baldwin
Harlan
J. H. Blair
Wisyor Ncwascu
Blair
Fleener
Three jurors defend records in Caldwell case in Nashville
In Nashville on August 31 three jurors Carter Hough S J Ayers and E A Alley defend their records on the witness stand during Caldwell s bid for a new trial The district attorney general said two more jurors Paul Stewart and J L Carmey may testify The case centers on Caldwell s fraudulent breach of trust involving Caldwell and Co and the Bank of Tennessee both failed last fall Caldwell was sentenced to one to three years in the state penitentiary
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell
Carter Hough
S.J. Ayers
E. A. Alley
Richard M. Atkinson
Paul Stewart
J. L. Carmey
Hough
Ayers
Alley
State
Caldewell and Co
Bank of Tennessee
Man in Veterans Hospital Wanted for Murder Wife
William Brown, 35, an inmate at the Johnson City Soldiers Home, is returned to Fall River Mass., to face charges for the 1918 slaying of his wife Anne Brown. He wa s traced across the U S and Canada after living at veterans homes and was arrested Sunday. He admitted two marriages.
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Fall River
William Brown
Anne Dono
van Brown
Johnson City
Tenn
Brown
Boston
Francis W. Clemmey
Massachusetts
Cleramey
Tern
Ous
Soldiers Home
Mass
Annie Brown
Sundsy
T. O. Murphy
W. Glemmey
Union
Canada
Teaying
Murphy
Taunton ‘Rio
Veterans
Danville
Liverpool
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Uderiwil
John ‘Livingston
Aurora
Lloyd C
Yost
Pinehurst
Arthur Davis
East Lansing
Mich
L. T. M. Anderson
Shelton
Wash
W. C. Brice
Winnsboro
S. C
Fighting Squadron Nine
Quantico
Anderson
RB. L. R. Atcherly
Britain
Duke Miller
Niles
Themg
Micky Duffy
Florida
Miner
Harry Powers
Cornelius Fierson
Quiet Dell
Nfeilt
Roméo
Agta Eicher
Pine Ridge
Sindow
Greta
Davis
U. S
Asheville Bank
Teimteg LY Teavus Biva Bles
Washington, D. C
Treasand
Edury
Rose
Hyatt
Boise
Idaho
Ness
Veterans Hospital
Wm. Brown
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