Forbes Sees Recovery Hindered by Congress Tax Fight
New York April 2 08 United States weathered its day of retribution as B C Forbes warned the nation on WJZ that recovery, already under way, was slowed by congressional taxation aimed at soaking the rich. He urged lawmakers to modify the tax bill and cited revived securities, easing credit, and renewed optimism as signs of recovery, while urging Americans to work harder and spend rationally to hasten prosperity. He recounted past industrial leaders and urged courage and initiative to lift the economy from deflation toward sustained employment.
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United States
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WJZ National Broadcasting Company
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Senate
America
Nurse awarded $12 500 damages in auto crash suit
A Brownsville jury awarded Mrs Vivian Jones a Harlingen nurse $12 500 in her $30 000 suit against Wade and Newton Produce Dealers of San Benito. The November highway collision near San Benito involved a Wade and Newton truck and left two other Harlingen nurses pursuing similar claims.
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Civil District Court
Vivian Jones
Haringen
Wade and
Newton
San Benito
Hidalgo County Advisory Board Studies Tax Plans
A 40 member Hidalgo county advisory board will study the county’s finances. The initial nine were chosen by the county commissioners court, with the rest named by the original nine. The first session in Edinburg is slated for Monday night to start restoring the county’s financial structure, addressing bond and warrant issues and disputed claims.
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Hidalgo County
County Commissioners’ Court
Edinburg
Hidsigs County
National Negro Health Week Observed with Parade and Events
National Negro Health Week opens Sunday with a parade, poster contests, exhibits and addresses under Prof. B. J. Button of Douglas High, aided by the Besar County Public Health Association. The observance runs across days labeled Mobilization Glean-Up Community Sanitation Home Health School Health Adult Health Saturday Special Campaign and Report and Follow-Up.
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B. J. Button
Douglas High School
Besar County Pubiic Health Association
Improvement Seen in Finance of U.S March Report
Treasury officials report a distinct improvement in the country’s financial condition. Bank failures were few in March, with 24 in February and 98 in January, marking a downturn from earlier months.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
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Mass at St Marys U for St Margarets Villa
A Mass will be held at St Mary's University on April 10 for the benefit of St Margaret's Villa. The Women’s Association will make the program. A barbecue will follow the Mass.
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St. Mary's University
St. Margaret's Villa
Middic Women's Association
Clarence Wilson Sees Dry Referendum In 10 Year Cycle
New York April 92 A temperance leader urged a national liquor referendum every decade. Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Board of Temperance and Public Morals told the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church that pro prohibition forces would prevail in such a vote. He noted 52 of 187 representatives backing a referendum and a stronger dry senate group.
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New York
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance and Public Morals
Senate
Victory theme of Democrats at 189th Jefferson birthday dinner
In New York a National Democratic club dinner marked Thomas Jeffersons birthday with predictions of a Democratic victory in 1932. Speakers included Senator Bulkley, Senator Lewis, and Mayor Walker. The program aired nationwide. Bulkley linked current errors to upcoming defeat for the administration party.
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National Democratic Club
Thomas Jefferson
Commodore Hotel
United States
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
J. Hamilton Lewis
Minois
James J. Walker
New York City
Jefferson, Noted Actor, Succumbs to Long Illness
Jefferson, 75, veteran stage and screen actor, famed for Rip Van Winkle and Lightnin role, died after a lengthy illness. His father Joseph Jefferson popularized Rip Van Winkle, and a stained glass window honoring him was placed in Life Church Near the Corner in New York. He succeeded Frank Bacan in Lightnin and toured the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson
Rip van Win- Ele
Joseph Jefferson
Jeffersons
Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Jefferson
Life Church
New York
Lightnin
Frank Bacan
Mr. Jefferson
United States
Jurist Condemns 26 Magazines as Indecent Obscene
Magistrate Michael A. Ford in the Tombs court condemned twenty six magazines as indecent and obscene. He ordered four news dealers held in 500 bail each for trial in special sessions on charges of selling and exposing for sale filthy pictures and literature. The group included Ballyhod Hooey and twenty two others, many illustrating nude or mostly nude women.
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New York
Michael A. Ford
Tombs
Ballyhod
Ford
Man stabbed in quarrel near Cevalios Street home
Alex Fischer of 202 North Cevalios Street was stabbed four times in the neck during a street altercation in front of his home Saturday night and was taken to Robert B. Green Hospital. No arrests were reported. Vatican tests mark first locomotive runs on new railroad tracks in Vatican City.
