Vigorous bids to alter FDR tax plan face strong opposition
Washington July 15 The Associated Press reports lawmakers expect vigorous efforts to amend President Roosevelts tax proposal with proposals for general sales tax tariffs and repeal of nuisance levies. Republicans refuse to be bound by any agreement to omit the bill while Democrats push for new inheritances, higher property, large income, and corporate taxes among others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jenkins
Ohio
Treadway
Massachusetts
Jong
Federal
Alcohol Control Administration
The
Treasury
Weather Forecast and Regional Notes
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with a slight temperature shift. Showers tonight and Tuesday, near fair conditions elsewhere. North Carolina sees showers tonight and likely coastal showers Tuesday morning, with interior clearing and warmer coastal Tuesday.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
North Carolina
Television Plans Shaped by A T and T
The FCC is expected to grant permission for a long distance television hookup in 1926. Dr. Frank B. Jewett presents the request as AT&T technicians test a new cable system between New York and Philadelphia. The design uses about one million cycles width to carry multiple telephone and telegraph circuits and enable television transmission.
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Alexander Kk. George
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Communications Comision
Frank B. Jewett
Eetl Telephone Laboratories
American Telephone and Te Eraph Company
New York
Philadelphia
Widh
Italy orders additional troops for Africa duty
Premier Benito Mussolini ordered a new regular army division and a new division of crack militia to mobilize for Africa. He also commanded immediate construction of ten submarines. An official communique noted accelerating military preparations amid the looming Italy Ethiopia conflict.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
In Duce
East Africa
Attempt to Free Convicted Woman in Lindbergh Case
Pro counsel for Margaret Waley, convicted in the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, planned new moves to keep her out of prison as federal motions for arrest of judgment and a new trial were set for Wednesday before Judge Cushman. Waley faces life sentence. husband Harmon M Waley is at McNeil Island after pleading guilty. Authorities offered no confirmation on reports that William Dainard, alias Mahan, was near capture. defense denounced the Lindbergh law as unconstitutional.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
Weyerhaeuser
William Dainard
E. B. Cushman
George Weyerhaeuser
Harmon M.wasey
McNeil Island
Todzey
Dainard
Mahan
Department of Justice
John F. Dore
Seattle
Waley
Dore
Idaho
Congress
Stephen J. O’brien
Mule Trade Surges as Mule Prices Hit New Peak
Memphis reports 23 452 mules handled in January with average price 140 each totaling over 2 000 000. Commission men foresee $200 mules by next winter amid acute shortages. Texas and Oklahoma supply most animals headed to Atlantic markets. breeding increases in coming year.
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Memphis
Commission Ten
Texas
Quklahoma
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Oklahoma
Mid-South
Arkansas
Mob Kills Two Black Men Near Columbus Miss
In Columbus Miss on July 15 two Black men Bert Moore and Dooley Morton were fatally harmed by a mob eight miles from the city. The victims were accused of two attempted assaults on white women in the area over the past two weeks. They were taken from the sheriff during an effort to spirit them away toward Aberdeen and were executed by a mob behind a church on a country road.
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Columbus
Miss
Bert Moore
Dooley Morton
Aberdeen
Two Brothers Held in Kentucky Slaying Case
In London Kentucky two brothers Bert and Leslie Jones were jailed as Sheriff B R Mason investigates the latest of a series of feud killings in Eastern Kentucky. The victim, Jim Bowling aged 24, was shot during outdoor religious services near New Salem. The region has seen multiple recent deaths from feuds amid tensions following a Boyne Day celebration. Local troops with bayonets patrolled streets as authorities seek to curb further violence.
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London
B. R. Mason
Ientucky Hills
Jim Bowling
New Salem
Bowling
Bert
Leslie Jones
Mason
Clay County
James Cupp
Bobbie Baker
Manchester
Indiana
Earl Porter
Capp
Aeland
Battle of the Boyne
River flood in Hankow area swamps Hanyang with 10000 dead
Chinese advices report about 10,000 persons perished as Han river flood breached a dike near Hanyang Hankow. A motorboat crew eyewitness described a wall of water sweeping houses livestock and people as survivors were scarce. Two thirds of Hanyang lay under water with hills offering refuge for a portion of its residents. The Yangtze water level at Hankow eased slightly but dikes remain a threat as the disaster surpasses prior 1870 and 1931 floods.
