Corcoran Defends Lobbying Probe Amid House Clash
The House approved a $50,000 spending plan to investigate lobbying for and against bills affecting utilities. Thomas G Corcoran New Deal lawyer testified he drafted parts of the utilities measure after a direct request from the President. The panel heard Brewster Maine accuse Corcoran of pressuring him to vote for the death sentence provision.
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Illinois Brevities A flood of small-town incidents and notices
Burglars robbed a Caledonia post office of 10 dollars and 40 dollars in stamps. A four-year-old died after being struck by a car near his Rockford home. University of Michigan summer enrollment rose by 193 from 1984 to 2,719. The Raymond Independent editor Harry L. Potts died at 39. A woman found in the Rock River near Moline was identified as Justina Vanhecke. Laurel Clark, 35, died on a farm near Maquon in a tractor accident. Two Peoria men drowned on a fishing trip on the Illinois River. Four men jailed near Crystal Lake for forging 25-cent pieces. Lake County funds on a cash basis with 188,000 funding bonds proposed. Three East St. Louis youths died in the Menard prison electric chair for murder. A feud at Shannon ended with one dead and the neighbor wounded. Doering welfare plan urged 50 million yearly state and county effort. Illinois retailers tax collections up in first half of 1935. Washington notes 1935 federal debt and deficits and discusses looming tax reforms and lobbying investigations.
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