Senator Norris Doubts New Farm Regulation Constitutional
Senate Agriculture Committee hears farm leaders as Senator Norris questions the constitutionality of any law regulating agricultural production after the AAA decision. Earl Smith of the Illinois farm bureau testifies as Norris urges soil conservation and allotments as a new program basis. Sam Everson backs the Frazier Lemke bill to refinance farm debt with a $3 billion revolving fund. Louis J. Taber of the National Grange presents legislative suggestions.
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Norris
Supreme Court
AAA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Earl Smith
Illinois Farm Bureau Federation
Smith
Congress
Sam Everson
National Farmers Union
House
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Legisla
Finance Committee
Senate
R-Neb
Agriculture Committee
Soil Conservation
House of Foreign Affairs
Sisson
DNY
Congress Doing Little With Its Tasks Piling Up
Congress amid a heavy work load saw few approvals as committees pushed ahead with farm relief plans and a proposed baby bond prepayment. Senators debated replacing the AAA with new farm relief measures while probing neutrality and revenue issues tied to taxes and munitions.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Finance Committee approves baby bond bonus substitute
The Senate Finance Committee backed Substitute 18 for the baby bond bonus by 15 to 2, replacing a House bill and aiming for full cash payment after June 15. Morgenthau testified government funds would require about 11.0 billion dollars. Harrison said no new taxes would be needed.
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Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Couzens
R.-Mich
Gerry
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate
George
Walsh
Barkley
Gore
Costigan
Bailey
Clark
Lonergan
Black
Guffey
Keyes
Hastings
Capper
LaFollette
House
Morgenthau Daple
Treasury Secretary
Hughes Sets New Transcontinental Flight Speed Record
Howard Hughes, the California aviator and film director, completed a nonstop Los Angeles to Newark flight in 9 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds, beating Roscoe Turner’s 1934 mark by over 30 minutes. He averaged near 250 mph with a peak of 295 mph on a 2450 mile climb, flying mostly at 18000 feet.
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Roscoe Turner
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Newark
New York
America
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Eivyp
Burbank
Calif
N. J
Hughes
Hollywood
Santa Ana
Newark Airport
Los Angeles
National Aeronautical Association
Passengers on grounded vessel safe near Lobos de Tierra island
Lima reports that the Chilean steamer Cautin aground off Lobos de Tierra with 75 first class and 120 third class passengers and a crew. The ship later foundered and was total loss, with transfers attempted to Chimu and Orazio. Fog or steering trouble suspected.
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Peru
National Radio
Lobos de Tierra
Santiago
Chile
Chimu
Panama Mail Steamship Company
Orazio
Lobos de Tierra Island
Pimentel
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina and Jacksonville
North Carolina will see increasing clouds with rain starting late tonight or Wednesday especially in the southwest and north east regions with temperatures rising tonight and a cooler Wednesday afternoon in the west. South Carolina expects higher clouds and warmer air with rain likely late tonight or Wednesday toward Jacksonville. Moderate to east winds shift to southeast and increase tonight with rain likely Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Aaneville
Tegiae
Textile Leaders Agree To Refund Processing Taxes
In Charlotte 300 Southern and Eastern textile mills with 3 5 million spindles adopted a plan for ultimate refunds of processing taxes paid before the Supreme Court invalidated the AAA. A 40 hour week and minimum wage rules are endorsed, and contracts in force January 6 suggest tax deductions on post date invoices with a seller’s stamp noting adjustment under the purchase contract.
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Charlotte
AAA
Supreme Court
Claudius T. Murchison
The
Cotton Textile Institute, Inc
NRA
Supreme Court of the United States
Two Arrests For Transporting Liquor In Running Gun Battle
Winston Salem January 14. R H Lunsford 27 and Burl Blackman 40 were arrested for occupying a liquor car that engaged officers in a running gun battle last night. Police chased the car from Winston Salem to Madison exchanging shots with two men who fled on foot after abandoning the vehicle.
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Winston-Salem
R. H. Lunsford
Burl Blackman
Madison
Proposal Sparks Wedding Plan By Cambridge Couple
In Cambridge Massachusetts a man asks if proposing in public is illegal. A policeman suggests the police station as a safe spot. The caller later reports the girl said yes and invites the officer to the June wedding.
