Congress Can Reduce Supreme Court to Phantom Court
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Congress has the power to shrink the Supreme Court to a mere phantom court under the Constitution. He argued the power is deliberate to check judicial overreach and noted practical obstacles to constitutional amendments. Attorney General Cummings also appeared before the panel.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jackson
France tightens naval alert after Spanish attacks
Brest March 11 reports France ordering west and south coast units on uninterrupted duty as Spanish warships attack shipping lanes. French vessels are to defend lanes bordering France and monitor for belligerent ships while awaiting an international control cordon. An attack near the coast prompted an immediate inquiry into shelling within the three mile limit.
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Brest
France
Spain
Three Mile
Old-Age Benefit Claims Filed as New Program Starts
Stacey W. Wade, Social Security field representative in Raleigh, reports two new old age benefit claims under the program effective January 1. One seeks a lump sum settlement and the other a death claim. Washington offices announced payment today of the first eight national claims, seven lump sums and one death.
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Raleigh
Stacey W. Wade
Social Security Board
Wade
Washington
Bus Struck by Train at Crossing in Bryson City
A freight train hit a Bryson City school bus at a crossing yesterday. Bus driver Wayne Blue said he slowed to cross but did not see the train. seventeen Bryson City men suffered minor cuts and burns, though the bus did not overturn.
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Bryson City
Wayne Blue
North Carolina General Assembly Meets in Historic Edenton
Governor Hoey and NC legislators travel from Raleigh by special train to Edenton for a session held in the old colonial capital. They hear speeches, dine on oysters and barbecue, tour landmarks, and discuss state affairs in a holiday mood. Roosevelt's Warm Springs trip to Georgia is announced with plans for a southern vacation and a Gulf fishing trip later.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Gulf of Mexico
Union Station
White House
Southland
Edenton
Hoey
North Carolina
General Assembly
Raleigh
Chowan County Court House
E. W. Spires
Colonaal
Albemarle Sound
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Fruit Company Sues Over Truck Delivery Licenses
The Southern Fruit Company of Charlotte and others sue in federal court to stop Rock Hill and western South Carolina towns from collecting truck delivery licenses. The subpoena in equity is returnable before Judge C. C. Wyche in Spartanburg March 12. City Attorney C. W. F. Spencer says the action targets towns with out-of-town truck licenses for regular deliveries.
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8. C
Southern Fruit Company
Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
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The
Fruit Company
C. C. Wyche
Spartanburg
C. W. F. Spencer
Forbes says Brazilian cotton threatens US export market
W Cameron Forbes former US ambassador to Japan says Brazilians join Europeans and Chinese in cotton trade. He notes Brazil expands into world markets aided by processing tax prices while US share in China declines. India and China also attract American cotton competition.
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W. Cameron Forbes
United States
Japan
China
America
Forbes
India
Rebels claim vessel sunk not captured in Spain
Salamanca March 11 insurgent government announces that munitions freighter Mar Cantabrico has been sunk carrying more than 2.7 million dollars in arms from New York and Vera Cruz to Valencia. Uncertainty remains whether cargo was removed or ship sunk en route. The vessel was a key unit of the northern government merchant fleet.
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Salamanca
Spain
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Valencia
Ferrol
Canarias
Bay of Biscay
Mar Cantabrico
Prices uneven on stock market amid profit taking
New York stocks showed uneven activity as profits selling trimmed gains in motors steels coppers oils and aircrafts. Chrysler faced early setbacks due to strike complications dimming buying interest as the market's morning strength faded.
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New York
Chrysler
Whole battalion wiped out by Reds in Madrid drive
Madrid reports say 80 000 Italian troops taking part in undeclared war as Gen Jose Miaja calls invasion by foreign army. In Aragon Guadalajara front insurgents claim wiping out an entire battalion of Red Lions as they push toward Madrid.
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Madrid
Jose Miaja
Spain
Soria
Aragon-Guadalajara
Red Lions
Francisco Franco
Government expenditures top five billion in fiscal year
The daily treasury statement shows expenditures from July 1 to March 9 totaling 5,008,932,303 dollars, about 132,944,590 dollars more than the same period last year, as Washington reports.
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Washington
Treasury Statement
Convict escape trio linked to bank robbery near Troy
March 11 report from Hickory notes officers chase three escaped convicts thought to have robbed the Montgomery Bank in Troy. Pedigreed names attach to Payn e Smith and Borden with recapture near Burke and a prior prison escape tied to Ca udonia.
