Monetary policy to remain through fiscal year end says Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau told a House committee that current monetary policy will persist for several months and that the administration seeks no change before the fiscal year ends. He cautioned that predicting future policy is unwise without more experience since 1776. Roosevelt plans a national address next Monday to ease NRA tensions and address code criticisms as a steel code test looms. The Weirton steel case, over alleged failed employer elections, moves to the justice department for a court decision. In Manchukuo Pu Yi crowns himself emperor and lauds heaven's grace while thanking Japan for its role, expecting world acknowledgment.
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National Labor Board
Weirton
Department of Justice
Weirton Steel Company
NRA
Manchukuo
Japan
Pu-Yi
Manchukuo outlawed as anti friendly nations clash
Twelve Italians are sentenced to ninety nine years each in prison for organizing an anti fascist society in Rome. The piece contrasts Mussolini regimes control of public opinion with the broader fate of dissidents and honors Annie Krahling Rathje, a community figure who cared for children and helped others.
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Rome
Henry Wallace
Mussolini
Annie Krahling
West Side
Hutton Wing SUIT 18 NOT CONTESTED BY EVANGELIST
David L. Hutton won a divorce from Aimee Semple Mc Pherson on charges of mental cruelty. Mc Pherson withdrew her suit, ending the case uncontested. Hutton testified the cruelty centered on temple matters at Angelus Temple after their Sept 13 1931 elopement.
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Los Angeles
David L
Iron Man
Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Temple
McPherson
Paris
Doris Hutton
David Hutton, Jr
McPhersons
Atlanta
Linn CWA Quota Cut To 1 466 Men
Linn county CWA quota lowered from 1 754 to 1 466 men with the new work week starting Friday morning. The change aligns with the federal tapering off program and a state emergency relief order. Women’s quota drops from 162 to 123 under the same order.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
CWA
State Emergency Relief Department
Dickens Story Praised By Church Leaders At Chicago Convention
Dr S McCrea Cavert of the Federal Churches of Christ and Yale Divinity School Dean L A Weigle hailed Charles Dickens 1849 manuscript The Life of Our Lord as timely and spiritually rich. They noted its simple faith and social justice focus may attract readers and illuminate gospel teaching for a modern generation.
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Chicago
Charles Dickens
S. McCrea Cavert
Federal Churches of Christ
Lfe
Destis
Dickens
L. A. Weigle
Divinity School
Yale University
Council of the
International Council of Religious Education
Our Lord
The Home as Society’s Foundation in Modern Life
Holmes argues that fast paced daily life erodes family unity. The modern home becomes a dormitory and restaurant, with members pursuing individual lives and late hours. He warns that allowing the home to fail will unravel society and calls for reconditioning the home as a sanctuary and foundation.
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Liver Wendell Holmes
Rainey Delays Vote On Veterans Benefits Bill
Speaker Henry T. Rainey sent the independent offices supply bill back to the appropriations committee delaying an immediate vote sought by the veterans bloc. The move blocks a Senate framework for veterans compensation increases and government pay cut amendments.
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Washington
House
Henry T. Rainey
Independent Offices
Appropriations Committee
Veterans’ Bloc
Senate
Roosevelt vetoes bill granting deserter McHam full veteran benefits
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill that would grant Beryl H. McHam of Sapulpa Oklahoma full benefits of an honorably discharged soldier. A secretary of war report said McHam deserted in 1922 after re-enlisting to erase a dishonorable discharge despite prior bravery in France.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
McHam
Coblenz
Germany
George Greenwald
Lester Gardner
Dair y hearing open to Cedar Rapids consumers
A Cedar Rapids meeting of 75 producers including independents urged consumer representation at a March 2 milk marketing hearing called by Secretary Wallace. Dairymen opposed the code for lacking quality milk consideration and warned of class legislation and potential exemptions.
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Co-Operative
Cedar Rapids
Frank Krebs
Krebs Dairy Foods, Inc
Woman's Club of
Henry A. Wallace
Gazette
Tom Dowd
Dowd’s Dairy
Carl Carver
Carver's Dairy
Henry Gensicke
Ge Bpowe Thang
Bar. Mee
Manag Ie
Washington
W.M
Reed
Cedar ‘Rapids
Dowd
Carver
Des Moines
Charles Penningreth
F. H. Jirsa
George Griffith
Ludvik Petrak
Griffith
Burlington Gazette editor Howard T Custer ends his life
Howard T Custer 34 general manager of the Burlington Hawkeye Gazette and son of Omer Custer former Illinois state treasurer shot himself in a Burlington hotel room. Custer left a note to his parents and had been in ill health, with the body later sent to Galesburg.
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Burlington
Howard T. Custer
Galesburg
Custer
Employes
Morgan Park Academy
Chicago
Knox College
Hawkeye-Gazette
Register-Mail
Hawkeye and Gazette
Iowa
Black urges change in law to expand loans to private industry
Eugene board told the House Banking Committee that Congress should liberalize the law to permit expansion of loans to private industry. He urged the creation of a chain of federal intermediate credit banks to provide funds for both big and small business.
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Eugene
Congress
House Banking Committee
Farm Bureau Backs Wallace Program
Chicago report says the American Farm Bureau federation remains allied with President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace. Edward A. O'Neal of Montgomery, Alabama announced the federation's support during the directors' quarterly meeting in Chicago. The group endorses the expert program they favor.
