Inflation Clash as Congress Debates New Money Plan
Washington dispatch reports heated debate over inflation measures. Democrats clash with inflationists over financing a $2.249 billion bonus by currency issuance while considering tax tweaks. ideas to restore price levels near 1926 and fund soil programs surface. Labor row deepens as United Mine Workers threaten AFL split amid union strategy. KansasRep Hope proposes farm subsidies echoing Landon plan to aid farmers.
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Washington
Lesaers
Patman
D-Tex
Thomas
D-Okla
Roosevelt
White House
Norbeck
R-Sd
Borah
Bida
Alf M Landon
Parta
American Liberty
Talmadge
Georgia
A. F
Representative Hope
R-Kas
Landon
Kansas
Fire alarm scare prompts quick Chief sprint to scene
Fire Chief Charles Safford leaped from his chair and rushed outside in the alarm excitement. He forgot his car and ran down the street, arriving before the fire truck. The incident turned out to be a false alarm.
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Charles Safford
Stokes
Mr. Middlebrook
Weather Summary for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Tennessee forecast fair with rising temperatures and potential snow or rain by Saturday night in the west. Kentucky fair with rising temperatures in west and central regions tonight into Saturday. Virginia fair tonight and Saturday with cooler southeast areas and gradual warmup Saturday afternoon. North Carolina fair and cold tonight then fair Saturday with rising temperatures. Readings taken at 6 PM daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
West
Kentucky
Virgenia
North Carolina
Red flannels out of style in Kingsport supplies scarce
Kingsport Tennessee and Southwest Virginia merchants report no red flannels in stock this morning. Stores show the garment has been out of fashion for about 15 years and few know where to order them or the current price. Merchants suggest possible orders from New York or Chicago markets, price around five to six dollars.
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Kingsport
Virginia
Tenn
Southwest Virginia
Fuller and Hillman
New York
Chicago
J. Fred Johnson
Hoffman’s Query on Tindbergh Case Sent to Police Files
Gov Hoffman seeks renewed probe into the Tindbergh baby kidnap killing. Attorney General Wilentz and State Police head Schwarzkopf discuss the governor’s order to pursue every possible accomplice. Prosecution notes claim immediate replies to questions on possible co conspirators, Condon’s ransom notes, Curtis’s gang links, and the J J Faulkner bank deposit.
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James Y. Lawrence
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Hauptmann
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Wilentz
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hauptmann
Hoffman
John F. Condon
Laffie
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
J. J. Faulkner
New York
President's Birthday Ball Declared Great Social Event
The President's Birthday Ball at Kingsport Country Club drew several hundred residents and ran from 9 30 p m to 2 30 a m. A radio birthday message interrupted the dance at 11 30 p m followed by a floor show led by Miss Reese Holloway. William S. Waddell served as master of ceremonies and prizes were awarded at the close.
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Kingsport Country Club
Kingsport
Reese Holloway
William S. Waddell
Naval agreement viewed by four powers at London talks
A proposed annual exchange of naval construction data between United States Great Britain France and Italy was submitted to the International Naval Conference. The plan covers ships over 100 tons with four month notice before keel laying and post launch changes to be reported. Japan may voluntarily conform to prevent a new naval race after London Washington limits expire.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
International Naval Conference
Japan
Washington
Invention Lets Pilot Fly Planes by Sound Alone
Associated Press reports Luis de Fiorez unveils mechanical ears that let a pilot steer using only hearing. A tiny propeller on a wing edge drives a generator, whose hum signals plane attitude, enabling flight in fog, darkness, and any weather.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Institute of the Aeronautiical Sciences
Luis de Fiorez
de Florez Engineering Company
de Florez
Reading express crashes near Sunbury killing three
In subzero weather railroad crews and volunteers recovered victims from the Reading express wrecked after plunging 30 feet from a Susquehanna river bridge. Three dead and 31 injured were counted, with an unidentified Bucknell student later listed among the injured. Engineers Rothfuss and Danshaw died in the wreck. Danshaw born in Tamaqua and Rothfuss from Williamsport.
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Leo'w. Sheridan
Associated Press
Sunbury
Reading Company
Susquehanna River
Bucknell University
Williamsport
New York
Susquehanna
Guy Rothfuss
Wir
Hamsport
Washington Danshaw
Tamaqua
William Ramp
Rothfuss
Danshaw
Oldest weather in 38 years hits Kingsport with six below
Kingsport logged a new winter low of six below zero, the coldest in 38 years, as a snow dusting and freezing pipes dominated reports. No major injuries or accidents were recorded though frozen pipes caused widespread damage while ground remained white from a prior snow. Temperatures plunged elsewhere in East Tennessee with Bristol at five below and Elizabethton, Maryville, and Knoxville also reporting subzero readings and a coal shortage worsening prices. Anne Marie Smith, 27 months, died from burns related to a house fire amid the cold.
