Voters' repeal drive clashes with House action in politics
The piece notes a split in Congress over repealing the Eighteenth Amendment with Iowa Republicans opposing a repeal measure while one Democrat supports it. It emphasizes party politics shaping the vote and critiques carryover lobbying by various interests. It also covers topics on international barter ideas, church figures, and state budget disclosures.
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Voters of America
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Iowa
Britain Proposes Barter Trade Unit Bartex for Exchange
London chamber of commerce pushes a Bartex system to ease exchange restrictions. Clearing houses would fix bartex values, allowing exporters to settle cross border trades without gold transfers. The plan aims to blunt tariff friction amid wartime debt talks with the United States.
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London Chamber of Commerce
Uncle Sam
Dally
Kant
Hoover
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Machin
Chamber
Denmark
London
Czechoslovakia seeks debt postponement to boost trade
Washington reports Czech government officials requested a delay of the $1,500,000 debt payment due December 15. Minister Veverka submitted a note to the State Department proposing a fundamental revision of the debt agreement to spur trade.
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Baldwin
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
Mellon
Washington
S Hoover
Congress
Britain
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Veverka
League Meets To Decide On Manchuria
The League of Nations assembly in Geneva plans a Tuesday session to decide if Manchuria should be returned to China or remain as the Japanese controlled independent state of Manchukuo. China’s W W Yen and Japan’s Yosuke Matsuoka will present arguments, followed by a public views session led by assembly president Paul Hymans with delegates from over 50 nations.
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Manchuria
China
Manchukuo
W. W. Yen
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Paul Hymans
Belgium
Assembly
Laval to deny Hoover hinted war debt cuts
Paris reports that Pierre Laval will present his 1931 Washington talks to Parliament to counter claims Hoover pledged to cut German debts. Laval and Hoover allegedly agreed on Young plan integrity and a mutual moratorium path via Lausanne, with Germany seeking term relief after the Hoover pause.
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Hoover
Meever
Germany
Lausanne
France
Pierre Laval
Senate
Ralph Heinze
Paris
Washington
United States
Edouard Herriot
England
Ransom M. Calkins Dies in Daytona Beach
Ransom M. Calkins Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific executive and wartime railroad president died suddenly of heart failure in a Daytona Beach hotel Monday. He had interests in Oriental steamship trade and operated a lily bulb farm in winter. His son Raymond travels to the scene. widow Cora B. Calkins survives.
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Fla
Ransom M. Calkins
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul and Pacific Railroad
Calkins
Oriental Steamship Trade
Raymond Calkins
Cora B. Calkins
Tammany Surrenders to Economy Pressures in New York
Tammany Hall yielded to demands for city economy as a reform movement to draft Alfred E. Smith for reorganization mayor in 1933 gained momentum. Smith avoided comment while a write in campaign loomed, echoing the recent mayoral vote for McKee. The crisis preceded a special legislative session to legalize salary cuts and a looming 1933 budget adoption by the board of aldermen.
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Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
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Joseph V. McKee
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Tammany Organization
Board of Aldermen
Medium claims five linens vanished during trance in San Francisco
Madame Lovie Murray said she quit her spotter job at a cleaning shop to become a trance medium. She asked police to locate five tablecloths she alleges disappeared while she was in a trance receiving messages from deceased relatives seeking her services.
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San Francisco
Lovie Murray
Women and girls outpace boys in maturity and schooling
An editorial snippet discusses that girls reach mental maturity earlier than boys and often perform better in school. It notes age related differences, wage implications, and the idea that many women expect marriage, affecting labor costs. It mentions Mr. Wiggam offering Q and A on conduct and family questions by mail.
Will Rogers Says
Will Rogers comments on Congress as a lame duck needing to read election returns to explain votes on prohibition debt cancellation and government cuts. He argues the majority opposed these policies and urges accountability for those defeated.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Congress
Johnson County Treasurer to Face Trial January Fourth
In Iowa City the case against Charles L. Berry Johnson county treasurer and the First National Bank receiver moves to district court for an accounting of a $20 000 county funds shortage. Judge H D Evans set the trial date for January 4.
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Charles L. Berry
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First National Bank
H. D. Evans
Oklahoma City Norman road race fuels hamburger giveaway
On the Oklahoma City to Norman road route several filling stations offer free hamburgers and onions with five gallons of gasoline. The event acts as a publicity stunt tied to the fuel competition between stations. In Adams Nebraska a pump at a hotel produces flammable water called fire water but is not drinkable. Buckets of liquid burn when lit for minutes, while a nearby station reports no leaking tanks and a well pumped for extended times shows rising gasoline content in water.
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Oklahoma City-Norman
Adams, Neb
Adams Hotel
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J. E. Leach
Einstein Granted Visa To Visit The United States
The U S state department said Berlin consul general George B Messersmith reported that Professor Albert Einstein applied for a visa and is admissible to visit the United States. The consul would issue the visa on Tuesday.
