South Carolina Senator Attacks Political Rings
Senator Kemper Cooke of Horry accused Governor Ibra Blackwood and several state officials of operating a political ring. He claimed Sawyer and others controlled the highway department and that health official James A. Hayne kept seven or eight relatives on payroll, with a family income cited at one time as 312,000 a year. The Senate probes and a heated House vote on a general appropriations bill followed as the legislature debated economy and school funding.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Kemper Cooke
Horry
Ibra ©. Blackwood
Cooke
Sawyer
Highway Department
James A. Hayne
Farmers and Taxpayers’ League
Senate
League
House
James Gibson
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
Hudson River
H 4
Woodin
Secretary of
Treasury
Hull
Congress
Capital Hill
American Car and Foundry Company
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Glass
Virginia
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Harold Ickes
Illinois
Interior
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Ohio
Kentucky
James Thomson
New Orleans
Joe Kennedy
Massachusetts
Son
Brunswick
The
Colson
Colson Sa
Talmadge
Advocete
Andrew Tuten
Alma
Japs Drive Toward Jehol Capital in New Offensive
Japanese forces mass along a 200 mile front in Jehol with 50 000 troops expected to press toward Jehol City within days. Reports claim Chinese commander Liu Kuei Tang pledges allegiance to Manchukuo and may join the attack as Japanese ultimata threaten China with dawn action if rejected.
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Stary
Jehol
Changchun
Manchuria
Liu Kuei-Tang
Supeh
Manchukuo
Lupeh
Kailu
China
Harvin
FE. S. T
Jeho
Georgia Youth Shot Near Millen Faces Critical Condition
Crosby Young is hospitalized in Savannah with a pistol wound that may be fatal. Robert Kent remains jailed in Millen with gunshot wounds after a disturbance near Millen Monday night. Zack Cowart, a nearby farmer, says Young threatened him leading to the shootings. Authorities issued warrants for all parties involved, noting Kent and Young faced malicious mischief charges. Kent is local, while Young works with a Savannah construction firm on road projects near Millen.
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Millen
Crosby Young
Savannah
Robert Kent
Kent
Young
Zack Cowart
Johnson
Carl Wiggins
Cowart
Downing the Pershing Mount Dies at Fort Benning
Fort Benning Va February 22 Mr Downing a World War veteran and legendary army horse died at Fort Benning He joined the American Expeditionary Forces as a colt and rode General Pershing as his private mount He later served with the Army of Occupation in Germany and trained at Fort Riley He was the personal mount of Major General Campbell King at Fort Benning until health declined ending with a coup de grace.
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Fort Benning
Downing
General Pershing
France
General Headquarters
Pershing
Mr. Downing
Army of Occupation
Germany
Henry T. Allen
Fort Riley
Kansas
Port Benning
Campbell King
Cordell Hull Selected as Sec of State
In ongoing coverage, Hull is named Secretary of State amid global economic tensions. The piece notes policy aims to ease war debts, lower tariffs, liberate exchange, and promote inter government cooperation, with possible talks on Cuba and reciprocal trade with Canada.
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Cordell Hull
SEC. OF State
Manchuria
Chaco
Colombia
Peru
Roosevelt
Senator Hull
Hull
Senate
United States
Soviet Russia
Cuba
Canada
Bennett
New York
State
Treasury
Tennesee
Willian H. Woodin
Ake
Woodin
Great Britain
France
Claudel
Emmanuel Monick
William H. Woodin
Walsh
Montana
James A. Farley
Navy
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Agriculture
Henry Wallace, Jr
Iowa
Miss Frances Perkins
War
Commerce
Interior
South Carolina Assembly Moves to Ratify Prohibition Repeal
Resolutions to appoint a legislative committee to draft a state convention on ratification of prohibition repeal were introduced in the South Carolina General Assembly. Three senators and three representatives would prepare the measure, with two house and one senate proposals already offered. The concurrent resolution was presented by Thomas of Hampton. ten members opposed immediate consideration and it was carried over.
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South Carolina Assembly
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina General Assembly
House
Senate
Thomas
Hampton
Roosevelt invites Davis to remain on arms delegation
President elect Roosevelt asked Norman H. Davis to continue leading the American armament delegation and to push ahead with current U.S. policy on world disarmament. He indicated the need to reduce armaments as a vital issue, with Geneva conference timing unclear as committees gather data.
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Roosevelt
Davis
Francis M. Stephenson
New York
Norman H. Davis
Armored Car Unit Added to Chile Fascist Force
In Santiagron Chile a civil guard formed to support constitutional regimes and oppose militarism and communism organizes an armored car and tank division. A home guard of about 3000 will be assigned to regular civil guard duties in home districts, enhancing internal security while provinces are realigned under the new structure.
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Chile
Santiagron
Civil Guard
Home Guard
White Guard
Local visitors listed from Nashville to Valdosta
Mr. EB H Worrell of Nashville and others from Macon Albany Valdosta and Deland visited here yesterday for business or funeral services. Mercer Glee Club members attended a dance at Miss Virginia Jemison's home after a Rose Theatre performance.
