Names Given To Tax Probers At Washington
Treasury officials testifying before the joint tax investigation committee exposed unusual schemes used to dodge taxes. The session named prominent individuals and noted fraud in at least one case while describing losses from foreign personal holding companies formed by Americans. Chief of the intelligence division Elmer Ivey introduced the list, starting with Philip Deronde, former president of the Hibernia Trust.
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International News Service
Washington
the Treasury
Joint
Congressional Tax Investigation Committee
Treasury
Elmer Ivey
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Philip Deronde
Hibernia Trust Company of
Taylor resigns as state GOP head in Harrisburg
Harrisburg June 18 veteran GOP leader and Harrisburg realtor Harvey Taylor announced his resignation as Republican state chairman effective immediately. He stressed in a telegram to executive committee officers and members that he is not dropping out of politics.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
M Harvey Taylor
Today
Taylor
Republican State Committee
Basque Government Moves as Bilbao Defenses Tighten
Beleaguered Bilbao remains defended as 6000 Basque troops fortify the city and engineers destroy the Nervion railway to block insurgent entry. The Basque government announces a retreat to a village behind the lines while a delegation stays in Bilbao to monitor events.
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Santander
Bilbao
Nervion River
Trucions
Portugailese
Steel Strike Mediators To Begin Labors
The three man mediation board named by Secretary Perkins and approved by Roosevelt will meet in Cleveland to seek a peaceful settlement to a steel strike that involves about 100,000 workers in seven states. The board includes Charles P Taft Lloyd K Garrison and Edward F McGrady. Both the steel workers committee and Republic Steel pledged cooperation.
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Frinces Perkins
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Secretary of Labor
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Edward F. McGrady
Labor Department
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Washington
Board of Mediation
Frances Perkins
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Republic Steel Corporation
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Davey
National Labor Relations Board
Wisconsin University Law School
Department
Father’s Day mark noted and pigeons roost downtown
The column reports Father’s Day on the calendar and notes a pigeons nest near Mercer and East Washington across from the First National Bank. It also mentions heavy street traffic around East Washington and Mercer, with Officer Thomas Jones managing congestion during lunch hour. Workers continue remodeling the old post office at North and Mercer into a city library, removing a long roof over the rear loading platform.
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Pa Nene
Mercer and
East Washington Streets
First National Bank
East Washington
Mercer Streets
Thomas Jones
North and
Daily Weather Report Summary for US period ending 9 AM
The 24 hour period ends at 9 o clock with a maximum temperature of 79 and a minimum of 65. Precipitation measured 59 inches and river stage at 6.7 feet. Year ago figures show 87 maximum, 61 minimum, 0.25 inches precipitation.
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United States
Senate Battles Over Relief Fund Deadlock
The Senate spark a fight over WPA relief funds as Senator Robinson urges a 25 percent local contribution to projects in a bid to end a four day impasse on mandatory funding. Democratic leaders clash with Barkley Wagner and Mi ton who oppose restrictions citing harm to the needy. Roosevelt reportedly opposes the Robinson plan.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Wagner
New York
Minton
Indiana
Roosevelt
Hissing Woman May Be Drowned
In New York on June 18 authorities fear missing Alice Parsons may be drowned after a woman's body was seen floating in the lower bay off the Jersey coast. A coast guard plane and boats searched the waters following an alarm from occupants of a motor launch who spotted the body late yesterday.
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International News Service
New York
Alice Parsons
West Bank
Jersey
Coast Guard
Court House WPA Delinquent Tax Card Index Project
Starting Monday morning, June 21, a WPA project will work in the court house to card index all delinquent county taxes. The effort, expected to last a year or more, aims to replace the current book records with a visible card index. County officials approved spending about $5,000 for materials and equipment, with WPA providing about $25,000 for labor. Mrs. Eleanor Harper will lead the project, building on work in the County Treasurer’s office.
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WPA
Court House
Eleanor Harper
Joseph H. Hartland
Sheriff Slain In Cold Blood Near Albion
Sheriff Lawrence Snoyer aged 33 was murdered in cold blood 18 miles northwest of Albion Nebraska in a gun battle with two desperadoes. Constable Will Wathen was critically wounded as officers tried to arrest the gunmen who escaped after the shootout.
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International News Service
Albion
Neb
Lawrence Snoyer
Will Wathen
Welcome for New Pastor Elmer G Russell at New Castle
New Castle gathers for a reception at the Reformed Presbyterian Church to welcome Rev. Elmer G Russell and Mrs. Russell. A featured musical program includes a male quartet, readings, tenor and soprano solos, trombone pieces, and multiple encores.
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Elmer G. Russell
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Clifford Young
David Rees
Fred C. Scheppele
Leonard Kisthart
Jay L. Reed
Magnolia Bloom
Betty Cope
Prof. Rees
Reed
Susan
Thomas Cramer
Edwin Lewis
Shubert
Evening Star
Katherine Wagner
Land of the Sky Blue Water
Mr. Lewis
Lawrence County Youth Killed in Truck Crash Near Wexford
Donald Reed 17 of New Wilmington died at Allegheny General Hospital from injuries after the truck he rode in overturned on the Perry highway two miles north of Wexford. Driver C. E. Cornman 51 of Volant was bruised and lacerated. Reed recently graduated from East Brook High School and had been the driver’s helper.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Donald Reed
New Wilmington
Allegheny General Hospital
Perry Highway
Wexford
C. E. Cornman
R. D. J. Volant
Reed
East Brook High School
Lawrence County
Cornman
Jack Benny Script Writer Al Boasberg Dies
Beverly Hills report states Al Boasberg aged 45, writer of the Jack Benny radio scripts, died suddenly at his home of a heart attack. He authored the new Marx Brothers film and had just signed a Benny contract. Survived by his widow, a brother, and two Buffalo, New York sisters.
