Tennessee sales tax plan to raise revenue in 1944
Nashville January 23 1944 administration backed sales tax bill aims at 3 percent on retail sales and 0.25 percent on wholesale transactions with exemptions for tobacco gasoline and certain utilities. The measure would distribute revenues to rabies general fund school fund and educational initiatives and would take effect March 1 1944 if approved by both houses and signed by officials.
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Nashville
Revere
Sciynors
University of Tennessee
Walter M. Hignes
Brack R. Sams
Sullivan
Hicks Athens
Robert Brown
Hickman
Haynes
Brown
Hicks
I. D. Beasley
Smith
McAlister
Tennessee Valley Authority
House Judiciary Committee
Hanii
Weather in Tennessee and Virginia cools with a coming cold wave
A fragmented weather note reports a fair Thursday in parts of Tennessee with a cold wave looming, possible rain in the east and interior showers, and a drop in temperatures. It mentions yesterday's high and low, and readouts from a weather station noting colder conditions tonight through Thursday.
113 Year Old Veteran Dies in West Virginia and Virginia
Peter Rakes known as Uncle Peter, claimed as the oldest native son of the Old Dominion and oldest West Virginia citizen, died after a long illness and was buried in Davy cemetery Davy West Virginia. He was born at the site of Richlands and spent his life in the Davy community of McDowell County.
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Specht
Richlands
Peter Rakes
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Davy
McDowell County
W.va
Lewis Ralees
Karpis Trail Lost as Cops Seek Bandits
Detroit story Summary: Alvin Karpis Public Enemy No. 2 and Harry Campbell slipped from the Michigan police dragnet. Authorities set road blocks in Monroe Port Huron and Monroe again in a statewide hunt but reported no new clues. The fugitives vanished after authorities traced a car from Allentown Pennsylvania found yesterday.
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Detroit
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 2
Harry Campbell
Michigan
Monroe
Allentown
Port Huron
Neo Searels
Collusion Denied in Cruiser Bidding Hearings
Hearings into naval contracts disclosed no collusion in cruiser bidding as Munitions Investigators sought details on project costs. Witnesses included C. L. Burdo, former NY Shipbuilding president, and lobbyist Harry R. Humphries. Questions focused on bidding methods and company leadership changes at Marine Engineering and affiliated firms.
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Washington
Hipre
Nye
Ren. D
Gilerman
C. L. Burdo
New York Shipbuilding Company
Harry R. Humphries
Atlantic City
New York Company
Bardo
John Metten
Marine Engineering Company
Stephen Raushenbush
Navy Department
Metten
Tryice
Bandits Grab $129000 From Mail Truck in Fall River
Four bandits bound the driver and escaped with registered mail containing about $129,000 in banknotes and silver. The shipment moved from a Boston train to a Fall River bank. earlier police and authorities reported the amount as over $40,000. The heist occurred as the truck was en route to the bank.
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Fall River
Mass
PewFour
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Urge Open Debate on Pension Plans
Washington note from January 23 reports Senator Borah calling for full and open debate on the Townsend Old Age Pension plan as committees press the Roosevelt social security program. He criticizes pigeonholing the plan and argues for broad consideration alongside critics like Senator Hastings.
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Washington
Borah
R-Ida
Idaho Republican
Roosevelt
Négdy
Webes
Labor Perkins
Senate
Hastings
R-Del
McNary
Republictin
ICKES SILCOX DISPUTE FLARES INTO OPEN ON GAME POLICIES
New York January dispute between Secretary Tekes and forestry chief Silcox flared into the open over forest and game conservation policy. Silcox asserted the Forest Service must coordinate national forest resources and game animals, criticizing current cross-department coordination and grazing management under Agriculture and Interior.
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Silcox
New York
PIA
Tekes
Silvox
Yessterday
Interior Department
Agriculure
Forest Service
Agriculture
Interior Departments
Ann Harding Faces Custody Suit by Ex-Husband
Ann Harding, the blonde screen star, did not comment on a charge from her ex husband Harry Bannister that she is not fit to have custody of their six year old daughter Jane. Bannister filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking custody and the matter recalls a Nevada custody action resolving prior divorce terms.
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Los Angeles
Ann Harding
Harry Bannister
Jane
Miss Harding
Gale
Nevada
Bannister
Relief Bill Ready to Pass Thursday
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Ickes would not arbitrate the 54 billion relief fund transfer from dole to public works. The scene marks a revolt by dissenting House Democrats who secured a compromise with leadership to rush a 4.88 billion relief and works measure through Congress under a gag rule. Democratic leaders predicted the bill would pass after caucus agreement.
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Washington
Harold J. Ickes
Capitol Hill
Congress
Capitol Hears Roosevelt Plans and World Court Clash
Snowy Washington buzzed over Roosevelt social security and 4.8 billion work relief, with Perkins labeling Townsend pension as fantastic. Norris’ two third senate vote for World Court drew opposition, while Ickes faced a rumored cabinet leak. House debated relief funding as Roosevelt aimed to move 3.5 million to work relief by July 1. Belgrano claimed Legion support to curb war profits. shipbuilders warned disarmament talks failed in 1926.
