North Carolina lawmakers push food tax exemptions and reapportionment debate
In Raleigh on January 13 the legislature moved bills to exempt home use foods, horses, mules, nets and agricultural tools under $25 from the 3 percent sales tax. Other actions include a right of eminent domain for the Tar River port authority, and a debate on legislative reapportionment tied to the 1940 census. Additional measures seek veteran preference in exams, hiker liability relief, and extended response times in civil actions.
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Raleigh
Aubrey Williams
America
Corey
Pitt
Tar River
Pitt County
Senate
Gardner
House
Pickens
Guilford
General Assembly
Hoey
Stone
Rockingham
Abernathy
Nash
Fenner
Mull
Cleveland
Joint Finance Committee
Joint Appropriations Comittee
Governor's Office
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Revenue Department
Library
State Planning Board
Tompkins
Jackson
Robinson
McDowell
Richardson
Union
Curtis
Buncombe
Automobile Fatality Shocks Shelby In 1939 Start
Shelby North Carolina January 13 Emmet Byers a 25 year old Camps Creek farmer was killed last night in Cleveland county's first automobile fatality for 1939. His companion Charles Humphries aged 24 was seriously injured when the car plunged down a steep embankment near Broad River and overturned several times.
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Shelby
N. C
Emmet Byers
Camps Creek
Cleveland
Charles Humphries
Broad River
Ruth mourns death of Yankee owner and great man
Babe Ruth laments the loss of the Yankee owner, praising his pivotal role in elevating baseball to a major business. He credits the owner with boosting salaries and building the famed Yankee Stadium, recalling how the colonel treated him with care and fairness in his youth.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Yanks
House panel chair introduces broad transportation bill
Chairman Lea of California's Democratic delegation introduced a general transportation bill to aid railroads and bring interstate freight rates under ICC jurisdiction. The plan would reorganize the ICC, expand its reach to oil pipelines and air travel, allow different rates for related carriers, authorize RFC loans, and let railroads initiate consolidation or merger proposals.
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Washington
Lea
D-Calif
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
RFC
Ice
State board seeks $232,100 boost for ag program
Raleigh NC officials report the state board of agriculture asks the joint legislative committee on agriculture for a 1939-41 funding increase of 232,100 dollars to support an aggressive marketing program and related expansions. The proposal would raise fertilizer tax from 20 to 30 cents per ton and feed tax from 20 to 30 cents per ton. Budget commission had recommended 455,000 for 1939-40 and 450,000 for 1940-41.
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Raleigh
Dan
State Board of Agriculture
Joint Legislative Committee On Agriculture
Budget Commission
Pig's homing instinct puzzles Apalachicola man
Apalachicola resident Drew Branch reports his pig he gave to a brother over 30 miles away returned home after four days. He wonders if the animal crossed a highway and a five mile bridge or trekked through woods and streams to reach him.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Drew Branch
Pis
Branch
Unemploy Comp Question After Job Slur Dismissals
Kansas City report notes a lad fired for telling his employer to go to hell may qualify for unemployment benefits, while a bank teller dismissed for the same remark could be disqualified. William A. Murphy, state unemployment director, cites Iowa and Wisconsin cases to illustrate differing outcomes for loggers and tellers.
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Kansas City
William A. Murphy
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Oklahoma City Man Fights Fantastical Night Escape
Roy Nichols, a Black man in Oklahoma City, became embroiled in a ferocious altercation. He lunged at an opponent, crashed, and woke to find himself diving from his bed through a window to the ground outside.
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Oklahoma City
Roy Nichols
Sauk Centre Plans Celebration For Nobel Winner Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, his hometown, will honor Sinclair Lewis known for Main Street. On January 19 he visits Minneapolis to perform Angela Is Twenty Two and will be guest of honor at a party hosted by the Sauk Centre Community Club.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Minneapolis
Angela
No Concerted Effort To Restore WPA Cut
Washington January 13 Rep Boland said the House Democratic organization would make no concerted effort to restore 150 million cut from the administration relief bill by the House Appropriations Committee. The meeting with Speaker Bankhead and Rep Rayburn aimed to discuss relief strategy as Democrats prepare to pass a relief bill.
