Thomasville adopts self liquidating scrip plan 1933
The city approves rules for issuing one dollar scrip with two cent stamps, a clearing house fund, and redemption at par. Scrip circulation aims to boost trade, fund taxes, and fund stamps through the City Treasurer. Provisions cover stamping, clearing, eligibility, and recall rights.
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Thomasville
Georgia
City of Thomasville Scrip Clearing House Fund
CPNT
United States
City of
C. C. Pittman
Germany under martial law after Reichstag fires amid riots
The German regime declared martial law as disorders surged with attacks blamed on communists. Elections for the Reichstag and Prussian Diet were set for next Sunday under tighter controls. A fire damaged the Reichstag and Amsterdam youth Van Der Lubbe confessed to the blazes, with damages estimated in the millions of marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Reichstag
Hitler
Pacifistic League For Human Rights
Ernst Torgler
Ffloor
van der Lubhe
Amsterdam
Tolland
Kaiser Palace
Suit Seeks 220 Million Against Mellon Over Ship Taxes
Treasury officials allegedly allowed steamship companies to amend returns under the 1921 revenue act instead of 1978 1917 and 1918 acts. The suit accuses Mellon of conferring with steamship officials in March 1927 to help these companies defeat U S tax claims.
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Treasury
Mellon
United States
When Your Daughter Comes to Womanhood
An advertising blurb urges mothers to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to teenage girls during adolescence. It frames the product as a tonic and regulator to safeguard health and ensure a happy healthy future wife and mother.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
City Council Debates Licenses and Public Works Plans
City aldermen discuss fire salvage and bankrupt stock licenses, potential use of RFC funds for public toilets, and plans to repair paving under Wesco bond. They consider abattoir take over, Sunday suburban stores, and curb illegal dumping as police action is urged. Council adjourns after routine items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Alderman Smith
R. F
Powell
Wesco Company
Thomasville
Negro Park
Reinforced Japanese Army Faces Fierce Snow Battle
Air observers reported the reinforced Japanese army pressing a three mile long advance through a snow covered pass against Chinese and volunteer troops sent north by Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang. Heavy artillery and high positions marked the clash as Japanese air support failed to break stubborn resistance amid seven degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Gess
Appropriations Battle Over Auto Tag Measure Sparks Senate Row
Lawmakers clash as supporters call for replacing the auto tag bill with appropriations. Senators Terrell and Lewis challenge bolter labels while questioning job appointments, with Barnett’s highway board chairmanship cited and party loyalties defended.
Compromise Plans Outlined for Auto Tag Legislation
Atlanta reports compromise plans from senate and house conferees on auto tag legislation. Proposed rates include 3 dollars for up to 2400 pounds with 25 cents per 100 pounds for excess, plus various alternatives ranging to 8 dollars for 2600 pounds and 50 cents per 100 for each extra 100 pounds. Senate and house bills differ on thresholds and increments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Senate
House
House Approves 100000 for Agriculture Budget
Atlanta on February 28 reports the house approved a 1934 1935 appropri ation of 100000 for the department of agriculture with no record vote recorded. Amendments seeking 50000 to 225000 were rejected by large margins while the budget bureau had recommended 250000 and 1932 funding stood at 265000.
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Atlanta
House
Department of Agriculture
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Local visitors and residents shown in Thomasville notes
A parade of visitors appears in Thomasville with names from Waycross Valdosta Jacksonville Ocala Albany Quitman Boston St Augustine and Atlanta. Notables include Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood of the American Social Hygiene Association and Mrs. Sloan Young visiting after forty years.
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Margaret Wells Wood
The
American Social Hygiene Association
Thomasville
Wood
P. W. Harvey
Pebble Hill Plantation
Samuel J. Cassels
Mr. Sloan Cassels
Montgomery
Savannah
Sloan Young
Cora Cassels
New York
Legislation to Aid the Cotton Farmer Advances in House
The House opened debate on the Smith bill to pool cotton held as collateral and loans, aiming to cut production and support prices, as Senate acts on related measures. Senate and House conferees clash over a $940 million treasury post office appropriation and air mail cuts, while farm loan bank bills edge toward conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Sovet Russia
America
Arnold M. Vyrnes
National City Tank of
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Smith
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Red Cross
Treasury-Post Office
Roosevelt
Bratton
Wetcher Farm Loan Bank
Stegall
House Banking Committee
Cotton Pool Sponsors Victory in House Vote
Washington reports sponsors of the Senate cotton pool bill won a 193 to 179 roll call on adopting a rule to force consideration of the relief plan to final disposition. The debate saw Republican leader Snell oppose, but Speaker Garner overruled his point. The measure was called before the House by Representative Bankhead with Garners ruling sustaining the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snell
House
Bankhead
Ala
Giainec
Senate
Garner
Bachman Named to Succeed Hull as Tenn. Senator
Nashville February 28 Governor Hill McAlister appoints Nullan L Nachman of Chattanooga former Tennessee Supreme Court justice to succeed Cordell Hull as United States Senator Hull becomes secretary of state in Roosevelt cabinet Bachman a Democrat with long service in McAlister campaigns in Hamilton County and statewide
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Nashville
Tenn
Hill McAlister
Nullan L. Nachman
Chattanooga
Tennessee Supreme Court
United States
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Bachman
McAlister
Bachmans
Lawrence D. Tyson
Knoxville
Pachman
Hamilton County
Walsh Named Attorney General by Roosevelt
President elect Roosevelt appointed Thomas J. Walsh of Montana as attorney general. Walsh, who prosecuted the Senate inquiry into naval oil reserve leases, helped send Albert B. Fall to jail. The cabinet picks were to include Frances Perkins for labor and Daniel C. Roper for commerce.
