Bill Passes by Huge Vote to Create Tennessee Valley Authority
The House approved the Hill bill by 306 to 91 to create a government Tennessee Valley Authority to manage Muscle Shoals, build dams on the Tennessee River, lease nitrate plants, and develop power, with a $50 million bond issue and $10 million appropriation. The measure directs the TVA to operate sites for defense, agriculture, and flood control, and to sell surplus power with priority to states and municipalities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
House
Senate
Rankin
D-Miss
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cove Creek
Ciinech River
Tennessee River
Congress
Tennessee
Roosevelt's Conferences Back World Disarmament Effort
President Roosevelt’s talks with foreign leaders provide the world disarmament conference with its strongest moral support to date. Delegates discuss concrete arms reductions linked to economic recovery, amid fears of invasion and staged by Franco German tensions. France ties disarmament to security, while Germany seeks parity with allies and argues Versailles limits no longer apply.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
Roosevelt
Washington
Norman H. Davis
United States
France
Germany
Mussolini
Directorate For
Europe
Rhine
White House hosts talks on Paris pact and armament limits
Washington April 25 The Roosevelt MacDonald Herriot talks push for advisory consult to reinforce the Kellogg Briand pact amid London conference efforts to revive world trade and curb armaments. Hull noted bipartisan backing for consultative action and discussed prospects for U S adherence as Geneva talks resume. French experts joined state department discussions with Herriot aides preparing extended exchanges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
MacDonald
Great Britain
Herriot
France
London
White House
Hull
Geneva
State Department
M. Herriot
Beverly Hills Talk on Gold Standard and France Veto
A Beverly Hills radio reminiscence discusses the debate over leaving the gold standard, noting France's veto and fears that nations would target the holder of gold. The speaker muses about alternatives like silver or paper and contrasts them with personal sentimental beads or wampum.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Prussian Education Minister Dismisses 26 Jewish Professors
Berlin April 25 AP reports the Prussian minister of education fired 18 professors at Frankfurt University, six at Goettingen, and two at Marburg for being Jews or leftists. He warned more dismissals could follow.
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Berlin
Frankfurt University
Goettingen University
Marburg
Dies introduces bill to abolish Lowell federal judgeship
A resolution to abolish Judge James A. Lowell of Boston was introduced by Rep Dies Democrat Texas after Lowell freed George Crawford, sought in Middleburg Virginia for the slayings of Mrs Agnes Boeing Illsley and her maid Nina Buckner.
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Washington
James A. Lowell
Boston
George Crawford
Middleburg
Agnes Boeing Illsley
Nina Buckner
Representative Dies
Democrat
Texas
Turner W Battle Joins Labor Dept Post In Name
Turner W Battle of Rocky Mount North Carolina has assumed duties as assistant to Secretary Frances Perkins in the labor department, but it was stated today that his commission had not yet been signed by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Turner W. Battle
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Frances Perkins
Labor Department
Roosevelt
House Banking Committee Backs Roosevelt Mortgage Refinancing
The house banking committee today ordered a favorable report on the Roosevelt 2,000,000 home mortgage refinancing plan. The proposal aims to ease financing for homeowners and stimulate housing by streamlining loan terms and reducing interest costs.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Wenrich Pleads Guilty to Embezzling 10658 Dollars
Greensboro April 25 AP W J Wenrich former Southern Public Utilities Company employee pleads guilty to embezzling 10658 dollars from 1927 to 1932 in superior court and receives a 10 to 15 year state prison sentence.
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Greensboro
W. J. Wenrich
Southern Public Utilities Company
North Carolina Public Employees Face 25 Percent Pay Cut
Raleigh April 26 State departmental employees received April paychecks reflecting a 25 percent cut under the March scale. Governor Ehringhaus, as budget director, issued a memorandum modifying March notices that forecast a roughly 50 percent reduction for April through June. The governor also reduced his own salary by 15 percent from $10 000 yearly. The memo notes it was expected to liquidate April payrolls at about three-quarters of normal and to adjust May and June payrolls if feasible, with possible further relief in the fourth quarter.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Ehringhaus
Open Trade In Manchukuo Based On Recognition
Tokyo April 25 AP Tokuzo Komai privy councillor for Manchukuo says an open door and equal trade in Manchuria depend on recognition of Manchukuo by other nations. He details a campaign for the Japan Manchukuo economic bloc seeking special tariffs and privileges. Foreign firms showing friendliness will get special facilities regardless of their nation.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchuria
Tokuzo Komai
Manchukuo
Komai
Japan
Changchun
Chicago Schools Face Closure Amid Teacher Strike
Chicago including April 25 report that 6,000 teachers on spring vacation left a heated session with bank officials, as Orville J. Taylor vows to close schools within two to three weeks unless pay disputes are resolved. He may alter curricula to protect graduates and college plans.
