Heated floor fight ends with passage of measure
In Nashville on March 26 a heated House session ended with the bill requiring counties to cover maintenance expenses for state hospital patients being withdrawn from the Finance Ways and Means committee. Representative Gore led the effort to pull the bill, claiming broad support, while Chairman Gilbert defended the committee’s handling. After hours of debate, amendments were adopted affecting delinquent counties and highway allocations, and the measure moved toward passage amid shouting and procedural delays.
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Nashville
Mar
G Gere
Overton
Summittes
Leon Gilbert
Davidson
Finance Group
Gore
EB. Little
Dyer
Giibert
Gilbert
Robert Brown
Hickman
Dilbert Eiverged
Ghatik
Slenad
Core
Gilbert Haad
Thress
Hamilton County
Compumics Lust Vo
J.T. Traughber
Montgomery
American Bar Association
Ain
Weather forecast fragment with scattered showers
The fragmentary report notes showers and warmer trends across regions. It mentions cloudy tonight with showers in central portions, slight warming Wednesday, and western areas likely warmer. Virginia and North Carolina expected fair tonight and Wednesday, with a slower change Thursday. Kentucky area shows cloudy, warmer conditions with showers in central zones tonight and Wednesday.
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Weilnestiy Sith
Tanight and Weilnesabiys
Warner
Danight Sual
Wedesbury
Mighty
Virginia
North Carolina
Ware
Kentucky
Weiditscson
Miles Family Helped by Red Cross After Flood Rescue
The Miles family, left destitute by floodwaters on the Holston river near Kingsport, were rescued from the arch of a bridge and aided by the Kingsport Red Cross. They fled as water seeped into their home taking only near items and sparse clothing. The Red Cross supplied clothing and shoes. the only saved item was a new pair of dress shoes.
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Miles
Holston River
Kingsport
Johnson City
Kingsport Red Cross
Red Cross
Long Island
Hornas
Elsuon River
Henry. Miles
Nellie Miles
Elizabeth Dockery
Knoxville
Sirs. Miles
Allen Chevrolet Company
Lou Jean
Maude
Sallie
Emma Miles
Martha Miles
Man Yooned
Reedy Creek
Holston
Tennessee Eastman Bridge
Holston Jalso
South Fork
Elizabethton
Little Doe
Wateuge
Push Liquor Drive End Racketeering Attack
Washington reports the treasury targets distillers materials to crush moonshining and liquor racketeering. In raids March 14 15 16, 1881 stills were seized and hundreds arrested for tax and other offenses. Internal revenue districts trace sugar molasses and corn sugar to curb illegal channels and force moonshiners to seek cross reads stores for fermentable sugar. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Wort
Gracy
Culbertson Sims Battle at Bridge Opens in New York
The long anticipated bridge match between Mr and Mrs P M Sims and Mr and Mrs Ely Culbertson begins in New York. Sims duo won three of four rubbers as the contest opens, in a series expected to run three weeks with over 50 bridge figures in attendance. The event could cost Culbertson up to a million in prestige if he loses.
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Tom Hagenbuch
Associated Press
Stir
New York
Mal Sims
Ely Clubertson
Sims
Dorothy
Culherts
Opie
Culhertson Say
Culbertson
Josephine
al Iood
Simses
Mrs. Culbertson
Culbert
To Stand Pat
Berlin reports say Reichsfuhrer Hitler did not indicate the size of his intended military buildup He deflected the disarmament issue to allied powers and said Germany must settle league questions before reentering it The talks touched on arms and Austrian independence and a possible non aggression pact for Austria Continued on page five.
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Berlin
Mar
Hitler
John Simon
Germany
John
League of Nations
Reichsfuhrer
Austria
Dust storms bring mixed fate to plains farmers
Kansas City reports dust storms across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Wyoming Nebraska devastate crops and soil. Authorities estimate millions in losses yet some say soil fertility gains may offset. Oklahoma official A R Duncan places Oklahoma losses near ten million with drought and freezes included. wheat and corn in western counties largely destroyed. Missouri soils professor W A Albrecht notes dust enriches land, averaging about 250 pounds of ferti lizer per acre in recent storm.
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Kansas City
Plains States
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
A. R. Duncan
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Duncan
Missouri
W. A. Albrecht
University of Missouri
Hauptmann case spurs lie detector appeal by widow
Mrs Anni Hauptmann urged authorities to use a lie detector on Bruno Hauptmann, claiming the device would prove his innocence or exonerate him. She referenced tests performed on herself and pushed to have findings entered in court as part of his appeals strategy.
