Smoot described to aid expediting comptroller decision
Harris M. Hanshue head of Western Air Express testified to airmail investigators that Ernest W. Smoot, son of Reed Smoot, sold him on getting a favorable comptroller general decision. Smoot billed $156,000 for services after the decision. He claimed partial payment.
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Washington
Mar
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Senate Airmail
Ernest W. Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Hanshue
New York
Reed Smoot
McCain
Comptroller General
Black
Brown
American Airways
Aviation Corporation
Western Air
el Paso
Inauguration and First Year of Roosevelt Policy
The article recounts F D Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration and early policy push. It notes bank closures, the end of the gold standard, and rapid presidential actions including numerous messages to Congress on banking, economy, beer repeal, farm relief, unemployment aid, and securities oversight. It mentions public reaction and Michigan's early repeal support.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
WCTU
Roosevelt
Michigan
Bankhead cotton control bill amended to extend to two years
The House agriculture committee amended the Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill to extend its provisions to two years with a possible one year extension by presidential proclamation.
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Washington, Mar. T
House Agriculture Committee
Carnera Loughran World Heavyweight Bout Tonight
Fair weather follows three days of rain as the Carnera Loughran title fight appears set for tonight in Miami Vila. crowds facing two competing attractions a flower show and a tea dance.
Pioneer auto maker Thomas Henderson dies in Coral Gables
Thomas Henderson a founder of the Winton Motor Car Company and pioneer auto maker died in Coral Gables after a month long illness. He moved to Florida from Cleveland six years ago.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Mar
Thomas Henderson
The
Winton Motor Car Company
Cleveland
Cabinet resigns in Madrid under Lerroux government
Madrid March 1 The entire government of Prime Minister Alejandro Lerroux resigned suddenly today, ending the cabinet’s term in Spain. The move follows political pressure and marks a dramatic shift in Madrid’s leadership amid ongoing national debates and instability.
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Madrid
Mar
Alejandro Lerroux
Cigarette Blaze Destroys Fishing Craft in Chile Barge
An AP report from Tiquique Chile says a cigarette dropped into a barge loading 130 bags caused a fire that destroyed a number of fishing boats.
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Tiquique
Chile
Mar
Weather and politics clash in a wintry Washington letter
A correspondent from Washington writes of heavy snow in the capital with temperatures near zero and crowds of workers clearing New York streets. He mocks lobbyists freezing outside Congress homes and jokes about hotels honoring General Hugh Johnson as pilgrims arrive to debate codes.
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New York
Newark
Washington
Hugh Johnson
Washington, D. C
Father of Famous Flier Speaks Through Suppressed Volume
The late Charles A Lindbergh Sr a Minnesota congressman and father of the famous flier speaks through a World War I era book suppressed by the government. The volume Your Country At War condemns war hysteria profiteers bankers and monopolies and is described as prophetic by its publishers noting predictions and recommendations realized after his 1924 death.
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Philadelphia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Minnesota
Lindbergh
Rasputin Slaying Photo Shown In Court Trial Details
In London court Prince Felix Youssoupoff testifies amid his wife’s libel suit that he killed Rasputin. He recounts singing to the monk before poisoning and clubbing him, then says he was not a professional killer. Details include a double plan and disposal into the Neva River.
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Rasputin
Prince
London
Imperial Palace
St. Ig
Felix Youssoupoff
Prince Youssoupoff
M, Gun and Club
Liam Jowitt
Jowitt
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rasputin and
the Empress
Youssoupoff
Ragan Takes Stand in Adjourned Bank Suit Hearing
Greens boro March 1 The special master hearing in the Commercial National bank case against the directors resumed Monday after a one day adjournment. Ragan testified as the third director and largely duplicated prior witnesses. He noted signing a March 4 1931 letter to Deputy Comptroller Awalt though he had not seen the Awalt letter.
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Greensboro
Commercial National Bank
R. R. Ragan
C. F. Tomlinson
J. S. Pickett
F. G. Awalt
Awalt
J. Elwood Cox
Ragan
Mr. Cox
Concord Publisher J B Sherrill Dies After Stroke
J B Sherrill publisher of The Concord Tribune dies at 70 after a stroke. Condolences pour in from state figures as the veteran editor, who began in Olin at 16, spent 54 years in printing and news distribution.
