Roosevelt housing plan faces costs and financing shifts
President Roosevelt urges cheaper financing and lower labor costs to enable 3 to 4 million new homes in five years, with FHA guarantees at 90 percent and 10 percent down on homes up to 6000 dollars. He warns that current labor and material costs must fall, while installment debt and wage assignments challenge many buyers.
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Roosevelt
Florida
Congress
Labor
Federal Housing Administration
Building and Loan Associations
Banks
FHA
Opposition to Farm Plan Mounts in Congress
Opposition to the administration crop control plan grew Monday as House and Senate members fought over amendments and constitutional questions. Leaders argued about appropriations and parity, with dairy and grazing interests cited, while a 100-member bloc sought to substitute a parity price bill guaranteeing high prices for key commodities. House progress stalled, with a vote unlikely before next week after days of debate and amendments.
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Representatives
House
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Henry Wallace
Washington
LLP
Marvin Jones
Texas
August H. Andresen
Minn
Alben
W.barkley
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Chamber
John H. Bankhead
Ala
Congress
Totton
Charlies L. McNary
Ore
Wright Patman
William B. Bankhead
Head of Group Which Drafted Farm Bill Objects On Floor
Senate floor confrontation as Senator Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the committee that drafted the ever normal granary proposal, voices personal disapproval. He says the bill is not what he wanted and credits farmers with the demand while warning rivals. Cotton Ed predicts farmers’ wishes.
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Washington
Smith
S. C
Senate
Alleged Bond Theft Ringleader On Trial
Madison Neb. AP informs George Shorty Hart of Le Mars Indiana denied a change of venue and went on trial in district court on charges of breaking and entering tied to the $96,000 bond robbery at the Madison County Building and Loan association on January 23, 1936.
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Madison
Neb
George “Shorty” Hart
le Mars
Madison County Building and Loan Association
Turning Time Into Life The Finest Art Of Living
Benjamin Franklin’s maxim inspires a guide to meaningful living. The piece argues growing youth and education turn time into life, storing experience for use, and that living nobly through truth and love yields a share of eternity even in brief years.
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Benjamin Franklin
Emily Bronte
Dante
Virginia Bruce to wed director J Walter Ruben in Beverly Hills
Hollywood star Virginia Bruce and director J Walter Ruben applied for a marriage license on Monday. The ceremony is planned for December 18 at the bride's parents home in Beverly Hills.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Bruce
The
Movies
J. Walter Ruben
Earl Briggs
Beverly Hills
Hamilton summons committee confab in St. Louis
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton calls the Republican National Committee to a December 13 conference in St. Louis. The aim is to form a proposed Republican program committee of one hundred. The plan follows a Chicago vote to create the panel after rejecting Herbert Hoover’s midterm convention idea. Leaders including Alfred M. Landon Frank Knox and Senator William Borah oppose the move.
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Washington
INS
Go.p
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Executive Committee
St. Louis
National Committee
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
Frank Knox
Car Of First Lady Mrs Roosevelt Stuck In Mud
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Doris Duke Cromwell led a three day tour of West Virginia and Pennsylvania homesteads when their car became stuck in a mud road for five minutes. A group of minor homesteaders helped push the vehicle free.
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Brownsville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Doris Duke Cromwell
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
A F L Rejects CIO Truce Proposal in Civil War Dispute
The American Federation of Labor rejected the CIO proposal for a partial truce in their civil war. The three member A F L negotiating committee unanimously endorsed the decision after a three hour private meeting with the CIO delegation. Philip Murray pressed for reconsideration at a special meeting, but the A F L delegation stood by its refusal to accept any interim settlement.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
CIO
George M. Harrison
Federation
Philip Murray
Murray
Harrison
Labor unions resume talks as rifts widen in AFL CIO
In Washington strained by new conflicts and rising rigidity, AFL CIO peace talks restart after a month recess. Disputes over wage hour bills and CIO efforts to pull furniture workers from the AFL threaten the fragile accord. George L. Harrison and Phillip Murray pledge to “talk turkey” while John L. Lewis and William Green stay in the background.
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INS
American Federation of Labor Committee
CIO
A. F. of L
George L. Harrison
A. F. ‘of L. Peace Committee
Turkey
Phillip Murray
Green
Lewis
John L. Lewis
William Green
Washington Youth Third In Feeding At 4-H Congress
At the 16th national 4-H club congress in Chicago 1700 youths competed. Russell Holz of Rippey Iowa won the junior livestock feeding contest with Don Mosher of De Kalb Illinois taking second and Donald Marek of Washington Iowa finishing third.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
National Committee On
Russell Holz
Rippey
Don Mosher
de Kalb
Ill
Donald Marek
Washington
Group Opens War On Indecent Magazines
CHICAGO IN S. A nationwide campaign against indecent magazines and sex pictures was planned here by the Legion of Press Decency backed by the Catholic Press association. Modeled on the Legion of Decency which fought objectionable movies the reform group may use similar tactics and seek to enlist the nation's 20 000 000 Catholics with pledge cards against using black listed publications.
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Chicago
INS
Legion of Press Decency
Catholic Press Association
Legion of Decency
Powers Shape Plan For New Peace Edifice
Great Britain and France outlined a preliminary ground plan for a European peace structure after eight hours of talks in London. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden joined French Premier Chautemps and Foreign Minister Delbos to set a tentative accord. The plan paves the way for a conference among Britain, France, Germany, and Italy in the new year to draft declarations shaping a concert of nations and revising postwar treaties.
