Congress Debates Farm Relief Amid Mortgage Refinancing Plan
The House passed the administration farm mortgage refinancing bill as Roosevelt presses Congress for farm relief. A separate message urged aid for small home owners facing mortgage distress while the Senate eyed a cost of production measure for farmers. An inflation inquiry and a delayed motion picture industry probe also featured in sessions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
House
E. A. Yates
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
House Banking Committee
Costigan
Cole
Treasury
Bankhead
Ala
Bis
How Plan For Refinancing Home Is Worked
Roosevelt outlined a refinancing path for homeowners with mortgages up to 10000 dollars. An insurer or owner would swap a 6000 dollar mortgage for 4 percent bonds, then receive a 5000 dollar new mortgage at 5 percent over 15 years, with possible 3 year moratorium and cash advances for taxes and repairs. A permanent federal savings system and an emergency 2 billion refinancing fund would be created to back mortgages and aid homeowners.
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Insurance Company
Home Owners Corporation
Home Loan Bank Board
Washington
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Congress
Roosevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Home Loan Board
Reconstruction Corporation
Home Loan Corporation
Prohibit Sale of Beer At Davidson College
Senator Kirkpatrick of Mecklenburg introduced a bill in Raleigh to ensure that 3.2 per cent beer laws do not affect Davidson College charter which bans sale of alcoholic drinks on campus or nearby areas.
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Davidson
Raleigh
Kirkpatrick
Mecklenburg
Senate
North Carolina
Davidson College
Chapel Hill to honor ex captain Hartley April 28
Commodore Herbert Hartley, former Leviathan captain, will address University of North Carolina students on April 28 in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
Herbert Hartley
Leviathan
University of North Carolina
Burley Bookkeeper Dies of Heart Attack on Street
W. T. Burke, 57, a bookkeeper at the Selsbury Cotton Mills, collapsed and died on a Tad Street in Salisbury from a heart attack.
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Salisbury
W. T. Burke
Selsbury
Embargo on Russian Goods Authorized by King
London reports the king signed a measure granting the government power to place an embargo on all Russian goods. Other items include a bank robbery in Huron with four injured, and a Senate subcommittee delaying a permanent bank reform bill for conference with the Secretary of the Treasury. Mrs Woodin dies in New York. Bryan Grant advances in the Pinehurst tennis tournament with Clifford Sutter near semi finals.
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London
House of Commons
Washington
Glass
Senate Banking
Woodin
Pinehurst
Bryan M. Grant
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Marcel Rainville
Montreal
Cotton lint and linters totals rise from February
The census bureau reports March cotton consumption at 494,167 bales of lint and 50,082 bales of linters. This compares with 441,663 lint and 46,470 linters in February and 488,007 lint and 55,388 linters in March last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Search For Bodies Halted By Winds
A thirty mile wind halted salvage operations off the Jersey coast as the Akron airship wreckage and the bodies of 67 missing sailors remained unrecovered. Eight planes had circled the area before Captain Leary ordered them back to land from the cruiser serving as command center.
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Portland
Akron
Jersey
Leary
Debating Teams Meet Raleigh Tomorrow
North Carolina State College’s debating team will face Georgia Tech in Raleigh tomorrow night to discuss the issue of canceling war debts.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Georgia Tech
Southern states move toward beer legalization after repeal
Atlanta report notes Louisiana lifts prohibition and clears the way for beer gardens in New Orleans while about 1,000 venues prepare to open. North Carolina Tennessee and South Carolina push beer bills for May 1 or later. Florida Kentucky and Georgia show varied progress as dry counties face adjournment.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Deep South
New Orleans
Mississippi River
North Carolina
Tennessee
Legislature Battles Over Revenue Bill In Raleigh
In Raleigh on April 13 the House refused to reinstate a three percent general sales tax while five reps introduced a new plan to tax items from apparel and tobaccos to soft drinks and electricity. The Senate advanced a beer shipment bill and an emergency banking measure as sessions paused for Easter with local bills and regular business scheduled to resume after.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Newman
New Hanover
Means and Whitaker Indicted in Larceny Conspiracy
A District of Columbia grand jury indicted Gaston B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker for conspiring to steal $35,000 from Evalyn Walsh McLean, estranged wife of a Washington publisher. Means, once a Justice Department agent, had previously confessed to stealing $104,000 from McLean related to a Lindbergh ransom case.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Norman T. Whitaker
Evalyn Walsh McLean
District of Columbia
Means
Department of Justice
McLean
Whitaker
Charles A
Mrs. Roosevelt Struck By Mud During Ride
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was thrown into a mud muddle in Potomac Park as her horse slipped on a slippery track. She was uninjured, remounted, and continued the ride in mud spattered attire.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac Park
Roosevelt proposes mortgage refinancing for small homes
President Roosevelt asks Congress to authorize readjustment of existing home mortgages and postponement of interest and principal payments in cases of extreme need. The plan mirrors the farm mortgage refinancing and uses a Treasury guaranteed bond issue to fund relief, aiming to stabilize home ownership and reduce uncertainty for owners and investors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
National Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Louisiana Moves to Oust Huey Long
A group of Louisiana citizens filed a 11 charge petition in Washington asking the Senate to remove Senator Huey P. Long. Vice President Garner presented the petition, it was referred to the elections committee and not read, a customary handling for memorials.
