House Grows Revenue Bill Momentum In Congress
Washington March 20 lawmakers push to pass a sweeping revenue bill by week’s end. Speaker Garner’s appeal spurred rapid gains as the measure seeks about 2 billion dollars in new taxes including a postage rise to three cents and a possible gasoline levy. Treasury scrutiny and budget cuts complicate aims to close a 1.241 billion dollar deficit for the next fiscal year.
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Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
White House
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Tax Fight Planned Against Motor Car Tax
DETROIT March 30. Al van Macauley president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce said the automobile industry will wage a vigorous fight against a proposed manufacturing tax on motor cars. He argued the industry is contributing to breaking the buying deadlock and that the excise tax would strike at business recovery, calling the House action a wet blanket on efforts to restore prosperity. He noted the industry paid about 1.02 billion dollars in taxes last year and that the car on the road is taxed 18 percent of its value.
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Detroit
Mar
Alvan Macauley
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Congress
House
House Cuts Surtax Exemption to Six Thousand
Washington action narrows the surtax exemption from ten thousand to six thousand, lowering relief for taxpayers. The measure was taken today in the House with further details continued on page six.
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Washington
House
Taxes Proposed to Replace Sales Levy List
The piece outlines proposed taxes by the Associated Press to substitute a rejected general sales tax. Items include a one cent postal increase, income tax shifts, corporate profit exemptions cut, and various levies on dividends, depletion allowances, stock sales, real estate transfers, produce sales, admissions, cosmetics, furs, jewelry, sporting goods, beverages, matches, and chewing gum with assorted revenue estimates.
Students Preach Reign of Terror on Way to East
College students barred from Bell county Kentucky coal fields neared Washington after brief stops at Charleston and Ashland They traveled by bus from Bell county halting for rests They condemned Bell county officers and urged teachers and students to protest the reign of terror oppressing miners in southeastern Kentucky They asked for congressional action on miners treatment and hoped to study field conditions
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W. Va
Bell County
Kentucky
Washington
Ashland
Asnland
Angles of Kidnap Puzzle Still Not Fitting Together
Hopewell and Norfolk negotiators struggled to fit the Lindbergh kidnapping case pieces as the baby’s captivity neared one month. In Norfolk one negotiator said Col. Lindbergh urged them to push forward. In Hopewell Lindbergh repeated that no specific significance attaches to the Norfolk advance.
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N. J
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Col. Lindbergh
Tennessee Delegation Opposes Cove Creek Dam Plan
Representative McReynolds of Tennessee says the state's delegation in the house unanimously opposes the Cove Creek Dam provision of the Hill Muscle Shoals bill. He insists on definite authorization for Cove Creek within two or three years and argues for a package that includes navigation and flood control benefits, not immediate full funding. The Tennessees fear no extra fertilizer power will be requested and pledge to carry the fight to the House floor.
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Washington
Mar
McReynolds
Tenn
Tennessee
Cove Creek
Military Committee
Muscle Shoals
Arkansas student group plans visit to Kentucky mine area
An Arkansas labor college group led by Lucian Koch announced plans to bring relief supplies and seek protection from Gov. Ruby Laffoon before visiting Bell and Harlan counties in southeastern Kentucky. They would join other activists who had protested eastern students' ejection from the coal fields.
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Ruby
Mena
Laffoon
Bell
Harlan
Walter Smith
Bell County
Koch
Pineville
Citizens Committee
Smith
Kentucky
Ashland
Washington
Horton
Tennessee
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Outlook Tonight Through Thursday
Cloudy conditions favor central and east Tennessee with warmer air in the northeast and colder air in the west. Virginia sees occasional rain late tonight into Thursday with a chance of snow flurries in the extreme west by Thursday afternoon. Highs and lows compare to last year, readings taken at 6 p.m. daily.
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West
Virginia
Skirmish Near Chinwangmiao Spurs Tense Sino Japanese Talks
In Shanghai on March 30 Japanese forces report a sharp skirmish with Chinese troops at Chinwangmiao. Chinese troops were said pushed to the south side of Soochow creek where trenches and defenses were noted. Peace talks, paused, are to resume tomorrow amid blame exchanges between negotiators.
