Alaska Legislature Adjourns After Passes Tax and Liquor Measures
The Twelfth Territorial Legislature adjourned at 8:55 p.m. after a record pace with a new graduated net income tax for mines and a created mining department. The Senate approved the tax, while the house and senate debated the saloon bill, appointing four enforcement officers under Liquor Board control. Nome bond debates surface ahead of April elections, with PWA loan details clarified by Mayor Swartz.
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Juneau
Victoria
Rex F. Swartz
Nome
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Isue
Public Works Administration
Dimond
Alaska
Territory of
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Jeet
Liquor Board
Toe
Senate
House
Fternoon
Dun Bradstreet Sees Stronger Business Upturn
Dun Bradstreet declared on March 15 that the current upturn is the soundest revival since the 1932 depression law. The review said March weather and unsettled national legislation will not greatly alter the general movement toward recovery.
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Associated Press
New York
Dun Bradstreet
Soviet Spy Ring Indicts in Secret Paris Trial
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz of East Orange New Jersey were indicted with thirty others as members of an alleged Soviet spy ring. A secret trial is expected after fifteen months of detention.
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Associated Press
Paris
Robert Gordon Switz
East Orange
New Jersey
Richard Harrison Dies at 70 in New York
Richard Harrison, age seventy, who played De Land in Green Pastures, died of a stroke this morning in New York.
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Richard Harrison
Associated Press
New York
de Land
Green Pastures
Attempt Arbitrate Seamen Strike Tries to Halt Tie-Up
In San Francisco on March 15 a Labor Department conciliator Joseph Myers began an effort to arbitrate disputes between seamen and operators to end a strike that has tied up about twenty coast ships. Most idle vessels are oil tankers.
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Department of Labor
Joseph Myers
Hoe
Work Relief Bill Expected Go Through Swiftly
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders expect the administration's work relief measure to pass quickly, aiming for approval by midnight to meet the deadline for first installments of federal income taxes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Flood waters near crest sweep Mississippi region
Reports describe rising Mississippi River levels and swollen tributaries forcing thousands of refugees to flee. Severe flooding damages homes and infrastructure as engineers monitor levees ahead of the crest.
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Mississippi River
Premier Flandin Stakes Cabinet Unity On Faith
The Anariated Press reports Premier Phan lin seeks cabinet coherence to back government program for strong military posture. French experts warn German mechanization could allow a dawn frontier breach to Paris the same night if an invasion succeeds.
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Flandin
Life of Cabinet
Phanlin
Germany
Paris
British Commons approves naval budget increase
In London on March 14 the House of Commons voted to approve a sixty million fifty thousand pound naval estimate for 1985. The package totals about 286 million dollars, rising by roughly three and a half million pounds from last year.
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London
Hie of Commons
Kidnapping Hoax Revealed in Delaware Case
Chester Hyde admitted the alleged abduction was faked after being found gagged, with authorities saying he had written to his stepfather William Della demanding ten thousand dollars and threatening harm to the youth.
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Wilmington
Delaware
Chester Hyde
William Della
St Patrick's Day Dance Admis Adults 75 Cts
St Patrick's Day dance admission listed for adults at 75 cents and children at 25 cents. No further details on time or venue provided.
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ST. Patrick's Day
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