House Approves $14,050,000 Yearly for Six Month School Term
The North Carolina House voted 58 to 43 to allot 14,050,000 annually for operation and maintenance of the state schools for the next biennium. The six month term fund totals 13,375,000 with added 75,000 emergency support and 609,000 extended term aid. An 14,000,000 eight month term proposal was defeated.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
North Carolna
Appropriations Committee
Williams
Duplin
Board of Equalization
France Gives Tentative Approval Of Peace Plan
Paris reports tentative acceptance of a peace plan after all day talks at the British embassy with Britain and Sir John Simon. MacDonald and Simon return via Paris after Rome discussions with Premier Mussolini, Italy’s plan seen as favorable and requiring France’s agreement to proceed.
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France
Paris
Mar
Britain
John Simon
MacDonald
Sir John
Rome
Mussolini
Lea and son freed on $15,000 bonds in Tennessee
Colonel Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. posted $15,000 bonds each and were released from the county jail in Clarksville after a habeas corpus hearing was postponed. The leaders, convicted in North Carolina for banking law violations, hastened to Nashville pending extradition proceedings, with bonds signed by Sam Cohn.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Mar
Liberty
Luke Lea
Luke Lea Jr
Nashville
North Carolina
John T. Cunningham
Colonel Lea
Sam Cohn
Solons Debate School Funds and Eight Month Term
The North Carolina house debated next biennium school fund allotments as the MacLean Bailey eight month term bill faced postponement. Administration pushes favored an eighty three million dollar schools package with thirteen point three seven five million for six months, aiming to surpass the Bowle Cherry plan carrying twelve million for schools within seventy three billion total. The Bowle Cherry bill, adopted earlier, is opposed by senate critics of the longer term and awaits three readings in the regular session.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
North Carolina Leaders Seek Gregory for Employees' Comp Panel
North Carolina lawmakers led by Senator Reynolds presented Mrs. Edwin M. Gregory, daughter of the late Senator Overman of North Carolina, for consideration by President Roosevelt for appointment to the employees compensation commission. The delegation cited her qualifications as grounds for the nomination.
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Washington
Mar
Edwin M. Gregory
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Employees Compensation Commission
Reynolds
Maureen Orcutt Leads With 78 In Golf Qualifier
Miss Maureen Orcutt of Englewood N J opened defense of her north and south women's golf title with a 78 on the wind swept No 8 course at Pin the hurst to lead the early portion of the 18 hole qualifying round.
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Pintehurst
Mar
Maureen Orcutt
Englewood
N. J
Senate committee sets hearings on 1982 Louisiana Senate probe
The senate special campaign funds committee decided to hold further hearings in the 1982 Louisiana Democratic senatorial primary investigation. No date was set for the next session.
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Washington
Senate
Special
Fifty Auto Fatalities Reported in February in North Carolina
North Carolina’s motor vehicle bureau reports February saw 50 deaths and 280 injuries from auto accidents. Ninety six fatalities and 633 injuries occurred year to date. Pedestrian fatalities were unusually high with nineteen killed.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Motor Vehicle Bureau
State Department of Health
Jones Indicted by Grand Jury in Bank Receiver Case
Earl W. Jones, once receiver for Commercial National Bank of Statesville, was indicted by a federal grand jury on embezzlement and misappropriation charges totaling 1200 dollars. He vanished December 5, later found in Wilmington, hospitalized during recovery from amnesia and mental stupor. The next federal term in Statesville is expected for his trial.
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Shelby
Mar
Earl W. Jones
Wilmington
Commercial National Bank of
Statesville
Tom McCoy
Jones
House votes final passage on 3.2 beer wine bill stalled by Senate
The House approved final passage of a 3.2 beer and wine bill but the Senate adjourned before voting, delaying signature by President Roosevelt. If signed by noon tomorrow, sale could begin after a 15 day waiting period. the conference report for wine by weight parity with beer passed 43 to 36 amid a long wets vs drys clash.
