Tax committee chiefs urge Treasury tax reform plans
Senate finance chair Harrison and House Ways and Means chair Doughton press Treasury to submit recommendations to revise taxes that deter business after March 15 tax returns are reviewed. They back measures to curb government spending and welcome administration statements on aiding business.
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Washington
Senate
House
The
Treasury
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Congress
Treasury Department
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee On Finance
Paroles Granted Raleigh and Other Clemencies
Hugo Hockaday received parole after a 14 to 18 year sentence for second degree murder in Granville county in July 1931. John Spivey, jailed in Guilford last September for attempted rape, was paroled with two other clemencies: Carl Nicholson in Wilkes county and Willie Simmons in Johnston county, both for larceny.
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Raleigh
Hugo Hockaday
Granville County
John Spivey
Guilford
Hoey
Carl Nicholson
Wilkes County
Willie Simmons
Simms
Johnston County
Army Air Corps expansion funds advance in heavily bipartisan bill
Washington March 3 The house sent to the senate a 499 million dollar army appropriation bill to finance a proposed air corps expansion with unusually swift, near unanimous action. Joe DiMaggio signs 19589 contract with the New York Yankees in St Petersburg Mar 8. Expected at 27000 dollars with a 2000 raise from 1938. Patty Berg wins Florida Coast women’s tournament semi finals in St Augustine Mar 8 with a 6 and 4 victory over Laddie Irwin. Betty Jameson advances 8 and 2 over Helen Hockenjos in the other semi.
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Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Air Corps
Dimaggio
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Joe di Maggio
di Maggio
Patty Berg
ST. Augustine
Minneapolis
Laddie Irwin
Montclair
N. d
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Helen Hockenjos
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Administratrix Named for Farrington Estate
Mrs. Annie Kiser of Jamestown route one qualified as administratrix of the Sadie Farrington estate who died February 27. Heirs include B. H. Farrington T. P. Farrington G. H. Farrington and Mrs. J. L. Hendricks with an estimated 125 dollars personal property and 275 dollars real estate.
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Greensboro
Annie Kiser
Jamestown
Clerk of Superior Court
Sadie Farrington
Pan American Clipper Completes Maiden Trans Pacific Flight
Hong Kong reports Pan American Airways new 40 ton 74 passenger clipper finished its maiden trans Pacific voyage arriving from Manila. The craft carried mail express and 28 Pan American staff members from Boeing and Wright. Return flight planned for tomorrow toward San Francisco.
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Hong Kong
Pan American Airways
Manila
Boeing and
Wright Companies
San Francisco
Flood Forces Chinqua-Pin School Closure in Duplin County
Kenansville March 3 flood waters from Muddy Creek and Northeast River forced the Chinqua Pin school to close in Duplin County. Superintendent O P Johnson announced the shutdown today.
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Kenansville
O. P. Johnson
Muddy Creek
Duplin County
Teachers Retirement Fund and Cape Fear Valley Authority proposed
Raleigh and Fayetteville headlines describe bills to create a public teachers retirement fund with pensions from age 60 optional and 70 compulsory and to organize a Cape Fear Valley Authority for water commerce hydroelectric power and flood control with an 11 member board and authority to borrow from the federal government for canals dams power plants and lines.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
Cape Fear
Bryant
Durham
Cherry
Gaston
Horton
Martin
Allen
Wake
Kimzey
Transylvania
Cape Fear Valley
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Senate
Congress
Bodies Found After Terrorist Attacks Near Tul Karm
Troops discovered the bodies of 12 Arabs in a cave during a search of Arab villages near Tul Karm. Earlier two Arabs were killed while trying to breach a military cordon in the Samaria and Jerusalem districts.
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Jerusalem
Tul Karm
Samaria
Temperatures Drop Below Freezing Across North Carolina
Raleigh weather expert Lee A Denson forecast fair and warmer weather for tomorrow as most of the state saw freezing temperatures after snow flurries. Low readings included Asheville 28, Charlotte 29, Greensboro 22, Hatteras 42, and Wilmington 32, while Western rivers remained flooded with Neuse and Tar still out of banks and rising in places.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Lee A. Denson
Mercury
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Hatteras
Wilmington
Roosevelt Defends Democracy On South Atlantic Voyage
President Roosevelt arrives in Charleston aboard the Houston after a two week voyage along the South Atlantic coast. He plans to address the 150th anniversary session of Congress with likely references to foreign policy and emergency defense proposals. A 21 gun salute is planned as the ship nears the dock.
