Congress Advances Toward Final Farm Bill Vote
Washington April 11 Congress moved ahead to final votes on farm relief measures and related bills. The House took up the $2 billion farm mortgage bill amid limited debate while the Senate postponed action to begin the Harold Louderback impeachment trial. The Wagner $500 million relief bill and a 30 hour workweek study were also in progress.
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Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
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Senate
Harold Louderback
California
Agriculture Committee
House Banking Committee
Post Office Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNary
Oregon
Bond Granted Upon Appeal Noted in Lea Case
Criminal Judge John T. Cunningham noted the bond of 15000 dollars for Col Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr after ruling to quash a writ of habeas corpus. The Leas appealing from extradition to North Carolina over bank law violations remain fugitives from justice pending Tennessee Supreme Court review.
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Luke Lea
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Leas
Cunningham
North Carolina
L. E H. Gwinn
Hill McAlister
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Ister
Tennessee Supreme Court
Youths Drown While Fishing at Savona Reservoir
In Charlotte on April 11 two 10 and 8 year old brothers, Jack Stokes and Billy Stokes, drowned after fishing minnows at the Savona reservoir. Police believe Billy fell in first as the water was seven feet deep, and Jack jumped in to save him, perished with him.
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Savona
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Grover C. Stokes
Billy
Jack
Snyder to Speak at West Market Methodist Meeting
Dr Henry N Snyder president of Wofford College will address a meeting of men of West Market Methodist church in Greensboro on April 18.
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Greensboro
Henry N. Snyder
Wofford College
West Market
Herriot to sail early for Roosevelt talks in US
Paris reports Premier Herriot will sail next Monday to join Ramsay MacDonald and President Roosevelt in discussions on world problems. Louisiana defines beer shipments ahead of repeal.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Roosevelt
Lengkow Falls After Japanese Break Through Great Wall
Tokyo reports the capture of Lengkow after a month long resistance by Chinese forces. Japanese forces secured the last stronghold 50 miles west of the Yellow Sea while continuing offensives at Hsifenkow Chiehlin and along the Kupe Peiping road. General Shang Chen and General Sung Chen Yuan commanded Chinese defenses as about 50 000 troops remained in the Lengkow area.
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Great Wall
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Wall
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Shansi
Sung Chen- Yuan
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Chiehlin
Kupe- Peiping
Transportation Regulation Agency Proposed Under Commerce Dept
Washington April 11. A full plan for a new transportation regulation agency under the commerce department has been drafted by Secretary Roper and sent to President Roosevelt. The Interstate Commerce Commission would stay as a separate unit with its quasi judicial duties, while its admin work shifts to the new agency.
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Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Norris introduces TVA bill to Senate for Muscle Shoals project
Washington April 11 A bill by Senator Norris Nebraska to create a Tennessee Valley Authority and to authorize government operation of Muscle Shoals power nitrate and fertilizer plants was sent to the agriculture committee. It envisions a three member presidentially appointed corporation to fund build and sell surplus power with bonds. Cove Creek dam and a 200000 horsepower line to Shoals are included.
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Roosevelt
Tennessee Basin
Muscle Shoals
Norris R
Agriculture Committee
Norris
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cove Creek
Clinch River
Tennessee
Shoals
Dollfuss Holds Rome Talks With Mussolini On Frontiers
Vienna dispatch reports Chancellor Dollfuss flew to Rome for talks with Mussolini as part of a broader trend among three dictatorial regimes. The visit aims to discuss postwar frontier revisions and align leaders from Austria Germany and Italy amid Catholic Holy Week gatherings at the Vatican.
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Engelbert Dollfuss
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Vatican
Italain
Mussolini
Dollfuss
Austria
Akron Crew Performed Duty Before Ship Fell Into Sea
Naval inquiry heard Lieut. Commander Herbert V. Wiley testify that Akron officers and crew did their best amid the storm. He noted a 1151-degree course confusion, later deemed immaterial to the disaster. Boatswain Richard Deal recounted his escape and the wreck as the ship sank.
