Congress Action on Bills Across Washington May 12
Congress moved swiftly with the farm bill signed by the president to inflate currency and aid farmers. The House sent to the Senate an independent offices appropriation bill about half a billion, granting economy powers to the president. Senate debates on tariffs taxes and utilities continue as Muscle Shoals talks progress. A Sirovich resolution to probe the movie industry failed amid accusations of a Hollywood trip motive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commerce Committee
Sirovich
Hollywood
Farm Credit Plan Unveiled to Organize Five Divisions
The new Farm Credit Administration will start May 27 and be structured in five divisions with units in 12 cities hosting federal land banks. Morgenthau expects the setup ready in 15 days after Roosevelt’s order. The system divides the nation into 12 loan regions aligned with existing banks in Springfield, Baltimore, Columbia, Louisville, New Orleans, St Louis, St Paul, Omaha, Wichita, Houston, Berkeley, and Spokane. Some direct loans will be issued by the Washington office to national farm marketing cooperatives.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Board
Federal Farm Credit
Roosevelt
Federal
Springfield
Mass
Baltimore
Columbia South Carolina
Louisville
New Orleans
St. Louis
St. . Paul
Omaha
Wichita
Kansas
Houston
Tex
Berkley
Calif
Spokane
Wash
National Farm Marketing Cooperatives
Morgenthau
Armistice Adopted At Conference
The eight nation organizing committee unanimously adopted an international tariff truce at the world economic conference. Norman H. Davis, Roosevelt's negotiator, announced the decision after more than three hours of session. The armistice becomes effective immediately.
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London
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Compromise on School Machinery Bill Expected Today
Conferees from Senate and House worked to finish the biennial school machinery bill amid a push for an eight or nine month term. The dispute centers on term length and local supplements, with an anticipated unanimous report possible this afternoon.
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House
Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
Mellon's Tax Return Probe Opens in Washington
Washington report says the justice department opened an inquiry into Andrew W. Mellon's income tax returns. Representative McFadden charged a $6.7 million evasion while Mellon served in Hoover's cabinet. Attorney General Cummings said letters prompted the probe and a special investigator will handle the case.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Cummings
Congress to review $3.3 billion public works bill next week
Speaker Rainey announced the administration will present a $3.3 billion public works bill to Congress next week. He proposed possible revenue from taxes on cheap commodities like coffee and spices and discussed alternatives including a repeal of the eighteenth amendment and a gasoline tax tied to grain alcohol blending.
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Washington
Rainey
Congress
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Farm Board to Sell Remaining Cotton From Stabilization
Henry Morgenthau Jr announces the Farm Board will sell 19 306 bales of stabilisation cotton at New Orleans next Tuesday to end the program. Stockpiled in Shanghai Genoa Venice Dunkirk Lodz Gdynia, sale aims to halt storage charges while the board maintains a 1 557 000 bale collateral claim. losses estimated around 24 million dollars.
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New Orleans
Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Board
Stabilization Corporation
Shanghai
Genoa
Venice
Italy
Dunkirk
France
Lodz
Gdynia
Poland
Americana Cotton Cooperative Association
Staple Cotton Association
Morgenthau
Oklahoma claims focus shifts to horses amid shortages
A May report from Chelsea Oklahoma notes farmers reject looting and embrace horse power as tractors sit idle. Washington sources say Roosevelt will appoint an oil commissioner as oil industry woes worsen. The piece mentions Rockefeller and Grimpan heading north from Florida as signs of change.
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Chelsea
Okla
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Washington
Rockefeller
Gri
Florida
Outstanding Music Week program at Junior High
A Thursday 8 pm recital supervised by Miss Virginia Frank Miss Ira Hensley and Maxwell E Jones drew overflow crowds. About 200 students from four organizations performed including a seven year old violinist Boby Gale concert master. A fourth program is scheduled for tonight at High Point college auditorium.
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Virginia Frank
Ira Hensley
Maxwell E. Jones
Boby Gale
Elm Street School
Boby
High Point College
Hubert Liverman
Iris Welch
Margaret Sloan
Services Held For Little Dickens Girl
Funeral services for Doris Geneva Dickens four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Silas Dickens were held at Pilgrim Holiness church yesterday at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev C L Ruth. Uncles acted as pallbearers. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery.
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Doris Geneva Dickens
Silas Dickens
Park Street
Pilgrim Holiness Church
C. L. Ruth
Oakwood Cemetery
President Roosevelt signs farm price bill in Washington
President Roosevelt signed into law a sweeping farm price bill granting inflationary authority to raise prices and ease agricultural mortgage burdens. It empowers currency actions, production controls, and mortgage refinancing with a three year moratorium on interest. A delegation watched as he signed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rat poison on sale at city hall Saturday morning
City health officials announced that rat poison will be placed on sale at City Hall Saturday morning at 9 o clock. A number of residents have requested more poison and those who wish to secure it are urged to call for it as early as possible.
