Roosevelt Forms National Youth Administration to Create Jobs
President Roosevelt announced a national youth administration under the works program with a $50 million fund to place unemployed youths in private industry apprenticeships, high school and college training, and work relief. About 500,000 youths are to be aided with average monthly stipends of 15 dollars, six for schooling and fifteen for college. The plan places Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams in charge, with state divisions to mirror the national setup and private employers to supply apprentice positions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Ronsevelt
Sale
National Administration
State
Acul
Couny
Weather Pattern Outlook for Northwest and Northeast
Weather record notes a cooler trend across the northwest portion on Wednesday and a mild drop in temperatures further northeast. Expect mixed showers with a cooler feel overall and possible light rainfall across the region tonight into Thursday.
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Pornen
Owen Grint Amd
Share Weath Tax Program Delayed In Drafting Rate Schedules
Washington notes President Roosevelts push for higher income and inheritance taxes may begin the end of vast fortunes and a shift in capital ownership. Experts draft rate schedules as the administration seeks to curb wealth accumulation and fund government expenses.
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Willis Thornton
Washington
NEA
Roosevelt
Congress
Tickets For Good Will Trip Of La Crosse Plugs On Sale
Tickets for a round trip Good Will excursion from La Crosse go on sale with a special 310 mile route via Milwaukee railroad. The open offer covers 15 communities, with tickets available at several city outlets and through the Plugs committee. The article also mentions broader tax policy debates and prominent figures in a multi-topic page segment.
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la Crosse
Pany
Minnesota
Awaukee Railroad
Average Citizen Pays $1.25 In Direct State Tax Monthly
Mr. Average Citizen paid $125 per month in the first five months of 1935 as direct state taxes. The figure, $6.45 for five months, comes from per capita state tax collections across 39 states. Gasoline and licenses pushed the burden higher, averaging 7.9 cents daily, with taxes scattered across property, income, alcohol, sales, and car use. Continued on page six Deloney.
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Chicago
Deter
Deloney
Speedy Bonus Action Sought By Committee
Washington DC residents heard a steer ing committee back Patman plan to use new currency to pay soldiers’ adjusted compensation certificates. Immediate action was sought on the bonus, with the committee backing the measure and urging swift consideration.
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Washington, D. C—P
Patman
Three Lions Break Free From Circus Truck Near Dallas
Three lions escaped their circus cage after a truck crash near Dallas. Neighbors awoke to the commotion as police and the driver sought help. officers found the lions calmly inside the open cage, ending the incident without injuries.
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Dallas
Tex
Newhbor—Hood
R. Thomas
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Chain Store Tax Bill Amid Budget Bill
Wisconsin assembly approved an administration backed measure to raise revenue by taxing chain stores estates gifts and utilities and tighten income tax in a bid to balance the next biennium budget. The chain store tax moves to the senate after passage alongside a state budget bill raising mandatory appropriations and adding funds for an eight hour day in penal and charitable institutions.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Vule
Finance Committee
Rowlands
Cambria
State Board of Control
Carroll
W. D. Carroll
Japanese Chinese Clash in Jehol Chahar Frontier
North China frontier fighting reported as a Manchukuoan patrol of 30 and a Chinese force of about 700 clash north of Toshikkou along the Jehol Chahar line. Japanese regulars stand ready at Jehol City while Manchukuo HQ awaits action to pressure Chinese troops south of the Great Wall amid new peace demands.
