Wealthiest Americans Evade Federal Taxes, 1932
President Roosevelt says 58 richest Americans paid no federal tax in 1932 on 37 percent of their income, calling them the thriftiest. He cites tax exempt securities and urges constitutional amendment to tax government bonds as Noel Sargent of the National Association of Manufacturers attacks the proposed graduated corporate income tax before the Senate finance committee as unsound.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Capitol Hill
Noel Sargent
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Finance Committee
Van Sweringens Are Under Fire
The independent Missouri Pacific bond holders committee accuses the Van Sweringens of Cleveland of controlling railroad financing and urges Jesse H. Jones to drive them out of American railroading. The letter warns of plans for reorganizing Missouri Pacific if the Van Sweringens gain control.
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Associated Press
Washington
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Independent Committee
Missouri-Pacific
Jesse H. Jones
van Sweringens
Missouri- Pacific
Jews Urged to Stay Out of Berlin, Says Propaganda Office
Berlin municipal press and propaganda office warns Jews not to come to Berlin. The notice says an influx of Jewish elements is undesirable and contrary to Reich measures. Future arrivals will receive health care but no public relief.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Fisher Boy Injured by Window Breakage
Eight year old Robert Fisher of Beckley was admitted to Raleigh General hospital with multiple cuts to his right hand after a window shattered as he tried to raise it. Officials said he slipped and thrust his hand through the glass but he was not severely injured.
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Robert Fisher
J. F. Fisher
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Young Fisher
Sprague Garage Break-In Leads to Arrests
Sprague garage and filling station owner J. H. Mahood and two aides pursued two youths after an overnight break in. Harold McClung, 17, was caught by a garage employee while unlocking a door with a skeleton key. Melvin Teel, 16, was arrested at his home nearby. Police say both had been in the garage Monday night and intended to steal gas, noting the pumps require indoor power to operate. Hearing expected today or tomorrow.
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Sprague
Harold McClung
B. F. McLaughlin
Melvin Teel
Ofhers
Teel
McClung
J. H. Mahood
Mahood
Execution For Thompson Demanded In Murders Case
Gerald Thompson, 26, faced a death sentence as his trial for ravishing and murdering Mildred Hallmark, 19, neared verdict. Prosecutor E V Champion cited Thompson's 2,500 word confession detailing how he knocked Hallmark unconscious, attacked her, and dumped her body in a ditch on June 17.
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Associated Pt Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
E. V. Champion
Former Beckley Policeman Dies
Bernard Dempsey Christian 41, a former Beckley city patrolman and later deputy sheriff, died yesterday at 2 PM in Hinton hospital from encephalitis after a neuritic illness. He served under Mayor G C Hedrick, later with the county as deputy sheriff under Sheriff C C Lewis, and worked as a carpenter. Funeral services will be held at Ballard church tomorrow at 2 30 PM, burial in Ballard family cemetery. undertakers Meadows Furniture Co. He is survived by his wife Minnie and one sister, Mrs Bertie Peck. no children.
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Bernard Dempsey Christian
Hinton Hospital
Ballard
Meadows Furniture Company Undertakers
Minnie Christian
Bertie Peck
Rock Camp
Former Senator Victim Of Death
Springfield Mass July 31 Frederick H Gillett former United States senator from Massachusetts and six years speaker of the national house died today He was 83 A Republican of the Old Guard he served Massachusetts in congress for 38 years Funeral plans were not completed
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Frederick H. Gillett
United States
Massachusetts
National House
Old Guard
Congress
Fortifications in Pacific Planned by Navy
Washington July 31 The navy disclosed it is considering fortifying additional Pacific possessions after December 31 1936 and building more battleships and cruisers to counter naval gains by other powers Secretary Swanson said at his press conference these steps had been under consideration for some time
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific
Swanson
Berry Picking Becomes Raleigh County’s Big Industry
In Daniels families like A F Deck and Jim Shrewsberry have gathered vast berry hauls after a rainy spring. Decks collected 18 gallons and Shrewsberry 30 gallons of blackberries, fueling a local surge as households, including unemployed heads, rely on berry picking for income. The bumper crop lines roadsides and fields across the county as the practice expands.
