Government buys gifts for CCC youths as Christmas aid
The AP reports 25 000 New England CCC youths will receive gifts such as skis hockey sticks dominos and playing cards. The piece contrasts CCC relief with broader New Deal programs and notes inflation concerns as Europe and the dollar face pressure. It cites Finland as the sole debtor paying on time and discusses open inflation fears and federal spending. It mentions the stock exchange’s gambling view and comments by former Senator Reed on debt and government interference.
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New England
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Mayors Urge Expansion of Works Plan
Washington reports say the U S conference of mayors urged President Roosevelt to raise civil works employment to 8 million from 4 million, arguing the current total is insufficient. Relief Administrator Harry L Hopkins noted over 4 million are on the payroll with talks of more funding to extend CWA into spring. Willard Thorp said 11,000 white collar jobs will be created in sixty cities from real property inventories under the CWA.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Jury Rules Against Stodola In $2500 Injury Suit
A Cedar Rapids jury found against Vincent Stodola in his $2500 personal injury suit against Frank Durek after over twenty four hours of deliberation. Stodola alleged injuries from a car driven by Durek that overturned on highway No 30 near Belle Plaine on a February morning in 1931 while returning from a dance engagement.
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F. O. Ellison
Vincent Stodola
Frank Durek
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Durek
Express Co Guard Stole Cash From Brinks Truck
Allen Robert Hammel a Brinks guard calmly tucked two cash packages totaling 39000 under his arm and vanished into an alley after stepping from the armored truck parked before the Bankers' building in Chicago's financial district. Police sought his whereabouts as the incident unfolded in the Loop.
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Chicago
Allen Robert Hammel
Brinks Express Company
Bankers
Financial District
Loop
Youth Arraigned In California Lynching
Anthony Cataldi, 18, of San Jose, arraigned in justice court on charges of participating in the lynching of Jack Holmes and Thomas H. Thurmond, kidnappers and slayers of Brooke Ul Hart. Preliminary hearing set for December 20. Cataldi remanded on $10,000 bond furnished by his father.
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Anthony Cataldi
Justice Court
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Thomas H. Thurmond
Brooke UL. Hart
Cataldi
Uberty
Restlessness and Faith in a Turbulent World
A 1933 meditation on global unrest and inner peace. The essay recalls prophets, League of Nations debates, and urban suffering, arguing restlessness without purpose harms life, and wisdom from a five hundred year old teacher offers patience and true peace of heart.
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League of Nations
Wickman To Face Charge Of Slaying His Fourth Wife
Carl W. Wickman a Denver druggist will be arraigned in Albuquerque on charges he killed his fourth wife Mrs Don ald Chicoine Wickman The alleged confession says he struck her on the highway thirteen miles north of Albuquerque with a tire iron on November 25 They had been married five weeks Wickman previously pled not guilty
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Albuquerque
N. M
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Linn County CWA payroll boosted by 56 workers
Benjamin Tait, Linn County emergency relief chair, announced that the county CWA payroll rises to 1956 with 56 new positions. E H Mulock says the quota will come from federal aid lists and NRRS rolls, while O L Moore reports 28 locals assigned to Lisbon Troy Mills Central City and Center Point. Four projects approved include riprap on the island and bridge approaches.
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Des Moines
Lisbon
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Central City
Center Point
Cora Jacobs
Troy Mills
Prairieburg
Robert Ellis River
Tait
Farley Plans Sunday Return From London Visit
Postmaster General James A. Farley arrived at Croydon airdrome aboard a special plane from Paris. He said he would sail Sunday for the United States and spend Christmas at home.
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London
James A. Farley
United States
Croydon Airdrome
Paris
Farley
Europe Hopes 0.8 Will Wipe Out Debts
Europe awaited a presumed end to the war debt issue through non-payment and American payoff. Britain and Italy made token installments while France defaulted, with observers doubting substantial resumption. Germany’s payments are variably tallied, and the US faces a loss in the decade long debt debate while Britain shows a large deficit in reparations.
