Ethiopia Rises War Looms As Mobilization Feared
Addis Ababa reports wide mobilization preparations after Haile Selassie's warning that it is better to die free than conquered. Emperor promotes officers, pledges safety for foreigners, and unites Christians and Muslims against Italy. Mussolini's peace offers rejected. war outlook grows stronger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Foreign Ministry
Lion of Judah
Italy
High-Giet
Addis Ababa
Ogaden
Ethiopia
Abouna Kyrolis
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
TVA Bills Move To Promote Rural Electric Power In Tennessee
Nashville July 19 Senate debated three TVA related measures. One creates a rural electrification authority to promote cheap power from the TVA and make electricity available to rural residents at low cost. Two other bills authorize a power district to operate utilities and form nonprofit electric membership corporations. Senator Hammond Fowler cited Governor McAlister and the president’s program to bring cheap electricity to rural areas. The first bill failed in the senate by no dissenting votes. the others passed quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Pwa-Tva
Tennessee
Senate
TVA
Fowler
Weather outlook by region with scattered thundershowers
Tennessee Kentucky fair and warm tonight and Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers likely Saturday afternoon. Virginia shows a rally first night and Saturday with slightly milder interior and southwest portions Saturday. North Carolina partly cloudy tonight through Saturday with local thundershowers in the southwest Saturday afternoon and warmer in the northwest.
Packing Industry Watches AAA War
The meat packing industry faces confusion over the 2.25 per hundredweight hog tax tied to the AAA corn hog program as lower court rulings jeopardize farm relief. Packers fear potential refunds if the act is struck down, while not absorbing the tax remains impractical despite high profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin K. Mullin
Associated Press
Chicago
AAA
Supreme Court
Striking Back at Editor Criticism on AAA Policy
Jerome D. Barnum, Syracuse publisher and ADAA leader, attacked the Agricultural Adjustment Act arguing it taxes workers for essentials. The Agricultural Adjustment division replied via Nathan Koenig noting processing taxes had risen as a counterpoint while calling attention to farmer poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Jerome D. Barnum
Agricultural Adjustment Division of Information Today
Barnum
Syracuse
American Newspaper Publishers Association
American Institute of Co-Operation
AAA
Nathan Koenig
Berlin Police Chief Resigns Amid Anti Jewish Turmoil
Magnus von Levetzow resigns as Berlin police president under fire after failing to restrict Jews or purge them from Berlin. Count von Helldorf replaces him. Nazi leaders push to preserve Berlin as Reich capital. Anti Jewish banners appear in Schoneburg and NSN attacks target marriage bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Magnus von Levetzow
Count von Helldorf
Kurfuerstendamm
Wilhelm Frick
Schoenenburg
NSN
Better financial outlook for farmers in mid 1930s survey
Chicago July 19 The American service bureau of Chicago reports improving finances among farmers and ranchers in a semi annual life insurance survey of 10264 applicants in June. Farmer applications rose 17 percent from June last year and 40 percent from December. Average last June applied for was 1919 dollars versus 1858 in 1934. Deceased leaders include Percy A Rockefeller leaving 4477s at death. other large estates noted are Arthur Joseph 1500000, H K Noyes 1046310, and Melvin A Traylor 1002500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Service Bureau of Chicago
Percey A. Rockefeller
New York
John JD. Rockefeller
United States
Canada
Insurance Week Annual Review
Rockefeller
Arthur Joseph
Cincinnati
H. K. Noyes
West Newton
Mass
Melvin A. Traylor
States See Slow Gains In Income Tax Collections
AP survey shows 28 states collected 116 million dollars from income taxes last year while federal coffers received 817 million. Only 14 states have no income tax. Massachusetts and Virginia enacted or expanded taxes, others like Alabama Idaho Oklahoma Utah raised rates. Delaware trimmed its tax in 1930s.
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William Voigt, Jr
Associated Press
Kansas City
Uncle Sam
California
Town
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Idaho
Oklahoma
Utah
Connecticut
Florida
Uliness
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
Ohio
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Massachusetts
America
Virginia
Alabama Hs
Delaware
G. C. Douglass Buck
Goodrich Pleads Guilty To Killing Lillian Gallaher
Merton Ward Goodrich pleaded guilty to the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher in Detroit. The court sentenced him to life in prison at hard labor in Marquette as a mandatory penalty under Michigan law. He declared he wanted to plead guilty and ended the trial after testimony on insanity was presented.
