Debates Over Business Tax Measure Loom Today
The House faced a pivotal debate on the business profits tax as leaders seek swift passage. Drought of details aside, Republicans push for immediate enactment to deliver relief and speed business activity, while opposition warns of ongoing corporate and excise burdens and the potential for delayed implementation. The item references the long standing corporate profits levy and its role in shaping national taxation policy.
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Tennessee
Doughton
Ways Means Committee
House
Martin Republicans
Martin
Tornado in Minnesota Leaves Ten Dead and One Hundred Injured
A June tornado swept through Anoka, Champlin, Osseo, Cedar, Maple Grove, Hamel, Dayton and nearby towns, killing about ten and injuring around 140. Governor Harold E. Stassen ordered state relief as roads were blocked and towns suffered extensive damage. National Guard armories destroyed and cars flipped as chaos followed the storm. Local responders and the governor launched a coordinated relief effort.
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Noka
Minn
Oacade
Ota
Corcora Osseo
Cedar
Aplin
Maple Grove
Hamel Dayton
Incapolis
Harold Easen
Champlin
National Guard
Minneapolis
Oran
Rei
Hammer Murderess Escapes From Prison
Marysville Ohio June 19 a statewide search ordered for Velma West and three other women missing after their cells were found open at Marysville reformatory. Velma, 33, killed her husband with a hammer in Painesville Ohio eleven years ago and was serving a life sentence.
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Marysville
Ohio
Velma West
Blond Hammer
Marysville Reformatory
Blond Velma
Painsville
West
Edith Buerger
Reformatory
Marion
Naval bases to be improved with major program
Washington, June 18. An immediate construction and modernization program for Atlantic and Pacific bases has been ordered by the navy. Plans call for millions in new facilities and upgrades to drydocks capable of serving the larger ships, with at least one major dock costing about 5 million dollars on the west coast. Improvements at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston, Mare Island, Puget Sound, and Portsmouth are included. Congress likely to be asked for funds in a supplemental measure before the session ends. The memo cites the need to keep shore facilities ample to support a fleet ready for war and warns that without them the effectiveness of air and sea forces will be reduced.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Ravs
High Command
West Coat
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Charleston
Mare Island
Paget Sound
Portsmouth
Nhs
Congress
Budget Bureau
Indiana Lincoln Plays Submitted In Writing Contest
Boonville Indiana June 1 One hundred and seventy plays submitted in a $7 000 writing contest sponsored by the Southwestern Indiana Civic Association Mrs Bess Ehrmann announces the contest closed April 1 Plays came from every state and from England and Canada Mrs Ehrmann read all submissions selecting 16 as outstanding Other judges William Fortune and Karl Knecht have yet to read the manuscripts All plays are three or more acts designed for about two and a half hours and center on the Indiana boyhood of Abraham Lincoln Winners will be announced after further judging and six plays will go to critics for review Continued on page
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Boonville
Ind
Southwestern Indiana Civic Association
Bess V. Ehrmann
United States
England
Canada
Indianapolis
Karl K. Knecht
Evansville
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Psi Iota Xi elects Mrs Morton grand treasurer
At the thirty seventh annual Psi Iota Xi convention held at French Lick Springs Hotel Mrs Paul Morton of Lebanon was elected grand treasurer. Other grand officers include Virginia Lee Brightwell Jeffersonville president Harry O Mulder East service vice president Ma nn ie Low Chittick Florence Hancock Greensburg editor Elynni Griffith Scottsburg conductress and Mrs Harry D Youse of Marykity chairan. Close of Friday included a tea in the Japanese gardens and a formal dinner dance with Saturday breakfast in the ballroom.
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Psi Iota Xi
French Lick
Satur
W. D. Simmons Jr
Vivian Rae
Bloomington
I the Sorority
Ward Stillman Kelly
Psi, + Ote
Nearly 800 Swim At Lebanon Seashore Pool Weekend Record
Nearly 800 persons used the Lebanon Seashore Pool to beat the heat with 202 bathers Friday, 156 Saturday, and 438 Sunday. The Sunday turnout set a new pool attendance record as the pool remained open daily from 1 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Spectators visited the pool while park drives were partly open.
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Lebanon Seashore Pool
METER HOST HOSTS INDIANA FIRM VISITORS
Ray Matzzer hosted managers and employees from ten Indiana lumber firms in this city. About ninety seven attended a full day gathering with visits to Zionsville and Lebanon yards, a fried chicken dinner, and a program of dances, solos, and a mock radio broadcast.
