Taxes 400 Million More Sought in Income Levy Shakeup
The Ways and Means Committee began revising the tax structure to raise about 400 million annually by adjusting how income tax is administered without raising rates. Liquor taxes are likely to double after repeal, with estimates of 2.20 a gallon.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Doughten
D.N
Congress
Roosevelt Faces Financing Challenge After Warm Springs Trip
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to confront financing needs and tax policy as Dec 15 maturities loom and Morgenthau plans mid December financing steps. Officials provide no clear shift in the gold plan and no immediate managed currency move is indicated.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
White House
Morgenthau
Warm Springs
Judge Deputy Shot to Death in Verda Pool Room
In Hanland Kentucky on December 4 Judge Bradley Burkhart age 43 from Verde and Deputy Sheriff Dillard Mitton age 28 were fatally shot after a confrontation behind a Verda pool room. Deputy Middleton was wounded in the hand by a bullet. Shadrick was killed during an oct last night shooting after a poker game at a beer garden near the scene.
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Associated Press
Hanland
Bradley Burkhart
Verde
Dillard Mitnton
Verda
Merle Middleton
A &Hiv
Jard Middeton
Harland Circuit
Cecil ‘Ick
Shadrick
Toledo detains Baldwin for life in penitentiary
Floyd Vin, former pugilist, received a life sentence today from Judge Roy Stuart after Baldwin was found guilty. The ruling followed the shooting of John Parker on the Van ia golf course during a robbery.
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Toledo
Dee
Floyd ‘Vin
Roy Stuart
Baldwin
Leath
Johnn Parker
Vania Golf Course
Weather Report Fragment Reflects Anomalous OCR Readings
An OCR damaged weather note shows inconsistent temperature readings with garbled numbers. It mentions earlier times and expectations for lows and highs but the text is incomprehensible, hindering precise data.
Heart Attack Ends Career of Alexander Legge at 67
Alexander Legge 67 longtime head of International Harvester and former federal farm board chair died of a heart attack at his Hinsdale home. Known as the iron man for tireless work, Legge directed war industries board during WWI and served as a harshly criticized yet influential agriculture expert.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alexander Legge
International Harvester Co
Federal Farm Board
Iron Man
Legge
Hinsdale
War Industries Board
Edward N. Hurley
War Time Shipping Board
Agrica
Dane County
Wisconsin
Hoover
Lindys Set for Atlantic Hop
Bathurst Gambia Dec 4 Col Charles A Lindbergh signaled he would attempt a trans Atlantic flight to South America before nightfall. Mrs Lindbergh helped work on the monoplane after failures to depart last night and today. Unfavorable winds and heavy fuel prevented takeoffs yesterday despite moonlit and sunlit attempts.
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Bathurst
Gambia
Charles A. Lindbergh
South America
Ohio River Improvement Funded With 2.45 Million
The War Department awarded 2,450,000 to Ohio river lock and dam work drawn from Public Works funds. The project includes the Montgomery Island dam 31 miles below Pittsburgh, replacing movable dams 4 5 and 6. Proposals will be opened in Pittsburgh on December 12.
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Department
Ohio River
Public Works Administration
Montgomery Island
Pittsburgh
Mother, Children Sought In Cincinnati Vanishing
Cincinnati police sought Mrs. Vernon Little and her three children Dot Dick and Donna after a disappearance last Wednesday. The family had ties in Cincinnati and were traced to Toledo where they left Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Vernon Little
James Little
Detroit
Dot
Donna
Port William Mayor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
James B. Young 36 mayor of Port William near Wilmington pleaded guilty to embezzlement and conversion of 100 dollars from Port William Banking Co where he served as assistant cashier. Held for grand jury under $1000 bond by Justice W I Stewart after arrest returning from Cincinnati.
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Por William
Wilmington
James
Young
Port William
Here
Port *William Banking Co
Justice of the Peace
W. I. Stewart
Cincinnati
Bulkley Fights Glass Liquor Sales Plan
Sen Robert J Bulkley of Cleveland opposes Governor advisory commission's plan to sell hard liquor by the glass. He warns private profit abuses fueled national prohibition and cautions that reintroducing such conditions risks restoring state wide prohibition. He urges licensing of natural beverage sales in Ohio.
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Cleveland, O
Glass Ag
Governor's Advisory Commission
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Doran resigns post as federal alcohol commissioner
Dr. James M. Doran resigns as federal commissioner of industrial alcohol to lead the code authority for domestic distillers. Joseph Choate Jr. becomes director of the federal alcohol control administration overseeing wine and fermented beverages and hard liquor under state monopoly rules. Bulkley condemns a proposed private retail liquor plan as inconsistent with a state monopoly aim.
