Relief money debate in Tennessee relief efforts pondered
March 21 Asheville discussion centers on matching federal relief funds and funding for state policies. Rep. Robert Brown proposes a 2 cent tax on lubricating oil and fuel to raise funds, with committee voting 14 to 0 in favor after debate. Officials caution on overall cost and political influence shaping relief allocations.
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Marsh
Tennessee
Robert Brown
Hickman
Stiri Wo Ts Moss
Weather snippets mix across states
Fragmented forecast notes for Virginia Kentucky and surrounding areas. Mentions fair conditions Friday then snow in the west and mixed cloudiness in the east. Saturday expected for some regions with cooler temperatures and quiet conditions reported.
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Genesaly
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West Hiertior
Saturney Sayers
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Wirtion
Cevler
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Purlion
Oddities of the Income Tax Return Headline
Atlanta March 22. An amusing look at income tax headaches with a report noting a delay in filing for 1944 after burglars entered a home. Eugene Papeheee, collector of Internal Revenue, reported the delay and the night office disruption. A continuation was promised on page eight.
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Atlanta
Americans to Be Shot in Mexican Kidnap Case Shocks U.S. Envoy
United States consul at San Luis Potosi Logan rushed to take charge of efforts to secure the release of Marty Fowler, kidnapped American mining man in Northern Mexico. Rumors said Mexican bandits demanded ransom and threatened execution of Fowler and another American, with word from attorney Jose L Navarro in Los Angeles that word had come from the San Luis Potosi envoy. Details are incomplete as the story continues on page six.
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Monica Mareh
George Shaw
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Marty Fowler
PMR Bee
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Powle
Jose L. Navarro
Los Angeles
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Sam Louis Potosi
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Vremsak Wnd
Mary MolSvingy
Seminole Indians Seek Permanent Florida Hunting Grounds
In West Palm Beach Florida on March 21 Seminole leaders urged relocation of hunting grounds from Everglades. Secretary Harold L Tekes and Indian Affairs Commissioner John Collier promised to push for a permanent Florida hunting area after a ceremonial gathering with Seminole delegates, interpreters, and Northern observers.
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Secretary of the Interior
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John Collier
Indian Affairs
Flood threat rises as dykes blasted and guards clash
In Greenwood Mississippi state troops move to levees after vandals blast two dykes and overrun private guards. Rioters plan further dynamiting as authorities call for troops and guard commands to shoot to kill if attacked. Four hundred men seize the Philipp levee, creating a 40 foot breach amid rising flood fears along Tallahatchie and Leflore counties.
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Mace
Sennett Conner
Philipp Levee
La Follette Presses for Bigger Relief Bill Increase
Washington March 21 Senator La Follette argues for a larger work and relief bill while Democratic leaders expect his amendment to raise the 4.88 billion dollar package to about nine point eight billion will gain only about 10 percent support. Administration backers push for rapid passage after two amendments trimmed presidential powers. La Follette, cited as a possible 1936 third party candidate, resumes his heated speech claiming private capital needs revived by frontier era gain. He calls prior funds inadequate and says taxes should rise, while an amendment to cap road money by state agencies is adopted. Continued on page six.
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Washington
la Follette
Roosevelt
United States
Tere
Glass
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Adventurers Seek Sunken Treasure Off Africa Coast
Three young explorers led by former naval lieutenant W Gates depart from Slaton in a small boat to locate a sunken Spanish galleon off the southwest African coast. They believe the wreck lies under a few feet of water and may contain several million dollars in gold. Gates, a US Naval Academy graduate, says a German companion who has Russian ties helps spearhead the perilous search.
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Shanghai
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Africa
Gates
Lancaster
United States Naval Academy
Dust Storms Sweep Nation Across Plains and Midwest
Dust storms sweep from Eastern New Mexico to the Great Lakes, closing schools, delaying trains, grounding planes, and dimming sun. Dozens killed by dust induced pneumonia and related accidents, including a one year old boy in Hays Kansas. Fringes reach Chicago as weather bureau notes clouds along the Atlantic Seaboard.
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Kansas City
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Great Lakes
Mississippi
Joseph Bernard Meier
Hays
Kas
Chicago
Weather Bureau
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Atlantic Seaboard
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas
Tennessee Relief Funds Denied in State Aid Plan
March 21 report outlines Hopkins letter to Governor McAlister. Federal Relief Administration urged Tennessee to appropriate 2.5 million dollars, with 1.5 million to be raised by the state and the remainder by local governments, but a reduced total of 1.5 million for state relief was expected as the legislature faced funding questions and withholding of 400 thousand dollars.