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Mrs. Hauptman
Chicago
Bruno Richald Mauptmann
Anni Hauptmann
Richard Theaeew
Hauptmann
Edward Reilly
Hausmann Legal Defense
Dirs. Hauptmann
Leonardo Keeler
Northwestrn Univiversity Scientific
Richard
Two Killed And Eight Hurt In Storm
North Carolina reports two dead and eight injured as wind hail and lightning lashed areas late yesterday. Nelo Ormsby died at Rockingham when a derrick toppled on him. bystander W J McCormick was injured. Thurman Elkins died in an electrical storm near Fayetteville. In western Marin region heavy wind damaged three houses and a church. F H Linder was seriously injured.
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Charlotte
Ngc
North Carolina
Wall
Nelo Ormsby
Rockingham
W. J. McCormick
Thurman Elkins
Fayetteville
Marshal
FH. Linder
Little Pine
Veto Threat Looms Over Silver Rider Amendment
On Capitol Hill a veto threat surfaced to kill the Thomas silver inflation amendment in the 5.88 billion work and relief bill. White House officials urged blocking further silver or monetary legislation this session. House leaders claimed to have stopped an immediate push to pass the amendment written into the relief bill by the Senate. The strategy shifted to sending the measure to a conference to remove administration unmatched amendments. The House rules committee led by O'Connor presented changes to the House.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
White House
House
Thomas
Senate
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Dny
Hero Will Attend Special Services in Towner Memorial
Bryan Untiedt the farm boy hero of the 1931 plains blizzard tragedy plans to quit farm work early to attend the fourth annual memorial service for the storm victims. A simple church ceremony honors five children and a bus driver who froze to death as Untiedt, then 16, wrapped garments around smaller pupils to keep them moving, later earning national fame and a White House visit.
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Towner
Col
Bryan Untiect
Untiedt
Pettyhead
Bryan
White House
Holly, Cole
Tormey
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt Heads South for Florida Vacation amid Relief Push
President Roosevelt departs Washington for a Florida coast vacation aboard the Nourmahal as relief chief Harry Hopkins joins to discuss the vast work relief plan. Louis Howe shows signs of improvement after a critical illness, while Democratic leaders pledge support to pass the administration agenda including NRA extension and social security measures.
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Hopkins
RoOsevelt
Florida
Harry J. Hopkins
Howe
Washington
Louis Howe
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Burns
House
Robinson
NRA
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Nourmahal
Vincent Astor
The
Mag
Four Nazis sentenced to death in Lithuania trial
In Kaunas on March 26 four of 126 Nazis on trial for conspiring to seize Lithuania for Germany were sentenced to death. Ten others got prison terms, 30 were acquitted, and two received life sentences. The deceased Nazi George Jessultis, linked to the case, disappeared last April and was found in the River Jura.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Germany
Meme
George Jessultis
Jura
Berlin
Romance of Baby Doe Tabor Bared in Denver Letters
Denver files reveal the romance of Elizabeth Baby Doe Tabor and her millionaire husband H A W Tabor through letters found among 17 iron trunks in the estate settlement. The notes, written in faded penmanship, recount devotion amid poverty and a life tied to the Matchless mine, with lines of love and faith in ultimate success. The letters show Tabor writing to his wife from the lavish Denver mansion and from the mine site, urging endurance and expressing deep affection as public and private images intertwined.
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Tabors
Denver
Colo
Elizabeth
Doe” Tabor
H. A. W. Tabor
Darling
Senator Tabor
Arthur
Tabor
Colorado
Lhe Matchless
Flood Threat Strikes Kingsport as Waters Rise Overnight
High winds drove heavy rainfall across upper East Tennessee causing extensive flooding. In Kingsport hundreds of families along creeks and the Holston River became homeless as floodwaters inundated the lowlands and threatened life and property.
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Holston River
Upper East Tennessee
Kingsport
Holston
Ships battered in gale on Atlantic near Halifax
The Belgian steamship Jean Jadot in distress 450 miles east of Halifax amid a raging Atlantic gale. Nearby the Bermuda packer Longbird towed by Foundation Franklin. rescuers reported aid within hours. Jean Jadot has a history of disasters including a 1930 collision with Eleanor Nickerson and a daring Usworth rescue. Authorities warned of continuing dangerous seas as cargo ships struggle and radio messages relay distress calls.
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Jean Jadot
Atlantic
Halifax
Sbr
Franklin
Canada
Flensburg
Eleanor Nickerson
Usworth
Government Withdraws Its Only NRA Test Case in High Court
Washington March 26 The government moves to withdraw its only NRA test case now before the Supreme Court Belcher Lumber Company case originated after a Birmingham Ala ruling that the recovery act is unconstitutional Solicitor General Reed began his term and would not confirm or deny the action.
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Washington
NRA
Supreme Court
Stanley F. Reed
United States
Belcher Lumber Company
Supreme Ck
Birmingham
Ala
William S. Grubb
Belcher
Justice Department
Generel Reed
Biggs
Louisville
Kyslam
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