Tax on 2.75 Percent Beer Proposal Rejected in House
The House rejected a 2.75 percent beer tax proposal under treasury permits. The amendment would have added three cents a pint, with Cullen arguing it could raise 350 to 450 million dollars annually to ease unemployment. Prohibition supporters cheered as the 216 to 132 vote ended the measure amid a bitter debate.
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Washington, Med
Treasury
House
Ntative Cullen
N. Y
Drys
Credit agency 10 put N C back on feet
Ward H. Wood, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the Carolinas, says new federal money for rehabilitation will lift North Carolina land values and stabilize trade. He expects rising land values to signal an end to deflation and spur farm and business revival across the state.
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Credit Agency
N.C
Wood
Charlotte
Mar
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ward H. Wood
American Trust Company
Carolinas
Mr. Wood
Norfolk men expect early Lindbergh baby move
The Reverend H. Dobson Peacock announced Norfolk intermediaries hope and expect negotiations for returning the Lindbergh baby will complete in a few days. Admiral Burrage and John Hughes Curtis declined details, saying information should come through Colonel Lindbergh.
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Norfolk
H. Dobson- Peacock
Dean Dobson
Peacock
Guy H. Burrage
John Hughes Curtis
Burrage
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Curtis
Dean Dobson- Peacock
Kidnap Threats Sweep Washington Capital
A kidnap scare hit Washington as extortion notes threatened Sir Willmott Lewis and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Police expect an arrest and watched both homes while an agent tested payment plans but no signal was received. The threats targeted Lewis and Longworth with demands for 1500 dollars and 1509 dollars respectively.
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Washington
Mar
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Willmott Lewis
London Times
Ben Lyon
Sir Willmott
Lewis
Anti Hoarding Drive Lowers Money in Circulation
The weekly report shows a $42 million drop in money in circulation, part of Hoover era anti hoarding efforts. Since the campaign began total circulation has fallen by $151 million, though overall supply remains $932 million higher than a year ago.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Col Miller Faces Prosecution After Ranch Auction Gunplay
Col Zack Miller founder of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch appears in Newkirk Oklahoma county court on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Bonds totaling 16000 were posted for release as foreclosure actions against the ranch continue and refinancing talks with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation proceed.
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Zack Miller
Newkirk
Okla
Miller Brothers
Fred C. Clarke
Miller
Haggard
Bruce Potter
Ter
Paul
Paul Potter
Neal Sullivan
W. O. Wilson
White House
Henry S. Johnston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
Mrs Pickett Utterly At Ease As Trial Proceeds
In Lexington on March 25 Mrs Lola Pendleton Pickett sits between two sons during day three of her murder trial for poisoning her six year old daughter Elizabeth. Dr J C Leonard testifies about tending the child, the autopsies, and his belief Elizabeth died from poison.
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Lexington
Lola Pendleton Pickett
Elizabeth
J. C. Leonard
Craig Wood Keeps Lead In Tourney
Craig Wood the Deal New Jersey flash led the North and South Open after 54 holes with a 210 total following a 72 in the third round. He moved two strokes ahead of Paul Runyan who posted a 75 for 215 and a three way tie with Johnny Golden and Gene Sarazen for second. Joe Kirkwood and Johnny Farrell shared fifth and sixth at 216 as Sarazen and Wilfy Cox posted 218.
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Pinehurst
Craig Wood
N. J. Flash
Wood
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Johnny Golden
Noroton
Conn
Gene Sarazen
New York
Joe Kirkwood
Johnny Farrell
Sarazen
Wilfy Cox
Brooklyn
Reynolds Flays Dry Laws in Wake County Speech
Robert R. Reynolds, Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful, urged repeal of the 18th Amendment to promote temperance reform. He outlined a six point platform attacking incumbent Cameron Morrison, tobacco and power trusts, and called for federal budget balance, bank deposit guarantees, veterans’ certificates payout, full foreign debt collection, and repatriation of over 5 million of tobacco stamp funds.
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Raleigh
Mar
Robert R. Reynolds
United States
Wake County
Reynolds
Cameron M. Morrison
Tobacco and Power Trusts
North Carolina
Breaks Habit and It Costs Him Fifty Dollars
Monroe North Carolina March 25. Will McCray a merchant living near here is minus 50 dollars today for violating a custom. Last night he placed the bills in a paper sack with small cash. This morning he distributed his silver and as was his custom threw the sack into the fire. He forgot to remove the 50 in bills.
