Bankhead Upheld In Election Claim To Senate Seat
The 1930 Alabama Senate contest remained disputed as Democratic senators George and Bratton backed a report calling Bankhead’s election a full and fair expression. They rejected Republican claims of illegality and fraud and urged the full Elections Committee to await Heflin’s challenge.
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Bankhead
Senate
Minority Report of Elections Committee
Alabama
Washington
Mar
John H Bankhead
Senate Elections Committee
George
Georgia
Bratton
New Mexico
Full Elections Committee
J. Thomas Heflin
Hurley Sees Prohibition Policy Shifting to States Rights
Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war, says the Republican convention will push a more liberal prohibition stance. He asserts the issue will be decided by states rights with federal enforcement limited to blocking liquor into dry states. Hurley predicts Hoover’s reelection despite opposition.
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Chicago
Mar
Patrick J. Hurley
St. Patrick's Day
Hurley
United States
Otis F. Glenn
Illinois
Glenn
House
Senate
Wilson
Hoover
Bryn Mawr Servants Linked to Lindbergh Kidnapping
Katie Thornberg and Paul Engenstenberg alias Paul Thornberg, Franklin Park servants sought for questioning after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, were found in a Bryn Mawr home and said they left due to a job change. Police noted a ladder and chisel linked to the case, and both denied knowledge of the crime.
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C. Leandro Lightfoot
Franklin Park
N. 4
Lindbergh Estate
Hopewell
Bryn Mawr
Katie Thornberg
Paul Engenstenberg
Paul Thornberg
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
O. Leandro Lightfoot
N. J
the Lindberghs
Lightfoot
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Engenstenberg
Katie
Lind
Lindbergh
Cook
Butler
C. Leandro Lightfoots
Lightfoots
Mr. Thornberg
Germany
Advertising Personal Touch Shapes Your Purchases
The article argues ads speak directly to readers, promising to foresee wants and deliver new hats lamps towels and more at low prices. It urges reading advertisements as intimate news tailored to individuals and warns against substitutes when choosing products by name.
Roosevelt Wins Nine of Ten Delegates From North Dakota
Fargo dispatch reports Governor Franklin D Roosevelt of New York won nine of North Dakota's ten Democratic national convention delegates in Tuesday's primary based on unofficial returns from most precincts. George Murray of Berthold, pledged to support his brother Governor W H Murray of Oklahoma, won the tenth seat. Murray led North Dakota campaign efforts.
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Fargo
N. D
F. D. Roosevelt
New York
North Dakota
George Murray
Berthold
Farmer
W. H
Murray
Oklahoma
Murrray
Treasury receipts and disbursements for mid March
Treasury receipts on March 16 totaled 115,561,081.85 with expenditures of 93,952,424.56 and a balance of 759,929,243.24. Customs duties for the first sixteen days of March amounted to 11,463,311.12.
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Treasury
Washington
Mar
Senators Seek Graduated Cuts to Federal Salaries
Senator Connally proposes a 5 to 15 percent cut for all federal employees earning over $2,000 yearly with further scales by income. A House committee aims to draft a companion bill to balance the budget with 1 to 20 percent reductions. Connally pledges to cut his own salary and eliminate a thousand dollars a year from congressional pay.
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Washington
Mar
Connally
Texas
House
McDuffie
Congress
Wealthy Tax Hikes Move On Sales Tax Bill
Lawmakers approved amendments raising top income tax to seven percent for incomes over eight thousand, higher than committee proposal. Increases also approved for four thousand dollar brackets, with total projected revenue of about twenty million annually. The copper import tax was dropped, leaving eleven million needed to balance the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Representative Laguardia
N. Y
Seensketing
Crisp
Chauncey Olcott Dies in Monte Carlo at 59
Chauncey Olcott American singer renowned for Irish ballads died at Monte Carlo after a long illness. Born Buffalo July 21, 1860, he gained fame in minstrel, comic opera, and romantic comedies, notably My Wild Irish Rose. Funeral planned for New York. burial to be sailed from Ville Franche with family aboard.
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Paris
Chauncey Olcott
Monte Carlo
Buffalo
United States
Olcott
Powers Faces Last Night on Gallows for Bluebeard Crimes
In Charleston West Virginia on March 18 1931 Harry F Powers known as the Bluebeard killer faces execution for the murder of Dorothy Pressler Lemke of Northboro Massachusetts cited as lured by a marriage promise. Governor Conley refused a reprieve after attorney J Ed Law failed to save him. Powers admitted planning with Lemke to move west for a farm but denied killing her claiming she preferred another man Cecil Johnson.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Northboro
Mass
Powers
William G. Conley
J. Ed Law
Clarksburg
Law
Clarksburg Opera House
Court House
Lemke
Massachusetts
Cecil Johnson
Japanese Troops Begin Return as Peace Talks Hinge
Shanghai March 18 A Sino Japanese peace parley prospect emerged as three Japanese transports ferried troops down the Whangpoo to Japan The Tokyo government decided to drop certain conditions delaying talks and Yosuka Matsuoka predicted a formal conference could open Sunday or Monday
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Shanghai
Japan
Tokyo
Yosuka Matsuoka
Education Meet Hears Plan For New State School Board
The North Carolina Education association discussed constitutional changes to revamp state school governance. A special committee proposed abolishing the ex officio board, creating a seven member governor appointed panel to oversee education and distribute the six months school fund.
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New State School Board
Charlotte
Mar
North Carolina Education Association
Constitutional Commission
Board of Education
Government denies modification of anti-Soviet policy
Washington officials flatly denied any plan to change the long standing U S policy of non recognition of Russia. Dispatches from Moscow suggested a shift due to Far East conditions but no policy change has occurred since 1917. Senator Borah of Idaho has been a leading advocate in the Senate.
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Washington
Mar
State Department
Russia
Moscow
United States
Far East
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Apache Murderer of Coed Says She Led Him On Before He Killed Her
Golney Sey mour's defense argues a New York girl lured him with emotion and liquor to an Apache dance and murder. Attorney claims the confession misstates events and Seymour acted in self defense after being exploited by Henrietta Schmerler Columbia University student. Trial opens with assertion that she provoked the tragedy and the government case continues.
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Globe, Ariz
Golney
Mac” Seymour
New York
Seymour
Henrietta Schmerler
Columbia University
John P. Dougherty
Dougherty
Tal
Miss Schmerler
Physician raps long school term length debate
Dr. W Myers Hunter of Charlotte urged a nine month school year for ages 7 to 16 and criticized expanding to 180 days. He opposed a six day week and called for school physicians to supervise health, nutrition, dental clinics and sanitation in schools.
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Charlotte
Mar
W. Myers Hunter
North Carolina Fundations Association
Hunter
Retail Food Costs Drop Across U S in February
Washington report shows retail food costs fell about 7 percent for February and 23 percent for the year across 51 cities. Fresh eggs led declines at 19 percent, with pork chops and butter down 9 percent. onions rose 8 percent, oranges 2 percent, and cornflakes 1 percent. Jacksonville led in monthly and yearly price reductions.
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Washington
Mar
Bureau of Labor Statistics Today
United States
Bureau
Jacksonville
Fla
Quarter Million Jobs Obtained Since Drive Began
New York March 18 The national campaign to restore jobless Americans to work has passed the quarter million mark. Eighty one communities in 33 states reported 11419 placements yesterday, bringing the total to 256914. The effort is sponsored by the American Legion Association of National Advertisers AFL and Legion auxiliary.
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New York
Mar
United Action Campaign
American Legion Association of National Advertisers
American Federation of Labor and Legion Auxiliary
Scholar Refuses To Eat Until Given Job
Washington dispatch reports 57 year old scholar Dr. Fred T. Wolters began a hunger strike on February 28 to protest the lack of a suitable job. He has eaten only a peanut since starting the fast and warns he will starve himself unless employment is offered.
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Washington
Mar
Fred T. Wolters
Wolters
Cops Who Killed Man Get 4-8 Year Sentences
Gastonia March 18 following conviction of manslaughter in the death of Everett Stroupe. Con stable O T Sams and assistant Berry Dillingham sentenced to four to eight years each in the state penitentiary. They said they would not appeal the sentence. Preparations began to take them to Raleigh for service. Stroupe was killed after a chase when officers suspected him of transporting liquor.
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Gastonia
Mar
O. T. Sams
Berry Dillingham
Everett Stroupe
Clayton Moore
Raleigh
Stroupe
Beverly Hills Talk on Tax Vote Sparks Lasting Debate
In Beverly Hills on March 18, Will Bosin argues against a sales tax, noting Canada and others adopted levies with little effect on spending. He claims the nation is deeply in debt and warns elections this fall hinder recovery, while highway gas taxes have not solved problems.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mar
Canada
Sharp Drop In Tax Receipts On March 16
The daily treasury statement shows a drop of 83 080 064 in income tax receipts versus the prior year. March 16 receipts were 55 611 451, against 1888 691 515 last year, bringing March totals to 100 812 836 37 versus 106 254 321. For the fiscal year income tax reached 875 134 178, compared with 1 277 685 346 a year earlier. The deficit fell from 1 871 229 155 to 1 845 478 by March 16. Collections from all sources reached 1 470 080 581 with expenditures at 1 314 459 548.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury Statement
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State Police
Alice
Roosevelt
Alice Schoenfuss
Wheaton College
Norton
LaGuardia
Singer
Bluebeard
China
Orient
Raps Long
Dr. Myers Hunter
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