Opposition to FRs Taxation Plans Grows
Organized business groups oppose President Roosevelt’s tax program as he backs the plan and expects passage before adjournment. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce calls it one of six major menaces. the National Association of Manufacturers attends the hearing. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States also condemns the taxes as confiscatory and a perversion of federal powers. Democratic leaders fear a flood of telegrams but expect ongoing debate on AAA powers and processing taxes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
House
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
AAA
Senate
Defense Rests in Kidnaping Trial in Tacoma Court
In federal court Tacoma Washington defense rests in the kidnapping case of Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley with Waley as sole witness. Government closes with a summation seeking a verdict of guilt for Waley and co conspirator charges involving 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser. Harmon Waley husband of the defendant was prepared to testify but not called.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Harmon M. Waley
McNeil Island
Dore
Balloon builders refuse comment on Akron balloon collapse
Goodyear officials declined to comment amid an incomplete report on the collapse of the largest stratosphere balloon built at Akron by Goodyear Tire and Rubber and its Goodyear Zeppelin subsidiary.
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Akron, O
Goodyear
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Purvis Resigns From Post As U S Agent
Chicago, July 7. Melvin Purvis, famed for leading hunts of Dillinger and other gangsters, resigns as head of the Chicago U S Bureau of Investigation office. He says the move is personal and not demanded by superiors. Daniel M. Ladd steps in to work with Purvis in key investigations.
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Chicago
Melvin Purvis
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Purvis
Disc Osing
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel M. Ladd
Harsh exchanges mark Washington inquiry hearings
Beverly Hills note quotes two witnesses in a sharp session as they attack the president and committee leadership. The dialogue includes insults and charged claims about lobbying and government corruption during ongoing investigations.
Flood in Hankow Dike Breach Triggers Major Yangtze Flood
Fragmentary dispatches report Hankow's dike collapse unleashing a torrent into the city as Japanese authorities warn nationals and Mayor Kvo Chen Wu seeks foreign aid. Hupeh floods devastate Laohokow with 2,000 dead. Chaotien near Ichang also destroyed. 400 soldiers among dead.
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Hankow
China
Yangtze
Kvo Chen Wu
Hupeh
Laohokow
Chaotien
Ichang
Yangtze River
Ex-Convict Alfred Wagner Charged With Extortion
Alfred Wagner of Brooklyn pleaded not guilty to attempted extortion. He was ordered held on 50000 bail with a July 18 hearing. Federal officials said Wagner sought 465000 in ransom from families of seven missing persons and acted as a misery chiseler, complicating the real kidnapers' cases.
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New York
Alfred Otto Wagner
Alfred Wagner
Brooklyn
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Atlantic City
N. J
Department of Justice
Rendevous
Charles D. Towt
Nyack
Towt
Wagner
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Famed Aviatrix Completes Transcontinental Flight
Laura Ingalls lands in Burbank after completing the first non-stop east to west flight by a woman in 18 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds. She plans a possible return west to east attempt for a new record in days. The $49,000 black-cowled monoplane touched down at Union Air Terminal at 7:51 p.m. local time.
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Burbank
Calif
Laura Ingalis
Ingalls
Union Air Terminal
Higher Wage Rate Sought for Iowa State Work Relief
Iowa's delegation seeks reclassification by Harry L. Hopkins to place Iowa among states with a higher work relief wage scale. Senator Murphy says the effort targets a higher wage rate under the federal works program.
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Washington
Murphy
D-Ia
Iowa
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal
Works Progress Administrator
Drennen Protests Hill Appointment as Iowa W P Director
Des Moines reports show Lester W. Drennen opposing the appointment of L. S. Hull as acting federal works progress director for Iowa. Drennen, a Democratic state central committee member, sent a telegram to Senator Louis Murphy calling Hill’s choice “beating some deserving democrat out of a good paying job.” The dispute hints at a rift between state party leaders and the congressional delegation. Washington had noted a desire for a permanent Iowa works director unconnected to the state party.
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Des Moines
L. S. Hull
Federal Works Progress
Iowa
Lester W. Drennen
Democratic State Central Committee
Drenner
Hill
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
Washington
Balloon Break Halts Geo-Graphic Stratosphere Flight
National Geographic Society officials halted a planned U S army air corps stratosphere flight near Rapid City South Dakota after a giant balloon ruptured one hour before takeoff. Five workers escaped unharmed as 375000 cubic feet of helium escaped and investigators began probing the unexplained mishap.
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Army-Geographic Society
Orvil A. Anderson
Randolph Williams
Albert W. Stevens
Anderson
Williams
Stevens
Washington
National Geographic Society
Rapid City
S. D
U. S. Army Air Corps
Walmsley Refuses Resignation Amid Long Fight in New Orleans
Mayor T Semmes Walmsley rejects a formal resignation demand from his own political group and vows to carry on the battle against Huey P Long. District Attorney Eugene Stanley resigns. Charles A Byrne swears in as successor amid shifting loyalties. Six special sessions strip Walmsley of city patronage and tax collection power.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Eugene Stanley
Long
Charles A. Byrne
Walmley
Stanley
Enlistment Drive At Fort Des Moines Training Camp
Seven hundred youths from across the United States entered military life at the C M T C Fort Des Moines under Col Clarence Lininger. They undergo health exams quarters assignment uniforms and daily drills and lectures with afternoon sports. The camp closes August 8.
