Extra Session Looms as Congress Debates Sales Tax
Congress weighs a national sales tax to balance the budget. Senate Finance Chairman Smoot argues for the tax with farm exemptions possible. Speaker Garner and House leaders discuss timing and scope. A Ways and Means survey is set to begin January 3 to assess the fiscal needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Garner
House Appropriations Committee
Burns
Tennessee
Ways and Means
Congress
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Tenn
Cochran
Hoover
Reconstruction Corporation
Representative Howard
Neb
Extradition bid for Samuel Insull rejected by Greek courts
Greek courts today rejected an American petition for the extradition of Samuel Insull former Chicago Utilities official. Proceedings outlined that alleged financial acts tied to his utilities interests could be crimes under Greek law while defense contended Insull acted within company by laws. The hearing opened at 9:30 a.m. with translators appointed and defense attorneys named.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Pandelis Rapatrichis
Christos Ladas
Dionysi Lezarimos
Arthur Page
Riganakos
Ladas
Cose
Mottures
Pvp
Martin
Canada
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Martin Insull
Democrats Plan To Carry Party Program Forward
Raleigh report notes Mrs. E. Forsythe ordered held without bond after Miss Myrtle Gardner died from an alleged criminal operation. George Clifton of Coats is held as an accessory. Gardner formerly lived in Angier, Hartnett county, and was taken to a hospital from Forsythe’s home.
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ER. E. Forsythe
Raleigh
Bond
Myrtle Gardner
Four Oaks
George Clifton
Coats
Gardner
Angier
Hartnett County
Forsythe
Clarence Barbour
Sixty four die in South during Christmas weekend
ATLANTA Ga Dec 27 The south counted sixty four dead from its Christmas holiday accidents as routine activities were resumed today Thirty eight died in automobile mishaps five from eating poisoned Christmas cake one from alcoholic poisoning six from drowning five in accidental shootings four in railway accidents one in a faulty parachute jump and others in miscellaneous accidents North Carolina had nine fatalities.
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Atlanta
South
North Carolina
Carolina Beach Hotel Destroyed By Fire Near Wilmington
The Carolina Beach hotel, a resort inn on the beach near Wilmington, was destroyed by fire yesterday. It was vacant at the time and valued at $56,000, with $15,000 of insurance. Mayor McC. McIver of Carolina Beach owned the property.
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Wilmington
Carolina Beach
Mc. C. McIver
Christmas charity saves scattered desert family
A Santa Monica note describes Western Air Lines pilots raising $80 to buy clothes and toys for a lonely Escalante desert family after the father’s death. They flew low on Christmas day delivering help by plane and radio, a true godsend to isolated ranches.
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CIAL
Santa Monica
Escalante Desert
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Western Air Run
Recovery Start Seen by R F C Director in Arkansas
Pine Bluff Arkansas December 27 Harvey Couch director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp expressed belief that recovery from the depression has started and the greatest need now is patience. He advised people to analyze their own problems and work toward progress to spur nationwide improvement. He cautioned against passing useless or injurious legislation during the period.
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Pineblufp
Ark
Harvey
Couch
Recauusvedine Finance Corporation
Miners Buried Alive After Fatal Moweaqua Mine Blast
Rescue workers delved into the shattered Moweaqua mine where 14 men remained trapped 700 feet underground after a gas explosion Saturday. Forty bodies have been recovered. crews tunneled through rock and timbers as they pressed to reach the entombed. Officials warned the search could span days.
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Moweaqua
Ill
Christmas Birth for Mrs Heff on Her Birthday
Mrs Raymond Heff of Hagerstown celebrated Christmas Day with the birth of her daughter at Washington County Hospital. The mother was born December 25 1907 and married on December 25 1929 making the day doubly special.
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Hagerstown
Raymond Heff
Heff
Washington County Hospital
Special sub committee to cut fixed annual expenditures
Washington December 27 A special appropriations sub committee was designated by Chairman Burns to reduce fixed annual expenditures estimated by Byrnes at more than 140 million dollars excluding the public debt. The costs are fixed by legislation and continue annually.
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Washington
House
Burns
Byrnes
North Carolina Bank Liquidation Funds Paid to Creditors
The liquidating division reports total payments of 1 118 145 92 to 28 710 creditors of closed North Carolina banks since October 1 1933 Depositors received 713 485 71 secured creditors 307 263 76 and preferred creditors 97 296 45 while only 123 497 65 was borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Loans to liquidating agents at Citizens Bank of Mount Olive and Merchants Bank Durham were noted as repaid or curtailed.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
State Bank
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hood
Citizens Bank of Mount Olive
Merchants Bank
Durham
Ahoskie Bank
Ahoskie
Angier Bank and Trust Co
Angier
Bank of Badin
Badin
Beaufort Banking and Trust Co
Beaufort
Farmers Bank
Belhaven
Bank of Chadbourn
Chadbourn
Continental Trust Co
Charlotte
Carolina Banking and Trust Co
Columbia
Bank of Clinton
Clinton
Elizabeth City
Savings Bank and Trust Cn
Elm City Bank
Elm City
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank
Garysburg
Peoples Bank
Gastonia
Bank of Grifton
Grifton
Carolina State Bank
Gibson
Bank of Grover
Grover
Bank of Goldston
Goldston
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Kinston
Rivers Rise Over South Threaten Mississippi Floods
Flood warnings extend along the upper St. Francis and Missouri rivers as Mississippi tributaries rise. Chanoia Missouri and Fort Smith Arkansas report stage increases with Friday forecasts. Evacuations of livestock and property proceed in affected Arkansas and Oklahoma when the Arkansas River floods lowlands.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Upper
St. Francis River
United States
Missouri
Arkansas
Chanoia
Francis
Ark
Poteau
Arkansas River
Forth Smith
Oklahoma
Husband's Safety Is Best Christmas Gift
Mrs. Paul Redfern, widow of the aviator missing five years during a non stop flight attempt to Brazil, says a report of his safety is the most welcome Christmas gift. The tale places him as living with a tribe in the Rio Madeira region near Amazonas and Mato Grosso borders.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Redfern
Rio Madeira
Amazonas
Matto Grosso
Old Man Earth Bump Tied to Moon's Pull Found
The Atlantic City report says a traveling bump on Earth caused by the moon stretches the planet and widens ocean distances up to 63 feet at times. Alfred Loomis and Harlan Stetson presented evidence showing daily crustal stretching affects star time measurements from Greenwich and the U S Naval Observatory.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Ocean
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Alfred L. Loomis
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Harlan Stetson
Ohio Wesleyan University
New York
London
Greenwich Observatory
England
U. S. Naval Observatory
Earth
Four Negroes Held In Woman's Death
Four Black defendants were detained at Jefferson County jail in Dandridge Tennessee for questioning in the assault and slaying of Addey Rainwater a 53 year old inmate at the county poor farm Her body and clothing were found in a thicket near Dandridge by a youth with doctors saying she had been dead since Sunday Police launched a broad investigation.