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Kingsport
Knoxville
Winer
Tennessee
Bristol
Maryville
Fitzabhethton
Elizabethton
AL Bristol
Anne Marie Smith
Paul Smith
Prosecution Hints New Witness in Liggett Murder Case
In Minneapolis on January 31, the prosecution said it would call Isadore Blumenfeld alias Kid Cann as a witness via redirect testimony by Wesley Andersch, who would recount seeing Cann in the killer's automobile shortly after Walter Liggett's assassination. Mrs Liggett was expected to testify next as the case proceeds.
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Minneapolis
Isadore
Kid Cann
Health Workers Study Problems at Nashville Conference
At the eighth annual conference Nashville health workers explored ways to raise public health consciousness. Dr RK Galloway demonstrated graphic materials and exhibits on sanitation and disease control while others from Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Valley Authority joined discussions. Dr A W Freeman predicted free indigent medical care within 10 years and urged combining preventive and curative services, warning against complete socialization of medicine as in Soviet Russia.
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Nashville
RK. K. Galloway
Williamson County Health Artment
W. S. Leathers
School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
E. L. ‘Shop
Tennessee Valley Authority
W. J. P. Leake
U. S. Public Health Service
A. W. Freeman Loan
School of Hygiene
Phblic Health
Dr. Freeman
Soviet
Russia
Second Slayer Dies at Raleigh Gas Chamber
Ed Jenkins a 49 year old Gaston County man was executed in the gas chamber at the state prison in Raleigh N C today for murder the first white man and second person to be exphyxiated legally here Jenkins died quietly seven and a half minutes after the trap sprung before pronouncement of death by physicians
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Raleigh
N.C
Ed Jenkins
Gaston County
State's Prison
Jenkins
Employment Bill Put in Committee in Virginia Senate
In Richmond Virginia advocates and critics of unemployment insurance pressed the administration bill in the Senate finance committee. Senator John S Battle as patron outlined the measure for about fifteen minutes with labor spokesmen and opponents set for a full hour of debate. Meanwhile the House moved a jury of bills including a load overload licensing plan and proposals on advertising by dentists and local equity funds as well as beer strength limits.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
Labor
John S. Battle
Governor's Advisory Council
House
Spiers
Daugherty
ABC
New Theory in Loeb Death Probe Stuns Jail Scene
Up-State attorney Will McCabe says Rich ard Loeb was deliberately murdered. He questions James Day, 23, Chicago convict, held on murder charges, and plans to quiz Day. A coroner’s jury had recommended homicide charges as McCabe debunks Day’s self defense account of the 1924 thrill slaying.
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Will RK. McCabe
Will County
Iwinois
McCabe
James
Day
Loeb
E. A. Kingston
Wilt County
Richard Loeb
Chicago
Joseph Eragen
Firefighters Combat Blaze Amid Falls and Gunfire in Rockford
Rockford firefighters battled a blaze at a hotel and sporting goods store in freezing conditions. They sprayed water as shots from ammunition stored in the building echoed, adding danger to a difficult rescue. Authorities investigate the incident and assess damage and injuries.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Liberski Seeks Unicameral Seat From Elyria Neb
J W Liberski of Elyria says when friends raise the $10 filing fee he will run for Nebraska first unicameral legislature. He is on relief at $64 per month. Five other district candidates have already filed by paying $10.
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Elyria
Neb
J. W. Liberski
Nebraska
Speech by Talmadge Studied for Possible Law Violations
Washington Dow 41 The communications commission directed a study today of the anti New Deal speech broadcast by Governor Eugene Talmadge to determine whether it violated provisions of the communications law. A complaint from National Housewives Inc of Baltimore criticized abusive language and one sided harangues. The commission will seek an opinion from courts and refer the matter to broadcast division for possible action.
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Washington
Dow
Communicatior Commission
Eugene Talmadge
Annisg
Meron
National Ausewives, Inc
Baltimore
Prall
Aimee Weber
Organizeration
George
Georgia
Tym
Death trap truck kills 20 convicts in Alabama
A state convict truck carrying 22 African American prisoners collided with gasoline and fire as a heat attempt by inmates sparked a blaze. Two guards sustained injuries while pulling survivors from the inferno, and two inmates are hospitalized in critical condition. Governor Graves ordered a probe with commissioners sent to the scene.
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Scottsboro
Als
H. M. Middlebrook
Montgomery
C. R. Wasson
Danville
Dawson
W. P. Campbell
Here
Middlebrook
Wasson
Bibb Graves
Gaston Scott
State Highway Commission
Hamp Draper
Convict Department
Investgate
Graves
Scottshoro
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Paul Dawson
Demopolis
John Stokes
Birmingham
Jefferson’ County
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