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EB. H. Worrell
Nashville, Tenn
J. D. Addison
Macon
R. BE. Lee of
Albany
H. B. Arrington of
N. J. Porter of
Valdosta
C. W. Stuckey, Jr
J. C. Porter of
Virginia Jemison
Mercer Glee Club
Rose Theatre
Jack Graves
Deland, Fla
J. F. Lamb
J. M. Yates
Bob Snipes
Monticello
Fla
John Wells
O’brien
Michigan Banks Expected to End Holiday Tomorrow
Detroit reports indicate the eight day Michigan bank holiday may end tomorrow with banks reopening under a plan to allow withdrawals proportional to cash like assets. Detroit banks maintain a five percent withdrawal limit pending state and national legislation clarification.
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Michigan
Detroit
William A. Comstock
Lansing
United States
Detroit Clearing House Association
Washington
Upper Peninsula
Beer bill introduced in Georgia Senate
In Atlanta on February 22 the Georgia Senate discussed a beer bill identical to the rejected house measure. It would permit 3.2 percent alcohol beer sales under the county option plan with state and county taxes. The bill was referred to a committee. A separate proposal seeks to restrict electricity service charges, and another measure would amend Thomasville city charter to fund a water and light department reserve. The plan would require 20 percent quarterly allocations until a $125,000 reserve is reached and may finance a sinking fund to retire $70,000 in bonds.
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Atlanta
House
Senate
John Lewis
Sparta
W. H. Lovett
Wrightsville
Joe Ben Jackson
Gray
Scott and
Robison
Thomas
Thomasville
City of
Water and Light Department
Ways and Means
Sisk and Kelley
Ed Rivers
Patten
Tift
House Committee On
Brown
Glynn
Georgia
Brunswick
Beheadings Symbolic in Brussels Public Display
In Brussels two criminals, an Italian and a Greek, were symbolically beheaded in absentia to satisfy old legal forms. Two mounted gendarmes read the posted death sentences in a public square, drew swords, stood at attention for an hour, then departed, though Belgium long abolished the death penalty.
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Belgium
Brussels
Congress Deliberates on Appropriation Measures on Washington Birthday
Congress worked on major appropriation bills with delays from speeches. Senate foreign relations panel approved a Canada lake to sea waterway treaty via the St. Lawrence. House agriculture backed using 3.5 million bales of government cotton as a farm price incentive for next year. Rule s committee favored the Eslick bill criminalizing violent overthrow. House mining leased 30 million acres of farm lands proposed to withdraw from production. House coinage backed silver purchases for subsidiary coins. Finance committee pressed economic inquiry with Aldrich and Mitchell grilled in stock market probe. House then read Washingtons farewell and moved to naval appropriations.
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Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
House
Carey
Wyo
Senate Finance Committee
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National Bank of New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Banking Committee
George Washington
Wait Adjournment of a Legislature Continues Debate
Georgia senators clash over tax policy and highway funding. Proponents back an intangible tax option and new rates for vehicle tags while opponents fear loss of ad valorem structure. Discussions include proposed bills on amusement taxes and tobacco levies, with committee actions on governance and education measures.
Tug of war over Georgia auto tag rate stalls progress
In Atlanta on February 22, senate leaders caucused against Governor Talmadge's $3 rate for small cars, arguing the rate would not fund highways. The house and senate battled over tag taxes, with tables, amendments, and a five-mill tax on intangibles proposed in a separate committee substitute.
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Ben F. Meyer
Associated Press
Atlanta
Senate
Talmadge
House
Highway Department
Richmond
British speed king sets new world record
Sir Malcolm Campbell, renowned British racer, achieved 273.556 mph on the first two official runs toward a new land speed record. Despite poor visibility, his 2,500 hp car clocked 13.16 seconds for the measured mile, with two opposing runs required for the record.
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Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Briton Campbell Tops 273 MPH in Beach Run
Sir Malcolm Campbell driving the Bluebird car began a new series of trials at Daytona Beach Florida to surpass his world speed record of 253 miles per hour. He started at 12 40 p m Eastern Standard Time and proceeded southward along the course amid limited visibility.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Ocean Beach
Campbell delays bid for world speed record on Daytona Beach
Sir Malcolm Campbell of Britain delayed his attempt on the world speed record after one bad morning. He announced visibility improved enough to proceed and would decide within the day whether to run again or wait until tomorrow.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Second life attempt case eyed at Watertown
Justice agents arrived in Watertown to investigate a package linked to an alleged life attempt on the president elect. Postmaster George A. Hagen led the arrival with a team including inspectors from the Washington office and Secret Service chiefs Moran and Batterfield to trace the wrapping and shotgun shell found with the package.
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Watertown
George A. Hagen
William J. Batterfield
Washington Post Office
William N. Moran
Secret Service
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