Roosevelt urges continued New Deal work programs
The President’s message reiterates commitment to reform and recovery with work relief, long range planning, and federal support for slum clearance, rural electrification, and public works. He warns against reliance on relief as a narcotic and frames three security goals as guiding national policy. The address also notes recovery signs and references the Lindbergh kidnapping case as public interest shifts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Roosevelt unveils new economic order plan for jobs
Roosevelt outlines an 18 month $5 billion plan to fund public works and job creation. He calls for ending the dole and unifying emergency relief into a larger works program with Hopkins and Ickes likely directing the effort. The speech to Congress stresses a broader security framework for Americans and a shift away from private power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Resources Board
Relief and Public Works Administrations
Harry Hopkins
Ickes
74Th Congress
Congress
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Emergency Works Agency
Reading Woolf Critics Aim for Creative Insight
A 1935 reflection praises Virginia Woolf for criticism that emphasizes understanding and encouragement over fault finding. It contrasts Woolf with harsher critics and cites Carlyle and Mill on judging others, urging openness to ideas that differ from one’s own.
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Virginia Woolf
Hutton
Carlyle
Stuart Mill
Milk distributors and Cedar Rapids dairy clash on price rise
An uneasy meeting in the Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy offices failed to bridge a dispute between independent producers and distributors over a Dec 16 wholesale price increase. A looming buyer strike is threatened as双方 argue margins and retail versus wholesale splits across Des Moines Davenport and Dubuque markets.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Davenport
Dubuque
Bennett in Plea for New Deal in Canada
Premier R. B. Bennett promised a Canadian new deal echoing Roosevelt’s program. He called for universal minimum wage and maximum work hours, employment insurance, revamped old age pensions, health and sickness coverage, and tax reform to curb wealth inequality. He stressed reforms are not a complete platform and hinted at further regulation of industry and protections for farmers.
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Ottawa
Roosevelt
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Sangaka
Bennett
Lloyds Odds 19 to 20 on Hauptmann Conviction
London brokers at Lloyds Friday quoted odds of 19 to 20 for the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Few bets were placed and no one offered money for acquittal.
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London
INL
Lloyds
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Washington briefing outlines national job program details
The President proposed a national chart for giving work in a message to Congress. Democrats praised the plan while Republicans varied in reaction. Democratic leaders met the President late to discuss concrete legislation. Senate bills on silver, bonus, and the 30 hour week were introduced. The Supreme Court received a Justice Department appeal on Alabama NRA legality. House Democrats started expanding committee memberships amid Republican protests.
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Associated Press
Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Alabama
Beer Law Changes Sought by Iowa Officials
County and city officials pressed for tougher beer regulations at an informal meeting with lawmakers B B Hickenlooper and Marley D Clark. Proposals include banning dancing in beer parlors, strict minors rules, city control over permits, a 300 foot residence proximity limit, and a midnight to 7 am ban on serving beer.
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Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Marley D. Clark
Mount Vernon
Linn County
Forty-Sixth
Iowa General Assembly
G. K. Thompson
Harry S. Johnson
Earl Stanley
Ray Tapper
James H. Smith
Larry Condon
Thompson
Plans for Rural Rehabilitation in Iowa Outlined
Iowa state director George Keller announced a consolidated Rural Rehabilitation program to aid families on farms and in rural communities. The plan will appoint state and district supervisors, establish the Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Corp, and begin before spring planting. Loans for land, cattle, and feed are planned, with some loans repayable via work relief.
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Des Moines
Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Program
Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Corp
George Keller
Keller
FERA
Rural Rehabilitation Corp
E. H. Mulock
Iowa
Farm Debt Advisory Council
F. A. Belousek
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette
Fayette County
Dorothy Tumey
Lola Schmidt
K. E. Hornung
H. P. Christensen
France Agrees Expansion With Mussolini in Africa
Paris reports France has agreed in principle to Italian territorial expansion in North Africa and co operation with Italy on central European affairs. Mussolini may pursue imperial aims in Abyssinia while tensions rise in the region as Italy ships war materials to Eritrea and Somaliland. Laval welcomed Mussolini in Rome to ease Franco Italian tensions.
