Texas House Considers Beer Bill Amid Prohibition Debate
Austin March 28 Texas lawmakers opened consideration of a bill to legalize 3.2 percent beer with on premise consumption and varying license fees. Pro prohibitionists and opponents filled the hearing room as Atticus Webb and Bishop John Moore spoke against legalization while supporters urged revenue and regulation. The measure may reach the floor in about a week with debate on licensing taxes and on premises sales.
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Texas Legiolave
House
State Atura
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Atticus Webb
Dallas
Texas Anti- Woon League
John Moore
Methodist Epinmal Church
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Pallas
H. K. Taylor
W. H. Mckenzie
Ustin
Rd. Boyle
San Antonio
Texas Federation of Labor
A. White
Crusaders
BP. K. Anderson
San Vonia
Werner Miriam A. Ferguson
Wote and Taxation Committee
James E. Ferguson
Police Baffled in Murder and Attack
Houston police, hampered by scant clues, reported no progress in identifying two African American suspects in the murder of Willan W. Porch, 24, and the assault on his companion. Five suspects were questioned. two detained elsewhere were released.
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Houston
Willan W. Porch
Grand Jury To Probe Lindbergh Plot Case
Miami dispatch reports the U S district attorney Akerman said a grand jury will assemble in April to consider the case of Chief Clifford Lindberidge, 38, charged with sending a letter demanding 50000 dollars and mailing liquor to Lindbergh. The matter involves federal Judge Halsted Ritter, recently the focus of a medical hearing.
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Lindbergh
Miami
Akerman
Clobridge
Charles A. Lindbergh
Halsted J. Rittervoridge
Labor Department Extends Five Day Week Plan
Washington March 24 The labor department announces an expanded five day week plan under the Economy Act authority. The program shifts toward a five and a half day week starting April 1, with 48 states and agencies adjusting to the new schedule next month. Meanwhile reports from Indiana and Ohio note river incidents and a famed express train near Chicago.
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Ashington
D.C
Labor Department
Frderal Maar
Eight hurt as riot erupts in Valladolid clash
Eight persons were injured in a riot in Valladolid as extremists clashed with Catholics and fascists. The Catholic club was attacked and windows of a rightist newspaper were broken. Paris delays debts. Paris votes to postpone debt policy debate until Thursday.
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Spain
Valladolid
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Thursdey
Gold hoard ban returns 503 million to treasury
Federal reserve banks gained 503 million as the ban on gold hoarding prompts return of hoarded metal. Twelve banks are directed to turn into the treasury the names of those who withdrew large amounts and did not return them.
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Washington, D
Divorce Granted to Actress Joan Jaccard in Los Angeles
Joan Jaccard a film actress known as Joan Jac card and director Jacques A Jaccard were granted a divorce in Los Angeles. The couple married in 1926 when she was 41. The article notes a brief ad fragment and a stray line about a light and price.
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Los Angeles
Catherine Ann Jaccard
Joan Jaccard
Jacques A. Jaccard
Oil Producers Oppose Federal Regulation In Landmark Meeting
Washington March 24 Independent oil producers formed an association to oppose federal control of petroleum. Led by John B Elliott the group urged state regulation, fewer federal boards, tariff protection, and stricter anti trust enforcement. They called for pipeline divestiture from refineries and a focus on conservation while resisting Roosevelt era regulatory efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Bsecretary Tekes
Petroleum Association
John B. Elliott
Ickes
FAML
Eliott Group
Secretary of the Interior
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