Hitler Seizes Absolute Rule as Reich Begins Iron Era
AP reports Adolf Hitler begins a four year dictatorship with Reich and Prussia suspended, Hindenburg’s signature no longer needed, and measures restricting Eastern Jews in Palatinate. Goering backed, Papen favored by Nationalists, Brauns aides arrested, and internal power split amid emigration and unrest. In Russell Kentucky a boy floods school basements tripping holiday alarms. 600 pupils dismissed.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
German Reich
Prussia
Paul Vox Hindenburg
Hitler
Reichstag
Pollatinate
Rhine
Palatinate
Poland
Europe
Hitler Party
Premix
Witler
Herman Goering
von Hindenburg
von Papen
Otto Braun
Switzerland
Carl Severings
Russell
Gun Battle Kills Officer in Knoxville混
Two rival officer groups exchanged gunfire near Knoxville with one dead and two wounded. Prohibition Agent John Howe, returning to jail, reported the liquor car guarding deputy Tom Sizemore killed by misidentified hijackers. Deputy Sheriff Tom Atchley and brother Mack were wounded. another farmer, Charles Dean, present.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tom Sizemore
Prohibition
John Howe
Tom Atchley
Mack Atchley
Howe
Sizemore
Charles Dean
Accley
Parry
Tennessee beer debate stirs lawmakers and leaders
Tennessee lawmakers and city officials weigh options on 3.2 percent beer. In Nashville March 24 officials say legislation or a attorney general ruling could allow beer with 3.2 percent alcohol. Mayor Overton Memphis seeks a ruling while Speaker Moore backs action. Senate doubts linger as constitution convention measures compete for attention.
Kentucky Rules on 3.2 Percent Beer Post Prohibition
Kentucky officials report a long standing 10 cent per barrel beer tax and, following a ruling by Attorney General Bailey FP Wootton, find no constitutional barrier to producing or selling 3.2 percent beer after April 6. Existing laws also impose license taxes on brewers agents retailers of beer and retailers of wine, with revenue hoped for after April 6 as near beer tax collection resumes.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Bailey
Wootton
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia Regions
Occasional rain tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in Tennessee. East and central portions warm while extreme southwest turns colder Saturday afternoon and night. Virginia sees fair skies but gradual warming west, with cloudy Saturday and rain Saturday afternoon and night. Temperature readings show yesterday's high 68 and low 36, with no rain on the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Power Rail Rate Cuts Advised Against Tennessee Utilities
A Tennessee legislature report rebuts a 25 percent cut proposal, warning it would bankrupt utilities. The railroad commission cites six railways near insolvency and notes partial rate reductions in 1982 for several systems, with further cuts in Nashville and Knoxville framed as impossible under current finances.
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Nashville
Mat
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Teawnsee
Tennessee
Jon
House
Memphis Power & Light Co
Kentucky - Tennessee Light and Power Co
West Tennessee Power & Light Co
Nashville Gas & Heating Co
Tennessee Public Service Co
Knoxsville
Beer Spurs Flow 65 Million Into Brewery Building
New York reports indicate over 65 million dollars will be spent in the coming months on brewery construction and alterations across 37 eastern states with additional sums expected in the west. The estimate, coordinating data from the United States Brewers Association, covers equipment and new structures but not retail establishments. Major activity centers include Pittsburgh and Chicago regions, with multiple projects ranging from 50 000 to 1 000 000 dollars.
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New York
Mar
P.L
Seth Schnitzan
B. W. Dodge Corporation
Rockies
United States
Schnitman
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Canton
Sandusky
Cleveland
Northwest
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Huron, S. D
Chicago
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Milwaukee
Fort Wayne
Ind
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
Washington
D. C
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
Fight For Rum Fleet Control Tied To Lilien Slaying
Middletown Township March 24 AP reports a violent struggle for control of a rum fleet linked to the killing of Alexander Lilien. Police say Lilien was shot in his hilltop mansion once a radio and gang links are noted. Detectives pursue ties to Boston racketeer Charles Solomon and a larger liquor conspiracy case.
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Middletown Township
Alexander
al) Lilien
Liggor Tunner
Lillien
Sandy Hook
Oscar Hammerstein
Impressario
Lilien
Charles "King" Solomon
Boston
Lillien’s. Solomon
Baltimore
Harry 8B
Crook
Walter Gerleit
William Feeney
Hammerstein House
Pete Farmer
Gerleit
Feeney
Lil Hen
Shaw Arrives in U S and Roasts American Life
George Bernard Shaw, 77, arrived in San Francisco for the first time, quipping that Americans elected officials because candidates posed with babies. He criticized Mooney, America as a drinking nation, and questioned democracy and the role of dictators, predicting insight on Hitler in four years. He urged accountability for leaders and lampooned Roosevelt as a baby that helped elect him.