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Marchini
Trio Kidnappers Slain in Cuba Gun Battle Near Guanajay
Cuban soldiers killed three of the kidnapped men during a running gun battle at Guanajay as Paulino Gorostiza, 28, was found alive after his abduction. Gorostiza’s family had paid part of a $50,000 ransom amid a crackdown led by Col. Batista. Eleven suspects were arrested nearby as authorities pursued others.
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Cuba
Paulino Gorostiza
Gorostiza
Havaiian
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
National Police
Jose Pedraza
Manuel Benitez
Two Men Sentenced Life For Forsyth Kidnapping
William Barham aged 38 and Fred Stevens 29 received life terms in Forsyth after convicting Pollock of kidnapping. Pollock, a salesman, abducted last fall and left tied to a tree near Woodleaf after a robbery. he identified the defendants and testified they stole his car clothes and $38. The verdict marks the first use of the 1933 kidnapping law making the offense a life felony.
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Winston-Salem
William Barham
Fred Stevens
Forsyth
W. Wolloe
Pollock
Woodleaf
Rowan County
Barham
Stevens
Wake Superior Court
Raleigh
Miss Hazel Case
Pierce
Federal
Atlanta
Ohio
Pickets Return to Posts at 77 Kroger and Piggly Wiggly Stores
Memphis Tennessee January 14 pickets again posted at 77 Kroger and Piggly Wiggly stores after minor disturbances led to warrants for two strike leaders. Strikers demand union recognition and higher wages from Kroger Grocery and Baking Company and its Piggly Wiggly operation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kroger and Piggly Wiggly Grocery
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
State Business Census Under Way in Half the Counties
Raleigh January 14. A new census of business begins in about half of North Carolina’s 100 counties with 99 enumerators at work and about 70 more to start this week. The total count will reach 381 statewide with 90 percent drawn from relief rolls. J J H Pool statewide supervisor, a Taylorsville native, has led census efforts since 1910. A complete check of business activity is planned.
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Raleigh
J. J. H. Pool
Pool
Taylorsville
Princeton President Attends Duke UNC Alumni Luncheon
Dr. Harold W. Dobbs president of Princeton University was honor guest at a Durham luncheon today hosted by Dr. Wilburt C. Davison Duke medical school dean. Princeton alumni on the faculties of Duke and the University of North Carolina attended.
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Durham
Harold W. Dobbs
Princeton University
Wilburt C. Davison
Duke University School of Medicine
Princeton
Duke
University of North Carolina
McDonald Attacks Ehringhaus on North Carolina Policy
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, Landed at Leaks-ville condemning Governor Ehringhaus and the Ehringhaus Gardner Graham Hoey machine. He tied Roosevelts New Deal to his critique of state tax and purchase power policies, citing a sales tax and tax laws by ability to pay.
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Leaksville
Roosevelt
Ehringhaus-Gardner-Graham-Hoey
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Dr. McDonald
Greensboro
Ehringhaus
New York Woman Jailed After Public Kiss On Beat
In a Bronx night court, Olga Ferdena was fined two dollars or two days for kissing Patrolman Conrad Beedy on his beat during the Russian New Year and Leap Year celebration. The officer claimed he arrested her after she insisted the kiss was unwanted.
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New York
Olga Ferdena
Conrad Beedy
Governor Returns to Office Amid Hauptmann Appeal
N J Governor Harold Hoffman returns to the state capitol as Hauptmann seeks a federal writ of habeas corpus alleging trial rights violations. Hauptmann’s execution is set for 8 p.m. Friday, with the governor’s possible reprieve uncertain after clemency denial days earlier.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Capitol
Court of Pardons
New York
Death House
Hoffman
Senate
Assembly
Samuel Small
J. J. Faulkner
Small
Isidor Fisch
Ethiopia says church bombed. ten dead ten blinded
An Ethiopian communique from Haile Selassie’s field headquarters reports the Church of St Mary at Lakota was hit by Italian bombers on January 10. Ten Ethiopians died or were wounded and ten were blinded as the town faced daily bombardment.
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Associated Press
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Church of St. Mary
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Laval
France
London
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Arosa Bay
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