Stormy Day in Congress on Dry Law
Washington lawmakers debated prohibition repeal and government reorganization as two major storms in the remaining session days. The Senate pressed the war department measure and prepared to pivot to a Blaine repeal debate while considering broader power to the president to reorganize government and trim the annual budget.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Freet Roosevelt
War Department
House
Senate Panel Backs Smith Cotton Cut Bill
The Senate agriculture committee voted unanimously to advance the Smith bill aimed at reducing 1933 cotton production by 3.5 million bales. Sen Smith and southern allies expect quick action to apply the cut this year, moving toward removing cotton from the domestic allotment plan. The panel then shifted focus to a wheat measure amid farm bureau opposition to restricting the bill to cotton.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
8. C
House
Agriculture Committee
Anna Edward A. O'Neal
American Farmh Bureau Fed
Eight Months School Bill With Consolidations For Counties
In Raleigh on February 11 Representative Aycock proposed a General Assembly bill to establish a state wide eight month school term and grant the state board of equalization power to consolidate districts and counties. It outlines a 160 day term, allows reductions in some districts, and enables transfers to cut costs. It also sets rules for county and city administrative units, merges limits, and salary caps for superintendents and teachers within approved structures.
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Raleigh
Aycock
Wake
General Assembly
State Board of Equalization
County Boards of Education
Equalization Board
Decline Noted in Cottonseed Output and Stocks
Washington reports six month cottonseed crushed from Aug 1 to Jan 21 totaled 3,009,117 tons, down from 3,540,727 tons a year ago. January 31 mills held 1,211,440 tons, up slightly from 1,190,059. Crude oil produced 927,938,099 pounds, refined 718,240,231 pounds, cake and meal 1,456,142 tons, hulls 851,430 tons, linters 475,382 bales with on hand stocks also listed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Gas Tank Blast Kills Dozens At Neunkirchen Iron Works
Rescue workers hunted through wreckage after a massive gas storage tank explosion at the Neunkirchen iron works. About 68 bodies recovered and authorities feared 200 more buried under debris. Over 300 seriously injured and 1,200 plus with lesser injuries. The blast rattled cities across the upper Rhine, felt from Cologne to the Swiss border.
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Saar
Germany
Neunkirchen Iron Works
League of Nations
France
Upper Rhine Valley
Cologne
Rhineland
Display of Will Sanders's Body After Execution Planned
The body of Will Sanders, 16, slated for electrocution in Columbia on March 3 for the murder of Miss Zula Sanders, may not be publicly displayed in York as planned. Solicitor W Gist Finley indicated plans to modify the display, saying the body would be returned to Sanders's foster father after a public funeral, with access provided to those who wish to view.
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York
S&s. C
Will Sanders
Columbia
Zula Sanders
W. Gist Finley
Finley
York County Legislature
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Sanders
Reorganization Committee in Raleigh Struggles for Key Bill
The North Carolina joint committee on government reorganization, once hailed as a reform spark, battles to pass its core measure abolishing the corporation commission in favor of a single head governed department. By week’s end the panel, famed for secrecy and economy cries, loses ground on its own principal proposal.
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Raleigh
Corporation Commission
North Carolina Notes Renewed In New York
Governor Ehringhaus announced renewal of 5.67 million dollars in state notes maturing in New York to April 17 at six percent interest. Treasurer Johnson and the governor returned to Raleigh after a New York trip. Banks holding 2.35 million in notes maturing this month also renewed to April as weather delayed travel. The governor hopes the legislature will refinance 12.543 million in short term notes by April 15.
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Raleigh
J. C.B. Phringhaus
North Carolina
New York
Charlies M. Johnson
Ehringhaus
Ehringhams
Glaze storm grips North Carolina with sleet and ice
Charlotte reports a glaze storm with sleet and freezing rain lowering temperatures to the 20s. Pedestrians slip on ice, injuries occur, and minor accidents are noted across the state. Weather bureau forecasts little relief today and fair and colder conditions tomorrow.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charlotte Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Record of icy south cold wave with widespread sleet
Snow and sleet coated the ground as the south endured a cold wave. Temperatures fell to 7 below at Calico Rock Arkansas with three inches of snow. Little Rock 14, Fort Smith 10. New Orleans 42 after all night rain. Shreveport 24. Greenville 24 and Vicksburg 28 in Mississippi Delta. Virginia in upper twenties. Highway conditions were slippery but transportation largely undamaged.
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Ark
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fort Smith
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Shreveport
Mississippi Delta
Mercury
Greenville
Vicksburg
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Charlotte
Two Men Arrested Today In Plot To Extort Money
Federal postal inspectors arrest two elderly men in the main post office on charges of extorting $6000 from Mrs. Catherine Thilo of Balitmore Maryland widow of a Chicago physician. George P. Stevens 65 steel salesman and Henry Nussbaun taxidermist faced charges related to letters demanding $6000 to secure parole for three men convicted of robbery.
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Chicago
Catherine Thilo
Balitimore
George P. Stevens
Henry Nussbaun
U. S
Edward A. Fisher
Thilo
Baltimore
al Goldstein
Lawrence Ogden
Raymond Scott
Smoot Introduces Bill To Deny Veteran Disability Claims
Senator Smoot of Utah proposed a bill to deny compensation to veterans whose disabilities cannot be traced to war service. He estimated enactment would save the government several hundred million dollars annually. Senator Tydings had said no senator would advance such a measure, but Smoot asserted otherwise.
