Senate Faces Rush To Pass Business Tax Revision
Washington AP reports the house approved a business tax revision repeal of the undistributed profits tax with 357 votes and one dissenter Rep Tinkham. The bill would keep excise levies and 3 cent postage through 1940 to sustain revenue, and moves to the senate for quick vote before Roosevelt's desk.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tinkham
R-Mass
Harrison
D-Miss
State Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Sen. King
D-ftah
Burke Fears 3rd Term Threat to Democracy
Washington reports Sen Burke and Sen Van Nuys oppose a Roosevelt third term and back a one six year limit. Burke warns a 1940 break with tradition could endanger democracy while Van Nuys argues it violates long standing norms. McNutt would back Roosevelt if renomination is pursued. Ickes defends two terms as political gimmick.
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Washington
Senate
Preside Roosevelt
Sen
Burke
D-Neb
Roosevelt
Sen. van Nuys
Ind
van Nuys
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Honolulu
Sec
Ickes
Tnat
Republican Party
Roosevelt seeks changes in relief bill reallocating funds and board
President Roosevelt reportedly urged two changes on Capitol Hill to reshape the house approved relief bill. He backs removing a three member WPA board and diverting 125 million dollars to the PWA, warning fewer relief rolls if the shift is approved. He favored separate PWA funds rather than pooling with relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Byrnes
D-S. C
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
PWA
Adams
D-Cole
Appropriations Subcommittee
Celler
D-Ny
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Use Tax Shows Iowa Auto Sales Up in 1939
Iowa use tax data indicate a 37 percent rise in automobile sales through May compared with 1938. Dealers moved 27.49 million dollars of new cars in the five months ending June 1, with May at 6.70 million dollars, while May state receipts totaled 133,931 and Southeastern counties reported varying amounts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Muscatine
Cedar
Johnson
Louisa
Scott
Washington
Vacation? Hoople Seeks New Faces Across Town
The line reads playful call for readers to arrange vacation mail for newspapers by contacting circulation department No. 24. It highlights Hoople’s eagerness to travel and meet strangers, prompting subscribers to set up vacation delivery.
Dr Grace Abbott dies famed social worker at 60
Chicago AP report notes Grace Abbott 60 longtime head of the U S Children's Bureau 1921 1934 died Monday night after anemia hospital care at Billings Memorial University of Chicago She helped curb infant mortality fostered welfare reform with Hull House Frances Perkins early colleague survives by sister two brothers and mother private funeral at Abbott home Quaker service led by Warder Allee cremation planned ashes to Grand Island Nebraska
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Chicago
Grace Abbott
United States Children’s Bureau
Billings Memorial Hospital
University of Chicago
Children’s Bureau
University
Miss Abbott
Jane Addams’ Hall House
Frances Perkins
National Magazine
America
Dr. Abbott
Grand Island
Neb
Immigrant Protective League
Hull House
Arthur G
Othaman A. Abbott
Elizabeth
Abbott
Warder C. Allee
Former Judge Manton Sentenced to Two Years and 10000 Fine
Martin T. Manton, ex United States circuit court of appeals judge, got the maximum two year prison term and a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to sell judicial favors. Judge W Calin Chestnut handed the sentence after Manton pleaded to set aside the verdict. U S Attorney Cahill urged the maximum sentence.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Manton
W. Calin Chestnut
Chestnut
U. S
John T. Cahill
Flames Ravage Powder Plant Warehouse in Angouleme
A fire at the Angouleme military powder factory destroyed cotton warehouses used in munition manufacture. Discovered at 3 15 p m local time, troops cordoned the site though officials believed the powder magazines remained safe. Angouleme, population about 40000, sits on a hill above the Charente river.
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Angouleme
France
Texans Flee As Floodwaters Swamp Snyder Area
More than 200 residents evacuated as creeks on either side of Snyder's business district overflowed. Darkness and high water hindered rescue efforts but no deaths were reported. Two bridges over Deep Creek were carried away by muddy floodwaters after heavy rains across West Central and East Texas since Sunday.
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Snder
Tex
Snyder's
Deep Creek
Texas
Schaeffer Firm Gives 12 1 2 Percent Profit Share
The W A Schaeffer Pen Co announces a 12 1 2 percent profit sharing payment for 1100 employees in Fort Madison and other plants including New York Chicago and San Francisco. Each worker will receive one eighth of six months earnings ending May 31 with eight consecutive distributions since 1931.
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Chicago
W. A. Schaeffer Pen Co
Fort Madison
New York
San Francisco
Wilson to Speak at G. A. R. Meeting
Iowa City veterans gather for the G. A. R. encampment with ten Civil War vets registering and renewing friendships. Gov. George A. Wilson is scheduled to speak at the camp fire meeting tonight as five auxiliary groups hold related sessions.
