Tennessee bills seek 2 percent sales tax and school funding
Nashville reports a pair of bills would levy a 2 percent sales tax, repeal the 8 cent property tax, and earmark two thirds of revenue for general state use with the rest distributed to counties for schools. The packages also propose state salaries for elementary teachers and renewal of teaching certificates. A separate measure would standardize inmate care and mental health provisions. The House adjourned for a joint session to address Middle Tennessee election matters.
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Nashville
Mar
Lem Stotlow
Moore
Motlow
J. R. Gervin
Knox
House
Senate
Henry R. Bell
Alest
Middle Tennessee
Reed Sharp
Secret London Hearings Probe Lieut Baillie Stewart
In secret London hearings Lieutenant Norman Baillie Stewart faces charges of betraying army secrets to a Berlin agent. Ten secret witnesses were examined with more anticipated, while public sessions pause to protect witnesses. The defense notes he received 90 pounds from Berlin as payment for a supposed love affair. prosecution says German officers were in his Berlin hotel room supplying information on armored cars and tanks. The prisoner remains in custody at the Tower of London, transported daily to court.
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London
Mar
Norman Baillie- Stewart
Chelsea Army Court
Seaforth Highlander
Otto Waldemars Obst
Berlin
Duke of York
Lon- Alon
Dry Forces in Assembly Lose in First Repeal Till
Nashville March 22. The senate committee on constitutional conventions unanimously endorsed a bill for election of 63 delegates to a constitutional convention to vote on repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and recommended its rejection as urged by dry organizations. In the House, wet bill sponsors claimed a majority for a special order vote while drys privately voiced dwindling hope. Representatives Cohn and Gilbert spoke for the wet bill, lobbyists clashed over support, and lawmakers were halted as Haynes barred non-members under rule 37.
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Nashville
Mar
Senate Committee On Constitutional Conventions
Fletcher Cohn
Shelby
Leon Cilbert
Davidson
Walter JM. Haynes
Franklin
Haxace
Relief Follows Flood Traffic Along Ohio River Valley
Flood relief progressed with emergency crews reinforcing levees and shelters while parts of Louisville and Cincinnati faced rising waters. At Portsmouth and Newport Kentucky flooding endangered thousands and prompted Red Cross aid. Memphis engineers outlined a 200-year levee system protecting the Mississippi valley as 265 million cubic yards of earth were moved in flood control work.
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Ohio River
Mississippi
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Kidiang
Louisville
Kentucky
Cinginnati
Red Cross
Federal
Newport
Ruby Laffoon
TI. O
Man
Memphis
Enn
Panama Canal
Brehon Somervell
Jehler
Somervell
New Orleans
Weather Forecast Fragments for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy and warmer in Tennessee with showers likely Thursday, extended to extreme northeast tonight. Virginia expects fair skies then increasing clouds in southwest by tonight with rising temperatures and possible rain Thursday afternoon. Data notes show yesterday’s highs and lows and rainfall measurements, based on 6:00 p.m. readings.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Daladier to Meet Mussolini in Push for Four Power Peace
Paris dispatch reports Premier Daladier may travel to northern Italy to meet Premier Mussolini as a step toward forming a four power peace club. Plans remained tentative, with Mussolini’s stance uncertain. Britain’s Ramsay MacDonald returned from a peace mission to Geneva, Rome, and Paris and reported to the cabinet at Downing Street.
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Mussolini
France
Paris
Mar
APJ
Deladier
Italy
Si ‘Duce
Signor Mussolini
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Poland
Peace Club
League of Nations
League
MacDonald
London
Ramsay
Geneva
Rome
Downing Street
John Simon
Four sleuthing agencies may be bound together
Roosevelt administration weighs uniting four major agencies the Secret Service the Bureau of Investigation the Revenue Intelligence unit and Postal Inspectors into a single coordinated federal investigative body to curb crime. The plan cites overlapping duties and aims to strengthen the government's bulwark against criminals. Secretary Roper of the Commerce Department is advancing the reorganization efforts.
