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March 17, 1933

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BEER BILL PASSED, 43-30; Cut From 3.2% Alcohol Returns It to House for Agreement. WINE PROVISION INCLUDED Senators, in Six-Hour Debate, Also Amend Measure to Bar Safe to Persons Under 16. BORAH LEADS IN ATTACK Argument With Reed and Ty- dings on Intoxicating Qualities Interests Crowd in Galleries. SENATE VOTES BEER, REDUCED TO 3.05%

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cullen bill, amended to provide 3.02% beer and wine, passes Sen, 43-30; amendment offered by Sen Dill, forbidding advertising of beer by radio, defeated; amendment barring sale to minors adopted

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Farm Bill Summary

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

summary of bill

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FARM BILL IS PRESENTED; President Seeks Broad Power for Restoring Parity of Prices. NEW AND UNTROD PATH' If the Measure Fails, He Will Be First to Admit It, Says Message to Congress. WALLACE'S WORD FINAL Allotment, Cotton Control and Rental Plans Applied to Basic Commodities. ROOSEVELT ASKS FOR FARM RELIEF

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On farm aid bill

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Roosevelt Leans to Foregoing a Recess, Holding Congress to Enact Full Program

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

May suggest foregoing of recess

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1933Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist^[†]

Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams is an American civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil rights activist. She also served as chairwoman of the NAACP, and has published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband's legacy. On January 21, 2013, she delivered the invocation at the second inauguration of Barack Obama.

1933Penelope Lively, English author^[†]

Dame Penelope Margaret Lively is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

Headlines from March 17, 1933

Farm Bill Summary

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Roosevelt Leans to Foregoing a Recess, Holding Congress to Enact Full Program

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