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Raleigh County
A. F. Deck
Daniels
Jim Shrewsberry
Italy Gives Her Final Decision
Geneva July 31 Baron Pompeo Aloisi Musso lini's representative said Italy will not discuss anything at this time except the arbitration question with Ethiopia. The council met in private for under an hour and adjourned to 5 p m for a public session. Britain and France will seek a council recommendation to negotiate with Italy and Ethiopia to restart arbitration and conciliation proceedings suspended weeks ago.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Italy
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Mussolini
League of Nations
League Council
Ethiopia
Council
Great
Britain
France
Injuries Fatal In Auto Crash In Mercer Pa
Mrs. Homer T. Heironimus a 68 year old from Powellton West Virginia died in a Mercer hospital after a collision that left 11 injured. Her husband the Reverend Homer T. Heironimus also 68 was semi conscious with a fractured leg and internal injuries. Physicians believed he would recover while patrolmen awaited questions to determine the accident’s cause.
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Associated Press
Mercer
Homer T. Heironimus
Powellton
W. Va
Heironimus
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo Early Today
An earthquake struck Tokyo and nearby areas this morning. Clocks stopped and residents rushed outside as walls cracked and tremors rattled the capital and surrounding territory.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Dysentery Outbreak Among Italian Troops in East Africa
League of Nations sources report dysentery at least 15,000 cases among Italian troops massed in East Africa as of July 31. The disease has spread rapidly, prompting concern over health conditions and troop readiness.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
East Africa
Relief program through work ready 10 begin
The work relief allotment committee trimmed August direct relief to 95 million dollars as the nation nears launch of a long-delayed program. About 19.25 million people rely on federal funds, with June at 120 million and July at 115 million. Jobs will come mainly from Works Progress Administration projects, though many already on relief must be moved to new project types. The National Youth Administration is allocated 29 million, funding jobs for 250,000 relief family high school students, 100,000 college students, and 4,000 postgraduates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Relief Administration
National Youth Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Injuries Fatal To Fayette Man
Fayetteville resident Charles Henley aged 22 died at 8 12 PM from injuries after a truck plunged over an embankment Sunday, injuring his companion Lester Parish. Henley showed no recovery after hospital admission. he was among 11 siblings. Funeral arrangements were set for Friday at 10 AM at Pleasant View Cemetery near Braggsville.
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Charles Henley
Fayetteville
Lester Parish
Henley
Lewis Henley
Gertrude O'Neal
Garten
Katherine Shoemaker
Mary Ann Shoemaker
Caperton
Frank McClung
Egbert Henley
Cora Lee Henley
Huntington
Lillian
Willie Jane Henley
Wilfred Henley
Isabel Light
C. I. Dodd
Pleasant View
Braggsville
Stinnette Begins Two Weeks Active Service
G. P. Stinnette, manager of the local Credit Bureau and infantry reserve lieutenant, was called to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana yesterday for two weeks of Citizens Military Training camp service.
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G. P. Stinnette
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Citizens Military Training
Stinnette
Infantry
Guffey Measure Stripped Of Purchase Plan
Washington July 31 The Guffey bill creating a coal industry program was moved by the Ways and Means Committee without a government purchase clause. A Hill sub committee deleted the interior secretary power to buy $300,000,000 in coal mines and retire them. Doubts about constitutionality were cited for the sub committee's action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guffey
Full Ways and Means
House
Representative Hill
Democrat
Hill
Secretary of the Interior
Hopson Sought At Washington
H C Hopson head of the Associated Gas and Electric System remains missing as the senate lobby committee transfers his subpoena to the U S marshal in New York. Representative Patton Texas testified he had about 2600 for living expenses from January to May after buying bonds totaling 3000. He said his salary was 3100 at the time of purchase and 4044 now with 477 mileage and over 1400 in cash on arrival. The last bond was bought May 10.
