Senate Wants To Sponsor Anti War Profits Legislation
The Senate munitions committee seeks control over any White House proposed bills to take profits out of war and plans to carry on its arms inquiry indefinitely. The panel would refer administration recommendations to the Senate, allowing rewriting or disapproval. The War Department opposes nationalizing the munitions industry, signaling a policy clash with the administration.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Bernard Baruch
Nye
R-Nd
Baruch
White House
War Department
Plan to pay veterans 1200 million if accepted
A compromise bonus proposal would pay cash to veterans in 1935 and date certificates to Armistice Day 1918. It estimates about 1.2 billion in cash and 1 billion saved for the treasury, with 17 year maturity and reduced interest gains. Representatives Patman and administration views loom large.
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Washington
Treasury
Bonus Group
Veterans Bureau
Capitol Hill
Congress
Patman
D-Tex
State offices close for Christmas vacation in Raleigh
Last minute news flash from Raleigh says all state offices closed this afternoon for annual Christmas vacation except revenue building windows where automobile licenses are sold. Offices will reopen at noon Wednesday as employees take time off.
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Raleigh
Roper urges local groups for community relief needs
Secretary Roper spoke at the New England Society banquet in Charleston urging every town to form local organizations to manage relief and support economic recovery. He warned federal overreach undermines states rights and democratic foundations and outlined a six point program for individuals to aid local self government.
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Secretary of Commerce
Charleston
S. C
Roper
New England Society of Charleston
Advisors to President on PWA Divided
A six billion dollar difference split presidential advisors over next year public works spending. The range ran from three billion to nine billion with expectations for a decision within ten days. A New York meeting of recovery groups on January 11 will precede talks with agriculture and labor leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Mail plane lost over Tennessee search continues
A missing American Airlines Lockheed Vega monoplane vanished after departing Louisville at 2 40 a m bound for Nashville. Ground search by guards from Nashville Fort Knox and air recon by 105th squadron covered central Tennessee as pilots reported rough terrain and possible off route diversion. Pilot Russell Riggs carried mail and express and may have landed off route with radio dead, investigators say.
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Nashville
Louisville
Russell Riggs
National Guard
Middle Tennessee
105Th Observation Squadron
Opie Lindsey
Paul Sloan
William Catron
Wendell McCoy
Sloan
Riggs
American Airlines
Fort Worth
Texas
Weather Outlook for South Carolina Cotton Regions
Fair Sunday followed by rain Sunday night or Monday. Little temperature change. Rainfall expected in principal cotton growing areas and surrounding regions for the 24 hours ending 6 PM.
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South Carolina
Aztire
Federal Taxation On Crop Productions Loom Nearer
Washington reports growing push toward compulsory crop limits as Kerr-Smith tobacco referendum shows strong farmer backing and Bankhead cotton act support. Officials fear self-sufficiency trends and funding shifts, yet may accept farmer will for broader controls if demanded.
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Washington
EAA
United States
Wallace
Makes Death Certain Then Changes Mind
William King, 24, a farm laborer in Sioux Falls South Dakota, slashed his throat and attempted to swallow a six inch pocket knife to die. At the hospital doctors found the knife in his windpipe and planned surgery to remove it, though the outcome was uncertain. He then stuffed a blue bandana into the wound and walked a half mile for help.
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Sioux Falls
William King
King
Richberg Warns Magazine Printing Johnson's Story
Donald R. Richberg, recovery coordinator, warns The Saturday Evening Post it must accept full legal responsibility if it prints General Hugh S. Johnson’s forthcoming articles. He says many Johnson charges can be disproved by documentary evidence and credible witnesses.
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Saturday Evening Post
Hugh Johnson
Richberg
Associated Press
Washington
Donald R. Richberg
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
George Horace Lorimer
General Johnson
Johnson
White House
Richbere
Perkins
Lorimer
Congress weighs nation wide cures as new proposals rise
As the 74th Congress nears, leaders report at least a dozen plans to fund soldiers bonuses, old age and unemployment relief. Major agendas show billions in new appropriations while Roosevelt outlines a restrained path in his upcoming message focusing on familiar national ideals and recovery.
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White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Betty Gow Guarded On Way To Testify At Trial
A relative says Betty Gow is en route to the United States under close guard aboard the Aquitania to testify against Bruno Hauptmann. Scottish papers question the move claiming she remains in Scotland, while authorities in New York prepare protection upon her arrival.
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Betty Gow
Associated Press
Greenock
Scotland
Lindbergh
United States
Aquitania
New York
Miss Gow
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Southampton
America
Foreign troops reinforce Saar as plebiscite nears
About 3,000 troops from Britain Italy Holland and Sweden entered Saar Basin with German approval as four day peace truce begins ahead of the January 13 plebiscite. Nazis in Saar mock the league mission while Laval says France stays out.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Saarbuecken
Saar Basin
Rhineland
Britain
Italy
Holland
Sweden
League of Nations
League
Germany
France
League of Nations Governing Commission
Saar
Rhine
Pierre Laval
The
Boy, 11, Dies in Accidental Shooting in Lumberton
In Lumberton on December 22 Homer Haywood aged 11 was killed in an accidental shooting by his 17 year old brother Robert during a playful tumble over a gun. A coroner's jury classified the death as accidental.
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Lumberton
Homer Haywood
Robert
Randleman Stores Do Large Business
Randleman merchants reported the town’s largest pay day in ten years with about $12,000 paid to mill workers. Normally weekly pay ranges from $5,000 to $7,000, but holiday payrolls brought a surge as mills paid today.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
Boston
Federal Reserve District
Randleman
Inquest Planned Into Apex Man’s Death
Raleigh coroner L. M. Waring announced an inquest will be held next week into the death of Frank Clark of Apex, who died in a late night automobile accident.
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Raleigh
L. M. Waring
Wake County
Frank Clark
Testimony Continues In Nine State Trial Case
State prosecutors present further testimony in the Johnston county girls kidnapping case involving nine defendants. Evidence includes alleged inducements to other young women and Alex Beasley aiding his daughter in securing girls for a New York apartment, with Beasley paid for help. Jury heard Lucille Wallace testimony about calls to go to New York. Court adjourned until Monday and Christmas Day.
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Smithfield
Johnston County
New York
Alex Beasley
Sarah Beasley Krane
Mrs. Krane
Margaret Lee Keen
Clinton Beasley
Pearl Beasley
al Beasley
Nellie B. Beasley
Almop Keen
Arthur Krane
Arl
Josephine Smith
Camelia Price
Ogells Barbour
Krane
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