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Paris
France
North Africa
United Press
Italy
Abyssinia
European
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Il Duce
Hungary
Entente
League of Nations
Somalland
Eritrea
Red Sea
Seven Men Rescued After 24 Hours Adrift on Ice Floes
Seven men were rescued after about twenty four hours adrift on two ice floes in Lake Simcoe. A group of three including S V Jones a 76 year old Oro Station resident was saved by airplane and the rest walked ashore near Hawkestone. Royal Canadian Air Force pilots supplied food blankets and hot coffee with rum while observers watched the situation.
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Barrie
Ont
Lake Simcoe
S. V. Jones
Oro Station
Hawkestone
Royal Canadian Air Force
Escape From Miami County Jail Shocks Peru
Ralph Cummings escaped from the Miami county jail Friday in Peru Indiana. Described as a walking bomb he carried 2.5 ounces of nitroglycerin and warned he would blow himself and captors if pursued. He remains at large as authorities launch a manhunt.
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Peru
Ind
Ralph Cummings
Miami County
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Police report totals show road toll in Cedar Rapids for 1935 with numbers of accidents injuries and deaths. Local officials compile the data to assess safety and plan improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Lindbergh Identifies Hauptmann Voice In Ransom Case
Col Charles A Lindbergh testified firmly that the voice heard in the Bronx cemetery during the ransom payment was Hauptmanns. He described pinpointing the kidnapper as Hauptmann when asked if he believed the defendant guilty, saying I do. The airman remained cool as he related how he and Dr John F Condon paid $50000 for the dead baby and later heard the ransom collector in custody.
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Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
J. F. Condon
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
Hauptmann
Flemington
N.J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
John F
Jassie) Condon
Edward J. Reilly
Hunterdon County
Sourland, Mountains
Lindberghs
Fcrce
Sthrough
Charles E. Williamson
Elsie Whateley
Lindbergh Butler
Ollie
Dr. Condon
St. Raymond's Cemetery
David T. Wilentz
Condon
Wilentz
Evidence at Hauptmann trial unfolds as Lindbergh testifies
In Flemington New Jersey on a Friday morning the Hauptmann murder trial resumes with Col. Charles A Lindbergh back on the witness stand. The court gathers for photographs as Justice Trenchard presides. Hauptmann enters with guards, appearing pale and deep eyed, and does not speak to his counsel.
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Col. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles
AL Lindbergh
Leet Enon
Ataffain
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Mexico To Try 40 Reds For Slayings
Forty members of the red shirt organization were ordered to the federal penitentiary to await trial for the Sunday slayings of five Catholics while twenty five members were released.
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Mexico
D. F
Red Shirt Young Revolutionaries Organization
Federal Penitentiary
Herring Reports on Public Works Laws
Des Moines AP Governor Clyde L. Herring reports to President Roosevelt on Iowa statutes governing public works. The note covers bond issuance for city utilities, slum clearance provisions, health board powers, and proposed measures to legalize existing municipal bonds and obligations for public projects.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Iowa Boards of Health
Es “Aw
Wallace Mistaken for Farmer at Capitol By Credentials
Capitol policemen halted a man who resembled a farmer as the President neared the House of Representatives. Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, identified himself after fumbling through his pockets to show credentials.
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Washington
Capitol
House of Representatives
Henry A. Wallace
Man Cranked Car Pins Leg In Rural Marion
H. R. Turner about 35 of rural route No 4 Marion suffered multiple fractures of his left leg when a car he was cranking started forward and pinned his leg. He was taken to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids by ambulance for emergency treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
H. R. Turner
Marion
Turner
Mercy Hospital
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