Impasse in Compromise Tax Bill on Undistributed Profits
Washington April 14 AP A conference committee of Senators and Representatives failed to bridge views on a compromise tax bill. Disagreement centered on the undistributed profits tax approved by the House and rejected by the Senate. Roosevelt urged retaining the profits levy and capital gains tax as proposed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
EEMS
Treadway
Rmass
Conference Committee
Vinson
D-Ky
MecNary
Oregon
Congress
Hatch
Four arrested in Wilson death of newborn girl
Four persons were taken into custody today by Wilson police investigating the death of a newborn girl found abandoned on a street yesterday morning.EXTORTION PLEADS GUILTY DETROIT April 14 Wes Gray 22 pleaded guilty in federal court to sending an extortion note to Henry and Edsel Ford demanding 10000.
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Wilson
Detroit
Mich
Wesley Earl Gray
Henry and
Edsel Ford
Edward J. Moinet
Richard F. Doyle
Supreme Court Takes Up Payne and Turner Death Sentence Appeal
Raleigh April 14 AP The Supreme Court hear s under advisement the appeal of William Bill Payne and Wash Turner two convict des peradoes sentenced to death for slaying Patrolman George Jenn 4 W Haynes of Asheville argues the trial court admitted incompetent evidence that prejudiced the jury He contends a second degree murder verdict would have been returned otherwise.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
William
Bill) Payne
Wash Turner
George ‘Enn
W. Haynes
Asheville
Payne
Turner
Petition to force elections board appointment heard
Superior Court Judge Marshall Spears heard the petition by Wall Ewing Cumberland County Democratic chairman to compel the state elections board by mandamus to appoint two men he recommended to the Cumberland County elections board.
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Raleigh
Marshall Spears
Wall
Ewing
Cumberland County
State Elections Board
Mandamus
County Elections Board
Freight rate relief sought for South Carolina growth
South Carolina asked the federal government for relief from freight rate discriminations to aid future industrial development. H. W. Scott, vice chairman of the state public service commission, testified as representative of Governor Olin Johnston before an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on parity with northern and eastern tariffs.
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Birmingham
Ala
South Carolina
H. W. Scott
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Olin Johnston
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
North
Pilot Killed as Training Plane Crashes at Randolph Field
Second Lieut. Robert Bronson Hubbard aged 26, student officer at Randolph Field, died when his basic training plane crashed from about 500 feet. Hubbard, a native of Binghamton New York, was UNC graduate 1988 and US Military Academy 1987.
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FLYER
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Bronson Hubbard
Randolph Field
Hubbard
Bington
N. C
University of North Carolina
United States Military Academy
Daughters Age Questioned in Marriage Plan
Notary J Till-Smith reported Lizzie Fuller of Lee County signed an affidavit claiming her daughter Eliza Fuller was over 12 at the marriage to Cleovis on March 31. Sheriff Grint said Davis was arrested for violating marriage laws and that the ceremony lacked a license issued March 31. probate records will confirm details.
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Bishopville
S&s. C
Notary Public
J. Till- Smith
Lizzie Fuller
Lee County
Heliza Fuller
Cleovis
C. A. Grint
Darlington County
Davis
Fuller
Insurgents Break to La Jana Seizing Key Spanish Towns
April 14 AP dispatch reports hard driving insurgents under General Aranda capturing La Jana on the road from San Mateo toward Vinarez, narrowing the southern wing to the Mediterranean. San Mateo fell earlier, with Cervera Del Maestro and Benicarlo in insurgent reach while government lines weaken. A northward push frees Gandess from militia pressure.
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Hendaye
France
Miguel Aranda
la Jana
Mediterranean
San Mateo
Vinarez
Francisco Franco
Spain
Cervera del Maestro
Benicarle
Irun
Gandess
Roosevelt asserts peace to be maintained in Americas
President Roosevelt declares that peace in the Western Hemisphere must be kept and not endangered by internal disputes or external aggression. He ties this to the Monroe Doctrine, stressing unity among Pan American nations and firm resolve to prevent conflicts within the hemisphere.