Utah Seeks Repeal Honor In 21st Amendment Vote
Utah officials plan to ratify the 21st amendment soon after noon at the statehouse as Ohio and Pennsylvania move ahead, hoping Utah becomes the 36th state to repeal prohibition. Debate centers on timing with Maine also in play as other conventions meet.
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Salt Lake City
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Portsmouth
Maine
Spain Sees Martial Law Precaution Amid Rightist Victory
Madrid reports a state of prevention resembling martial law to curb rebellious threats as troops stand ready and guards alert. Authorities weigh a state of war for Catalonia as reports of an incipient revolutionary movement grow after Sunday’s landslide in 16 provinces.
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Madrid
Spain
Catalonia
Kidnaper Jones Pleads Guilty in Blue Island Case
Joseph Augustus Babe Jones pleads guilty in Chicago to kidnapping James Hackett a wealthy gambler from Blue Island suburb. The case center on the abduction and the concession of guilt in the criminal court today.
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Chicago
Joseph Augustus
Babe) Jones
James Hackett
Blue Island
Married Actress Alice White Weds Writer Sidney Bartlett in Mexico
Alice White film actress and writer Sidney Bartlett married in Magdalena Mexico at the town hall with Civil Judge Francisco Estrella. The couple honeymooned at Antonio Proto’s ranch after a party for townspeople. Their engagement, first announced in 1929, later figured in a Los Angeles grand jury probe into an alleged attack on actor John Warburton. Warburton claimed White was assaulted, Bartlett denied knowledge, and the investigation was dropped.
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Magdalena
Sonoma
Mex
Alice White
Sidney Bartlett
Antonio Proto
Francisco Estrella
Miss White
Bartlett
Actorss
Los Angeles
Mexico proposes Pan American debt moratorium agenda
Dr Rose M Puig Casaurane Mexico foreign minister announced a plan to sponsor a six to ten year moratorium on public and private debts at the Pan American conference. He urged an international court and bi metallic monetary system with silver reserves and a continental master bank.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Rose M. Puig Casaurane
Mexico
United States
Alberto Mane
Missing Edna Morris Found Near Princess Anne
The 20 year old Edna Morris, who had been missing since last Friday, was found dead by two Black men in a wood five miles from Princess Anne Maryland. Autopsy pending to determine if murder occurred. She lay face down in a pool of blood fully clothed.
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Princess Anne
Edna Morris
Factor Must Face British Fraud Charge
The U S Supreme Court upheld extradition of John Jake the Barber Factor of Chicago to England to face an $8 million fraud charge involving Broad Street Press Ltd. He allegedly received 458,500 pounds knowing it was fraudulently obtained. The case cites his alleged central role in a major British swindle.
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Associated Press
Washington
England
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Chicago
Supreme Court
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Great Britain
Broad Street Press, Ltd
Inquest Ordered Over Sturgill Death Near Fullerton
Mark Sturgill 65, farmer from Coal Branch Ky, found unconscious under Tygart bridge near Fullerton and died Sunday night. An inquest was ordered after witnesses failed to appear. later all were present and the coroner set the hearing for Monday afternoon. Surviving are the widow and several children, with the body at Stapf funeral home in Greenup.
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Mark Sturgill
Coal Branch
Tygart Bridge
Fullerton
Earl Darby
Sturgill
Greenup
Lafayette Scaggs
Darby
Deck Barker
Portsmouth
Merk Boges Sturgill
Robert FE
Dock
James
Dempsey
Beatrice
Lena Stone
Bertha Keyes
Alice Plymale
Buffalo
W. Va
Stapf Funeral Home
Springfield Store Keeper Fatally Shoots Robber
Pete Dinoff of Columbus was shot by Chris Nick, a Springfield store keeper, as Dinoff allegedly attempted a holdup. Nick said he fired five times after seeing a revolver in Dinoff’s hand. Mary Roush witnessed the closing. Dinoff died of three bullet wounds.
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Springfield
Pete Dinoff
Columbus
Chris Nick
Nick
Dinoff
Mary Roush
Neff appeal heard in Toledo over wife murder case
The court of appeals took under advisement the petition in error filed for Cyrus H. Neff 82, wealthy coat and lumber dealer, convicted of second degree murder for shooting his wife Mary 40 at their Canfield home near Youngstown Ohio in October 1932.
