Tobacco tax cuts urged by Southern growers in hearing
Southern growers urged a sharp horizontal cut in federal tobacco taxes at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing. Lexing-ton publisher Desha Breckenridge proposed dropping the tax to $1.25 per thousand, arguing higher taxes curb consumption and hurt farmer profits. Tennessee and North Carolina leaders backed a graduated tax reversal, citing under consumption and revenue considerations.
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Washington, Mar
House
Ways and Means
Vinson
D-Ky
Desha Breckenridge
Lexington
Breckenridge
Lexington Herald
Reece
R-Tenn
Tennessee
Claude T. Hall
Woodsdale
Hotel Man Ted Barrow Named High Point Host and Leader
Theophilus Barrow known as Ted to High Point hosts and visitors at the Sheraton, bringing 18 years of hotel management across major cities. A William and Mary graduate with medical study, he led highway travel promotion as president of the Number One Highway Association and now directs Piedmont Highway efforts. He lives in Smithfield with his 14-year-old son, Ted Jr., and enjoys duck hunting as his hobby.
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Ted
High Point
Sheraton Hovel
Barrow
William and Mary College
University of Virginia
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Phi Rho Sigma
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Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
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Pittsburgh
Buffalo
North Carolina
Sanford
Number One Highway Association
Piedmont Highway Association
Western New York
the Greeters of America
Smithfield
Ted, Jr
Beverly Hills
Calif
Morgan
Communists Executed in Germany for Nazi Troop Killer
In Düsseldorf on March 27, three communists were beheaded for killing a Nazi stormtrooper during a 1982 attack on Erkarth HQ. Seven more communists, later commuted to life imprisonment by Prussian premier Hermann Wilhelm Goering.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Erkrath
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Picard Leads After First Round in North and South Open
Pinehurst March 27 Henry Picard Charles ton 8 S C pro clipped two strokes off par today to take the leadership among early finishers in the 82nd annual North and South Open golf tournament He shot 69.
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Picard
Pinehurst
Henry Picard
Charleston
S. C
Investigation approved on exclusion of negroes from public restaurant
The House Rules Committee approved an investigation into the exclusion of Black patrons from the House public restaurant in Washington on March 27. The move follows complaints about racial segregation in the facility.
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Washington, Mar
House
Rules Committee
Wolman Named Neutral Member of Auto Labor Board
Columbia University professor Leo Wolman was named neutral member of the automobile labor board in Detroit to implement the industry settlement. He will serve with Nicholas Kelly representing management and Richard Byrd representing labor, with assignment to Pontiac, Michigan.
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Wolman
Washington
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Automobile Labor Board
Detroit
With Wolman
Nicholas Kelly
Richard Byrd
Pontiac
Michigan
Tax receipts near March goal as payments lag shortfall shrinks
GOAL 18 NEAR WASHINGTON March 27 AP income tax payments today totaled within 15 million of the March treasury target of 250 million. By March 24 collections stood at 235,227,304 versus 172,618,507 a year earlier, indicating progress toward the monthly goal.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina expects rain and colder conditions tonight then fair weather on Wednesday with a slow temperature rise in the extreme west. South Carolina will see showers and colder tonight then generally fair Wednesday with colder conditions in the east and central portions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Winds Shift From Hatteras To Jacksonville With Rain
Weather report notes moderate to fresh southerly winds turning north tonight. Overcast skies bring rain tonight and Wednesday. AP report covers temperatures and rainfall in key cotton growing areas and beyond.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Washington
Weather Bureau
Roosevelt Faces Veto Over Veterans Benefits and Naval Policy
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill restoring veterans benefits and federal pay to higher levels while pushing naval armament limits and a 1935 treaty-navy plan. He ordered air mail bids resumed on temporary bases and signaled ongoing stock exchange reform and electoral college abolition efforts amid Capitol clashes. The wage dispute with railways remains under mediation.
