M Nary Proposes Early Farm Relief
Washington March 16 Senator McNary chairman of the senate agriculture committee proposes enacting a farm relief bill early in the coming extra session to apply to 1929 crops He plans hearings March 25 and wants the measure ready for the opening day April 15 He invites input from agricultural leaders including the American Farm Bureau federation the national grange and the farmers union on proposals and open discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Oregon
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Farmers Union
Farm Federation
McNary- Haugen
Calvin Coolidge
Granger
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate action and house amendments on school finance bill
The Senate debated tax and school funding measures, defeating amendments and instructing conference support for Senate changes. The House accepted Senate amendments after three days, with a new equalization fund of 6.5 million and an aid fund of 1.25 million for eight months, plus a 300 thousand emergency reserve. Lincoln County and Buncombe officials figured in related park and city-limit measures.
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Buncombe
Womble
Finance Committee
Gravely
Nash
McKethan
Cumberland
Senate
House
Jule B. Warren
State Education Association
Broughton
Wake
Haywood County
Great Smoky Mountain Park
Asheville
Weaver Republican
Salisbury
MacLean
Beaufort
Harris
Herson
Winston
Bertie
Higgings
Alleghany
Blue
Scotland
Mull
Cleveland
Bernard
Surry
Pruden
Chowan
Woodard
Flood Relief Aids 2000 Refugees In Alabama Camp
National guard troops 200 strong aided about 2,000 refugees at the National Guard Relief Camp on Cemetery Hill Alabama. A convoy of 108 cars from Troy prepared to evacuate refugees to Troy as other towns sent clothing and supplies.
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National Guard
Cemetery Hill
Ala
Troy
Red Cross
W. E. Persons
Col
W. A. Gayles
Elba
Persons
Pea River
Gayles
Fiba
Enterprise
Bibb Graves
Atlanta
Georgia
Weather Bureau
West Point
South
Geneva
Florida
Alabama
Samson
Hartford
Slocum
Coffee County
White Creek
W. A. Gayle
Montgomery
Quitman
Miss
Chickasha River
Meridian
Louisville and Nashville
Pascagoula
Coast Guard
Mobile
J. R. West
Brewton
Pensacola
American Red Cross
National Organization
Escambia
Flomaton
Senate Amendments and House Revenue Bill Debate
The article notes the senate amendments and that the house had passed the revenue and appropriations bill. It says the bill did not address a larger equalization fund, even if it could be obtained from the senate.
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Senate
House
Income tax receipts run ahead of last year
Washington March 16 AP Cash poured into the treasury as the March 15 tax payments came in. Offices rushed receipts to banks to meet treasury needs, with March totals about 5.4 million dollars ahead of the same date last year.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Mexican Rebels Retreat as Air Fleet Boosts Aid
Capable of 20 new planes ordered in New York for the federals, three are complete and to be flown to Mexico City. Portes Gil declares rebels below lieutenant colonel in Vera Cruz army freed. State Department expresses relief over the border situation and outlines cooperation to prevent further rebel incursions. Kellogg travels to New York for private business as Under-Secretary Clark and Ambassador Tellez discuss the crisis.
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New York
Mexico City
Portes Gil
Aguirre
Vera Cruz
State Department
Washington
Mar
United States
Kellogg
Clark
Tellez
Amassador
Mexicans Near Torreon Battle Threatens Rebel Stronghold
Messages from Ambassador Morrow in Mexico City outline federals capturing Durango and moving on Torreon. Officials estimate General Escobar commands about 4,000 troops, deemed insufficient to stop the federal offensive. Some consular districts report quiet, with no major disturbances noted.
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Morrow
Mexico City
Durango
Torreon
Escobar
Hoover Expands Cabinet as Tax Publicity Edict Goes Forward
President Hoover fills key posts and signals broad reform moves. Ernest Jahncke becomes assistant secretary of the navy while Patrick Hurley is named assistant secretary of war. Walter Newton becomes administrative assistant to Hoover. Admiral Moffett remains chief of naval aviation as the five year program continues. Burke to leave Indian affairs bureau as Hoover pledges new duties for him. Law enforcement commission appointment is delayed for select, eminent figures.
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Hoover
Mellon
Ernest Lee Jahncke
New Orleans
Navy
Patrick J. Hurley
Tulsa
Okla
Walter Newton
Minnesota
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Naval Air Corps
Charles H. Burke
Bureau of Indian Affaires
Department of the Interior
Burke
Law Enforcement Commission
Rebuilding the fur industry becomes state objective
North Carolina advances fur farming at the State Game Farm in Asheboro by adding 12 muskrat pens. Director Wade H. Phillips aims to revive fur production to near historical levels, with breeding plans for muskrat first, then possibly mink and beaver, to create a new state income source amid rising fur demand. About 35,000 muskrats were trapped in NC during 1927-28 per game census.
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Asheboro
North Carolina
Wade H. Phillips
Department of Conservation and Development
W. C. Grimes
Mission Council Delegates Speak at Washington Services
Delegates to the nineteenth annual session of the Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church south will attend special services Sunday at ten churches in Washington and nearby towns. Council officers will speak at these services.
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Washington
Mar
Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodic
Episcopal Church
South
Wash
Missionary council selects Amarillo for next session
The council, with members from Virginia Marland and beyond, will discuss United States and foreign missions. Miss Helen B Calder and Rev Milton T Stauffer will speak at Mount Vernon Place church during the regular Sunday services. The council unanimously voted to hold next year's session in Amarillo Texas, which has the largest representation.
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Ington
Marland
Virginia
United States
Helen B. Calder
The
American Board
Amarillo
Texas
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Associated Press
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Eufaula
Georgia Line
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
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Marked Tree
Ark
St. Francis
Columbia
Frances Scott Key
Paul Neyron
Madam Caroline Testout
John Laing
K. A. Victory
Etoile de France
J. L. Mock
Belk-Stevens Co
Moore’s Book Store
Mission Council
M. E. Missionary
Vernon Place Church
Merit Shoe Coo., Inc
High Point, N. C
Helena L. Williams
Brand Products
High Point Creamery
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