Ickes Highlights Drift From Cities To Farm Movement
Secretary Ickes notes a back to the farm drift driven by widespread unemployment in industrial centers. He cites urban workers and families moving to rural areas and small farms, with West Virginia coal miners involved in subsistence homesteads supported by federal funds.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Reclamation Fund
Riots in Chicago Involve Ukrainians and Communists
A Sunday riot in Chicago saw about 3,000 Ukrainians protesting Russia’s alleged cruelties clash with several hundred communists. The scene highlighted tensions in Illinois as political and economic debates swirl in the United States.
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Chicago
Russia
Illinois
War Time Missouri Governor Frederick Gardner Dies At 68
Frederick Dozier Gardner former Missouri governor died in St Louis after a three week illness from an infected jaw He was 68 at Barnes Hospital where two surgeries attempted to halt the spread of poison to his brain following his condition after the operations on Monday morning.
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ST Louis
Frederick Dozier Gardner
Missouri
Barnes
Memorable Boston Quiet Moment At Arlington Church
A winter Sunday thirty years ago in Boston the author recalls vespers at Arlington church. Chimes and hymn echo a poem like sermon as snow softens the city and a sunset transforms the state house dome. The moment reveals life’s meaning and sparks lasting spiritual insight.
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Boston
Old Arlington Church
Channing
Herford
Arlington
State House
Hyman
Coggon Bank Declares Ten Percent Dividend
Judge H C Ring in district court names D W Bates as receiver of the Coggon State Bank to pay a ten percent dividend to depositors. It will be the first payment to depositors. O A Conwell, examiner in charge, says checks likely ready by Friday or Saturday.
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H C. Ring
D W. Bates
Coggon State Bank
O. A. Conwell
Iowa Civil Works approves many projects in Linn County
In Des Moines AP says both men's and women's CWA branches approved 146 projects totaling over 1,000 jobs in 23 Iowa counties. Miss Tyler lists 79 projects employing 138 women. Mr Keller approves 67 projects for 665 men. Projects cover nursing, library work, schooling, clerical tasks, and health services across Cedar, Linn, Benton, Jones, and Mount Vernon.
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DES Moines
Civil Works Program
Iowa
Ina Tyler
Civil Works Service
George Keller
Civil Works
Iowa Cwa
Charles W McFarland
Charles City
E. H Mulock
Miss Tyler
Cedar County
Stanwood—School
Nursing Consolidated School
Linn County
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Civil Works Administration
Jones County
Benton County Public Nursing Service
Mount Vernon
Carnegie Library
Move to limit insurance on banks grows
Federal reserve bankers push to retain the $2,500 temporary deposit insurance instead of the proposed permanent plan under the Glass Steagall bill. Senators Pletcher Adams and Couzens favor keeping the temporary coverage after July 1 as the permanent plan faces broad opposition from bankers and a call to restore confidence by insured deposits.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Washington
Congress
INS
Federal Reserve
Pletcher
Florida
Adams
Colorado
Couzens
Michigan
Federal.reserve System
Commission On Banking Practice
Association of Reserve City Bankers
Fletcher
Direct RFC study on direct loans to industry
Washington AP reports the Roosevelt administration asks a study into direct RFC loans to industry. With NRA loan progress failing only small sums advanced from 15 000 applications, RFC may authorize community funded small mortgage groups or amend laws to permit direct lending. Jones and the RFC board push banks to sell government stock to unlock cash for standard business loans.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
Congress
Jones
Lindberghs Pause At Charleston Navy Yard
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed their plane at the Charleston navy yard Monday at 2 18 p m en route from Miami to New York They had left Miami at 9 48 eastern time as per AP report from Charleston South Carolina
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Charleston
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
New York
Charleston Navy Yard
Tee
Gold Price Rises 5 Cents to 34.06 An Ounce
The federal government resumes domestic gold buying by lifting the price 5 cents to 34.06 per ounce after a Dec 1 rate of 34.01. Government purchases, domestic and foreign, crossed 50 million dollars last week with about 35 million paid for foreign gold.
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Washington
Ford Denies Jew Hater Claim and Urges Temperance
In a rare interview aboard the Detroit er private car in Grand Central Station Henry Ford says he is not a Jew hater and has Jewish friends and customers. He notes he supported temperance and that while Prohibition ended the issue now is moderation and virtue.