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Washington
Louisiana
Senate
Huey P. Long
Garner
Elections Committee
California to Have More Quakes Says Expert Panel
Dr. John P. Buwalda of Caltech warned a group of 800 engineers that Southern California will face a great earthquake, possibly in ten, a hundred, or a thousand years. He urged honest public policy on earthquakes and stronger building standards.
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Los Angeles
John P. Buwalda
Department of Geology
California Institute of Technology
California
Buwa'da
Chicago struggles and forecasts amid fair
Special to the Enterprise from Santa Monica reports teachers seek higher salaries, beer bootleggers claim discrimination, and America’s blitz on an industry while Chicago faces a world’s fair. The writer predicts Chicago will grow into the world’s largest city once Capone returns. Bernard Shaw lectured on America and departed by police escort for his boat.
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Santa Monica
Cali
Chicago
America
Capone
Bernard Shaw
South Pole
Eugene Hines Faces Execution Shadow After Dismissed Appeal
Eugene Hines, convicted in Forsyth county in 1932 for murder in the Lacy Weatherspoon case, remains under the threat of the electric chair after the supreme court dismissed his appeal. His clemency hopes are the only remaining possibility as an April 28 execution date is set. Eleven other opinions were issued, including reversals and affirmations in civil cases across Forsyth, Alamance, Durham, and other counties.
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Raleigh
Eugene Hines
Forsyth County
Lacy Weatherspoon
Hines
Supreme Court
C. B. Raper
Garner Bank and Trust Company
Wake
Hambright
Carroll
Alamance
Conyard
Reich
Mortgage Corp
Forsyth
Collier
Hanes
Bank
Korner
Sharpe
Carson
fTredell
Rates of Selected Commodity Tax in Raleigh Amendment
The measure lists tax schedules for tobacco products including cigars cigars cigarettes and smoking tobacco with varied cents per package and per retail price. Other items taxed include shotgun shells candies playing cards malt extract cosmetics autos admission soft drinks coffee kerosene interstate bus fares electricity gas telephone instruments clothing shoes hats bathing suits luggage sporting goods tires chewing gum and related goods with specified rates and thresholds.
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Raleigh
Tion
Mayors Walker and Compton to Wed After Legal Waiting
Former New York Mayor James J. Walker and Miss Betty Compton have satisfied the legal waiting period after banns were removed at Cannes city hall. They may marry at any time, but the ceremony likely cannot occur before April 18 due to Foster holidays and Walker’s request to avoid Holy Week.
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Cannes
France
James J. Walker
New York
Betty Compton
City Hall
Walker
Fire destroys Habits Transfer warehouse and seven trucks
Fire gutted the Habits Transfer company warehouse garage in Edenton destroying seven trucks. Officials estimated the loss between 25000 and 30000 dollars. Firemen attributed the blaze to an undetermined cause and noted a shift in wind likely saved a nearby filling station and a home.
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Edenton
Habits Transfer Company
Ruth Judd Fate in Hands of Jury
Florence April 13 The jury will decide Winnie Ruth Judd’s fate for the trunk murder of Agnes Anne Leroi eight days from now. If the verdict finds her sane by a three fourths vote, she faces hanging. if they deem her deranged since February 1932 she will be committed to the state hospital for the insane.
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Florence, Aris
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
British Engineers Face Trial in Soviet Court
In Moscow two British engineers from Metropolitan-Vickers stand trial for espionage and sabotage. William H. MacDonald testified under pressure, claiming coercion by the Russian secret police, while L. C. Thornton denied making true confessions though admitting some statements were involuntary. The proceedings featured tension and audience scrutiny as the case continued.
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Moscow
William H. MacDonald
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
L. C. Thornton
England
MacDonald
Thorn
Thornton
Ag Porter Pes Amng
Grad
Zilatoust
Ton
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