Tobin Denies Delivering Bonds in Reece Hearing
Nashville report details Insurance Commissioner Joseph S. Tobin denying he delivered 90 600 dollars of bonds to his predecessor J. J. Reece. Reece testifies in a grand larceny trial that the bonds were part of a political agreement to market them and fund an election deficit. Tobin contradicts timelines, claiming he met Reece January 26 and saw him again later but not as described. The trial includes numerous rebuttal witnesses and surrounding testimony about a possible conference and bond sale plans.
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Nashville
Joseph S. Tobin
J. J. Reece
Reece
Insurance Department
Tobin
Richard M. Atkinson
McAlister
Mareh
Insurance Contric Sioner
J. I. Reece
Memphi & Reece
Japan Passes Huge Defense Budget Funds
ABJ reports Japan's house of peers passed the largest peacetime defense fund in history. The bill, approved overwhelmingly February 13, provides 938,000,000 yen for the army and navy, about 40 percent of the total 2,112,000,600 yen.
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Tokyo
Japan
House of Peers
House
Georgia Plate Rumor Sparks New Orleans Drive
About 250 cars with Georgia license plates were stopped in New Orleans over 24 hours as state police curb Georgians using $3 plates. Officials say 750 to 1,000 motorists with Georgia tags were forced to switch to Louisiana plates since year start amid residency checks. Georgia Governor Tub?madge, citing Louisiana’s governor, called reports that Georgians must prove residency a pack of newspapers.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
William Fakier
EB. PL Roy
Baton Rouge
Eale
Georgia
Fakier
Atlanta
Talmadge
Arlen
Allen
Parley Opens In Italy As Il Duce Dollfuss Confer
Mussolini meets Dollfuss in Rome at Venezia Palace for a three-way parley with Hungary's Goemboes to discuss Danubian economic plans. They aim to counter Austrian Hungarian tensions and potentially deter German influence while pursuing bilateral trade pacts and market access in a broader freer-exchange bloc.
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Italy
Dollfuss
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Napoleon
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Venezia Palace
Presihier Julius Goemboes
Hungary
Duge
Europe
Eivelas
Mussolini
Tall
Colfess
Pre‘iice
Danubian
Tn Soni
Cheaper electricity via greater usage urged by Harriman
In Chattanooga Henry Harriman president of the U S chamber of commerce urged wider use of electricity to lower home costs. He praised the Tennessee Valley Authority for promoting prudent power policy and warned against socialistic misuse of powers while endorsing private initiative and orderly economic planning for the Tennessee Valley and the nation.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry I. Uarriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Tenneforiaas
Te Valley Authority
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Harryan
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Ruth Gliy
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harriman
Touhy Gangsters Doomed As Law Strikes Again
John Factor disclosed the gang’s downfall following Basil Banghart’s conviction and 99 year sentence for the July $70,000 Patterson kidnapping. Roger Touhy Gustav Schaefer and Albert Kator are jailed, while three others are dead or dead by suicide in the Reliable Touhy gang debacle.
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Chicago
Mer
Touhy
John Factor
Yctm
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Roger Touhy
Gustav Schaefer
Abert Kator
Senator Wagner predicts economic collapse without labor recovery support
Senator Wagner of New York warned before the Senate labor committee that wages lag production and profits, threatening another economic collapse unless labor gains further participation in the recovery program. He advocated strengthening the Labor Board to guarantee collective bargaining and curb company interference, arguing the NRA needs a stronger checks and balances between industry and labor.
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Washington
Wagney
Labor Board
Senate Labor Committee
New York
Wagner
NRA
Kidnapped Alvin Factor Taken to Hidden Place by Uncle
Los Angeles March 14 AP eight year old Alvin Factor son of John Factor was spirited to a secret hiding place today by his uncle Robert Cowan amid fears of abduction. Factor says gang demanded 200000 and got 76000 then faced public exposure and extradition issues in England while defending his actions as necessary amid threats to his family.
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Los Angeles
Alvin Factor
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
England
Prion
America
Great Britain
Argent
Washington
The
Treasury
Citizen
Internal Revenue
Early vote seen for cotton bill in House
Washington March 14 Democratic leaders moved toward an early House vote on the Bankhead compulsory cotton production bill. Only an hour of general debate remained before amendments, with Senator Bankhead confident of a substantial majority despite expected Republican opposition. Some Democrats feared the bill would pave the way for compulsory regulation of other farm commodities.
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Washington
Banktead
Fighting leader proposes unified airway control
Washington March 14 A proposal for unified control of all overland aviation, civilian and military, with a fighting leader in charge, gained support. Senator Robinson of Arkansas urged bringing all fliers under a single authority except Navy. Discussion of a permanent board of aeronautics and possible changes to air mail operations were noted.
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Washington
Mar
Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Navy
Board of Aeronautics
War Department
Army
Athe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarance D. Chamberlain
Orville Wright
Oscar Westover
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
Foulois
Newark
N. J. Aire
Aviaton
McSwain
Ousa Military Committee
Waterway treaty vote marks setback for Roosevelt
The Senate rejected the St Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada by 42 to 4 to 42 against, signaling a major legislative setback for the Roosevelt administration. President Roosevelt urged ratification, arguing the seaway would open interior regions to commerce and provide cheap electricity while opponents feared Canadian control and reduced U.S. influence.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
Roosevelt
New York
Mar
St. Lawrence
United States
Chicago
Llinois
Sinister Hand of Dillinger Seen In Iowa Bank Raid
Chicago reports a $52,000 Mason City bank robbery by seven machine gun bandits led by a suspected Dillinger figure. The raid, using hostages as shields, injured two, with loot taken and the gang fleeing under cover of bystanders and guards. Similar attacks followed in Sioux Falls and Atchison, signaling a Midwest crime wave.
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Chicago
Jonny Dillinger
Indiana
First National Tank
Mason City
Iowa
Mid- West
Dillinger
Sioux Falls
Atchison, Kaw
May Reprimand Armentrout For His Alleged Contempt
Frankfort dispatch reports that a Kentucky legislative committee may reprimand or fine Vance Armentrout for alleged contempt after he refused to reveal the name of a Letter to the Editor writer connected to a policy column. The incident, tied to The Psalm of Politics, led to a brief jail stay and a habeas corpus release. The committee will present recommendations to the House for action.
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Frankfort
Legislaive
Vanceymentrout
Louisville Courier-Journal
House of the State Legislature
Armentrout
Vance Armentrout
Louisville Courier Journal
Harrison Robertson
Jude L. B. Hamilton
Franklin County
Hugh K. Bullitt
House of Representatives
Fred Gnau
House
Kentucky
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Fair and somewhat colder tonight and Thursday in Tennessee with warmer periods later. Virginia sees fair conditions tonight and Thursday, turning colder on the southeast coast. Readings show no rain yesterday and trace precipitation at 6:00 p.m. for the prior 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
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Tentimuny
J. J. Reeve
Insurance Commissioner
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Attor
Atkinson
Set M. Walker
Reuse
Sun
Walker
Charles Gilbert
Hot
Nations Watch
Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Pierpont
Lena Pierpont
Harry Pierpont
Lima
Ing
Jess Larber
John Dillinger
Allen County
Gang
Ray J Brennan
St Lawrence
Dillinger and Gang
May
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