Hunger marchers depart Washington after peaceful demonstration
A group of about 150 dirt farmers from sixteen states gathered in Washington to present demands for a farm mortgage moratorium and cost of production revenue. They left Tuesday night after spokesmen arranged to hand petitions to the vice president and speaker of the house. The scene ended without riots, while officials face lessons from the bonus marchers as they manage the political optics.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Democrats Put Prohibition Repeal On Session Agenda
Washington AP reports Senate Democrats in conference placed repeal and modification of the Volstead act on the program for the session. The Ways and Means Committee hears brewers urge low beer tax and high alcoholic content while Treasury absent for the first time in years.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
House
Ways and Means
Levi Cooke
United States Brewers
R. J. Huber
St. Louis
The
First Witnesses
Democratic House
Cooke
Huber
Treasury Department
Collier
Treasury Line
Britten predicts boycott over France war debts
Rep. Fred Britten of Illinois warned of a silent American boycott on French wines and luxury goods if France does not promptly pay its war debts. He likened France to a miser, saying tariffs could rise so high no French product would be bought for a century.
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Paris
Washington
Fred Britten
Rep
France
Britten
Moor Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Murder in Robinson Case
Hubert C Moor 30 pleads not guilty to murder of wife Marjorie Moor a Robinson teacher killed on August 14 while returning from Indianapolis. Trial likely set for December 19 in Marshall New Jersey.
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Marshall
Hubert C Moor
Marjorie
Jobless Aid Applicants Include Turkish Sultan’s Ex-Secretary
In New York the emergency relief and work bureau lists thousands of requests for help from jobless petitioners. Among Tuesday’s applicants was the former secretary to the late sultan of Turkey who is married with five children and multilingual, the man reported.
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New York
Emergency Relief and Work Bureau
Sultan of
Turkey
Hoover Seeks Major Budget Slash and New Tax
President Hoover urged Congress to cut the budget significantly with a 2 percent manufacturers excise tax, retain the gasoline tax, and large salary cuts. He proposed total appropriations of 4.22 billion and a 307 million deficit, aiming to offset by new taxation. no beer legalization mentioned.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Atron Rongly
Iggy Varecha Pleads Guilty To Charges
Chicago youth Iggy Varecha 17 pleads guilty to three indictments after a career of crime ending in a holdup with one killed and another wounded. Judge J Prystalski defers sentence until after a hearing next Monday.
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Chicago
James
Iggy) Varecha
J. Prystalski
Roosevelt Plans New Trip South Aboard Roosevelt Train
Franklin D. Roosevelt ahead of inauguration returns to New York as governor with a special session opening Friday. He met with more than a dozen congressmen to shape farm relief and budget plans for a possible early special session of Congress in the new administration. He will leave for Warm Springs around January 18 or 20 to study government structure and the budget.
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Roosevelt
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Warm Springs
Dennison Jurors Still Out After More Than 48 Hours
Omaha's Tom Dennison political boss and fifteen associates face a government bootlegging case. Federal jurors had deliberated over forty eight hours by Wednesday afternoon without reaching a verdict on the eight week trial.
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Dennison
Omaha
Ned
Tom Dennison
Black hunters return with seven skunks in Holdrege Neb
In Holdrege Nebraska a Black hunter and his companion failed on a Spring creek pursuit but returned with seven skunks, according to a brief local report.
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Holdredge
Neb
A A Johnson
Spring Creek
Admit checkup on county poor relief is lax
Women investigators for the overseer of the poor admit their investigations of applicants for aid are not as extensive as they should be. Linn county spends about $1,000 a day for relief and The Gazette urges reports of abuses with names and details to curb improper aid. The piece notes investigators struggle to balance new cases with thorough follow ups and cross checks.
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Huber
Anheuser-Busch Company
United States
Linn County
Lillian Landmesser
Lillian Waddington
Waddington
Grace Bryant
The
Gazette
Mother of Four Pleads Guilty in Store Robbery
Sue Dahl, mother of four from Staples, pled guilty to robbing a Shevlin store after a 60 mile chase in Minnesota. She was sentenced to up to ten years in a state reformatory after being wounded in a gunfight with officers. James McDonald and Harold Warren, arrested with her, pled not guilty.
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Park Rapids
Minn
Sue Dahl
Shevlin, Minn
State Reformatory
Dahl
Staples
Wis
James McDonald
Harold Warren
Riding Master Guilty Of Seducing Charlotte Gibson
Sidney Homewood, riding master, was convicted in New City New York on the charge of seducing Charlotte Gibson under promise of marriage The maximum penalty is five years in prison and a $1000 fine sentence set for Dec 13 The district attorney denied bail and Homewood was jailed The testimony from Charlotte Gibson and her father Robert Gibson indicated he was the father of her expected child and had promised marriage.
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New City
N. Y
Sidney Homewood
Charlotte Gibson
New York
Homewood
Miss Gibson
Robert Gibson
Tappan
Linn County Bonds Reach $4.43 Million With Road Debt Dominant
Linn county holds outstanding bonds totaling 4.432 million, chiefly for road projects. The county expects to retire this debt by 1946, with total payments including interest around 5.881 million, and per capita costs estimated at 71.45 dollars. Road bond interest totals 1.043 million and primary road obligations stand at 4.025 million, aided by state gas tax and license funds.
