Special Session Called as Zangara Chief Indictments Rise
Miami March 6 special session of Congress called as grand jury reconvenes to consider Zangara's indictment. Anton Cermak dies at Jackson Memorial Hospital at 6 57 a m after bullet wound from February 15 assassination attempt in Chicago. Family and friends at bedside as doctors warned of complications. Also WV governor rearranges state departments including State Tax Commissioner and Public Safety head Shingleton replaces Lambie.
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Miami
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Guiseppe Zangara
Elt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Floyd Ke
Vivien Graham
Richey Graham
Frank Jirks
Charleston
Mar
Kump
Fred L. Fox
Sutton
P. D. Shingleton
Clarksburg
Department ‘of Public Safety
Ernest L. Sailey
Thoias
State Department
George T. Watson
Fairmont
Edgar L. Dickson
Union
James W. Harris, Jr
Wheeling
Fox
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
Conley
State Service
R. M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
Lee Ott
Lambie
Ott
Shingleton
R. L. Osborn
Harry L
Woodin says U S not off gold standard
Washington March 6 one Woodin emphatically stated the United States was not off the gold standard. He called such interpretation a grave mistake and described the currency as managed. He noted Swiss controls on gold export and said the President’s proclamation arose from recent White House and Treasury talks.
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Woodin
U.S
Washington
United States
Switzerland
White House
Treasury
Mornevie
Proclamation Declaring Bank Holiday and Currency Control
Washington on March 6 1933 President Franklin D Roosevelt issues a bank holiday proclamation to halt withdrawals and hoarding of gold and currency. The order bans banking transactions from March 6 to March 9 1933 and authorizes treasury actions, clearing house certificates, and special trust accounts to protect deposits and prevent foreign exchange activity.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Franklin D. Rosevelt
United States of America
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Legislators Begin Final Week of Regular Session
Charleston March 6 Legislators start the last week of the regular session with many bills awaiting action and a potential special session call. Governor Kump plans a broad revenue program including a nine percent sales and occupation tax measure already before the house. The new chief executive, awaited since January 11, is in Washington.
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Charleston
Mar
Kump
King George V Sidelined by Slight Illness
London March 6 King George V is confined indoors with a slight pain and remains at home as a precautionary measure. Officials report no cause for alarm and expect a swift recovery.
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George
London
George V
Military shutdown ordered for Oklahoma City oil fields
In Oklahoma City Oldla on March 6 an immediate military shutdown of the oil fields was ordered by Guy W. H. Murray. The action targets oil production and related operations as part of a wartime security measure.
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Oklahoma City
Oldla
Oklahoma Oil Oil Fields
Guy W.H. Murray
Roosevelt Calls Congress For Emergency Money Plan
President Roosevelt prepared an immediate monetary emergency program and called Congress into a special session for Thursday. In the Treasury and White House, officials drafted a system of clearing house certificates based on assets in bolted banks to sustain monetary exchange while banks were closed. Crowds near the White House greeted signs of relief as leaders anticipated congressional action to enact new legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Treasury
America
Federal Reserve
Reopen Banks If Necessary for Payroll
Washington March 6 Immediate steps to ease hardship from the four day bank shutdown were promised today by Treasury Secretary Woodin. Banks would be reopened to permit payroll payments with clearing house or local scrip, or cash issuance if needed. Woodin and aides, with Congress and President Roosevelt, were planning action at the earliest moment as Rep Rainey prepared a Ways and Means caucus and Sen Robinson continued talks.
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Washington
Mar
Woodin
The
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Rep. Rainey
House
Hitler Wins Dictatorship in Germany After Elections
Berlin reports indicate a national Nazi landslide in Reichstag and Prussian diet elections. Seventeen million voters backed Hitler, giving the Nazis close to 44 percent and a de facto control over the Reichstag. Prussia also shows overwhelming Nazi gains, signaling the end of competitive democracy and the rise of a fascist regime.
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Berlin
Mar
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Brown Shirts
Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Prussia
Reich
National Socialists
State Banks Join Holiday in West Virginia
Charleston March 6 West Virginia banks joined a national four day banking holiday with limited withdrawals in effect since March 2. L B Charter Jr state banking commissioner telegraphed suspension orders to all banks building and loan associations credit unions and industrial loan companies in the state. He canceled a West Virginia bankers conference planned for tomorrow to discuss prior directives on banking limits.
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Charleston
Mar
West Virginia
Roosevelt
L. B. Charter, Jr
Charter
Davis Trial Delayed Again Over Detention Issue
York docket reports the trial of U.S. Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania on federal lottery charges is postponed for a second time. The delay stems from counsel's plea that Davis’s detention in New York would deprive Pennsylvania of representation during a national crisis. Judge Johnson Jay Hayes presiding.
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York
Mar
U.S
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
Johnson Jay Hayes
Roosevelt Proclaims Bank Holiday Amid Gold Controversy
President Roosevelt orders a modified bank holiday through Thursday to conserve gold stocks and suspend gold redemption. Clearing house certificates will circulate as scrip, banks may stay open with Treasury permission, and gold exports are embargoed under wartime authority. The move aims to stabilize the economy until a banking relief plan is enacted by Congress.
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Manes Zangara
Joe H. Gill
Zangara
Fred B. Watkins
Grafton
New State
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Watson
First Baptist Church
Kinsey & CO
Kiein’ Tore
Solons
Davis
Grafton Man
William H. Woodin
Ogden L. Mills
Federal Reserve Board
Mills
WBS
Democratic Party
Watkins
House of Delegates
Taylor County
State Road Commission
Watkins-Hodges
Water-Power Trust
Grafton Drug and Chmneical & Company
Rexall Club
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