Big names placed on UST tax hearing in Washington
Washington June 24 The names of Andrew Mellon Pierre Du Pont and John Ras keh entered today into a congressional investigation of how wealthiest business and financial lenders reduce their income tax. Helvering introduced a list of Du Ponts and other names as witnesses, with figures showing 1300 personal holding companies saved 2,808,007 in 1936, and an estimated 9,237,000 in yet unfiled returns. The hearing highlighted family ties to Du Ponts and noted that legal tax deductions were not challenged.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Pierre du Pont
John J. Raskeh
Guy Ty Helvering
Internal Revenue
Senate House
Haing
Treasury
du Pont
Roosevelt
Ethel Mu Pont Daufter
Eugene
Ethel Pyle du Pont
du Ponts
Thomas W. Lamott
Alfred 2. Sloan, Sr
Ray W. Howard
W. Saley
Robert P. Scripps
BE. W. Scripps
Helvering
Scripps’ Estate
Weather overview and regional shower outlook
Mixed readability weather note reports showers and unsettled conditions tonight into Friday. Virginia expects fair to partly cloudy with possible showers in the far west, Kentucky shows partly cloudy followed by showers and warmer shifting east, with cooler conditions in the west.
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Bennesser
Virginia
Kentucky
Fiend blamed as Cincinnati rooming house fire kills one
Cincinnati report attributes a night prowler with a distorted mind to a deadly blaze at a rooming house. Chief Barney J. Houston says the fire caused four injuries and endangered 45 residents, with three earlier fires linked to the same suspect. One victim, Cc BE Williams, 406, was found burned in bed. Two elderly men were among those injured while escaping.
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Cincinnati
Barney J. Houston
Houston
Cc BE. Williams
Twat
Troubles in Spain Spark English Reactions Worldwide
Britain warned Berlin that any aggressive act by the Reich in Spanish waters would be taken seriously by the government. France and England signaled readiness to defend against Italo German moves, as German and Italian fleets patrolled Spain and a Valencia cabinet crisis emerged. News from Knoxville reported 14 year old Glenn French killed in a bicycle accident.
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London
Berlin
France
Bone
Algeria
Italy
Mediterranean
Sardina
House of Commons
Europe
Spain
Assaired
Eden
Canada
Mackangie King
Adolf Hitler
Graf Spee
Briain
Gibraltar
Tangier
Morocco
Thore
Paris
Ergland
Germany
Russia
Frent
Britain
Valencia
Bolshevist
Moscow
Communist International
Americans Held in Spain After Illegal Entry
Five United States citizens were held by police for questioning in Barcelona after they allegedly entered Spain from France. One identified as Willie J. Findley, 38, of Washington, was named. others’ names were not disclosed.
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Barcelona
Spain
United States
France
Willie J. Findley
Washington
Ne Niames
Girdler Denies Charge He Was Asked to Quit
At a Senate Committee hearing June 24 Tom Girdler, then head of Jones Laughlin Steel, denied a charge he was asked to resign for breach of confidence. He labeled the accuser a liar and attacked Senator Guffey’s questioning as misinformed while defending his transfer to Republic Steel and naming Philip Murray as a liar.
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Girdler
Washington
Senate
Tom Girdler
Jones-Laughlin Steel Corporation
Cuffey
D-Pa
Pittsburgh
Girtdler
Jones- Laughlin
Republic Steel Corporation
Senate Post Office Committee
Republic
Gusey
Guffey
Giréier
McKellar D
Philip Murray
Sheriff Promises Harlan Clean-Up in Kentucky
Harlan Kentucky June 24 a wholesale turnover in Harlan countys multi role of deputy sheriffs was promised by County Judge Morris Saylor after a wave of violence in the mining district. The Senate Civil Liberties Committee found a reign of terror in the area and planned a federal probe into the death of Wash Irvin whose body was found after resignations by Irvin and two others. Saylor vowed to discharge deputies not serving, saying an honest effort to clean house was underway. Three people are held in connection with Irvins death, including deputies Allen Bowlin and Perry Noe charged with murder, and Sally Smith held as a material witness. Irvin Slumped beside his car after resigning from the force.