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Ators
Acries
Linn County
John Henderson
Board of Supervisors
Ronever
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Britain demands Soviet apology over Moscow article
Britain signals possible trade break with Soviet Russia after a Moscow newspaper article. Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon informed the Soviet government that Britain is ready to sever trade relations unless an apology is given. The move comes amid broader tensions involving Persia and oil concessions.
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United Press
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
Persia
United States
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
London
Persian War Ministry
Moscow
John Simon
Britain
Charles Shackell Chosen Chairman of Traffic Bureau
Charles Shackell was elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau at the annual dinner Tuesday night. Harry Palmer was named vice chairman. The 1933 executive committee includes H. H. Cherry O. C. Olney Everett Chandler Henry Kling Marshall Hall J. E. Bromwell and Harry F. Sundberg. J Harold Horan spoke on the bureau’s value in attracting and protecting local industry amid rate concerns discussed in Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids News
Charles Shackell
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Palmer
H. H. Cherry
O. C. Olney
Everett Chandler
Henry Kling
Marshall Hall
J. E. Bromwell
Harry F. Sundberg
Traffic Bureau
Chicago
J. Harold Horan
Wintry Turn Sends Mercury Down To 6
Cedar Rapids reports Old Man Winter invading the city with a sharp fall in temperatures. After 33 at 2 30 p.m. the mercury dropped steadily to 19 by midnight and reached 6 above zero by 7 a.m. Only brief sunshine failed to lift readings above that level.
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Cedar Rapids
Borah Seeks Abolition of Home Loan Bank System
Senator Borah from Idaho introduced a repeal bill in the senate to abolish the home loan bank system, created late in Hoover’s term to aid the economy. Senator Copeland accused Chairman Franklin Fort of delaying mortgage rediscounting by political actions.
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Washington
LLP
Senator Borah
Rep
Ida
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Copeland
Dem
Franklin Fort
Home Loan Bank Board
Will Rogers lampoons America in 1932 appeal
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers ribbed American consumerism, urging readers to question domestic goods and patriotism. He cited Sam Blythe in last week's Saturday Evening Post and chided society for seeking foreign allure over local products.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Saturday Evening Post
Sam Blythe
America
England
Will
Detective Croskey Stabbed While Investigating Mennonite Murder
Philadelphia police detective Michael G. Croskey, 34, killed in a private West Philadelphia garage while secretively pursuing the slaying of Mennonite church worker Norman R. Bechtel. Bechtel was found stabbed last January in Germantown. two men fled after attacking Croskey as he worked to solve the case.
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Philadelphia
Michael G. Croskey
Norman R. Bechtel
Betchel
Germantown
Croskey
Nile
Wala
Farm Board budget proposal seeks $1 million for next year
The President's budget message recommends a $1,000,000 appropriation for funding the Farm Board next fiscal year. Officials say full approval would bring back employees dismissed or furloughed, as the current year has reduced staff from 350 to 250.
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Washington
Farm Board
Congress
France Edges Toward Default on December War Debt
In Washington a House debate heard Rep Treadway state there has been no change in debt agreements. Belgium asked for another extension of the Hoover moratorium to cover December payments as France faces a crisis over a 20 million dollar December instalment to the United States. Paris officials and the public fear a default, with Premier Herriot indicating a cabinet decision to be announced Friday.
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Representative Treadway
Rep
Massachusetts
House
Congress
Stimson
State Department
Belgium
England
France
Paris
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Edouard Herriot
Council of Ministers
MacDonald
Chamberlain
Chamber
Geneva
London
Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Britain
Would Extend Crop Loans For 5 Years
Senator Wheeler of Montana introduced a bill requesting a five year extension of the repayment period for crop production loans made by the Agriculture Department. The measure seeks to ease repayment terms for farmers amid ongoing farm policy debates in Washington.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wheeler
Montana
Americans Farm Bureau backs gold price at 30 an ounce
The Americas Farm Bureau Federation unanimously endorsed government maintenance of commodity prices by arbitrarily setting gold at 30 dollars per ounce. The policy, urged at their annual meeting, favored raising fine gold to 30 dollars and future gold price control, with nine directors elected to terms.
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Chicago
Americas Farm Bureau Federation
E. Thomas Massey
Balimore
J. F. Porter
Columbia, Tenn
Frank Dimmick
Shuteseton
Minnesota
William C. Spargo
Northwestern Region
R. W. Brown
Jefferson City
Central
W. H. Settle
Indianapolis
J. D. Yeager
Wellington
Ney
L. E. Freudenthal
Las Cruces
N. M
A. J. Olson
Renville
Minn
Gold Price Stabilization Plan and Farm Aid Proposals
A resolutions package urges Treasury to create a stabilization bureau to manage gold coinage and keep commodity prices within five percent of a 1920 1929 index base. It backs independence for the Philippines and boosted use of American farm products to curb surpluses and reform agricultural credit, tariffs, and banking.
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Federal Farm Board
Treasury
Treasury Department
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Federation
United States
Seek Death Penalty For Jules Rachman
Ralph Goldberg of Los Angeles urged County Attorney Henry Beal to seek the death penalty for Jules Rachman 39 slayer of Goldberg's brothers Sam and Harry. Rachman shot the brothers in their Omaha office last Friday and has been bound over to district court without bond on two first degree murder charges. Goldberg will stay in Omaha until the trial likely around February 1.
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Jules Rachman
OMAHA
Ralph Goldberg
Los Angeles
Henry Beal
Goldberg
Sam
Harry
Rachman
Ralph
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