World economic conference urged military disarmament
A joint statement by President Roosevelt and German representative Dr. Hjalmar Schacht urged that true success of the world economic conference requires simultaneous military disarmament and removal of trade barriers. They stressed rapid elimination of obstacles to international trade and stable monetary conditions as interdependent, with quick, far reaching solutions needed to save the world economy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
London
Bombs Found In American and British Consulates
May 12 in Makden Manchuria bombs were found at the home of American consul general Myri 5 Myers and at the British consulate general. They were removed without exploding as Japanese police investigated the incident.
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Makden
Manchuria
Myri 5
Myers
Manchuria War Roles Highlighted by Mr Myers
Mr Myers has been active in gathering facts for the United States government concerning the Japanese military occupation of Manchuria and Japan's sponsorship of the Manchukuo government in the territory seized from China.
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Myers
United States
Manchuria
Japan
China
Means links rum runners to Lindbergh kidnappers in trial
New Jersey rum runners are tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping case as Geton B. Means testifies in the District of Columbia supreme court. He claims Irving Fenton named Max Hassel and Max Greenberg as associates and that a memorandum said the baby was killed during a failed removal from its hiding place in New Jersey.
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Washington
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Geton B. Means
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Norman T. Whitaker
Evalyn Walsh McLean
The
Washington Post
Irving Fenton
Max Hassel
Max Greenberg
Fenton
Means
Hassel
Greenberg
Charles A. Lindbergh
South and North Carolina prison population rises in April
The South reports over 80 million dollars in construction contracts this year with 6.066 million in private enterprises. North Carolina prisons added 18 inmates in April and stood at 2 840 on May 1, approaching a record 2 912.
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Baltimore
South
Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt urges mortgage creditors to pause foreclosures
President Roosevelt signed the farm relief bill authorizing mortgage refinancing and urged creditors to abstain from foreclosure while the act’s refinancing provisions take effect. He noted bonds exchangeable for farm mortgages and lower rates, pledging prompt fair administration and cooperation with land banks to avoid foreclosures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Land Bank
Treasury
United States
Farm Loan Commissioner
Roosevelt appoints William A. Julian as U.S. treasurer
President Roosevelt named William A. Julian of Ohio as U.S. treasurer. In Lima, Peru, May 12, Peru and Colombia agreed to direct negotiations to resolve their conflict over the Leticia border territory in the upper Amazon region.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William A. Julian
Ohio
United States
Lima
Peru
Colombia
Leticia
Amazon Region
Revised public works bill to reach White House this week
Senator Wagner carries a revised construction industrial control bill to the White House for final review with President Roosevelt. Speaker Rainey says the $3.4 billion measure will be ready for congressional presentation next week.
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Washington
White House
Wagner
D-Ny
Roosevelt
Rainey
Former Lan caster deputy sheriff pleads guilty to counterfeiting
Charlotte report states C. Carter, 39, ex Lan caster South Carolina deputy sheriff, pleaded guilty to making and passing counterfeit coins. He was bound over to the full term of U S court under a $2,000 bond which he failed to furnish.
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Charlotte
C. Carter
Lancaster
S. C
United States
Glory of the Seas Reports Asama Stranded at Gala Pagos
Radio Marine Corp reported a message from the steamer Glory of the Seas that the fishing vessel Asama was fast on rocks at Mangrove Point Fernandia Gala Pagos Island.
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New York
Radio Marine Corporation
Glory of the Seas
Asama
Mangrove Point
Fernandia
Galapagos
Island
Picard Leads Southeastern Open After First Round
With two thirds of the field reported, Henry Picard of Charleston leading the Southeastern Open with a 73 one over par at the 18 hole first round in Charlotte.
Colorado Judge Rules 3.2 Beer Law Invalid in Greeley
District Judge Claude C. Coffin declared the 3.2 percent beer law unconstitutional, denying a writ of mandamus to Greeley Elks and cafe owner Fred N. Fetch. He said Congress cannot override the U S Constitution and compared the act to declaring gasoline non inflammable. Fetch may appeal to the state supreme court, possibly the federal courts.
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Greeley. Colo
Congress
Claude C. Coffin
Greeley Elks Club
Fred N. Fetch
Greeley City
Coffin
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
Roosevelt asked on moratorium as farm strike looms
Milo Reno of the National Farmers Holiday Association pressed President Roosevelt seeking a farm mortgage foreclosures moratorium. Reno arrived for talks with state leaders from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota ahead of a strike vote and a forthcoming farmers’ directive.
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Paul
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Reno
Holiday Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
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Farm Board 10
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Wheat Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Corporation
Red Cross
Don Juan de la Cierva
de la Cierva
London Air Park
Little Dickens
Walter W. Waters
Neb
Concord
McLean
Aitken
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