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Des Moines
Seventh Corps
Fort Des Moines
Clarence Lininger
Five Men Sought on U S Fraud Conspiracy Charges
Federal warrants were issued for five midwest men including Clinton county farmer John J. Turner Jr and others from Low Moor Elburn Janesville and DeWitt for conspiracy to defraud the AAA crop program. They allegedly filed false hog production figures to obtain excess benefits.
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Davenport
Clinton County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
John J. Turner, Jr
DeWitt
Lawrence Beck Ard Lyle George
Low Moor
Jack Kenyon
Elburn
Fred Fanning
Janesville
Wis
John A. Hornby
Albert Black
U. S
M. J. Malloy
Turner
Five Dead Seven Missing In Granada Flood
Five bodies were recovered and seven people remain missing after floods near Granada California. The dead include Mrs. Alzada Karn and her son Leo, and Mrs. Anton Eder with son Glenn and daughter Ruth. The Karn and Eder families were visiting on the Eder ranch five miles south of Granada when a house washed from its foundation. The flood waters swept down Granada and Wolf creeks, flooding the town to depths of a foot or two.
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Granada
Colo
Here
Alzada Karn
Leo
Anton Eder
Glenn
Ruth
Karn
Eder
Wolf
California Dust Bowl
Mrs Brown Has Chance to Live
Mrs Nellie Brown of 309 West Fourth Street faced neglect charges for allegedly leaving her two minor children Robert and Shirley unattended after consuming poisonous liquor Thursday night. The hearing in district court before Judge D W Jackson was continued as she did not appear. Bellevue hospital officials reported she has a good chance to recover from the liquor effects.
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Nellie Brown
West Fourth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Robert
Shirley
D. W Jackson
Clara Schwandt
Brown
Weather Outlook For Town Fair Weekend
Jie Weather reports a town fair tonight through Sunday with cooler conditions in the east and south. Illinois shows generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with afternoon or early evening thunder showers in the south, and cooler tonight with moderate temperatures Saturday, followed by fair conditions Sunday.
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Illinois
Findley's Sister Sought by Officers Des Moines
Deputy sheriffs searched today for Miss Ricka Findley sister of the late Park A Findley to serve a court order requiring her to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt. She was found in contempt by District Judge Lou Ladd for not obeying a probate order to turn over deposit box keys of the late head of the state bureau of investigation to his widow Grace Findley. Probate hearing on the will is set for July 17.
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Des Moines
Ricka Findley
Park A. Findley
Miss Findley
Lou Ladd
State Bureau of Investigation
Grace Findley
Baker Charge to Be Pushed By Officials
Edward L. O Connor attorney general promised full cooperation with Muscatine county authorities to prosecute Norman Baker for violating a supreme court injunction against practicing medicine without a license. Baker had returned from Mexico where he ran a radio station at Nuevo Laredo. The case will be handled by the attorney general in the supreme court after a county preliminary hearing in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
N. G. Baker
Supreme Court
Edward L. O’connor
Baker
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Mr. O'Connor
Norman Baker
Attorney General's Office
Fishburn
Guard posted at Halliburton home in Los Angeles and Duncan
Special police guarded Erle P. Halliburton and family at his Halliburton properties in Los Angeles and Duncan Oklahoma after threats tied to his criticism of dole recipients. He said a well plant could be blown up and a caller warned him to watch his children. he had said he would not employ anyone on relief.
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Los Angeles
Duncan
Okla
Erle P. Halliburton
Dole
Haliburton
Charity Cases Boosted Iowa City Birth Totals
Iowa City recorded a 1934 birth rate of 79.4 per 1000, higher than the nation, attributed to University of Iowa hospital maternity care for indigent residents and expanded facilities. McLaren notes about one of every 40 Iowa births occur there, with annual University hospital births near 1000 and Mercy Hospital about 250.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Hospital
R. L. McLaren
Bureau of Vital Statistics
McLaren
University Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Bread Shortage Hits Des Moines as Bakeries Go on Strike
Des Moines bakeries face a bread shortage as six major bakeries and their drivers and sales staff strike for a closed shop. Picket lines halted shipments, with stores offering to bake or provide bread directly from bakeries. Union leaders pressed for hours and wage adjustments alongside the closed shop, while bakers’ officials warned the deadlock would continue with no arbitration planned.
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Des Moines
Union Bakery
Master Bakers’ Association
Ray Mills
Bakers’ Association
William J. Stowell
Bakers’ Union
Con Cheng Kie
George Comfort
Comfort
State Relief Rolls Fall After April 15 Drop
Iowa relief rolls declined from about 60 000 to 49 400 since April 15 as business and farm improvements absorbed former recipients. Of 10 600 cases dropped in three months, about 47 000 people exited. Forty three percent found ordinary employment, five percent earned more, two percent were placed by CCC, and fifteen percent moved to county care.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Relief Administration
CCC
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