Opinion split on Roosevelt tax program plan
President Roosevelt proposes 786 million dollars yearly for three years and smaller sums afterwards to balance the budget. Democratic leaders differ on the tax request while Republicans welcome the issue, with some in Congress predicting reductions and others expecting passage intact.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Administration
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Bankhead
Ala
Snell
New Deal
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Relief ends on March 1 in Alabama state aid
Montgomery Feb 28 A H Collins state welfare commissioner said Alabama relief funds are exhausted and no state money remains after March 1. He noted a $150000 federal grant but no matching funds, and hoped the 1936 extra session would provide cash for matching grants.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. H. Collins
Public Welfare
Alabama
Collins
J. A. Keller
Keller
J. N. Baker
Negro Tries To Save Dog Dies Under Train At Athens
At Athens railway station around 11:30 this morning Buford Gaston a 20 year old negro from Tanner rode between freight cars with a young shepherd. When the dog's tail got caught in the coupling he tried to free it and fell beneath the wheels. The dog was killed instantly and Gaston died a few minutes later. A large crowd saw the tragedy during Saturday trading. Officials could not confirm where Gaston boarded or his destination.
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Athens
Buford Gaston
Tanner
Gaston
Self defense plea planned in Crempa killing case
Four sheriff's deputies face trial over the death of Mrs. Crempa during a raid on her Scotch Plains farm to serve a contempt citation on her husband. Defense attorney O'Connor says self defense will be the plea when the trial resumes. Judge McGrath denied a directed verdict after the state's testimony closed. An informant recalled prior threats and a plan to "get Crempa, dead or alive."
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Elizabeth
N. J
Sheriff's Deputies
Crempate
Lemon Prgh Dawe Company
Po Rangan
O'Connor
Charles Remley
Richard
Vincent
Edward Carolan
Crempa
Scotch Plains
John
Ted McGrath
Imony
Black assailant sought after Greeneville attack
In Greeneville North Carolina on February 20 a Black man attacked Helen Phelps and dragged her 100 yards into woods after forcing entry on a country road. Alexander Warren 18, of GreenVille reported the incident and Sheriff S A Whitehurst said clues exist but no arrest yet. Helen Phelps was hospitalized with injuries but condition not confirmed as serious assault. Warren worked at a Bethel filling station and is son of C A Warren.
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Greenvile
N. C
Alexander Warren
Helen, Paelps
Martha
Phelps
Greenville
Warren
Woos
Pitt General Hospital
J. L. Winstead
Shi
A. Whitehurst
Farmre Highway
Bethel
Wag
C. A. Warren
Textile workers warn of looming disaster to 20 million
Horace A. Riviere with the United Textile Workers of America warned in Providence that the un employment number could reach 20 million in two years unless bankers and industrialists cooperate with the federal government. He said the textile industry stood on the brink of the greatest disaster in the nation’s history.
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Providence
R. I
Horace A. Riviere
United Textile Workers of America
Bankers ‘ and Industrialists
Riviere
U.T. W.A
Hoffman denies knowledge of threats to troopers in Lindbergh case
Governor Harold G Hoffman sent a firm letter to Col H Norman Schwarzkopf head of state police denying any knowledge of threats or promises made by his representative to troopers who worked on the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation. The note followed Schwarzkopf’s weekly reports on the reopening probe into the crime for which Bruno Hauptmann is scheduled to die the week of March 30.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh Case Report Tightens Political Fray in N J
The fourth weekly state police report on the Lindbergh kidnap slaying links inside meddling by alleged governor connected agents to the Hauptmann probe. Col Schwarzkopf faces potential reappointment fights as lawmakers push a bill to keep him in office until a successor is confirmed. Hauptmann faces execution in late March as Hopewell anniversary nears.
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Hauptmann
Schwarzkopf
Henry Young, Jr
Senate
Col. Schwarzkopf
David T. Wilentz
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Lindbergh
Sourlands
Hopewell
Bronx
Death of William H Mayberry noted as leading Tennessee horseman
William H Mayberry 46 prominent Maury county livestock leader and horseman died Thursday of pneumonia at his Lewisburg highway home near Columbia. Funeral held at Bryant Station Methodist church. Survived by widow daughter Marie James and parents. brother Wallace of Nashville. Pallbearers included horsemen from Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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William Hardin Mayberry
Tennessee
Lewisburg Highway
Columbia
Bryant Station Methodist Church
Mayberry
Decatur
Judge Mayberry
Maury County
Dem Senator Attacks the Upper Crust in Speech
Senator Murray accuses the leisure and finance classes of provoking class strife and attacking the president, calling for an inquiry into relief workers political pressure. Senator Vandenberg urges WPA to investigate alleged fund solicitation from relief workers for the Democratic campaign. Borah plans a GOP campaign swing through Ohio and Illinois against Taft and Knox.
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Leonard B. Shubert
Associated Press
Washington
Jean
Borah
Ida
Murray
Mont
United States
America
J. P. Morgan
Senate Munitions Committee
Vandenberg
Mich
Ton
Relief Administration
Harry J. Hopkins
WPA
Butler
Boulder Dam Ends Era as Government Takes Over
Boulder Dam will be turned over to the federal government tonight, ending the largest contract in Uncle Sam’s history. Ralph Lowry accepts on behalf of the government. Frank Crowe receives on behalf of the six-company consortium. Electric power will begin this summer as completion of the All-American canal edges toward its 38.5 million phase. domestic water for Southern California communities expected within two years.
