Roosevelt insists on wealth tax plan amid Senate dispute
Washington reports President Roosevelt pressing for a wealth distribution tax program to be enacted this session, while House Democrats demand origin of the bill. Senate delays stall action as drafting schedules lag, and separate action on the wealth tax is urged to run alongside nuisance taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
Senate
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Wars and Means Committee
Treasury
Legislative Drafting
Congress
Embattled Eva Coe Faces Death Row Nightly Hope of Clemency
In Ossining New York Eva Coe a 42 year old convicted slayer sits in the death house awaiting her fate as Governor Lehman may grant mercy. She endures mental strain from faithless friends and regrets her past while remembering the electric chair pending her tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coe
Harry Wright
Ostego County
Sing Sing
Green Door
Herbert H. Lehman
Piquett Convicted for Harboring Gangster Van Meter
Louis P. Piquett once Dillinger's attorney was found guilty by a federal jury of harboring Homer Van Meter, the gangster shot by police in St Paul two months after Dillinger's Chicago death. He seeks new strategy to avoid prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis P. Piquett
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Piquett
van Meter
St. Paul
Dillinger
Congress Debates Ship Subsidy and Labor Bill Action
Senate considers a motion to debate the ship subsidy bill while committees study a wealthy proposal. House pushes the ship subsidy bill toward passage as yesterday’s session passed minor measures and conferees agree on Wagner labor legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Senate
Battle on Jehol-Chahar line widens clash
Japanese Manchoukuan frontier patrol of 80 men clashed with about 700 Chinese soldiers on the Jehol-Chahar frontier. Dispatches report the patrol engaged 500 troops on Monday as 200 more Chinese forces arrived from Tushikkou with a larger detachment en route to the battleground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Jehol-Chahar
War Office
Rengo
Hsingking
Tushikkou
Associated Press
Blacksmith Slain After Gun Battle With Police in Greenville
Alva Barnhart, 56, a Blacksmith, is dead after a gun battle with Sheriff Lynn Browne, Officer Raymond Mong and Deputy Harry Niswonger who were attempting to detain him for an alleged disturbance. Barnhart reportedly fired at the officers three times before Mong discharged a sawed off shotgun. Barnhart died from the gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Alva Barnhart
Lynn Browne
Raymond Mong
Harry Niswonger
Mong
Barnhart
Liquor store clerk dismissed for drinking on duty
The State Civil Service Commission was advised that Leo Dixon, a clerk in liquor store No. 176 at Akron, was dismissed for drinking while on duty and neglect of his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Leo Dixon
Akron
Tax Records Show State Direct Taxes Break Down 1935
A Chicago report bills the five month direct tax burden for 39 states at 4.27 cents daily per person, totaling 791 million dollars nationwide, with car owners paying 7.5 cents daily and 298 million in five months. Colorado tops per capita taxes, New Hampshire lowest. Rhode Island weakest gas tax. War on vice pits Lehman against Dodge as La Guardia backs a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Colorado
New Hampshire
Florida
Rhode Island
Last Minute News Flashes on Patman Bonu s Plan
Steering committee backing the Patman plan agreed today to seek immediate action on paying soldiers’ adjusted certificates with new currency. They may try to attach the bonus to the presidential wealth tax plan. Racing at Dayton fairgrounds was to resume with Dayton Jockey Club officials liable to fines for racing without a State Racing Commission permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Dayton
Fairgrounds
Dayton Jockey Club
Roland W. Bagott
State Racing Commission
Borotra Challenged to Duel by Paris Sports Writer
Paris reports Jean Borotra the French tennis star was challenged to a duel by Didier Poulain a sports writer as part of sensationalized coverage. The item notes other world reactions from London Moscow and Paris on submarine warfare air balloons and business mood respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jean Borotra
Didier Poulain
The
International Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Youth Survives Fall From Dormitory Rope Rescue
Harry Boyd Jr of New Burlington Ohio was hospitalized in Cincinnati after a fall from Miami University dormitory at Oxford. He broke his right leg but survived when a rope broke his fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Harry Boyd, Jr
New Burlington
Miami University
Oxford
Roosevelt Creates National Youth Administration
President Roosevelt announced a new National Youth Administration under the work relief program to aid unemployed youths. He allotted 50 million dollars for apprenticeships, schooling, and job relief for 16 to 25 year olds, with pay averaging 15 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
National Administration
Business
Youth Drowns Learning to Swim at Columbus Pit
William Livingstone, 17, drowned in a gravel pit in Columbus yesterday while attempting to learn swimming. His death was ruled an accident as rescuers failed to reach him in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William Livingstone
St Paul police purge over alleged secret alliance with underworld