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Iowa City
Iowa “Boys In Blue
Council of Administration
George A. Wilson
Fewer Iowans Receive Unemployment Aid Drops in May
Des Moines reports an 8,036 decrease in unemployment relief in May from April. Total recipients fall to 48,832 with declines across families and single persons and overall cases.
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Des Moines
Iowa Emergency Relief Office
Townsend Hints at Organizing Party
Dr. Francis E. Townsend announced that the fourth national convention of the Townsend plan would open in Indianapolis and consider forming a political party to promote the movement. He said supporters would seek to replace existing parties if they do not cooperate to make the plan law.
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Chicago
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend National Recovery Plan
Indianapolis
Pension Plan
Girl Stricken With Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Near Centerville
Miss Betty Hopkins of Unionville is seriously ill at her home with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The illness is the first reported case in Appanoose county and followed a tick exposure at the Epworth League Institute in Mt. Pleasant last week.
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Centerville
Betty Hopkins
Unionville
Appanoose County
Epworth League Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Refugees Board British Liner Reina Del Pacifico for South America
About 450 German and Czecho Slovak Jewish refugees boarded the British liner Reina Del Pacifico today for various South American countries.
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Paris
Japan Protests U S Bombings in China and Kulangsu Blockade
The United States protests Japanese bombings of American property in China and seeks permission to publish the US-Japan note exchange. Dooman discusses Kulangsu blockades with Tokyo officials as British and French patrols reinforce the international settlement and tensions rise in Tientsin and Amoy.
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Washington
Hull
Tokyo
Japan
China
Eugene H. Dooman
State Department
United States
Dooman
Foreign Office
Amoy
Kulangsu
Britain
France
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Tientsin
Hachiro Arita
Koichiro Kanin
North China Port
Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Seishiro Itagaki
North China
How They Talk How They Talk
Quotes on women’s careers, morality raids at the world fair, TVA bond issue, and film opening scenes from cultural critics. Judge Florence E Allen asserts marriage should not block a career. NYC police vow to halt indecency at the fair. Norris’s TVA bond rider to debt law. James McMullin and Jimmie Fidler provide media observations.
Conference Opens At University Of Iowa For Parent Education
The thirteenth annual child development and parent education conference began on the University of Iowa campus with expected attendance over 1,000. Dr. Jay B. Nash from New York University opened the program speaking on youth and recreation, noting youth must be trained for leisure as well as work.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jay B. Nash
New York University
Bergdoll seeks return of seized World War I property
Grover C. Bergdoll asks the attorney general to return about 500000 dollars in property forfeited for draft evasion. Justice Department says no action will be taken until Bergdoll's citizenship status is resolved. He is in Army custody at Governor's Island New York after detention for desertion and exile in Germany.
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Washington
Grover C. Bergdoll
Justice Department
Bergdoll
Governor’s Island
New York
Germany
Dispute in Church Aired Before Court
Davenport Iowa hearing on an injunction to restrain Miss Edna Watson from serving as pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Le Claire continued in district court before Judge W W Scott. Opponents say she was voted out while supporters say the January meeting was not conducted properly under parliamentary rules.
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Davenport
Edna Watson
Full Gospel Tabernacle
le Claire
W. W. Scott
Miss Watson
Doctors Send Copy of New Health Law to Iowa Doctors
The Iowa department of health mailed copies of the pre-natal law to physicians. The act requires doctors to test expectant mothers for syphilis when they report for prenatal care and takes effect July 4. The 1939 legislature passed the pre-natal bill but rejected a companion marriage-examination measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Institute Discusses Help for Refugees in Grinnell
Grinnell Iowa Monday night session of the institute of international relations featured executive secretary E Raymond Wilson leading a round table on Americas Opportunity to Aid Refugees. Albert Martin and Mrs Martin, directors of Scattergood hostel for refugees at West Branch answered questions.
British Move 120 Outside of Concession
One hundred twenty British women and children evacuate from the beleaguered concession aboard a river boat to Tangku and then to coastal steamers for Chinwang Tao and Pehtaiho beach. Chinese workers in concession services quit under threats to families as the Japanese blockade tightens.
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Tientsin
Tangku
Chinwangtao
Pehtaiho Beach
Virtually Abandoned for Sub Paris Navy Sinks Phenix
Naval and air units of the French Indo China fleet suspend the hunt for the submarine Phenix which sank on June 15 with the loss of 71 lives.
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Paris
Phenix
Weather Summary For Iowa Illinois And Rivers
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday in Iowa with somewhat warmer Wednesday. Illinois sees generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday with possible local thundershowers in the south and warmer Wednesday. Davenport Rock Island and vicinity report partly cloudy with higher temperatures and Mississippi River stages in La Crosse Dubuque Davenport and Keokuk showing small rises.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Keokuk
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Jimmie Fidler
Florence Allen
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