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Monroe
N. C
Will McCray
Bankers formed National Credit Corp not voluntary says Johnston
Percy H. Johnston president of the Chemical Bank and Trust company testifies before the Senate Banking Committee about the formation of the National Credit Corporation last October. He says President Hoover assured that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would be created to take over the work and that bankers acted as a quick stopgap rather than voluntarily.
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Washington
Mar
National Credit Corporation
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Percy H. Johnston
Chemical , Bank and Trust Company
New York
Glass
National Credit Corporation Fund
Johnson
Mellon
Congress
Reconstruction Corporation
Johnston
Three Aiken High Girls Return After Disappearance
Sadie Holley Mae Seigler and Beulah Meeks, who vanished from Aiken, voluntarily came back after a large search. They stated they hitchhiked to Raleigh NC, prompting authorities to conclude their absence was voluntary.
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Aiken
N. C
Sadie Holley
Mae Seigler
Beulah Meeks
Raleigh
Aftermath Of Tornado Seen Graver Than Imagined
Birmingham reports the aftermath of the southern tornadoes is graver than first thought as Red Cross relief centers expand across thirteen Alabama counties, ten in Georgia, six in Tennessee. Dead rise to 362, with 3 000 plus injured and 8 500 homeless, and property damage from 3 to 5 million dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. MacFarland
American Red Cross
North
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Maurice Reddy
The
Red Cross
Washington
Bama
South Carolina
Kentucky
Dixie
Leaders Seek To Repair Damage Of Sales Tax Defeat
Washington accorded the key issue of a defeated billion dollar revenue bill. Leaders push an alternative program with heavy excise taxes on autos and radios a one cent gasoline levy stamp taxes on checks and drafts three cent postage and more to fill a 600 million dollar gap and balance the budget. President Hoover favors full rewrite by the Ways and Means Committee while Crisp resists floor patchwork and Democratic leaders back him.
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Washington, Mar
House
Treasury
Crisp
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Hoover
Con
Dinner for champions recalls baseball icons in Beverly Hills
John J. McGraw hosted a dinner featuring hall of famers such as Jeffries Sloan Oldfield Meyers and Donlin with MaBel in attendance, celebrating a bygone era of stars whose combined applause would outshine today’s celebrities.
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Beverly Hills
Cali
John J. McGraw
Dim Jeffries
Ted Sloan
Kings
Barney Oldfield
Chief Meyers
Mike Donlin
Mabel
McGraw
Death by Own Action Ends Love Tale in Jacksonville
Gerald Sturgis Greenlief of Santa Barbara Georgia killed himself in a Masonic Temple after three weeks of mental torment over his wife Louise Greenlief’s death in a New York hotel. He left notes claiming their love was great and that he wandered for three weeks under an assumed name.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Louise
New York
Gerald Sturgis Greenlies
Santa Barbara
Masonic Temple
Greenlief
New York Times
New York Daily News
Prominent Asheville Man Held With Woman In Husband's Death
Asheville resident Liston Hayes and a woman were held as accessories after the fact in the death of William R. Hough amid a murder case involving his wife. Police said Hayes was prominent in the community and his detention followed the investigation into the husband’s death.
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Asheville
WN. C
Liston Hayes
William R. Hough
Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry finds Norfolk report of no use
Police at the Lindbergh home said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh concluded the Norfolk Virginia report brought by three citizens has no specific significance to the baby kidnapping case. Col H Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of state police, was informed yesterday of the Norfolk men’s claim.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Norfolk
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Peace talks stall as skirmishes flare near Shanghai
Sino-Japanese peace negotiations lag while both armies fight sniping and outpost clashes near Kat ing and Chinwang miao outside Shanghai. Delegates from China Japan and neutrals emerged from a three hour session with weariness though officials claimed some progress. The Chinese say there was no real advance in talks.
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Shanghai
Kating
Chinwangmiao
Soochow Creek
Collegians Enter Kentucky Safely If They Behave Says Official
A party of about 40 New York students and 75 from other colleges planned a caravan to southeastern Kentucky coal fields for sociological research. Pineville authorities warned that any identification with the red movement would lead to jail. The group includes Columbia University and NYU members led by Walter B. Smith, with earlier food aid volunteers turned back at the state line after disputes with Pineville residents.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southeastern Kentucky
New York
Cumberlands
Kentucky Coal Lands
Pineville
Walter B. Smith
Columbia University
City of New York
New York University
Hunter College
Union Theological Seminary
Sarah Lawrence College
State Line
Waldo Frank
Group
Aller Taub
International Labor Sense
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Schwarzkopf
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Aycock
Lew Waldron
Akron
High Point
George Christ
Rochester
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Struction Agency
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Richard B. Russell, Jr
B. M. Miller
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