President To Intervene In Tax Struggle
The Roosevelt administration faces a heated tax bill fight as the Ways and Means Committee debates a graduated corporate income tax from 10 to 16 3 4 percent. Exemptions for charitable contributions divide lawmakers with welfare groups and Catholic Charities backing them, while President Roosevelt opposes exemptions as aiding private charity. A Doughton poll hints a narrow 9 to 8 split among Democrats on the principle of graduation. The panel requires 13 votes to pass.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Turkey
Roosevelt
Allen T. Burns
Community Chests and Councils, Inc
National Conference of Catholic Charities
National Council of Jewish Federations
Rep. McCormack
M. Mass
Storm Washes Out Bridges Near South Bloomingville
Surveyor Orla Wolfe reports two bridges near South Bloomingville washed out by late night rainstorms. crews will be sent with equipment to repair the damaged bridges. Severe crop damage also reported in the area.
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Orla Wolfe
South
Bloomingville
Wolfe
Congress Today Debates Omnibus Banking Bill and Lobby Inquiries
Senate debates an omnibus banking bill while an ongoing lobby investigation continues. The Rules committee resumes the inquiry as the House considers miscellaneous legislation. A $208 million second deficiency bill passed yesterday alongside debate on the banking measure. The lobby committee sought to determine if a mysterious box was given to a congressman. A liquor control bill also passed.
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Senate
House
Rules Committee
Disorders erupt in Terre Haute as guards enforce martial rule
In Terre Haute Indiana renewed industrial unrest triggers National Guard deployment at the Columbian Enameling and Stamping Co mill. About 3 000 protesters clash with bayonet wielding troops amid gas bombs. one woman injured. 11 arrests raise total detainees to 180 as taverns close and mediation continues.
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Terre Haute
Ind
National
The
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Co
McNutt
Edward MacBeth
Mexican Riots Quieted Today in Tamaulipas Enclave
In Tamaulipas, about 2000 peasants ended a two day siege of Matamoros aimed at forcing city officials to resign. Gov. Rafael Villarreal remained under fire though confident he could dominate the situation amid Mexico City's pledge of a full investigation. Tampico crowds had demanded his removal as the municipal council joined the push.
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Matamoros
Tamaulipas Mex
Tamaulipas
Rafael Villarreal
Mexico City
Cardenas
Villarreal
Tampico
Minister and Solon Duel Ends Without Hit
Argentina's Minister of Finance Federico Pinedo and Senator Lisandro Delatorre dueled with pistols after a heated Senate clash. Each fired and missed, leaving the dispute unresolved. the incident followed a previous fatal shooting in the Senate gallery two days earlier.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Federico Pinedo
Lisandro Delatorre
Senate
Nazis Launch Three Front Assault on Press and Veterans
Nazi forces strike three fronts today targeting the foreign press, Catholic press at home, and the Steel Helmet veterans group. Berlin reports show German press condemning a foreign paper as biased while Catholic editors fear further Nazi action and the Steel Helmet units are dissolved for subversive activity.
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Berlin
War Veterans’ Organization
Steel Helmet
Germany
Max Amann
Reich Press Chamber
Steel Helmets
Mecklenburg
Jarchim
Ludwigslust
Waren
Baden
Fuehrer
Lightning Strikes Brush Lake Resort Stuns 20
In Urbana Ohio lightning struck a tree at Brush Lake during a picnic injuring one woman and stunning more than twenty people. Mrs Frank Hardin of Columbus was knocked from a stool and treated for leg and arm injuries as Woodstock lost power and all resort telephones failed.
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Urbana
Brush Lake
Frank Hardin
Columbus
Woodstock
Fire destroys Jackson factory in electric storm
Fire discovered during a severe electrical storm destroyed the Ohio Quartz Products Company plant in Jackson Ohio. Estimated loss is $20,000 and the concern carried insurance.
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Jackson, O
Ohio Quartz Products Company
Elsie Janis Wreck Victim In Auto Crash
East View New York July 25 AP Elsie Janis star of stage injured in car crash with husband Gilbert Wilson. Hospital bulletin says patient responding favorably sleeping quietly condition serious but improved since arrival. Brain concussion deep gash back of head loss of blood may require transfusion plans X-rays when allowed.
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East View
N. Y
Elsie Janis
Grasslands Hospital
Gilbert Wilson
Janis
Lancaster Mourns Veteran Editor Edward Wetzler 73
Ohio journalism mourns Edward Wetzler editor emeritus of the Lancaster Daily Eagle died in Lancaster at 12 45 p m after two weeks bedfast illness He started at the Eagle in 1890 with his brother and led the paper during its peak years Surviving children include Charles Fannie and Ella and nieces and nephews across Chicago and New York City The Eagle was reorganized recently but Wetzler's influence remained as a beloved old school editor.
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Ohio
Lancaster
Edward Wetzler
Lancaster Daily Eagle
The
Eagle
Wetzler
Thomas Wetzler
Charles
Charles Wetzler
Fannie Wetzler
Ella Wells
Thomas W. Wiseman
Wm. P. Wiseman
Chicago
Ill
John E. Powers
Mary Jane Wiseman
Scarsdale
N. Y
George
John
C. P. Wiseman
Cal Lyon
Ed Wetzler
Henry Rogers Oilman Dies at 55 in Southampton
Col Henry Huddleston Rogers heir to large Standard Oil fortune died in Southampton hospital after ill health since October. He was 55 and had been brought from his summer home for a blood transfusion. his condition worsened yesterday and last night.