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Hyde Park
Ireb
Roosevelt
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Frances Perkins
New York
Labor
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Commerce
Schmeling Baer Fight Seen as World Fair Draw in Chicago
Chicago Feb 28 Jack Dempsey arrived to discuss turning the Schmeling Baer bout into a world fair attraction. He planned talks with George Getz and the Stadium Operating Company as Madison Square Garden’s James J Johnston also headed to Chicago to meet Dempsey.
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Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Max Schmeling
Max Baer
Livermore
Cal
Heavies
George Getz
World Fair Sports Committee
Chicago Stadium Operating
Stadium Corporation
Big West Side
Dempsey
Madison Square Garden Corporation
James J. Johnston
Hastings Bill Aims Federal Settlement For Debtors
A Hastings sponsored bill lets individual debtors seek court approval of settlements with creditors with consent and majority secured debt. Farmers may join with others to form county conciliation commissions for relief. Conference aims to reconcile differences with the bankruptcy revision bill before adjournment.
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Hastings
Del
House
Banks Tighten Withdrawals Across Several States
Emergency legislation across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Kentucky Arkansas New Jersey allows banks to restrict withdrawals to five percent of deposits with state officials approving clamping down in many institutions. Delawares measures empower the banking commissioner to suspend payments if needed to conserve assets. Michigan works to open two Ford backed banks transferring 1.7 million accounts, while Maryland debates a broad measure to address the financial strain.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Arkansas
New Jersey
Pinchot
Delaware
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Ark
Covington
Cincinnati
Michigan
Maryland
Ritchie
Pennsylvania Banks Granted Power to Limit Withdrawals
Harrisburg reports Gov Pinchot signed a unanimous legislative measure giving Pennsylvania banks authority to set withdrawal limits with banking secretary approval. Funds deposited after emergency power remain in liquid separate accounts. Governor cited avoiding mass withdrawals and hoarding, while Federal Reserve official Norris warned the move would pull money from safe boxes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
George W. Norris
Philadelphia Federal kKescerve Bank
Ford funds to back two new Detroit banks in giant accounting task
Detroit workers in three shifts sort 1 700 000 accounts to seed two new banks the People's National and the Manufacturers National with 8 250 000 from Ford and his son Edsel directing liquid asset transfers. The move follows Michigan bank holidays and aims to start business with fully liquid assets. Millions more will be moved from old banks and federal reserve vaults as liquidation proceeds.
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Detroit
Ford
First National
Guardian National
People’s National
Manufacturers National
Michigan
Henry Ford
Edsel
Edsel Ford
Federal Reserve
Washington
Chicago
More Stock Market Deals Probed By Security Firms
Washington reports the senate banking committee will extend its inquiry into stock market activities of bank affiliates for at least another year. The panel widened its scope to include National City Company and Chase Securities Corporation while hearing from Arnold M. Byrnes, a former National City vice president, about South American loans. Senator Couzens indicated he had information to share with Pecora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
National City Company
National City Bank
Senate
Couzens
Mich
Verdinand Pecora
Chase Securities Corporation
Pecora
Chase National Bank
Arnold M. Byrnes
National City
Reconstruction Finance loans to back new banks opening
A large loan of 78 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is set to support the opening of several new banks, signaling government backing for postwar financial expansion. The funds are expected to help establish lending capacity and stimulate local economic growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cincinnati Stock Exchange Suspends Trading On Bank Crisis
Cincinnati stock market trading was suspended this morning as exchange trustees convene to decide next steps amid a banking crisis affecting Ohio and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Stock Exchange
Cincinnati Stock Exchange
Ohio
Ohio restricts bank withdrawals under new laws
In Columbus on February 28 authorities enacted two statutes that empower the banking superintendent to curb withdrawals as needed. More than 150 banks were operating on a curtailed basis, with many limiting withdrawals to five percent after Gov. George White signed the measures into law.
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Columbus
Ohio
George White
Arkansas Banks Limit Withdrawals After Banking Holidays
Little Rock and North Little Rock banks restricted withdrawals to five percent or fifteen dollars, whichever is larger, effective immediately. The order came from the Little Rock Clearing House Association and State Bank Commissioner Marion Wasson after midnight, with statewide banks authorized to follow under a bill signed by Governor Fu trell. No runs were noted, but statewide withdrawals had been steady amid holidays in other states.
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Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock
Troy Company Petition to Incorporate in Thomasville Georgia
W L Bartlett Lee Neel and Frank Dollar seek to form Troy Company a Georgia corporation with 6000 capital stock 60 shares at 100 each for 20 years with authority to renew. Principal office Thomasville, Georgia. intent to clean tailor and repair clothes and to buy sell and manufacture clothing goods and to own real estate and bonds and operate display rooms. Base powers include buy sell mortgage sue or be sued bylaws officers common seal and other corporate rights. Petition filed February 1 1933 in Thomas County Superior Court.
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Georgia
Thomas County
Superior Court
W. Wu. Bartlett
Lee ,Neel
Frank Dollar
Troy Company
Thomasville
Gold Corporation
Jliues
J. Bizrd Edwards
Thom
J. F. Singletary
W. L. Bartlett
Lee Neel
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