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Washington
Presi
Roosevelt
Norris
Senate
Capitol
Perkins
Townsend
House
Cummings
Parley
Harrison
Ickes
House Appropriation Committee
American Legion
Frank Belgrano, Jr
Senate Munitions Committee
Mayor Lutovsky Leads City Amid Flu Rumors
In Watertown Wisconsin Mayor Charles Lutovsky, recovering from influenza, plans to attend city hall business but is ordered back to bed by his wife. She tells aides he can go out only when she permits.
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Watertown
Wis
Charles ‘Lutovsky
Nome
Cold Wave Sweeps U S As North Braces For Snow
A new cold wave spreads from the north into the Midwest and Rocky Mountains as floods, fog, and snow menace regions from Mississippi to Washington. Low temps dip to near zero in Minnesota and Tennessee reports temperatures in the teens to mid twenties in southern cities. Heavy flood damage reported in Western Washington and river flooding along the Coldwater in Mississippi. Several states face blizzards, frozen livestock losses, and disrupted transport.
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Associated Press
Mid
Rocky Mountain
Uwibbing
Minn
Coldwater
Mississippi
Washington
Florida
Manitoba
Canada
Maryland
Texas
St. Louis
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York City
J. F. Riley
Metropolis
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Macon
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Hearing Opens in Abernathy De Ford Election Contest
Nashville January hearings began with witnesses identifying precinct votes and signatures in the Abernathy De Ford state senate contest in McNairy County. Representative Burton E. Jones testified he compiled unofficial returns the night of the November election, denying direct campaign ties but admitting involvement against Abernathy.
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Nashville
Abernathy
de Fore
Burton E. Jones
McNelty
Jones
B. O. Weeks
Weeks
A. M. Patterson
de Ford
Republican Party
Japan advances into Jehol and Chahar in Far East drive
Japanese troops invade Jehol and Chahar as Beijing fears a split of the China Russia caravan route. Kayuan is a key junction with southward routes toward China. Kalgan lies 70 miles from Bayuan where troops head, while Chinese say Kalgan was not demilitarized as agreed. Chinese authorities note Japanese planes flown over Dalonar and warn of broader strategic moves.
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Jehol
Chahar
China
Russia
Kayuan
Bayuan
Kalgan
Dalonar
Chengteh
Tatung
Standard Oil Brings Huey Into Line in Louisiana
Huey Long returned from Washington in a bid to end disputes in his empire. Standard Oil of Louisiana president J C Hilton and Long issued a joint statement announcing a compromise reducing the state oil refining tax from five to one cent and using more Louisiana crude. They said lawmakers would soon formalize the modification to end controversy and boost goodwill in the oil industry. Both Long and state officials avoided predicting a new special session as layoffs and curtailment followed the tax take effect earlier this month.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana
Washington
Long
J. C. Hilton
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Beclines
Standard Oil Company
Square Deal Association
Newspaper Code Rift Ties Case to Board
President Roosevelt said the NHRA newspaper code authority would have its industrial board decide the Dean Jennings case over alleged dismissal for guild activity. The dispute moved from the National Labor Relations Board, which had ordered Jennings reinstated, to the code authority per a government publishers agreement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NHRA
Newspaper Code Authority
Newspaper Industrial Board
Dean
Jennings
San Francisco Call Bulletin
National Labor Relations Board
NRA
Code Authority
Naional Labor Relations Board
California Governor Merriam Proposes Tax Increases
In Sacramento Jan 20 1933 Governor Merriam won re election by defeating Upton Sinclair outlines a program to rehabilitate a crippled state government He requests higher taxes including personal income tax and a 1 percent rise in the 21 2 percent sales levy to raise about 142 900 000 for balanced budget and unemployment relief He also backs state seizure of privately owned water and power utilities and plans new social legislation after federal programs are in place For unemployment insurance and old age pensions he will send a separate message later.
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Wagner
D-N
Townsend
Perkins
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Sacramento
Calif
Upton Sinclair
California
Frank F. Merriam
Senate
Assembly
Merriam
Ladder wood tied to Hauptmann home in Lindbergh case trial
New Jersey jurors heard government expert Arthur J. Koehler testify that ladder rails came from Bruno Hauptmann’s Bronx attic and matched with an upright from the ladder. Defense questioned qualifications as testimony continued and more witnesses were slated, including a paper expert for ransom-note ink.
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Hauptmann
William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington, N. J
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur J. Koehler
Madison
Wis
Gaby Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Koehler
Bronx
Alexander A. Pope
Thomas W. Trenchard
Lewis Bornmann
New Jersey
New York
Haupt Mann
John J. Lyons
New York Police
Pope
Frank Kelly
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Dole
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Abernathy-De Ford
Japan
Peiping
Shanghai
Ivercow
Huey
Victor
Kelly
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Edward J. Reilly
Defense
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