Debt Conference Agreement Stirs Congress 79 Life
President elect Roosevelts plan to discuss war debts with Great Britain amid world economic issues drew fierce Senate debate. Borah hailed the move as significant while Robinson of Arkansas charged it as opportunistic politics. The session touched on opening talks with debtor nations and the scope of congressional authority amid looming world economic conference debates.
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Indiana
Congress
Ferdinand Veverka
State Department
England
Bundy
Veverka
Idaho
Hintle
Indiana Robinson
Husky Verge
Hoover. Roosevelt
United States
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
France says debt talks focus on Britain first
Paris officials say the Hoover Rooseveltt communique clears the way for debt discussions with the United States and Britain, excluding France for now. They note negotiations with Britain are central, with France likely to be engaged later as political, not economic, matters unfold.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Washington
Britain
France
Roosevelt
Portman
L’echo de Paris
England
America
Senate Ag Group Cuts Farm Bill Provisions
Washington January 21 A Senate Agriculture Committee panel proposes shaving down the farm relief bill by targeting five of seven commodities. Wheat and cotton may be kept with production curbs on others possibly dropped. The panel weighs simplifying acreage controls and value calculations, with a plan to pay farmers the parity gap by fixing the bounty to current minus 1909 14 price averages.
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Washington
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pdcker
McNary
Jersey Kid Back From South Carolina Chain Gang
A 17 year old from Plainfield New Jersey, Leon Beckenstein, says chain gangs are not so tough after serving 10% of a 30 day sentence in Greenville, South Carolina. He describes guards, punishment, and meals, and explains his release by his parents paying the vagrancy fine.
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N. J
Aex
South Carolina
Leonard Beckstein
Beckenstein
Greenville
S. C
Courier-News
Chain Gang
Playful Lions Kill at Wright Camp on Mississippi Island
On January 21 Mo, on a Mississippi river island eight miles south of here, Denver owner M Wright and party killed two lions after they refused to leave near Wright's African hunting camp. Charles Wright, 14, delivered the coup de grâce to the wounded lion. Indian Joe provoked the second, and four riflemen, including Wright, finished it. The lions were killed less than 200 feet from their cage.
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Wolf Island
Denver
M. Wright
St. Louis
Wright
Charles
Pummoele
Joe
Fate of lame ducks seals constitution amendment
Washington reports a near universal push by state legislatures to ratify the twentieth amendment. Thirty five states are on record for ratification, with Idaho and New Mexico moving the measure forward and Virginia already ratifying. The change shortens lame duck sessions and shifts presidential and congressional dates, defining succession if the president elect dies or fails to qualify.
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Washington
Congress
George Norris
Nebraska
Union
Idaho
New Mexico
Virginia
Mano
Judges Accept Voluntary Salary Cut In North Carolina
North Carolina judges voted to take voluntary pay reductions of 1000 dollars annually for 1933 and 1934. Superior court judges drop from 8050 to 7000 annually, while supreme court justices fall from 8000 to 7000. The move aims to save about 25000 dollars each year for the state.
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Ralwigh
North Carolina
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Final Vote Seen Certain Soon On Glass Bank Bill
Senate moves toward final approval of the Glass banking bill with a compromise enabling statewide branch banking for national banks while requiring capitalization rules. Key lawmakers including Robinson Long Glass Bratton Wheeler backed the plan as Oklahsoma’s Thomas threatened a talkfest filibuster. House banking committee dissents and signals possible delay.
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House
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Oklahoma
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Wedge
Universal Branch Banking
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Bratton
N. M
Wheeler
Mont
Arizona
California
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
Arkansas
Long
Glass
Dollar Day in Kingsport Promises Major Savings Tuesday
The Kingsport Times reports a yearly Dollar Day sale Tuesday involving seven major merchants. New merchandise, large stock, and substantial discounts aim to draw shoppers early as doors open and close with hundreds of money-saving values across Kingsport and surrounding 25 mile trading area.
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Kingsport
Kingsport Times
Free Gold Supply Law Is Continued By Senate
The Senate approved extension of the Glass Steagall currency expansion for another year to March 3, 1934. The measure allows federal reserve banks to pledge government securities as collateral for additional reserve notes to maintain a larger gold supply. Senator Glass and Representative Steagall pushed the bill amid inflation talks. the Roose committee debated broader currency moves with Eugene Meyer called to testify.
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Glass-Steagall
Senate
Glass
Steagall
Ala
Federal Reserve Banks
Roose Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Eugene Meyer
Reserve Board
Thomas R
Okla
Thomas
South Carolina Prisoner Reports Brutal Chain Gang Whippings
Greenville taxicab operator quoted in the Piedmont saying a prisoner was whipped eleven times on a South Carolina chain gang and jailed in a dark steel “hole.” Governor Blackwood ordered a broader probe into chain gang brutality after the report. The prisoner recalled punishments for minor offenses and details of guards’ methods and a whipping with a heavy leather strap.
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Columbia
APJ
Greenville
South Carolina
I. C. Blackwood
Charles H. Gerald
W. Y Fred’ Newman
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Piedmont
All Cotton Used by Red Cross Distribution
Washington reports that 500000 bales of federally owned cotton given to the Red Grass for clothing the needy have been exhausted. Distribution will stop when remaining cloth and garments on the way reach chapters. Senate approved a bill for 329000 more bales but sent back to the calendar after Senator King of Utah blocked it previously.
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Washington
Senate
King
Utah
Leas Surrender Due Extradition Looms for Leas
North Carolina seeks the extradition of publisher Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr to face sentences for conspiring to defraud Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville. Requisition papers prepared. bonds discussed. Both Leas silent on extradition amid appeals. Davis serves four to six years.
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North Carolina
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke Lea, Jr
Jand ‘Trust Company
Asheville
Zeb
V. Nettles
Ehringhaus
Léas
Leas
Davis
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Lea
United States Supreme Court
Nashville
Tenn
N. C
Colony
Tornado Kills 2 Injures 20 in Northeast Texas
A tornado last night killed two people and injured about 20 across parts of two counties near Paris Texas. It struck Howland then Manchester where a Black woman and her one year old child died and 18 were injured. Reunion and Post Oak areas suffered heavy damage as roads became impassable and communications were disrupted.
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Manchester
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Post Oak
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