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James P. Selvace
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Justice
Revenue Intelligence
al Capone
Post Office
Roper
Commerce Department
Football authority Dr Fonsa Lambert dies from family shooting
Dr Fonsa A Lambert prominent football rules figure and Columbus Serum Company official died at 6 15 am after a fatal shooting by his son Samuel 17 during a family quarrel Police said the boy acted in self defense Lambert a Ohio State graduate 1910 served on the national football rules committee advisory council and authored works on football rules He was rushed to a hospital after emergency surgery and a planned transfusion was canceled due to weakness An inquest was held but no charges announced against the son
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Columbus
Fonsa A. Lambert
Samuel
Lambert
National Football Rules Committee
Aia
Ohio State University
Columbus Serum Company
University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dorothy
Martha
Atkinson Details Reece Bond Disclosures in Tennessee
Knox County attorney general Richard M. Atkinson, after four days in East Tennessee, said $90,000 in state insurance bonds were delivered January 30 behind a Knoxville filling station. He reported statements from Joseph J. Reece and Lem Reece in Bristol concerning the alleged larceny and receiving stolen property. He also noted recovery of $24,500 from a St. Louis lock box, brought to Elizabethton and handed to him in Bristol.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Richard M. Atkinson
Davidson County
East Tennessee
State Insurance Department
Nashville
Bristol
Joseph J. Reece
State Insurance
Mitchell Faces Federal Charge in Tax Evasion Case
Charles E. Mitchell, former National City Bank chairman, faces a federal tax evasion accusation for 1929 totaling 657,152 dollars. The indictment alleges he converted a 2,823,405 dollar net income into a paper loss by selling bank stock to his wife and repurchasing it, with bail set at 10,000 dollars. A March 29 hearing was scheduled as prosecutors seek an early grand jury submission.
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New York
Washington
Charles E. Mitchell
Keli
National City Bank
Fifth Avenue
United States
Mitchell
Federal
Robert Thayer
Homer S. Cummings
Roosevelt
Cummings
George Z. Medalie
Chelsea
Mass
Front Bank of Finance
President's Farm Relief Plan Advances in House
President Roosevelt's farm relief plan moves toward a House vote amid a strong Democratic majority and limited Republican support. The bill grants vast authority to Secretary Wallace, with processing taxes on major farm commodities to fund rent support and production cuts. The agriculture committee says reforms won’t overly burden consumers as it authorizes marketing agreements and licensing for interstate commerce.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Seventy-first House
Longworth
Tilson
Snell
Wallace
House
Bankhead
Aln
Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt plan faces delay as House panel opts for hearings
Washington March 22 AP report says President Roosevelt’s forestation employment program is delayed when the House labor committee chooses hearings over immediate action. Chairman Connery plans joint sessions with Senate allies and will hear Frances Perkins, labor secretary, and AFL leader William Green. Perkins will handle unemployed enrollment for conservation work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Labor Committee
Connery
Executive Committee
High Committee
Walsh
Mass
Senaty Labor Committee
Frances Perkins
William Green
Aemrican Federation of Labor
Miss Perting
Tau
Roosevelt moves to reform banks and railroads
President Roosevelt outlines concrete measures to reform banking and railroad sectors. Key proposals include sworn disclosures on securities sales, federal oversight of holding companies and stock exchanges, separation of commercial and investment banking, and limits on Federal Reserve funds in speculative ventures. Railroads would gain national support and tighter regulation of trucking and holding companies, with swift action aimed before Congress adjourns.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Reserve Bank
Beer Sales Legalized At Midnight On April 6
President Roosevelt signed the 2.2 percent alcohol beer bill into law and it takes effect at midnight April 6 in states allowing sale under prohibition repeal. Fourteen states join with 3.2 percent by weight, or four by volume, with tax revenue projected at about 125 million dollars. Roosevelt signed in the cabinet room with photographers present after readings of the enrolled measure.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Capitol
Garner East
Senate
Cullen
O'Connor
New York
McCormack
Massachusetts
Stephen T. Early
House
White House
Reichstag set to outline four year Nazi rule in Germany
Berlin March 22. Hitler’s first Reichstag in his tenure is to meet tomorrow to plot government policy for four years without parliamentary aid. Expect an enabling act to grant him dictatorship as the Reichstag swiftly ends democracy. The Nazis organize in nine minutes, with Communists barred, and open sessions in Potsdam and the imperial Garrison Church.
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Berlin
Mar
Adolf Hitler
Reichstaz
Germany
Hitler
Reienstag
Krolt Opera’ House
Imperial Garrison Church
Potsdam
Paul von Hindenburg
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