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Roosevelt
Ting
The
Pann Union
Reid
Three-Hour Easter Service Plans In City Churches
Holy Week observances include a union three hour service at Wesley Memorial Church from 12 noon to 3 PM with brief sermons built on the seven sayings of Christ on the cross. St Edward's also hosts Easter services as Catholics and Protestants mark Good Friday.
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St. Edward's
Wesley Memorial Church
Christ
Mexicans Support Cardenas Reply On Silver Sales
Secretary Morgenthau stated the treasury has not barred Mexican silver from sale in the United States. Mexico may still offer its silver to the New York market, with the government buying all silver offered at the daily fixed price. The change is the removal of the 5,000,000 ounce monthly quota.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mexico
United States Treasury
New York
United States
Flames Sweep Tarboro Cotton Yards
Tarboro on April 14 suffered a major fire that destroyed more than 225 bales of cotton and damaged two warehouses in the cotton yards. Estimated damage ranged from 22 900 to 28 000 dollars. Police report a witness saw two small boys run from the yard as flames rose.
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Tarboro
W. Robert Woreley
Ames
Smoire
Truss
Fire Destroys Rutherfordton High School Building
Rutherfordton officials report a central high school building worth 8200 000 was destroyed by fire early today. The fire, on a hill between Rutherfordton and Spindale, challenged crews from Rutherfordton Spindale and Forest City due to water shortages. Insurance held with the cause undetermined.
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Rutherford
Here
Spindale
Rutherfordton
Forest City
Sit-Down Strike Closes Budd Factories in Detroit
In Detroit on April 14 Budd Wheel Co and Budd Manufacturing Co plants closed after a brief sit-down strike of about 80 workers in one department. About 2,100 employees were idled. A spokesman cited a foreman moving a worker to a higher paid job who had not paid union dues, prompting the hub department strike and plant-wide closure.
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Detroit
Budd Wheel Co
Budd Manufacturing Co
Britain moves to unite with France and U S on Germany crisis
Britain seeks to pull France and the United States into a broader anti German framework as a weekend Anglo Italian accord is set to be signed. Hore Belisha tours lifeline defenses Malta and will meet Mussolini. Daladier solidifies power in France as London eyes US plane purchases. France Italy discuss commerce and possible Rome envoy.
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Britain
France
U. S
Germany
Chamberlain
Associated Press
Foreign Office
London
Rome
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Malta
Mussolini
Hore-Belisha
Il Duce
Hitler
Paris
Edouard Daladier
United States
Royal Air Force
Italy
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Payroll Increase Shown by State Manufacturing Report
A State Department of Labor report shows payrolls for 476 representative manufacturing firms totaling 81,484,950 dollars in March, up 1.9 percent from February. Firms employed 102,859 people, up 0.5 percent, with the average weekly wage at 14.51 dollars, up 1.5 percent.
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State Department of Labor
Government Asked to Pay Cotton Growers Losses
J Roy Jones South Carolina agriculture commissioner urged Congress to compensate cotton growers for losses from under grading of government loan cotton He cited estimated South Carolina losses over 291000 and total belt losses over 5 million alleging the American Cotton Cooperative under-rated quality at the loan level
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Washington
J. Roy Jones
South Carolina
Agriculure
Jones
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Congress
North Carolina Fair Tax founder to open store without tax
J Paul Leonard secretary of the North Carolina Fair Tax association said he will open a general retail store in Winston-Salem on May 1 and will not charge sales tax as a test of constitutionality. He argues the move will show broader effects on tax policy and public perception of the campaign. Leonard rented a store building yesterday.
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Winston-Salem
J. Paul Leonard
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
Leonard
Fair Tax Association
CIO Action Ends Peace Negotiations With AFL
Washington April 14 The CIO will form a permanent structure keeping its current name and will not reunite with the AFL observers expect intensified labor rivalry. John L. Lewis plans a new name but the CIO initials remain. A constitutional convention is planned for September with 39 affiliated unions voting. Julius Hochman abstained, garment workers weighing exit if peace with AFL ends. Resolutions urge adequate relief funds and housing legislation.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Julius Hochman
International Ladies Garment Workers
A. F
Lewis
Japanese city of Yihsien pounded by Chinese artillery
Shanghai April 14 Chinese artillery from surrounding hills bombarded the Japanese garrison at Yihsien in South Shantung as Chiang Kai-shek forces claimed another success at Changshan gateway. Japanese supply by air due to crippled rail lines, with guerrilla units destroying 10 miles of track between Lincheng and Tenghsien.