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Ray Matzzer
Indiana
Bur
Bloomington
Burrows
Darlington
Delphi
Greencastle
Kingman
Lebanon
Otterbein
Spencer
Zionsville
Elks Club
Roy Metzger
Fred Donn
Alada Witt
Martha Frances Dunn
Asyluma
Henry Wilson
Lebanon Woman Heads Auxiliary
Mrs C V Dowden of Lebanon was elected president of the Sixth District American Legion Auxiliary at a joint meeting with the Cloverdale Post and Auxiliary. Mrs Helen Watha Clinton was elected vice president and Mrs Charles Wheeler of Lebanon appointed secretary.
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C. V. Dowden
Lebanon
American Legion Auxiliary
Jasper County Lion Hunt Ends After Wild Dogs Shot
In Reisselaer Indiana on June 19 reports of a mountain lion loose in Jasper County created excitement for over a week. Last night two wild dogs were shot on Lawrence Kellner’s farm, and the tracks matched those feared to be from the mountain lion, ending the chase.
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Reisselaer
Ind
Jasper County
Lawrence Kellner
Lions Club Penney Ice Fund aids Lebanon poor
The Lions Club with The Reporter cooperation launches a Penney Ice Fund to relieve suffering among the needy in Lebanon. Donations accepted at The Reporter office and Hodge and Darnall, with the Union Federal Savings and Loan Association, and listings published daily. Applications for ice require investigation and approval.
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Lions Club
Reporter
Hodge and Darnall
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association
Tee
Cegeery
Abresee Wen
Ice
Eighteen Arabs Die in Bomb Explosion in Haifa Market
Haifa June 19 eighteen Arabs were killed and 24 wounded when a bomb exploded in the native vegetable market in the day’s most serious violence since the partition plan. English troops rushed to the scene as patrols sealed the area and curfews were imposed to avert demonstrations. Zionist agitators were blamed for the bombing.
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Haifa
Mrs G A Benigar Nets Hole In One At View Country Club
Mrs G A Benigar of Lebanon became the first woman to ace a hole at View Country Club after a 135 yard brassie shot from the No 2 tee during a mixed two ball foursome with Allen Thompson of Indianapolis. The Downs of Lebanon won the tournament with low net 64, while Mrs B Harrison of Indianapolis and Dr R Porter were runners up with a 94.
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G. A. Benigar
Lebanon
View Country Club
R. M. Malpas
Tye
Ronigar
B. Harrison
Indianapolis
R. Porter
Bergdoll Fortune Adds New Mystery
New York date reveals Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft dodger, brought a $150000 fortune from Germany when he returned recently, adding to the mystery of his career. His wife Berta and attorney Harry Weimberger, who received the securities Sunday at Governor's Island, did not disclose how the funds were moved under Nazi currency rules. The transfer included $150000 in stocks and bonds, $2100 in cash, and twenty Dutch guilders.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Berta
Harry Weimberger
Governor's Island
Bergdoll
Mayor Endorses Penny Ice Fund in Lebanon
Stanley E. Jones mayor of Lebanon urges city residents to support the Lions Club Penny Ice Fund aiding children the sick shut-ins and needy with ice purchases. The appeal notes pennies from the needy cannot fund the ice needs and asks for voluntary contributions to bolster comfort and health.
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Lions Club
Lebanon
Stanley E. Jones
Ebafon
Mediate move in Anglo Japanese Tientsin blockade
U S offers good offices to arbitrate ongoing tensions over the Tientsin blockade with Britain. Communicated through Eugene H Dooman, the plan names Admiral Harry Yarnell as likely arbitrator. Tokyo signals desire to avoid drastic measures and cooperate if Britain shows willingness. Japanese dispatches stress the blockade targets the British concession, not the United States, and aim to minimize American disruption. Officials say every effort sought to reach understanding with the United States before action.
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Tokyo
United States
Tientsin
Washington
Eugene H. Dooman
Harry Ervin Yarnell
Doomar
Foreign Office
Japan
Dooman
Domei
United Sta
Tentsin
Far East
Britain
Tensions Flare Over Wuhu Landing By Scarab
News briefs from Tokyo to Washington report Japanese protest to British authorities over a Scarab gunboat landing goods at Wuhu on the Yangtze north of Shanghai. Other items note a Bowling Green tornado injuring three, a Fremont murder charge of Velma Fink, a Marseilles visit by American journalists aboard a Pan American flying boat, and Hull signaling possible evacuation of U. S. dependents if Tientsin worsens.
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Tokyo
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Marseilles
Pan-American Airways
Port Washington S. 1
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Busiess
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Roperty
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Hammer
Indiana Lincoln
Plote
P. Morton
Mes
Paul Morton
Dowden
Cal
Knightstown Home and Child Welfare
Wheeler
O. V. Dowden
Jasper
Penny Ice Fund
Penny Ice
City of
U.S
Yarnell
Bulletins
Bowling Green
E. A. Tucker
Louisiana
Fremont, O
Velma Baker Fink
Haldon Baker Fink
Cordell Hull
China
Hull
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