Garner Urged to Use Strong Hand on Balky Solons
Washington March 28 AP Democratic leaders press Speaker Garner to assert control over balky House members as the revenue bill struggles through budget reform. Rep Doughton and Rep Rankin promise support on excise taxes while protests over bill revisions persist. The Senate and conference committee action loom as final shape nears.
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Garner
Balky Solons
Washington
Mar
Crisp
Ways and Means
Ragon
Ark
Senate
Ragan
Doughton
North Carolina
Rankin
Mississippi
Britain Eyes U.S. Budget Action and Pound Stability
London papers expressed concern over the U S House action on the tax bill and the risk to the pound if the U S budget is not balanced. They noted a party machinery collapse in Washington and an irresponsible mood in Congress amid speculation of a dollar collapse.
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Britain
London
United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Times
Congress
Governor calls protesters uninvited guests in Tennessee
Governor Henry H. Horton told six eastern college students visiting Tennessee they were uninvited guests and advised them against communism. He said he could only call out the militia in a great uprising and noted they could seek civil action if mistreated. The exchange followed a bid to inspect coal mine conditions after the group, led by Rob Hall of Columbia University, said officers in Claiborne county assaulted a visitor and violated rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Eastern College
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
Claiborne County
Horton
Bell County
Kentucky
Rob Hall
Columbia University
Hall
Tornado Strikes Again with Six Killed in Alabama
A second tornado in Alabama killed six more people and injured many as it followed the path of last week’s storms. Victims were named Lawley and Pleasant Grove residents, with damage across central Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
South
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Austin Laurence
Walker Laurence
Perry Hicks
Jane Green
Lawley
G. M. Tubbs
Pate
Pleasant Grove
Cordova
Sparta
Tenn
Buchanan
Corinth
Additional States Name Delegates and Nominees
The Roosevelt era primary scene shifts as new states choose delegates and candidates. Gerald Nye of North Dakota opposes Hoover, while Bronson Cutting of New Mexico questions renomination but backs GOP interests. Missouri adds James Reed as a favorite son. Maine and Iowa weigh uninstructed or Roosevelt-favoring slates. Arkansas may back Robinson. Oklahoma seeks votes. Maine's GOP delegation. a 12-member Maine Republican group votes Thursday.
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Hoover
Nye
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Missouri
James A. Reed
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Roosevelt
Murray
Oklahoma
Arkansas State Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Weather Notes Across States Fair and Warm
Tennessee foresees fair weather tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures. Virginia reports generally fair skies, cooler in the south, with frost along the coast tonight and warmer Tuesday. Yesterday's highs reached 71 degrees, lows 49, with measurable rainfall at 0.35 inches. Readings taken daily at 6 p.m. by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Japan Expected to Quit League
Tokyo reports the government will refuse to furnish the League of Nations with Japan’s case under Article 15. Observers fear this may lead to Japan withdrawing from the League, a step discussed since China invoked Article 15 at Geneva amid Shanghai hostilities.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Japan
China
Geneva
Shanghai
League
League Assembly
Eric Drummond
Treasury receipts and expenditures for March reported
Treasury receipts for March 25 amount to 4.5 million with expenditures of 10.07 million and a balance of 693.73 million. Customs duties for the first 25 days of March totaled 18.85 million.
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Treasury
Washington
Mar
Tennessee Democratic convention set for Nashville
Tennessee's Democratic state convention, called by the executive committee, will meet May 20 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Delegates and alternates to the national convention in Chicago will be chosen, Tennessee’s 24 votes will be designated, electors for November will be named, and other business may be transacted as deemed advisable.
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Nashville
Mar
Tennessee
Ryman
Chicago
Tennessee Democrats to Meet Over Convention Powers
Nashville March 28 The state executive committee of Tennessee Democracy convenes with full power to shape the state convention agenda and address party interests. It may authorize platform decisions, issue stances, gubernatorial endorsements, and delegation instructions for Chicago. Chairman Tom P. Henderson released a two point call to set delegate selection methods.
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Nashville
Mar
Tennessee Democracy
State Executive Committee
Democratic Party
Chicago
Tom P. Henderson
Defense counsel in honor murder not prepared for trial
Honolulu report says defense attorneys for Mrs. Granville Fortescue her son in law Lieut Thomas H Massie and two enlisted men E J Lord and Albert O Jones facing second degree murder charges in the Kahahawai lynching case have not yet formed a plan. Judge Davis may grant extra time as Clarence Darrow illness delays preparation. Darrow arrives and falls ill then improves.