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Hankow
China
Han
Hanyang
Yangtze
Change Plans for Spending Billions
Washington reports that elaborate plans by the National Resources Board for a permanent works program have been abandoned for the current jobs drive. Officials cite money shortages and speed goals, with only limited funding and time for large river, harbor and highway projects.
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Thomas 4. Hamilton
Associated Press
Wester
Washington
National Resources Board
Roosevelt
Ickes
Senate
Public Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Relief Administration
Hopkins
Resources Board
Chancellor Still Holds Leadership Amid Vienna Mourning
Vienna observes deep mourning as Frau Herma Schuschnigg dies in a car crash and Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg faces shock and uncertainty. The body lies in state near Schoenbrunn Palace while the nine year old son asks for his mother and the country weighs political consequences. Prince Ernst von Starhemberg returns from Italy as physicians report the chancellor’s condition satisfactory.
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Vienna
Frau
Herma Schusthnigg
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schoenbrunn Palace
Frau Schuschnigg
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Home Guard
Schuschnige
Italy
Kurt
Deficit Cited as Tax Reform Solve for Tennessee
Nashville July 15 Governor McAlister urged a franchise tax on capital to fix the state finances, proposing repeal of the 3 percent corporation excise tax. He said the plan could raise about 1.75 million dollars annually, offset by a 2.2 million dollar admin overspend and possible up to 0.5 million more from reorganized finance and procurement. Auditors fixed the deficit at 1,545,554.42, with a 2,633,227 borrowing need to cover cash shortages. He suggested a tax commission to study other states while preserving the current system with reorganizations. The North Carolina example indicates potential gains. projected revenue could cover the budget gap without excessive burden on corporations. Continued on page eight.
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Nashville
General Assembly
McAlister
Finance Department
Supreme Court
N‘arance
Tennessee
George GC. Scott and Company
Messrs. Scoli and Company
North Carolina
Ute
Sild
R Avenue
Normund Nimi Iia
Yilar Ui
Eclipse to Be Observed by Amateur Star-Gazer
Dr. A Preston Gray, a local amateur astronomer, will view the full lunar eclipse tonight around midnight using a six lens telescope. He explains the eclipse occurs as Earth’s shadow covers the Moon, details timings in EST, and notes the equipment’s ability to reveal added lunar detail beyond the naked eye.
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Poersons
United States
A. Preston Gray
Dr. Gray
Gray
North America
Sullivan County
Bays Mountain
Kingsort
Walmsley Heads for Finish Fight in New Orleans
New Orleans July 15 47 Mayor Walmsley faces removal by the legislature after most leaders quit and joined Senator Long. Walmsley accuses Long of wrecking city finances and seeks support to resist what he calls political power grabs while workers receive partial July salaries amid relief aid.
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New Orleans
T. Semmics Walmsley
Stacy P. Long
Walmsley
Long
Redio
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
France
Police protection asked by aged couple after threats
Julius F Sweitzer 68 and his 19 year old bride fled Corry after neighbors blocked home with threats of tar and feathers. They sought refuge in an Erie hotel as police and firemen rescued them. Sweitzer planned talks with District Attorney Graham about a state trooper escort to return for belongings. Local tensions rose after Gus King 64 was arrested on murder charges involving Sweitzer’s attentions to King's mother.
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Erie
Julius F Sweitzer
Itate
Corry
Sweitzer
Sweitzers
J. Burtingame
Oward
Gus King
Laurence Field
King
Sweitser
Burlingame
Field
J. Robert Eckards
Clymer
N. J
Brie
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FDR
By Clarence M. Wright
Kinsale
Irish Free State
Jack MacCarthy
MacCarthy
Asia
Josephine McKinley
Chicago
Ervin Lang
Hammond
Ind
Blanche Dunke
Lang
Telephone Company
Il Duce
Andrue
Kentucky
Patrol
Belfast
Northern Ir
Solons
Mortimer E. Graham
Graham
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