Inheritance Tax Debate May Add Public Revenue
Washington discussion of an inheritance tax considers a potentially $300,000,000 to $600,000,000 revenue impact for 1936 and beyond. The article notes existing major revenue streams in 1935: miscellaneous revenue $1.557B, income taxes $1.051B, and processing taxes $589M, with Britain already collecting over $400M from death duties.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
England
United States
Britain
Uncle Sam
Officer Who Arrested Long's Chauffeur Fired
New Orleans police dismiss Motorcycle Patrolman Lionel Escude after a hearing. Escude arrested James Woolley, Huey P. Long's chauffeur, for speeding on January 30. Five precinct officers testified Escude cursed Woolley before the chauffeur was released.
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New Orleans
Lionel Escude
James Woolley
Huey P. Long
George Reyer
Seventh Precinct
Escude
Woollley
Woolley
Palmer Reed Long
Omaha Military Dictator Halts Street Car Use
Omaha leader Governor R. L. Cochran condemns the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company plan for arbitration as unworkable. The move halts street car operations as the company remains defiant on closed shop and seniority rules amid labor tensions.
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Omaha
R. L. Cochran
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Car Strike Sparks Martial Law Amid Riots and Demands
Associated Press reports Gov Cochran asserts arbitration denial while acting as military ruler. City faces martial law with 1,800 guardsmen. Streetcar service ended after a strike began April 20 triggering three riots last week. Two killed and 150 injured as cars were stoned and some burned. Workers demand higher wages shorter hours and closed shop.
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Associated Press
R. L. Cochran
South Omaha
Neb
Student admits attempt to kill on Tahlequah campus
Lois Thompson of Northeastern State Teachers College admitted she fired twice at Daniel Shaw after believing he was part of a gang that sent extortion notes. She testified she aimed to kill in self defense during the campus confrontation, while Shaw recounted his hospitalization after the shooting.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Lois Thompson
Northeastern State Teachers’ College
Daniel Shaw
Shaw
Louisiana Works Share About 50 Million In Relief Funds
Specter Frank Peterman, Louisiana works progress administrator, learned plans for a new works relief program at a Hopkins conference. Louisiana’s expected share of the 4 billion appropriation is about 50 million, excluding civilian conservation corps funds, based on relief rolls and family factors. Peterman expects nearly full state control over its quota and anticipates a job for one family member on relief rolls.
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Washington
Frank Peterman
Louisiana
Rks Progress
Work Relief Organization
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Works Progr
Civilian Conservation Corps
Peterman
Drowned Boy From Alexandria In Ouachita River Near Riverton
Roy Nichols seventeen, 14, of Alexandria, drowned while swimming the Ouachita River near Riverton after escaping from the Louisiana Training Institute with fellow inmate Houston Rutledge, 15, of Shreveport. Guards aided search, with an American Legion ambulance assisting. Nichols had been inmate since August 16, 1933.
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Roy Nichols
Alexandria
Ouachita River
Riverton
Nichols
Houston Rutledge
Shreveport
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Rutledge
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly Targets Evangelism Growth
In M'Kenzie Tennessee on June 18 the general assembly approves a year of evangelism and aims to add 19 000 new members. The session closes today after a day of committee reports and addresses.
Bids Sought on Louisiana Waterbottoms and River Bed
Lucille MacGrace of the state land office announced bids will be taken July 2 for mineral rights on 470000 acres of Louisiana waterbottoms and July 9 for a portion of the Mississippi river bed in Ascension parish. The water bottoms parcel, with W S Burton of Lake Charles named as applicant, lies in Tangipahoa Orleans St Charles Jefferson St John and Livingston parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Lucille MacGrace
Register of the State Land Office
Louisiana Waterbottoms
Ascension Parish
W. S. Burton
Lake Charles
Tangipahoa
Orleans
St. Charles
Jefferson, St. John
Livingston Parishes
City Of Death Guarded By Double Fence
Quetta India June 18 a double fence of barbed wire patrolled by military and civil police sealed the ruins of this City of Death where 26000 persons died in earthquakes. Outside the barrier turbanned figures move among refugee shelters as bodies lie buried in debris.
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Quetta
India
Pioneering Pan American Clipper Makes Midway-Honolulu Flight
On June 18 in Honolulu the first commercial plane flight to and from Midway Island completed its leg to Pearl Harbor in 10 hours and five minutes. Captain F C Musick called the tests very successful with no incidents despite 500 miles flown blind. Mechanics prepare for the return hop to Alameda next Friday.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Alameda
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Lonely Midway Island
Hawaii
F. C. Musick
Supreme Court to Act on TVA Case Heads to High Court
The TVA stockholder suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority moves to the United States Supreme Court for a final ruling. Lawyers for both sides said the appeal will proceed to the highest court regardless of circuit court outcomes. Arguments concluded yesterday as the case was taken under advisement in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Supreme Court
TVA
Circuit Court of Appeals
Gauntlet Thrown in Hammond Mayor Fight Rejected
In Hammond Louisiana on June 18 five aldermen rejected Mayor H P Mitchells proposal for a legal or illegal election pitting City Superintendent George Smith against the mayor. The aldermen said they would not favor an employee entering a popularity contest with an elected official. They had recently discharged all city hall employees despite the mayoral protest.
