Farm bill would mandate loans backed by crop quotas
Congress conferees plan to shift loan decisions from the secretary of agriculture to a quota based system. Each year loan amounts would depend on the current crop volume, limiting farmer choice and tying aid to policy aligned with agricultural act provisions. This proposal signals maintained dictatorial control over market access for farmers.
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Department of Agriculture
Congressional Conference
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Congress
Blizzard winds, drifting snow hit Iowa highways hard
A cold wave with 40 mph winds swept Iowa Tuesday. Snow drifted across the state while highways stayed open but treacherous. Schools closed in spots as gusts froze roads and temperatures plummeted to 12 below zero in Estherville.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Estherville
Weather Bureau
Clinton
Mississippi
Severe cold wave and blizzard hit midwest amid floods
A brutal cold wave and snow storm swept the midwest spreading blizzard conditions across farms in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Floodwaters forced hundreds of families to flee as crops suffered. Two deaths were reported Eddie Proctor a six year old and Ralph Hartness a 20 year old truck driver.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Eddie Proctor
Ralph Hartness
Reed Confirmed as Associate Justice of Supreme Court
The Senate confirmed Stanley F. Reed's nomination to be an associate justice, succeeding Justice George Sutherland. The vote was unanimous. Reed, a 53 year old Kentuckian, may take his seat when the court meets next Monday after a brief judiciary committee hearing and unanimous senate approval. Vice President Garner presented the nomination with no objections.
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Washington
Senate
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Reed
High Court
Judiciary
Barkley
Kentucky
Garner
Navy Air Contract of Mission Granted
Navy awards Wright Aero Nautical Corp a 1 008 217 dollar contract for fifty six airplane engines and spare parts. Engines and parts support twenty one two engine flying boats being built by Glenn L Martin Co in Baltimore.
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Washington
Navy
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Inside Story of Moments that Shape History
A 1938 essay celebrates inner events over wars and laws, highlighting Burns, St Paul, John Wesley, and Einstein. It argues ideas, impulses, and inner awakenings drive history and personal life, asserting that life comes from within and thoughts create the outward world.
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Robert Burns
Lincoln
St. Paul
Asia
Europe
Burns
John Wesley
England
Einstein
Hamilton charges 0 years of failure in Roosevelt critique
Philadelphia by United Press report Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican National Committee denounced President Roosevelt as five years of failure causing moral and economic decay. He blamed unemployment and tax policy for hardship, warned of democratic decline, and urged a safe return to sane governance ahead of off year elections. The speaker recalled 1936 promises and warned the goblins have got us.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Hamilton
New Deal Administration
Wealthy WPA worker found with hidden money cache
In Pocatello Idaho police recovered thirteen thousand two hundred sixty dollars in old large-size bills from the home of Mrs Jamima Williams a WPA worker who died Saturday Chief Robert Pugmire said one bill was a thousand dollars denomination and the discovery was made Monday night as investigators searched the residence for clues surrounding her death
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Pocatello, Idaho
Jamima Williams
WPA
Robert Pugmirer
Airliner Sinks 7 Hours in Gale Reaches Hartford
An Eastern Airlines twin motor plane with two passengers and three crew members battled a seven hour gale after departure from Newark. Pilot Fred Jones kept fuel gauge near zero while circling in heavy rain and strong winds before landing safely at Hartford airport. Airports from Newark to Washington coordinated search efforts, officials say the crew and passengers spent the night aboard the plane amid worsening conditions.
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Hartford, Conn
Eastern Airlines
Hartford
Fred Jones
Washington, D. C
Newark
Washington
Jones
Eddie Rickenbacker
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Condition of Queen Marie Grows Worse
Vienna reports the Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania has worsened. Prof. Hans Eppinger is summoned to Bucharest to attend her. The queen has canceled a planned trip to Italy based on well informed circles.
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Vienna
INS
Marie of
Roumania
Hans Eppinger
Bucharest
Marie
Italy
Storm Maroons Fifty Children In Schoolhouse
Ironwood Michigan report describes nearly fifty high school students trapped in a Roosevelt consolidated school five miles from Ironwood by a historic upper peninsula blizzard. Farmers ferried food through 20 foot drifts as buses sought shelter. road crews fought to reach the school but were blocked by a 40 mile gale and heavy snow. A missing Hurley Wisconsin resident, Miss Erspamer, was said to be unaccounted for. No hunger danger noted due to nearby farms and sustenance.
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Ironwood
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Ironwood High School
Roosevelt Consolidated School
Bessemer
Road Commission
George W Koronski
Erspamer
Hurley
Wis
Koronski
Roosevelt School
Blizzard Halted Cedar Rapids Traffic and Snowbound City
A heavy blizzard blanketed Cedar Rapids and surrounding region with near zero temperatures and strong NW winds. Visibility was reduced and traffic slowed on Monday night into Tuesday morning as powdery snow drifted. Temperature plunged to zero by 6:30 a.m. with a brief rise to one above later in the day. one tenth inch of precipitation recorded. Main highways reported fair with icy spots. rail and wire service faced no major disruption. City crews worked to land and cindering slippery streets.
