Plan to fund deficit sparks legislative study in Nashville
The PIA administration proposes funding a 26 million dollar biennial shortfall via bonds or interest-bearing warrants if bonds market proves weak. Defunding 8.3 million in maturing obligations is planned, with a seventh cent gasoline tax later used to back a 16 million sinking fund and 8.8 million in refunding bonds. Bills seek authorization for the 10 million issue, warrants as alternative, and refunding debt issuance, with details on interest and beer tax proceeds for elementary schools.
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Nashville
PIA
Charles Crabtree
Shelby
Revess Huntice Cmmites
August Lved
Crabtree
Row Jong
House
Senate
Toeelock
Lo Kellogg
Lawrence
T. le. Soleman
Marshall
Oh, T. Millerlig
Davidson
U. S
A. J. Graves
Knox County
Graves
Frank W. Moore
Fred Hixson
Chattansoga
Young Democratic Club
Hamilton County
Hixson
Democratic Party
Michigan Repeal Vote Sets Stage for 3.2 Beer Push
Michigan electors across Detroit Grand Rapids Flint Jackson and other cities backed repealing the 18th Amendment as 1 757 precincts reported 489 071 for repeal and 142 281 against The statewide result follows a heavy turnout and signals strong support for a legislative convention next week to formalize the repeal push with Governor Comstock promising a 3 2 beer measure introduction in the legislature.
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Lansing
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Flint
Jackson
Nalenazoo
Marinette
Muskegon
Saginaw
Ingham County
Wayne County
Willian A. Comsock
Michigan
Railway Cooperation Aims to Cut Costs and Jobs
Washington April 4 A transportation bill to coordinate railway activities to reduce operating costs and discharge as few workers as possible gains shape after conferences with labor railway security holders and railroad officials. Secretary Roper Eastman and Dr Splawn draft provisions to favor coordination over consolidation and protect employees. Richberg and Whitney of labor groups oppose consolidation saying it would lay off 350000 more men with direct federal control favored by Richberg.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. W. Splawn
Ind
Donald Richberg
A. P. Whitney
Labor Executives Association
Richber
Park program 10 employ 800 men in Smokies
Gatlinburg Tenn April 4 WP J Ross Eakin superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced a public works plan to employ more than 800 unemployed men for about five months in the mountains. The program, arranged with the national parks service under the Costigan La Follette act, includes four projects: first a skyline boulevard linking New Found Gap to Clingmans Dome with a $360,000 base and a request for $256,000 more. rebuilding the loop archway at Elkmont Gatlinburg. a 27 mile crest trail from Mt Kephart to Waite Rock. and park road improvements plus chestnut tree reforestation on the NC and TN sides. The first contract will be let before summer.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
J. Ross Eakin
Great Smoky Mountains
Rakin
New Found Gap
Clingman’s Dome
Bakin
Elkmont
Mt. Kephart
Waite Rock
North Carolina
Tennesse
Schneider Heads Appalachian Coals in Coal Pool Pact
Noble P. Schneider a vice president of Consolidation Coal was named to Appalachian Coals Inc board marking a key expansion in the high volatile coal producers alliance. The move, led by James F. Francis, extends the pool to 8,007,000 tons and aims to pool production for sale through a single agency. In a separate note, Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad asked the ICC to abandon the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line from Jackson to Paducah and seek to operate over Illinois Central tracks instead, citing a 20 mile shorter route.
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Ginctmnats
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Noble P. Schneider
Consolidation Cort Company
Schneider
James F. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Huntington
W. Va
Appalachian Coals
Consolidation Coal
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Tenn
Washington
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Jackson
Playwright Wilson Mizner Dies in Hollywood at 58
Hollywood April 4 Wilson Mizner playwright and promoter died of a heart attack after an illness of more than ten months He and his brother Addison formed the Mizner Development Company during the Florida land boom and sold more than one million dollars in real estate news of his death recalls their ventures and Mizner’s literary career
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Hollywood
Calif
Wilson Mizner
Florida
Mizner
Addison
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and showers ahead
CLOUDY AND WARMER TENNESSEE: Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed by showers Wednesday and possibly in extreme southwest portion Wednesday. VIRGINIA: Fair, slightly colder in east portion tonight, light frost likely, warming trend by Wednesday. Readings show yesterday highs and lows, no rain on either date.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Legion Urges Support for Roosevelt on Veterans Economies
Detroit April 4 Commander Lewis A Johnson of the American Legion says veterans must back President Roosevelt’s economies in veterans’ compensation. He warns the new economy legislation risks disabled veterans, asserts the Legion’s faith in the president’s discretion and urges members to uphold the pledge of support.
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Detroit
Lews A. Johnson
American Legion
Roosevelt
Johnson
Legion
Legion 13
Congress
Nacional
MME DOUMER DIES PARIS
Mme Blanche Doumer widow of a late assassinated president died in Paris in April.
