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March 25, 1932

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Headlines from March 25, 1932

House Action Leaves Revenue $563,000,000 Short; Treasury's Proposals Would Yield $633,000,800

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Table showing items of amended bill and amounts expected to be yielded

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HOUSE CHEERS OUTCOME; Bill Reduced to Chaos as $460,000,000 Is Clipped Away. 44 DEMOCRATS BACK CRISP. Snell Favors Sitting Back Now to Wait for Democrats to Make a Move. BEER VOTE IS LIKELY TODAY Action on Amendments Con- tinues -- Hoover 'Keenly Disap- pointed' at Turn of Events. SALES TAX BEATEN; VOTE IS 223 TO 153

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Coalition strikes sales tax from tax measure; Repr Byrns delivers telling attack on levy before defeat of measure; Crisp offers to turn over bill to Opposition, but finally accepts responsibility of seeking new sources of revenue; original Treas program may be resorted to

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COALITIONS CLINCH GRIP ON CONGRESS; Sales Tax Revolt Against House Leaders Ends Party Control in Both Branches. ALL PROGRAMS UNCERTAIN Rebels Decline to Formulate Policies -- "Body Blow" to Garner Boom Seen. COALITIONS CLINCH GRIP ON CONGRESS

By Arthur Krock.special To the New York Times.by Arthur Krock

Coalition defeat of tax bill ends party control in Cong

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VOTE ON DRY REPEAL ASSURED IN SENATE; Norris Will Report Unfavorably One Wet Resolution From the Judiciary Committee. BORAH AGREES TO PLAN On This Promise Tydings Ends His Canvass for Names to Force a Line-Up. VOTE ON DRY REPEAL ASSURED IN SENATE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Norris promises that Judiciary Com will rept one prohibition bill

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Notable Births

1932Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1993)^[†]

Penelope Gilliatt was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gilliatt was known for her detailed descriptions and evocative reviews. A writer of short stories, novels, non-fiction books, and screenplays, Gilliatt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).

1932Wes Santee, American runner (died 2010)^[†]

David Wesley Santee was an American middle distance runner and athlete who competed mainly in the 1,500 meters and mile events.

Notable Deaths

1932Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (born 1845)^[†]

Harriet Backer was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow.

Historical Events

1932The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.^[†]

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok.