Six Hours Set for Debating Tax Bill in House
The House plans six hours of debate on the new tax measure with voting on its sections to follow. Rep Treadway accuses Morgenthau of either being ashamed of the 270 million bill or unable to analyze it. Democrats aim to pass the surtax increase on incomes over 50 000 despite Republican opposition. Final action not expected before Monday. Utility holding company abolition bill faces a Thursday defeat and potential death in conference.
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Washington
Morgenthau
House
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Treadway
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of the Administration
Unemployed Plan Protest Meeting Continues
A protest against the alleged refusal of Miss Clara Schwandt to grant interviews to committees and clients will be held Saturday morning at the courthouse. The Unemployed and Relief association decided this at its Thursday meeting and heard a report from a committee that visited Gov. Clyde Herring in Des Moines.
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Clara Schwandt
Social Service
Unemployed and Relief Association
Clyde Herring
Des Moines
State Relief Association
Cecil Stauffer
Richard Smith
Adolph Brady
William Carlisle
Poor Pa by Claud Callan
A brief column quotes a father urging his son Joe to take action and seek opportunities rather than wait for them, comparing waiting to honking for a chance. The piece reflects a rural, practical voice on initiative and self reliance.
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Claud Callan
Bandit Trio Robs Denver Safe of Gems
Three gunmen forced real estate man Max Schwartz to open his downtown Denver office safe. They escaped with cash stocks and jewelry worth about $24,000. A car waited outside as two gunmen followed Schwartz inside while another stayed at the wheel. The plate glass office window allowed pedestrians to watch the crime.
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Denver
Max Schwartz
Schwartz
Death Decreed for Nazi Foes
Berlin reports state secretary Roland Freisler announced a forthcoming criminal code will punish treasonable acts against the Nazi state with the death penalty. He stressed foreigners face severe penalties but cannot be considered treasonous due to no allegiance. Concurrently, Dr. Ernest Klein of Basler Nachrichten was ordered to leave Germany within five days as repressives against foreign correspondents begin.
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Berlin
Roland Freisler
Ministry of Justice
Propaganda
Ernest Klein
Basler Nachrichten
Germany
Zenge Arrested in Dr. Bauer Mutilation Case
Chicago scene as 26 year old carpenter Zenge is seized in a west side taxi garage by a state attorney squad led by Captain Daniel Gilbert. J Andy Zenge of Canton Missouri confirms the man in custody is his son after initial denial. Doctor Harry Hoffman summoned to witness questioning.
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Chicago
Mandeville Zenge
Walter J. Bauer
Daniel Gilbert
State’s Attorneys Office
Zenge
Gilbert
J. Andy Zenge
Canton
Harry Hoffman
Cook Count Behaviour Clinic
Captain Gilbert
Charles S. Dougherty
Mandeville
Prints Give Clue in LeClair Death
Des Moines police and Iowa investigators search for Donald Lammey in connection with the slaying of Des Moines garage mechanic John LeClair. Fingerprint match and sightings tie Lammey to the crime path from Storm Lake to Lake View and possible train to Chicago.
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Des Moines
Midwest
Donald Lammey
John LeClair
Iowa
J. S. Gladstone
State Bureau of Investigation
LeClair
Lammey
Glen Schmidt
W. J. Stuart
Sac County
Storm Lake
Schmidt
Lake View
Lammery
Chicago
Waterloo
White Line Transfer Co
Iowa Falls
Donald Lanning
Minnesota
Will Ray
Anamosa
Ethiopian Women Rally to Arm Themselves for War
Woizero Asagadatch daughter of Dedjazmatch Haptemikael announces she will organize a women’s army to fight Italy, urging rifles spears and knives not nursing. Members at a Red Cross rally vow to fill roles at printing plants and other posts as front lines approach.
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Addis Ababa
Eithiopia
Woizero Asagadatch
Dedjazmatch Haptemikael
Haile Selassie
Adua
Italy
Il Duce balks at portion of peace plans
Geneva reports Premier Laval of France said at a League of Nations meeting that Italy Great Britain and France agreed to resume arbitration in the Ethiopia dispute.
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Il Duce
Geneva
Laval
France
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini Rejects Settlement Formula In Part
In Geneva Premier Mussolini rejected parts of a peace plan drafted by Britain France and Italy. Laval relayed the response to Laval while Paris and Rome pored over wording. Ethiopian delegates reportedly consider an accord on resuming frontier arbitration but remain unsatisfied with the timetable and terms.
