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December 27, 1932

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Headlines from December 27, 1932

Fire Ruins "Dingley Dell," Site of Pickwick Adventures

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cob Tree Manor; scene of Pickwick's Christmas adventure destroyed

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BEER BILL REDRAFT PLANNED BY BLAINE; Norris Sanctions a Study of Repealing Volstead Percentage to Avoid Upset by Court. PUTTING 3.2% INTO ACT Lack of Quorum Holds Up Committee -- Chairman Would End Hearings to Speed Measure. BEER BILL REDRAFT PLANNED BY BLAINE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Blaine plans study of legal phases of Collier bill and urges complete revision of Volstead provisions for alcoholic content to avoid Sup Ct rejection

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La Guardia Will Ask Congress to Put Capital On 5-Day Week by Federal Interest Rate Cut

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Repr La Guardia to offer resolution to put capital on 5-day wk by issue of certificates to be given in exchange for all outsanding obligations, new certificates to bear interest rate at 71% of rate of original securities

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SCIENTISTS GET PLEA FOR ELECTRIC DOLLAR; Dr. J.P. Norton Offers It as a New Standard in Currency Supplementing Gold. KILOWATT HOUR AS A BASIS Unit's Stability Over Periods of 5 Years Cited in Address at Economists' Meeting. ELECTRIC DOLLAR URGED BY SCIENTIST

By From a Staff Correspondent.Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Advocates adoption of "elec dollar" to supplement gold, at meeting of Econometric Soc

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EXTRA SESSION CALL FORESEEN BY GARNER IF BEER MEETS VETO; Avoidance Depends on Hoover's Acceptance of Brew and Farm Relief, He Holds. PROSPECTS "NOT BRIGHT" Harrison Agrees, but Holds Extra Session Will Be Needed by Autumn, Anyway. SALES TAX SUPPORT GROWS Collier Expects Budget to Be Balanced This Session and Estimates Half a Billion Will Be Required.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Collier expresses views on possibility of passing sales tax

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1932Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.^[†]

Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style.

Headlines from December 27, 1932

Fire Ruins "Dingley Dell," Site of Pickwick Adventures

BEER BILL REDRAFT PLANNED BY BLAINE; Norris Sanctions a Study of Repealing Volstead Percentage to Avoid Upset by Court. PUTTING 3.2% INTO ACT Lack of Quorum Holds Up Committee -- Chairman Would End Hearings to Speed Measure. BEER BILL REDRAFT PLANNED BY BLAINE

La Guardia Will Ask Congress to Put Capital On 5-Day Week by Federal Interest Rate Cut

SCIENTISTS GET PLEA FOR ELECTRIC DOLLAR; Dr. J.P. Norton Offers It as a New Standard in Currency Supplementing Gold. KILOWATT HOUR AS A BASIS Unit's Stability Over Periods of 5 Years Cited in Address at Economists' Meeting. ELECTRIC DOLLAR URGED BY SCIENTIST

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