Du Pont and Raskob Tax Case Seen as Paper Transactions
The U S Board of Tax Appeals ruled Pierre S Du Pont and John J Raskob attempted over 1 million dollars in taxes through securities paper transactions after the 1929 crash. It left final additional taxes for later, but estimates suggested about 600000 for Du Pont and around 1 million for Raskob.
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Washington
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Pierre S. du Pont
John J. Raskob
Raskob
du Pont
E. L du Pont de Nemours and Company
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Tenene
Top Board
Magistrate James R. Allen Dies After Prolonged Illness
Nashville July 12 James R Allen long time Davidson county magistrate died after an extended illness at age 76. His service spanned more than five decades shaping local legal duties.
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Nashville
James R. Allen
Davidson Younty
Weather synopsis across states with fair conditions
Readable weather notes say Tennessee and Kentucky will see generally fair skies tonight and Wednesday with gradual warming in the northern sections. Virginia reports fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with a light to moderate wind along the coast this evening.
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Tennessee
Nieth
Joral
Kentucky
Exiled Mufti Leads Arab World Push From Beirut
El Mufti Haj Amin Effendi Al Husseini, Palestine’s exiled leader, reportedly hosts a growing extremist network from a house near Beirut. Beirut sources describe a flow of funds, arms, and propaganda aimed at rallying Arab support against British rule in Palestine, with covert operations and cross border outreach to Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The British attempt to seal frontiers and suppress the movement continues as officials debate partition plans.
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Jerusalem
Hej Amin Effendi al Husseini
Palestine
el Mufti
Al-Zak
Beirut
Holy Mosque
Omar
Al-Zari
Lebanon
Syria
Haj Amin
Palestine Hills
Baghdad
Mosa
Basra
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Al-Zolt
Democracy the prime objective says Roosevelt aboard train
President Roosevelt declared democracy is the chief objective as his special train stopped at Pueblo Colorado. He said the nation should not copy other governments and touted government efforts to conserve resources and resolve interstate water issues with Colorado officials. He noted discussions with the governor and touched on the Arkansas river.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Alva B. Adams
Benjamin C. Hilliard
Arkansac
State Crime Unit Enters Memphis on Abage Inquiry
The state crime commission arrived in Memphis to launch a comprehensive probe into potential abuses of the registration law in Shelby County. Chairman B C Durham stated the primary interest of the investigation focusing on alleged irregularities linked to E H Crump, a foe of Gov. Gordon Browning, as Crump prepared to depart Ripley for Memphis.
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Memphis
State Crime Commission
Gordon Browning
Shelby County
E. H. Crump
Ripley
Commission
B.C. Durham
Doctor Swindt Deliberately Ends Life in Marin County Inn
Dr Joseph M Swindt a 32 year old Chino California physician and surgeon was found dead in an inn at Glema Marin county after self administered poison coroner said the act followed months of planning. He left a journal stating this was not impulse but a cool deed and attached a list of 20 names including his widow Janette and two sons directing them to read his death thesis.
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San Rafael
Calli
California
Joseph M. Swindt
Chino and
Pomano
Calif
Glema
Marin County
Jui Ray Ke
Janette
Athol
Mass
Herbert David Boutall
Boutall
Flora Evelyn Anna May
St. John's
Mays
State health unit to study Brushy Mountain prison hospital conditions
Nashville reports the state health department will survey Brushy Mountain prison to determine if hospital conditions are obnoxious and repulsive. Greeneville attorney John A Armstrong wrote welfare commissioner George Cate urging the description. Cate defended the hospital as well-equipped with Dr J E Mathest in charge, noting serious patients are transferred to the prison hospital.
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Nashville
Pith State Health Department
Brushy Mountaiin
John A Armstrong
Greeneville
George Cate
Cate
J. E. Mathest
Faaiq
Local heat wave ends briefly after midnight cool snap
Kingsport and Sullivan county shook off two weeks of high heat as temperatures fell 26.4 degrees after midnight following thunder showers. McKellar airport logged 90.4 blasting the previous 24 hours while 3 am brought a sharp drop to 66 before showers. forecasters warn the cool spell will be brief with a return to fair and warmer conditions in East Tennessee.
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Kingsport
Sullivan County
McKellar
Virginia
Tennessee
Forces Blend For TIFF With Morgan At TVA
Attorneys for the TVA and the federal government unite to oppose Dr. Arthur E. Morgan as he seeks to regain the TVA chairman role. TVA counsel James Lawrence Fly reports DOJ support to defend President Roosevelt against Morgan, who was ousted on March 22 after charges of mismanagement. The Morgan conflict with Harcourt Morgan and Davie E. Lilienthal prompted congressional action and a continuation noted on page eighty.
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Knoxville
TVA
Jodey
Arthur E. Morgan
James Lawrence Fly
Washington
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Morgen
Dr. Morgan
Qhican
Harcourt Morgan
Davie E. Lilienthal
Congress
Japanese Raiders Near Kiukiang Clash at Kiukiang Waterfront
Japanese bombers raided Chinese positions on Kiukiang outskirts as Chinese forces destroyed waterfront property including American holdings. Chinese defenses fortified streets with barbed wire trenches while civilians and missionaries evacuated to Kuling. Chinese planes hit Japanese ships off Pengtseh and Hukow. British property along the river faced riverfront defense actions. Yuantan bridge reportedly destroyed. another bridge damaged at Yingtak. Wedding tale from Athol Mass follows in brief.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Kuling
Yuantan
Canton Railway
Yingtak
Violence and unrest expand worldwide in new flare ups
News reports describe intensifying violence in Northern Ireland Palestine and the Spanish Civil War with fresh bombings in Canton and Kiukiang. Japanese forces press toward Hankow while Chinese defenders fight to prevent landing. U S and British ships evacuate foreigners as demands over Mussolini’s stance grow and Spain’s insurgent advance slows near Sagunto.
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Northern
Ireland
Palestine
Canton
Yangtei
Kiukiang
Hankow
Standard O% Company of
New York
U. S
Nelson T. Johnson
Kluking
Jury Convicts Bund Members in Suffolk Civil Rights Case
A Suffolk county jury convicted six defendants and the German American Settlement League of violating the state civil rights law after less than two minutes of deliberation. Judge L Barron Hill sentenced Earnest Mueller, league president, to one year in county jail and a 500 dollar fine. other defendants faced near maximum penalties. The judge ordered trial minutes for federal authorities.
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Riverhead
N.Y
Suffolk County
Stockholders Approve TPS Sale to City and TVA
Stockholders of the Tennessee Public Service Company voted unanimously to sell all electric properties to the city of Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Conspiracy arrests were reported in New Orleans as four men were in custody and four others sought in a related case. Liquorized ice cream faced a ruling question in Newark. Major John R. Brooke Jr was indicted in Columbus Ga for first degree murder in his wife Elizabeth Brooke's death at Fort Benning.
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TPS
Augusta
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Orleans
George Reyer
N E. Said
Brooke
Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Elizabeth
Fort Benning Infantry School
World Flier Hughes Ignorant of Critics When Flying Atlantic
AAP Aviation Editor details Howard Hughes who plans an Atlantic flight amid fame and risk. He previously set a United States speed record in seven hours 28 minutes, showing courage and independence. Associates note his mix of Hollywood past and private daring.
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Devon Francis
AP Aviation
New York
Howard Robard Hughes
AOW
V. Tinker
Hughes
Atlantic
Hollywood
United States
Dick Palmer
Oklahoma Democrats Balloting in Primary Amid Roosevelt Push
Oklahoma City July 12 Roosevelt urged liberals to back candidates in today's primary. With nearing counts, he praised Senator Hlmér Thomas and others, including E. W. Magland, while McGomer Smith faced no back slapping. Forecasted near 600000 votes reflect intense senatorial and gubernatorial races.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Hlmér Thomas
Barkley
Kentucky
Ohio
Caraway
Arkansas
Thomas
E. W. Magland
Van Nuys Renominated by Acclamation in Indiana
In Indianapolis July 32 a love feasting Indiana Democratic convention renominated Senator Frederick Van Nuys by acclamation. Van Nuys, once at odds with Governor M Clifford Townsend and the state organization, accepted after Townsend invited him to run. Other candidates withdrew, clearing the path for his renomination and possible re election.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
Roosevelt
van Nuys
M. Clifford Townsend
Townsend
van Nuys’ Rath
McCall Execution Stayed by Judge in Florida Case
In Miami Florida on July 12 Circuit Judge H F Atkinson granted a writ of error to McCall electrocution of Franklin Pierce McCall for kidnaping James Bailey Cash Jr. An appeal to the state Supreme Court is permitted returnable October 31. The execution is stayed pending review and a jury may determine mercy under the Lindbergh Law as applied to this non jury trial ruling.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James
Bailey Cash, Jr
H. F. Atkinson
McCall
C. A. Avriett
State Supreme Court
Avriett
Atkinson
Order Explained By Mine Operator In Labor Trial
London Kentucky July 12 testimony in a bitter Harlan labor conspiracy trial revealed that an element within the United Mine Workers Union in 1931 prompted an order prohibiting assemblies on mine property. T E Mahan vice president of High Splint Coal Company testified that while union principles were stated as legitimate, a criminal element in 1921 led him to bar parades and crowds on company grounds.
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London
United ‘Mine Workers Union
Harlan
T. E. Mahan
UMWA
Mehan
Reach Moscow Safely Before Jump to Omsk
Howard Hughes and four companions landed their silver monoplane at Omsk Siberia after a 7 hour 35 minute 1980 mile leg from Moscow, part of a round the world flight aiming to beat Post’s record. They then refueled and prepared to continue toward Yakutsk with 42 hours elapsed since New York.
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Moscow
Howard Hughes
Omsk
Siveria
Hughes
Yakutsk
Siberia
New York
Wiley Post
Post
Novosibirsk
Sverdlovsk
Ural Mountains
European Russia
Omak
Volge
Kazan
Paris
Aie
Compsnions
Alexander Troyanovsky
Washington
Watch Guy Who Buys Drinks Spy Trick Revealed
Sigrid Arne reports on a shady social ploy used by potential spies in Europe and the U S. The piece describes switching from cocktails to straight whiskey with a ginger ale chaser and letting the whiskey slip back to the glass to avoid talking. It notes spies’ unseen methods and states investigators may withhold details to preserve sources.
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Sigrid Arne
Washington
Cog&trail
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Liberia
Dupont
Boards of Tax Appeals
Holy Land
Big Shot
Nbody
Sir John Woodhead
Jewish Agency
Galilee
Samaria
Haj Amin Effendi
Ausseini el Mufti
State Crime
Browning
Shelby
State Health Unit
North Ireland
Spain
Spadan
Sagunto
Valencia
Foreign Office
Premeir Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
League Associated
Newark
D. Frederick Burnett
Burnett
the Man
DEMOS
Hoosier Demos
McNutt
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