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Washington
Smoot
Utah
Tydings
Bat Smoot
Farm mortgage moratorium bill gains Senate committee support
The Hull farm mortgage moratorium bill was favorably reported by a senate banking subcommittee with an amendment extending its coverage to small urban homes in addition to farm property.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Dutch Cruiser De Zeven Provincien Mutiny Resolved
Captain Eikeboom relieved of command as De Zeven Provincien is recaptured after mutinous crew seized it last week. Bombing raids and pursuit by naval planes ended with the ship's recovery. Twenty two crew members were killed by a bomb dropped during the attack. A naval commission opens inquiry.
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Batavia
Java
Eikeboom
de Zeven Provincien
Naval Commission of Inquiry
Boxer's Condition After Madison Square Garden Knockout
The room clerk at Polyclinic hospital said Ernie Schaaf of Boston was in a semi comatose state this morning after the knockout by Primo Carnera at Madison Square Garden last night.
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New York
Polyclinic Hospital Today
Ernie Schaaf
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Primo Carnera
Roosevelt or Mussolini as President Debate
Beverly Hills writer contrasts Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mussolini, arguing Congress vetoes plans while Mussolini governs decisively. The column mocks free country readiness and parodies political leadership in a rapid, opinionated riff.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
Congress
Mussolini
Tobacco Prices Reduced by American Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company cut wholesale price of its leading cigarette brand to 5.50 a thousand from 6.00 effective immediately. It marks the second price cut this year after a January 3 drop to 6 a thousand from 6.85, with retail chatter noting a nationwide grocery chain cutting to 10 cents a package and 1 a carton.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
American Tobacco
Reynolds Drops Wholesale Price of Cigarettes
Winston Salem February 11 The R J Reynolds tobacco company followed American Tobacco in cutting the wholesale price of its leading brand of cigarettes from six to five fifty a thousand, less trade discounts.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
Quartet Injured In Wreck Two Killed In Roanoke Rapids Crash
Four young people were injured when a train struck their automobile at Weldon and killed two companions in Roanoke Rapids. Harle Mullis of Weldon and Wayland Overby of Fayetteville died in the crash. the injured are Garah Taylor, Willie Taylor, Jack Alligood, and Clarence Harlowe, owner of the automobile.
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Weldon
Harle Mullis
Wayland Overby
Fayetteville
Garah Taylor
Willie Taylor
Jack Alligood
Clarence Harlowe
Automoo
Southern Railway Reports 1932 Deficit After Taxes
Southern Railway Co. reports a deficit of 11.2 million dollars for 1932 after taxes and charges, compared with a 5.9 million dollar deficit in 1931. The figures reflect ongoing financial strain in the railroad sector during the early Depression era.
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Southern
New York
Southern Railway Co
Leas Seek Habeas Hearing In North Carolina Case
Col Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr were ordered extradited to face banking penalties in North Carolina. They were not jailed but held under guard after surrendering to officers. A judge ordered delivery Monday for a habeas corpus hearing, but the case was shifted to a different judge.
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Tnn
Luke Lea
North Carolina
Livingston
Here
Leas
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J. M. Peavyhouse
E B. C. Knight
Luke Lea, Jr
Gover
Nor Hill McAlister
Peavyhouse
Henry B. Brown
Brown
J. H. S. Morison
Tazewell
Morison
Laurence E
Government Departments Protest Expenditure Cut
Government agencies protest a Senate demand for a five percent cut in expenditures. Veterans hospitals, naval personnel, and other departments warn of severe curtailments, with officials stating 33 ships and 14,500 workers could be affected. The dispute centers on the treasury post office supply bill awaiting conference committee action.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Frank T. Hines
Hurley
War Department
Comptroller General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams
Bingham
R. Conn
Japan
Treasury Post Office
House
Congress
Elizabeth City Fire Destroys Gilbert's Clothing Store
Fire of undetermined origin razed Gilbert's clothing stock in Elizabeth City and damaged the Carolina building. The stock valued at $7,000 to $8,000, partly insured, with an automatic fire door drop trapping fire to the west side of the four story structure.
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Elizabeth City
Gilbert
Carolina Building
New York Hit With Eight Inches of Snow Today
New York City woke to more than eight inches of snow marking the heaviest single fall in eight years. Thirty thousand workers cleared streets and sidewalks, with 12,000 sanitation employees joined by 18,000 unemployed laborers.
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New York
New York City
Department of Sanitation
Piccard Faces Hiccups During Cleveland Lecture
Prof Auguste Piccard Swiss stratosphere explorer struggled with a broken condenser causing a shadow on the screen and a slide switch by the operator The audience laughed nervously He shouted Stop and Shut up then ordered no slides The organ recital next door disrupted the talk and was postponed.
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Cleveland
Auguste Piccard
Prof. Piccard
Investigators Probe Lindbergh Extortion Plot in Roanoke
Two U S government investigators questioned 19 year old Joe Bryant in Roanoke as part of a probe into an extortion plot against Charles A Lindbergh. Also in custody are Norman Harvey 26 and his wife Elsie with charges of conspiracy and malign
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Roanoke
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Norman Harvey
Harvey
Lindbergh
Bryant
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
John M. Keith
Department of Justice
T. N. Stapleton
Federal
Stapleton
Elsie
E Eee Lindbergh
Keith
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