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Concord
Mar
J. B. Sherill
Concord Tribune
Sherrill
Olin
Iredell County
Congress urged to leave plans alone for now
Secretary Morgenthau told a House banking sub committee that the administration seeks to study current monetary plans through the remainder of the fiscal year before a fixed policy is chosen. He said the country just emerged from a severe financial crisis and that the future policy remains uncertain and experimental.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Morgenthau
House Banking
Hancock
D-Nc
House Votes Down Government Plant for Post Office Supplies
The House defeated a proposal to erect a government plant at Reidsville West Virginia to manufacture Post Office supplies by a 275 to 110 vote. North Carolina members largely opposed the senate amendment. Ludlow led the fight for the amendment and Umstead helped rally the NC delegation. Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Greenway backed related relief efforts linked to West Virginia coal miners.
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Washington
Mar
W. B. Umstead
High Point
Reidsville
W. V
Post Office Department
Bee JL
Dane Dene
Senate
Josiah W. Bailey
House
Bailey
Ludlow
Indiana
Appropriations Committee
Umstead
North Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Virginia
Public Works Administration
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Roosevelt
Arnold
Illinois
Representative Bulwinkle
Rainey
Child Guidance: Dr. Richardson Starts Guidance Series
The Enterprise introduces a new service for parents teachers and social workers with a series by Frank Howard Richardson M D F A C P of Brooklyn and Black Mountain. Readers may write for confidential answers to home life questions with a stamped self addressed envelope. Dr Richardson a noted child psychologist is the author of Parenthood and the Newer Psychology and other works and appears in Woman's Home Companion and Holland's Magazine.
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Frank Howard Richardson
M. D
Brooklyn
New York
Black Mountain
North Carolina
Richardson
Parenthood
Putnams
Parents’ Pub. Co
N. Y
Good Housekeeping
Better Homes and Gardens
Forum
Parental Magazine
Hygeta
Woman's Home Companion
Holland’s Magazine
Wrose
The
Enterprise
Salvation Army Youth Council Session in Winston-Salem
The North Carolina Young People's council of the Salvation Army will hold sessions in Winston-Salem on Saturday and Sunday.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Youngeople’s Council of the Salvation Army
Police Delivering Liquor Licenses In Capital Today
In Washington on March 1 police rushed through the capital to hand out retail liquor permits to 200 clubs hotels and restaurants as legal liquor returned after 17 years of prohibition. Crowds cheered as licenses went into effect at midnight with sales allowed from 9 a m and first drinks at 1 000 licensed outlets opening later.
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Washington
Mar
Paul Reveres
Roosevelt to discuss NRA future and address complaints
President Roosevelt will outline plans for the National Recovery Act in a personal appearance called by Administrator Johnson to hear public complaints. Labor leaders criticize the NRA for allowing company unions and uneven wage provisions while praising the act’s aims.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
NRA
Johnson
F E. P. Cash
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union
Pennsylvania
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Gorman
Alice Edwards
American Home Economic Association
Austria Gains Ground in Civil Conflict Amid Mobilization
Vienna reports the government now fields at least 110000 armed men to counter civil war. The Heimwehr faction keeps recruiting with 65000 fighters claimed, while the regular army accounts for 30000 and the police 15000, totaling the stated strength.
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Vienna
Mar
Austria
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Emil Fey
Henry Pu-Yi Crowned King of Manchukuo With Barbed Wire Guards
Henry Pu Yi was proclaimed Kang Teh emperor of Manchukuo in a tightly guarded ceremony at Hsinking. More than 560,000 soldiers protected the event with barbed wire stockades and a mainly ceremonial turnout, as Japanese and Manchukuoan troops formed walls along the route from palace to the Altar of Heaven. The enthronement, kept short and tightly controlled, marks the birth of a new Manchu empire under Japanese sponsorship.
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James A. Mills
Associated Press
Hsinking
Changchun
Manchukuo
Henry Pu-Yi
Kang Teh
Manchu Empire
America
Imperial Palace
F& Palace
Erssua
Spoenah
China
Japan
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