Planheads Butter Fat Tax Aims State Revenue Share
A U P article reports a plan by a special Farm Administration committee led by E W Gatumnitz to impose a processing tax of one cent per pound of butterfat on milk. The tax targets milk used for dairy products while on farm use remains exempt, with expected annual tax revenue around 28 million dollars and state contributions led by Wisconsin Minnesota and New York.
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AAA
Washington
Farm Administration
E W. Gatumnitz
Congress
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
Federal relief agency to buy 15 million pounds of butter
The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation announced it will purchase 15 million pounds of butter from the New York and Chicago districts for distribution to needy unemployed. Bids open December 28, with butter to be medium salt and at least 80 percent milk fat, inspected by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The purchase aims to aid destitute families and stabilize the butter market through excess stock utilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
New York
Chicago
Harry L. Hopkins
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
German Admiral Von Ingenohl Dies at 76
Berlin reports the death of Admiral Erich von Ingenohl, who commanded the German High Seas Fleet from 1913 to 1915, at age 76.
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Berlin
INS
Friedrich von Ingenohl
Bitter fight looms over proposed butterfat tax
Gazette farm editor reports mounting opposition from dairies and producers to a planned one cent per pound butterfat tax. The dispute centers on dairy codes and payments to government agencies being treated as part of producer prices, with Cedar Rapids and Des Moines groups involved and Jerry Mason guiding policy in Washington.
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Gazette Farm
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Mason
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington, D. C
Mason
Des Moines Dairy Marketing Association
Marion
Pete Tits
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy Company
Lindy Home To Spend Yuletide With Sondon
Lindberghs fly in to Englewood New Jersey and land at Flushing Bay at 2 38 p m to greet their son Baby Jon. The couple expresses desire to home quietly and enjoy Christmas with family after an arduous journey.
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Lindys
Sondon
New York
Lindberghs
Jon
Englewood
N. J
Flushing Bay
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Kay Frances and Mackenna Separate after two years of marriage
Hollywood announces an amicable separation between film actress Kay Frances and director Kenneth MacKenna after two years of marriage. In New York they confirmed they will be happier apart while remaining friends, with plans for a Christmas stay at their Cape Cod home. Frances, real name Katharine Gibbs, met MacKenna in New York and wed January 17, 1931 in Catalina Island.
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Hollywood
Kay Frances
Kenneth MacKenna
New York
Miss Frances
MacKenna
Cape Cod
Catalina Island
Calif
Katharine Edwina Gibbs
Katharine Clinton
Dwight Frances
MacKennas
Iowa Senate Backs Sales Tax In Bill
The Iowa Senate in a committee of the whole refused to strike the two per cent retail sales tax from the interim tax committee bill S. F. 1. The Patterson amendment to remove the sales tax lost 11 to 33. Action deferred on adding a chain store tax. The panel backed the sales tax, noting its projected revenue around 14.5 million annually, with other tax items under study. The house planned to take up indigent patient admission to the state university hospital at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Senate
George Patterson
Patterson
Senate
Tax
Fire Department
House
Millhone-Speidel
State University Hospital
Iowa City
L. T. Shangle
Shangle
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Car plunges down embankment. driver slightly injured
John Jd. Dane, 29, of 1235 Fourth Street SW, fell a thirty foot embankment near Fifteenth avenue and Sixteenth street SE in Cedar Rapids. He was treated for bruises and cuts, booked for intoxication, and pled not guilty in police court. Police said a miracle saved his life. An earlier sighting showed Dane parked with an unidentified woman.
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Cedar Rapids
North Western
Fifteenth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
John Jd. Dane
Fourth Street
Dane
Marshall
Kudina
Eleventh Avenue
Third Street
Billions Sought to Carry New Deal Into 1934
Washington dispatch reports the administration plans a renewed push for recovery programs into 1934. The RFC seeks up to 1 billion dollars in fresh funds as it prepares to operate beyond congressional sessions. The NRA remains 18 months in effect with some programs extended, while the GWA gains 350 million to cover about 4 million workers through winter. The PWA continues massive spending to spring momentum, shifting projects from CWA to state and municipal needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Congress
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
NRA
National Recovery Administration
PRA
GWA
Civil Works Administration
PWA
Public Works Administration
CWA
Fifth Circuit halts federal sentences for prohibition violators
The Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment voids prosecution for prohibition law offenses in its jurisdiction. The decision frees awaiting defendants and reverses Edwin M. Smallwood of San Antonio, Texas, convicted in western Texas.