St Paul faces a purge of its police force as the public safety commissioner moves to dismiss Chief Michael Culligan and four other officers amid claims of a secret alliance with criminals. The crusade led by Howard Kahn targets a system blamed for six kidnappings in three years and earned St Paul the nickname crime capital of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
H. E. Warren
Public Safety
Howard Kahn
Right
Michael Culligan
Inset
Police Department
Underworld
Court to Decide Funds Transfers in Early Mandamus Suit
In Columbus a mandamus suit to test the State Utilities Commission right to move funds to state institutions and departments over Governor Davey's vetoes is to be filed in the State Supreme Court. Two board members refused to vote on transferring 9000 from salary to other uses, aiming to provide basis for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mandamus
Control Board
Davey
State Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Don C. Power
William S. Evatt
Attorney General's
Evatt
Joseph T. Tracy
Strike in Sugar Beet Area Halted in Ohio
In Findlay Ohio on June 26 the threat of a sugar beet field strike ended as workers returned to their jobs under a compromise wage agreement between growers and the Agricultural Workers Union. Some workers refused to work Monday calling it a vacation that would have become a strike without a deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Agricultural Workers’ Union
Dads Association Protests Ohio State Budget Veto
The U S A Group 10 funded protest against Governor Daveys 1 266 500 veto of Ohio State University items. Paul C Laybourne of Cuyahoga Falls led letters to parents and alumni urging them to write or telegram protests to the governor as the association fought nullification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Dads Association
Ohio State University
Davey
Paul C. Laybourne
Cuyahoga Falls
Harlem Celebrates Louis Victory With Citywide Party
Harlem wakes to joy after Joe Louis stops Primo Carnera in New York. Celebrations spread from Lenox Avenue to breakfast emporiums as Detroit friends and local residents toast the Brown Bomber amid police watchfulness and jubilant Lindy hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Primo Carnera
Lenox Avenue
Harlem
Sho
Newt
Detroit
East Side
Joe Louis
New York
Threatened Couple Seeks Shelter as Mob Drives Them Out
An elderly white couple forced from their home by a mob in Urbana prepared to stay in a local hotel. Deputy Sheriff Marshall Jenkins escorted the man to Christiansburg to fetch clothing and arrange care for animals after their house was damaged by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Marshall Jenkins
Willis Jenkins
Christiansburg
Ford Denies Plan to Use Diesel Engine at Edgewater Plant
A Ford spokesman denying involvement with diesel engines called rumors that Ford Motor Co plans a diesel car from its Edgewater New Jersey plant “hooey.” He noted many firms test diesels but no near term plans to market such a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORD
Detroit
Fords Motor Company
Edgewater
N. J
Premature Blast Kills Son as Texas Quarry Injures Three
A quarry blast at Southwestern Portland Cement Co. in El Paso kills 16 year old Stephen Sparks and injures three workers including Juan Saucedo. The nine-man crew was initially feared dead but all were later accounted for as debris rained down from the geyser like explosion that shook the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Southwestern
Portland Cement Co
Sparks
Stephen
Juan Saucedo
Shortage Found in Officials Account In Ohio
State Treasurer Harry S. Day announced auditors found a shortage of about $20 000 in the accounts of W Merle Cortner a Springfield bond clerk in the Treasurer s office Cortner who handled bonds and coupons passed through the treasurer s office was indicted for embezzling about 600 of the funds in his care He pleaded not guilty to the indictment Cortner is on bond of 100 000 and the state will lose nothing because of the shortage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harry S. Day
W. Merle Cortner
Springfield
Day
Cortner
Suspect Held in Slaying of Woman in Norwalk
Norwalk police questioned a 45 year old suspect in the murder of Katherine Wilde a 67 year old widow whose bruised body was found by granddaughter Georgia Whipple. Coroner J D Bradish ruled murder noting nine broken ribs and facial bruising. The home showed signs of a ransack with a concrete block found beneath an open rear window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Katherine Wilde
Georgia Jane Whipple
J. D. Bradish
Alleged killer to face manslaughter charge
Hamilton June 26 James Ballard 22 faced grand jury investigation on manslaughter charges after a fatal shooting of 17 year old Robert Stabler Ballard a steel mill worker says he shot Stabler after finding him prowling around his home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
James Ballard
Robert Stabler
Ballard
Stabler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin
Presi
Dent Roosevelt
Congressional
Gram
Eva Coo
Jehol-Chahar Line
Manchoukuan
William C. Dodge
New York County
New York County Supreme Court
Organly
la Guardia
Dodge
Lehman
London
Sir Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Tula
U.S
State Control Board
Farmers Union and Growers Beach
Group 10
Joe Louis’ Boosters Club
125Th Street
Yankee Stadium
Jack Johnson
Hollywood Movie Studios
Bill Robinson
Dtroit
Texas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!