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Associated Press
Washington
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Senate Lobby Committee
United States
New York
House Committee
Patton
Texas
Congress
Ethiopia Rejects League Mandate, Seeks Independence
Addis Ababa reports the foreign office will refuse any mandate from the League of Nations and would turn down any proposal. It states no mandate had been offered and insists no prosperity under foreign domination can compensate for loss of independence.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Foreign Office
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Foreign Office
Sisters Meet After Period Of 27 Years
Mrs. Mae Evans of Chauncey Illinois returns home after 30 years in Illinois and visits her sister Mrs Bertha Barrett at 19 Beaver Avenue They had not seen each other for 27 years Mrs Evans is West Virginia born and has lived in the Middle West Rev Ancel Newton and his wife and their five children accompany her to Beckley to visit for a time
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Mae Evans
Chauncey
Illinois
Bertha Barrett
Beaver Avenue
Evans
West Virginia
Middle West
Beckley Woman Dies In Crash Near Clifton Forge
Mrs. Russell Bryant 33 died when her car plunged over a 100 foot embankment east of Clifton Forge Virginia. Her son Billy 13 was not seriously injured. Coroner cites fractured skull as cause. Funeral plans pending. Bryant family resides Beckley at 21 Elkins Street.
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Russell Bryant
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Beckley
Keyser Funeral Home
Associated Press
Billy Bryant
Baltimore
Louis Houff
Warsaw Fire Tragedy Strikes Marie Curie Birthplace
About 15 people were killed and 16 injured when an old four story house, birthplace of Marie Curie, collapsed in Warsaw. Rescue teams continued as officials withheld exact casualty figures. The building housed an estimated 36 occupants but the number inside at collapse time was undetermined.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Marie Curie
Government Positions Open To Public Examinations Announced
Open competitive examinations for government positions as engineering draftsmen and horticulturists will be held soon. S. R. Andrews, local secretary of the United States Board of Civil Service Examiners, announced this morning. Full information may be secured from Mr. Andrews at the Beckley post office.
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S. R. Andrews
United States Board of Civil Service Examiners
Andrews
Beckley
Chicago man dies after claim of kidnapping and mutilation
Walter J. Bauer a 38 year old Cleveland chemistry professor told police he was kidnapped in Ann Arbor Mich forced to drive to Chicago where his assailant bound him with rags and mutilated him. He died shortly after at a Chicago hospital. Investigators named Manville Zenka as a possible suspect. Bauer had married three weeks earlier.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walter J. Bauer
Cleveland
Ohio
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bacur
University of Michigan
Howard Doyle
Manville Zenka
Bauer
Baeur
South Side
No Relief From Heat In Sight
Heat weary middle west faces no relief as temperatures stay above 100. Deaths total at least 15 with many prostrations. Chicago records three deaths, Iowa and Missouri three each, Oklahoma Nebraska and Wisconsin one each. Ohio reports three drownings. Weather forecasts expect little change.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Ohio
Weston Man Elected To Head Fire Chiefs
Morgantown July 31 Greg Marsh of Weston was elected president of the Fire Chiefs Association of West Virginia at the annual banquet tied to the fifth annual fire service extension school. Ralph Doolittle of Fairmont was chosen vice president and Ray Lister of Nutters Fort secretary treasurer.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Greg Marsh
Weston
Fire Chiefs Association of
West Virginia
Ralph Doolittle
Fairmont
Ray Lister
Nutters Fort
Nose Restored After Fly Attack in Newark
Newark July 31 Fred Clark shaved when a fly lit on his nose. He swiped at it with a razor. Hospital surgeons operated to reattach the missing last quarter inch of his nose and set it back in place.
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Associated Press
Newark
Fred Clark
Fred
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers
The forecast notes generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with likely scattered thundershowers on Thursday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to be somewhat warmer.
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Fisher Boy
Lancaster
William Johnson
Sprague Garage
Thompson
Peoria
B. D. Christian
Will
Fayette
Full Ways and Means Committee of House
Hopson
Marshal
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Middle Western
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