North Carolina Politicians Begin Candidacy Preparations
Raleigh reports early filing activity as North Carolinians plan runs for governor, state offices and Congress. By April 14 candidates for state and congressional posts must file with the state board of elections, with independents due by June 2. Several statewide races look competitive, with eight-year terms possible for Supreme Court justices and hearings for the treasurer and utilities commissioner. Several incumbents and potential contenders are testing the waters, including T. L. Kirkpatrick seeking the 1936 governorship.
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Raleigh
North
Kirkpatrick
State Board of Elections
Clerk of Superior Court
W. P. Stacy
Heriot Clarkson
W. J. Adama
Supreme Court
Charles M. Johnson
Stanley Winborne
Dallas Kirby
Winston-Salem
Foreign firms in U S may be taxed higher under bill
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a proposal giving the president power to raise up to 60 percent taxes on foreign individuals and corporations in the United States from discriminating nations. Rep Vinson of Kentucky sponsored it, aimed at France and others taxing American interests. Also approved was a 5 cent per pound tax on coconut and sesame oils as part of a $250 million general revenue bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Vinson
Kentucky
France
United States
Trade Balance For December Registers Rise
December exports rose to 192 million dollars while imports totaled 133 million dollars yielding a 59 million dollar favorable trade balance for the month. For 1933 the year ended with a 226 million dollar surplus as exports reached 1.675 billion and imports 1.449 billion, with prices and volumes up from 1932.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Pevenne
Ihan
Senate Urges Vote on Monety Bill Amid Debate
In Washington a Senate session focused on the monetary bill with supporters arguing it would aid debtors and foreign trade while a House bill advancing treasury post office spending neared final approval. Senator Bailey defended the policy as self defense for foreign nations amid signs of forthcoming ballots and early Senate meetings.
Rail freight loadings rise in late January report
The American Railway Association announced that revenue freight loadings for the week ended January 20 reached 560,480 cars, up 4,808 from the prior week and 60,876 more than the same week in 1988, remaining 1,671 below the 1982 level.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Congress OKs federal guarantee for farm mortgage bonds
The House completed action on an administration bill to provide a full federal guarantee behind farm mortgage bonds, marking a major step in support for agricultural credit.
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Washington
House
Yale names Raymond Duck Pond new head football coach
The New Haven Register reports Raymond Duck Pond of Terrageen Come will be Yale’s new head football coach. The AP story notes the coaching situation at Yale is under discussion.
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YALE
Cam
Factor identifies three men in July kidnapping case
John Factor testified in Chicago that Roger Touhy and two co defendants kidnaped him for ransom last July. He pointed out Gustav Schaefer and Albert Kator and then Touhy as the captors, his face trembling as he stepped down from the witness stand.
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Chicago
John Factor
Roger Touhy
Factor
Dra Sasa
Gustav
Gus) Schaefer
Albert
Polly Nose
Hoover En Again Reported Trip Denied by Sec. Sexson
Reports in Washington and New York claimed former President Herbert Hoover planned a trip east to confer with Republican leaders. His secretary Paul Sexson denied the report, stating no such trip was planned.
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Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Washington
New York
Herbert Hoover
Paul Sexson
Home Bombing Injures No One In Elizabeth New Jersey
Mrs Thomas Shill and her two year old son Horace escaped injury when their home was bombed early today in Elizabeth New Jersey. The blast tore off the rear section of the house damaged an automobile and garage. Police found bomb parts fashioned from a piece of material.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas Shill
Horace
Shill
Pigeon Returns to Nest Amid Travel Notes and Events
A stray homing pigeon returns to its nest in Claremore Oklahoma as travelers report paths through Arizona New Mexico Texas en route to Fort Worth. Amon Arter handles planes and tickets for a Roosevelt ball Tuesday night while remarks note Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas bootlegger history and economic concerns.
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Claremore
Okla
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Worth
Akfast
Amon
Arter
Bill Murray
California
Oklaha
Arkansas
Protest Over CWA Complaint Board Setup Lodged
Capus M Waynick state employment director received a protest from the Charlotte Central Labor Union over the machinery set to investigate CWA complaints. Claude Albea president of the Charlotte union said investigators should be persons not connected with the CWA or PWA organizations.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
Charlotte Central Labor Union
CWA
Claude Albea
Charlotte Union
PWA
Mortgages Taken Up in Salisbury Week
Alan B. O'Neal of the Home Owners Loan Corporation announced that mortgages totaling 258 848.05 on 77 homes were taken up during the week ending January 19 in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Alan 8. O'Neal
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Oversubscribed U S Security Issue Oversubscribed
Secretary Morgenthau announced that the government's billion-dollar security issues were oversubscribed nearly two times. Subscriptions to $500,000 notes at 14 percent totaled over $3.35 billion, while $500,000 certificates at 3⅛ percent drew $1.355 million. Subscriptions exceeded the planned borrowing by about $4.77 billion.
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Washington
New Income Tax Law Expected to Raise 36 Million Revenue
The House Ways and Means Committee and the Treasury estimate the new income tax plan will produce about 36 million dollars in annual revenue. It replaces a two-tier 4 and 8 percent structure with a flat 4 percent rate on all taxable income and introduces new exemptions and a 10 percent earned-income credit up to eight thousand dollars. The table shows lower-income changes under the new levy versus the 1932 act, with notable increases for incomes from seven thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Treasury Department
Dillinger Gang Captured by Arizona Arrest Sweep
John Dillinger and three henchmen were rounded up in Tucson after a hotel blaze clue. Detectives traced a “soft voice” attorney link to arrest Pierpont and Clark, while Makley fell to a store security sweep. Firemen Benedict and Freeman helped key the breakthrough with a magazine photo lead.
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Tucson
Ariz
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Harry Pierpont
Clark
Pierpont
Jesse Larber
Lima
Ohio
Fred Dillinger
Headquar
Ters
Mary Kinder
Chicago
Ind
Anna Martin
Opal Long
Makley
Michigan City
Joseph Fox
Joseph Burns
John Hamilton
Arizona
Central National Bank of
Greencastle
William Benedict
Robert Freeman
Makley and
Detective Story
J. C. Davis
Sher
Florida
O. E. Glover
Davis
Insull Seeks Stay On Illness In Greece
Athens Jan 26 Samuel Insull chartered a hydroairplane and kept it ready for an unknown destination amid rumors of Abyssinia. Officials said he may stay if health delays deportation and a prolongation of his police residence permit is granted. Greek Premier Tsaldaris warned of deportation February 1 if he leaves voluntarily by January 31.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Abyssinia
Insull
Tsaldaris
President Pushes Compulsory Cotton Control Policy
Alabama senators say President Roosevelt favors mandatory cotton production controls through a surplus tax. They report Roosevelt agreed after voluntary reductions threatened to fail. Bankheads plan immediate compulsory legislation while Wallace prepares a nationwide farmer attitude survey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alabama
Congress
John Bankhead
Dala
Middle West
Representative Bankhead
White House
Wallace
Bankhead
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