Roosevelt Faces Lame Duck Congress Runoff The Washington D C Letter
In Washington, Democrats disagree on wet legislation as the lame duck session presses. President elect Roosevelt hopes to avoid an extra session by working with outgoing President Hoover and Republicans to dispose of urgent laws before March.
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Mr. Hoover
Farm Bureau
Grange
Farm Union
Roosevelts Short Session Faces Beer and Budget Clashes
In a preinaugural preview, Claude Callan notes the coming Congress will wrestle with prohibition, farm relief, and budget balancing. Democrats push for immediate beer and differing platforms clash with Republicans, while cost and staffing realities threaten any promised reforms.
Intergovernmental Debts As Dollars And Cents
A quotation from Alfred P. Sloan Jr. frames intergovernmental debt as a financial issue. The line emphasizes money and accounting in public finance debates.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Precautions
A hotel guest and keeper exchange quips about a rope ladder for fire escape. The guest jokes that guests with fire escapes pay in advance, highlighting cautious humor from Hummel in Hamburg.
Christmas Seals Clarified as Health Seals Not Red Cross
A Cedar Rapids notice clarifies that Christmas seals are not Red Cross, dating back to 1919. The seals are produced by the National Tuberculosis Association and distributed locally to fund health work through public health nursing. The Red Cross funds come from Roll Call and disaster contributions, while Christmas seals run from the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas. In Olin, volunteers cut and haul wood for the United Brethren church, with local helpers and donors detailed.
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Jack Capron
Earl Coppess
Art Glick
Joy Clay
Dave Cartwright
Earl Bixler
John Clay
Will Walton
Will Rennie
Claire Thompson
Arthur Butler
Wes Houstman
George McDonald
Harold Porter
Don Giiey
Archie Wood
Charles Kline
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