Revised Revenue Bill Reported In The House During Session
State Capitol Raleigh February 19 An AP report notes a committee substitute for the budget revenue bill crafted by six weeks of work and reported by Representative Graham chair of the Orange County house finance panel The substitute cuts or alters several provisions including eliminating the tobacco manufacturers privilege tax and capping the railroad franchise tax The bill aims to raise about 14 million dollars and moves to floor debate next week with three readings and senate procedure pending Also noted are plans for related finance measures and an anticipated clash over school funding methods and tax policy on direct versus indirect support.
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North Carolina House Agendas Heavy Bills Debate
The North Carolina House delayed by heavy bills reports from committees as reps remained in Raleigh over the weekend. Beaufort Cape Fear waterway bill favorable. opposition to the industrial farm for women funding. a restitution bill on former State Treasurer Worth failed with a minority report. Seventeen new measures introduced amid focus on absentee voting and prohibition enforcement. Sixteen local bills produced before adjournment.
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Japan Accepts Invitation to Geneva Naval Talks
Washington reports Japan accepts President Coolidge’s invitation to discuss naval limitations at Geneva. France previously rejected. Italy may follow. Britain indicated acceptance. The note arrived by cable through Tokyo and will be released publicly soon. The president will await all four replies before deciding on a conference.
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Jones bill seeks 8.5 million for new Army quarters nationwide
Acting Chairman Jones of the House military committee introduced a bill calling for additional army quarters at numerous military establishments across the country. The proposed program would cost about 8.5 million dollars.
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Weather Outlook For South Atlantic And Gulf States
Mostly fair weather with a period of rain in the latter half of the week and a moderate temperature pattern. A cold spell approaches toward the end. The Ohio Valley and Tennessee see rain at the start and again around the middle and end of the week with generally moderate temperatures.
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Congress Moves To Clear Large Issues Before 69th Session Ends
Washington Feb 19 Congress sent three major measures to President Coolidge this week as it seeks to clear the docket before the session ends March 4. McNary Haugen farm relief McFadden branch banking and radio control bills loom large amid other supply and defense measures. President Coolidge weighs the farm relief bill while continuing cabinet talks.
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Black convict Tom Williams recaptured in Beaumont
Raleigh February 19. State Prison Superintendent George Poll reports the identification and capture at Beaumont Texas of Tom Williams a 44 year old Black man sentenced from Mecklenburg county in January 1924 to 15 to 20 years for burglary Williams escaped from a Macon county prison camp December 24 1926 Deputy Warden E W Jackson traveled from Raleigh to bring him back Identification was by fingerprints sent from the state prison
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Farm Relief Bill Reaches White House For President
The MacNary-Haugen farm relief bill was signed by Vice President Dawes and Speaker Longworth and sent to President Coolidge for approval or veto. Cabinet deliberations continue as supporters and opponents await his decision. The bill goes to Agriculture Secretary Jardine for review.
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Peay Recovery Outlook Better Says Doctors
Nashville reports that Governor Austin Peay shows “more encouraging today” signs as doctors update his pneumonia and heart attack recovery. The bulletin notes improvement in his condition and ongoing medical treatment.
Japanese ships ordered to Shanghai from Sasebo base
A Japanese cruiser and a destroyer were ordered to Shanghai tonight and are expected to sail tomorrow from the Sasebo naval base. AP reports the mission as part of ongoing naval movements in the Far East.
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Senate approves land purchase for Rapides Parish hospital site
A house bill authorizing the directors of the veterans bureau to acquire lands for a hospital site at Rapides Parish Louisiana was passed today by the senate on motion of Senator Broussard Democrat Louisiana.
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Nicaraguan Civil War Complicated by Arms Shipment
The report notes ongoing arms shipments to Nicaraguan liberal forces amid the civil war, prompting U S concern and the recent deployment of 1600 Marines. It details Diaz accusations against Mexico, possible intervention talk in Managua, and a Corinto meeting between American and Nicaraguan officials.
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Volunteer Corps Formed To Protect Shanghai Amid Strike
In SHANGHAT on Feb 19, the Shanghai international settlement mobilized a 1600 strong volunteer defense body as Chinese workers strike worsens. Tram service was halted after strikers stoned several cars, while labor leaders call the stoppage a two day celebration of Cantonese victory at Hangchow.
Clearing banks show weekly reserve deficit in New York
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week reports a reserve deficit of 7,587,620 dollars. This marks a drop of 30,915,619 dollars from the prior week when an excess reserve of 23,327,990 dollars was recorded.
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Wood's Fourth Escape Bid Foiled En Route to North Carolina
RALEIGH Feb 19 AP The North Carolina inmate Mtto Wood five times escaped from the state prison again trying to elude Tar Heel justice on the trip from Terre Haute Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio Prison officials report details are scant Deputy Warden McKernan arrived in Cincinnati with Wood in double chains and guarded him overnight Wood expressed reluctance to return and Superintendent Pou expected his return tomorrow Wood’s old death row cell is being renovated and Wood has served less than two years of a thirty year term.
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Otto Wood chained in Cincinnati after latest escape
Cincinnati police hold Otto Wood, an escaped convict from North Carolina, after bringing him from prison to await a southbound train. Wood, sentenced for killing A. W. Kaplan, has escaped thrice, with his last jail break ending in Terre Haute where a druggist shot him during a robbery attempt. He is chained by hands and feet and sought by Ohio and Tennessee authorities.
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Two Army Aviators Missing Off New Jersey Coast
Search for Lieutenant William A. Gray and Lieutenant Willard J. Harris intensified as fog hampered efforts. Aircraft from Lakehurst Naval Air Station Langley Field and Mitchell Field aided a coast watch after wreckage washed ashore near Forked River.
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Hoak Elected Shrine Directors President
Percy E. Hoak of Za Ga Zig Temple Des Moines was elected president of the Shrine Directors Association of North America at the concluding session in Shreveport.
Lenglen Revises Estimate Of America Before Her Trip
French tennis star Renée Lenglen returns home after revising her view of the United States. She notes America is not a land of boors and bores but a country of kind people and notable material development. The trip yields a reported million francs in earnings.
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Richmond Academy of Music Fire Destroys Historic Theater
A early morning blaze in Richmond Virginia destroyed the Academy of Music, oldest theater in town, with losses estimated between 150000 and 200000 dollars. Two firefighters were injured as the rear wall collapsed toward a rooming house and nearby structures in the blaze that began shortly before 4 AM.
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Floyd Baldwin
Federal Reserve Bank
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William Gilman
Robber abandons loot on Ocean Shore Express
A masked bandit aboard the Ocean Shore Express demanded $7 from two passengers near Bayshore station. After collecting the money, the robber, revolver in hand, forced a porter to search riders but leaped to safety as the train slowed for a stop.
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Northeast Storm Warning From Boston to Key West
Weather advisory reports a northeast storm moving from Boston to Wilmington and Key West with strong winds and gales this afternoon and tonight. Disturbance over Georgia intensifies as winds shift from south to northwest and affect coastal areas north of Wilmington, N C, and beyond to Florida.
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Lenglen Tours America Praises Nation And English
Suzanne Lenglen reflects on the United States during a four month tour from Maine to Texas and Florida. She praises American hospitality and tall New York buildings while noting English improvement and plans to return home to Nice before resuming a European tour beginning in April.
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