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State Department
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United States
George 8. Messersmith
Department of State
Professor Einstein
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Messersmith
Reichstag Likely To Bolt Von Schleicher
The new cabinet of Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher may face a vote of no confidence when the Reichstag meets Tuesday. The socialist faction plans to push for debate and oppose a winter parliamentary truce, with both socialists and communists likely to oppose the move.
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Kurt von Schleicher
Reichstag
Arnold Sentenced to Up to Fourteen Years
Chicago AP reports sixteen year old Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of his step grandmother Ellen O Saxe. Chief Justice John Prystalski imposed one to fourteen years at Pontiac reformatory.
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Chicago
Charles Bertrand Arnold, Jr
Pontiac Reformatory
Ellen O. Saxe
John Prystalski
Criminal Court
Six Atlanta Vacant Homes Vanish Weekly
Real estate men in Atlanta report six vacant houses disappear each week likely being hauled away piecemeal for fuel. They urge action to stop the gradual erasure of the city map.
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Atlanta
County Poor Office Like Factory Mill
Naomi Doebel critiques Linn County overseer operations describing a fast mechanized system for aid where groceries are packed into "boxes" and decisions move quickly with little explanation. She argues the human aspect and morale are neglected as taxpayers bear long term costs.
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Linn
County relief lines reveal mix of willing workers and dependents
In the county relief basement crowds line up for groceries and shelter. Most men express willingness to work, with about 98 percent seeking work, while others prefer county jobs or refuse to work if possible. Citizens show resilience during hard times.
Love at First Sight in a Murder Trial Plot
Parker Holden, a prominent New York attorney, falls for Jill Mordant at a railroad station. He meets her again when she is jailed on a murder charge. Both lovers grapple with love and social stigma as she faces possible acquittal.
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New York
Jill Mordant
Heart Break Road by Vera Brown Promises Thrilling Romance
Vera Brown author of Sally of Sky Alley introduces Heart Break Road a gripping love story set to appear in The Cedar Rapids Gazette tomorrow. The teaser highlights a passionate plot and compelling characters sure to engage readers seeking modern romance.
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How House Voted On Day Repeal
Washington AP reports party lines on the vote rejecting repeal. Ayes show Democrats and Republicans backing repeal with 271 votes, while 144 opposed with Democrats and Republicans aligning similarly. Iowa’s Jacob Sen was the sole delegate favoring repeal.
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House
Farmer-Labor
Late Kennedy and others listed in congressional roll call
The draft of a congressional roster shows multiple representatives including Kennedy of Maryland Loeffler etc. across states with party affiliations noted in a continued column. The fragment indicates continued listings on page 14 column 6.
Army of Chinese Insurgent General Routed by Japs
Japanese troops rout Gen Su Ping-Wen’s insurgent army in western Manchuria driving them into Soviet Russia. About 1,000 officers and soldiers were captured after fleeing into Allied territory and disarmed.
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Missing Seabury witness Sherwood reappears in North Carolina
Russell T. Sherwood, once secretary to James J. Walker, resurfaced in Winston-Salem after months disappeared. Cardis Walker said Sherwood spent days in town, worked on tax assessments and penalties, claimed he was held at a northern New Mexico ranch, and escaped with aid from a Mexican woman during the Chicago convention period.
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Russell T. Sherwood
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New York City
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James J. Walker
New York
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Walker
New Mexico
Chicago
Roosevelt reacts to House repeal defeat at Georgia retreat
Roosevelt's silence after news of the House failure to pass the Garner prohibition repeal resolution signals a possible extra session. He stays at Pine Mountain, plans New York traffic, and meets Kansas Governor Woodring and Kansas Democratic Chairman Helvering. Authorities report the Democratic leadership's repeal push failed in the House.
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Friends of Presidente Elect
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Pine Mountain
New York
Albany
Empire State Legislature
Georgia
Harry L. Woodring
Kansas
Guy T. Helvering
Democrats Fail To Pass Constitutional Amendment At Congress
A two thirds majority vote fell short 372 to 14 cents in favor of amending the Volstead act. Speaker Garner hoped a beer bill would be ready before Christmas. The roll shows 168 Democrats 103 Republicans and one farmer labor voting for the measure, with 44 Democrats and 100 Republicans against. Thirty three Democrats elected in November faced opposition, while 81 lame ducks and 70 Republicans supported the proposal. The move would have prohibited amendments and limited debate to forty minutes. The vote marks the first congressional test of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment since 1917.
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Congress
Case Of Dennison And Fifteen Others Placed With Jury
In Omaha Nebraska a federal prohibition case involving sixteen defendants including Tom Dennison was submitted to a jury for deliberation after closing arguments. The defendants are accused of organizing Omaha's underworld in a manner likened to Al Capone. Judge J W Woodbrough instructed the jury.
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UPP
Tom Dennison
Omaha
al Capone
Chicago
J. W. Woodbrough
Fair And Mild Weather Follows Freakish Saturday
Cedar Rapids experiences mild air after a freak Saturday with thunder lightning and afternoon showers then snow late at night. Temperatures ranged from 38 at midnight Sunday to 29 at 7 am Monday and 34 by 9 am with a brief 50 at 1 45 pm before a small drop.
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