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Nashville
Harry L. Hopkins
McAlister
Hopkins
Tennessee
Meer
Jem Hopkins
FERA
Jesse
Washington
Ptie
New TVA Plan Could Bring Power to Chattanooga
T V A officials in Chattanooga discussed a plan to furnish TVA produced electricity without new power lines by financing the city’s electric system purchase. Director David E. Lilienthal outlined that TVA might buy generating and distribution facilities, with the McSwain amendment aiding dam construction between Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Quattanooga
Tenn
SLY Pim
Forture
Tennessee ‘Y
David E. Lilienthal
Authority
TVA
Vilenthel
Teennessee Filevtrie Power Company
Ashure
McSwain
South Carolina
Lilienthal
Knoxville
Debate on bonus payments sparks House schedule shift
Washington March 21 Leaders called the House to meet at 11 a m EST to wind up the bonus debate and move to voting on compromise amendments. The main issue remains whether to adopt the Patman plan or the Vinson American Legion bill with cash payments or negotiable bonds, and a final decision was not expected before tomorrow.
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House of Representatives
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Patman
Vinson-American Legion
Texas
Rep
Vinson
Vhis
Tydings-Andrews- Cochran
McReynolds
Rep. Cochran
D-Mo
South’s Condition Studied by Group
New York March 31 The committee on minority groups in the economic recovery released a 250 page report on Southern conditions. Funded by 50000 from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation the study notes the South’s excessive devotion to cotton its land tenure system and the outdated credit system. It urges drier readjustments and relief for displaced tenants and agricultural laborers. Committee members include Edwin R Embree Dr Will W Alexander and Prof Charles Johnson. The findings come as exports decline and foreign cotton production rises, with a choice between continued regulation or relief measures.
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Julius Rosenwald
Roosevalt
Edwin R. Embree
Chicago
Rosenwald Fund
Will W. Alexander
Atlanta
Commission of Interracial Cooperation
Charles §. Johnson
Department of Social Research
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
South
Europe Reacts To Hitler Rearmament Decision
Europe confronts a German pledge to rearm as Hitler refuses to heed French and Italian protests. The League of Nations fears its gravest crisis, while Paris and Rome report Berlin’s stance to their governments and allies. Pope Pius prepares a peace encyclical as Moscow signals Soviet support for France.
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League of Nations
Reich
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Filtter
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Reichtuerner
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Germany
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Muszokni
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Empar Jy
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Austria
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Vatican City
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Pius
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Danger of War Seen as Low in Europe Despite Alliances
Frank Kellogg argues in a March 21 AP piece that war in Europe is unlikely. He cites treaty failures to disarm, warns armaments danger, and critiques historic alliances as incapable of preserving peace. He urges the U S state department to define a proper stance toward Germany while noting broader European tensions.
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Calif
Europe
Germany
State Department
Hitler
Grand jury probe of Davey opened in Columbus
A grand jury in Columbus summoned Martin J. Davey's patronage chief amid a probe into alleged corruption linking politics and relief. The Democratic lawmakers urged President Roosevelt to correct wrongs in the governor's dispute with Harry Hopkins. Francis W. Poulson charged relief contractors were shaken down for about $8,000 to aid the governor's campaign deficit, accusing Republicans in high offices of betraying the President. Continued on page eight.
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Columbus
Martin J. Davey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Harry S. Hopkkins
Francis W. Peurson
Hawkins
Poulson
Hopkins
Rems
Davey
British writer Strachey in deportation dispute at Chicago
Chicago March 21 The U S government considers deporting John Strachey British author and lecturer accused of misstatements to immigration officials upon entry He had been arrested after a Glencoe lecture amid a wave of deportation fears linked to Emma Goldman Countess Vera Cathcart and other European critics Strachey denies ties to the Communist party and claims he is an intellectual ally of the working class We note previous deportations of Goldman and Cathcart as part of ongoing enforcement actions.
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Chicago
U.S
John Strachey
America
Emma Goldman
Vera Cathcart
Strachey
Immigration Department
Straqhey
Glencoe
Emmy Goldman
Cathcart
Emmi Goldman
Russia
A. Mitchell Palmer
Soviet Russia
Countess Cathcart
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