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New Orleans
Fifth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Edwin M. Smallwood
San Antonio
Tex
Western Texas
Iowa House Backs Resolution Clearing Highway Group
The Iowa house heard opening arguments on a resolution exonerating the state highway commission and its employees from cement purchase charges. Rep Bruce stated no basis for conviction, while Rep Aslech noted limited authority hampered the inquiry and that evidence was handed to the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
State Highway Commission
House
Fred White
Highway Commission
Reps
E P. Laughlin
Tremont
A. H Avery
Clay
D. R. McCreery
Linn
Victor Felter
Warren
Marion Bruce
Pocahontas
R. G
Asiech
W. H. Zelinsky
Woodin Reported Greatly Improved
Secretary of the Treasury William H Woodin was reported greatly improved in Tucson after being ordered to bed by his physician for a throat ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
the Treasury
William H Woodin
Pan American conference backs non intervention resolution
At the seventh Pan American conference the international law committee approved a resolution opposing intervention as a government policy tool in the western hemisphere with qualified U S acquiescence. Peru and Brazil joined in reservations while Hull emphasized non intervention with clarifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
United States
International Law Committee
Peru
Brazil
Cordell Hull
Hull
Jose Manuel Puig Casaurane
Congress
Move for RFC loans to industry gains
Washington reports a rising interest in government loans to industry to boost payrolls and activity amid scarce private financing. Analysts note private corporate funding plummeted in October while bank lending remains weak, stirring debate over large scale government credit versus targeted needs.
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Washington
Frisco Crowd Fights To Lynch Emilia da Prata Killer
In South San Francisco a crowd of about 50 men and neighbors gathered after the slaying of Emilia da Prata, 26, a rising singer, and urged the arrest of Umberto Giusti. Police and Sheriff James J. McGrath ferried Giusti from the city jail to the county jail in Redwood City as the mob shouted for his hanging.
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San Francisco
Calif
Emilia da Prata
Prestco da Prato
Metropolitan Opera
Umberto Glusti
James J. McGrath
San Jose
Giusti
Alderman Ma thias Bauler Arrested After Tavern Shooting
Chicago Alderman Matthias Bauler was arrested on an assault with intent to kill charge after a Christmas party incident at Bauler’s tavern. Policeman John J Ahern and Deputy Sheriff Edward Hayes were wounded during a dispute over entry and both denied intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mathias J.bauler
John J. Ahern
Ahern
Anton J. Cermak
Bayler
Meyering
Bauler
Plaza Theater
W. North Avenue
Kelly
Alderman Bauler
Edward Hayes
Mary JL. Tyler
Hayes
Iowan Schaller Named Acting Governor of Chicago Fed
George J. Schaller of Storm Lake Iowa was elected acting governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and will assume the post January 1 1934. He will retire as president of Citizens First National Bank Storm Lake and be succeeded by his son Harry. Schaller has been a class A director at the Chicago Fed since 1929.
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Chicago
George J. Schaller
Storm Lake
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Schaller
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank Board
James B. McDougal
Citizens First National Bank of
Harry
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Boy 9 Takes Own Life After Scolding Near Billings
Raymond Goodman nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Goodman living six miles west of Billings committed suicide after being kept after school for whispering. He returned home and his mother scolded him. He took a rope from the barn and hanged himself in his father's smith shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Ins
Raymond Goodman
Fred Goodman
Raymond
Untangling Roots of Liberty and Fear in Everyday Religion
A sermon reflects on Jesus parable of the tares and wheat to warn against radicalism. It argues that attempting to untangle deep social evils risks harming good amid tangled growth. The piece compares slave history, Lincoln, and civic life, urging patience and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Lincoln
Roosevelt To Push Treasury Plan For Income Tax Changes
The administration may force the Ways and Means Committee to adopt Treasury plans for revising federal income tax laws. Acting Secretary Morgenthau drew up the plans, opposing the subcommittee led by Rep Hill on several points including consolidated corporate returns and restrictions on reorganizations, partnership losses, foreign credits, and depletion deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rep. Hill
Wash
Roosevelt Strengthens Labor Board Powers In Executive Order
President Roosevelt expands the national labor board led by Senator Robert Wagner to resolve conflicts threatening industrial peace. The order clarifies mediation conciliation and arbitration duties and permits regional boards with equal employer and worker representation.
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Washington
Ins
National Labor Board
Robert Wagner
Dem
New York
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Rise in Farm Crop Value Despite Reduced Acreage
The 1933 crop report shows total US farm value at 4.077 billion dollars, up from 2.898 billion in 1932, despite a nine percent drop in harvested acreage and yields. Corn and wheat fell to historic lows while prices rose, with apples, peaches, grapes, oranges, lemons, sugar beets, and hops detailing production and value figures.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Farm’ Administration
Ponte
California
Italy Reports 1934 35 Military Budget Cuts
Rome AP says war air and navy budgets totaling 367.899 million lire were submitted to the chamber of deputies for 1934 35, a reduction of 21.867 million lire from the current year’s allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Zander to Head Illinois Home Owners Loan Co
The Home Owners Loan Corporation named Henry G. Gander Jr. of Chicago as state manager for Illinois after accepting the resignation of William George Donne. Donne’s departure prompted the appointment announced Tuesday in Washington.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Henry G. Gander, Jr
Chicago
State of Illinois
William George Donne
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