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Washington
Boland
D-Pa
House Democratic
House Appropriations Committee
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
Rayburn, and Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Hopkins Defends WPA Duties in Senate Hearing
Harry L. Hopkins, nominated for secretary of commerce, told the Senate commerce committee he had done his best to keep politics out of relief. He urged passage of a Hatch amendment to bar federal employees from political activity, while noting some WPA workers faced coercion from local politicians. The committee planned a vote next Wednesday on his confirmation, with analysts predicting a strong approval.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
WPA
Secretary of Commerce
Hatch
Senate
Johnson
D-Calif
Pennsylvania
Work to start on power plant
Shelby reports that work on the $10,000,000 steam plant of the Duke Power Company in Cleveland County will begin Monday with construction of temporary quarters and offices.
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Shelby
Duke Power Company
Cleveland County
Ickes Accuses Press Control by Interests in Radio Forum
Secretary Ickes and Frank Gannett debated press freedom on Americas Town Meeting of the Air in New York. Ickes claimed publishers and private interests held sway, citing a 1929 FCC finding on International Paper and Power Company owning Gannett papers. Gannett denied improper editorial influence and said he had a paper contract with International Paper, not power interests.
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New York
Ickes
Frank Gannett
America
Gannett
George W. Denny
Denny
Federal Trade Commission
International Paper and Power Company
Knickerbocker Press
Albany Evening News
Ithaca
New York, Journal News
Gannett Properties
International Paper Company
The
Power Company
Enough Plants for New Planes
President Roosevelt said the nation has sufficient plants to build new planes for defense. He noted a potential bottleneck in skilled aircraft workers, estimating 15 percent skilled labor and 85 percent trainable from other industries. private factories would build most planes while guns remain in government plants. He mentioned possible highway expansion with WPA labor if Congress approves large projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Senators Propose Cost of Production Farm Price Plan
Senator Frazier says a government program fixing farm prices could replace Crop Control. Eighteen senators from both parties introduce the cost of production bill, aiming to grant farmers parity with industry and ensure costs and profits for domestic food consumption. Sponsors include 19 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 2 Farmer-Laborites, and 1 Progressive.
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Washington
Frazier
Farmer-Laborites
Congress Debates Thousands of New Bills Early Session
In the first ten days of the session Congress saw about three thousand bills introduced. Most are minor adjustments affecting individuals, while hundreds propose new general laws, signaling a busy lawmaking start.
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Washington
Congress
Alcatraz Break Foiled by Guards in Fogged Escape Attempt
Five inmates attempted to flee Alcatraz Island in dense fog before guards opened fire. Arthur Barker and Dale Stamphill were wounded, Barker critically, as the others Rufus McCain Henri Young and William Martin were captured. Warden Johnston said the prisoners were off their cells about 4 a.m. and the team tried to reach the water. coast guard and police aided in recapturing them.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Arthur Barker
Dale Stamphill
Rufus McCain
Henri Young
William Martin
James A. Johnston
Barker
Stamphill
Johnston
Coast Guard
San Francisco Police
Power Company Accused by SEC of Record Overstatement
The Securities Commission charged Associated Gas and Electric with falsifying 1934 records to overstate property by about 170 million and consolidated earned surplus by about 135 million. The firm, with assets over one billion, operates subsidiaries in New York Pennsylvania Virginia New Jersey Florida and Georgia. A February 14 hearing in Washington will decide if shares should be delisted. trading occurs on the Boston Los Angeles and New York exchanges.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Associatedl.gas and Electric Company Today
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
Georgia
Boston Stock Exchange
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
SEC
Consolidated
Tobacco Farmer Incomes Fall In North Carolina In 1938
Raleigh, Jan 183 North Carolina tobacco growers received 23,210,279 dollars less for the 1938 crop sold in the state by January 1 than for the 1937 crop sold by that date. W H Rhodes, chief statistician of the state Agriculture department, reported the 1938 crop brought 114,452,436 dollars on 498,088,447 pounds with a seasonal average of 22.98 dollars per hundredweight, down 1.83 from the prior year. Poundage declined 56,829,000 pounds from the previous January 1.
