New Revenue Bill Before The House
Washington reports that the tax revision bill would raise 258 million dollars annually, with details on changes to tax rates, depreciation, capital gains, holding companies, foreign tax credits and more. The measure aims to reduce deficits and retire the public debt, while Roosevelt’s requested 150 million is covered in the bill. A minority critique questions adequacy of revenues and tax fairness for the middle class.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Lewis
Maryland
Treasury
United States
Traylor Dies Former Bank President Of Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor of Chicago banker and former head of the First National Bank of Chicago died at his home after a 35 day illness from pneumonia. Aged fifty five, he led the bank nine years and headed the American Bankers association in 1927, with rising prominence in national finance and speculation as a possible 1932 presidential candidate.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Kenucky
First National Bank of Chicago
Traylor
First National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Illinois
Melvin A Traylor
Pope Warns Against Return to Paganism
In Vatican City Pope Pius XII condemns efforts to “drag the world back into paganism.” The address to priests in consistory hall cautions against de Christianizing moves, noted as turbid and violent, amid debates over Nazi law in Germany and bolshevism.
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Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Lius
Eight Convicts and Guard Killed in Walla Walla Riot
A sudden riot at the Washington state penitentiary in Walla Walla left eight convicts and one guard dead. The National Guard, sheriff, and police responded with all available personnel as inmates armed with knives attacked turnkeys and sparked the violent clash.
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Walla Walla
Three Children Die in Muskegon Shack Fire
Three children perished in a two room tarpaper shack home at Muskegon Heights while their parents were away. The blaze consumed the flimsy structure as the three older siblings escaped. The father Fred Strong, a Civil Works administration worker, was downtown at the time.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Heights
Fred Strong
Civil Works Administration
Contempt Sentence For MacCracken In Air Mail Probe
Former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics William P. MacCracken Jr and L H Brittin of Northwest Airways were found guilty of contempt and sentenced to ten days in DC jail. Others in the probe, Harris M Han schue and Gilbert L Girvin, were acquitted. Farley accused Brown of conspiring to snuff out competition, annulling all air mail contracts after months of inquiry.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken, Jr
Commerce
Aeronautics
The
American Bar Association
United States Senate
District of Columbia
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
MacCracken
Senate
Harris M.hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert L. Girvin
Farley
Hugo L. Black
Walter F. Brown
Senate Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Workers in CCC Camps Receive $77 Million in Pay
Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, praised the organization to President Roosevelt. He said 550000 people were employed, with about 50 million paid directly to families from camp pay. Total work-related payments reached 77 million, with monthly cash allowances to around 300000 families.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Fechner
Gangsters Blamed in Death of Girl
Monroe sheriff suspects Toledo gangsters abducted and killed Ethel Young whose body was found under a culvert on the Dixie highway south of Monroe. Police say she was once acquainted with the outlaw "Pretty Boy" Floyd during his Toledo visit.
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Monroe
Mich
Joseph Fairley
Monroe County
Ethel Young
Toledo
Dixie Highway
Here
Floyd
Man Who Built African Railroad Dies in Michigan
Coldwater Mich Claude A Olmstead sixty six coal dealer here who supervised construction of the first railroad built into the interior of the African jungles a British project died at his home here.
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Michigan
Coldwater
Mich
Claude A. Olmstead
Land Bank Lends Record Nine Million in One Week
Omaha bank president D P Hogan says the Omaha federal land bank loaned about nine million dollars in a week, a world record for farm financing. He cites new 75 percent loan rules boosting refinances, notes mortgage holders may accept 75 percent in full, aiding farmers to exit financial trouble. The bank covers Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming with 350 appraisers, up from ten last March.
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Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Hogan
Omaha Bank
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Farm Land Still Best Investment for Insurance Funds
C. P. Peterson told 35 members of the Insurance Institute of Nebraska that good farm land remains a top investment for life insurance funds despite price declines. He cited three reasons: depreciation is minor, agriculture avoids rapid obsolescence, and land carries intrinsic home value beyond production.