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Shanghai
Yihsien
Shantung Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Changshan
Taierchwang
Grand Canal
Tientsin-Pukow
Suchow
Lunghai
Lincheng
Tenghsien
Message Sparks Mild Market Rally After President’s Plan
New York April 14 stock leaders mounted a slight rally after the President urged Congress to back a recovery program totaling about 7 billion dollars. Brokers saw the rise as temporary as traders awaited the president’s fireside chat tonight while inflation fears lingered.
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New York
Congress
Nation
Hore Belisha Sets Flight for Rome Meeting with Duce
Britain's war minister Lee Lie Hore Belisha left Hendon for a trip to inspect Malta defenses and meet Premier Mussolini in Rome. Prime Minister Chamberlain said the visit would be a courtesy call to Mussolini.
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Hore-Belisha
Rome
Duce
London
Leelie Hore-Belisha
Britain
Hendon
Malta
Muscolini
Marseille
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Daladier Takes Provisional Dictatorship Powers in France
Paris April 14. Premier Edouard Daladier begins a three and a half month virtual dictatorship to speed armament production by ending strikes. He names a super arbitrate with power to halt strikes and authorizes Pierre Jacomet to back to work 157000 metal workers. Daladier holds absolute power except for limited promises on exchange control taxes and gold revaluation. Parliament resumes May 31 with no accounting due until July 31.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Pierre Jacomet
Daladier
Labor Committee Moves to Eliminate Wage Differentials
Washington April 14. The House Labor Committee voted to remove all wage differentials from pending wage hour legislation. The panel forecast a graded minimum wage starting at 25 cents an hour. They rejected Ramspeck subcommittee’s flexible plan for an independent agency to set a graduated wage up to 40 cents.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Ramspeck
Seek Parents of Dead Infant Found Abandoned Under Tree
Wilson April 14. Police sought today to find the parents of a white infant girl who died in a hospital after being found abandoned under a tree here. A Negro midwife was held for questioning. The child was found Tuesday midnight. Police said the only clue to the baby's identity was a petticoat around the body.
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Wilson
United Will Summoned To Combat Lull
President Roosevelt unveils a 7 billion recovery program to spur growth. He urges a united national will and cooperation to start an upward spiral, stressing no dictatorship and the need to pair reforms with recovery. The plan includes large federal spending and expanded bank credit.
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United Will
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United National
House
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
China May Get British Loans
London April 14 The government has under consideration recommendations to British banks to grant long term loans to the Chinese government Dr Sun Fo China s ambassador at large who sought relief in London in the last two weeks urged such loans Colville financial secretary said banks would be sympathetically considered and the Exchequer was weighing measures to encourage lending The move follows a 1937 League of Nations resolution Financial aid to China aims to bolster its war effort against Japan Sun Yat Sen s son noted China s confidence in defeating Japan
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London
House of Commons
Sun Fo
China
Europe
Japan
D. J. Colville
The
Treasury
Commons
League of Nations Assembly
Sun
Sun Yat-Sen
Chinese Republic
Five Million Dollar Plant Planned for Mobile
The Hollingsworth Whitney company will build a $5,000,000 paper mill on Alabama state docks property at Mobile under a 60 year lease announced by Governor Whbb Graves. The project, to be located on the Mobile waterfront, reflects a major industrial development for the state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alamo State Docks
Mobile
Hollingsworth- Whitney Company of
Boston
Whbb Graves
Mexican Silver Not Barred From U S Sale
Mexico City reports indicate the Senate and Chamber of Deputies backed President Lazaro Cardenas after his firm reply to Britain over the expropriation of the oil industry and return of Aguila properties. The chambers voiced confidence and surprise at Britain’s attitude, with a vigorous note delivered to the British embassy.
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Mexico City
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Lazaro Cardenas
Great Britain
Aguila
Royal Dutch Shell
Eral
Britain
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Ron Popeny
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AFL
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