Farm measure approved by 64 20 ballot
The Senate passed the Roosevelt farm relief bill by a 64 to 20 vote and attached the Thomas currency amendment. It grants Henry Wallace broad powers to influence prices, production, licensing, and even land leases, with the aim of stabilizing agriculture and the economy.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Carey
Wye
Clark
Mao
Agriculture Committee
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
House Passes Home Loan Bill With Broad House Support
The administration submits a $2.4 billion home mortgage foreclosure relief measure, approved overwhelmingly by the House. The bill advances to the Senate where leaders promise swift action to back the president's proposal.
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Washington
LLP
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Senate
Daylight Saving Time Widely Adopted On Sunday
Railroads and radio companies announced new schedules for the return of daylight saving time at 2 am Sunday. About 142,000,000 people will be affected as clocks move ahead one hour. Seven countries, sixteen U S states, and many cities observe the change with 28 Canadian cities also advancing clocks.
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DINS
Europe
Great Britain
Irish Free State
France
Belgium
Portugal
Temperature Reaches Year High 76 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports a record high of 76 degrees Friday afternoon as skies stayed clear. The day began at 54 degrees, rose to 57 by dawn and 62 by midmorning, then peaked at 76 before slipping two degrees by late afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Friday Major League Results in National League
Scores from multiple games show St Louis and Pittsburgh tied 0-2, Philadelphia topped Boston 5-2, Cincinnati defeated Chicago 6-1, and Chicago beat Cleveland 5-1. Washington led New York 11-0 before final totals. Detroit and St Louis continued action with late leads and relievers credited.
Religion as belief not a game in life’s grand play
The essay argues life is not a game and that faith persists beyond defeat. It cites Galsworthy and a Garden of Gethsemane moment, claiming truth and right endure despite losses. Religion is rooted in enduring holy things beyond despair, reflecting divine purpose.
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England
Galsworthy
Jesus
Garden
Gethsemane
Lfe
Find Wrecked Plane Five Dead In Seaplane Crash
In Cosenza Italy a French passenger seaplane missing since Sunday was found. Three of eight aboard survived with injuries while five died including John C. Van Cleaf of New York.
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Italy
John C. van Cleaf
New York
Robbins And Core Named For Senate Nominations
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nominations of Warren Delano Robbins of New York as minister to Canada and Robert Hayes Core of Florida as governor of Puerto Rico.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Warren Delano Robbins
New York
Canada
Robert Hayes Core
Florida
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt Granted Broad Money Powers by Senate Vote
The Senate approved the Thomas amendment to the farm bill by 64 to 21, giving the President authority to issue up to 6 billion dollars in new currency, valorize the gold dollar, coin silver, and accept silver payments for six months to address foreign trade pressures and the war debt. The measure, tied to farm relief, moves to conference with the House as opposition and support shift over war debt and soldier bonuses.
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Glass
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Henrik Shipstead
Farmer-Labor, Minn
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Hiram Johnson
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Calif
Mills warns inflation plan could trigger global price war
Ogden L. Mills, former Hoover secretary of the treasury, told Indiana Republicans that abandoning the gold standard and the Roosevelt inflation program would spark a broad price-cutting campaign against foreign rivals. He warned the inflation bill risks excessive government depredation and would curb enterprise by expanding federal control over taxes, production, licensing, wages, and industry outputs.
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United States
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Secretary of
Treasury
Hoover
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Roosevelt
Great Britain
America
Wisconsin to pay deer damage to plate glass windows
Attorney General James E. Finnegan issued an opinion to the conservation department stating that the state will cover costs when deer cause damage by kicking through plate glass windows.
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Wis
Wisconsin
James E. Finnegan
Conservation Department
LeMars Town Quivers Over Attack on Judge and Troop Move
Le Mars faces martial law with 250 troops in town after Friday night assault on Judge C C Bradley provokes widespread anger. Arrests expected Saturday as authorities target ring leaders while denouncing farm racketeers and mob violence.