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Hammond
H. P. Mitchell
Mitchell
George Smith
Senate to Probe Mitchell Charge in Commerce Probe
The commerce committee ordered a Senate investigation into charges by Ewing Y. Mitchell assistant secretary of commerce against his superior Secretary Roper. Mitchell says Roper signed a contract letting the United States Line retire the Leviathan without paying government penalties. The inquiry was set to begin tomorrow with Mitchell under oath.
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Washington
Senate
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Commerce
Roper
Commerce Committee
Copeland
Mitchell
United States Line Company
Leviathan
Funds Distributed To State's Poorer Schools
Educational equalizing funds totaling 222 217.32 have been distributed to poorer parishes in Louisiana by State Treasurer J S Cave. The 1934 35 fiscal year total reaches 1 326 239 for the equalizing fund and 7 957 929 from state sources, up about 1 786 114.16.
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Baton Rouge
J. S. Cave
Cave
Kansas Prison Mine Mutiny Ends Peacefully With No Injuries
Deputy Warden A. J. Graham said mine superintendent Robert Murray met 380 inmates for four hours, reported everything was okay and that no one was harmed. Murray, unarmed, spoke from the 730 foot level, then telephoned with updates as convicts demanded changes from recent Kansas legislature reductions.
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Lansing
Kas
A. J. Graham
Kansas State Prison
Robert Murray
Murray
O. K
Graham
Kansas
Two Pipeline Projects to Hire 160 to 200 Men
J H Williams of the Southern Natural Gas company said two pipeline projects will start within 60 to 90 days, employing 160 to 200 workers. About $200,000 will be spent. one 38 mile line from Alto to Pioneer will be taken up and relaid from Perryville to Pioneer, without affecting Alto compressor station jobs.
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J. H. Williams
Southern Natural Gas Company
Williams
Monroe
Birmingham
Ala
Alto
Richland Parish
Pioneer
West Carroll Parish
Perryville
Ouachita Parish
Will Rogers on adjourned legislatures sparking celebrations
Will Rogers notes in Hollywood that state legislatures adjourned and crowds celebrate like Armistice Day. He jokes Washington must adjourn to fix recovery credit, and admits he declined a commencement address after students knew more about politics.
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Hollywood
Cal
Washington
Tornadoes and Floods at a Glance
Turbulent rivers fed by melting snows and heavy rainfall surged from their banks in nine midwestern states driving thousands from their homes and inflicting heavy damage to property and crops. Tornadoes hit three states and South Dakota injuring several and causing further destruction. Extensive floods in Texas Oklahoma Nebraska Arkansas left deaths and widespread inundation with crops damaged and homes lost as rivers rose and then receded in places.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
Texas
Colorado
Nueces
Rio Grande
Guadalupe
Austin
Oklahoma
Grand
Verdigris
Arkansas
Nebraska
Republican River
British and German Navy Pact Details Given in London
London reports a final agreement setting the German navy at 35 percent of British strength with a general 100 to 35 ratio across categories. Germany may shift 35 percent of tonnage between categories while keeping the overall age fleet balance. Delegates including Sir Samuel Hoare and Sir Bolton Eyres-Mansell attended as talks proceed toward Friday conclusion.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
United States
President calls for review of trade practice moves
The President urges a careful survey under the supervision of an impartial committee to check current trade practice moves. The appeal aims to ensure fair handling and transparency in policy changes affecting commerce and imports.
Roosevelt Orders Impartial Panel To Monitor Labor Standards
President Roosevelt directs the NRA to form an impartial committee to study changes in labor standards and fair trade after codes are abolished. The panel will include a chairman, management and labor representatives, and appointees from commerce and labor departments to gather and publish reliable information and counter propaganda.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
James L. O'Neill
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Labor
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Final Votes Near on Social Security and AAA Amendments
Washington closes in on final votes as both chambers push to end the session by July 15. The social security bill retaining key provisions on old age pensions unemployment insurance and aid for crippled children and mothers faced last minute amendments from opponents.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Monroe to host massive trade days and auto show
Shoppers from northeast Louisiana will swarm Monroe for two big trade days on Saturday and Monday plus a three day automobile show. Merchants pledge full support as stores offer extensive bargains and prize tickets for customers during the trade days. Plans to decorate the Milner Fuller used car lot on Walnut Street advance the auto show setup.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Chamber of Commerce
Fied
News- Star—World
Milner-Fuller Motor Company
Walnut Street
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