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April 12, 1933
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Headlines from April 12, 1933
BRITISH LORDS PASS SOVIET IMPORTS BAN; Government Can Apply It if Trial of Six Engineers Today Is Held Unfair. BREAK BELIEVED LIKELY Case Is Said to Hinge on Forced Confession -- Embassy to Send Out News. LORDS PASS BILL TO BOYCOTT SOVIET
Lords pass act
ROOSEVELT DEFERS DEPOSIT GUARANTEE; Banking Bill Held Up After Word He Wants Further Study of Insurance Idea. SEES GLASS AND WOODIN President Also for More Restricted Branch Banking May Redraft Bill. ROOSEVELT DEFERS DEPOSIT GUARANTEE
Says he will make further study of bank deposit ins plan; reptd to favor county rather than State-wide branch banking
M'CORMICK GUILTY, RESIGNS CITY POST; Marriage Clerk Convicted of Failing to Report Income -- Cleared on 2 Charges. JUROR TO BE PROSECUTED Ousted Man Faces Contempt Action for Not Revealing He Knew Lawyer. M'CORMICK GUILTY, RESIGNS CITY POST
Chief Asst U S Atty asks Ct to hold him in contempt of ct on charge of having withheld truthful answers during examination for qualifications as juror in J J McCormick trial
Test Due Today on Lea Bill for 10% Wine; House Committee Called to Decide Fate
Lea bill to legalize wine of 10% alcoholic content by weight before House Ways and Means Com
Notable Births
1933Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress (died 2018)[†]
María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc, also known as Montserrat Caballé, was a Spanish operatic soprano from Catalonia. Widely considered to be one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century, she won a variety of musical awards throughout her six-decade career, including three Grammy Awards.
Notable Deaths
1933Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (born 1835)[†]
Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, businessman and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senator, and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi. In 1898, he served as a United States Army general during the Spanish–American War. He was the last Republican to serve as the state governor of Mississippi until the election of Kirk Fordice, who took office in January 1992, 116 years after Ames vacated the office.