Textile tax debate widens across nation and regions
Washington reports a broad congressional push to end the processing tax on textiles and curb cheap imports. Senate and House committees study foreign competition while unions press for alternate funding, citing mill closings and job losses across Tenn, Mass, and Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jud P. Wilhoit
Georgia Public Service Commission
Senate
Senator White
R.-Me
Walsh
D.mass
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Code Authority
Sloan
Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky Weather Outlook
Cloudy with likely rain tonight into Saturday in Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky. Temperatures little changed with only slight shower chances in East and Central Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Educators Meet in State Capital Nashville Tennessee
Educators gather in Nashville for the Tennessee education association annual convention. Miss Mary McCormic performs in a concert after speeches by Dr. A. F. Harmon and D. W. R. McConnell. Dr. Charles W. Gilkey delivers an address on the Influence of Atmosphere. President C. H. Moore discusses school funding and a sales tax. Dr. G Bromley Oxnam speaks on social idealism and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Mary McCormic
Tennessee Education Association
A. F. Harmon
Alabama
D. W. R. McConnell
Miami University
Oxford
Moore
G. Bromley Oxnam
Depauw University
Brookings report challenges NRA recovery claims
Washington report says Brookings investigators view the blue eagle as substantially delaying recovery and label the wage plan a mistake. The Brookings study, signed by Leon C Marshall among others, questions price effects and real purchasing power under the NRA codes amid congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Brookings Institution
Hugh S. Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Brookings Report
Blue Eagle
The
Washington Post
Leon C Marshall
Blue Eagle Recovery Board
Newspaper Guild plan disregarded at editors' meeting
Washington April 19 The American Society of Newspaper Editors took no action on the guild issue after last year's convention debate. Grove Patterson said the question would not be raised from the floor unless brought up, as editors shift focus to pictures, shop problems, and European news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
American Printing Company
Borden Mills
Tenn
Bertram H. Borden
Senate
Senator Walsh
Borden
Fall River
Mass
Borden Mills, Inc
South
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Grove Patterson
The
Toledo Blade
Roosevelt
U. W. Bingay
Detroit Free Press
L. R. Blanchard
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
J. M. Patterson
New York Daily News
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Sir Wilmott Lewis
London Times
Marlon E. Pew
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Silence over Rome as Good Friday bells fall quiet
Rome observed Good Friday with hundreds of church bells silent and altars veiled Rome's basilicas removed adornment and bishops led prayers In St Peters and other churches sermons recalled Christ crucifixion as Romans marked three hours of agony Stabat Mater was sung and the desolata hour observed at sunset bells will ring again at noon tomorrow for the resurrection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eternal City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's
Jesus
Mary
May Robson Turns Seventi 70 With Birthday Breakfast Bell
Hollywood actress May Robson marks her seventieth birthday with a playful wake up at her home. She bursts in shouting for breakfast and jokes that turning 70 only happens once in a life. Her usual morning routine is gentler.
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May Robson
Hollywood
House Pushes Social Security Plan Amid Relief Funds Clash
Congress moves to pass the administration social security bill before nightfall while party leaders expect a decisive vote. Relief chief Hopkins says federal relief money is now controlled in Georgia, challenging Governor Talmadge who called Roosevelt radical. Senate debates the Bankhead tenant farming measure and omnibus banking bill hearings begin with FDIC chief Crowley urging extension of temporary laws.
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Washington
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Georgia
Hopkins
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Free Convicts at Mississippi Prison Shown Mercy
At Parchman prison in Mississippi seven long-term inmates and ten others were released under Governor Sennett Conner's court of mercy. Among the freed are three boys, Jabe Dean Pratt Reed and Homer Reed, all aged about eleven to twelve, who had worn stripes for grand larceny. One man, John Randolph, is pardoned after a 15-year sentence for a statutory offense.
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Parchman
Miss
Sennett Conner
Court of Mercy
Jabe Dean
Pratt
Homer Reed
Conner
Philadelphia
Little Jabo
John Randolph
Lowndes County
Federal funds clamp targets Southern leaders over relief
The U S government tightens control on state relief and works programs using funding taps. It threatens to cut off unemployment aid in states failing to meet a $563 million fund target, with Hopkins and Ickes canceling projects in Louisiana and Georgia amid political clashes with Sen Long and Gov Talmadge.