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Toledo
Court of Appeals
Wnhder
Behaif
Cyrus H. Neff
Mary
Canfield
Youngstown
Fear of bloodshed in Louisiana sixth district election eve
In Baton Rouge on December 4 the burning of ballots and mass meetings shadow Louisiana's sixth congressional district as rivals of Huey Long resist Gov. Allen's call to fill the Kemp vacancy. Court injunctions fail to halt printed ballots in nine parishes while Judge Favrot sets trial on printing legality.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
Congress
Bolivar E. Kemp
Sixth District
Democratic Executive Committee
Huey P. Long
Long and Allen
George K. Favrot
Secretary of State
Ickes Faces Smith Critics With Job Totals
Secretary Ickes defended the Works Progress Administration by announcing 2,998,360 men employed under works allotments as of November 25. He broke down the figures, noting 2,093,360 at work, with 623 in the Civilian Conservation Corps and 1,183,267 under the civil works administration allotment, and said most of the $3.3 billion fund had been allotted.
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Washington
Ickes
Alfred E. Smith
PWA
New York
Smith
Civil Works Administration
HOLC Grants 610 Home Ownership Loans in Ohio
Columbus Ohio December 4 610 loans with a value of 1 764 213 40 were granted last week by the Ohio Home Owners Loan Corp bringing to 7 600 096 12 the total to date last week was the largest for the HOLC in this state since it began operations.
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Columbus
Ohio Home Owners Loan Corp
HOLC
Series of auto mishaps leaves one dead nine injured
A fatal crash near Otway and multiple injuries in New BostonSunday night through Monday morning left Carl Copas 19 dead from a crushed chest and broken neck while Charles Strickland 20 suffered minor injuries. Russell Long 19 and Burlin Johnson 18 sustained multiple fractures in separate, related accidents involving a bridge collision and a side wipe. Four more hurt in New Boston, including Burlin Johnson 13.
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New Boston
Pike
Scioto
Carl Copas
Portsmouth
Hackworth Hill
Barden
Riley Farm
Rocky Fork Road
Otway
Charles Strickland
McDermott
Russell Long
Sciotoville
Burlin Johnson
Mabert Road
Pike County
Scioto River
Piketon
Mt Joy
Mt. Joy
H. P. Clevenger
Marshall Avenue
Gallia Street
Harrisonville Avenue
Long
Mercy Hospital
William Hook
R Tapleton
Laurbee Miller
Don Allard
London Conley
Miss Eva Johnson
Millbrook Lake
Carl Stamper
Frank McCurdy
Dr Wynekoop to lead defense in Rheta Wynekoop murder case
Chicago December report states Dr Alice Wynekoop 62 will direct her own defense after pleading innocence at arraignment on a murder indictment. Attorney Frank Tyrrell declines bail, cites jail preparation time. witness claim notes she saw Rheta away from home. Trial assigned to Judge Joseph B. David.
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Wynekoop
Frank Tyrrell
Rheta
West Monroe Street
Phillip A. Sullivan
Joseph B. David
Four Killed in Great Northern Freight Wreck Near Milan
A Great Northern freight train collided with a rock slide at Milan Washington 24 miles north of Spokane at 2 15 a m. Four men died William Krueger organizer Towhey and others were injured E W Horsall the conductor and F G Cook brakeman among the injured.
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Great Northern
Rock Slide
Spokane
Wash
Milan
Here
W. J. Barrett
William Krueger
Leonard Hargrove
Dy. ’. Towhey
E. W. Horsall
F. G. Cook
Dozen Killed In Ohio Accidents Over Weekend Toll Rises
A string of Ohio accidents caused at least a dozen weekend deaths. Among the victims were Albert Knight and his family in the Cincinnati area, Gladys Strauch and Jeanett Soendhsen near Oak Harbor, and several others including Harry Spann Jr in Dayton and John Mountjoy near Columbus. Additional injuries and fatalities followed across multiple counties.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Albert F. Knight
Chicago
Maries
Charles
Betty Jane
Helen Darnell
Dayton
Gladys Strauch
Jeanett Soendhsen
Oak Harbor
Harry Spann Jr
Mose Bruubry
Cowmbus
John W. Mountjoy
Westerville Road
Columbus
Anthony Hoodlet
Straiw
Arnold Good
Lancaster
A. W. Miles
Tippecanoe City
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Kentucky
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Harvester Company
Farm Board
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Atlantic Hop
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Tor
LaRoy
LaRoy Theater
Firemen’s Follies
Night Owls
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Wynn
James McElhaney
Babette Dalheimer
Dalheimer School of
Dane
Senate
Copas
Strickland
J. F. Gordon
Minor Copas
Hoadley
Bircha
Goldie
Hoadley Copas
Ross Moore Gault
DR. Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta Wynekoop
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