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Ford
Henry Ford
New York Evening Journal
Grand Central Station
Hitler
Wes
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Report on Cedar Rapids traffic tolls shows counts of accidents injuries and deaths. Data highlights the year’s road dangers and area enforcement responses.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Senate debates retail sales tax split and chain store levy
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate prepared for separate votes on erasing the 2 percent retail sales tax and on a 700000 annual chain store license tax as part of interim tax reforms. The move followed a committee of the whole session and included amendments affecting out of state purchases and newspaper revenue exemptions.
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Des Moines
Senate
George Patterson
Sen
George Wilson
Polk
Iowa
Wilson
Seni
Patterson
Beardsley
Calhoun
Ritchie
Frank Byers
Joe Fratley
Byers
Bill To Restore Salary Cuts Killed In House Committee
Des Moines AP report that the house committee on compensation voted to indefinitely postpone the Crouch bill. It would restore salaries of public officials to pre reduction levels, dating from January 1 1935, with cuts ranging 5 to 27 percent. The act was projected to save about two million dollars annually.
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Des Moines
House Committee On
Crouch
Towa Farmers Seek CWA Work Opportunity
Des Moines AP preparations to make the corn hog program available to Towa farmers proceed but signing contracts likely wait until farmers learn contract provisions. Farmers seek CWA work due to crop failures and hail damage prompting Crawford County committee led by Harold Newcomb to urge state officials for additional Iowa quotas.
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Des Moines
Towa
Federal
Leslie M. Carl
J. Earl Cook
Washington, D. C
Crawford
CWA
Harold Newcomb
Deloit
Clyde Herring
E. H. Mulock
Town Civil Works and
Herring
Mulock
Harry Hopkins
Iowa
Wallace urged to speed probe of direct livestock buying
Rep Victor Felter filed a resolution with more than 50 names asking Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace to speed the investigation into direct livestock buying and to use his authority to remedy conditions at the earliest moment. The measure cites extreme producer difficulty from low prices, marketing abuses, and inadequate state laws, and notes Wallace’s pledge to act against marketing abuses. A related bill would license direct buyers and ban discrimination.
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DES Moines
Victor Felter
Warren Monday
Henry A Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
House
Threats to Former Golf Champion Prompted Guarded Home
Police and federal agents guarded Robert A. Gardner in Lake Forest after an extortion plot demanded 10 000 to murder his 11 year old son Henry. A pencil scrawl served as the sole clue while an attempted decoy bill drop at Mellody farm near Armour country show place failed to trigger the trap.
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Lake Forest
INS
Robert A. Gardner
Henry
Mellody Farm
J. Ogden Armour
Daughter Born To Ileana And Anton In Austria
A daughter was born Monday to Princess Ileana daughter of Queen Marie of Roumania and Archduke Anton of Hapsburg in Moedling Austria The infant will be named Marie Ileana Queen Marie and King Carol of Roumania sent congratulations while former King Alfonso of Spain telegraphed well wishes
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Moedling
Austria
Ins
Ileana
Marie of
Cedar Rapids Warmth Returns After Weekend Cold Snap
The Cedar Rapids area saw coats come back out as weekend cold eased. Temperatures dipped to 15 early Monday after a high of 33 on Sunday noon, then rose to 18 by 9 45 and to 35 by 2 30 p.m as sun returned.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
House Ways and Means Shifts Toward Tax Revisions
The House Ways and Means Committee signals support for president backed revisions to income tax laws despite Morgenthau opposition. Debates focus on depreciation allowances and potential direct taxation of capital. A liquor tax proposal targets 2 to 2.30 a gallon with state returns and no federal rebate. James A. Emery urges a federal sales tax to boost revenue without harming industry.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Aioe
Roswell
Gill
Morgan and Company
Congress
Soleciquor Tax Collecting Agency
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Alabama
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Ottumwa Officials Challenge Local Budget Law Unconstitutional
Ottumwa Mayor Edwin Manning and Commissioners W. L. Disbrow and John L. Davies filed a lengthy answer hours before their ouster trial. They contend Iowa local budget law is unconstitutional for concentrating transfer powers in the budget director and for non uniform operation. The reply also addresses charges of misdeeds and explains other actions in the petitions.
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Ottumwa
Edwin ©. Manning
W. L. Disbrow
John L. Davies
Iowa
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