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Jehol- Chahar
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Toshikkou
North China
Jehol
Army
Kenji Doihara
Chahar
Great Wall
Kalgan
Hopkins Reports On Matanuska Colonist Camp Conditions
Washington reports to the senate on the Matanuska project noting no serious illnesses among colonists and adequate medical supplies. Hopkins says 1,836 people were moved there and construction is about three weeks behind due to rain and material delays, now improving.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Vandenberg
R-Micn
Iwin
Matanuska
Hopkins
Hold Band Concert Thursday Evening
The La Crosse concert band will offer another of its summer concerts in the Dr. Wendell A. Anderson Memorial bandstand at Riverside Park Thursday at Bo
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la Crosse
Wendell A. Anderson
Riverside Park
Senator La Follette Asked To Share Gift
The Kansas City Journal-Post sent Senator Robert M. La Follette a telegram noting he is a beneficiary under the will of the late Senator Bronson Cutting with a $50,000 share. It urges him to donate the amount that would have been taxed under his advocated inheritance tax plan and also asks his brother Phil, set to receive $25,005, to do his part.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Journal-Post
Robert M. la Follette
Senator Bronson Cutting
Roosevelt
Senator Cutting
Treasury
Phil
Cutting
Bids Asked For Work Of Clearing Pool Areas
Bids for clearing pool areas in Winona and Trempealeau Wisconsin as part of the nine foot Mississippi river channel project will be received at 2 p m July 16 by the United States engineer's office. Parcels 54 3 near Winona and 6 2 to 6 5 near Trempealeau are included.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winona
Trempealeau
Wis
United States Engineer’s Office
Steimle Arraignment Scheduled Thursday
Arnold J. Steimle, former Sheboygan banker, charged with embezzling 25 000 in American Legion trust fund bonds, will be arraigned here on Thursday. Judge Arold Murphy of Marinette will hear his plea.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Arnold J. Steimle
Arold Murphy
Marinette
Chinese Boat Capsizes With Death Toll Of 140
A Canton river steamer named M. 5S. San Lumon with 260 passengers capsized near Hoiping on Wednesday. Authorities cite fierce competition between highway and river travel, fare cuts, and river overcrowding as the cause, with 140 dead reported.
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San Lumon
Canton
Hoiping
Convicted lawyer for Dillinger harboring Van Meter in Chicago
Louis Fiquett, attorney for the late John Dillinger, was found guilty Tuesday in Chicago of harboring Dillinger lieutenant Homer Van Meter, a key figure in the Dillinger gang. The verdict follows testimony linking Fiquett to aiding the outlaw duo’s operations.
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Louis Fiquett
John Dillinger
Chicago
Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Piquett Convicted For Aiding Van Meter By Jury
Chicago news: Louis Piquett, former attorney for John Dillinger, convicted by federal jury of harboring gangster Homer Van Meter. Sentence likely two years and a $10,000 fine. sentencing deferred for new trial arguments. Piquett faced 1934 law targeting aiding criminals by professionals and was acquitted on Dillinger charge.
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Chicago
Louis P. Piquett
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Piquett
van Meter
St. Paul
Dillinger
Philip L. Sullivan
Conferees Reach Agreement on Wagner Connery Bill
Congressional conferees reach a complete agreement on the Wagner Connery labor disputes measure. They remove a House amendment restricting bargaining units to a single employer and drop a constitutional press freedom clause. A retained amendment lets the labor board decide unit scope and employer voting by majority rule. The pact moves to the Senate then back to the House for final action.
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Washington
House
Ramspeck
D.ga
Senate
National Labor Relations ' Board
Conference Asked In Beer Tax Row
Madison lawmakers in a stalemate over how to split two million dollars from the beer tax. A Senate conference committee was requested to resolve the dispute as a bill to re enact the $1 per barrel levy stalls. The Assembly again rejected the Carroll high school aid plan, insisting revenues stay in the general fund for state operations. Senator Carroll of Prairie du Chien called for the conference as the session nears its end.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
W. 2. Carroll
Prairie du Chien
La Follette Bill Passes After Bitter Wisconsin Debate
Madison lawmakers approve Governor La Follette’s plan to expand the federal grant into a state works program with a $7,000,000 annual recovery tax and Finance Authority setup. The measure, amid partisan sparring, advances to the senate after a 63 to 31 assembly vote and promises no delay beyond July 1.
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Wis
la Follette
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Senate
Finance Authority
Ray Novotny
Paul Alfonsi
Novetny
Sheboyran
Novotny
Alfonsi
Navotny
la Follette F
Aout
Federal Works Fund
Navetny
House
Wisconsin Finance Authority
Wisconsin
Monkeys and national tests spark playful doubt in Beverly Hills
In a humorous, clipped read, the piece jokes about intelligence tests in schools and mock national contests. It recalls a British chain letter misfire, Mexico’s quick laugh, and a playful jab at democracy, noting “there is still a lot of monkey in us.”
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Calif
England
Mexico
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