Roosevelt televised message outlines all weather farm plan
President Roosevelt urged Congress to avoid single fixes for economic trouble and backed an all-weather farm plan to balance surpluses with shortages. He pressed for immediate action on wage income, consumer welfare, soil fertility, and a constitutional path for new executive departments and a national development program with seven regional authorities.
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Wallace
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Roosevelt urges action to curb recession and spur recovery
President Roosevelt urges bipartisan effort to lift the economy after a marked recession in industrial production. He calls for tax relief for small businesses, removal of unjust provisions, and a four point plan including farm control, wages hours, government reorganization, and regional planning. He favors private capital to create employment and outlines housing, railroads, and utility financing challenges. He cautions against sweeping tax changes that favor corporate forms and speculative profits, insisting conditions are not like 1929 and recovery is possible with prudent steps.
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Tivite
Dickens Man Wins Husking Derby for Preachers
Dickens based Rev Harold Dayton won the preachers husking derby in Humboldt with a net 177 bushels. Rev Milton Hall from Marathon placed second with 164 bushels. Dr W H Muhleman of Iona tied for sixth in the field challenging Methodist pastors.
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Milton Hall
Marathon
W. H. Muhleman
Ari Iona
Hoover Blame Shift Over Unemployment Everlasting Crisis
The passage argues Congress will show more independence than in years past, despite Roosevelt's message. It contends previous policy failures failed to curb unemployment and economic uncertainties, while asserting Hoover cannot be blamed for current conditions.
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Gingle
America
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt urges court to back farm relief in crop control plan
President Roosevelt asks the Supreme Court not to strike down future crop control laws, arguing Congress can regulate interstate commerce and tax for general welfare. He seeks authority to curb overproduction and overmarketing, signaling a push to revive AAA taxes while balancing new revenues against the budget.
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Roosevelt
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Farm bill readiness delays major legislation in special session
Washington reports that administration and House leaders have dropped plans to move government reorganization bills while the farm bill is being prepared. After talks with Rep. John J. Cochran, leaders cited a Senate decision to immediately pursue the Byrnes reorganization bill, delaying other actions.
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Congress Will Make Black Choice Issue
Washington AP Senate Bridges notes special sessions will turn Hugo Black’s Supreme Court nomination into a public hearings fight. He urges a rule for hearings on all nominees, citing past attempts to delay Black. Burke suggests reviewing Congress members’ eligibility to sit on the court and urges quo warranto action to clarify Black’s status.
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Taber Reelected To Head Grange Amid Relinquish Wish Overruled
Louis J. Taber of Columbus Ohio was reelected master of the National Grange at its 71st annual convention. He had sought to quit the $5,000 a year post to enter private business but delegates overruled him. Taber will begin his eighth two year term after fourteen years as master. Oregon beat Texas in the race to decide the 1938 national convention location, Portland suspected as most likely by the executive committee. Other officers elected include J J Martin steward Watertown SD W W Deal Nampa Idaho and Paul B Dykes Bayleyton Tenn as gate keeper.
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Nampa
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Paul B. Dykes
Bayleyton
Tenn
Surviving Tzenny Chandris Crew Recount Shipwreck Terror
Survivors tell of terror aboard the Greek freighter Tzenny Chandris after a knife threatened SOS demands. Balaskas said the first distress call came only after coercing the radio operator, as sharks and rugged seas doomed the vessel and many crew members.
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Bigamy Denied By Roland Widower
Los Angeles AP report says Martha Pryor the New York stage actress lost her separate maintenance suit against Ben Bard. Allegations Bard was not divorced from his first wife when he married Ruth Roland's daughter eight years ago were disclosed. Bard denied them formally in superior court.
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Girl Fatally Hurt In Winneshiek Co
Special to The Gazette Decorah Georgia Veam of Mabel Minnesota died early Sunday morning from injuries suffered Saturday night when the car of Charles Thingvold of Hesper Iowa skidded on a slippery highway and rolled down a hillside Miss Veam was the only girl among eight occupants with others escaping serious injury This was the county's first highway death in 1937
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Winnishick County
Greatest discovery of science is science itself says Dr Newton
The essay extols science as the supreme discovery and method guiding truth over prejudice. It frames science as the mind free to seek fact, shaping democracy and religion as three hopes for mankind, culminating in a view of science as a universal, law governed cosmos.