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Cata
Montgomery
Troy
Oscar Pitts
Ing
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O. Barrs
Catawba County
Pitts
Bill Payne
Ro S. Smith
Jack Borden
J. W
Payne
Origally
Smith
Bor
U S Protest Urged Over German Press Attacks
Secretary Hull ordered Ambassador Dodd in Berlin to lodge emphatic protests with the German Foreign Office over recent German press attacks on the United States. The action followed criticism of Mayor La Guardia’s remarks about Hitler and aimed to defend American institutions and Jewish women amid a German press firestorm.
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la Guardia
Washington
William E. Dodd
Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Hitler
American Jewish Congress
Stephen S. Wise
Danville Wins Eminent Domain Battle for PWA Project
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a Patrick County Circuit Court ruling that Danville may condemn property in Patrick County for its PWA hydroelectric project. The decision centers on defining the project as public and Danville’s authority to use eminent domain beyond its corporate limits.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Patrick County
Danville
PWA
Dizzy Dean Seeks $50,000 Salary at Daytona Conference
Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean arrived in Daytona Beach for a salary conference on March 11 but stated he still seeks a $50,000 salary. He indicated no agreement was reached.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Dizzy" Dean
State Keeps Gas Chamber in North Carolina
North Carolina will retain the gas chamber for executions for at least two more years after a senate vote killed a proposal to restore the electric chair. Warden Honeycutt and prison physician Dr Coleman argued the chair is more humane, noting gas deaths are painful and horrifying.
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North Carolina
State Senate
H. H. Honeycutt
G. & Coleman
Ian
Senate
Coleman
City Cuts Track Lowering Bid After $40,000 Error
Discovery of a printer misread error lowers the Low bid for the High Point track lowering project to 461,138.09 while officials seek to align with the 400,000 budget. City leaders met with Capus Waynick and plan talks with Raleigh engineers and Southern Railway to reduce costs.
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High Point
E. M. Knox
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works
New Troubles Break Out In Today's Labor Conferences
The Illinois Mine Workers push to be sole bargaining agency in their region faces long standing opposition from the Progressive Miners of America. In Detroit, United Auto Workers and General Motors conferees delay final settlement on strike issues. Republic Steel and Underwood-Elliott-Fisher wage talks open with a campaign to unionize.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Progressive Miners of America
John L. Lewis
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Underwood-Ellot-Fisher Co
Bison High Point Reaches Next Round at Washington & Lee Tourney
In Lexington Virginia on March 11 the Black Bisons of High Point North Carolina beat Hargrave Military Academy 30 to 21 in the opening game of the Washington & Lee University invitational high school tournament advancing to the next round.
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Lexington
Black Bisons
High Point
N. C
Washington & Lee University
Hargrave Military Academy
Near Record Burley Tobacco Acreage Planned
Agriculture officials said burley tobacco growers expect a near record 600000 acres planted in 1937, higher than 308000 in 1936 and the 1928-32 five year average of 426600. No state compacts or new federal crop control likely this year beyond soil conservation programs.
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Burley
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Fed
Mooney Pardon Resolution Advances in California Senate
California lawmakers move a 45 to 28 assembly-passed resolution to pardon Thomas J Mooney. The measure would set before the state senate though no immediate action is planned. Officials say it would clear the path for Mooneys release if approved.
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Calif
Thomas J. Mooney
Calif State Senate
Assembly
Paul A. R
San Diego
Senate
Mooney
Francisco
Billings
Meg
Richie
Train wreck injures Monroe clerk near Abbeville
Six cars and the tender of a Seaboard Line fast express derailed near Abbeville South Carolina today injuring J. L. Smoak a way mail clerk from Monroe. Railroad investigators attributed the wreck to a broken rail though Smoak's condition remained serious only from shock.
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Abbeville
8. C
J. L. Smoak
Monroe
Smoak
Ribbentrop Shakes Hands With King George VI
London dispatch reports Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German envoy, greeting fellow ambassadors today and shaking hands with King George VI at a formal audience amid tensions in March.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
G Vi
Alabama Votes Wet as 22-Year Dry Era Ends
In Alabama a liquor election returns show more than twenty counties voting wet and state legalization across the state. Alabama becomes the 43rd state to legalize liquor with state stores planned within two weeks after Governor Bibb Graves proclaims results.
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Ala
Alabama
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