Congress Adopts Final Acts As New Congress Awaits
The Seventy-Second Congress ends after a partial term with key items left unresolved. Washington reports indicate two major appropriations remained: 36.8 million for the District of Columbia and a billion-dollar independent offices supply bill. President Hoover vetoed the latter, citing excessive overreach.
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District of Columbia
Hoover
Capitol
Moses
New Hampshire
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Senate
House
Haugen
Iowa
Garner
Charles Curtis
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt seeks broad executive power to face emergency
President Roosevelt in a inaugural address vows to ask Congress for broad wartime powers if needed to meet the national emergency. He will call a special session to act quickly, outline a plan to put people to work, stabilize currency, and correct overpopulation in industrial centers while preventing foreclosures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Mr. Roosevelt
Hoover Fails to Sign Bill on Cotton Pool
President Hoover vetoed or rather pocketed the Smith bill to sew up a government pool of about 3,000,000 bales of cotton held by federal agencies. The plan would let farmers buy on credit from the pool to match reduced production next harvest.
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Washington
Hoover
Smith
8. C
Bank Developments Halt NC Legislature's Week
Bank moves gave banks power to call holidays and moratoriums, stalling key votes and leaving major issues in doubt. Lawmakers shelved sales tax and eight months school fights while appropriations pended, with debate over funding for public schools and a sales tax to balance the budget.
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Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Assembly
Tom Bowie
Ashe
Vere
Appropriations
Banks End Deposit Withdrawals Across 44 States
Restrictions on withdrawal of bank deposits prevailed at midday in all but four states. New York and Illinois joined holiday states as proclamations were issued, with banks opening under limits in Montana Colorado North Dakota and Delaware. Exchanges in New York and Chicago suspended operations as Federal Reserve banks closed. The dollar trading paused in Brussels Amsterdam and London markets. Sixteen states remained open with varying limits while some Southern banks acted under new or existing laws.
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Associated Press
New York
Illinois
Montana
Colorado
North Dakota
Delaware
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Curb Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Reserve Banks
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
London Exchange
Brussels Exchange
Amsterdam
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Spartanburg
North Carolina Delegation Attends Inauguration
A large North Carolina delegation led by Governor J. B. Ehringhaus attended the inauguration. The party included high state officials and military staff from the 120th Infantry and 105th engineers, plus F E. B. Jeffress, George Ross Pou, and Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts.
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Washington
North Carolina
J. ©. B. Eehringhaus
120Th Infantry
105Th Engineers
Gornor
F E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
George Ross Pou
J. van B. Metts
North Carolina State Society
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jehol City Falls to Japanese Forces in Manchuria Campaign
Japanese forces push through Jehol City and Lengkow pass as the campaign widens. Troops under Maj Gen Tadashi Kawahara and General Heijio seize Jehol City and advance toward central North China near Peiping Tientsin. Chinese troops retreat through Great Wall passes amid bombardment and air support.
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Manchuria
Jehol
Vince
Lengkow Pass
Great Wall of China
Lingyuan
Tadashi Kawahara
Heijio
South Yan
Lengkow
China
Peiping-Tientsin
Pingchuan
Great Wall
Fanchiakow- Lengknow
Chiehlingkow
Brief Outline On Lives New Cabinet Members
A quick look at the Roosevelt cabinet detailing Cordell Hull William Woodin George Dern Homer Cummings James Farley Claude Swanson Harold Ickes Henry Wallace Daniel Roper Frances Perkins and the roles they hold their backgrounds and party affiliations noted with emphasis on their public service and economic views.
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Washington
Mar
Cordell Hull
Utah
Rugged
Homer
Cummings
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Stamford
Tall
James A. Farley
Big Jim
Bankers seek mora torium aid amid public support in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills on March 8, bankers urge a voluntary moratorium with broad backing. They praise unemployed workers for accepting sacrifice while warning about abusive critics, and promise to provide opportunities if the measure succeeds.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Bible Chapter 18 Excerpt Verses on Charity and Spiritual Gifts
A passage echoing first Corinthians 13 teaches that without charity even perfect tongues, prophecy, faith, or knowledge profit nothing. It contrasts adulating abilities with genuine love, and recalls childish speech and understanding as stages of spiritual growth.
Reidsville Man Extends Holiday Through Week
Russell Doggett, 35, is ordered to stay off work for Thursday Friday and Saturday this week to make the holiday effective until further notice, in an AP late news flash from Reidsville dated March 4.
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Reidsville
Russell Doggett
Raleigh Lieutenant Governor Graham to attend event
Raleigh reports Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham plans to attend an upcoming event as part of state proceedings. Details on date and venue are not provided in the brief dispatch.
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Raleigh
A. H. Graham
Roosevelt Takes Office With Pledge of Economic Reform
Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in a ceremony on the Capitol steps promising drastic remedies for national economic ills. He urged Congress to support his program and warned he would seek wartime powers if needed. The day featured a massive parade and one of the largest inaugurations in history.
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United States
Capitol Plaza
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Elmore Cropley
Ee Ae Ey
San Ee Ieee
Lee Benen
Yusentane
Washington
Mar
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
Garner
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gavel Made From Timber of Calhoun Home for Garner
Vice President elect Garner will use a gavel carved from timber from John C. Calhoun’s home. Clemson College fashioned the reproduction gavel and will send it to Garner for use at the opening session of Congress. The Calhoun residence sits on the Clemson campus.
Curtis Extends Sincere Wishes to New Officials in Transition
Senate farewell as Curtis hands gavel to Garner marks a hopeful note for Roosevelt era. He praises leadership duty and urges full cooperation for economic recovery, wishing success to Roosevelt, Garner, and the Democratic majority in Congress.
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Curtis
Washington
John N. Garner
Senate
Kansas
House
Roosevelt
Garner
Congress
Swanson
Virginia
Navy
Smoot
Utah
United States
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