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Chicago
Orville J. Taylor
Board of Education
Taylor
Henry Horner
William J. Bogan
City Corporation
William H. Sexton
Springfield
State Assembly
Cook County
Sexton
Coalition Talks Surface Over Inflation Bill Clash
Raleigh reports 1100 men from Mecklenburg and 13 counties called to train for Roosevelt reforestation in a state civilian corps with 6500 planned. Recruits go through Charlotte, Fort Bragg, then western NC camps in forests and Smokies. In Washington, a Republican‑Democrat coalition idea to strike the gold content clause and seek free coinage of silver circulates amid inflation bill debate.
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Raleigh
Charlotte
Roosevelt
Governor's Office of Relief
Mecklenburg
Army
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Gaston
Cleveland
Lincoln
Catawba
Iredell
Rowan
Stanly
Montgomery
Richmond
Anson
Union
Cabarrus
Davidson
Washington
Glilver
Wheeler
King
Senate
Reed
R-Pa
D-Mont
Utah
House
Wisconsin Ratifies Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Madison Wis April 25 Wisconsin's constitutional convention cast a unanimous vote to repeal the eighteenth amendment The state became the second to ratify repeal following Michigan and moves toward ending federal prohibition
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Union
Standley Named To Succeed Pratt As Naval Chief
Washington April 25 Vice Admiral William H Standley of California chosen to succeed Admiral William V Pratt as chief of naval operations the navy's highest command Secretary Swanson announced Pratt will retire but remain pending Geneva disarmament conference action.
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Washington
William H. Standley
California
William V. Pratt
Navy
Swanson
Pratt
Relief Fund Bill Nears Final Congressional O.K.
The administration proposal to create a 500 million dollar unemployment relief fund nears final approval as the Senate Banking Committee backs the measure after House passage. The bill would appoint a federal relief administrator to distribute the first 250 million to states based on prior expenditures, with each state limited to one third of its three month outlays.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Wagner
N. Y
Costigan
D. Colo
LaFollette
R. Wis
Committee
Police Seek Dick Redfern Brother Says Private Farewell Note
Rochester police and coast guard crews hunt for a man believed to be the jumper from Veterans Memorial Bridge. Edwin C Redfern says he received a private farewell note from his brother and knows nothing of a Brazilian expedition tied to missing aviator Paul Redfern.
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Rochester
N. Y
Edwin C. Redfern
Richard 8
Redfern
Para
Brazil
Amazon
Tom Roche
Roche
Rio de Janeiro
Edwin Redfern
Canada Off Gold Standard Sparks Dollar Support
New York reports the dollar firming as Canada suspends gold redemption on Dominion notes via an order in council. Officials say Canada has operated under a de facto off gold standard since September 1931, with about 50 percent note coverage and gold exports restricted by license.
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New York
Canada
Great Britain
E. N. Rhodes
House of Commons
Wall Street
United States
England
Order-In-Council
Candaa
Uncle's long search for missing nephew ends after bridge jump
Richard C. Redfern believed to have leaped from a bridge in Brunswick. He had spent his life savings seeking his nephew Paul Redfern who vanished during an attempted flight to Brazil and was repeatedly reported alive among Brazilian tribes. Redfern visited Brunswick last October hoping to organize another expedition.
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Brunswick
Richard C. Redfern
Rochester
N. Y
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Phillip Owen Dies At Southmont Home
Phillip Owen 77 died at his Southmont area home Friday morning after a brief illness caused by a stroke two weeks earlier. Burial was in Macedonia cemetery after services at Macedonia Methodist church. He is survived by his widow and seven children including Mrs. Boswell Kinney High Point and Mrs. A C Capley.
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Southmont
Phillip Owen
Here
Macedonai
Macedonia Methodist Church
Boswell Kinney
High Point
A. C. Capley
Samuel Owen
Louis Carrick
Hea Springs
Lee Maffner
Rowan County
Luther Owen
Linwood
Ivan Owen
Late Dr. Kesler Honored At Tri State Orphanage Meet
The Tri State conference of orphanage workers met in Raleigh at the Methodist orphanage with O V Woosley presiding. memorial services honored the late Dr M L Kesler former Mills Home head as sessions continued with Duke's Elbert Russell to speak.
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Dr. Kesler
Raleigh
Tri-State Conference of Orphanage Workers of
Carolinas
Georgia
Methodist
O. V. Woosley
Methodist Children’s Home
Winston-Salem
A. §. Barnes
H. Daughtery
Georgia Masonic
A. T. Jamison
Connie Maxwell
South Carolina
Elbert Russell
Duke University
M. L. Kesler
Mills
Florida
Virginia
W. D. Roberts
Epworth Methodist Orphanage
Columbia, D. C
Daniels Begins Duties as U S Ambassador to Mexico
Josephus Daniels starts as United States ambassador in Mexico City after a warm welcome from President Abelardo Rodríguez. Over the coming week he plans a dozen official calls, two receptions, and numerous appointments, with ceremonies for the Acsan colony and a diplomatic reception noted.
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Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
Abelardo Rodrigues
United States
Ascan
Coop
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