House Rules Delay Vote On Sales Tax Bill Fate
Washington reports ongoing House rules debate delaying a decision on the manufacturers sales tax proposal within the billion dollar revenue bill. Amendments near passage include estate tax increases to 45 percent and a reallocation scheme shifting more of estate proceeds to the federal government. A tomorrow vote will decide the fate of the tax and related amendments including a beer tax proposal.
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Washington
Mar
House
Crisp
Ways and Means Committee
Cullen
N. Y
Blanton
Tex
Bankhead
Ala
Garner
Rainey
Rankin
Miss
George W. Calver
Capitol
Georgia Democrat
College Group Heads to Kentucky to Observe Coal Strike Areas
About 200 college students from Columbia Yale Harvard Princeton and other schools depart New York for eastern Kentucky coal regions. They will study sociological aspects, avoid leather jackets, and meet in Knoxville before entering Harlan and Bell counties to observe conditions.
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New York
Kentucky
Rob F. Hall
Social Problems Club
Columbia University
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
College of the City of New York
New York University
Smith and
Hunter Colleges
Hall
Allan Taub
International Labor Defense
South
Knoxville
Tenn
Harlas
Bell Counties
Feud Between Missouri Schools Sparks Campus Shootings
Three engineering students were shot by a fellow student during a feud with the law school sparked by a kidnapping incident involving Miss Mary Butterfield. Frank Luckey, Jerry Cebe, and Bus Love were wounded. Burnis Frederick was injured and in custody, claiming he fired the shots.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Engineering
Law
Frank Luckey
Columbia
Jerry Cebe
St. Louis
Bus Love
Jefferson City
School of Engineering
Burnis Frederick
Union Star
School of Law
Franklin E. Reagan
University
Mary Butterfield
Kansas City
War clouds deepen as Shanghai parley stalls peace talks
Japanese army officials warned of strong measures to block a Chinese return to the 12 1 2 mile evacuation zone after observers reported Chinese crossing Soochow Creek near Chiawangmiao. British authorities were asked to urge withdrawal south of the creek as Chinese forces fortified north of the stream. The Nanking government failed to appoint a military delegate to replace General Chang Kuang Nai, who walked out amid complaints the Japanese sent General Kenkichi Uyeda as a lieutenant general.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
Chiawangmiao
Uyeda
Nanking
Chang Kuang-Nai
Kenkichi Uyeda
Vargas promises Brazil election ends southern cabinet rift
President Getulio Vargas pledged to fix a date for elections and restore constitutional government after a two day southern leaders’ conference in Rio de Janeiro. The accord ended a three week dispute with Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo and withdraws calls for a supreme court inquiry into a recent attack on the Carioca newspaper.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Rio Grande Do Sul
Sao Paulo
Vargas
Supreme Court
Carioca
Underworld fails to unearth Lindbergh baby case in Hopewell
Racketdoms sect and outlaw Owney Madden fail to locate the Lindbergh infant after 20 days and three estate visits. Madden, once of Hell’s Kitchen, fights parole violation charges as investigators pursue leads. Others linked to the kidnapper group include Salvy Spitale Irving Bitz and Morris Rosner, with police still on the hunt in New York.
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Hopewell
N. J
S. Owney Madden
Manhattan
Madden
West Side
Hell’s Kitchen
Sing Sing
Patsy Boyle
Salvy Spitale
Irving Bitz
Lindberghs
Morris Rosner
Byrd Silent on Political Stand
Former Virginia governor Harry Flood Byrd maintains silence as supporters push him for president. At the capitol he met Governor Pollard and smiled at the suggestion but offered no comment. Portraits and banners urge Byrd’s nomination and election with the caption he’ll do for the USA what he did for Va.
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Richmond
Harry Flood Byrd
Byrd
Capitol
Pollard
Georgia Primary Pits Roosevelt and Howard for Nomination
Georgia Democrats voted their presidential preference in a county unit primary pitting Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York against Judge G M Howard of Atlanta who backs Garner. Howard argues for Garner’s southern support while Roosevelt claims broad Georgia backing. The convention meets April 6 to select state delegates.
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Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
G. M. Howard
Atlanta
John Garner
Roosevelt
Judge Howard
Garner
Howard
South in sorry plight, educator says to Tennessee group
Edwin R. Embree, president of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, told the Tennessee College Association that the South is far below the nation in wealth, crime, disease, and culture. He urged concentrating resources on a few top universities in Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Emory, Tulane, Vanderbilt, and Peabody to keep talent and advance science and scholarship in the region.
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U. S
Nashville
South
Edwin R. Embree
Julius Rosenwalt Fund
Embree
Tennessee College Association
American Association of Universities
North
West
University of Virginia
North Carolina
State University
Duke
Atlanta
Emory
Tulane
New Orleans
Vanderbilt
Peabody
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Summary for Yesterday and Outlook
Tennessee sees fair skies tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures on Thursday. Virginia reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with possible coastal rain and little temperature change. Yesterday's highs reached 61 in Tennessee and 47 in Virginia, with lows of 37 in both states. Rain measured 1.25 inches yesterday and 0.18 inches a year ago. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Britain insists Ireland keep oath and land annuities
In London on March 23 AP reports Britain will not tolerate abolition of the oath or discontinuation of land annuities by the Irish Free State. J. H. Thomas declares the settlement binding and warns breach would violate a historic bargain. De Valera signals plans to end the oath and possibly stop payments.
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de Valera
Free State
London
Great Britain
Ireland
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
House of Commons
de Valera Balks Eamon de Valera
England
Thomas
Commons
Labor
George
Senate Days to Allow Roll Call on Prohibition Vote
The Senate moves to discharge the judiciary committee from further consideration of repeal or modification resolutions to the Eighteenth Amendment. Senator Tydings seeks a March 30 roll call, backed by 24 signatures, as part of a broader anti prohibition campaign with support from Senator Watson and others.
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House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Dty
Tydings
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Tydins
Bingham
Tornado Death Toll Tops 300 as Relief Efforts Expand
In the southern states the death toll from the weekend tornadoes rose above 300 with Alabama reporting 246, Georgia 35, Tennessee 18, South Carolina 2 and Kentucky 2. Relief workers transported the injured to makeshift hospitals and National Guardsmen distributed tents and blankets while governors urged contributions to aid victims.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
National Guardsmen
B. M. Miller
Red Cross
Digest Shows Big Wet Lead in National Prohibition Poll
More than 3,000,000 ballots across 48 states show 74 percent wet and 25 percent dry. The Literary Digest tabulation reports 33 states in the wet group with 86,000,000 people represented. eight states vote more than four to one for repeal. Kansas remains bone dry while North Carolina Arkansas Oklahoma and Tennessee show substantial dry support. Tennessee reports 12,176 dry and 13,567 wet ballots.
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Kansas
North Carolina
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Tornado death toll by community across several states
Death totals from Monday night's tornadoes are tallied by city and county. Alabama reports 246 deaths with Lomax Thorsby Union Grove Collins Chapel Jemison among hardest hit. other Alabama towns show smaller counts. Georgia Tennessee Kentucky and South Carolina list smaller fatalities in various towns and counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Chilton County
Lomax
Thorsby
Union Grove
Collins Chapel
Jemison
Northport
Cullman
Sylacauga
Marion
Farnsdale
Columbiana
Plantersville
Randolph
Lineville
Talladega
Stevenson
Corinth
Bridgeport
Paint Rock
Kentucky
Uniontown
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Gaffney
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