Roosevelt says broaden income tax base with limited gains
President Roosevelt urged broadening the income tax base to include more taxpayers but cautioned Congress may not act this session. He suggested raising middle bracket rates and criticized editorials about lowering exemptions as a path to debt payoff. House Ways and Means advanced loss carryover for individuals and firms and moved to repeal the undistributed profits tax while imposing an 18 percent levy on large corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Cunningham Is Honored Guest At Railroad Barbecue
More than 196 railroad men, express company employees, public officials and friends gathered at a barbecue in Monroe to honor Walter W. Cunningham new superintendent of the Illinois Central Vicksburg division. He said the railroad needed more business and highlighted safe transportation and strong taxpayer support as key strengths. Speakers included Mayor Harry M. Williams Jr, Judge W. M. Harper, and officials from Ouachita parish along with local merchants and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Bernstein Place
Bayou DeSiard
Walter W. Cunningham
Vicksburg
Miss
Harry M. Williams, Jr
West Monroe
W. M. Harper
Monroe
William D. H. Rodriguez
Public Utilities
Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Harold Breard
News-Star and the World
J. W. Lindsay
Paul Fink
George Lester
R. D. Farr
Allen Ritter
Little
Chicago
29 091 Persons Get Employment In Early 1939
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 16 State Labor Commissioner B W Cason reports the Louisiana employment service division placed 29 091 persons in jobs during the first five months of 1939 He notes an 80 percent rise from 16 127 placements in the same period last year Jobs were filled across more than 500 occupations
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Baton Rouge
B. W. Cason
Louisiana Employment Service Division
Labor Department
Cason
Quash Motion in Berry Case Is Sustained
Judge Reeves sustains defense motion to quash the bill of information against San der Berry and John Whitlock in district court. Berry and Whitlock discharged. Court adjourned as DA Hawthorne plans appeal to state supreme court. Several defendants enter pleas and receive sentences.
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Wood Thompson
RR Reeves
Harrisonburg
Sander Berry
John Whitlock
Brownville
Frank Hawthorne
State Supreme Court
Thompson
District Attorney's
State of
Louisiana
Reeves
T. A. Sizemore
Thomas Lee Wren
Samuel Moore
Willie Crocker
A. M. Davis
John Dorris
Louisiana American Legion State Convention Opens
The 21st annual Louisiana American Legion convention in Alexandria opens with speakers Stephen F. Chadwick national commander and Louis Johnson assistant secretary of war. Auxiliary Forty and Eight and the Sons of the American Legion join the event. Johnson arrives by air tomorrow to take part in the parade. Officers will be elected Sunday with two candidates for state commander C. P. Derveley and E. L. Gladney.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Department
American Legion
Stephen F. Chadwick
Louis Johnson
Legion
The
Forty and Eight
Sons of the American Legion
C. P. Derveley
E. L. Gladney
Bastrop
Ford asserts most nations sick of war at World’s Fair
Henry Ford told the New York World’s Fair crowd that most nations at the exposition are so sick of war that if it rested with them there would be no more wars. He recalled the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and urged work over profit, noting exhibits reveal a nation’s character rather than weapons.
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New York
Henry Ford
New York World's Fair
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Fair Grounds
Chicago
Ford
Two Congressional Veterans May Go Home
Washington dispatch notes two aging senators plan to return home if heat rises. Senator Glass of Virginia, 81, will stay to push a few bills then head to Lynchburg. Senator Norris of Nebraska, 78, says staying would be physically impossible if temperatures climb.
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Washington
Senator Glass
Virginia
Norris
Nebraska
Glass
Lynchburg
Showdown in Dispute With Britain Likely
Britain pledges immediate steps against any attempt to curb rights in China as tensions rise over Tientsin. Japan and other powers watch a possible confrontation with U S mediation discussed in Tokyo. British naval ships head to Tientsin to support the concession under blockade while Dooman cautions unofficial mediation efforts.
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Associated Press
Britain
China
Tientsin
Japan
Far East
United States
Hai River
Tokyo
Eugene H. Dooman
Foreign Office
Dooman
Lie detector tests sought in baby slaying probe
In Clyde Ohio investigators turn to lie detector tests to chase clues in the death of 10 week old Haldon Buster Fink found in a creek twelve hours after the crib theft. Ten people including the baby's mother Velma Baker Fink Irvin and grandparents are to be tested as Sheriff Myers hints at possible arrests by tomorrow night.
