North Carolina lawmakers swing to economy in 1933 session
Raleigh January 7. The 1933 General Assembly opens with a strong focus on economy. Dramatic cuts target governor salaries and other officials while pledges push for a balanced budget, reorganization, and abolition of non essential offices. Budget controls extend to state programs and even inauguration costs, with broad support for tax relief measures and property reevaluation.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina
Treasury
Ehringhaus
Town notes and oddities spark gossip in Beverly Hills
A town column reports a bid on a widow's farm at a forced sale near mortgage value and a Colorado senator resigning to his successor immediately, noting the unusual speed of a lame duck exit in political life. The item comments on local wealth and quick political turnover.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Colorado
Simple Funeral Honors For Calvin Coolidge
President Hoover and Mrs Hoover attend a brief funeral service for Calvin Coolidge in Northampton Massachusetts. The nation’s leaders and foreign representatives fill Jonathan Edwards Congregational church before the casket is carried to Plymouth Vermont for burial. Mrs Coolidge sits with her son and daughter in law as dignitaries including Chief Justice Hughes and Secretary of State Stimson observe the scene.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
The
United States
Hoover
Washington
New England
Jonathan Edwards
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Plymouth
North Carolina Assembly Rested as Session Opens
North Carolina's General Assembly opened with a disrupted session in Raleigh. The House had 27 of 120 members at the start, three dozen eventually present, while the Senate lacked a quorum and adjourned quickly. The House passed a pay bill for presidential electors, setting pay at 10 dollars a day for up to three days plus mileage, and a governor Ehringhaus inaugural address printing order.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
A. H. Graham
Rankin
Gaston
Clement of
Rowan
Sullivan- Martin
Womble
Wake
Ehringhaus
Howell
Haywood
Assembly Ledger Shows No Senate Introductions or Passes
Raleigh dispatch notes January 7 reports none of the Senate introduced bills or passed measures on that day. The brief item records lack of new action from the General Assembly in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
Strange imprisonment of youth shocks Cincinnati police
Police investigated a case in Cincinnati Ohio of Arthur Doebrich Jr a 22 year old kept in a cellar for three years by his father Arthur Doebrich Sr 60. The youth reported building radio and television projects and studying astronomy and horticulture. He was found undernourished with rags and soleless shoes after neighbors complained. Sr was arrested for abuse of family and court appearance was set. Ohio Humane Society noted two other children in the family.
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Mincinnati
Dan
Arthur Doebrich, Jr
Arthur Doebrich
Deebrich
Prohibitionists Challenge 3.2 Beer Legislation Testimony
Washington January hearing on the 3.2 beer bill featured Edward B. Dunford and Andrew Wilson of the national conference supporting the 18th amendment arguing the beer is intoxicating. The session drew large crowds as Blaine pressed questions about enforcement and constitutionality.
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Washington
House
Senate
Edward B. Dunford
Andrew Wilson
National Conference of Organizations
Capitol Hill
Blaine
Wis
Wilson
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Dunford
Anti- Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Man Freed From Death Sentence Seeks Life and Marriage
Raleigh dispatch reports W. W. Campbell, once condemned to death for the 1922 murder, has won a gubernatorial parole after years in the criminal insane ward and prison. Governor Gardner cited Campbell’s steady improvement and mental fitness as grounds for release to marry and start a farm life in eastern North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
W. W. Campbell
Annie
Smathers
Oteen Veterans Hospital
Campbell
Morrison
State Hospital
Gardner
North Carolina
Govenor Gardner
Garner Denies He Has Broken With Roosevelt
Speaker Garner told reporters he has not broken with President elect Roosevelt over proposed tax raises. He supports broadening the income levy to boost revenue and would be glad to see the plan reported and passed by the house. He noted 49 other revenue-raising options exist if the committee and house disapprove the current plan. He added he might suggest taxes that would be less painful.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
House
New York
Democrats Split Over Wartime Income Tax Hike Plan
In Washington on January 7 the Democratic push to raise income tax rates to wartime levels sparked party divisions and hints the proposal could be dropped. Republicans signaled potential support for new budget balancing taxes if needed.
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Washington
Jan
Fire damages Catholic University building. man held
A fire at Catholic University damaged McMahon hall with extensive water and smoke damage to books while valuable lab equipment was moved to vaults. Justin Harrison, about 48, was held for questioning after a night watchman found him loitering near a dormitory as investigators probe the third floor corridor blaze.
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Washington
Catholic University
Justin Harrison
McMahon Hall
Rankin Named Finance Chairman as Clement Heads Spenders
Raleigh January 7 Senator Grady Rankin of Gastonia textiles was named chairman of the Senate finance committee. Hayden Clement of Salisbury was named chairman of the Senate expenses committee. Lieutenant Governor Graham also appointed his committee on appropriations and Rankin and Clement join the new budget advisory commission. Additional chairmanships went to Hinsdale Johnston Grady Long and Ingram with roads health and university trustees placements noted. The finance committee has 17 members and appropriations 14 as Raleigh reshapes the Senate panels.