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Dandridge
Tenn
Jefferson County
Addey Rainwater
Here
Southern Railway Reports November Net Income
The Southern Railway company announced November net railway income of 576 025 dollars, up from 569 262 dollars in November 1931.
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Southern
New York
Southern Railway Company Today
Indians Boast of a Perfect Solution On In-Law Problem
In Cleveland Chief Wi-Hi-hi-pa of the Ogallalla Sioux says a perfect solution to the mother-in-law issue keeps divorcee numbers low among his people. He explains a brave never speaks to his mother-in-law except through his wife and that the wife’s mother is not allowed to look at her son-in-law. He notes this as a reason there is no divorce among his people as he tours en route to Austria for a Boy Scout jamboree.
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Cleveland
Wi-Hi-hi-pa
Austria
Passengers on Cameronia Stricken by Influenza
Nearly half of the 900 passengers aboard the Cameronia arriving from New York suffered a mild influenza. Rough mid Atlantic weather aided spread, but after two days many were back to normal health upon arrival in Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Cameronia
New York
mid-Atlantic
Head Man In Line At Annual Reception Will Be Given Rest
Washington December 27 For six years J W Hunefeld a Washington painter has headed the line at the White House New Year reception This year no reception will be held as President and Mrs Hoover are on a fishing trip in the South The event typically drew 3000 to 6000 handshakes Hunefeld has often been first to arrive when not others were invited for breakfast and he once refused to be No 1 in line to preserve the honor
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Washington
J W. Hunefeld
White House
Washingtonian
House urged to probe eviction of bonus army in Washington
Washington dispatch says Representative Black urged a House inquiry into the uncalled for eviction of the bonus army from Washington at bayonet point. Florida desk reports President Hoover and his fishing party arrived in St. Augustine at 1 pm today.
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Washington
Representative Black
Bonus Army
ST. Augustine
Fla
Hoover
Expenditures Chief Proposes Hoover Agency Shakedown
Chairman Cochran of the House expenditures committee prepared a resolution to disapprove President Hoover s program for regrouping government agencies.
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Washington
Cochran
House Expenditures Committee
Hoover
House passes second appropriation bill for interior department
The house approved the second appropriation bill carrying 43 632 000 for the interior department next year and sent it to the senate. The proposed 460 000 addition for a power and heating plant at Howard University, a federally supported Negro school, was defeated 188 to 105 after a push by the sole Negro member.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Senate
Howard University
Resolution Calls HAC Report on Early Loans
A resolution introduced by Representative Howard of Nebraska urges the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to report to the House loans it made during the first five months of its existence.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Howard
Neb
Scout leaders to hear Atlanta superintendent in Gastonia
Dr Willis A Sutton superintendent of public schools at Atlanta will address the Piedmont council of Boy Scouts annual meeting in Gastonia on January 10. The event gathering scouts and leaders aims to discuss programs and community impact in the Piedmont region.
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Gastonia
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
Piedmont Council of Boy Scouts
Soviet Union Slows Pace in Second Five Year Plan
Moscow reports the second five year plan aims to slow feverish industry while boosting light industry and local production. investment for 1933 is about 9 billion rubles, with emphasis on improving living standards, food distribution, and reducing reliance on heavy, large scale projects.
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Moscow
Russia
Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic
Soviet Union
Baltic
North Pacific
Soviet Russia
Russian Republic
Red Parliament
Dnieprostroy
Doier
Caldwell Bound To Higher Court On Assault Charge
Dr. W. C. Caldwell a veterinary surgeon was bound over to the superior court after a preliminary hearing on charges of assaulting his wife with intent to kill His bond rose from 1000 to 1250 Sheriff F C McCormick said Public sentiment influenced the action Mrs Caldwell was found injured at a neighbor’s home after a call to police from a man claiming to be Caldwell He was later arrested in Concord A Cabarrus county native.
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Laurinburg
W. C. Caldwell
F. C. McCormick
Caldwell
Concord
Cabarrus County
Milk Plant Robbed By Masked Bandit
A masked bandit entered a Memphis milk plant yesterday with a gun and demanded the cashier surrender receipts worth 1233 dollars. He cut telephone lines, then fled after wiping fingerprints from the door knob.
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Tenn
Sam Walsh
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Idaho
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Texas
Arthur Capper
Kansas
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Carolina Hotel
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