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Clyde, CO
Haldon
Buster” Fink
H. L. Myers
Velma Baker Fink
Irvin
Oran Baker
Myers
A. L. Hyzer
Haldon Fink
Clyde, O
Edwin Baker
Fink
Trade barriers hit at meeting of publishers
Oscar Johnston president of the National Cotton Council warned of serious economic political and social consequences from intrastate trade barriers. Governors of eight southern states join protests against bills harming the cotton industry and the council will publicize discriminating states and advocate credit for compliant ones. The fight represents ten to twelve million cotton farm people plus thousands in processing warehousing transport and marketing. Exports this year seen at about 3 500 000 bales versus a normal 7 000 000.
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Old Point Comfort
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council of America
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Cotton Council
Johnston
Little Woman Not Worried When He Plans Ocean Hop
A. P aviation editor plans a preview flight to Europe before regular passenger service. He tells Irene at home about flying in the world’s first four engine transatlantic plane. Takeoff from Manhasset Bay to the Azores en route to Lisbon and Marseille with a 41 ton fully loaded craft.
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A. P's
Europe
United States
Lindbergh and Corrigan
Atlantic
Manhasset Bay
Long Island
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Marseille
France
Halberd of Crime Fails At Paton Tavern
A man entered Everett L. Paton’s tavern in St Louis, drank three beers, then demanded money with a revolver. Paton resisted and the robber left after a brief, terse exchange. In Denver, burglar John Elbert Williams asked prison for new teeth.
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ST. Louis
Everett L. Paton
Denver
John Elbert Williams
Robert W. Steele
King George's Canadian tour ends as King and Mackenzie King depart
Halifax reports the Canadian royal tour concluding with King George and Prime Minister Mackenzie King aboard the Empress of Britain. King relied on the premier for comfort and lighted cigarettes for friends, while King expressed that the trip showed crown roles in British communities and goodwill influence internationally.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
King George
King
United States
Clarks Woman Bitten by Rattlesnake Near Garden
Mrs. Mark Sikes of Clarks Louisiana was bitten above the ankle by a rattlesnake while gathering squash. She was rushed to the Olla clinic in satisfactory condition after kerosene was applied as first aid. Neighbors killed a five foot snake with 15 rattles found under squash vine leaves.
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Clarks
Mark Sikes
Olla Clinic
Sikes
Murphy Urges Big Slash in Political Pay
New Jersey Attorney General Murphy called to end rewarding jobs for political debts urging a billion dollar cut from the public payroll. He warned the six billion dollar national state and local salary bill costs families about 200 dollars yearly, advocating fewer workers and lower overall payroll.
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Murphy
Asbury Park
N. J
Civil Service Assembly
United States
Canada
Brutal Slayer Sought After Nashville Girl Found Dead
In Nashville Tennessee on June 16 police hunted a brutal slayer after Marian Ellis a 12 year old girl was found raped and strangled in a culvert near her home. Her brother Jim discovered the body after she vanished about 10 30 am while walking home from a neighborly book outing. District Attorney General J Carlton Loser said investigators believe the child was ravished and killed at the scene and that the body showed signs of assault and strangulation with her own clothing.
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Nashville
Tenn
Young's Lane
Marian Ellis
Jim Ellis
Marian
Henry Singer
Bernardine
J. T. Ellis
Young Ellis
J. Carlton Loser
French submarine Phenix reported missing after 30 hours under water
Paris reports the submarine Phenix with 63 men aboard failed to surface off Saigon in French Indochina after 30 hours. Paris says no confirmation from navy ministry though Marseille officials have it. The incident follows the Squalus and Thetis disasters, with France negotiating for dive bells.
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Paris
Phenix
Saigon
Marseille
Navy Ministry
United States
Thetis
France
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Davis
Brand New
Mobile Tide Warning During Tropical Disturbance
Police warned Mobile business houses and shipping circles that a tropical disturbance could push tide waters over the city wharf and Mobile bay bridge causeway. Meteorologist Frank T. Cole forecast 35 to 40 mph winds by noon, with gusts and rain reported but no major damage. The disturbance tracked from Gulf Shores toward Mobile Pensacola area, with warnings extended from Panama City to Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
City Wharf
Mobile Bay Bridge
Frank T. Cole
Cole
Gulf Shores
Baldwin County
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mobile-Pensacola
Pensacola
Fla
Panama City
Slayer of several women executed
Robert Nixon, 19, was executed in the electric chair in Chicago for murdering Mrs. Florence Johnson, wife of a city fireman, by bludgeoning her in her apartment on May 27, 1938. He had been indicted for other killings but was tried for the Johnson slaying.
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Chicago
Robert Nixon
Florence Johnson
Nixon
Anna Kuchta
Florence Thompson Castle
Johnson
Edna Worden
Marguerite
Los Angeles
Elmer Johnson
Electocution Chamber
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Irene
G'wan
Paton
Frank H. King
Brutal Slayer
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