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Washington
Charles City
Iowa Falls
Dubuque
Iowa
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Waterloo
Adair
Des Moines
Iowa City
Montezuma
Burlington
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Chrysler to Lay Off 25,000 Workers Amid Shutdown
DETROIT (INS) Twenty five thousand Chrysler corporation employees will be laid off Wednesday when the company closes down until February 8. UAW Vice President R. J. Thomas said the move follows a period of reduced production with about 30,000 workers on part time in Detroit. After the shutdown only about 5,000 will be back at work. Eighty five thousand workers were employed at Chrysler's peak.
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Detroit
INS
Chrysler Corporation
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Thomas
Three Men Love Gloria Which One Wins
Gloria Lee faces testing fate as three men love her in Phyllis Moore Gallagher’s new serial novel The Man She Won. The Gasette begins printing the first chapters tomorrow, revealing jealousy infatuation and friendship set on the right side of the tracks.
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Gloria Lee
Gloria
Phyllis Moore Gallagher
Pensions Drive Opens in Congress for World War Vets
Congress hears first hearing on broad pension plan regardless of service disabilities. Gasque bill seeks $30 monthly widows and $6 per dependent under 18, replacing the 20 percent disability rule. Demonstrates cost estimates from $600 million to $3 billion annually. National and veterans groups mobilize for and against broad pension measures.
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Washington
INS
Congress
House Pensions Committee
Gasque
South Carolina
Pensions Committee
House World War Veterans Committee
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Daniel J Doherty
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Organizations
George To Make His Second Flight As King
London AP reports King George will make his second flight since the throne. He plans to fly from Sandringham to Cranwell air drome about sixty miles to inspect Royal Air Force cadets.
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London
George Wednesday
Sandringham
Cranwell
Royal Air Force
Congress Log Jam Can Now Be Started With Toothpicks
The piece satirically notes Congress has been idle for eight weeks and mocks stalled legislation. It uses humor to question democracy, the housing bill, and war referendum notions while imagining a future big navy and ongoing political theater.
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Congress
Roosevelt asks for one million to aid China relief
President Roosevelt urged Americans through the Red Cross to donate at least 1,000,000 to relieve Chinese civilians harmed by the Sino Japanese war. Red Cross chapters were instructed to begin collecting immediately as Grayson released the appeal citing broad public sympathy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross
China
Grayson
Board Denies Rehearing of Mellon Tax Case
Washington The U S board of tax appeals denied the Internal Revenue Bureau motion for rehearing in the Mellon estate tax case. The board had exonerated Mellon of filing a fraudulent return and cut the estate tax deficiency from 3 million to about 700 thousand dollars. The government sought a new assessment claiming Mellon’s 1931 gain from stock transactions was 16 990 206 instead of 5 600 000. The board criticized the bureau for attempting a complete change of argument.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Internal Revenue Bureau
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Bureau
McClintic- Marshall
Ever Normal Granary Bill Mandates Crop Loans
Washington AP reports that price supporting loans for cotton, wheat and corn would be mandatory under the ever normal granary bill. Loans activate when prices fall below fixed levels and farmers adopt marketing quotas. Conferees push to raise payments for farmers under $200 yearly and set county protest review, with appeals to federal or state courts.
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Washington
Congressional
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
House-Senate
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Committee
Pope
Idaho
Warm Rooms and Apartments Ad Listings
Seeking warmer rooms and apartments in heated spaces. Classifieds advise checking Want Ad sections 45 46 47 48 for extensive options. Includes various locations and prices with landlord furnished heat details.
Lewis urges big relief fund for recovery in housing push
John L. Lewis urged Congress to divert 5 billion dollars from Social Security to fund a low cost housing program as part of broader relief and recovery efforts. He pressed tax on fuel oil, expanded social security, and minimum two billion next year, noting labor alliance gains and calls to regulate the anthracite industry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Social Security Reserve Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers Convention
CIO
Congress
National Guard
Labor
The
Fire in Marquette downtown causes up to $500000 damage
A downtown Marquette blaze traced to an undetermined cause raged since 4 30 am Tuesday and was under control at noon. A blizzard dumped 18 inches of snow since Monday, blocking highways and hindering Ishpeming and Negaunee fire crews from reaching the scene.
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Marquette
Mich
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Dows Urges Utilities to Sell Themselves at Home
Sutherland C. Dows, vice president of Iowa Electric Light and Power, told 300 Iowa Public Utilities Association members in Des Moines that utilities must sell themselves locally. He urged cleaning up their image, defending rates, and addressing valid complaints to avoid government scrutiny. He said good salesmanship includes promoting the public utility idea and service.
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Des Moines
Sutherland C. Dows
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Public Utilities Association
Washington
Mr. Dows
Dows
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