Democrats Weigh Tax Plans To End Double Taxation
The House considers eliminating double taxation to unite taxes for state participation in federal revenue. Tobacco and gasoline interests urged lawmakers to study reforms, but no enactment is expected this session due to congressional congestion. R J Reynolds president Clay Williams met with leaders on the matter, tied to the ways and means committee report noting 300 overlapping levies.
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Washington
Democratic House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Clay Williams
Winston- Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Garner
Collier
Farmers Face Mortgage Crisis Prompts Relief Efforts
Congress presses to aid farmers facing loss of their homes due to unpaid mortgages and taxes. Bills propose federal credit through Reconstruction Finance Corp and Agricultural Credit Corp, including possible moratoriums on foreclosures. The Hull plan would allocate one billion dollars to back mortgage payments.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
West
South
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Hull
Tenn
North Carolina House Clears Bills on Marriage Banns and Licenses
In Raleigh on January 19 the House passed a Thompson-Wilson bill to repeal the marriage banns law and a companion bill to erase the physical examination requirement for licenses on second reading. The Senate debated several measures, including limiting new-trial appeals to 60 days and approving lobbyist regulation with the Ewing and Hartzell bills. The day also saw five building and loan bills move to the House, a portrait-unveiling invitation, and the constitutional amendment report submitted by Governor Edinghaus.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Martin
Ewing
Hartsell
North Carolina Building and Loan Associations
Federal Home Loan Bank
Aycock
Wayne
Assembly
Nathan O'Berry
Wake
Fhringhaus
Hamilton
Carteret
Johnson
Chatham
Prohibition Fight Shifts to the States Dies in Selma
A. R. Phillips, 59, a Selma farmer, died of blood poisoning after cutting a finger while butchering a hog. The incident occurred as local efforts linked to Prohibition policies faced new state-level attention.
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Selma
A. R. Phillips
Senate Vote Defeats Cloture On Glass Bank Bill
Senate rejects Democratic cloture bid by a 58 to 30 vote ending the filibuster against the Glass bank bill. Debate featured sharp exchanges between Robinson and Huey Long as Borah proposed a one hour speaking limit. The result split along party lines with 34 Democrats and 34 Republicans voting for cloture.
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Senate
Robinson
Huey Long
Louisiana
Thomas
Oklahoma
Borah
Idaho
Farmer Labor
Shipstead
Minnesota
Colorado
George Georgia
Long
North Carolina
Russell
Georgia
Trimmell
Florida
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Couzens
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Capper
Kansas
Dale
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Davis
Pennsylvania
Hatfield
West Virginia
Kean
New Jersey
Oddie
Nevada
Indiana
Emergency relief funds granted to Alabama by Reconstruction Corp
Emergency relief totaling 121146 dollars were approved for Alabama by the Reconstruction Corporation, expanding federal aid. The grant amount was announced today.
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Washington, Dan
Alabama
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Sloan says farm parity bill would lift staple cotton prices
George A. Sloan president of the cotton-textile institute says passage of the domestic allotment or farm parity bill now before the senate would raise prices of staple cotton articles from 30 to 38 cents each.
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New York
George A. Sloan
The
Cotton-Textile Institute
Senate
Dodson Home in Thomasville Burns Destruction of Landmark
Special to The Enterpriser Thomasville January 19 A fire Tuesday night destroyed the old Dodson home on East Main street. The cause is unknown. The home is a Thomasville landmark with the sole survivor born there being James M. Dodson of Greensboro.
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Thomasville
Dodson
East Main Street
Thomasvlle
James M. Dodson
Greenspero
Constitutional Commission Report Presented to Assembly
Raleigh January report to the General Assembly outlines a rewritten basic law with sweeping changes. It proposes veto power for the governor, state control of public schools, and authority to alter the number of superior court judges and to sit judges in divisions.
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Raleigh
John C
Ehringhaus
Constitutional Commission
General Assembly
Aycock
Wake
C. Max Gardner
Assembly
State Supreme Court
Pair Bound Over In Concord Kidnapping Conspiracy
Odell C. Boyles and wife Sue Zachary Boyles were bound over to the federal grand jury on conspiracy to kidnap two Cannon family members of Concord North Carolina. Bond set at twenty five thousand for both, with Mrs Boyles reduced to twenty five hundred. Evidence included a letter threatening to abduct the two year old child of Anne Cannon Smith or Joe Cannon Jr and return their hands or feet unless ransom paid. Authorities arrested the couple in Nashville, an Atlanta suburb, January 10.
