Executives Meeting on Railway Wage Cuts
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to raise beer alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight under the Collier bill and to levy a five dollar per barrel tax. Speaker Garner avoided committing on a general sales tax during the short session amid pressure to balance the budget with beer revenue. Treasury estimates fell short of booster figures for the plan.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Garner
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
War debts update shows Greece past due and others pay
England Czecho Slovakia Italy Finland Lithuania Latvia make payments. Itemized accounts show nations owing Uncle Sam. Washington reports Dec 15 AP: war debts due today total 4,084,421, a portion related to Greece now past due with 217,920 in interest and 357,000 in principal.
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England
Czecho- Slovakia
Italy
Finland
Lithuania
Latvia
Washington
Greece
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
France
Belgium
Hungary
Esthenia
Poland
Finlad
Herriot Declines Formation of New French Cabinet
Premier Herriot refused a commission to form a new government after Lebrun recalled Camille Chautemps as next choice. He stated he would not join a cabinet for reasons of confidence. Amid the crisis, discussions noted that any formal U S notification would go through Ambassador Claudel.
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Paris
Herriot
Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Interior
United States
Claudel
Washington
Ministry of Finance
Mayor urges clemency to save expectant mother from electric chair
In Columbia, Mayor Dr. L. B. Owens and others petition Governor Blackwood to commute Beatrice Ferguson Snipes’s death sentence for murder in York County. The first woman slated for the electric chair in the state, she is pregnant. Gov Blackwood has received nationwide pleas and says action could come before April 7.
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Columbia
D. C
Tl. B. Owens
Blackwood
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
York County
Owens
Sudan Shrine to Hold Winter Ceremonial January 26
The Sudan Shrine temple announces its annual business meeting and winter ceremonial will be held here January 26. Charlies A. Seifert, temple recorder, disclosed the plans.
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New Bern
Sudan Shrine Temple
Charlies A. Seifert
Temple Recorder
Hines Recommends Huge Cuts In Vets' Benefits
Frank T. Hines urged a joint congressional committee to save about one billion dollars in veterans hospital construction over 33 years and cut annual appropriations by nearly twelve million dollars. He said savings come if existing facilities are expanded rather than building new institutions, risking many vacant beds if the current policy continues.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
Frank T. Hines
Veteran's Affairs
Hines
Rumor Paul Redfern Held In Jungles
New York December reports claim Paul Redfern of Georgia, missing five years on a flight to Brazil, may be held by a savage tribe in the Amazon as a captive king. An unnamed aviator allegedly saw Redfern alive in the jungle near Manaus, prompting renewed rescue expeditions and hopes voiced by his Georgia father and Rochester uncle.
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New York
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Brazil
Amazon
Redfern
Richard Redfern
Rochester
N. Y
Manaus
Five Robbers Hit Bank of Manhattan Trust on 196th Street
Five robbers robbed the Bank of Manhattan Trust on 196th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue this morning, escaping with about $15,000 after tear gas was used. They fled in a waiting taxi, alarms spread via radio as police pursued through the Bronx. The bank staff, including the manager, assistant manager, paying teller, and three women, were held at gunpoint while the vault was opened.
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New York
Bank of Manhattan Trust Company
196Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Bronx
Drafting Beer Bill Set for House Action Before Christmas
Washington December 15. The actual drafting of a beer bill for presentation to the House for action before Christmas was undertaken today by the House. The move follows recent parleys and signals an expedited timetable for legislative consideration.
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Washington
House
Colleges Suffered Little By Low Mood
Dr William P Few president of Duke University said colleges have suffered little from the economic low mood. He spoke in Nashville at a meeting of the educational council of the Methodist Church South noting colleges have withstood distressing times better than banks or industry.
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Nashville
Tenn
William P. Few
Duke University
Unknown borrows from charity box
In Rocky Mount on December 15 a Salvation Army charity box contained a 15 cent unsigned I O U. Officials say a needy fel low took a loan and they hope it will be repaid.
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Rocky Mount
Salvation Army
Nations Pay War Debts as Britain and France Clash
Nearly one hundred million dollars in war debt installments were paid in Washington while six nations met obligations and five defaulted. In Paris Herriot, ousted over unpaid US dues, refused to form a new ministry as France facing crisis. Britain paid 95.55 million in gold to American credit, sparking patriotic headlines.
