New Deal Tax Plan Faces Senate House Row
Washington figures clash over Roosevelt tax the wealth program aiming quick action this session. House Ways and Means Democrats lobby to extend nuisance taxes while Senate finance chief maps procedure. Burns urged to back extending taxes 30 to 90 days to push the plan.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Republicaans
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House
Burns
Committee
Senate
Capitol Hill
Congress
LaFollette
Thomas
Okla
Nice Likely to Pass on Pearson Case at Governor’s Office
In Baltimore on June 25, the University of Maryland board considered whether Dr. Raymond A. Pearson should remain president or resign. A majority of the nine regents opposed Pearson’s continuation, and an appointment to present the issue to Governor Nice was sought for late in the week. The board met with eight members present and debated the future leadership.
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Baltimore
Raymond A. Pearson
University of Maryland
Nice
University
Board of Regents
Dr. Pearson
Endurance Plane Ole Miss Flies 500 Hours With Flat Tire
Meridian Mississippi June 25 The endurance flight plane Ole Miss at 8 32 am today passed the 500th hour on the 22nd continuous day in the air with a flat tire Al and Fred Key brothers and pilots informed ground crew that one tire had gone flat and landing would require caution to prevent a crash The plane had flown 40 000 miles since leaving the ground They aim to beat a 553 hour world record set by Hunter brothers in 1930 by continuing flight until fuel runs almost dry to ease load for a safer landing
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
Fred Key
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Hunters Keep Out New York City Birds
Frank Canova and his son James, Italian newcomers, hunted pigeons in Central Park four months after arriving. James used a slingshot, police caught them with four pigeons in a burlap sack. They pleaded guilty to state conservation laws and a city park ordinance and await sentence.
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New York
Frank Canova
James
Italy
Central Park
Home Owners Loan Corp sees Maryland distress easing
The Home Owners Loan Corp reports few new Maryland applications during the May 28 to early June period, suggesting most homeowner distress has been relieved. Through June 15 Maryland had 14,166 loans closed totaling $40,952,248, with the new period ending Thursday.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Maryland
HOLC
Organized Civic Progress in Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
An essay urges forty or more new members to invigorate the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. It argues the group should represent all civic interests, coordinate efforts, and promote public duty, urging stronger support to forge a more progressive future for the city.
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Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Walkathon contestants jailed under new state law
Prison officials report 109 contestants and organizers in New Brighton walkathon were jailed under a law prohibiting endurance contests. Jailed individuals crowded the county jail, with many already climbing onto bunks to sleep, officials said.
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ST. Paul
New Brightton
Brick work starts on Waynesboro post office
Brick work on Waynesboro's new post office began today and is expected to have the building under roof within a month. Structural steel work has been completed.
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Waynesboro
F D R Signs Peace Time Naval Bill
President Roosevelt signed the navy appropriation bill creating a peace time fund for naval construction totaling 460 million dollars. The measure authorizes starting 24 new warships and purchasing 555 airplanes, with 282 for replacement and 273 for growth toward 2000 planes by 1943, while new warship funding was reduced from 29.38 million to 20.69 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Naval Air
Navy Department
Overcrowding In Many Pens Across 31 States
CHICAGO June 25 Nine state prisoners occupy cells originally built for five. Wardens report severe overcrowding in 31 state penitentiaries. Governors push parole and pardons to ease caseloads, with eight states funding over 100 million dollars for new or expanded prisons using PWA funds. AP survey shows 50 000 accommodations versus 90 000 inmates.
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Chicago
PWA
Red Cross To Hold Course In Waynesboro Pa
Local residents plan to take the Red Cross first aid course beginning June 27 in Waynesboro PA. Graduates may qualify as first aid instructors with potential placement by the National Red Cross. Participants must pass the standard course and be at least 20. Dr. W J Fenton will lead the program. To register contact Red Cross at Health Center East Washington Street.
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Red Cross
Waynesboro
National Red Cross
W. J. Fenton
Washington
Health Center
East Washington Street
Big Business Still Seized on Dan's Mountain in Maryland
Federal agents raided and destroyed the largest still seized in Western Maryland this morning on Dan's Mountain near Dawson. The 300 gallon capacity apparatus bore an ornamental plate with its name and had been sought by authorities for ten years.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Dan's Mountain
Dawson
Three-Foot Rattlesnake Killed At Black Rock
Herschel Thurmond and Charles Cook killed a three foot rattlesnake yesterday at Black Rock. The rare species is uncommon in that area.
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Black Rock
Herschel Thurmond
Charles Cook
G Man Fred C Smith Captured After 16 Year Flight
Washington June 25 Fred C Smith the Leavenworth escapee from March 1919 is back in custody after a nationwide hunt reaching Hawaii California and Texas He had worked as a chief engineer aboard ships and was living quietly in a Staten Island sailors home Hoover called the arrest a example of cooperation and perseverance Authorities said Smith admitted he was the Leavenworth fugitive and was found with a loaded revolver and a tear gas gun resembling a fountain pen.