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London
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Britain
Germany
Eauet
Davis Named Chief of AAA Amid Policy Dispute
Davis is appointed agricultural adjustment administrator to replace George N. Peek who resigned after disputes with Secretary Wallace and advisers. Davis, former AAA production chief, favors Wallace group policies and has overseen crop reduction programs paying out 150 million dollars to farmers. He will oversee codes for processing industries while other food codes go to the NRA. Davis, a native Iowan, lists Evanston Illinois as residence and is a Grinnell College alumnus.
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Chester C. Davis
George N. Peek
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Brain Trust
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NRA
Evanston, Ill
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Heads to Italy on Ski Expedition
ST MORITZ Switzerland AP Alter 2 skiing expedition Douglas Fairbanks Sr the motion picture Beir left by automobile Friday for Italy.
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St, Moritz
Switzerland
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Italy
Sandra Shaw Weds Gary Cooper in New York Home Ceremony
Motion picture star Gary Cooper wed Veronica Balfe known on screen as Sandra Shaw. The ceremony took place Friday at the bride’s mother's New York home with close friends and relatives present. The couple left for a Phoenix honeymoon then will head to Hollywood for Cooper’s new film.
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Gary Cooper
Veronica Balfe
Sandra Shaw
Paul Shields
Phoenix
Ariz
Hollywood
Cooper
Miss Balfe
Tedhunter School
Society
Lawrence Of Arabia Live Target To Prove His Bomb Proof Invention
London reports reveal Colonel T. E. Lawrence used as a live target for RAF bombing tests to improve accuracy. The unprecedented unsinkable speed boat, built with expert Scott Paine, proved highly effective, boosting bombers’ hit rates by as much as 75 percent in trials during June 1932.
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Lawrence
T. E. Shaw
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Shaw
Air Ministry
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Weir Defies NRA as 11500-Strong Steel Plant Elects Union Leaders
Weirton Steel workers, about 11 500, quietly choose 49 committee members to represent them in bargaining while Ernest Weir and NRA administrator General Johnson clash over the process. Weir accuses labor board of bias. the NRA threatens penalties and a blue eagle withdrawal. Officials anticipate court action as the dispute tests NRA power. polls at plants in Weirton Clarksburg and Steubenville show no disorder with guards present and Justice Department agents observing.
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Ohio
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Department of Justice
Treasury Seeks Unified Tax Reform In Double Tax Issue
Washington AP A treasury study under Roswell Magill seeks a cooperative plan with states to simplify taxes as Morgenthau testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee. The treasury reports a large refinancing and continued gold price at 34.01 as a broader monetary program extends. The central problem remains the lack of federal authority to impose a uniform tax system and the need for state cooperation to reduce double taxation.
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Treasury
Roswell Magill
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Doughton
Alabama
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Yale Economists Urge Return to Gold Standard
Yale economists in the department of social sciences condemn the government monetary policies as undermining faith in the United States credit and foresee disastrous financial effects. The statement contrasts with Irving Fisher’s defense of current admin policies.
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Éscomm
Yale
Irving Fisher
Hosiery Mills Get Three Day Week Decree
The hosiery code authority, with NRA administrator Hugh S. Johnson's approval, decreed a three day week for hosiery knitting mills nationwide. The action was announced in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Insull illness may prolong stay in Greece
Samuel Insull, 74, bedridden in Athens, may remain in Greece beyond January as health issues and government actions complicate his move. Greek authorities had denied renewal of his residence permit, and his passport is not to be reissued by the United States. He spoke of going to bed and staying there amid renewed uncertainty over his extradition and travel options.
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Earned Income Tax Cut Urged to Aid Small Wages
Administration pressed for tax relief on earned income to ease burdens on small earners while warning against impeding legitimate business. Morgenthau urged revising tax laws to close loopholes and distribute the tax burden more equitably, outlining treasury objections to House revisions and seeking more time to craft proposals.
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Morgersthau
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2Nd Means
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Abe
Temperature Swing Fends Off Cedar Rapids Ice
A shifting temperature pattern overnight into Friday kept Cedar Rapids from an expected icy coating. Readings rose from 32 at 2 30 pm Thursday to 50 by 2 am Friday, then fell to 30 by 7 am Friday before rebounding to 39 at 9 am. Streets remained slick as light rain froze Thursday evening, with partial sun Friday morning before clouds returned.
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