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George Bernard Shaw
San Francisco
APF
America
Tom Mooney
Mooney
Shaw
United States
Hitler
Roosevelt
Legislature ends as brother of senator dies
Nashville dispatch reports the Tennessee legislature adjourned out of respect for J W Abernathy brother of Senator W K Abernathy who died at his Selmer home. Senators King Brown Monroe appointed to attend funeral. House debated uniform salary amendments raising circuit clerks’ max to 1800. Senate adjourned until Monday. House to 8 pm. Governor McAlister signed insurance emergency measure empowering suspension of acts with rules. expires Jan 15, 1935. Senate rejected tax certificates plan amid Shelby delegation opposition.
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Nashville
Mar
J. W. Abernathy
W. K. Abernathy
McNairy
Abernathy
Selmar Aru
T. Benton King
John Brown
W. P. Monroe
House
Senate
McAlister
Sponsis
Commissioner of Insurance
W. W. Graig
Lauderdale
Shelby
Plan to Elect Delegates to Constitutional Convention Debated
Nashville March 24 House passed a bill for election by the state at large of delegates to a constitutional convention. Senate set the measure for special order Tuesday after decisions on abolishing the Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission. Senator Denning expected to push it forward amid amendments. Monroe predicts protests over penalties for violations tied to the June 22 election to select 63 delegates for the July convention.
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Nashville
House
Senate
Great Smoky Mountain Park Commission
State Park and Forestry Commission
A. O. Denning
Sumner
W. P. Monroe
Union
Monroe
Kilowatt Taxis Aired at Hearing
A Tennessee bill to levy an 8 cent kilowatt tax on electric energy was reviewed in a joint session by the house and senate finance ways and means committees. Senator J J Jewell urged the tax would better distribute the burden, while power company representatives warned of adverse effects if enacted.
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Nashville
Mar
House
Senate
J. J. Jewell
Rutherford
Wee
Beer Ads Return in Newspapers After 13 Years
Washington reports that beer advertisements were allowed again in newspapers after a 13 year ban. Attorney General Cummings ruled that innocent anticipatory ads would not invite prosecution, enabling brewers to plan early. The House passed a 3.2 beer bill affecting District of Columbia sales with licensing taxes, while Cummings said locality timing governs effectiveness rather than a nationwide midnight shift.
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Washington
UPI
Cummings
Cumming
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Rainey
Capitol
de ‘Pate
Blanton and
McFarlane
Texas
O’connor
N. Y
Tarver
AF L chief slams Roosevelt plan as fascist and Soviet
William Green of the American Federation of Labor told a congressional committee that President Roosevelts civilian conservation corps plan smacks of fascism and Hitlerism. Lewis Douglas outlined 40 million dollars in unobliterated public building funds being halted to allow a coordinated unemployment relief program. He estimated 250 million dollars needed for a year to finance the corps, with 40 million covering the remaining fiscal year.
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Washington
Mar
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congressional
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lewis Douglas
Congressional Committee
Douglas
Civilians Conservation Corps
Connery
House Labor Committee
LaFoyette
Wis
Toto
Burns
Tennessee
House
Conservation Corps
Slayer Executed for Hammer Murder at Estate Prison Farm
Alvin E. Jeffcoat, 40, of Clearwater Florida was electrocuted at the estate prison farm for the murder of his wife. The execution date was March 24.
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Raiford
Pla
Alvin E. Jeffcoat
Clearwater
Fla
Collier Nomination Approved for Tariff Commission
Washington March 24 The Senate Finance Committee approved the nomination of former Representative James W. Collier of Mississippi to serve on the tariff commission. The action sets the stage for a full Senate vote on his confirmation as a member of the commission.
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Collier
Washington
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Senate
Louisiana Ready For Beer And Swine Legislation Move
Baton Rouge La Mar 24 By legislative repeal of the state prohibition law Hood act Louisiana today joined the states which next month will manufacture and sell legalized beer and wine under new terms and conditions concluding a long debate over prohibition repeal and regulatory control
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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A. F. Officer
Watkins’ Overton
Memphis
Walter Chandler
Beeler
Nashvvile
Milary Howse
Moore
Chattanooga
J. Mitt Payne
Payne
Ed Robinson
Georgia
Ony
W. Corry Smith
House of Representatives
Commission
Legislature
LABOR
J.W. Abernathy
McNairy Solon
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