Tax plans studied as Ohio assembly weighs selective sales tax
In Columbus Ohio lawmakers consider a selective sales tax to aid poor relief and school financing The subcommittee backed by administration plans argues the select tax could win governor White support If adopted it would tax luxuries and amusement tickets while a general levy would exempt staples like food The house delays the bill to speed adjournment and Governor White vetoes a county clerk term extension bill while urging a four year elective term plan for officers
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Columbus
White
House Taxation Committee
Wb Group
Lans
Wen
Mesage
John W. Bricker
General Assembly
Roosevelt Initiates 50 Million Loan to China for Farm Goods
Under President Roosevelt the Reconstruction Corp. arranged a 50 million loan to China to buy U S cotton and wheat. The loan will be repaid via Chinese taxes over three years and aims to boost foreign farm markets. It supports China’s purchase plan and could shift large cotton and wheat trade dynamics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corp
China
T. V. Koong
London World Economic Center
Tollacco
United States
Clermont County Sends Recruits to Knox for Preliminary Rally
A group from Clermont County recreation corps departs by bus for a preliminary rally in Knox Kentucky after vaccination. Local officials expect participation from recruits and note the trip is part of a broader county effort to bolster public health readiness.
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Associated
County —— Recreation Corps
Knox, Ky
Steady rise in steel could push wages higher for metal workers
Cleveland dispatch notes Steel magazine weekly review signals potential wage increases of 10 to 15 percent for steel iron and metal working employees as production climbs to 50 percent capacity under the shadow of a national recovery act. Officials discuss trade codes hours and wage levels while considering a shift to shorter four day weeks and higher minimum pay.
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Magazine Steel
Associated Press
Cleveland
Steel
Hugh 8. Johnson
Prohibitionists Predict Escalating Battle Over 18th Amendment
The United Press reports that American prohibitionists anticipate the fiercest fight in a decade as June votes on repealing the 18th Amendment approach. Leaders from major dry groups assemble in the Bliss Building near the Capitol to plan campaigns, with eight states having repealed and eight more voting this month likely to join the ranks.
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Washington
Amerca
Bliss
Capitol
United States
F. Scott McBride
The
Anti-Saloon League
Ilinois
Greenup bank faction resigns from new group
In Greenup Kentucky a seven member stockholders committee resigns amid stalled plans to form a new bank under the RF C program. Officials with First National bank of Greenup refuse to reveal asset levels as the group reports only 13000 dollars raised toward a 35000 dollar stock goal. Liquidation has been ordered for the restricted bank.
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Greenup
First National Bank of Greenup
Tygart Valley
Edward Barwood
Maloneton
A. V. Pollack
Federal relief sum received for Scioto county May aid
A check for 11682 dollars covering RFC aid was received for Scioto county for the first 15 days of May and was spent through the county advisory relief commission by the auditor.
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Scioto County
Uae
County Advisory Relief Commission
Kroger Jr. Dies After Auto Mishap
B H Kroger Jr 41 son of Kroger founder died in Cincinnati after an auto mishap. He was a director and form...
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B. H. Kroger Jr
Cincinnati
Jone
B. Bi. Kroger Jr
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Roosevelt pressures on veterans aid taxes budget clash
President Roosevelt tells House Democratic leaders at the White House he may stay all summer to balance the budget if veterans' allowances are raised. Budget chief Lewis Douglas warns that $170,675,607 must be found elsewhere if aid is expanded. Leaders say the House favors higher veterans' pay despite economy plans, while regulators note 21 percent cuts for service-connected cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
Congress
Lewis Douglas
Senate
Independent Offices
Veterans’ Bureau
Rainey
Burns
Tennessee
Sleop-Teader
Rules Committee
Frank T. Hines
Relatives Seen In Kidnap Case In Cincinnati
Police pursue a new lead in the Pansy Sneed kidnapping as they examine the former home of Mr and Mrs John Sneed in Cincinnati. The five week old girl remains missing on day five after a woman posing as a nurse took her from the home, and the child's mother stays hospitalized under observation. The Sneeds are from Murphy North Carolina and Clay County Georgia respectively and traveled from Hiawassee Georgia last October.
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Cincinnati
Pansy
John Sneed
Sneed
Murphy
N. C
Clay County
Hiawassee
Owensboro Man Arrested In Slaying Case
Owensboro Kentucky police held a former real estate dealer today for authorities in Owensboro over the slaying of Herbert Gillians a blacksmith. Gillians was shot after a quarrel following a collision of the two men automobiles.
