Supreme Court Fails To Rule On TVA Validity
Washington February ten the supreme court did not decide the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority amid a crowd of lawyers and legislators. The court did rule that a Louisiana two percent receipts tax on advertising and newspapers was unconstitutional, striking down the levy as an impermissible restriction on speech and press.
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ICE Floe
Reree
Supreme Court
TVA
Washington
Justin
Huey Long
Louisia
Sutherland
New York State
Roberts
Jarity
Borden's
Farmroducts, Inc
McReynolds, Sutherland
McReynolds
Nority
New York City
Mayflower Farms, Inc
Justice Roberts
Brandeis
Stone d Cardozo
Louisiana
Japan Plans To Close Doors Of China To U S
Senate foreign relations leader Pittman accuses Japan of ruthlessly threatening China and vows US naval and air power to defend rights. He cites Manchuria conquest as violating the League of Nations and Kellogg Briand pact.
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Japan
Statler
China
U. S
Pittman
Washington
America
D-Ney
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Weather forecast for Carolina and adjacent coasts
The forecast calls for colder temperatures tonight and Tuesday with a hard freeze along the coast. Fresh north winds prevail from Jacksonville to the Hook of Hatteras with partly overcast skies.
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Carolina
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Hook
Hatteras
France Seeks New Military Ties in Eastern Europe
Paris reports France advancing two prongs of security talks to counter potential German re arming. Diplomatic moves push for a five power Daubian pact and detailed Franco Soviet mutual aid negotiations while French officials press for action on the Austria defense pledge.
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Associated Press
Paris
Europe
Andre Niessel
Reich
Rhine Sone
Supreme War Council
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Milan Hodza
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Austria
Mikhail Toukatchevsky
Chamber of Deputies
Marie Gustave
Driver Mistakes Moonlit Locomotive for Moon in Fog
Marion Ohio Feb 10 a postal clerk Mac Roy Faspaes thought he would collide with the moon. He stopped his automobile and discovered it was a railroad locomotive with its headlight dimly visible through hazy weather.
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Marion, &. C
Mac Roy Faspaes
Po- Heeman Mac Thompson
Borah Accused of New Deal Leanings by Fess
Senator Borah faces renewed criticism from Simeon Fess who implies Borah favors the New Deal. The dispute mirrors Republican rifts as Borah challenges the favored son delegation tactic and calls for clear candidate declarations on presidential choice.
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Borah
Washington
Idaho
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Fess
Borah-Fess
Old Guard
State Central Committee
Orah
Reynolds Seeks Refund of Taxes in Supreme Court
The R J Reynolds Tobacco Co seeks an injunction and refund of 6226 in cigarette taxes arguing the levies were extraordinary and exempt for export shipments. It notes prior Supreme Court rulings and alleges circuit courts misapplied the pay first sue later rule and that the case is not moot.
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Washington
Supreme Court
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
Southern Rice Millers
Norfolk
Tri-State
C. H., Robertson
North Carolina
Internal Revenue Collector
Federal District Court
Fourth Federal Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Tobacco Company
Leaders Urge Quick Pass on Farm Bill by Saturday
In Washington on February 10 Representative Lambeth denounced Rep Tinkham’s claim that Walter Hines Page acted traitorously as absurd, calling it a "wild" accusation and "talking to the windmills" while accusing him of blocking neutrality legislation. Tinkham was absent during the rebuke.
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Washington
Lambeth
D.N. C
Tinkham
R.-Mass
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Massachusetts
United States
Congress
Congressional Chiefs Hope New Farm Act Clears Both Houses Fast
Congress leaders pushed the new farm bill to pass both houses by Saturday and prep for quick action on taxes with a May 1 adjournment target. Senator Walsh denounced the measure as dangerous and autocratic, arguing it grants blanket authority to the Secretary of Agriculture. The bill, a AAA substitute, would pay farmers to conserve soil by withdrawing acreage, with subsidies via individuals or states and capped after two years in agreeing states.
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Washington
Congress
Walsh
D-Mass
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House
Dirigible Lands On Island With Food
A Goodyear dirigible landed temporarily on Tangler Island in the Chesapeake Bay to drop a half-ton of supplies to marooned inhabitants. High winds forced a return to Washington with ten sacks of flour still aboard. Army bombers had earlier dropped food but did not land.
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Washington
Tangler Island
Goodyear
Cold Night Forecast for North Carolina Snowbound Roads Closed
Raleigh dispatch reports a cold night with a hard freeze to the coast forecast by the weather bureau. Raleigh area lows 16 to 18 degrees contrast with 28 this morning. Schools statewide closed. highways open but county roads closed due to snow and rain. Damage expected but not as severe as last month. Roanoke River waters receding from the prison farm dyke breach in Halifax County.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Lee A. Denson
Bitter Cold Grips Nation Amid Forecast of More Freeze
Chicago reports the ongoing brutal cold as the nation endures a second month of the assault on temperatures. Deaths in subzero areas rise beyond five hundred for the year while ice breaks threaten floods. Railroads slow, flights cancel, schools close, and shelters rise as zero readings reach into Missouri and Michigan.
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Chicago
Corn Belt
Missouri
Michigan
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain States
Middle Western
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Sero
Williston
N. C
Coast Guards Rescue Seven Marooned Youths in Cape Cod Bay
Coast Guards pushed a small boat through rough ice to reach seven CCC youths stranded in Cape Cod bay since noon Sunday. They were ferried to Harriet Lane with six found cold and stiff and one with frozen feet needing immediate care. Names include John Fitzsimmons Portsmouth NH and six others from Rhode Island.
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Boston
CCC
Cape Bay
Brewster
Coast
Ha Lane
Harriet Lane
C. M. Derson
John Fitzsimmons
Pomouth
R. I
Fedderson
Provencetown
Plymouth
Mass
Fed
Cape Cod Bay
Rhode Island
Portsm
N. H
Albert Papa
West Warwick
Thomas Malone
Portsmouth
Tony Ray
Norman Beaulieu
Pawtuc
Manuel Botello
West Wa
Nicholas Scunzio
Thornton
Mrs Long Takes Oath in Senate On Huey Long Seat
Mrs Rose McConnell Long of Louisiana was sworn in to fill the unexpired term of her late husband Huey P Long becoming the second woman to sit in the Senate. Vice President Garner administered the oath as a capacity gallery looked on with Long escorted by Senator Overton and Governor James A Noe.
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Washington
Rose McConnell Long
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Senate
Garner
Arkansas
Overton
Noe
Pittman
Lewis
Ill
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College
Davidson
Charles McNeill
A. Orr
Columbia
Southern Railway
Allendale
Iweather
Fener
Ueer
Orleans
York
France
Germany
Gamelin
Army General Staff
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Rhineland
Niessen
Sone
Reynolds
Thomasville
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Halifax County
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