Solons Finish Revenue Bills Before Recess
Nashville March 5 Governors Browning major bills passed two remain to be introduced the general appropriations bill and a debt refinancing proposal to save funds for the assembly reconvenes May 5. Bills signed into law include general revenue taxes on utilities theaters bottlers a broadened corporate excise tax raised franchise tax removal of exemptions beer tax higher income from out of state securities and domestic concerns education funding for schools and higher learning a probe authorization with a $50 000 appropriation a driver license overhaul and a reorganization plan giving the governor hiring and firing power plus a merit system. Awaiting action were tobacco and gasoline tax collection enhancements penalties for tax falsification bond posting changes for gasoline dealers and other measures. Committees to sit during the continued session.
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Nashville
Browning
Assembly
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Fair tonight and Saturday with slight cooling in eastern Tennessee and northern Virginia. Temperatures rise Saturday though some western areas stay warmer. Kentucky mostly fair tonight and Saturday with a warmer day on Saturday. Low around 29 F noted early today. readings by Tennessee Eastman Corporation.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Chinese Princess Kao Yu-Chu Protests French Encroachment
Kao Yu-Chu, 21, ruler of the Lolo tribe numbering about 400000, pleads for her people in Shanghai. She protests the French on her territory near the Yunnan-Indo-China border. A crack shot horsewoman hunter, she became ruler after her father's death.
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Kao Yu-Chu
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Yunnan-Indo-China
Central Press
Miller Declares Girl Named Man Before Her Death
Charlottesville dispatch reports Albemarle sheriff says Dr. R G Miller confessed the high school girl named the man responsible for her pregnancy before a chloroform death. Miller, a dentist, claimed he planned an abortion in a borrowed car on the Stony Point road. Authorities call the statement incomplete and lacking details. Miller is jailed in Richmond.
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Charlottesville
J. Mason Smith
Albemarle County
R. G. Miller
Cleo Sprouse
Smith
Oficers
Stony Point Road
Here
Commonwealth
W. C. Fife
Richmond
Miller
Henrico County
Fife
Sugerloaf Mount
Texas Mother In Law Day Declared By Allred
In Amarillo Texas Gene Howe popularized a one day tradition celebrating mothers in law. Gov James V Allred officially recognized Mother In Law Day across the state noting the value of mothers in law to young couples. Historically Howe joked about fables and families but the day endures as a lighthearted state observance.
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Amarillo
Tex
Marek
Kiel
Mije
Texas
Long Star
Gene Howe
Tae Texan
Gene
Will
Ed Howe
Potato Hill
James V. Allred
Unionization Drive Faces AFL Opposition in Steel Industry
AFL units push back against the CIO campaign in the steel sector amid warnings from President Green and labor federations. Pittsburgh meetings, plant confrontations, and employer groups rally to resist organizing efforts as the industry faces a major union drive and potential shifts in bargaining recognition.
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Lewis
Associated Press
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
A.W. of L
John L. Lewis
C. I. O. Shoe Workers Organisation
New England
A. F. of L
William Green
Maryland
Jaoan
New York
Alfred P. Stoan
General Motors
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Post
United States Steel Corporation
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
France lifts ban on cold trading in gold market
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum's Socialist government ends the ban on domestic gold trading and unveils sweeping financial measures to ease the deficit. Officials expect the Bank of France and treasury backing to peg the franc near 2.15 to the dollar or a slightly lower rate to aid foreign trade amid fiscal strain.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Bank of France
Treasury Land
France
Great Britain
United States
Vincent Auriol
Blum
Negro is first to die in state electric chair
Nashville March 5 James Turner twenty four year old negro was executed in the Tennessee state prison electric chair shortly after dawn for the murder of Memphis patrolman Roy A. Scott during a street car holdup on February 2 1936. Turner died at 5 23 am after confessing to the holdup while maintaining innocence and spending his final hours in prayer and isolation as prison chaplain readings and spiritual singing accompanied his last moments.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Turner
Hegro
Memphis
J. T. Hayes
Turner
Roy A. Scott
Earle Brevard
Pickens Johnson
Furner
Senate approves bill for state voting machines
Nashville March 5. The senate passed a bill by a 20 to 8 roll call to let cities and counties adopt voting machines with no mandatory requirement. The measure stipulates adoption is optional and not compelled by state law. The bill now goes to the house.