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Washington
Senator Long
Louisiana
Talmadge
Georgia
Harry L. Hopkins
Long
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Ickes
Centralization Considered For Roosevelt Power Program
Washington April 19 The Roosevelt administration weighs unifying scattered power programs under one head or agency amid a $200 million rural electrification push. Agencies involved include FPC TVA PWA REA and EHFA with RFC financing. Officials say coordination would expand rural power to farm homes and boost industrial recovery.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
EHFA
Tennessee Valley
Federal Power Commission
National Power Survey
Public Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
New York
Utah
Colorado
Department of Agriculture
RFC
Fran McNinch
The
Power Commission
McNinch
Hitler Birthday Crises Mark Reign Amid Reich’s Momentum
On the eve of his 46th birthday Adolf Hitler faces a League of Nations rebuke over Versailles treaty violations while the regime celebrates with Nazi adulation and gifts. A nine‑plane squadron bought by storm troopers signals continued rearmament amid rising tensions.
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Adolf Hitler
Reich
Adolf
Palestine
Hitler
1500 Look On as Man Is Hanged at County Prison
William De Boe, 23, of Paducah, Kentucky, was hanged in Smithland after a 45 minute discussion with about 1500 local citizens. He denounced the chief witness Mrs Marjorie Johnson and attacked prosecutor Alvin Lisinby. The trap opened at 639 a m and he died eleven minutes later. He shouted at Johnson and criticized women in the crowd before his death.
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Smithland
Western Kentucky
William DeBoe
Court House Yard
Marjorie Johnson
Paducah
Mrs. Johnson
Alvin Lisinby
DeBoe
Randolph Johnson
Tennessee Senate backs bill giving American Legion control of boxing and wrestling
The senate approved a measure to create a three member Tennessee athletic commission to regulate exhibitions and award all proceeds to the Legion for charitable use. The bill would grant the Legion a monopoly on promotions with permits and a $25 annual fee, while veterans groups could operate under certain conditions. House action remains to finalize enactment.
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Nashville
American Legion
Senate
House
Tennessee Athletic Commission
Marion Boyd
Shelby
Memphis
Legion
Sen
Elmer Davies
Davidson
Boyd
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Davies
Britain and Italy oppose moves to fortify Rhineland
Britain and Italy warn they will oppose any move to re fortify the demilitarized Rhineland zone as Adolf Hitler weighs a response to international protests. Hitler arrives in Munich to consult advisers on a possible statement amid a tense Easter weekend.
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Britain
Italy
Berlin
Great Britain
Rhineland
Senate keeps Tennessee session alive with four dollar days
The Tennessee Senate approved a recess to Friday noon and $4 per diem to avoid an extra session. Sen. Cate pushed a seven point plan to extend the session, restore governor powers, implement a full accounting system, audit finances, borrow 1.5 million for relief, issue 2.5 million in treasury debt, and balance the budget. Governor McAlister endorsed the plan and audit cooperation.
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Nashville
Senate
George H. Cate
Davidson
General Assembly
McAlister
Cate
Tennessee
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
Tennessee to vote on constitutional convention
Two bills backed by the Tennessee House would put a referendum on October 10 to decide if a constitutional convention should be called and set November 5 for electing 99 delegates if approved. Delegates would meet January 6, 1936 to begin rewriting the constitution with Governor McAlister expected to sign.
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Nashville
House
Tennessee
McAlister
House of Representatives
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Ways and Means Committee
McCormack
Tariff Commission
Hall
State Department
Wallace
Agriculture
Roper
Commerce
Perkins
Labor
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers
Georgia State Federation of Labor
Augusta
United States
Mrs
George Upham Harris
Harris
Doris Duke
James R. Cromwell
Mississippi
Paperhanger
Germany
County
Dillard Stores
Geneva
Munich
Reich Foreign Office
Wilhelmstrasse
Cape
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