Tennessee debates state at large vote on prohibition repeal
A Tennessee conference committee moved to approve a bill calling a July 20 election to select delegates for a convention to decide on ratifying the proposed Twenty-First Amendment repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. The plan, narrowly approved by the Senate, would use a at large method for delegates, with three candidate groups pledged for or against ratification.
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Nashville
APJ
Tennessee
Nabiville
Tenn
House
Senate
Drys
W. M. Haynes
Franklin
Coleman
Haynes
Ho Kag
Nasaville
Atslange
McAlister
Bil
W. W. Craig
Lauderdele
General Assembly
David Rhea
Giles
Sams Introduces Kingsport Bill to Issue Tax Anticipation Notes
Nashville March 29. Representative break RB Gaim Sullivan introduced a bill today to empower Kingsport to issue short term tax anticipation notes. The proposal sets a limit of six percent of revenues for the preceding fiscal year and a cap of per cent provided.
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Nashville
Gaim (Sullivan
Kingsport
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for March
Treasury receipts for March 29 totaled 6,680,867.32 with expenditures of 38,798,870.48 and a balance of 529,378. Oil customs duties for 87 divisions in March amounted to 14,751,522.55.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Jewel in Shoe Reveals Hidden Family Wealth
In Chicago, Alfred Serv, while cleaning a long‑neglected home after his wife’s death nine years earlier, discovers her will and a shoe in the bathroom containing jewelry valued at $9,000 and a bank deposit record for $4,000.
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Chicago
Alfred Serv
Government workers faces 15 percent salary cut
Washington officials announce a 15 percent salary reduction for all government employees effective next Saturday under a new economy act. The cut runs through June 30, with future action tied to living costs. Roosevelt cites a 21.7 percent drop in living costs since 1928. Includes all personnel except certain exemptions. president and federal judges exempted. A separate note reports a bill to extend the general appropriation bill start date from April 1 to May 7.
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Roosevelt
Moorer
Army
Navy
Retrial of Negroes Snarled in Technical Legal Battle
Decatur Alabama March 29 AP Retrial of seven Negroes originally sentenced to death in the Scottsboro attack case has become snarled in a legal battle over jury composition with no Negroes on the grand or juries. First defendant Heywood Patterson 19 of Chattanooga set for hearing tomorrow as defense seeks separate trials and argues racial lines in juries.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Alabarra
International Labor Defense
Alengthy
Megroes
James FE. Horton
Thomas B. Knight, Jr
Heywood Patterson
Chattanooga
Samuel ©. Liebowitz
Tudge Horton
Liebowitz
Patterson
Horton
Andy Wright
Clarence Norris
Olen Montgomery
Charlie Weems
Oziel Powell
Willie Roberson
Virginie Price
Ruby Bates
United States Supreme Court
Austrian Nazis Fight Dollfuss Regime in Vienna
Austrian Nazis warned the world that Dollfuss would not recognize any agreement with Hitler's regime. The threat followed mass demonstrations in Vienna as fifty people were arrested for smashing windows and shouting allegiance to Hitler. Flags and swastikas appeared on city boulevards while students in Leoben faced a police bayonet charge.
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Vienna
Mar
Creditarstalt
Manchine
Chantellor Hitler
Germany
Mmain
Engelbert Dollfuss
Hitler
Leajben
Patrolman Commended for Stopping Woman’s Suicide Attempt
In Baltimore on March 29 a woman attempted to take poison after an argument with Dor choking her. Patrolman Earl Cosden intervened, grappling and choking the woman until she expelled two tablets, earning official commendation from his superiors for saving her life.
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Baltimore
Mar
FI ‘Dor
Earl Cosden
Coaden
Nazi Plan to Suppress Jewish Businesses Reported
Berlin papers warn of widespread Nazi orders to bar Jewish commerce and professional work by Saturday. School attendance of Jewish children is to be restricted. Government actions remain uncertain as boycotts spread, amid tensions within Nazi ranks and a Brunswick clash involving the Steel Helmet youth group.
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Berl Star
Daipinans Mitional Sozialist Party
Ergen
Twa
Berlin
Nas
Haro
I Brunswick
Steel Helmet
Nazi Star
Reichsbanner
Republican Defense Force
Hit
Senate Debates Jobless Aid and Interstate Sales
Forest bills and securities control dominate Senate talks as Congress weighs President Roosevelt's unemployment relief plan. House labor battles over wage concerns while McNary blocks formal debate, and Wagner pushes a securities supervision agenda amid a push for swift hearings.
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Senate
Interstate Sales House
Forest Bills
Final Debt Settlement Tops British Agenda in London
London March 23 AP The British cabinet moved to settle war debts with the United States as Norman H Davis neared arrival as special American envoy. Prime Minister MacDonald and Chancellor Chamberlain eyed quick action to avoid reviving German reparations tied to the Lausanne terms. Davis expected to confer in Washington in April, with MacDonald to meet him tomorrow morning as plans for the world economic conference advance.
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United States
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Roosevelt
Davis
America
Ramsay MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain
Ant Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Rosevelt
Hull
Washington
MacDonald
South Kensington
Chamberlain
Parliament
Weather Outlook Shows Rain and Warmup Ahead
The report notes increasing cloudiness with showers in the east and south tomorrow and Thursday, followed by rising temperatures in the west tonight. Virginia forecasts fair weather tonight and Thursday with a warming trend into Friday, and a chance of showers thereafter. Previous day’s high reached 61 degrees with measurable rainfall of 0.6 inches.
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Virginia
Farm relief bill power 70 be cut
Washington March 29 Administration forces in the senate agriculture committee fought off attempts to limit the Roosevelt farm relief bill’s scope. A motion to exclude sheep and cattle failed 9 to 5, and a bid to limit the bill to wheat and cotton was defeated 18 to 4. Committee aims to produce a compromise by Friday or Saturday trimming broad authority while keeping the cotton pool and possibly a domestic allotment and price guaranty.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kendrick
Wyoming
Smith
Senate
Secrctary of Agriculture
McNary
Oregon
Yeterday
Wale Lace
Roosevelt
Congress
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