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Washington
Fred C. Smith
Leavenworth
St. Patrick’s Day
Federal
Hawaiian Islands
California
Texas
Smith
Navy
Staten Island
N. Y
J. Edgar Hoover
The
Justice Department
Investigation Division
Army Post Exchange
Fort Ruger
Hawaii
Hoover
County records show $2200 for pension use
Washington county has levied about $22,000 for old age pensions and may spend the full amount if needed. Reports from nine counties indicated total funds over $100,000 were provided for old age pensions, released in Baltimore by the Board of State Aid and Charities. Samuel E. Shannahar of Easton, board chairman, announced plans to visit Eastern Shore counties to help set up local welfare boards to oversee pensions and welfare affairs.
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Washington County
Baltimore
Board of State Aid and Charities
Samuel E. Shannahar
Easton
Lee L. Dopkin
Move to remove Pennsy tracks in Greencastle
An ordinance authorizing officials to execute a contract between the borough of Greencastle and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the removal of railroad tracks from the center of the principal street there has been passed by the Council.
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Greencastle
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cat Adopts Three Baby Rabbits Near Wilson's
The pet cat of Mrs. Norman Hose near Wilson's adopted three baby rabbits after having two newborn kittens. A dead bunny was found days earlier and the cat was scolded. The surviving rabbit thrives with its adopted mother and the two kittens.
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Norman Hose
Wilson
Health Department to Inspect Food Handlers Tomorrow
Periodic examination of food handlers by the Health Department begins here tomorrow with employees from hotels restaurants coffee shops and all eating establishments included. This is the fourth inspection in the campaign to stop communicable disease spread. Improved conditions are reported from these annual checks and a maid examination service is being offered to households amid rising demand.
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Health Department
Tomorroow
Cummings Declares War on Bucketshop Swindlers
Attorney General Cummings urged public help to crush a nationwide chain of bucketshop swindlers that he said defrauded doctors, lawyers, professors, and businessmen of millions. He cited leaders in New York and Chicago and cited a Shreveport conviction as part of a network operating in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Houston, Fort Worth, New Orleans, and Dallas.
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Washington
Justice Department
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Shreveport
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Houston
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Dallas
Department of Justice
Bookies May Appeal From Judge Sloan
An appeal from Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan’s ruling upholding Washington county anti bookmaking measures was deemed highly probable. Sloan found the 1635 Legislature’s act constitutional and dismissed Miggins’s complaint to restrain State’s Attorney Ingram and Sheriff Malott from enforcing the act. The six page decree notes the legislative intent to make the gaming subtitle including Section 247 enforceable in Washington.
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D. Lindley Sloan
Washington County
Sloan
Harry D. Miggins
Martin L. Ingram
Max Malott
Driver Fined for Accident in City Court
Clinton A. Carbaugh, driver of the car that overturned on the Williamsport Green Castle pike injuring Edna Settles and Virginia Frash, paid a $5 fine and costs for reckless driving after arraignment before Justice C. Edward Heard. Carbaugh, with a broken leg, was just released from hospital. Also injured were passenger Charles Rouzer. John Morin and Max Jones were fined $5 and costs each for trespass after found guilty of invading a farm to search for cherries.
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Clinton A. Carbaugh
Williamsport
Greencastle
Edna Settles
Virginia Frash
C. Edward Heard
Carbaugh
Falkenstein
Charles Rouzer
John Morin
Max Jones
Justice C. Edward Heard
Britain accepts German adherence to submarine warfare rules
London June 25 Sir Barton Eyres Mansell first lord of the admiralty said in the House of Commons that Germany agreed not to resume unrestricted submarine warfare and to adhere to the London naval treaty rules. He added part four was signed by Britain the United States Japan France and Italy, with the United States and Japan juridically bound as France and Italy did not ratify it. Aneurin Bevan asked about a warring national continuation on page 10.
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Admiralty
House of Commons
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Balton
London Naval
Sir Bolton
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Japan
France
Italy
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Ft. Aneurin
Bevan
Labor ‘Party
American debutantes to be presented at Buckingham Palace court
Eleven American debutantes and matrons led by Helen Jacobs of Berkeley practiced courtesies for the season's third court at Buckingham Palace tonight. Queen Mary returns to London from Sandringham to host the court while King George remains at his country home to avoid the fatigue of the hot spell.
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London
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Sandringham
George
Robert W. Bingham
United States
Carnera Meets Louis In Heavyweight Bout At Yankee Stadium
Primo Carnera holds a major weight edge over Joe Louis for their 16 round heavyweight fight at Yankee Stadium. Carnera weighed 260 pounds, Louis 196 on official scales, with a large crowd outside the New York State Athletic Commission building. Both fighters passed medical checks as the public awaited the bout, which follows Baer’s previous title loss.
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Primo Carnera
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Brown
New York State Athletic Dome
Carnera
Max Baer
Leelp
William H. Walker
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