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Reject Amendment Aimed To Modify Reciprocal Pacts
Washington. The house agriculture committee rejected an amendment that would have barred agricultural imports if the sales price plus tariff fell below domestic production costs. The proposal aimed to shield the dairy industry from dairy imports, with Rep August Andresen of Minnesota leading the measure and Rep Gerald Boileau of Wisconsin voting in favor.
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House Agriculture Committee
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Red Wing
Minn
Gerald Boileau
Wausau
Wis
Andresen
F D R Quiz Proposes Papers Handle Questions
Arthur Baer mocks F D R radio program urging newspapers to print the presidents fourteen questions. He jokes that the treasury would be the watchdog, and jokes about sponsors, Farley, and unemployment fears while lampooning the era’s politics and radio culture.
Demand for cautious policy against entanglement grows
A growing demand from cabinet, congressional and veteran circles urges a cautious foreign policy to avoid European entanglements. The Far Eastern peace conference failed to settle China’s war, leaving the United States to lead against Japan. Italy blocks the declaration while northern Europe hesitates. The conference awaits U S leadership and possible arms to China, with U.S. neutrality law looming over any action.
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Toddville Farmer Narrowly Survives Train Collision
John Olinger a 63 year old Toddville area farmer escaped serious injury after his new car collided with an eastbound North Western passenger train at the E avenue NW crossing. He was treated for minor head and knee bruises and lacerations, with witnesses noting the signals were functioning. The crash occurred around 3 p.m. as he followed a car ahead, which crossed before the train.
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Woman tied to Pitcairn colony marries island head
Mrs Edna Christian widow and descendant of Pitcairn island’s first white child wed two months ago to David Young head man of the island colony disclosure made in San Francisco.
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David Young
House Group Maps Relief For Business
Washington tax subcommittee tentatively backs exempting all corporations with net income of $5,000 or less from the undistributed profits tax. Two thirds of firms would benefit, with a potential loss of about $7 million in annual revenue. Additional relief options include extending relief up to a higher bracket and allowing a one year carryover of operating losses to offset next year’s taxable net income.
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Vinson
Extradition Waived for Man Wanted in Cedar Rapids Case
Cedar Rapids authorities report Fleming of Eimhirst has waived extradition from Colorado to Cedar Rapids. He is sought in connection with cashing a 15.41 dollar check from a Family Shoe Store burglary on Oct 10. The loot totaled 3007 dollars in cash and 200 in checks. Fleming cashed the check in Littletown, Colorado, on Oct 22 and was recently arrested in Las Vegas, New Mexico on a Trinidad burglary charge. Local police expect to bring Fleming back for questioning.
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Kidnap Victim Dies as Prosecutors Move on Trio
Minnie Seder widow of Dr. James I. Seder learned of his death in Huntington West Virginia where he died of pneumonia after ten days held in a coal mine in a $50 000 extortion plot. Prosecutor Winters plans murder indictments against Arnett Booth John Trahis and Orville Adkins with a special grand jury.
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Indian Wanted In S. D. Asks Lodging At Police Station
George Track, 25, Sioux Indian, sought lodging at a police station Monday night. Earl Stanley, chief of detectives, found he is wanted in Lyman County for grand larceny. Sheriff M. M. Karlen of Lyman County said he is wanted there for horse stealing and will be extradited back to Lyman County by authorities.
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Congress in special session opens amid revolt fears
Washington UP Congress convened in a special session at noon Monday and within 30 minutes the house erupted in dissension challenging Roosevelt's legislative program. Rep Ralph Church objected to a unanimous consent adjournment, sparking tempers until Rep Raymond Cannon forced adjournment. The chamber buzzed with fight over wage hour and taxes while Tallulah Bankhead and John Emory watched as Speaker Bankhead convened. Senate actions included oath for John E Miller as new senator and Dixie Graves accompanying.
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Cedar Rapids Among Ten Cities Reporting Business Gain
Forbes Magazine notes Cedar Rapids is among ten U S cities with outstanding business improvement. Other listed cities include Columbus Omaha Miami Lansing Davenport Durham Bay City Poughkeepsie and Hazleton. The report says year over year gains exceed any period since July 1937.
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Agriculture Dept Anniversary Observed in Washington
Farm leaders paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln as the Agriculture Department marked its 75th anniversary. The department was established in 1862 during Lincoln's presidency.
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Abraham Lincoln
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