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Nashville
Senate
House
Alan Maxwell
Wesley Harvell
Shelby
Thomas L. Cummings
Davidson
Davidson County
Cummings
A. J. Graves
Knox
Beasley
Bruce
Cooper
Craig
Cannon
Davies
Eubank
Fults
Gordon
Harris
Justice
Locke
Loveless
Parkey
Roberts
Smith
Sprouse
Trotter
West
Two Daughters Slain by Mother in Pennsylvania Cottage
CLEARFIELD Pa March 5 A coal miner’s wife Jennie Galley killed her two daughters Virginia 17 and Marie 5 by hammer blows in their Hawkrun cottage then calmly told District Attorney Carl Belin of the act Belin and Sheriff Ammerman arrested her He plans medical examination and says she showed no remorse claiming neighbors called the girls dumb and she feared them being teased by others She reportedly kissed the bodies before removal.
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Clearfield
Hawkrun
Carl Belin
Belin
Jennie Galley
Virginia
Marie
Turias Galley
Gustav
FDR speech ends hope for judiciary compromise
Washington march 5 President Roosevelt spurred a national discussion by proposing to reorganize the courts and pressing Congress for action. Support from cabinet officials contrasted with renewed criticism from opponents led by Senator Burke who condemned the method even as MacKenzie King planned a White House visit. The Senate panel probed Federal Laboratories, Inc and Railway Audit and Inspection in a widening inquiry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Capitol Hill
Burke
D.-Neb
America
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Congress
St. Lawrence
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
Js A Laboratories
Howard to face murder charges in Hawkins slaying
Richmond March 9 Laban Blunt Howard 42 former coast wise vessel captain faced murder charges as police pressed the probe into the slaying of Edward N Hawkins whose bones were found in a Prince George county grave Violet Berry reportedly told investigators Hawkins Howard and Berry were drinking at a Chesterfield county cabin on August 19 1936 an argument over sleep mutterings preceded two gunshots Hawkins body was driven to a thicket near Petersburg and buried Hawkins a former convict was jailed on a vagrancy sentence awaiting appeal and had earlier been a state police member
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Richmond
Laban Blunt Howard
Edward N. Hawkins
Prince George County
M. A. Cogbill
Commonwealth
Chesterfield County
Violet Berry
Hawkins
Murchie
Cogbill
Miss Berry
Howard
Petersburg
Lawrence Johnson
Roosevelt addresses Democratic victory dinner urging immediate action
President Roosevelt urges faith in voters, calls for decisive steps to fix floods droughts surpluses and labor upheavals. He notes the Democratic administration and Congress tried to raise wages shorten hours end child labor end unfair trade practice but faced a veto from those in power. The AAA also testifies to protecting sound agriculture for general welfare.
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Washington
Mar
Bome
Roosevelt
Congress
AAA
Tennessee Senate considers bill to legalize state wine making
Senator Fletcher R. Morgan introduces a bill to legalize manufacture and sale of wines from Tennessee fruits with tax rates and a 250 dollar annual privilege tax for manufacturers and wholesalers. The measure aims to raise 500k to 600k yearly for school funds and promote growth of local grapes, with a projected wine industry value of 3 to 4 million annually.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Fletcher R. Morgan
Morgan
TWA
California
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Voices Fight Over Court Plan At Victory Dinner
President Roosevelt sharpened his critique of the Supreme Court, saying its decisions endanger democracy and threaten constitutional interpretation aligned with his administration. He urged maintaining power to push reforms for workers, farmers, and small business, while framing the judiciary dispute as an historic effort to reorganize the court.
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Associated Prow
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Victory Dinner Leaves Logicians Short Of $17 730
A group of waiters at a Democratic victory dinner calculated their share from the event. They estimate 1 800 guests at 100 a plate would total 180 000 dollars. With 800 waiters and a suggested tip of 10 percent, the group computes 18 000 dollars in tips. A choking miscalculation and unclear details follow as they debate the final sum.
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Washington, Marek &Ph
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