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Lincoln
Insurance Institute of Nebraska
C. P. Peterson
Institute
Peterson
Nebraska to Auction 66,900 Acres of State School Land
State orders auction of delinquent land leases on 66 900 acres across 53 counties in Nebraska. Former tenants forfeited for non payment of rent. auctions under the state board of investment set for February 26 27 and 28. Delinquents were notified in December 1932.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Board of Investment
Dan Swanson
Harry P. Conklin
J. H. Wehn
Voters to decide bonds for Kearney school building
State News notes Kearney residents will vote April 3 on issuing 42000 in bonds to secure a PWA loan and seek an 18000 grant to complete a 60000 school project. The article also mentions local issues from Nebraska City to Boyd and Loup counties including anthrax in livestock and a jack pine forest movement.
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Kearney
PWA
Loup County
Halsey
North
Loup
Calamus River
Nebraska relief survey planned by social work group
The executive committee of the state conference for social work calls for a survey to assess relief efforts. The conference president, Omaha Family Welfare supervisor, will appoint a committee to compile actions by federal state local and private agencies to aid long term planning and recommendations.
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Nebraska
State Conference For Social Work
Omaha Family Welfare Association
Bertha the horse Found Stuck in Cave Entrance
Bertha wandered away three weeks ago and became wedged backward in the cave entrance near Axel Nelson’s home. Lawrence Stenberg found her after entering the Stenberg cave. Bertha has been fed and watered and is now back at work on the Ashland farm.
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Bertha
Lawrence Stenberg
Axel Nelson
Stenberg
Ashland
Civil Works Payroll in Nebraska Shows Small Weekly Dip
Last week the civil works payroll in Nebraska edged lower from the prior week. Civil works employees numbered 33,744 earning 335 418 dollars for labor and truck hire, while the civil works service group paid 2 223 workers 22 488 dollars. Federal Agent Haynes visited Omaha to meet the Douglas county committee, inspect the state camp for transients, and address a civic group.
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Civil Works and Relief Organization
Nebraska
Civil Works Service
Haynes
Omaha
Douglas County
Pioneering Wagons Found Buried Along Oregon Trail
Captain Harold Cook leads a six man expedition along the Oregon Trail to recover old covered wagons buried in Platte River sands in western Nebraska. The excavated prairie schooners, buried for over 75 years, will be housed in Mitchell’s new $9,000 museum funded by PWA. the CWA project aims to preserve relics and lore from the trail.
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Platte River
Nebraska
Harold Cook
PWA
Mitchell Pass
Cook
Oregon Trail
CWA
Nebraska Records Human Flea Discovery by Entomologist
Dr. M. H. Swenk, state university entomologist, announced the finding of a human flea in Nebraska. A Schuyler farmer supplied the specimen and reported more at the site. Swenk distinguished it from other fleas and sent guidance on pest control to the farmer.
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Nebraska
M. H. Swenk
State University
Swenk
Schuyler
Thousands slain in Austrian war across Vienna and Linz
Loyal troops launched offensives in four sectors as Vienna streets became battlefields. Fighting raged in Linz and several industrial towns with about 1,000 believed killed. Socialists recaptured some positions before government forces surged, outlawing the party and arresting leaders including Vienna’s burgomaster Karl Seitz.
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Vienna
Linz
Upper Austria
Floridsdorf
Garden City
Vienna North
Ottakring
Schutzbund
Karl -Marx
Europe
Karl Seitz
Socialist Party
Richard Schmitz
Long Lost Heiress Found After Decades Apart
Oklahoma City report details R E Wood attorney tracing Mary Rebecca Eason, 42, sole heir of D An binge Eason, to a hospital in Long Island. Will left estate to daughter after 25 years apart. she now resides in the Oklahoma City home.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
D’anbinge Eason
Long Island
R. E. Wood
Mary Rebecca Eason
Eason
Wood
Georgia
la Grange
Woodhaven
TL. I
Roosevelt Greets New Japanese Envoy
Hiroji Saito presented his credentials as Japan's new ambassador to the United States to President Roosevelt at the White House. Roosevelt welcomed the envoy and emphasized friendship and mutual confidence between nations, while noting the American desire for peace in the Pacific.
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Washington
Hiroji Saito
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Pacific
Farm Conditions Seen Improving in Coming Months
Topeka, Kan. C. B. Merriam of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said farm conditions would show marked improvement in the next few months. He added that lands and products of lands are coming back first.
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Topeka
Kan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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M’cracken
Brittin
CCC
Land Bank
State News
F. H. Marxel
Nebraska City
Marxell
H. L. Feistner
Boyd County
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