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Raleigh
Grady Rankin
Gastonia
Senate
Hayden Clement
Salisbury
Graham
Rankin
Clement
Budget Advisory Commission
West
House
Ehringhaus
John Hinsdale
Wake
Judiciary One
Judiciary Two
Paul Grady
Johnston
Clark
Edgecombe
Roads
Gwyn
Rockingham
Long
Halifax
University
Land of Iredell
Ingram
Randolph
Fountain
Shanhaikwan Crisis Moves Toward Negotiated Settlement
U S officials report that American minister in Peiping says Japanese and Chinese authorities have agreed to negotiate a settlement of the Shanhaikwan incident. Chinese forces rush reinforcements to Chinwangtao as 6 000 Japanese troops concentrate at Shanhaikwan and jingles of possible war spread.
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Washington
Nelson T. Johnson
Peiping
State Department
Chingwangtao
Shanghai
China
Japan
Shanhaikwan
Chinwangtao
Yellow Sea
Nanking
Amon
Tsai Ting- Kai
Jehol
Manchukuo
Shankaikwan
Tientsin
Former U S Senator Guy D. Goff Dies in Georgia Home
Former United States Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia died at his winter residence in Thomasville Georgia at 2 a m He was 66 67 years old and had retired from national life in 1931 due to ill health He served in World War I on Pershing s staff and with the Rhine army later He was born September 13 1866 in Clarksburg and burial is planned for Arlington National Cemetery He was in the D C area with his daughter and the wife of Representative Carroll Reece of Tennessee at the time of death.
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Thomasville
United States
Guy D. Goff
West Virginia
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Goff
Judge Advocate General's Department of the Army
General Pershing
Army of Occupation
Rhine
Europe
Wilson
The
Shipping Board
Senate
Clarksburg
Kenyon College
Harvard Law School
Arlington National Cemetery
Calvin, Jr
John Olde
Ludlow
von Sheesha
Black River
Mr. Coolidge
Herst
Peho
Hoover Special Train Leaves Northampton After Coolidge Funeral
President Hoover and party attended funeral services for Calvin Coolidge in Northampton Massachusetts and then departed on a special train at 11 45 a m for Washington indicating a return trip.
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Northampton
Mass
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Reconstruction relief loans set for six states
The reconstruction corporation approved relief loans usable through February for Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, South Carolina, Nevada, and Tennessee. Amounts include Oregon 742,200 and Washington 108,000 with additional loans to North Dakota 57,000 South Carolina 1,247,600 Nevada 5,600 and Tennessee 52,500.
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Washington
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Oregon
North Dakota
South Carolina
Nevada
Tennessee
Representative Butler of Oregon Dies at Providence
Representative Butler of Oregon died at Providence Hospital today of heart disease after weeks of illness. He was 52 and had suffered pneumonia weakening his heart.
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Washington
Butler
Oregon
Providence Hospital
Cape Fear River Boasts Hangover
Old Man River the Cape Fear ran black with liquor after more than 600 cases of $18,000 worth of rum were seized from the British ship Zabadish captured December 7. Stevedores led by a man in a silk top hat dumped the bottles into the river under bond for nine arrested men awaiting spring federal court.
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Wilmington
Fannie
Faison
Cape Fear
Cotton in Winter Grown by Perquimans County Farmer
A mature cotton plant with several open bolls was grown this winter by W. W. Lewis of Perquimans County, using the root from last year’s plant.
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Hertford
Jan
W. W. Lewis
Perquimans County
Exchange 18 Closed In Honor Of Calvin Coolidge
The New York Stock Exchange and many other exchanges closed today for a day of respect for Calvin Coolidge reflecting national mourning and remembrance on January 7.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Calvin Coolidge
Deer chases hunters into Holiman after city pursuit
A young doe fleeing Winston Salem huntsmen reached Holiman city limits after a chase starting at the Hoke county line. The deer was captured inside the city, proving the hamlet not a haven from pursuit.
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Hamlet
Winston- Salem
Holiman
Hoke
Favorite Son Returns To Vermont Home To Rest
Plymouth Vermont homeland honors Calvin Coolidge as his funeral cortege travels from Ludlow through Brattleboro to the Plymouth cemetery. Residents line roads to pay respects while authorities guide the procession past rivers and lakes beloved by the former president.
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Vermont
Andrew J. Clarke
Plymouth
Dan
Calvin Coolidge
The
United States
Eeturn
Armvs
Tate
Juilford
State Site
Brattleboro
Putney
Bellows Falls
Chester
Ludlow
Coolidges
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