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Boulder City
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Boulder Canyon
Uncle Sam
Ralph Lowry
Reclamation Service
Axle
Frank Crowe
Imperial Valley
California
Interial Valley
Four killed in London Soho apartment fire
Four persons died in a Soho district apartment fire in London on February 29. A man and his wife were trapped as flames blocked exits, while an unidentified woman and a girl also perished in the blaze.
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London
Soho
Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow Ill in London
The Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow lies seriously ill after an operation following the birth of her first child. Doctors reported a slight improvement today after a lengthy bedside consultation. High profile notices and red banners filled British papers as hospital life continued through the night.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haughits-Reventlow
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton Haugwitaz-Reventlow
Jas, Slesinger
Lord Horder
Edward
Count Haugwitz-Recentlow
Hampshire
Count Curt Haugwits-Reventlow
Franklin L. Hutton
New York
Haugwite-Reventlow
Hutton
Regency House
Hyde Park
Jimmy Donhue
Alexic Mdivani
Spain
Daily Sketch
Daily Express
Charge Against Academy of Art Official Ended
The Richmond Academy of Art official charge was dropped in police court as the complainant withdrew after acknowledging sentiment shifts. F. M. Terrell represented a morals committee of six local citizens who protested Mardi Gassner murals as indecent for children. Justice Bhen Folkes dismissed the warrant after the withdrawal.
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Richmond Academy of Art
Virginia
Bryan
Richmond
F. M. Terrell
Mardi Gassner
Bhen Folkes
Richmond Police Court
Terrell
Gasner
Governor Bibb Graves Restless Night Amid Illness
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves reportedly spent a restless night at his Gulf Shore cottage near Foley during a week of influenza. Attaches said a high fever returned and he could not return to Montgomery as planned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Vhis
Herever
Gulf Shore
Foley
W. C. Holmes
Adt
Petition Dropped Against Virginia Utilities Power and Light
In Washington on February 29 a petition for an injunction to restrain the Utilities Power and Light Corporation of Virginia from complying with the Utility Holding Company Act was withdrawn in the Supreme Court after the company had already registered with the Securities Commission.
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Washington
Utilities Power and Light Corporation of Virginia
Ulity Holding Company Act
Supreme Court
Comecrn
The
Securities Commission
Trio Convicted in Sheriff Slaying to Die in Electric Chair
A Union County jury convicts Gus McOdy 24, Pete Dean 18, and Frank Hopson 22 of first degree murder for the December highway shooting of Sheriff Hutchison after robbing Citizens Bank of 2600. All three face the death penalty. McCoig and Dean claimed insanity while Hopson is Claiborne county native. The key witness, Austin Mathews, identified McCoig as the shooter.
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Maynardsville
Tehn
Gus McOdy
Pete Dean
Frank Hopson
Union County
W. P Spheertoms
Petiti
Isson
Dean
Houson
McCoig
Nashville
Kidning
Ednors
Hopson
Claiborne County
Thompson Station
Tenn
Austin Mathews
Hutchison
Kiwanis Country Store Sees Record Second Day Sales
The Kiwanis Country Store on Second avenue drew about 1,200 visitors for a second day, with nearly 5,000 articles sold. Each shopper bought about four items as prizes valued in cash and goods were awarded, and entertainers from the Decatur district performed for a large crowd from several Alabama counties.
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Kiwanis
Second Avenue
North Alabama
Florida
Decatur
Lawrence
Limestone
Court Action Looms If Candidates Are Rejected
Alabama Democratic figure Judge Leon McCord vows to file court action if the state executive committee refuses to certify candidates for delegates to the June national convention for the May 5 primary. He lists four statewide delegates and names several alternates, condemning the committee for selecting the entire delegation without allowing voter input.
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Montgomery
Ala
Leon McCord
National Democratic
Alabama
Howell Turner
McCord
John D. McQueen
Tuscaloosa
Judge McCord
R. A. Smith
Claud D. Scruges
Guntersville
J. BE. Livingston
Tuscalo
Roy W. Kimbrough
Thomasville
V. Q
Decatur Chamber hits 307 memberships in drive
Officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced 307 memberships have been secured toward a goal of 500. The 300 mark was reached yesterday and the second phase of the campaign will start Tuesday. Campaign committees meet Monday night at the Lyons Hotel to finalize details.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lyons Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Public liability rates cut in Alabama except Jefferson
Insurance brokers across nearly all Alabama counties cut public liability and property damage premiums for passenger cars effective Monday. The average auto premium falls from 49 to 46 dollars, with reductions of 3 to 7.50 dollars, while truck rates rise 5 to 9 dollars by tonnage. Jefferson county exemptions follow the national underwriters' revision.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Jefferson County
National Brand of Casualty
Te- Heven
Return of Premier Okada Electrifies Japan
Premier Keisuke Okada, believed killed in a military purge, reappeared alive as rebels surrendered. Officials disclosed the premier remained head of government while a mistaken body had belonged to Matsuo, brother-in-law of Okada. The crisis ended with loyal troops retaking centers and martial law HQs in Tokyo.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Keisuke Okada
Japan
Ths
Cabeinet
Cabinet
Hisatsune Bokomizu
Dome
Tonight
Okada
United States
FBI
Nagatacho
Gunnsbossy
Kohei Kashil
Leap year twins born in Buffalo to Tobins today
Leap year twins born in Buffalo N Y to Mr and Mrs Clarence J Tobin. They will celebrate their first birthday four years from now. The birth was reported from Buffalo where the parents reside.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Clarence J. Tobin
Weather记 Tennessee river falls to eight feet gauge
The river gauge shows 8.3 feet as temperatures rise. The day recorded 66 degrees with light rainfall during the past 24 hours. A warm spell is expected Sunday.
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Tennessee
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