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Atlanta
Odell C. Boyles
Sue Zachary Boyles
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Griffith
Cannon
Concord
N. C
Conroy
Boyles
Napeville
Roosevelt Confer With Democrat Leaders In Washington
President elect Roosevelt arrives in Washington to meet Hoover and congress leaders. He will discuss an extra session likely between April 10 and 17 and outline plans for handling the Far Eastern crisis and the Senate filibuster. Leaders aim to salvage the Democratic program and push economy measures while granting powers to the incoming administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National
Hoover
White House
Congress
Jay
Executive Mansion
Mr. Hoover
Japan
China
Senate
Embler Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Plea in Greensboro
Charlies B. Embler a High Point automobile dealer filed a voluntary bankruptcy plea in the Federal district court in Greensboro. The case was referred to Kenneth M. Brim referee in bankruptcy for handling. no schedules were filed with the action.
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Greensboro
Charlies B. Embler
High Point Automobile
Federal District Court
Kenneth M. Brim
Refree
Mrs Peabody Calls Beer Bill Ridiculous in Open Letter
Mrs Henry W Peabody chair of the women s national committee for law enforcement denounces the Collier Blaine beer bill as ridiculous and urges defeat on behalf of forty million children In a public statement she says a women s revolution has begun in the capitals of thirty states with protests starting in St Paul and spreading to Des Moines Lincoln Denver Cheyenne Boise Salt Lake City and other western cities.
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Washington
Henry W. Peabody
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Congress
Collier- Blaine
Minn
Des Moines
Iowa
Lincoln
Nebraska
Denver
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Boise
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Hollywood's Foreign Births Under Film Industry Probe
Hollywood in the crosshairs as a government inquiry examines counts of foreign born workers in film studios and technicians. The team aims to report to Murray Garsson on possible visa and permit falsifications amid a broader look at racketeering among aliens in Southern California.
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Hollywood
Calif
Federal
Murray W. Garsson
Washington
Garsson
New York
Harry F. Gerguson
Prince Michael Romanoff
Gerguson
Marlene Dietrich
Elissa Landi
Maurice Chevalier
Ronald Colman
Nila Asther
Leslie Howard
George Arliss
Bela Lugosi
Vera Engels
Una O’connor
Maureen O'Sullivan
California
Freedom timeline for Philippines outlined in Beverly Hills letter
A letter from Beverly Hills argues the Philippines should gain freedom in 12 years with a constitution suitable to both Democrats and Republicans. It claims the islands must pay debts and avoid Japanese influence, suggesting a 10 year payment window and a ASAP constitutional framework.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
Philippines
Japan
Coan urges step to cut North Carolina telephone rates
Winston-Salem leader Major George W. Coan Jr... urged the state corporation commission to reduce phone costs after public utility consultant Mark Wolff cited South Carolina’s recent rate cut. The Palmetto plan slashed a monthly surcharge on French type phones and saved about $400,000 yearly, prompting questions on potential North Carolina savings.
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Raleigh
George W. Coan, Jr
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Municipal League
State Corporation Commission
Coan
Mark Wolff
New York
South Carolina Railroad Commission
Wolff
Palmetto Commission
South Carolina
North Carolina
South Observes Birthday of Robert E. Lee
James H. Street reports on January 19 in Atlanta as the South honors General Robert E. Lee with school exercises and poems. The piece recalls his hesitance toward war, his leadership of Virginia, and moments at Gettysburg, including a poignant exchange with a wounded Union soldier.
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Robert E. Lee
James H. Street
Atlanta
Robert Edward Lee
Marie Robert
Texas
Pecos
Old Dominion
Union
Natal
Edgar Allen Poe
Lee
Matthew Fountaine Maury
Stonewall Jackson
Alexandria
Virginia
Gettysburg
Pickett
Confederacy
Furay Talks at Institute Chapel Hill NC
James H. Furay vice president of United Press forecast 1933 news themes and leadership amid uncertainty. Dr Albert Keister of UNC Greensboro proposed budget balancing ideas including highway fund diversion and certain tax options. Event included North Carolina in Pictures display by Bayard Wooten with Duke University visit for an organ recital and dinner with Louis Jaffe and Dr Frank Hickman as speakers.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Press Institute
James H. Furay
United Press
Forei<en Service
Albert 8. Keister
Greensboro
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Bayard Wooten
Chapelill
Duke University
Durham
Louis Jaffe
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Frank Hickman
Duke School of Religion
W. P. Few
Duke
Duke Orchestra and Glee Club
Revenue Bureau Sets Tax Regulation Framework
The Internal Revenue Bureau drafts regulations for about 2.5 million taxpayers due March 15 1932. The rules specify deductible taxes and those not deductible, with final rules to be approved by Secretary Mills before publication. The changes aim to expand deductions on excise taxes and adjust tax brackets and surtax thresholds under the new billion dollar tax bill.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Mills
Bureau
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