High Point Prohibition Case Tests NRA Blue Eagle
In Pittsburgh, workers at Weirton Steel begin ballots for collective bargaining as battles over NRA authority and possible Blue Eagle withdrawal loom. Ernest T. Weir and Hugh Johnson clash over legality, but voting proceeds in Weirton and Clarksburg mills and Steubenville.
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Ernest Weir
Hugh Johnson
Pittsburgh
NRA
Blue Eagle
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mills
Steubenville
Ernest T. Weir
Steel Company
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
Johnson
Weir
Boat Explodes at Georgetown Waterfront Injuring One
A state board of fisheries boat exploded and sank at the Georgetown South Carolina water front today injuring one person. The incident occurred in the early afternoon and authorities investigated the cause.
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Georgetown
State Board of Fisheries
North Carolina Cleaners Oppose Cash Delivery Price Gap
Salisbury delegates from 125 cleaners and dyers adopted a resolution against any price differential between cash and carry and delivery prices in the national industry code. The state meeting occurred today in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Association of Cleaners and Dyers
France Opens Default On War Debts To U S
France officially notified the United States of its intention to default on a payment of 22 million 200 thousand 826 dollars and 54 cents due today. The note was delivered to the state department by ambassador Andre De La Boulaye.
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Washington
France
United States
State Department
Andre de la Boulaye
Bank Robbery Near Midland Ends With Kidnapping
Midland Arkansas police report two men and a young woman robbed the Midland State Bank just after 10 this morning. They abducted Castiler Co. M. Finn, releasing him three miles north of Midland. The trio then drove toward Fort Smith with their captive.
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Midland
Ark
Midland State Bank
Castiler Co
M. Finn
Fort Smith
Coldest spot in nation hits 28 below in Maine
The coldest reading in the country yesterday was 28 below zero at Port Fairfield Maine. Fort Fairfield registered a frigid 44 below at 6:30 a.m., then rose to nine degrees warmer two hours later.
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Port Fairfield
Fort Fairfield
Will Rogers Remarks on Politics and Gold Boom
In Phoenix a humorous Will Rogers riff cites Roscoe Turner, political jabs at Democrats and Republicans, and the gold rush mood with Jesse, urging silver as money. He imagines a future king arriving with a pick and shovel as the coinage debate heats up.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roscoe Turner
Roscoe
France
Jesse Doves
Will
North Carolina Raises Civil Works Quota to 88000
Raleigh reports the NC civil works quota lifted from 83000 to 88000, adding 43 projects and 1547 jobs. About 76000 positions already approved. Federally funded “invisible quota” allocates 5570 workers across projects including Fort Bragg and cemetery work, with specific counts for sanitation, housing, surveys, and geodetic tasks.
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Raleigh
Thomas O’berry
Jackson County
Martin
Randolph
Surry
Swain
Union
Fort Bragg
New Bern
Salisbury
Wilmington
Lindberghs Land At San Pedro Port
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh land at San Pedro Port Dominican Republic after a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico Pan American Airways announced. They stay today to rest and resume toward Miami and New York tomorrow noting the airport and facilities.
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San Pedro
Dominican Republic
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pan-American Airways
Santo Domingo
Pan-American
Miami
New York
White Collar Workers to Be Hired for National Inventory
The Commerce Department estimates 11 000 white collar workers will be employed soon to inventory the nation's building situation. Willard L. Thorp says the effort will provide detailed local data to guide development, with roughly one enumerator per thousand residents. Cities listed include Asheville Greensboro Charleston and Columbia.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Willard L. Thorp
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Thorp
Asheville
Eng
Greensboro
Charleston
Columbia, S.C
Employment Office Puts 9 304 Into Jobs Last Week
Capus M. Waynick reported that the state reemployment service placed 9 304 unemployed people in jobs last week. Across 100 offices, 138 960 were registered seeking work. Public works led with 609 jobs, civil works 8 417, private businesses 314, women's work 315, relief workers 2 104, veterans aided 1 980.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
Thieves Loot Caldwell Bradford Store In Heist
Thieves raided the Caldwell Bradford store at Hunterstown night hours, taking 12 cartons of cigarets 50 pounds of sausage 24 cans of peas 300 pounds of flour 10 pounds of crackers 36 packages of snuff 500 shotgun shells four dozen mixed canned goods a bushel of apples nine pounds of coffee 10 pounds of beans four pairs of overalls 3 pounds of cheese several pairs of gloves 12 bottles of extract 15 packages of lard a case of smoking tobacco and three boxes of chewing tobacco.
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Huntersville
Caldwell- Bradford
Prospect Bright for Tobacco Tax Cut in Congress
Winston-Salem reports Rep. Frank Hancock of North Carolina says the upcoming congressional session holds an extremely bright prospect for a reduction in federal tobacco taxes.
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Winston-Salem
Frank Hancock
Supreme Court urged to rule on 18th amendment repeal impact
Solicitor General Biggs asked the high court to review a North Carolina case where defendants were discharged, arguing repeal collapses prosecutions and quashes indictments under federal prohibition law. The ruling could affect thousands of pending cases and convictions nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. Crawford Biggs
North Carolina
Johnson Hayes
Middle District
Hayes
Byrum Gibson
Claude Chambers
High Point
N. C
Chambers
Gibson
Biggs
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Eight Die in Polish Train Collision Near Poznan
Eight people are killed and more than twenty injured seriously in a train collision just outside Poznan near the main station. Victims are mostly schoolchildren on their way to class.
Wallaces view on inflation and farm relief in annual report
Secretary Wallace warns inflation is not a cure for farmers woes as he outlines a permanent crop control program and calls for regulation of grain speculation. He emphasizes balancing production with demand and the need for a national economic planning act. The report also covers the Civil Works Administration reaching a payroll of over four million and ongoing fund requests to sustain employment into spring.
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Wallace
Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
Hopkins
Ideal Plan Proposes 2 Percent Federal Sales Tax
Albany dispatch reports Tax Commissioner Mark Graves outlines an "ideal tax plan" to the Associated Press. The plan introduces a two percent federal sales tax with revenue shared to states, while preserving local taxes and broadening federal collection to streamline taxation across states.
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Albany
N. Y
Mark Graves
Maine
California
Associated Press
United States Treasury
Graves
New York State Tax Commission
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Illinois
Congress
Ister
Washington
Morgenthau urges major changes to income tax laws
Acting Secretary Morgenthau told the Ways and Means Committee that drastic revision of the income tax system is needed. He backed a plan for a single 4 percent rate on all net income and higher surtaxes on large incomes, while avoiding major business disruption.
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Washington
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Rosewell Magill
Union League club calls for return to gold standard
New York's Union League club adopts a resolution accusing the Roosevelt monetary policy of breach of trust and urging an immediate return to the gold standard. Former Gov Charles S. Whitman chairs the study. Arthur Ballantine criticizes current policy and tax law changes.
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New York
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Union League Club
Charles S. Whitman
Union League Club of
Arthur A. Ballantine
the Treasury
Hoover
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