New Revenue Bill Before the House
The House Ways and Means Committee reports a comprehensive tax revision bill expected to raise about 255 million dollars in added revenue annually. It aims to reduce deficits and begin retiring the public debt, with provisions aligning to President Roosevelt's $150 million request and various revenue sources including capital gains, depreciation, and corporate taxes. A minority report disputes adequacy of revenues and criticizes tax rates as insufficient.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Lewis
Maryland
Treasury
United States
Traylor of Chicago Banker Dies After Illness
Melvin A. Traylor, 55, president of the First National Bank of Chicago, died at home after a 35-day pneumonia illness. Born on a Kentucky hillside, he led the American Bankers Association in 1927 and was a leading national banker. He had been a Democratic potential for 1932 and was discussed as a possible secretary of the treasury.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Kentucky
First National Bank of Chicago
Traylor
First National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Illinois
Pope Warns Against Return to Paganism
Pope Pius warned during a consistory address that efforts to drag the world back into paganism are dangerous. The remarks were read as possible critique of Nazi Germany or bolshevik influence, while praising positive global movements for human welfare and Christian life.
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Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Eight Convicts and Guard Die in Walla Walla Prison Riot
A sudden riot at the Washington state penitentiary in Walla Walla left eight convicts and one guard dead. The National Guard was mobilized and sheriff and police units were summoned as inmates armed with knives attacked guards in a bloody clash.
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Walla Walla
Three Children Die In Muskegon Shack Fire
In Muskegon Heights a two room tarpaper shack home burned killing three children. The parents were away at the time. The father Fred Strong a Civil Works administration worker had left for downtown. The three older children escaped as the flames quickly consumed the flimsy structure.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Heights
Fred Strong
Civil Works Administration
Young Slayer Sentenced in Electric Chair Case
Edward Staniszewski, 21, of Amherst, formerly a Providence College athlete, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Timothy L. Diggins on October 11. The case stems from a violent act linked to Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Young Slayer
Northampton
Mass
Edward Staniszewski
Amherst
Providence College
Timothy L. Diggins
Tenant Slays Couple in Oklahoma Farmhouse
Isabel Oklahoma at Dan Stiles farm near their home were shot to death by tenant Frank Clark. Clark a colored tenant killed farmer Dan Stiles and his wife in a brutal double homicide on their property.
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Isabel
Okla
Dan Stiles
Frank Clark
MacCracken Sentenced Ten Days In Jail In Senate Contempt
Former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics William P. MacCracken Jr. and L. H. Brittin, VP of Northwest Airways, were found guilty of contempt and jailed in DC. Western Air Express officials Hanshue and Girvin were acquitted. Farley cited a $46,800,000 fraud claim in air mail contracts and annulled all domestic contracts after a lengthy investigation.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken, Jr
Commerce
Aeronautics
American Bar Association
United States Senate
District of Columbia
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
MacCracken
Senate
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert L. Girvin
Farley
Hugo L. Black
Senate Investigating Committee
Walter F. Brown
Senate Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
$77,000,000 Paid to Workers in CCC Camps
Civilian Conservation Corps director Robert Fechner reported to President Roosevelt that the CCC employed about 550,000 people. He said roughly 50,000,000 of the total $77,000,000 in pay went directly to workers' families and dependents, with about 300,000 families each month receiving cash allowances of 20 to 25 dollars from enrollees.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Fechner
Gangsters Blamed in Death of Girl
Monroe sheriff attributes death of Ethel Young of Toledo to a one way ride by Toledo gangsters. Police describe her as a former acquaintance of "Pretty Boy" Floyd during his Toledo visit.
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Monroe
Mich
Joseph Fairley
Monroe County
Ethel Young
Toledo
Dixie Highway
Here
Floyd
Man Who Built African Railroad Dies in Michigan
Claude A. Olmstead aged sixty six a local coal dealer died at his Coldwater Michigan home He supervised construction of the first railroad built into the interior of the African jungles on a British project His death ends a notable career linked to the African railway work.
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Michigan
Coldwater
Mich
Claude A. Olmstead
Two Women Drown Crossing Ice in St. Clair River
Two unidentified women drowned while attempting to walk across the ice on the St. Clair River near Port Huron Michigan aiming for Sarnia Ontario. Rescue crews searched the area but could not reach them as currents pulled them under.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Ont
Thaw's Prosecutor Is Dead in New York
William Travers Jerome, longtime foe of Tammany Hall and prosecutor of Harry K Thaw, died of pneumonia at his town house ending a half century of legal crusading.
