City Imposes Ban on Fake Fire Sale Licenses
City officials approved an ordinance to stop fake sale promotions like "fire" or "closing out" events. Merchants must apply for licenses costing about 200 dollars monthly, with full inventories and sale details for review. Violators face fines up to 1,000 dollars or six months in jail, and each day counts as a new offense.
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Board of Aldermen
E Austin James
Beckert & Schroder
Ilegal Department
Frederick County
City Attornney
G. Hunter Row
Baltimore City
T. S. Michael
East Street
State Board of Hestin
S. Elmer Brown
Elmer 5.C. Maxwell
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Strike Vote Called Off in Cleveland Dispute
A strike by 7,000 workers near Cleveland was called off after talks between union officials and the Cleveland Regional Labor Board. The agreement ends the planned action and resolves wage and employment concerns.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Regional Labor Board
Baltimore Dealers Approve Motor Vehicles Retail Code
A statewide Motor Vehicles Retail Code was unanimously approved by 436 dealers in Baltimore. District committees were named to administer the code and about 80 percent signed certificates of adherence. The code caps fines at 500 dollars and sets up a state control committee from district chairs.
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Baltimore
Grayson H. Staley
Freder
Certificates Offered For 3 Per Cent Notes Of Mar
A 3 percent March notes issue was announced surprising the market as observers expected a larger borrowing. Several explanations followed including a revised down estimate of recovery and other factors shaping investor reception.
Roosevelt Pushes Returning Air Mail Under New Rules
President Roosevelt urged quick restoration of air mail service under a new bill with competitive bidding. He sought contracts up to three years and federal review of public convenience, cautioning against companies tied to prior contract irregularities. He favored excluding firms tied to past graft and urged swift House and Senate action.
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Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Afl
McKellar and Arcade
Senate
House Post Ofice
Black
Hines
Mae Pable
Col Paul Henderson
United Aircraft and Transportation
Post Office Department
Farrey
Cummings
Justice Department
McKellar
Mr. Roosevelt
Editor jailed in Kentucky house probe
Frankfort news reports acting Louisville editor E. March Vance Armestrou was jailed for contempt by the Kentucky House lobby investigating committee, then released on a writ of habeas corpus. He refused to name sources for the paper's Paint of View column, citing confidentiality.
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Frankfort
T.vance Armestrou
Louisville
Kentucky House Lobby
The
Cure
Acmentrou
Araby Aid Society Meeting Report
The Araby Aid Society holds a gathering at the home of Mrs. in a community effort focusing on charity work and future plans for local aid initiatives.
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Ladies’ Aid
Middleburg M. EL Church
Marshall B
Elmer Maude Repp
Imeen
Mrs. Cy Repp
Araby Aid Society
Next
President Roosevelt Eyes May 15 Adjournment Push
Washington reports an early recovery drive from President Roosevelt aiming to adjourn Congress by May 15. Key bills include stock exchange control and a communications committee, with focus shifting to appropriation tax and tariff actions. A national recovery act extension and war debt message are also in play as recovery priorities dominate Capitol Hill.
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Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence
Capitol Hi
Senate
Relief Granted Court Holds Manage March Chicago
A Chicago court decision grants relief in a case about bootleg liquor. Leaders like William E. Hull push for anti saloon measures and keeping repeal promises. Hull favors halving the $5 per gallon import duty on aged Canadian whiskey to curb bootleggers. A coast guard base will be added at Galveston, Texas.
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Republic
William E. Hull
Hiram Walker Distriect
Peoria
Hull
Canada
Coast Guard
Galveston
Tex
Fighting Bootlegger Defeat: Sugar Institute Denied
Federal Judge Julian W. Mack denied the government petition to dissolve the Sugar Institute, formed in 1927 by 15 large refining corporations, as of March 7 in New York.
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New York
Julian W. Mack
Sugar Institute
Judge Finds Most Government Objections to Practices Well Founded
Judge Mack states that most government objections to the institutes practices alleging Sherman Act violations were well founded. The government demanded dissolution, yet the dissolution of the institute was not decreed and most requests were granted.
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Mack
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