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Honolulu
Mar
Granville Fortescue
Washington and New York Society
Thomas H. Massie
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Joseph Kahahawai
Charles S. Davis
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Naval
Norfolk trio pursues Lindbergh baby talks in Hopewell
Norfolk boat maker John H. Curtis reports Reverend H. Dobson Peacock has left Norfolk for Hopewell to confer with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh on the kidnapping case. Curtis and Admiral Guy H. Burrage remain in Norfolk and anticipate an important bearing on local plans.
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Norfolk
John H. Curtis
Norfolk Boat Manufacturer
H. Dobson-Peacock
Hopewell
N. W
Charles A. Lindbergh
Curtis
Guy H. Burrage
Dean Dobson- Peacock
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Lindbergh
Ledger-Dispatch
Dean Dobson-Peacock
John H. Custis
Guy Burrage
Southern States Get Half Million Dollar Stimulant
The Memphis RCFC crop loan office reports a half million dollar stimulus to five southern states Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana. By Saturday 8 800 new applications arrived and loans totaling 556 618 had been approved on 6 222 apps with 383 007 mailed. The flood of requests continues as officials process first installments and determine spending patterns for crop needs. The total applicants by week end reached 50 699.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mar
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missisippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Ireland Rallies to Call for Forming of Republic
In Dublin and across Ireland on Easter week end thousands of Republicans urged De Valera to abolish the oath to King George and to end land annuities as part of a broader bid for independence. Demonstrations were peaceful with the Republican army unarmed. in England, Labour support was reported for the plan.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Mar
Eamon de Valera
George
Republican Army
de Valera
England
Free State
Independent Labor Party
Blackpool
George Buchanan
Independent Labor
James Maxton
Ireland
Cavan
Maude Gonne McBride
Joan of Arc
Northern Ireland
Denver Kidnaping Trial Opens for Bower Case
Three men George Reed Art Taylor and Joe Pennell face trial in Denver on kidnapping charges linked to bakery executive Benjamin P Bower held captive five days in January. A note demanding 50 000 sparked the hoax and misdirection while leader Joseph Clinton Riley faced separate murder charges.
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Denver
Mar
Benjamin P. Bower
George Reed
Art Taylor
Joe Pennell
Bower
Joseph Clinton Riley
Reed
Sino Japanese Parley Deadlocked Over Troop Withdrawals
In Shanghai on March 28 the Sino Japanese talks to reach a truce remain deadlocked over Japanese troop withdrawals. A Japanese spokesman said negotiations would continue.
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Shanghai
Notorious thug Basil Banghart escapes jail in Indiana
Basil Banghart, Detroit Purple Gang gunman, fled St Joseph County jail after overpowering guards with a submachine gun. He dropped the weapon in Mishawaka and took a taxi, with officials tracing him toward Detroit or Toledo. He faced trial tomorrow for two robberies and was linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping suspect Harry Fleischer.
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South Bend
Ind
Basil Banghart
Detroit Purple Gang
St. Joseph County
Detroit
Toledo
Stanley Klasinski
Banghart
Pepper
Klasinski
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Lindberghs dismiss Norfolk plea in Hopewell case
The Lindberghs in Hopewell New Jersey amid their fourth week of separation from the kidnapped child say three Norfolk Virginia men offering negotiations hold no special significance. State police reiterate Col Schwarzkopf notes no link to Newark requests about Betty Guenler and two suspects Wagner and Fleischer are sought for questioning in the Hopewell kidnapping.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindberghs
South
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Virginia
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Newark
Betty Guenler
Boston
Harry Fleischer
Abie Wagner
Newark Police Department
Purple Gang
Exiled Mexican Archbishop Threatened With Kidnapping
Archbishop Francisco Orozco Y. Jiminez of Mexico was guarded in San Francisco amid police probes into a reported plot to kidnap or assassinate him. The informant, Mexican church member, and two Mexican brothers from Colina, Mexico, are named in the case, with authorities keeping the informant’s identity secret.
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San Francisco
Francisco Orozco Y. Jiminez
Mexico
Dominican Fathers
Orozco
Edward J. Whelan
San Francisco University
Father Whelan
Mario
Pedro Marquez
Colina
Mario Marquez
Guadalajara
Laredo
Tex
Texas
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Frank Riley
Robinson
Gera
Ld P. Nye
North
Dakos
Lindy
Peacock
Trio
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