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Chicago
INS
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Montgomery
Alabama
Ent
Sioux City Girl Receives Fox Film Contract
Fox Films awarded contracts to twenty four girls and ten young men who join the studio stock company in Hollywood. They will attend daily dramatic classes and be cast in small parts as they prove promise. Iris Shunn of Sioux City Iowa is among those named.
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Hollywood
Fox Films
Iris Shunn
Sioux City
Herring Signs Triple Tax Measure in Iowa
Governor Herring signed a $20 million tax bill shaping an individual net income tax a 2 percent corporate tax and a 2 percent sales tax. The plan includes rates from 1 percent to 5 percent on incomes and takes effect April 1 1934 for 1934 incomes payable April 1 1935.
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Des Moines
Herring
Iowa
Roosevelt to address NRA conference Monday in national broadcast
President Roosevelt will reveal plans for the National Recovery Act in a personal appearance before the group meeting called by Administrator Johnson to hear complaints. The 10 a.m. CST address will be broadcast nationwide, with observers noting the significance of the sudden decision.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
NRA
Johnson
Administration moves to enforce labor act power against employers
The administration pushes to strengthen collective bargaining provisions of the recovery act after resistance from Weirton and other employers. Senator Wagner proposes a bill to empower the labor board, bar company unions, and require negotiations with employee-formed groups to curb sham bargaining.
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Wagner
New York
Congress
NRA
Weirton
NRA chief hints industry plan to raise work and wages
Washington reports that NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson may propose a plan next week to reduce the work week by ten percent while increasing hourly wages by ten percent to create more jobs. Enforcement of the code remains a major issue as critics urge compliance by big industrialists. Mrs. Gif ford Pinchot urges strict adherence to the law before penalties affect small businesses.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Weir
Budd
Many Strike Movements Shaking U S Industry
A United Press survey shows widespread industrial dissatisfaction across the south east and midwest as the national recovery administration seeks to diagnose labor employer issues. Strike threats and walkouts hit motors warehousing laundry cleaning and dyking plant workers and theater ushers while some disputes end in compromise.
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United Press
National Recovery
Washington
South
East
Middle West
Fire triggers massive explosion on barge cargo in Iquique
A cigarette dropped into a barge loading 130 bags of gunpowder in Iquique Chile caused a large explosion injuring twenty men. The blast destroyed the barge and several fishing boats nearby.
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Iquique
Chile
Present Money Policy To Rule To End Of Year
Washington AP The administration seeks to pursue present monetary plans through the current fiscal year before setting a fixed policy Secretary Morgenthau told a House sub committee the study is worthwhile and important The country has faced a severe financial crisis and needs more experience before detailed actions are chosen Congress should grant time to work on the present plan He indicated the policy is experimental and not yet a firm recommendation
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Woman Patient Dies In Sanatorium Fire
An elderly woman patient died in a sanatorium fire in New Market New Jersey, with investigators noting the blaze caused fatal injuries. The incident left staff and other patients briefly displaced as fire crews contained the flames.
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New ‘Market
N.'J
Deane
Dents
Gus
Wi Broadus
Sea Monster Found on Cherbourg Beach Identified
A sea creature found on a Cherbourg beach was identified by Professor Corbierre as a bottle nosed whale. Experts noted that odd whale-like contours were caused by rock wear and tear on the carcass as it washed ashore.
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Cherbourg
France
Corbierre
Train Attains 103 MPH on Union Pacific Run
After a trial run to Columbus Nebraska on Thursday Union Pacific executive vice president W M Jeffers announced the new streamline aerodynamic train reached a top speed of 103 miles per hour during the return trip.
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Omaha
Columbus
Neb
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Dern Attacks Expansive Army Air Force Plans
Secretary Dern labels proposed army aviation expansion "beyond any sane estimate" and accuses two McSwain bills of being one sided and costly. House Military Affairs Committee demands investigation of army procurement methods, citing lack of competitive bidding and strained ties with the War Department.
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Washington
Dern
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
McSwain
Army
House
Department
Congress
Army General Staff
Iowa adopts state liquor control plan to open stores
The Iowa General Assembly gave final approval to a liquor control bill establishing state monopoly retail liquor sales. The governor will sign, with operation expected within 30 to 60 days and full liquor sales possible after publication. A three-member Liquor Control Commission will oversee stores and licensing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Assembly
Manley
Manley’ Ac Cehe ‘Ers Merchandise: Company
Governor's
Cooper
State Public Works Committee
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Anderson
Aschenbrenener
Baldwin
Chrystal
Coykendall
Watson Calls Roosevelt Doping Business in Economic Policy
Former Indiana senator James E. Watson accuses President Roosevelt of dosing business with dope instead of medicine in his economic plan. He urged Delaware Republicans to stay true to protective tariffs and criticized the civil works program as a dole, warning that ongoing spending could approach bankruptcy.
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Wilmington
Del
James E. Watson
United States
Indiana
Roosevelt
Watson
Delaware
No Dakota Relief Scandal Revealed
Washington federal officials assume control of North Dakota relief program after accusations Gov. William Langer used funds for political purposes. Hopkins orders full administrative oversight to resolve alleged misuses and redirect relief operations.
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Washington (Lp
William Langer
North Dakota
Harry L. Hopkins
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