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New York
William Travers
Jerome
Tammany Hall
Harry K. Thaw
Land Bank Lends Nine Million in One Week at Omaha
President D P Hogan of the Omaha federal land bank reported a world record in farm financing with about nine million dollars loaned in a week. He cited new 75 percent loan rules boosting refinancing and noted many mortgages are being settled at that rate to avoid foreclosures. The bank serves Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming with 350 appraisers, up from ten last year, as it enters the era of extensive farm financing.
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Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Hogan
Omaha Bank
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Ickes
Wallace
Morganthou
Jim Farley
Roper
Dockweiler
Cal
Dern
Army
Govenors
Mr Swanson
Navy
Senate
Hull
South America
Perkins
Jessie Jones
McNaught Syndicate
Int
Farm Land Still Best Investment for Insurance Funds
C. P. Peterson told 35 Insurance Institute of Nebraska members that good farm land remains one of the best investments for life insurance funds despite past price declines. He cited three reasons: limited depreciation, agriculture not easily antiquated by science, and the land’s inherent home value plus productive worth.
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Lincoln
Insurance Institute of Nebraska
C. P. Peterson
Institute
Peterson
State to Auction 66,900 Acres of Nebraska School Land
State board of investment schedules auction of 66,900 acres in 53 counties, forfeited by nonpayment of rentals. Delinquent tenants were notified in December 1932. Auctions set for February 26 to 28 under state authority.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Board of Investment
Dan Swanson
Harry P. Conklin
J. H. Wellin
Round Out State Highway Program Opens Bids in Feb
Nebraska's $7 800 000 federal highway program will be rounded out with bids opening Feb 28 for 28 projects estimated at 992 800. Hastings Fremont and Red Willow and Otoe counties are among the sites. Governor Bryan said Nebraska is second among states to complete the federal program allocated last July.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Hastings
Fremont
Red Willow
Otoe
Bryan
Voters to decide April 3 on $42,000 school bond issue
Kearney residents face a city election on a proposal to issue $42,000 in bonds to back a PWA loan for a $60,000 school building with an $18,000 PWA grant. Nebraska City street commissioner F. H. Marxell marks a personal milestone by lighting his first cigarette with a $1,000 bond after retiring $20,000 of a street bond.
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Kearney
PWA
F. H. Marxell
Nebraska City
Marxell
Anthrax deaths raise Nebraska quarantine to seven farms
State veterinarian Dr. H. L. Feistner reports 15 head of livestock died this year from anthrax, with northeastern Nebraska hit hard for years. A new case in Boyd County brings the total farms under quarantine to seven, four new quarantines this year.
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H. L. Feistner
Nebraska
Boyd County
Movement to establish jack pine forest in Loup county
Residents push to create a jack pine forest in northwest Loup County near the North Loup and Calamus rivers, citing an uninhabited prairie where initial pines have thrived. The area offers excellent fishing and several deer herds, suggesting strong conservation potential.
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Loup County
Halsey
North Loup
Calamus River
Nebraska relief survey planned by social work group
An executive committee of the state conference for social work called for a survey to assess relief efforts in Nebraska. The conference president, supervisor for the Omaha Family Welfare association, was authorized to appoint a committee to gather accurate data from federal state local and private agencies to aid a long term relief program plan.
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Nebraska
State Conference For Social Work
Omaha Family Welfare Association
Bertha the horse Wandered From Home Three Weeks Ago
Lawrence Stenberg near Axel Nelson’s farm found Bertha wedged in a cave entrance while seeking potatoes. The duration of Bertha’s stay remains unknown. She has been fed and watered and is back at work on the Ash land farm.
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Bertha
Lawrence Stenberg
Axel Nelson
Stenberg
Ashland
Civil Works Payroll in Nebraska Dips Slightly Week Over Week
Last week's payroll for the civil works and relief organization in Nebraska declined modestly. Civil Works employed 33,744 workers earning 325 418 for labor and truck hire. Civil Works Service paid 2 223 workers 22 488. Federal Agent Haynes visited Omaha to meet the Douglas county committee inspect the transient state camp and address a civic group.
