North Carolina Senate to study revenue bill in whole
The North Carolina Senate Finance Committee reported a revised biennial revenue bill raising general sales taxes to three percent. The Senate will sit as a committee of the whole Monday to consider the measure, with motion picture theaters included under the tax at a reduced base and potential rebates.
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Senate
Raleigh
House
North Carolina
Aiken
Catawba
Waynick
Guilford
Summersill
Onslow
A. J. Maxwell
Finance Committee
House Finance Committee
Gold and politics mix in a quip about inflation
Beverly Hills writer notes little to report besides gold and questions the clarity of the economic move. He jokes that both parties flip promises and suggests the situation could accidentally stabilize, ending with a casual sign off.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
America
Committee Votes Three Per Cent Sales Tax
News flash from New York reports a late update that a committee approved a three per cent sales tax plan. The item notes impacts on commerce and local government finance as the measure moves through the legislative process.
U S Explains Action On Gold
The state department telegram to London Berlin Paris and Rome embassies says the off gold standard move aims to raise world commodity prices and boost global prosperity, not gain any American advantage. It describes the embargo as a step to improve prices worldwide and hopes other nations will assist.
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Washington
America
State Department
London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
MacDonald
Great Britain
Assembly Should Adjourn In Two Weeks Amid Tax Battle
Raleigh April 22 The legislature nears the finish line with two weeks left in the session as anti sales tax forces prepare a final push. Senate finance committees push a three percent rate with other revenue and regulatory measures, while House differences loom. Observers remain cautiously hopeful that adjournment by May 6 is possible, though delays are feared.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Everett
Cottee
Gregg Cherry
Gaston
Tom Bowie
Ashe
Willard Dowell
State Merchants Association
Democrats Ready for Big Drive in Inflation Clash
The Senate nears a new push on the inflation bill with a proposed compromise to empower the president to cut the dollar’s gold content up to 50 percent only with international agreement. House and Senate panels study silver restoration while Rainey assails GOP critics and Rankin attacks Mellon and Mills as Hoover era wreckers.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Banking Committee
Glass
Virginia
McAdoo
California
Fletcher
Florida
Roosevelt
Rainey
Senate Banking Subcommittee
House Coinage Committee
House Committee
Adams
Colorado
Hoover
Snell
Andrew Mellon
the Treasury
Ogden Mills
The
Treasury
House
Rankin
Mississippi
Mellon
Mills
World economic conference focuses on money stability and gold backing
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister MacDonald review the main problems of the world economic conference at the White House. They plan to hand key issues to experts for discussion, with emphasis on world money stabilization and potential reductions in gold backing to lift prices and boost global trade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
MacDonald
White House
State Department
Hull
Lindsay
Raymond Moley
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Herbert Feis
Williamc. Bullitt
Robert van Sittart
Frederick Leith-Ross
James Barlow
Arnold EB. Overton
National Press Club
Borah
Idaho
Miss Ishbel
Russia declares embargo as economic war escalates
Soviet Russia orders a complete embargo on British goods and drastic shipping restrictions as Britain weighs an 80 percent embargo on Russian trade. The move signals potential protracted conflict with Britain, while talks continue on possibly releasing two British engineers jailed for sabotage and espionage.
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Russia
Moscow
U. S
8. R
Great Britain
Britain
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Siamese Twins Die After Berth
Cleveland April 22. Siamese twins delivered at St. Ann's hospital expired fifteen minutes after birth. Dr. Gerald P. Tyler stated separation would have been fatal if attempted. He refused to reveal the mother's name.
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Cleveland
St. Ann's Hospital
Gerald P. Tyler
Strategy Used Upon Kidnapers
Chicago April 22. John Factor outlines a plan to outguess his son Jerome’s abductors by spreading a fake ransom payment and stirring dissension among the gang. He says he did not pay any ransom and sought to trap the kidnappers while arranging staged betrayals and henchmen outreach to sow fear of retaliation.
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John Factor
International Spectator
Jerome
Factor
Young Factor
al Capone
Attem
Secretary Woodin Is Confined With Cold At Home
AP reports Secretary Woodin, who has been working on the bank situation and the President's inflation plan, is confined to his apartment today with a slight cold and will likely return to his desk Monday.
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Washington
Woodin
Families Marooned When Levees Break
Levees on the St Francis river collapsed trapping numerous families in Kennett Missouri Arkansas side. Rescue boats saved many and pulled 40 to 560 levee workers from floodwaters overnight. Waist deep water forced some to wade as crews responded after the break at about 6 p m. Nearby breaks earlier flooded about 7000 acres of lowlands.
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Kennett
Arkansas
St. Francis River
Williams
Hazel
Missouri
Stocks Rally With Fresh Buying Push Across Markets
Fresh buying lifted U S stocks led by metal and rail shares as gains widened from early losses. Major issues posted gains with United States Steel at 42.37, Du Pont 46, American Telephone 94.75, and others up 0.75 to 5.25 dollars while cotton and wheat edged higher.
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United States Steel Common
du Pont
American Telephone
American Can
American Tobacco
Homestake Mining
Continental Can
Chesapeake & Ohio
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
U. & Smelting
National Steel
Monument sent from Wachovia to Savannah for Moravian settlers
The Wachovia Historical Society of Winston-Salem NC sent a granite monument to Savannah Georgia to mark the Moravian colony 1735 to 1740. It will be unveiled next week on Oglethorpe square during Savannahs 200th founding anniversary.
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Winston-Salem
Wachovia Historical Society
Savannah
Georgia City
Oglethorpe Square
Wachovia Historical Society of
North Carolina
Mrs Peterman Acquitted Of Murder Charge In Charlotte Trial
Ruth Peterman was acquitted by a jury after a 35 minute deliberation in Charlotte. The case followed claims she killed her husband Roy L Peterman amid alcohol use. witnesses cited her earlier statements claiming she had killed him and the defense argued it was a drunken remark. The jury’s verdict aligned with a coroner’s inquest that blamed death on self harm. Peterman, a New York native, was surrounded by supporters in court as the verdict was read.
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Mrs. Peterman
Charlotte
Ruth Peterman
Roy L. Peterman
Utilities
Peterman
Mrs
Petermans
Pennsylvania
New York State
Japs Cease Attacks South of the Great Wall
Tokyo reports Japanese troops stop attacks and pursuit of Chinese forces south of the great wall of China. The campaign achieved objectives, expelling Chinese from areas east of the Luan river and beyond the wall west to Miyun, with a neutral zone to be held and renewed operations if needed.
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Tokyo
War Office
Great Wall of China
Jehol
Lwan River
Miyun
Japan
Peitai
North China
Manchuria
Arana the Great Wall
Great Wall
Extortionist Caught After Rosenwald Extortion Plot
Lessing J. Rosenwald aided police by engaging the extortionist in a call while undercover. Charles Weil a 29 year old unemployed clerk confessed after police traced the threats and money delivery plan. The notes began arriving March 20 and were turned over to authorities.
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Lessing
J. Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Charles Weil
Rosenwald
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