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Alex Fischer
Cevalios Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Roosevelt replies to clergy attack over surrogates
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt defended his decision to refuse removing Sherman officials in New York surrogate court. He rebutted a caustic charge from John Haynes Holmes and Rabbi Stephen Wise while declining to comment further on their criticism.
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New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Haynes Holmes
Stephen S. Wise
James A. McQuade
Kings County
John Theofel
Queens
Roosevelt
Unions Seek Higher Wages on Tiails Waterway Project
At the Midwest Labor Council conference in Joliet Illinois labor leaders from 17 states urged a higher wage scale and the employment of union labor for the Tiails waterway project. The two day meeting opened with demands voiced during the opening session.
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Joliet
INS
Midwest Labor Council
Brother of Beer Baron Succumbs in Gangland Attack
In Chicago on April 2, Charles O'Donnell brother of the noted Spike, a South Side beer hustler, died from injuries after a March 6 attack. He was shot 16 times in the torso and arms with machine gun bullets.
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ING
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Spike
South Side
O'Donnell
Pinchot Attacks Government by Concentrated Wealth
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania condemned Hoover era policy as neglectful during a City Club speech in Cleveland. He accused taxation favors for the rich and said Mellon did more for the wealthy than any secretary since Hamilton in nearly 22 years in treasury.
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Ohio
Hoover
Mead
Giford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
City Club
Pinchot
Andrew Mellon
Mellon
the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Cooks and Waiters Vote Against Pay Cut in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 2, more than 990 union cooks and waiters voted unanimously against a proposed wage reduction. Employers had notified unions of a planned 10 percent cut in wages, with some workers facing reductions ranging from 12 1/2 to 18 1/2 percent.
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Francisco
Storey
Walters
Dallas Garner Club Awaits Long Letter From Chicago Admirers
Chicago admirers of Speaker John N Garner planned to deliver a four by three foot letter to the Dallas Garner-for-President club. The dispatch was sent last night aboard the first overnight passenger and express plane from Dallas Texas.
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Dallas
John N. Garner
Texas City
April Fool smoke at downtown postoffice causes alarm
Worried residents believed a San Antonio postoffice fire photo showed destruction. The scene, labeled as April fool by Saturday, still drew calls as readers misread flames in the picture. G O Ridgeway, transportation superintendent, noted many inquiries lingered after the prank.
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Postoffice
San Antonio
Bonus Lines Drawn In Battle Over Soldier Bonus
Washington date April 2 reports heated lines forming ahead of House Ways and Means hearings on the soldiers bonus. Acting Chairman Griswheld opposes paying the adjusted certificates now, arguing tax revenue and the budget balance would be upset by a $2.4 billion payoff. Veterans groups and banking interests prepare to testify as party leaders spar over funding and timing.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Grisg
Crisp
Coastguards Save Collier in Distress at Vineyard Sound
Coastguards from the Acushnet saved the collier William C. Atwater after she ran aground on Bow and Pigs Reel. The vessel drifted with a flooded double bottom but remained seaworthy. The crew of 36 officers and men were rescued and plans to tow the ship to Boston for repairs were made off Nobska Point.
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Mass
Coast Guard
Cutler Acushnet Seros
Vineyard Sound
William C. Atwater
Cal Carrier
Acushnet
Coller
Nobska Point
Boston
Special Vote Complicated in Vestal Succession
Indianapolis April 3. Reapportionment forces a special election to replace Representative Albert I. Vestal who died in Washington yesterday. His body is due in Anderson this afternoon for funeral services at First Presbyterian Church. Attorney General Ogden says the special election will be held in the old Eighth district on May 4, primary day in Indiana.
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Ind
CINS
Albert I. Vestal
Republicar
Harry G. Leelee
Vestal
Washington
Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
James M. Ogden
Indiana
British film Industry adopts Hollywood Supervisorial system
Jandon April 2 2081 Britain embraces a Hollywood style move appointing Alfred Hitchcock the 32 year old top paid director as production supervisor at a major film company. The shift signals a new governance approach in British cinema with Hitchcock leading production oversight across a key studio.
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Alfred Hitchcock
England
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