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Civil Works and Relief Organization
Nebraska
Civil Works Service
Haynes
Omaha
Douglas County
Old Oregon Trail Wagons Found Buried in Nebraska Sands
Captain Harold Cook leads a six man geological and archaeological team along the Oregon Trail in western Nebraska extracting prairie schooners buried for over 75 years. The wagons will likely be placed in a new 9000 dollar museum funded by PWA in Mitchell pass. the expedition is a CWA project seeking relics and lore for the museum.
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Platte River
Nebraska
Harold Cook
PWA
Mitchell Pass
Oregon Trail
CWA
Human flea found in Nebraska state university report
Dr. M. H. Swenk, Nebraska State University entomologist, confirms a human flea is present in Nebraska. A Schuyler farmer provided a specimen, with more found on the farm, and Swenk notes it differs from other fleas in the region. He sent the farmer a pest control pamphlet. Additionally, a statewide crow shooting contest by the Nebraska Izaak Walton League opens registrations this month, runs through December 15, 1934, with squads of five paying 50 cents each and listing a captain.
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Nebraska
M. H. Swenk
State University
Swenk
Schuyler
Nebraska Izaak Walton League
Beverly Hills writer recalls White House reception anecdotes
The writer recounts a Washington visit to a White House reception with Mrs Rogers and Mary. He describes meeting Alice, John Ickes, Mrs Wallace, Jim Farley, Mr Hull, and other officials. He notes the crowd size, the president's stand during the long reception, and the social atmosphere of the 1934 event.
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Beverly Hills
Washington
Rogers
Mary
White House
U.S
Jean Schwartz Fades From Broadway Spotlight After Fame
In retrospective notes, Jean Schwartz once topped Tin Pan Alley with hits like Bedelia and Chinatown My Chinatown. His sudden withdrawal from the Broadway scene is marked by lingering respect among peers and a comparison to faded vaudeville days.
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New York
Jean Schwartz
Tin Pan Alley
Jim Brady
Schwartz
Chinatown
Bedelia
Dolly Twins
Varied Writers and Actors Span Edgy International Scene
The piece surveys literary and stage figures from Crane to Baragwanath, noting multilingual letters, Basil Woon as a roving correspondent, Donald Brian’s enduring stage vigor, Paul Whiteman’s orchestra gag, and quick anecdotes about Gould Crawford Crawford, Crawford.
Tongue-tied by A Telegram Twist in 1934
A 1934 McNaught Syndicate item describes a crude telegram pun about a steerage phrase. The brief notes a late night disruption and a humorous effect on speech.
Good Judgment in Raising a Child
Olive Roberts Barton argues for balanced child care mixing fed diet and fresh air with flexible schedules. She recalls families using extreme regimes that harmed stamina despite wealth and resources.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets advertised for liver bowels and stomach
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as best for liver and bowels and stomach. It promotes one pellet as a laxative and three as a cathartic.
Path of infantile paralysis traced to nasal infection
The article asserts a proven route for contracting infantile paralysis through the nose. It explains how the mucous membrane and olfactory nerves are attacked, carrying the virus to the olfactory lobe and onward to the brain and spinal cord, highlighting progress against the disease.
Doctor Endorses Liquid Laxatives For Gentle Relief
A physician urges careful use of strong laxatives and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, tastily pleasant, non habit forming liquid remedy. It regulates dose, works gently, and is suitable for expectant mothers and children. Available from druggists in large bottles.
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Dr. Caldwell
Is This Too Good for Your Cough
An advertising notice promotes Creomulsion as a multi action cough remedy promising quick relief and safety. It claims mild coughs may respond to lesser aids but advises careful people to use Creomulsion for any cough, noting a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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M’cracken
Brittin
CCC
Thaw
Land Bank
State News
Alice
York
C. McEntyre
Henry L. Rainey
Dr. Jones
Frank Crane
William Hayes Ward
Old Independent
Hayes
Crane
Basil Woon
Ers
London
Hollywood
Paris
The
Riviera
Atlantic
Fleurette
Donald Brian
Paul Whiteman
Dorothy Atkinson
Clarence F
Jay) Gould
Rits Tower
Joan Crawford
Eddie Dowling
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Choo Choo Deems Taylor
Cobina Wright
Arthur Somers Roche
Maurice Chevalier
Georges Carpentier
Beppo
John Baragwanath
Neysa McNein
Connecticut
Vernon Castle
America
Blanche Ring
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Olive Roberts Barton
New York World-Telegram
Cuticura Pont
Pater Drogacee
Kal Corporation
Malden, Mass
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