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Washington
Paris
Herriot
United States
London
Britain
Berlin
France
Germany
Lithuania
Italy
Czecho- Slovaka
Finland
Latvia
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Belgium
Poland
Hungary
Esthenia
Creece
Farm leaders oppose stabilization provisions in relief plan
Washington observers report that organized farm groups urged passing the domestic allotment relief plan but favored preserving aspects of the farm board act except for stabilization provisions. Frederick T. Lee testified that abolishing the farm board is not desired while supporting cooperative and educational work, to be continued under the board or the secretary of agriculture. He said the proposed wheat cotton tobacco and hog allotments would remain voluntary and likely attract producer support.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Farm Board Act
Farm Board
Andreson
Minn
Frederick T. Lee
New Farm Board
Anderson
Lee
Secretary of Agriculture
Highway Body to Meet Raleigh Tomorrow
The state highway commission will meet in Raleigh tomorrow. Chairman RE. B. Jeffress said only routine business was scheduled for consideration.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
RE. B. Jeffress
Railroad unions propose extended wage cuts into 1934
In Chicago on December 15 union rail labor proposed extending a 19 percent wage reduction past the January 31 expiry, with the 10 percent cut kept until January 31, 1934. Either side could seek changes in January 1934, potentially extending the deduction for two more months.
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Chicago
C. D. McKay
The
Southern
H. A. Enochs
Pennsylvania
J. T. Gillicks
Milwaukee
W. Galloway
P. R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line
W. 4. Jenks
Norfolk & Western
W. F. Thichoff
Burlington
J. G. Walker
New York Central
Union Railway Labor
State board to meet in Raleigh for routine monthlies
Raleigh, December 15. The state board of equalization will hold its monthly meeting here tomorrow. Secretary Leroy Martin said only routine business would be considered.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Leroy Martin
Fugitive Burns Behind Bars After Georgia Escape
Newark dispatch details Robert Elliott Burns, famed as I am a fugitive from a chain gang, being jailed in New Jersey. Georgia officials plan extradition while Burns and his lawyer vow to fight. governor action awaited.
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Newark
N. d
Robert Elliott Burns
Burns
Georgia Prison Commission
Atlanta
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Vivian Lb. Stanley
Charles Handler
Vincent Burns
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Troup County
Chrome
East Orange
Two Negroes to face execution. white men spared in clemency
In Raleigh on December 15, Aleck Grier and Harvey Wallace were prepared for execution at the state prison, while Joe Stafford and Ed Deaver received clemency and reprieve. Tyre Taylor said no change was needed, and Governor Gardner signed the clemency actions after investigations.
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Raleigh
State
H. H. Honeycutt
Aleck Grier
Gaston County
Harvey Wallace
Lee County
Cumnock
Tyre Taylor
Gardner
Taylor
Joe Stafford
Wayne County
Ed Deaver
Columbus
United States Reports War Debt Payments From Six Nations
Washington Dec 15 the United States today collected war debt payments from six nations while five unable or determined not to pay went into default Greece had already defaulted on Nov 10 Great Britain was first to have its transfer announced with the Bank of England notifying Secretary Mills (truncated)
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Washington
United States
Greece
Great Britain
Milla
Bank of England
Bernard Shaw Bids Farewell To London
Bernard Shaw leaves London with Mrs. Shaw for the south of France aboard a world cruise plan. He jokes about giving Ireland to the United States and liquidating war debts. The Shaws will visit the Holy Land, India, Siam, China and America.
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London
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
France
Ireland
United States
Shaws
Holy Land
India
Siam
China
America
Victoria Station
Publisher Granted Divorce Last Month
Riga Latvia report shows Edward B. McLean publisher of The Washington Post obtained a divorce here last month. Authorities suppress details of divorces involving foreigners, so the exact decree date could not be ascertained.
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Riga
Latvia
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
Harvard graduate sparks uproar over columnist joke
Beverly Hills report describes Chariton Ogburn Jr., a 23 year old Harvard graduate, whose attempt at a worthwhile cause triggered strong reception and debate in the press. The piece notes Harvard’s eight year schooling and a public appetite for not taking certain figures too seriously.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
New York Times
Times
Harvard
Chariton Ogburn, Jr
America
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