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Dayton
Jne
Forest Page
Owensboro
Herbert Gillians
Gillians
Convict Nabbed With Girl's Aid Near Binger
In Oklahoma near Binger, a Kansas escapee Frank Sawyer was captured after abducting Caddo county clerk Bob Goodfellow and his sister Loig. A college co-ed aided by driving into a ditch. she fought Sawyer, allowing Sheriff Crisp and Deputy Marlow to close in and arrest him after a gun battle.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M
Frank Sawyer
Kansas
Binger
Caddo County
Sawyer
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Oklahoma
Bob Goodfellow
Loig Goodfellow
Goodfellow
Goodiel Sawyer
Oklahoma City
Horace Crisp
al Marlow
Grady County
Miss Goodfellow
Marvin Jones Victim of Heat at Selco Park Golf Event
Marvin E. Jones, proprietor of the Marvin Jones used car garage, collapsed from heat while playing golf at Selco Park Sunday noon after nine holes. A friend moved him to Taylor clinic in Sciotoville where Dr. Beth Taylor attended him. He improved after being moved home.
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Marvin E. Jones
Marvin Jones
Gallia
Offnere
Selco
Jones
Taylor Clinic
Sciotoville
Beth Taylor
Threat Of Showers Delays Macon Trip
Akron Ohio June 5 Local showers and thunderstorms forecast probable tonight and Tuesday delaying the 48 hour flight of the U S. 8 Macon voyage postponed at least until late Tuesday afternoon Construction on Macon's airplane tridges completed and she was being elie t
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Akron. O
Alger H. Dresel
U. S
Macon
Tridges
Elie T
Archbishop Bourne Improves After Illness Report
London dispatch says Cardinal Bourne archbishop of Westminster recovering from grave pulmonary edema after a restful night and showing further improvement this morning according to officials.
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London
Cardinal Bourne
Westminster
Van Sweringen Details Morgan Aid and Rail Rise
O P Van Sweringen testifies before the senate inquiry into J P Morgan and Co describing how he and his brother entered the railroad field 17 years ago through the Nickel Plate deal. He says $2 million down payment on an $8.5 million price was borrowed and Morgan advised them due to confidence in the firm. The committee votes to delay deciding on probing partners income tax returns.
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Associated Press
Washington
van Sweringen
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Co
O. P. van Sweringen
Ferdinand Pecora
Cleveland
M. J
Morgan
Morgan Bank
O. P
John W. Davis
Thomas
Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
Pavis
Pecora
J. P. Morgan
House Passes Railroad Bill in Roosevelt Recovery Drive
Washington June 5 The Rayburn measure wins overwhelming house approval to improve railroad systems. A federal coordinator will coordinate economies and suspend anti trust rules. The bill backs holding companies under ICC and cancels 361 million in government claims. It protects workers from layoffs due to consolidations.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt National Recovery
Rayburn
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texan aviator aims for Novosibirsk with nonstop flight
James Mattern, the United States aviator circling the globe solo, arrived in Moscow 51 hours 37 minutes after leaving New York. He planned to resume toward Novosibirsk 1,700 miles away, despite fatigue and unsettled weather.
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Texan
Novosibirsk
Associated Press
Jimmy Mattern
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Jomfruland
Norway
Oslo
Moscow
James Mattern
United States
New York City
Mattern
Siberia
Atlantic
Baltic Sea
Esthenia
Lost Mattern
Texas Air
Illinois Votes on Day of Repeal Question and Judiciary
Illinois voters face a wet or dry referendum on repealing the 18th Amendment while also selecting judiciary members. Strong turnout expected as both sides push for a large vote, with church bell tolling in Chicago to rally the dry side. Indiana votes tomorrow as Illinois becomes ninth state to weigh in on the 21st Amendment.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
George B. Safford
Anti-Saloon League
Mrs. Roosevelt Winds West From Dallas Flight
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt continues by air from Dallas to Los Angeles after breakfast with Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson. She will stop in Tucson to see Mrs. Isabella Greenway before reaching Los Angeles to visit her son Elliott, continuing the longest air journey by a First Lady.
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Dallas
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Elliott
Roosevelt
Tucson
Ariz
Isabella Greenway
Seven Hundred Return to Work at Creighton Glass Plant
Seven hundred men returned to work at the Creighton plant of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co in Pittsburgh Pa The plant units are operating for the first time since early 1931 with sufficient auto glass orders to keep output up through June officials said
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Creighton
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Eagles Lodge Push To Initiate Age Pension Vote
Belfast June report outlines petitions circulated across counties seeking an initiated vote on an old age pension. Civil servants endorse the effort as a broad push to secure a pension program via a public referendum or legislative action.
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Eagles Lodges
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Clermont County
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Frances Senzuk
Philadelphia
Robert F. Welsh
United Press
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Committee of Seven
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Owensboro, Ky
Kansas City
Walter McGee
Mary McElroy
McGee
Amarillo
Mrs. Roosevelt
Texas
Pittsburgh, Pa
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