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Middlesboro
Kentucky
Lee County
Virginia
Arch Redmond
Robert Bailey
Luther Poore
Erstwhite
Lillian Gallaher
Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Michigan
Marquette
Chit
Henry S. Sweeny
Goodrich
Harry C. Hanley
Ohio
Hands Off Policy Planned By Assn
The American Bar Association adopted a hands off policy on President Roosevelt's New Deal as it neared the close of its 58th annual convention in Los Angeles. The executive committee approved postponing final consideration of a report on the New Deal's impact on citizens' rights until at least November by a 14 to 1 vote. The committee, consisting of the president, secretary, treasurer, and 12 other members, also approved passing a Hauptmann trial report without changes, with further details continued on page eight.
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Los Angeles
Roosevelt
American Bar Association
Association
Orig
Long threatens suit over federal aid rights in Louisiana
Senator Long of Louisiana announced in Washington that a Supreme Court suit would test the federal government entering into state agreements with educational and other bureaus for PWA expenditures without state consent. He cited reports of Louisiana losing further PWA grants and warned anti-Long congressmen they would not get “30 pieces of silver.” A packed gallery listened as the speech unfolded amid debate on the AAA bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Long
Louisiana
Supreme Court
PWA
AAA
Long
Rural Road Plans Lock to County Decisions in Tennessee
Nashville July 19 The Tennessee County Highway Association urged each county to decide whether to transfer gasoline tax funds to the state for WPA tied rural road work after rejecting the WPA program. Eighteen counties already agreed with Col Berry to divert a portion of gas levies to state highway use with PWA funds for farm to market roads, employing about 4400 men. President Finley M Dorris warned against binding agreements that might fail, as county judges and highway engineers backed the stance to withhold blanket cooperation.
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Nashville
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Tennessee County Highway Association
Finley M. Dorris
General Assembly
Harry S Berry
State Highway Department
PWA
Col. Berry
Washington
Dorris
Tax shift debate grows in house ways and means
In Washington the house ways and means committee weighs new income tax rates. A proposed middle of the road schedule could cut effective taxes on small earners while taxing nearly three quarters of a ten million dollar income. Lovell H. Parker analyzes changes versus 1918 1924 and 1936 tax levels as 29 schedules are studied.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Lovell H. Parker
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Textile manufacturers dig own graves union head says
Wellesley Mass July 19 Francis J Gorman vice president of the United Textile Workers of America cites lack of foresight and concerted action by manufacturers. He blames profit greed for industry chaos and calls for a federal textile regulation bill to unify wages, shorten the workweek to 35 hours, and set a $15 weekly minimum for unskilled labor.
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UNION
Wellesley
Mass
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
North
South
Gorman
Summer Institute For Social Progress
Wellesley College
Campaign Costs Highlight Utility Holding Fight
Washington reports show Associated Gas and Electric Company spending about 700000 to defeat the utility holding company bill. Testimony before the senate lobby committee described plans to destroy opposing records and detailed a midnight hotel conference about what witnesses would disclose.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
William A. Hill
Boston
Associated Gas and Electric Company
U. E. Beach
Ithaca
WN. C
Associated
Senate
Beach
O. E. Wasser
A. G. EB
Wasser
Chairman Black
Senate Power
Associated Gas & Electric Company
Warren
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Poore
R. F. Ciles
Brooks
LaFollette
Tenn. Giles
Commonwealth
Robert B. Ely
Virginia Mountains
Scout Hills
Washville
Marion Boyd
Shelby
Germany
Levetzow
Trapdrummer's
Recorder's Court
David R. Clark
ASSN
Bar Association
Smites
ICKES
Emperor Long
D. Harold Oliver
EB. W. O'Brien
Erie
Wardman Park
Driscoll
D.pa
Public
Rt. P. Herron
Hil
Hill
O'Brien
G. K. Munson
Washingeon
George Smith
Herron
Smith
Philadelphia
Caples
Brie
Associated Gas & Bloriie Come Peny
Western Union
Buffalo
Bill
L. S. Shew
Shew
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