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Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
Florida
Treaty-Navy
Congress
Capitol-Ward
Senate
Capitol
House
New York
Jeffers
House Elections Committee
Federal Board
McFarlane Pushes Government Air Mail Takeover
Representative McFarlane argues the army and navy ignored aviation laws. He calls for a cabinet level secretary of the air and government ownership of air mail amid charges of wartime profiteering and the air trust led by four holding companies.
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House Naval
United States
Navy
Army
General Accounting Office
Secretaries of War and Navy
McFarlane
Brain Trusters Should Get U S Out Of Low Mood
Gary Indiana March 27 Dr William A Wirt educator said brain trusters should first lift the nations mood and then push social reforms He claimed unnamed advisers plotted revolution and received a death threat from a man signing as a faithful member of the United States of America Royal Citizen Secret Society He warned congress may strip citizens of freedoms within two months and argued for clearer social reform votes rather than wartime style control He urged simpler economics education for all and criticized enduring government regulation of business and land use He contrasted past wartime martial law with peacetime government overreach and argued for open debate on policy.
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Joe Collier Gary
Ind
William A. Wirt
United States of America
Royal Citizen Secret Society
Buffalo
N. Y
Congress
Brain Trust
NRA
Officials Called On Today To Draw Air Mail Plans
President Roosevelt moves to allow private carriers to bid for air mail service during a temporary period before permanent legislation. Officials in the post office department plan bids while a later conference will decide restoration terms. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker calls the rebidding phase a sham and urges temporary contracts with fair conditions to avoid industry collapse.
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Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
North American Aviation
Transcontinental and
Western Air Inc
Eastern Air Transport, Inc
Senate Air Mail Committee
Rickenbacker
Assessment suit now being tried in Greensboro court
The $6,000 stock assessment suit involving John D. Biggs as receiver of Commercial National Bank of High Point vs. Bet tie Corbett Joseph F Snider and Mrs. Joseph F Snider continued in superior court. Corbett testified that the 60 shares transfer to Snider was bona fide to enable her ill son-in-law to vote. A separate action on 40 more shares and a counter claim of $8,000 alleging bank insolvency were also discussed.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank of High Point
Bettie Corbett
Joseph F. Snider
Corbett
High Point Bank
Dillinger Hunted on Pacific Coast
John Dillinger, the outlaw gang chief, was reportedly seen near San Bernardino California and Detroit Michigan. In San Bernardino Alvin Carson described a man matching Dillinger with three pistols riding in a car with another man, while six men suspected to be Dillinger’s group robbed a Detroit rail terminal escaping with 28679 in checks.
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Los Angeles
John Dillinger
San Bernardino
Calif
Here
Detroit
Mich
Alvin Carson
Dillinger
Carson
Midwest
California
Pacific Southwest
President Roosevelts Open Sanction Accelerates Stock Bill Passage
President Roosevelt backs the Fletcher Rayburn stock market control bill urging no weakening and faster passage. He asserts strong margins and clear government supervision as the bill meets minimum requirements. Fletcher Rayburn plan to report identical measures to chambers this week follows his stance. Richard Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange faces proposed amendments while exchanges criticize the bill.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Fletcher
Rayburn
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney
Criti
White House
Congress
Roosevelt clarifies Vinson bill aims and naval limit ties
President Roosevelt defends the Vinson bill, stating it authorizes naval construction up to treaty strengths while respecting cost limits and future Congress decisions. He hopes the 1935 naval conference will extend arms limits and pursue further reductions, with expenditures projected at 500 to 750 million over seven years.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt Day
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Congress
United States
Steel Industry to Raise Wages in Nationwide Move
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a Cleveland firm announces a 10 percent wage raise effective April 1, with potential 10 percent hikes planned across steel plants. An industry leader in Pittsburgh says he has urged Iron and Steel Institute members to follow, affecting about 8,000 workers in his plants. Other majors declined public comment but signals suggest a broader increase.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company
Iron and Steel Institute
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