Roosevelt Plan Faces Senate Action On Employment Bill
Washington March 27 Oppose to the president's employment plan faded as Senate and House moved the measure with committee approval The Senate committee backed a broad authority bill while the House rejected a Connery measure The plan would enable the president to place an employment program funded by a 500 million relief fund and public works financing The administration aims to begin work promptly with Frances Perkins guiding the relief controls and state allocations based on need.
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Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Senate Committee
House Committee
Connery
Civilian Conservation Corps
Etersey
Wagner Id
N. Y
Costigan
Colo
la Follette
Wis
Frances Perkins
Abor
Reconstruction Corporation
Rn. F. C
Washington
Farm Board
Agricultural Financial Organization
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Loan Bureau
Department of Agriculture and Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
House of Representatives
United States
Federal Farm Board
Federal Farm Loan Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Relief worker killed in fracas in Illinois
West Frankfort and Zeigler reports detail a fatal gunfight in West Frankfort involving relief workers. John Ward of the West Frankfort relief committee was killed. Elmer Donaldson and Clarence Cooper of Eldorado were wounded. Cooper is critically injured. Police and sheriffs say no witnesses and no arrests yet.
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Benton, Hil
Mar
John Ward
West Frankfort
Browning Robinson
Ward
Kinson
Progressive Miners Union
Zeigler
Aix
Houston tragedy reports involve Porch and Torian
William W. Porch Jr. was slain and Adele Torian, 24, was attacked by two men on Scott Street road in Houston early today. Officers with bloodhounds hunted thick woods. Miss Torian described being ordered from the car before a gunfire ended Porch's life.
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Houston
Tex
William W. Porch, Jr
Adele Torian
Scott Street
Southmore Boulevard
Brays Bayou
City
Pittsburgh Mayor Ousted From Post
Judge Finlater issues an order removing Mayor Charlies H. Kline of Pittsburgh from office after his malfeasance conviction. The ruling modifies the sentence to six months in jail but allows the fine to stand, following a physician’s report on the mayor’s health.
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Philadelphia
Thomas H. Fin
Charlies H. Kline
Pittsburgh
Finlater
Federal building program held up by Treasury
Washington note says all federal building contracts and site selections will pause until President Roosevelt defines a bond financed plan. Existing contracts proceed. 308 buildings under contract total $328,188,000 with about $96,000 remaining for further construction.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Roosevelt
Japan quits League of Nations after 13 years
Tokyo reports Japan formally ends its membership in the League of Nations after 13 years. The Privy Council in the imperial palace approved the secession in a rescript from Emperor Hirohito, with Tokyo signaling continued cooperation to maintain peace despite leaving.
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Japan
League
Tokyo
League of Nations
Privy Council
Imperial Palace
Geneva
Hirohito
Makoto Saito
Nogales Dispatch From General Pershing Visit
A letter from Nogales Arizona recounts meeting General Pershing in Tucson praising his health and insights on Europe. The writer mentions Mrs Greenway Arizona's mother superior and Arizona politics including an alleged unconstitutional bill glitch and call for a new legislative session.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
General Pershing
Tucson
Europe
North Carolina Beer Bill Heads To Tuesday Hearing
Raleigh March 27 The North Carolina General Assembly will test beer legislation this week with a senate hearing on the Francis measure legalizing 3.2 percent beer. House actions on tax and revenue measures loom as finance committee reports are sought. The biennial appropriations bill stands at about 81 million dollars and faces potential sales tax decisions.
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Raleigh
Mar
General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Bowie
Ashe
Finance Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
North Carolina
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Finance
Senate Judiciary Committee
Corona
Lex Kluttz
Raleigh YY. M. C. A
Ee SS Pgs
Francis
Element
Clement
Appropriations
Federal workers face 15 percent pay cut on April first
Washington report confirms President Roosevelt will likely order a 15 percent salary reduction for federal employees effective April 1 based on a labor department survey. Costs since 1928 show declines in foods and rent, with District of Columbia costs about 21 percent lower, while overall living costs drop 23 percent.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Statistics
District of Columbia
Gun battle in Fayetteville ends in fatal shooting
Fayetteville March 27 A. W. Brafford about 34 of near Fayetteville was fatally wounded in a store clash with Chief J. Ross Jones deputy Neal Weatherington and grocer Sam Tillinghast after Brafford broke into the grocery and fired first. Brafford died a few hours later. no inquest yet pending full investigation.
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Fayetteville
Mar
A. W. Brafford
J. Ross Jones
Jones
Brafford
Neal Weatherington
Sam Tillinghast
Tillinghast
Weatherington
Ffair
Dexter Welborn Cleared in Manslaughter Case
In Winston-Salem on March 27, Dexter Welborn of High Point had the manslaughter charge dropped in Superior Court. The case stemmed from a crash during an alleged attempt to elude prohibition agents. Welborn had been tried twice with juries unable to reach a verdict.
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Winston-Salem
Mar
Dexter Welborn
High Point
Welborn
Wellborn
American Jews Plan Massive Madison Square Garden Protest
The American Jewish Congress prepared a nationwide protest with a mass meeting at Madison Square Garden tonight led by Rabbi Stephen S Wise to press Germany to end antisemitic acts and protect Jewish lives and property. Speakers include Alfred E Smith Senator Robert F Wagner Bishop Manning Bishop Dunning.
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New York
American Jewish Congress
Germany
Madison Square Garden
New York Times
Stephen 5
Wise
Congress
Hull
Alfred GB. Smith
Robert F. Wagner
William Z. Manning
John J. Dunning
Rabbi Wise
Rabbi Wine
Null
Berlin
One Man Is Killed In Automobile Wreck Near LaGrange
Jim Anderson aged 20 died in a Goldsboro hospital from injuries after a car overturned near LaGrange last night. His brothers William and Bruce Taylor, riders, were slightly injured. Investigators attributed the accident to steering gear trouble.
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Goldsboro
Mar
Jim Anderson
LaGrange
William
Bruce Taylor
Charlotte Man Is Traced To Havana
Frank N. Littlejohn chief of detectives said Havana police reported H. J. Gibson a former Charlotte broker wanted for embezzling 2000 dollars from a Concord woman left Havana three days after arriving March 17. He arrived on the Cefalu registered as Henry K. Gibson and then went to Miami March 20 aboard the Cuba. Gibson is charged in Miss Elizabeth Gibson stock sale embezzlement.
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Charlotte
Mar
Frank N. Littlejohn
Havana
Cuba
H. J. Gibson
Concord
Gibson
Cefalu
Henry K. Gibson
Miami
Elizabeth Gibson
Campaigns to end the electoral college gain support in Congress
The article notes a new movement to abolish the electoral college and award electoral votes in proportion to state popular votes. Senators Norris and Representative Lea back the plan, with Lea predicting it would reshape Roosevelt Hoover and Thomas allocations in past elections. Norris has already introduced a bill, with Lea planning to press it.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Lea
California
House
Senate
Herbert Hoover
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
Hoover
Roosevelt
Thomas
Kidnapping Band Sought By Cops In Warren
Federal authorities hunted a desperate gang holding 15 year old Peter Myers Jr. for eight days in a semidark room. The captors armed with revolvers and a submachine gun promised safe return if obeyed. The boy, speaking from his healthful condition, described his ordeal and the masked captors.
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Warren
Peter Myers, Jr
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