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May 6, 1932

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Headlines from May 6, 1932

BORAH SAYS UPTURN HINGES ON 3 POINTS; He Calls for Restoration of Silver and Cuts in Arms and Reparation Settlement. INACTION HELD COWARDLY " Failures" Looming at Geneva and Lausanne Compel Us to Move, He Tells the Senate. BORAH SAYS UPTURN HINGES ON 3 POINTS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Borah advocates restoration of prices to 1925 level

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BUSES IN SIXTY DAYS PLEDGED BY WALKER; Indicates in Court a Grant to 5th Av. Group if Emergency Stay Is Extended. COUNTS ON WcKEE'S VOTE Meanwhile, Legality of Some of the Routes Will Be Tested -- Suing Taxpayer Approves. BUSES IN 60 DAYS PLEDGED BY WALKER

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Walker appears before Appellate Div in Bklyn and indicates grant of franchise to N Y C Omnibus Co if emergency stay is extended; legality of some of Fifth Av Co routes will be tested

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UPSET TO ECONOMY CITED; Definite Program Would Go Far to Restore Trade, He Says. HIS WORDS STIR THE SENATE Robinson Leads Democratic Retort in Stormy Discussion of White House Move. REED IS FOR A MUSSOLINI Economies Depend on Some One More Powerful Than the Lobbyists, He Declares. PRESIDENT ASSAILS CONGRESS INACTION

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Message to Cong urging speedy balancing of budget

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BILL TAXES INCOMES $100,000,000 MORE; 4 Per Cent on First $4,000 and 55 Per Cent Maximum Surtax Voted, 11-7. SALES LEVY AGAIN BEATEN Reed Will Carry Fight to Floor -- Senate Body Invites Mills for Final Check-Up Today. BILL TAXES INCOMES $100,000,000 MORE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Finance Com votes for maximum of 55% on incomes over $1,000,000

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1932Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician (died 2020)^[†]

Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, was an English peer and landowner, owner of the Longleat estate, who sat in the House of Lords from 1992 until 1999, and an artist and author.

Headlines from May 6, 1932

BORAH SAYS UPTURN HINGES ON 3 POINTS; He Calls for Restoration of Silver and Cuts in Arms and Reparation Settlement. INACTION HELD COWARDLY " Failures" Looming at Geneva and Lausanne Compel Us to Move, He Tells the Senate. BORAH SAYS UPTURN HINGES ON 3 POINTS

BUSES IN SIXTY DAYS PLEDGED BY WALKER; Indicates in Court a Grant to 5th Av. Group if Emergency Stay Is Extended. COUNTS ON WcKEE'S VOTE Meanwhile, Legality of Some of the Routes Will Be Tested -- Suing Taxpayer Approves. BUSES IN 60 DAYS PLEDGED BY WALKER

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BILL TAXES INCOMES $100,000,000 MORE; 4 Per Cent on First $4,000 and 55 Per Cent Maximum Surtax Voted, 11-7. SALES LEVY AGAIN BEATEN Reed Will Carry Fight to Floor -- Senate Body Invites Mills for Final Check-Up Today. BILL TAXES INCOMES $100,000,000 MORE

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