Scarborough Claims Governor Used Hired Lobbyists in School Bill Fight
North Carolina Representative Scarborough charged in Raleigh that the governor employed out of state lobbyists to push a 16 million eight month school term bill. He cited aides to the governor and said the legislature was coerced and promises were asked in private meetings. Scarborough argued the bill would not guarantee six months.
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Admiral Moffett Backed Akron Over Shenandoah Before Death
Four hours before his death Admiral William A. Moffett said the airship Akron was much better than the Shenandoah. Richard Deal, Akron survivor, testified to a House naval committee about a prior talk with the navy's aeronautics chief. Deal Wiley and Erwin testified as the inquiry continued. Rep McClintic pressed for a second committee probe into the tragedy.
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E. Deal
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Moody Erwin
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Oklahoma
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Army Recruiting Camps Open for Forestation Corps
In Washington 17 Army recruiting camps prepare the first 25 000 men for President Roosevelts forestry conservation corps with a goal of 100 000 by May 1. Unmarried 18 to 25 year olds join conditioning and service with fixed state quotas and dependent allotments from monthly pay.
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Roosevelt
Forestry Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
School Principal Admits Killing Woman And Sons
Henry Bedford the Turner public school principal confessed to police in Grand Rapids that he strangled Mrs. Mattie Bengert and her two children, then placed the infant in a gas oven and attempted suicide by gas. He said the attack followed a confrontation over the woman's refusal to live with him. Prosecutor Bartel Jonkman said a first degree murder warrant would be prepared.
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Jedford
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Tennessee
Roosevelt Receives Milwaukee Beer In White House Air Shipment
Two cases of 3.2 beer flown to the White House from Milwaukee reach President Roosevelt with a resolution signed by multiple Milwaukee breweries and associations. The message extends good health and prosperity as the beer is sent to the National Press Club.
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White House
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Mrs. Mary E. Myers Ends Life At Edge Thomasville
Mrs. Mary E. Myers mother of Ford Myers a prominent local lawyer died by suicide at her home in Thomasville in a building behind the residence before noon today. Police and officials began inquiries into the death as a local obituary note described the scene and timing.
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Ford Myers
Tariff Gut Expected Next From White House
Washington reports a flat ten percent cut in American tariffs as a basic recommendation of a message and bill to be sent to Congress next week. The proposal would authorize the president to negotiate reciprocal deals and seek world trade revival ahead of a planned monetary conference near Lexington highway. A family member found a body after a long unexplained absence from a house, with no motive determined by four o clock this afternoon.
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Roosevelt
Lowon
Lexington Highway
Reading the Times: Acknowledging low voltage beer and politics
In Beverly Hills on April 4, a writer jokes about beer tastes and politics, praising Roosevelt and Congressmen for their work. The note suggests buying a beer for lawmakers tomorrow and sending the bill, promising the offer holds for one beer.
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Beverly Hilia
Roosevelt
Scottsboro Case Nearing Jury as Patterson Trial Opens
Decatur Alabama April 7. Arguments in the trial of Haywood Patterson the first of nine Negroes to face retrial for an alleged attack on two white girls in the Scottsboro case began today after the state presented brief rebuttal testimony Patterson is tried on an indictment charging him with attacking Mrs Victoria Price aboard a Southern railway train in Jackson county March 25 1931.
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Jackson County
Ruby Bates reappears with new outfit and conflicting story
In Decatur Alabama Ruby Bates, missing accuser in the Scottsboro case, returns with a fresh outfit and a revised account disputing her earlier claim that she and a white girl were attacked by a mob aboard a freight train. The day sees reports of a growing Huntsville mob and National Guardsmen surrounding an apartment hotel.
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Leibo
Nationwide welcome as Prohibition ends beer ban
Chicago, Milwaukee, Reno, St Louis, and Saint Paul report celebrations at midnight as 3.2 percent beer becomes legal after thirteen years. Crowds, trucks, and bands mark the return with high sales and festive scenes nationwide. Government and city estimates note millions circulated and varied pricing across venues. A Roosevelt toast closes with German echoes and a farewell to beer’s ban.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Roosevelt
State banks plan advances to form large statewide institution
Raleigh April 7 AP reports a bill aimed at reorganizing state banks into a single mam moth statewide commercial institution won approval in the House and moves to the Senate after gaining support from 56 banks.
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Raleigh
Senate
North and South golf match leads with Dunlap four up
Pinehurst April 7 AP T Dunlap Jr Garden City L L stood four up on Jack Toomer Jacksonville Fla after the 18 hole morning round of their 36 hole North and South championship.
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T. Dunlap, Jr
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Jack Toomer
Jacksonville
Fla
Statewide election on prohibition repeal sent to Senate
Columbia April 7 pending a long battle the house approved a bill to hold a statewide election November 7 on the question of repeal of prohibition.
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Senate
Janet Gaynor Granted Divorce From Lydell Peck
Janet Gaynor, a diminutive film actress, was granted a divorce today from screen writer Lydell Peck in Los Angeles. The action was finalized amid standard legal proceedings and follows a brief marriage.
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Los Angeles
Janet Gaynor
Lydell Peck
Galsworthy Estate Valued at 306000 in Will Filing
The estate of the late John Galsworthy was valued at about 306000 dollars as the will was filed. Andrew W. Mellon, retiring ambassador to Great Britain and former secretary of the treasury, met with President Roosevelt to discuss the general situation.
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London
John Galsworthy
Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Baltimore Beer License Revenue Shatters Estimates
Baltimore revenue from beer licenses on the first day totaled 46 125 dollars with city officials noting a net profit surpassing 20 000 dollars after deducting annual salaries. The entire amount is directed to the city treasury.
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Baltimore
Sweet Adeline Returns From Her Bier After 12 Years
A. P. dispatch from New York notes Sweet Adeline rising from her bier with vigor and verve in 3.2 time. The soloist, while imperfect in places, remains adenoidal and charming, drawing a diverse audience including austere gentlemen and truck drivers as she challenges social strata.
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Sweet Adeline
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