CORRUPTION CHARGES IN MERCHANT MARINE SUBSIDY
Washington, D. C. June hearing denounces past merchant marine subsidies as corrupt and inefficient. It accuses public officials of betraying trust and criticizes the Jones White act standards as unworkable. The report favors government ownership with private operation and subsidies where needed, detailing diverted funds and company profits from 1920s contracts. It highlights Grace and Dollar as key figures in the subsidy saga.
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Washington, D. C
Genate Ocean Mail Committee
J.P. Grace
W. R. Grace and Company
Grace Line
R. ‘Stanley
United States
Kruschen Salt Fashioned Weight Loss Claims
Mrs HoT Long of Clarinda Iowa reports her doctor advised Kruschen Salts for fat reduction after three jars. The ad claims safe weight loss and boosts in health with a morning dose mixed in water and lemon juice, promising a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Hot. Long
Clarinda
Towa
Kruschen Way
Abe
Hunger Drive to Open Crime in Soviet Cities
Maria Smith, wife of Andrew Smith, recounts hunger and illness on a Soviet rail journey to Feodosia, describing beggars, theft, and squalid sanatorium conditions. She condemns propaganda and urges American women to defend democracy, peace, and true progress.
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Feorlesia
Black Sea
Lozovaya
Drankey
Crimea
Fedosia
Moscow
Russia
America
Washington
Warn
Soviet Union
Sree
Péare
Two Youths Charged In Horse Theft Case
NEWBURYPORT Mass June 18 Two youths were charged in district court with stealing a junk dealer's horse and wagon and driving recklessly through the streets endangering several children lives were endangered by their ride in massachusetts war parts style report
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Newburyport
Mass
MacDonald Visit Denied by London Officials
Government sources dismissed reports that Ramsay MacDonald planned a U S diplomatic visit as unfounded. The June 18 dispatch notes the denial and clarifies no such contemplation existed.
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MacDonald
London
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Foundation
House likely to vote on AAA amendments today
Washington June 18 The house moves toward a vote on disputed AAA amendments possibly this afternoon. Speaker Burns urged representatives to stay late to finish by July 15 after six hours of debate on farm amendments. Leaders also plan to push Warner labor disputes bill and deficiency appropriation this week.
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Washington, D. C
House
Burns
Warner Labor Disputes
Colleen Moore sues husband for cruelty in divorce
Los Angeles reports Colleen Moore files a divorce petition against her second husband Alfred P. Scott charging mental cruelty and jealousy. She notes conflicts over friends and social events, with absences abroad and alleged humiliation during their marriage begun February 15, 1932 in Florida.
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Los Angeles
Colleen Moore
Alfred P. Scott
Miss Moore
Scott
Florida
Srictlon
FDA Aid Bill Up In Senate
Washington D C June 18 The Roosevelt social security program moves toward a final Senate vote. Administration taxes to fund old age pensions and unemployment insurance were raised rather than lowered, though among the largest ever proposed by a president. Senate approval would enact the program nearly as presented, since the House has passed it. Administration leaders push forward.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt Social Security
Senate
House
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