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Gazette Farm
Glenn Haynes
C. C. Bradley
Duaweiet Inn
Borah Attacks Gold Hoarder Warning in Senate
Senator Borah of Idaho harshly attacked the treasury department warning against gold hoarders. He proclaimed if he had $5,000 in gold he would tell the government to go to hell, later softened to defy the government to come and get it. He blamed the administration for stalled emergency bank guaranty legislation.
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INS
Treasury Department
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Debtors Relief Law Declared Invalid by Iowa Judge
Winterset Iowa AP Judge W E Dingwell ruled the emergency debtors relief law unconstitutional in nine Madison County foreclosure cases. The statute suspended foreclosures and placed custody of mortgaged property with courts, violating contract obligations per the state constitution. The Le Mars challenge prompted unrest and a threatened hanging of Judge C C Bradley unless upholding the law. The measure aimed to moratorium farm mortgage foreclosures until March 1 1935.
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W. E. Dingwell
Iowa
Dingwell
Madison County District Court
C. C. Bradley
le Mars
Bradley
General Assembly
Debtors Relief Law Upheld in Muscatine Foreclosure Ruling
District Judge A. P Barker upheld the debtors relief law after denying a foreclosure petition on a Muscatine store building. He ordered the defendants to turn over rents of the building to the district court clerk until April.
Gazette Farm Editor Flies to Le Mars
Ray Anderson farm editor of The Gazette flew at 10 am Friday to Le Mars to report on the revolt by farmers. His pilot was Dan Hunter. He was on the ground when troops arrived from Sioux City to restore order after farmers dragged a district judge from the bench and mistreated him.
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The
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Anderson
Dan Hunter
Sioux City
Glenn C. Haynes
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National Guard
Clyde Herring
Plymouth County
Haynes
Des Moines
France Secures Large Loan From Britain to Support Gold Standard
Paris reports a 30 million pound sterling loan from English banks to France for six months with a 2 percent rate. The British government may hold French bonds and keep francs from the British equalization fund, while gold reserves stay in France. The Franco British monetary accord to be signed soon aims to stabilize France’s gold standard position.
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Want Ad Week Ends Sunday Prize Awardslisted
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Franco American talks end with pledges to collaborate
President Roosevelt and M. Edouard Herriot wrap up a conference in Washington after discussing France's defaulted debt to the United States and a broad agenda for the world economic conference. They pledge future cooperation while noting no firm agreements were reached.
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INS
Roosevelt
M. Edouard Herriot
France
United States
Missing juror and family end lives in suicide pact
Mrs Genevieve A Clark a Minneapolis juror in the Foshay mail fraud trial chose death rather than serve six months in federal jail. She and her husband Daniel D Clark and their two sons Rowland 10 and Dean 7 were found dead in a car three days after she was to report. Carbon monoxide from the exhaust ended their lives. A farm tenant discovered the car hidden in underbrush on the Laursen farm fifteen miles south of St Paul.
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Genevieve A. Clark
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Laursen
Martial law declared to halt farm riots in Le Mars and Denison
National guardsmen moved to quell farm riots in Plymouth and Crawford counties. At Le Mars and Denison clashes with lawmen left state agents wounded and crowds dispersed. Governor Clyde Herring mobilized troops to restore order while Sheriff Rippey and County Attorney Bell pursued identified ringleaders.
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Neola
Durband Farm
Le Mars Sheriff Branded Weak by Governor Herring
Governor Herring denounces Le Mars Sheriff RY Bees as a "weak sister" after District Judge C C Bradley was abducted by a mob of farmers. He criticizes local peace officers for lacking nerve to enforce the law and says officials must uphold order or resign. The governor warns the state can deploy militia if needed.
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Sheriff Names Rioters In Bradley Abduction Case
Plymouth County Sheriff Ralph F. Rippey said names of a few mob members were obtained after District Judge Charles C. Bradley, 54, was abducted and abused. He cooperates with County Attorney L. E. Murray and awaits troops while promising a thorough investigation and peaceful recovery of order.
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Senate OKs Bank Reorganization Bill Without Debate
The Senate approved a bank reorganization bill aimed at easing loans between national banks and other banks. It allows loans to other banks without the current ten percent capital and risk provisions, simplifying interbank lending.
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