Hoover Opposes Continuance Of Income Tax Cut In Treasury And P O Bill
The House appropriations committee reported the treasury and post office supply bill at 1 083 553 943 for fiscal year 1932. Outlay falls 86 906 095 below current year and 20 726 410 below budget. Tax refunds cut by 104 000 000, building construction up 10 117 220, prohibition bureau funds cut to zero.
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House
Treasury and Post Office
Prohibition Bureau
Justice Department
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Appropriations Committee
Narcotic Bureau
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Shipping Board
Tax Refunds To Shon Sharp Drop
Treasury post office appropriation bill cuts internal revenue bureau funding with a total of 59.96 million for next year, far below current year and budget estimates. The committee cites a sharp decline in tax refunds as the main cause, with 26 million plus 57.84 million carried over.
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Post Office Department
Treasury
Latin America
Internal Revenue Bureau Aae
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury-Post Office
Bureau
Graft Probe Details Police Theft Ring in New York
In New York the inquiry into magistrates courts reveals police collected 25 a day from about 200 ticket speculators for wares near theaters. Isidor Kresel reports graft totaling 2365,000 annually from ticket speculators. Hyman Bushel faced questions over a 7900 fee from a fence. Chile Acuna is recalled as hearings resume before appellate division referee.
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New York
Isidor Kresel
Kresel
Hyman Bushel
Kiesel
Chile
Mapocha Acuna
Supreme Court
Weather Outlook For Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy skies expect rain in extreme west Tennessee tonight and central and west areas Thursday. Central and eastern sections stay milder tonight. Virginia sees fair skies with not as cold conditions tonight and Thursday. Temperatures yesterday high 46 low 29. Readings taken at 6 p m daily by T C Harris U S W O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Army Officer Set for Trial in 1929 Poison Death Case
Major Charles A. Shepard faces a federal first degree murder charge for poisoning his second wife, Mrs. Shepard, at Fort Riley in 1929. He claims innocence and asserts she died after a toxic antiseptic treatment. He also describes a new relationship with Grace Brandon, a San Antonio stenographer, after his wife’s death.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard
Ft. Riley
Major Shepard
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Texas
Miss Brandon
Nye says Davis-Brown tickets overspent in Pennsylvania
Senate committee chair Nye reports expenditures of 272312 dollars for the Davis-Brown primary ticket in Pennsylvania, raising total spend to 641274 dollars. He notes 19500 dollars received from county treasurers via the Davis-Brown committee without accounting to state records or the Nye panel.
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Washington
Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Pennsylvania
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Davis-Brown
Samuel Vauclain
Secretary of State For
Aviatrix Forced Down During Transcontinental Attempt
Martha Bevins a 20 year old flying housewife attempting a women's trans continental air record was forced to land at Jacksonville Pa about 40 miles from Easton she said in a message to North Beach airport this morning.
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New York
Martha Bevins
Jacksonville
Easton
North Beach
Morrow Sworn In Completes U S Senate
Dwight W. Morrow takes the oath as New Jersey senator, completing the current senate. Vice President Curtis administers the oath with Senator Kean present. Mrs. Morrow and Elizabeth attend, Lindberghs absent. Senate party split now Republicans 53 Democrats 42 Farmer-Labor 1, Democrats gain three seats.
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Washington
APJ
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Morrow
Senate
Curtis
Kean
Democrats
Farmer-Labor
Hollywood Not Sinful Says Aberdeen Bishop
In Glasgow the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney defended Hollywood from scandal. He said the film industry is more respectable than Kelvinside and full of hardworking God-fearing people. He also toured Utah saying Mormons are monogamous as Catholics.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Aberdeen
Orkney
Hollywood
Rotary Club
Kelvinside
Utah
Solomon
Woodhull to close portable jail after year of crime-free use
Woodhull New York reports 12 consecutive crime-free months and votes to close its portable wooden jail. The structure has housed only itinerants seeking shelter during the year.
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Woodhull
N. Y
Rebels in China Fight For Release of Missionaries
Severe fighting has raged in Hupeh as government troops press to free American missionary Bert N. Nelson and Norwegian K N Tvedt held by Communists at Hwangan. Government reports 200 casualties, Reds say 1,000 losses. US consul notes emissaries trying to secure release have been captured.
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Peiping
China
First Red Army
Bert N. Nelson
K. N. Tvedt
Hwangan
Hupeh
United States
Hankow
Special Soviet Court Shuts Doors On Trial Of Plotters
Moscow reports a special tribunal questioned eight Soviet engineers on charges of plotting to overthrow the Moscow government. Prominent figures include a named former French president and alleged French agents. The court convenes Friday for closing speeches and a verdict before the weekend amid calls for death penalties. Two witnesses testified about sabotage, and one defendant argued lack of time prevented full disclosure.
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Moscow
House of Columns
Raymond Poincare
France
Peter Tsaitler
Irrigation Department
Leonid Ramsin
Krilenko
Ramsin
Donetx
Congress Powers Brew Legislation To Provide Work
Congress ran its third day in session as leaders pushed unemployment and drought relief plans. Senate debates on the Couzens bill and nominations plus the House's annual appropriation contrasted with Hoover's budget message and tax ideas. Democratic and Republican leaders discussed a $60 million seed and feed loan fund to aid drought relief.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Robinson
Heads Oppose Support of Vote on Prohibition Referendum
Opposition grew to a national referendum on the eighteenth amendment. Ernest H. Cherrington of the World League against alcoholism argued nineteen amendments should be put to voters. Representative Lea of California said prohibition won’t solve liquor problems for a thousand years. The Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform planned a conference next Friday. Some leaders urged restraint and acceptance of referendum outcomes.
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Washington
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Cherrington
House Net
Lea
Democrat
California
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Congress Strains Over Hoover Relief Plan
Debate over a $100 to $150 million unemployment relief fund narrows party unity. Democrats oppose the President's plan to distribute funds via a cabinet committee and presidential approval while Republicans push for immediate action.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Bank robber Lassiter given 20 year sentence in Tennessee
Knox County jury convicts Barney L. Lassiter, a red haired Los Angeles salesman, of bank robbery and sentences him to the minimum 20 years. He confessed to Sheriff Hackney but later denied the crime as Howard is indicted for alleged complicity and both men recently escaped jail before being recaptured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Barney L. Lassiter
Los Angeles
Tennessee
Lassiter
South Knoxville
Chester R. Hackney
R. L. Howard
Howard
Knox County
Hoover budget message warns against tax cuts and borrowing
President Hoover outlines a 1932 budget with a $3.93 billion request and a $180 million deficit projected for the current year. He opposes extending tax reductions and cautions lawmakers on new appropriations aimed at employment and drought relief, urging restraint to avoid a larger deficit.
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Gary
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Arlene Draves
Chester A. Owen
Missouri
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