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FDR
Charleston
8. C
Houston
Roosevelt
Navy Yard
Washington
D. Harold Oliver Charleston
S. C
South Atlantic
United States
Congress
Capitol
St. John's Episcopal Church
White House
Caribbean
Key West
Fla
Church Property Tax Exempt in Spain Decree
Burgos March 3 The Nationalist government under Franco decreed all church property in Spain exempt from taxation. The regime also promoted six nationalist brigadier generals to division general in recognition of their Catalonian campaign service.
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Spain
Burgos
Generalisimo Franco
Franco
UAW Reaches Agreement. Dodge Forge and Truck Workers to Return
Officials of the United Automobile Workers said Chrysler Corp Dodge forge and truck division workers reached a settlement and will return to work Monday after a dispute with management.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Dodge Forge and Truck Division
Chrysler Corp
AFL seeks five man federal labor board to revise Wagner Act
The American Federation of Labor asks Congress to create a five member federal labor board to replace the three man Wagner Act agency. AFL leaders, including President William Green, say new rulings justify urgent amendments to ensure fair hearings and prevent bureaucratic blundering. The CIO opposes changes now.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Federal Labor Board
Representative Borden
D-Nc
AFL
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Roosevelt
William Green
Green
National Labor Relations Board
Britain to Send Trade Mission to Spain to Reclaim Advantage
Britain plans a rapid trade mission to nationalist Spain to regain commercial and political advantages now enjoyed by Italy and Germany. London reports Britain and France recognize the nationalist regime and seek an end to the Spanish civil war, hoping Negrin's government will concede. Sir Maurice is expected as British ambassador. he turns 50 on March 10 and has prior Madrid and Washington embassy experience.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
R. F E. Wood
Chicago
Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Department
Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Commerce Secretary
London
Britain
Spain
Italy
Germany
France
Juan Negrin
Sir Maurice
Madrid
U.S. Failing Institutions Says Graham Urges Education Grants
University of North Carolina President Frank P. Graham told a Senate committee that the United States has failed to support public schools through the American system and urged approval of a bill for more than 800 million dollars in federal education grants over six years starting with 75 million.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Frank P. Graham
North Carolina University
Chapel Hill
N. C
Graham
Thomas
Utah
Harrison
Miss
Negrin's Hold Is Threatened In Madrid Crisis
From Avila Spain reports say republican dissidents oppose Negrin seek a new Madrid government and possibly surrender under Franco's terms. Militia traffic includes mass desertions as Madrid residents flee siege lines across no man’s land. refugees recount scarcity and starvation amid barbed wire and river crossings. Jose Maria Alfaro of Falange Espanola is said to be among escapees.
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Avila
Spain
Juan Negrin
Madrid
No-Man’s Land
University City
Parque de Oeste
Casa del Campo
Manzanares
Jose Maria Alfaro
Falange Espanola Party
New Powers To FDR Would Create No New Agencies
Washington March 3 The House reorganization committee approved a bill granting Roosevelt power to reorganize the executive branch without creating new agencies. The majority said the plan groups 185 departments and about 500 bureaus. Republicans argued the move aims at propaganda, not administration. The measure keeps House Senate veto power and awaits party conference for stance.
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FDR
Washington
Special
House Reorganization Committee
Roosevelt
Rep
Taber
House
Congress
Senate
Republican House
Pius XII Opens Pontificate With Peace Appeal Broadcast
Vatican news reports Pius XII began his pontificate with a five minute Latin address from the Sistine Chapel urging peace and prayer for world leaders. He asked for conscience driven peace, urged unity among Christians and nations, and sent blessings to Mussolini and Italian leaders.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter
Sistine Chapel
Hearn
Christ
Sacred College of
Cardi
Os Eugenio Cardinalcelli
Brothers of the Epirate
Mussolini
Pius XF
Italia
Oiff
Duce
Italy
Rome
Vitorio Emanuele
Briggs Qualifies as Administrator Special
J Gurney Briggs of High Point qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs Annie Ray Armfield who died December 31 1938. The estate values include 35000 in personal property 10000 in real estate and 1500 yearly rentals. The sole heir Mrs Martha A Gat of Westbrook Maine surrendered her rights to allow Briggs to take charge.
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Greensboro
J. Gurney Briggs
High Point
Tod
Sperior Court
Annie Ray Armfield
Martha A. Gat
Westbrook
Briggs
Vessels Hover as Sealing Ship Rangers Seeks Rescue
Two vessels hover by the leaking Newfoundland sealing vessel Ranger about 100 miles off Placentia, ready to remove 132 crew members if needed. Distress signals said it was impossible to keep afloat in high seas. eight of 150 crew evacuated to the steamship Newfoundly as Imogene stands by.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Ranger
Newfoundland
Imogene
Cape St. Mary's
Placentia Bay
Placentia
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Tarboro
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Fayetteville
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Revision of Labor Board
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