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Chinwangmiao
Soochow Creek
Uyeda
Revival of selenium cancer treatment reported by Illinois team
Three researchers Dr. R. M. Parr Dr. C. S. Bucher and Dr. R. S. Funk claim six years of patient trials revived selenium use against cancer. Their method combines a selenium solution with X rays or radium and a vitamin rich diet to halt and in early cases erase cancer, though they urge caution as work remains. Chicago editor Dr. Morris Fishbein notes cautious optimism but stresses need for more proof.
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R. M. Parr
University of Illinois
C. S. Bucher
R. S. Funk
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Wasserman
Keysser
Parr
Roosevelt Gains Iowa's 26 Votes Seeks Maine's 12
Washington March 30 Roosevelt makes major move toward the Democratic nomination with 111 delegate votes and aims for more. Iowa 26 votes join Georgia Minnesota New Hampshire North Dakota and Washington in his column. Maine Democrats vote for twelve delegates in an atmosphere favoring Roosevelt and expected to be his. The keynote position will be filled in Chicago next Monday by the arrangements committee. Roosevelt supporters pick Senator Barkley Kentucky as keynote candidate. opponents rally around Jouett.
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Mar
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
Georgia
Minnesota
New Hampshire
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Maine
New York
Chicago
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Jouett
W C T U Seeks Hoover Support for Prohibition
The National Women's Christian Temperance Union led by President Ella A. Boole affirms Hoover will back prohibition. She says no wet proposals have been considered and warns against 4 percent beer or state liquor control. The conference blames bootleggers and wet propaganda for corruption charges and opposes replacing governance with liquor control.
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Chicago
Ella A. Boole
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Hoover
Primary Election Returns Broadcast by Times in Sullivan County
The Kingsport Times will broadcast complete Democratic primary returns from Sullivan county this Saturday from 5:30 p m. The loud speaker setup on The Times building will relay results quickly as they arrive by long distance phone and messengers. A Market street section will be roped off for a bulletin board displaying results after announcements.
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Sullivan County
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Market Street
Auto Electric Company
the Times
Maine Democrats Southeast Shows Hold Convention Business Uptend
A Maine delegation of 12 votes instructed for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt gained backing as the state Democratic convention neared its close. Leaders shifted from uninstructed to binding delegates to the New York governor amid calls for party harmony.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York
Paul D. Higgins
Bangor
State Committee
Penobscott County
Alfred E. Smith
Charles L. Donahue
Maine Democrats Convene Final Session Debates Prohibition Pledge
Maine Democrats met for the final session of their convention amid talks led by Thom M. Gallagher of Bangor urging a firm stance on prohibition. The resolutions committee weighed a referendum on the liquor amendment while considering platform adoption, a 12 member state delegation to the Chicago national convention, and whether to pledge or not pledge to presidential candidates.
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Portland
Maine
Thom. M. Gallagher
Bangor
Gallagher
Resolutions Committee
Chicago
Tariff Debate Becomes Bipartisan Campaign Issue
The tariff question splits Congress along party lines as Democrats push a bill shifting tariff change power from the president to Congress. It passes the House but faces a Hoover veto, with veteran lawmakers in a high profile exchange as reformers and defenders of Smoot Hawley clash.
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Tariff Commission
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Mississippi
George
Georgia
Hull
Tennessee
Robinson
Arkansas
Smott
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Science Produces Fuel From Cottonseed Oil
Dr. Gustav Egloff described a process in Chicago to convert cottonseed oil into anti knock gasoline at 35 to 40 cents a gallon. The method heats the oil to 900 F and presses it at 150 psi to yield gasoline, heavy Diesel fuel, coke, gases, and water with potential for other vegetable and fish oils, shale oils and coal tar oils to be cracked into gasoline and byproducts.
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New Orleans
Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
Chicago
Egloof
Egloff
Japan
McAlister enters race for Tennessee governor nomination
Nashville March 30 Hill McAlister state treasurer announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor in the August primary. He pledged independence from promises and touted a steady course since 1928. McAlister joins six other candidates including Rufus Campbell Albert Williams Lewis Pope and Pat Quinn.
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Hill McAlister
McAlister
Tennessee
Henry H. Horton
Rufus Campbell
Ripley
Albert Williams
Lewis S. Pope
Pat Quinn
Maryville
Collier Goodlett
Clarksville
Horace G. O’kain
Senate
A. B. Broadbent
Broadbent
Pope
Horton
Wilson
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