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Lakehurst
Herbert V. Wiley
Naval Inquiry
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Wiley
Richard E. Deal
Dean
Admiral Butler
Agatm
Quiet Beverly Hills weekend with beer and naps
A Beverly Hills reporter describes a peaceful weekend with little accidents. He recalls playing polo, sleeping, and waking after being beaten, claiming loyalty to Roosevelt and praising a smart leader while blaming self-reliance for past troubles.
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Akron air ship disaster continues search for 67 missing men
In Atlantic City the hunt for 67 Akron victims goes on as 30 ships and 20 planes scour new Atlantic waters off New Jersey. The body of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett was recovered nearby as crews expand a 500 square mile search area.
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Atlantic
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William A. Moffett
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Bureau of
Aerocomme
Yesteray
Anti sales tax petitions flood North Carolina House
Raleigh April 11 Anti sales tax petitions flowed into the North Carolina House as lawmakers debated the general sales tax article of the revenue bill. Delegations from Mecklenburg Cabarrus Guilford Rowan McDowell Catawba Robeson Rockingham New Hanover Randolph Stanly Iredell filed pleas to enact the tax while other counties such as Caldwell Cumberland Ashe Wake Henderson Forsyth Orange and Durham also sent protests.
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Cumberland
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Greensboro
High Point
Sales tax will be tested in court say NC Merchants leaders
Fayetteville reports T M Hunter director of the North Carolina Merchants Association said a tax by the legislature would be challenged in court. Directors meeting in Raleigh decided to pay the tax under protest and seek a restraining order against it in the United States Supreme Court.
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Fayetteville
T. M. Hunter
North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
United States Supreme Court
House Debates Revenue Measure In Slow Section Talk
Raleigh April 11 The North Carolina House spends hours in committee of the whole reviewing the biennial revenue bill. Lawmakers expect the three per cent general sales tax article to come up tonight or tomorrow as they amend dozen or more sections of the license tax article. Opposition leaders plan to seek a commodities tax substitute and may attempt to block any sales tax.
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Ruth Judd Unaware Death Watch Placed Over Her
Florence Arizona April 11 AP The death watch was set on Winnie Ruth Judd who is to be hanged for the murder of Agnes Anne Leroi. She remains unaware of the looming execution and is kept under constant guard in her current surroundings due to nervous condition and previous bars‑sawing attempt.
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Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
A. G. Walker
Hit and run driver held in Kinston case
Cyrus Banks of Norfolk was held today charged as the hit and run driver who struck and seriously injured four year old Paul Irving Jr. in Kinston.
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Cyrus Banks
Norfolk
Paul Irving, Jr
Legislature Approves 83 Million Budget for 1933 35
Raleigh reports the legislature approves an 83 159 218 biennial appropriation with 16 million yearly for an eight month school term. Senate passes the compromise 35 10 after two hours of discussion. House earlier approved 1 40. measure becomes law after June 30. Political debate centers on a possible sales tax.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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Kirkpatrick
Mecklenburg
General Fund
McNeill
Cumberland
Scarborough
Richmond
Ehringhaus
Bell
Land
McDuffee
Moore
MacLean
Gwyn
North Carolina to Draft 3.2 Beer and Wine Regulation Bill
Raleigh April 11 legislators move to regulate the manufacture and sale of beers and wines of 3.2 percent alcohol. House judiciary committee forms sub committee with Senate members present to draft a single bill. Representatives Martin Buncombe Rowan and Hamilton Carteret named to prepare the bill with a license tax idea for chain stores.
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North Carolina
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Francis
Martin
House
Buncombe
Rowan
Hamilton
Carteret
Boyd Olenburg
MacDonalds Plan Studied to Break Europe Disarmament Deadlock
The Roosevelt administration weighs Ramsay MacDonalds proposal for signatories to consult after violations as a possible key to the European disarmament deadlock. British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald and French premier Edouard Herriot will join international talks in Washington with Canada’s Prime Minister Richard Bennett attending. President Roosevelt will first meet MacDonald around April 21 then Herriot and Bennett, as the group discusses world conditions.
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United States
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France
Geneva
Canada
Richard B. Bennett
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