Revised Farm Plan Goes To Senate Smith Challenges
New York dispatch reports Alfred E. Smith denounces President Roosevelt amid a Liberty League clash over farm policy. Smith, a bitter critic of the New Deal, defends his stance and criticizes Senator Robinson while outlining his own constitutional approach to farm relief and federal public works. He says he will not reply to Robinson’s speech but weighs in on the issue and past positions.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Liberty League
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Smith
Joe
Joe Robinson
Empire State Building
Ington
Joe Rob
Omaha
D-Ark
American Liberty League
Alfred EB. Smith
Measure Referred to Senate by Committee Without Favorable Report
The agriculture committee ordered the revised oil conservation subsidy plan for replacing the AAA reported to the Senate by a 15 to 2 vote. Chairman Smith expressed grave doubt on constitutionality and said the vote aimed to report rather than favorably report.
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Washington
AAA
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Smith
D-Sc
Bankhead
Dala
McNary
Oregon
Norbeck
R-Sd
Thomas
Dokla
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Jones
D-Tex
Weather-Driven Slump Dampens Southern Furniture Market
The Southern furniture and rug market sees weak attendance as a bitter cold spell limits registrations. Only 70 buyers registered from 2 PM yesterday to 10 AM today, with manufacturers hoping warmer weather will boost retail arrivals later. Overall, early week attendance was down from earlier records, but the market remains cautiously optimistic for spring output and normal operating schedules.
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North Carolina
Mercury
Congressmen Hear Reports From Farms In Washington
In Washington on January 29 reports from farm interests fueled calls for action on a substitute for the outmoded AAA while the Senate agricultural committee votes 15 to 2 to back the administration’s soil conservation program. The piece notes broader political maneuvering, including vows to regulate soft coal and discuss a uniform rail system if the railroad retirement act threat persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
United Mine Workers Convention
Guffey
D. Pa
Supreme Court
Joseph B. Eastman
En Uminees
Alfred B. Smith
Robinson
Smith
Social Justice
House
McSwain
House Military Affairs Committee
Air Reserve Training Corps
Army
Romenns
Roosevelt
Borah
Grass Roots Meet Opens In Georgia
Insurgent Southern Democrats meet in Macon at the million dollar auditorium to oppose Roosevelt’s bid for a second term. Governor Eugene Talmadge and John Henry Kirby lead calls for Jeffersonian Democrat principals, denouncing federal overreach and urging a 1932 platform restoration with reduced government spending and free enterprise.
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Grass Roots Meet
Georgia
Talmadge Backer
Macon
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Tex
Southern Committee
Talmadge
Washington
Atlanta
Platform Committee
Hugh Howell
Georgia Tie Executive Committee
National Platform of
Democratic Party
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
Howell
Local Market Buyer Arrest leads to charges in Greensboro
Mrs. Lillie Ward of High Point is held on larceny from person after a furniture buyer, P. E. Hansen of Cleveland, accused her of taking his watch and $25 from a cabin at C. P. Ward’s tourist camp near Jamestown following a drink of whisky. Hansen recovered the money. Ward later took poison but survived. Hearing before a magistrate set for this afternoon.
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Greensboro
Lillie Ward
High Point
C. P
Dad) Ward
Jamestown
P. E. Hansen
Cleveland
C. Hansen
Ward
Hansen
E. W. Pearce
Mrs. Ward
Textile Employers Resist Labor Board Says Madden
Chairman J Warren Madden of the national labor relations board told a house committee there is spirited resistance among textile employers to the NLRA. He cited failures to comply with board orders and described widespread interference with workers efforts to organize.
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Jane
Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
House
Acm
Irbor
Ellenbogen
Madden
Keller
Warle
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Woevera
Loeb Killed by Fellow Inmate at Joliet Prison
Richard Loeb was killed at Stateville Joliet by fellow convict James Day. Day claimed self defense after a razor attack. Loeb died two hours later from shock and blood loss. State authorities opened a murder inquiry and prepared a warrant for Day.
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Sueweeves Sliack
James Day
Chicago
Loeb
Stateville Penitentiary
Lester E. Frankenthal
Nathan Leopold
Roberts
A. L. Bowen
State Department of Public Welfare
William R. McCabe
Joseph Eem
Bowen
McCabe
Day
Austin Humphrey
Goose Bliss
Robert Camy
Ragen
McCade
Lavoratory
Leopold
Gale Swolley
Jack Klutas
James Hackett
Blue Island, II
Federal Revenue From State Rises Over Six Million
North Carolina federal taxes for 1935 rose by 6.4 million compared with 1934, with total state taxes from all sources reaching 285,138,570.85. Miscellaneous receipts and income taxes also increased. cigarette and other taxes contributed to the rise.
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Washington
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
Knox Returns From Chicago Meeting Chooses Richmond For 1936
City Manager BE M Knox reports the International City Managers Association executive committee voted to hold the 1936 annual meeting in Richmond Virginia during the third week in October. He notes the choice as surprising since past sessions favored central U S locations and foreign representatives usually attend. This year the group will meet separately from other city organizations.
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BE. M. Knox
International City Managers’ Association
City Hall
International Association
Chicago
Knox
Richmond
United States
Smith Accused Of Going Over To Camp Of Enemy
Washington dispatch reports a heated clash between Roosevelt forces and Alfred E. Smith as the New Deal branding Smith as deserting progressivism. Senator Robinson retorts that Smith fights against Democratic principles and calls him to account for alleged platform violations amid looming campaign tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred EB. Smith
New Deal
New York
Thirty two Drivers Lose Licenses in Guilford County
Greensboro and High Point denizens dominate the Guilford county suspensions. Lieutenant Croom reports 74 of 80 revoked licenses for one year tied to drunken driving, with five for hit and run and one for both offenses.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
William J. Croom
State Highway Patrol
Guilford County
High Point
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Sea Carolina
Opeona
PHE Enterprise
Richard Loeb
Joliet
Illinois
Bobbie Franks
Ill
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