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Mme. Doumer
Paris
Mme- Blanche Doumer
Foresters Seek Jobs as Fechner Leads New Forest Plan
Forest workers aim to begin immediate government work once weather allows under new forest conservation chief Robert Fechner. Fechner, a Machinists leader, expects first recruits by April 15, with initial crews to toil in the South’s timberlands. Labor registration starts Friday or Saturday as foresters plan site selections and cooperative projects with states.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Massachusetts
Fechner
International Association of Machinists
Labor Department
Foehner
Labor
Interior, War and Agriculture Departments
Senate passes farm relief act amid mortgage refinancing push
Washington reports a rough but certain Senate path for the farm relief program with leaders aiming for quick action. The agriculture committee moved to pass the mortgage debt refinancing plan and the full bill with price lifting authority for Secretary Wallace, as Roosevelt sends a combined bill to Capitol Hill. The aim is to restore farmers purchasing power to 1909 14 levels via multiple plans including land leasing and marketing agreements while banks refinance debts at lower rates. A Nashville note adds a charter codification bill for Log Mountain town to improve economy and governance.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Cap Jitol Hill
Roosevelt
House
Sams Seeks Higher Confederate Pension Rates
Nashville April 4 A bill by Brack R Sams to restore Confederate pensions to the higher rates in the new general appropriation bill was introduced in the Tennessee House. Pensions had been cut in 1931 from 50 to 19.50 for veterans from 30 to 11.50 for widows and from 10 to 4 for negro servants with the new schedule set at 38 19 and 5.50 but delayed from April 1 to May 1. Sams seeks to make the April 1 effective date permanent.
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Nashville
House
Brack R. Sams
Sullivan
Walker Files Notice to Wed in Cannes
Former New York mayor James J. Walker and actress Betty Common have filed to wed after the legal nine day waiting period, with a quiet ceremony planned in Cannes once the period expires.
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Walker
Cannes
France
James J. Walker
New York
Betty Common
Boycott Berlin. Nazi plan to resume not set this week
The American government said the anti Semitic boycott in Berlin will not be resumed Wednesday though the Nazi party, which called the one day boycott last Saturday, reserves the right to reinstate it if the atrocity campaign abroad resumes. US officials in Berlin protested a Pangerman press service claim that an atrocity factory exists in the American consulate. George Messeremith, US consul general, said the remarks were unfounded and that the consulate has handled affidavits from distressed American citizens as part of its duties but will not entertain foreign visa applications.
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Nazi Party
Berlin
Pangerman
George
Messeremith
United States
Foreign Office
Ousted minister to seek pulpit reinstatement
MUNGIE Ind April 4 Freed by a circuit court jury of a charge of attempting to assault an 18 year old Sunday school teacher the Rev G Lemuel Conway today indicated he would appeal for reinstatement in his Madison Street M E church pulpit. He was suspended for one year by a church jury which on March 16 convicted him of improprient ministerial conduct. Acquittals of the 18 year old minister came less than three years after the jury received the case late yesterday. Miss Helen Huffman who testified the preacher made improper advances to her during an automobile ride last December 29 was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
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Mungie
Ind
G. Lemuel Conway
Madison Street
M. E
Helen Huffman
Disasters and Treasury Notes From Early Zeppelin Era
A listing of historic airship disasters with deaths from 1912 to 1923 and a Treasury report for April showing receipts of 5.18 million dollars, expenditures 10.78 million, and a balance of 487.33 million. Notable crashes include Italia, Shenandoah, Dixmde, Roma, R-34, and ZR-3 among others. The Treasury section reports customs duties at 711 thousand dollars.
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U. S. Dirigible
Roma
United States
Italy
Hampton Roads
Ase
England
Hampton
Sowden
Chicago
Treasury
Washington
Price recounts Scottsboro assault at Patterson retrial
Decatur Alabama April 4 Victoria Price one of the two white girls who accused nine Negro youths of assault recounts the Scottsboro case during the retrial of Heywood Patterson. She testified for over four hours detailing the train attack near Stevenson and Paint Rock while defense lawyer Samuel Leibowitz pressed with questions about credibility and conduct. The prosecution plans to try the remaining six defendants after Patterson. guards maintain order as spectators show limited interest.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Victoria Price
Heywood Patterson
International Labor Defense
Price
Leibowitz
J Aster
Thomas E. Knight
Patterson
National
Naval air disaster strikes J-3 near Lakehurst Jersey shore
The J-3 dirigible from Lakehurst crashed 1000 yards offshore at 1 45 pm. Two crew members were pulled from the water and rushed to Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood. In New York the Akron disaster left 77 crewmen missing or dead after a midnight crash 25 miles from Barnegat. Rescue was hampered by static and poor visibility as the navy and coast guard coordinated efforts.
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Beach Haven
N. J
Apr
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Crewe
Paul Kimball Hospital
Lakewood
Akron
Jersey
Barnegar
Coast Guard
Bury Park
Phoebus
Navy
Roosevelt
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
H. V. Wiley
Tucker
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Third Naval District
New York
N. d
Washington
the Navy
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
New Jersey
MecChntic
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Agriculture Group
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Hamilton
Ed Robinson
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Associated Press
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North Pole
Ohio
Mediterranean
U. S. S. Akron
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