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March 10, 1933

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3 MORE AMERICANS ATTACKED IN BERLIN AS RAIDING GOES ON; Anti-Semites Compel Shops to Close and invade the Boerse Demanding Directors Quit. EMBASSIES FILE PROTESTS Sackett Reports Government Voiced Regret, Pledging No Repetition of Assaults. NAZIS TAKE OVER BAVARIA Name Von Epp State Police Head as Held Cabinet Gives Way -- Army to Guard Vienna. 3 MORE AMERICANS ATTACKED IN REICH

By Frederick T. Birchall.special Cable To the New York Times.by Frederick T. Birchall

Apptd Natl Socialist (Nazi) Police Comr for Bavaria

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HOARDERS IN FRIGHT TURN IN $30,000,000; Gold Pours Into Banks and the Federal Reserve as Owners Act to Avoid Penalty. NAMES TAKEN OFF LIST Even Christmas Coins Help to Swell Week's Recovery of Metal to $65,000,000. HOARDERS IN FEAR TURN IN $30,000,000

By Unknown Author

Gold pours in from member banks

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Hull Asks Treasury to Aid Envoys Whose Funds Are Held

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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BANK BILL IS ENACTED; Emergency Program Put Through in Record Time of 71-2 Hours. NEW CURRENCY PROVIDED Tax Is Imposed to Assure Retirement of the Issue When It Is No Longer Needed. DICTATORSHIP OVER GOLD President Empowered to Retrieve Hoardings and Continue the Embargo. ORDERS EXTENSION OF BANK HOLIDAY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Emergency act providing for issue of Fed Reserve notes with retirement tax passed by Cong and signed by Roosevelt

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CITY GETS $3,993,696 FOR MARCH JOB AID; State Relief Bureau Includes $106,000 for School Lunches in Donation for Month. ALL PAYROLLS TO BE MET Gibson Committee Will Give Out $325,000 by Week-End in Maintenance Wages. $3,995,696 JOB AID FOR CITY IN MONTH

By Unknown Author

State allots $106,000 for lunches in Mar

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Notable Births

1933Ralph Emery, American country music disc jockey, radio and television host (died 2022)^[†]

Walter Ralph Emery was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee.

Historical Events

1933The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.^[†]

The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at 5:54 P.M. PST south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 Mw, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Damage to buildings was widespread throughout Southern California. It resulted in 115 to 120 fatalities and an estimated $40 million worth of property damage, equivalent to $972 million in 2024. The majority of the fatalities resulted from people running out of buildings, exposing themselves to the falling debris.