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Washington
Mar
House of Representatives
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Blanton
Tex
Oe Yemet
Congress
Cullen
New York
Germany Turns Militant Again In Reichstag Opening
In Potsdam on March 21 the new militant Germany proclaimed its Prussian military spirit during a Reichstag opening in the garrison church. President Von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler led the ceremonies as the Reichstag met for the first time since March 6 elections. The building had burned in a recent blaze, and the Kaiser’s vacant chair loomed in the royal box.
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Potsdam
Germany
von Hindenburg
Adolf Pitler
Hohenzollern
Herriot Urges Debt Payment in French Debates
Former French premier Edouard Herriot pressed for immediate payment of defaulted war debts to the United States as Leon Blum supported the chamber’s December decision not to pay. Herriot said he would take no initiative due to his government’s overthrow, but urged voting payment without delay. Blum urged Socialists to hold to the chamber’s stance until Roosevelt’s posture meets creditors’ conference conditions.
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Edouard Herriot
United States
Leon Blum
M. Herriot
Edouard Daladier
M. Blum
The
Socialista
Chamber
Roosevelt
Unidentified man dies attempting to board freight train
An unidentified white man about 45 years old and weighing 150 pounds fatally injured while trying to board a freight train in Charlotte on March 21. The incident remains under investigation.
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Charlotte, Mar
States Ready to Sell Beer After Federal Legalization
Capitals report at least 14 states will permit beer sales immediately after federal legalization, with 15 day window after President Roosevelt signs the 3.2 per cent bill. Others vary by locality and pending licensing actions. additional states have conditional or pending measures.
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Roosevelt
United States
Arizona
California
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
Wisconsin
North Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Maryland
Thousands Homeless And Freezing In Flood Area
Floods across the Ohio valley drive thousands from homes as snows and subfreezing temperatures persist. Rescue and relief teams work to provide warmth and shelter to refugees while rivers rise, with nine deaths confirmed and cities bolstering levees and walls to hold back floodwaters.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Wheeling
W. Va
Cinccinnati
Portsmouth
Judge Webb Attacks Liquor Interests in Prohibition Fight
Shelby reports Judge E Yates Webb co author of the Webb Kenyon act told a federal court jury liquor interests try to purchase the souls of America by arguing repeal of the 18th amendment will bring 150 to 200 million dollars in revenue. He said no language praises whiskey.
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Shelby
Mar
E. Yates Webb
Webb-Kenyon
America
Roosevelt proposes quarter-million forest work program
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a plan to employ 250000 men in forests with a civil conservation corps proposed by Senator Robinson and Senator Wagner. The effort would draw from unexpended treasury balances, run for one year, and include pay caps while targeting reforestation flood control soil erosion and related tasks. The measure seeks swift action and may include a federal relief administrator and expanded state grants.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Congress
Afor Robinson
Arkansas
Wagner
New York
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robinson-Wagner
Committee On
Education
Messag
House
Senate
Treasury
Conservation Corps
Orlando suspends six civic clubs in clear of Roosevelt influence
A letter from Beverly Hills mocks Orlando for suspending six civic clubs and one chamber of commerce for sixty days, praising Roosevelt and predicting personal dinners will improve judgment and family dialogue.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
Orlando
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Will
Cotton Spindles Operate 95 Percent In February
Census Bureau reports the February cotton spinning industry at 95.0 percent capacity on a single shift. Spindles in place totaled 31,088,382 with 23,659,100 active during the month and 6,286,441,996 active spindle hours. In cotton growing states February 28, 19,058,150 spindles, 16,804,694 active, and 4,941,603,639 active hours. State figures include Alabama Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee.
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Washington
Mar
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
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Snell
Fot
Agricultural Committee
Leas
Solons
Bank of
Detroit
Alfred P. Sloan
N. C
Statesville Bank
Bill
Garner
Herriot
Associated Price
Miami Beach
Fla
Harry Sidmer
Ieft
Sidmer
Robert T. Teaney
Frank Katzenstine
Walker
Miami
T. J. Dowell
Janet Allen Walker
Benjamin Cohen
Cannes
Judge Webb
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