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Harlan
Harlan County
Morris Saylor
Colt
Senate Civil Litetties Committee
Kentucky
la Follette
Senate Committee
Wash Irvin
Irvin
Mberties
Saylor
Hyure
Senate
Allen Bowlin
Perry Noe
Sally Smith
Indianapolis
Knoxville
Noe
Bowlin
George Lee
Lee Fleenor
Fleenor
Senate votes to raise income tax to bolster Federal Reserve balance
The Senate approved La Follette's amendment raising personal income surtaxes to strengthen the Federal Reserve. The vote 35 to 6 followed amid party rifts over the court reorganization bill. Leaders plan a three day Jefferson Island conference to discuss the bill and other measures while denying major debate.
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Washington
Senate
la Fortette
Roosevelt
Congress
Robinson
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Wheeler
Montana
van Nuys
Indiana
Bailey
North Carolina
House
Representatives Cox
Georgia
Lamaczek
Ohio
Buiday
French Warships Stationed at Hone Algeria
AP dispatch reports a fleet including two heavy cruisers anchored off Hone Algeria after secret night maneuvers. The position lies due south of Sardinia in the Mediterranean, signaling a show of force amid ongoing tensions.
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Paris
Hone
Algeria
Italy
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Crime Solution Hopes Glimmer Fades in Chicago Slaying Case
In Chicago on June 24 AP reports hopes to solve the Audrey Valletti murder faded after witnesses failed to identify Ruth Freed, wife of Eddie Freed, manager of a North Side honky tonk, among eight women shown at the detective bureau showup. Freed had surrendered after nearly a year’s disappearance.
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Chicago
Audrey’ Valletti
Ruth Freed
Parker duo face sentence in Lindbergh plot case
In Newark New Jersey Ellis Parker Sr famed country detective and his son Ellis Parker Jr await sentencing after a federal jury found them guilty of conspiracy to kidnap and coerce a confession in the Lindbergh case The elder Parker 85 and the younger faced possible sentences from one day to 100 years The jury of six and a half hours deliberated over nine weeks of testimony and recommended leniency Judge William Clark noted the recommendation would weigh with him. A suspended sentence was a possibility with sentencing set for next Wednesday.
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Newark
N. J
Lindbergh
Ellis Parker
Ellis
Paul H. Wendel
Tvo
Wendel
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
William Clark
Parker
Liquor Referendum Voter Registration Rules Outlined
Washington June 24 Assistant State Attorney General Net Tipton outlined who may vote in the September 23 liquor referendum. Eligible voters include those who paid their 1925 poll tax over 60 days before November 1936 and registered where required, plus those qualifying under various prior tax and registration rules. Special supplemental registrations will be ordered by county election commissions.
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Washville
Net Tipton
Tipton
Linmg
Strike blamed for mills closing in Warren and Niles
Five Warren area plants including Brainard Steel and Niles Steel Products shut down after an unauthorized strike tied to efforts for a broader labor holiday. Officials said orders were lacking and contracts unsettled as guards and police protected pickets at Republic Steel. Local leaders hoped no general strike would follow while mediators continued Cleveland talks.
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Associated Press
Warren
Ohio
Werren
Niles
Brainard- Steel Company
C. SO
J. & Manternach
American Welding and Manufacturing Co
F. R. Schaeffer
Niles Steel Products Company
Republic Steel
Republic
Ohio National Guard
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
Federal Mediation Board
Cleveland
van Houffel Tube Corporation
Ohio Corrugating Co- Alse
Republic Carporation
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C.L
Warren Republic
Lynn G. Griffith
C. R. Wheeler
Republic Steel Corp
Stoney
Pine
Walnut
National
Gfly
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C.D. Marshall
Glenn French
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Aurtin L. Davey
Ohio National
Los Angeles
John West Hunt
Father Divine
Delight Jewett
California
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Leon Yankwich
Hunt
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Lionel Evans
Crime Solution
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