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International News Service
Beverly Hills
Cal
al Boasberg
Jack Benny
Boasberg
Benny
Buffalo
New York
Champagne Revel Is Closed Chapter in Hollywood Case
Hollywood court reports that the grand jury refused to indict in the champagne revel case for lack of evidence. David Ross, a Chicago film salesman, was exonerated of attack charges tied to Patricia Douglas, a 20 year old screen extra, with testimony noting it was some party.
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Hollywood
David Ross
Chicago
Patricia Douglas
Horse Hit and Killed by Car on New Bedford Pulaski Road
State patrolmen seek hit and run driver after a car struck and killed a horse on the New Bedford Pulaski road this morning. The horse, used for riding, belonged to a local farm. owner’s name is not yet known.
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New Bedford- Pulaski Road
Death notices list local residents with ages and addresses
Death records show William Fobes 82 of Neshannock township Edward J. Kemm 78 of 1004 East Washington street Thomas J. Joyce 51 of 413 North Shenango street William Foulkes 78 of 455 Neshannonk avenue and Mrs Grace Hennon Kinnaman 36 of Warren QO reflected in the local notices.
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William Fobes
Neshannock Township
Edward J. Kemm
East
Washington Street
Thomas J. Joyce
North Shenango Street
William Foulkes
Neshannock Avenue
Grace Hennon Kinnaman
Warren, QO
Heiresses Targeted In Tax Dodge Probe
Washington reports detail a treasury focus in the joint congressional inquiry into alleged tax dodging. Officials seek examples of wealthy Americans who marry foreign title holders and renounce citizenship to pay minimal taxes on vast incomes. The plan also raises the tax on profits foreigners earn from U.S. securities.
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International News Service
Washington
The
Treasury
Pleads Guilty To Slaying Daughter
Riverhead New York June 18 Helen Tiernan a 28 year old widow faced sentencing Monday after she pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of her seven year old daughter Helen The sensational babes in the wood case ended at a special session when the plea was accepted by Supreme Court Justice Hallinan carrying a penalty of 20 years to life imprisonment.
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International News Service
Riverhead
N. Y
Helen Tiernan
Helen
Supreme Court
Hallinan
Former President Gaston Doumergue Dies at 73 in France
Paris report says Gaston Doumergue former premier and president died at his country home in Aigues- Vives at age 73. Physicians cited heart failure as the cause. He passed away in his bed chamber at eight o clock this morning.
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International
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Aigues- Vives
Earhart Forced to Halt Globe Flight by Bad Weather
Amelia Earhart temporarily halts her equatorial globe girdling flight in Akyab India due to unfavorable conditions. She returns to the airport at 2 35 p m after taking off from Calcutta earlier, planning to resume tomorrow.
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International News Service
Akyab
India
Amelia Earhart
Calcutta
Bangkok
Siam
Miss Earhart
Bela Kun Executed in Soviet Purge reports
Bela Kun, former Hungarian dictator, reportedly executed in the Soviet purge during Stalin’s Russia. Once toppled the Hungarian Republic, he led a Soviet dictatorship after World War I before being ousted in 1919.
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Bela Kun
International News Service
Budapest
Red
Hungary
Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Kun
Count Karolyi
Society Romance Revealed Today Engagement in New York
New York on June 18 reports the engagement of Miss Margot Loines of Mrs. Russell H Loines to Dwight Whitney Morrow Jr son of Mrs Dwight W Morrow and the late Senator Morrow and brother of Mrs Anne Lindbergh Morrow attends Yale Law School with marriage date not set Miss Loines father headed the Johnson Higgins insurance brokerage firm
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International News Service
New York
Margot Loines
Russell Hillard Loines
Dwight Whitney Morrow, Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Senator Morrow
Anne Lindbergh
Morrow
Yale Law School
Miss Loines
Russell H. Loines
Johnson & Higgins, Insurance Brokers
Premier Blum May Visit U S Says French Leader
The Evening Standard reports Premier Leon Blum of France has sounded out Washington about a possible visit to President Roosevelt in the United States. The diplomatic note comes as France and the United States explore bilateral ties.
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International News Service
London
Leon Blum
France
Washington
Roosevelt
Evening Standard
Gas Price War Probed by State Commission in Allegheny
A state legislative oil industry investigation commission led by Judge Ralph H. Smith opened in Pittsburgh to probe Allegheny county gas price wars and bootlegging. Subpoenas issued to over 60 retailers, many East Pittsburgh operators, seeking records on price fixing and supply by major companies and independents.
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Pittsburgh
Independent
Gasoline Dealers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Shay
Pulton
W. Va
Wheeling Girl Is Killed In Crash
Thelma Evans twenty from Wheeling West Virginia was killed instantly when an automobile plunged over a 30 foot embankment in Wethel township early today. Four others were injured including Mrs Catherine Walters and George Mulley both of Wheeling and Arthur Walters sixteen and Robert For.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Thelma Evans
Wheeling
W. Va
Wethel Township
Catherine Walters
George Mulley
Arthur Walters
Robert
Schwab Returns From Germany to Discuss Bethlehem Strike
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, plans to visit Johnstown Pennsylvania to confer with officials over the steel industry's labor troubles. He expressed optimism about U S business conditions and regret that the strike disrupts the march toward prosperity.
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News Service
New York
Germany
Charles M. Schwab
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Schwab
Lawn Troubles And Weather Notes In Humorous Prompt
The text humorously laments overgrown grass invading yards and mower trouble as rain persists. It warns to oil the mower, keep the engine ready, and mentions a dinner date amid wet weather and a temperature around seventy eight.
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