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London
INS
Great Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Britain
Camille Chautemps
Yvon Delbos
Germany
Italy
Europe
Iowa Farmers Best Buyers Of Feeders On Omaha Market
A USDA economic survey shows 45,000 more grass feeder cattle sold on the Omaha market to date than in 1936. Prices are 50 cents to 4 dollars per hundredweight higher. Iowa farmers are the main buyers with 118,373 head taken to feed lots, up 34,619 from 1936. Nebraska feeders purchased 69,046 head, up 20,707.
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Omaha
Neb
United States Department ‘of Agri‘culture- Bureau
Ari Economié
Iowa
Nebraska
Grumble Day Urged by Omaha Pastor
The Rev. E. M. Kendall, pastor of an Omaha Methodist church, urged a national Grumble Day in a telegram to President Roosevelt. He proposed a single day to vent grievances with fists, shouting, and tears, arguing Americans focus on personal woes rather than blessings.
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Omaha, Neb
E. M. Kendall
Omaha
Roosevelt
Kendall
Tax relief debate shifts focus to business taxes
Senate Finance Chairman Pat Harrison urged prompt revision of harsh business taxes, admitting they unjustly penalize many corporations. He proposed effective dates from January 1 1938 to avoid discrimination against firms already paying dividends. Harrison backed partial profits tax revisions and aligned with administration against outright repeal. House Ways and Means Chairman Fred Vinson said drafts are underway with a target to take up tax legislation early in the next session.
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LLP
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Harrison
National Broadcasting Company
Fred Vinson
House
Ways,and Means
Protests Over Shanghai Customs Move by Japan
Thirty-two Americans in Nanking remain unevacuated amid threat of Japanese attack as protests surge. Washington formally protests Tokyo for seizing Shanghai customs, citing treaty rights with China and demanding consultations before changes. Britain and France also voice opposition, while Hull notes no loan talks and preserves neutral policy.
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Germany
Britain
France
America
Many Congressmen Eager To Patch The Constitution
Washington debates amendments as 107 fixes loom under a slow political backstop. The piece wryly notes lawmakers eager to repair the 150-year-old charter while addressing topics from the Supreme Court to war and taxes. A caller’s quip about letters and post scripts echoes in a veteran constitutional metaphor.
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Supreme Court
Iowa November corn hog ratio falls from October
DES MOINES AP Iowa's November corn hog ratio the value of 100 pounds of live hogs to bushels of corn was 19.5 down from 21.1 last month and 8.7 a year ago. Farm hog prices stood at 8 a hundredweight, vs 9.70 a month earlier. Corn sold for 41 cents a bushel, the lowest midmonth since May 15, 1934, with oats at 24 cents and wheat at 82 cents. Soybeans were 80 cents, lambs 8.50 a hundred, and milk cows noted.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Federal Agricultural
Leslie M. Carl
Monday Night Card
Carl
Greyhound Drivers Ordered Back to Work in Cleveland
The Greyhound Bus Lines in Cleveland Ohio served an ultimatum to striking drivers demanding return to work by noon Wednesday or face resignation. Eight line heads sent strikers complete copies of a contract the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen rejected five days ago. The company offered a wage rise to 4.15 cents a mile effective July 1 1938, while the union pushes for 5.5 cents a mile with a minimum of 200 miles daily.
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Greyhound
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
Lawyers For Mrs Hahn File Appeal In Cincinnati
Attorneys for Anna Marie Hahn 31 year old mother filed an appeal to prevent her execution by electric chair for the murder of Jacob Wagner an elderly acquaintance in Cincinnati Ohio. The filing comes as the case awaits further court action and possible a stay of the death sentence.
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Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Tipton man wins timothy seed crown at Livestock Exposition
Forrest H. Ford of Tipton Iowa was declared timothy seed champion after A Mongeon of Canada was ruled ineligible for having won three times previously. The Iowa winners include Elliott Brown Rose Hill with Angus steer honors and reserve, June Fuller Marshalltown in second, and other placings across Shorthorn, Hampshire, Southdown, Chester White, and Cheviot classes. Iowa State College entries also placed in multiple categories.
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Chicago
Forrest H. Ford
Tipton
Timothy
A. Mongeon
Ford
Mongeon
Iowa
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
June Fuller
Marshalltown
Brown
F. W. Hubbell
Des Moines
W. C. Anderson
Iowa State College
Hampshire
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Aberdeen Angus
Congress Acts To Rush Roosevelt Housing Plan
Congress moved to expedite five year housing program totaling 12 to 16 billion dollars as President Roosevelt urged steps to lift the trade slump and unemployment. Bills to liberalize mortgage restrictions and cut financing costs were introduced in both chambers amid mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans and calls for hearings to begin soon.
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Congress
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Jackson For Court Of Customs Nominated By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt nominated Joseph J. Jackson for associate justice of the U S court of customs and patent appeals. The same session the senate judiciary committee reported favorably Carl L. Sacketto Wyoming to be United States district attorney for that state.
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Joseph J . Jackson
Roosevelt
U.S. Court, of Customs and Patent Appeals
Carl ‘L. Sacksett
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