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Southampton
N. Y
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Standard Oil Companies
Southampton Hospital
Rogers
Ohio spring pig crop shows drop from 1934 totals
Ohio’s spring pig crop totaled about 1,817,000 head, nine percent below last year, according to Prof. George F. Henning of Ohio State University. The U S pig crop was estimated at 30,402,000 head, down 7,405,000 head or 19.6 percent from the previous year.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
United States
George F. Henning
Department of Rural Economies
Ohio State University
Wage Scale Talks Recessed by Appalachian Miners Group
After a half hour session the Joint Scale Committee of Appalachian Soft Coal Operators and Mine Workers recessed until 2 p m tomorrow to continue negotiations on a new wage scale and hour contract.
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Washington
Joint Scale Committee
Appalachian
Utility Investors' Expenses Studied By Lobby Probers
Witnesses reported by House investigators that the American Federation of Utility Investors spent about sixty thousand dollars in six months in what it called the interests of investors. Texas Power and Light Co executive John W. Carpenter testified paying editor Peter Molyneaux of Texas Weekly two thousand four hundred fifty two dollars over five years including thirteen hundred for advertising and assistance. He noted a recent two hundred for advertising and a thousand for advertising and help in the year ending June 30, 1931 and three hundred for the following year.
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Washington
American Federation of Utility Investors
House
Hugh Magill
Senate Lobby Committee
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Co
Peter Molyneaux
Texas Weekly
Senator Schwellenbach
Wash
Carpenter
Xenia Heads Deny Charges in Orphans Home Probe
Governor Davey's inquiry into conditions at the Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans home continued under Col. Colson D. Light with a strong denial from Harold L. Hays superintendent who insisted there is no basis for the charges. Light noted complaints over admission practices and funding showed the current biennium budget being larger than the past two years despite the governor's veto.
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Xenia, O
Davey
Orphan's Home
Colson D. Light
Toledo
Harold L. Hays
Hays
Camp Perry
Col. Light
Light
Legionnaires Plan Separate Investigation
William Ronald state commander of the American Legion said the legion will not be represented in Governor Davey’s Sailors Orphans Home inquiry. The legion has appointed Ingersoll of Warren Walls of Kent and Favett of Cincinnati to conduct an independent review of expenditures and conditions.
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Warren
William Ronald
American Legion
Legion
Davey
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Xenie
Ronald
R. G. Ingersoll
William Walls
Kent
James Favett
Cincinnati
Five Racine Boys Sentenced for Robbery to Attend Sunday School
Five Racine youths accused of robbery were sentenced to attend Sunday school as part of their punishment. The measure aims to reform them while addressing their brief criminal involvement.
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Pomeroy
Racine
British Arms Export Policy Stance on Italy and Ethiopia
London July 25 AP Sir Samuel Hoare foreign secretary says Britain will not issue licenses to export arms to Italy or Ethiopia for now while transit of arms to Ethiopia via Britain may occur. He stressed the government aims for a peaceful resolution and noted treaty obligations allow shipments into Ethiopia if requested.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Great’ Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Sir Samuel
Geo. Lansbury
Labor
Mussolini's Sons Promote to Officers in East Africa Air Force
Rome July 25 AP Two Mussolini sons gain officer ranks in the East African air force. Vittorio, 19, becomes a second lieutenant after weeks at an army air camp while Bruno, 17, is made a sergeant. Both join the bombardment corps headed for East African service.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
East African Air Force
Vittorio Mussolini
Air Corps
Bruno
Former editor Arthur M. Hopkins dies at 72
Arthur M. Hopkins, 72, a former editor for Cincinnati Post, Cleveland Press, and Kansas City World, died early today in Cincinnati. Death attributed to illness from hot weather. in recent years he served as real estate officer of Central Trust Company.
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Cincinnati, C
Arthur M. Hopkins
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Kansas City
Hopkins
The
Central Trust Company
Cleveland Press
Kansas City World
Cincinnati Post
Ohio relief funds boosted to avert August cuts
Federal officials add 3 million dollars to Ohio relief funds raising the August budget to 7 million. Gov. Davey and civic leaders plan a late summer session to address relief, elderly pensions, schools, and taxation as 1,145,000 needy people await aid.
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General Assembly
Ohio
Marc J. Grossman
Cuyahoga County
Citizens’ Committee
Five Thieves Steal Shoes From Stedems Store
Four women and one man enter Stedems Shoe Store at noon posing as buyers. They remove four pairs of women's shoes from display boxes and slip them into a bag before fleeing. Mrs Charles Smith witnessed part of the incident. Police identified by Dave Milne and Chief Lewis Reynolds leads the investigation.
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Stedems Shoe Store
Charles Smith
Dave Milne
Lewis Reynolds
Plan Modernization at Republic Steel Canton Plant
The Republic Steel Corporation announced a plan to modernize the Stark division of its Central Alloy Plant in Canton with an expenditure of 850000 dollars. The project will add more than 000 feet of floor space.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Stark
Central
Canton
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