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Raleigh
Jan
North Carolina
W. H. Rhodes
State Agriculture Department
Colonel Ruppert Dies After Ill Health in New York
Col Jacob Ruppert owner of the New York Yankees dies at 71 after months of illness. He suffered phlebitis earlier and received last rites. Survived by brother George Ruppert, sister Mrs Silleck, niece Miss Schalk, Brennan, and other relatives. fortune estimated at 70 to 100 million dollars.
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New York
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Ruppert
Fifth Avenue
Otto Schwerdtfeger
Albert Brennan
George FE. Ruppert
Ruppert Brewery
The
Yankees
Harry Garrison Silleck, Jr
Greenwich
Anna Schalk
Brennan
Joseph Halloran
Two Men Held for Superior Court on Securities Charges
In Albemarle on January 13, Marion H. Allen of Washington DC and Harry E. Lambert of Lynchburg VA were ordered held for Superior Court on charges of selling and delivering unregistered securities and selling without a license. Bond set at 5000 dollars each. defendants jailed awaiting bond. Secretary of State Thad Eure noted warrants in Gates Hertford Alamance counties and in Anderson DC Staunton VA.
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Albemarle
Marion H. Allen
Washington, D. C
Lynchburg
North Carolina
O. J. Sikes
Stanly County Recorder’s Court
Thad Eure
Gates
Hertford
Alamance
Anderson
D. C
Staunton
Tuition Boost Faces Battle
RALEIGH Jan 13 A budget commission member recalled testimony that North Carolina girls were refused entry to the Woman's College due to space while out of state residents appeared on college rolls. Legislators debated higher tuition charges for out-of-state students beyond the $50 proposed by the advisory budget commission. Senators and representatives urged new increases at an appropriations hearing. Governor Hoey declined to comment on reports of opposition to North Carolinians paying the proposed level, noting he did not specify figures in his legislative message.
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Raleigh
Budget Commission
North Carolina
Woman's College
Advisory Budget Commission
Austin of
Ashe
Moore
Wilson
Appropriations Committee
Frink
Brunswick
Hoey
Offense Threatens All Lower Catalonia Front
From Hendaye near the Spanish frontier, reports say Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s armies pressed toward all Lower Catalonia. Barcelona braces as 30 months of civil war spark renewed mobilization, while Tarragona and Reus face heavy bombardment and isolation from advancing insurgent lines along a 25-mile coastal front.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Ebro
Sterday
Montblanch
Falset
Tarrangona
Tortosa
German government rejects US call for special rights
The German government today disclosed it rejected a United States request for special rights for American citizens in Germany regardless of race or creed. Reuters reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler in Rome urged Mussolini to help maintain peace for one year before demanding fulfillment of Italy's natural aspiration.
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United States
Germany
Mussolini refuses to retreat on French demands
Paris dispatches report Benito Mussolini told Chamberlain and Halifax he would not budge on Fascist colonial claims against France. The Italian leader allegedly pressed for active territorial gains, despite a Reichsfuehrer message urging peaceful aims for a year.
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Dulce
Paris
Mussolini
France
Chamberlain
Rome
al Duce
Viscount Halifax
Reichsfuehrer
Notes Exchanged Show Germany Open to Individual Cases
Germany replied to an American note of December 30 signaling willingness to discuss individual cases and guaranteeing that American Jews in Germany would not have treaty rights abridged by Nazi anti Jewish measures. Washington sought assurances and agreed to consultations as word of Hitler’s appeal to Mussolini surfaced during Franco Italian talks.
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Germany
United States
DNB
Berlin
Washington
Hitler
Muccolini
Chamberlain
Il Duce
Pius XI
Rome
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Italy
United States Refuses Germany's Rights to Discriminate Against Jews
The United States stands firm on not recognizing Germany's right to discriminate against American Jews. An exchange of notes shows Washington's insistence that American citizens not be subjected to arbitrary classes or differential treatment. Germany offered to review specific cases, while the U.S. reiterated its position and commitment to equal rights under treaties.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Prentiss B. Gilbert
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