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Geneva
Mussolini
Great Britain
France
Italy
Il Duce
Laval
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Ethiopia
Aloisi
Lagal
Corn Hog Cash Disbursements Surface in Iowa
The Associated Press reports nearly $2.36 million in first-payment corn-hog checks have been mailed to Iowa farmers. Jasper County leads with $197,043.45, followed by Hamilton $152,567, Marshall $150,131.91, and Jones $113,410. Monroe County adds $10,517, raising its total to $56,965. Nationwide $9,139,549 went to 143,286 farmers across 46 states in under a week.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Jasper County
Hamilton County
Marshall County
Jones
Monroe County
Washington
Farm Administration
Weather Outlook and River Stage Figures
The Weather: Iowa mostly fair tonight and Saturday with thundershowers in parts this afternoon or early tonight. Cooler tonight and Saturday especially southeast and extreme east. Illinois unsettled with locally probable thundershowers in central and south tonight and Saturday and in extreme north tonight. River stages: Dubuque 5.0 rising 0.3, Davenport 3.7 falling 0.1, Muscatine 4.6 no change, Keokuk 3.4 falling 0.6.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Prince Alexis Mdivani Dies in Spanish Auto Crash
Prince Alexis Mdivani and a young German baroness were in a late night crash near Albans Gerona when his car struck a culvert and fell into a gully. Mdivani died instantly and the baroness, identified as Maud Von This, was severely injured. The Georgian prince, son of General Zachery Mdivani and former aide to the czar, had volunteered to drive the woman home to Perpignan France after she missed her train.
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Gerona
Spain
Alexis Mdivani
Maud von This
Barcelona
Barbara Hutton
Perpignan
France
Palamos
Mdivani
Jose
Albans
Birl
Gerona Clinical Hospital
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Zachery Mdivani
Nicholas
Russia
Teacher 40 Ends Life by Leap From Bridge
Davenport morning tragedy reports Miss Frances A Thelemann a 40 year old school teacher leapt from a bridge over a railroad track. A purse note directed withdrawal of her bank account and expressed unending apology. Ill health given as probable cause.
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Davenport
Frances A. Thelemann
Soaking the Rich and the Roosevelt Brain Trust
A Beverly Hills letter notes a presidential claim that 58 of the richest Americans paid no federal tax on 57 percent of their income. It discusses the two sides of soaking the rich, with Roosevelt assembling advisers while critics hire lawyers to craft countermeasures, suggesting the issue remains mostly in the press rather than in revenue.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
U. S
Roosevelt
Iowa Survey Details Gains in State Business Recovery
University of Iowa experts under the state planning board report a 1934 statewide business rise of about 22 percent from 1933, with one fourth to one half of the increase due to price hikes. Recovery varies by region, strongest in the north central area, weaker in the south and northeast, influenced by weather. Banks, auto sales, and farm prices led the gains.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
State Planning Board
Picketing Reduced by Court Order at Omaha Cars
Pickets at the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway car barn were reduced to three in compliance with a district court temporary injunction forbidding more. Cars ran on schedule with guards removed. no disorder occurred. The sheriff said seven of 28 strikers named in the injunction received notice, with others to follow. In Omaha, union leaders planned a meeting to consider a 48 hour general strike in sympathy with the walkout for higher wages.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha and Council
Omaha
John P. Tinley
Nebraska
Omaha Central Labor Union
Iowa Relief Load Shows Large Drop
Iowa's emergency relief burden has fallen by 20 000 cases from the January peak of 67 000 to 47 000. Relief officials link the improvement to better business and farm conditions. Thousands previously on relief have found private employment and others earning income beyond relief have resumed work.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Accused lowan Kept in Hiding
Sheriff James O'Malley moved George A. Willson 43 to another jail amid reports of an attempt to seize him after his alleged attack on Mary O'Malley 17. Willson is charged with striking the girl with a broom rupturing her spleen and she was operated on with condition improved.
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Webster City
James O'Malley
George A. Willson
O’malley
Mary
Willson
Added Evidence Couples Suspect to Crime Wave
Sioux City reports indicate Howard Vernon and Fred Meade linked to a string of Iowa and Nebraska robberies. Vernon, 27, from Fairbury Nebraska, and Meade, 24, were captured in a Kansas tourist camp and face multiple holdup charges including the Blue Springs bank robbery. A third suspect, John Meads, already sentenced to 24 years after pleading guilty to the same bank robbery.
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Sioux City
Howard Vernon
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Vernon
Fairbury
Neb
Fred Meade
F. J. Patten
Blue Springs
John Meads
Fred
Sabetha
Kas
Robert Emery
Ed Feltz
Gus Michener
Larry Kruse
Sergeant Bluff
Burrows 50 Dies in Sudden Heat Attack
Muscatine physicians report severe heat and heart trouble as the heat wave continues with 50 year old T Burrows dying at 2 30 p m after blackberrying with his brother Bert Burrows of 612 East Eighth street He collapsed returning home and was pronounced dead instantly at his residence 107 East Second street The family notes a long history of heart trouble and several others fall ill in the oppressive weather
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Thomas Burrows
Burrows
East Second Street
Bert Burrows
East Eighth Street
Lone Run
Mr. Burrows
Chi
Farm Incomes in Nation Rise To New Highs In 1935
A 1935 national farm income is tentatively estimated near 6.7 billion dollars from marketings and rental and benefit payments, the highest since 1930, with first half cash income from farm product sales at 2.735 billion and benefit payments at 305 million, up from 1934.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Bureau
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