Ambler advocates new energy law amid price shifts
A column discusses renewed energy policy bids and price dynamics tied to gold and the dollar, noting Roosevelt era aims. It covers California plans for a six year Cedar Rapids school project, public works funding, and the need for timely construction funding with federal grants. It also questions treasury secretary Woodin’s absenteeism, and critiques relief administration reorganizations led by Cor a Jacobs, urging cooperation and caution in county relief operations.
States urge low liquor taxes to curb bootlegging
An Interstate liquor control conference urged federal liquor taxes stay low to prevent bootlegging and illicit production. Five states including Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska and others plan to send telegrams to President Roosevelt advocating uniform licensing fees and reasonably uniform consumer prices with neighboring states. The meeting noted differences between wet and dry states with executives only in attendance. Wisconsin’s Harry Bolens warned against uniform policy by wet states and dry states while Nebraska's AG Paul Good sought cross state cooperation and Webb Kenyon act strengthening.
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Des Moines
Liquor Control Conference
Clyde N. Herring
Town
Roosevelt
Liquor Commissions
Iowa
Nebraska
Liquor Control Commissions
Wisconsin
Harry W. Bolens
Wisconsin Commission
Paul F. Good
Bid opens for sewage plant section in Cedar Rapids
Bemis and Schlick Construction of Des Moines submitted the low bid of 219822.90 for the filter bed section, well under the engineer’s 275542.91 estimate. Morehead Frederickson of Cedar Rapids led Section A at 8847 against a 7018.13 estimate, as 100 plus attendees crowded the city council chamber awaiting word on awards and future construction.
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Cedar Rapids
Bemis and Schlick Construction Company
Des Moines
Morehead- Frederickson Company
Howard R. Green Company
Superior Court
Roosevelt Meets New York Exchange Leader
President Roosevelt held a thirty minute talks with Richard Whitney head of the New York Stock Exchange at the White House. Whitney arrived with his attorney John Redmond and refused to discuss the conference. Roosevelt is preparing to seek congressional authority to extend government supervision of the exchange.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Richard Whitney
New York Exchange
Whitney
White House
John Redmond
Congress
Life's Purpose and Faith in Everyday Religion
A reflective piece from 1933 urges embracing life with faith without dogma. It argues living fully fulfills the self-justifying values of life, citing Goethe and urging truth, justice, and kindness as guiding duties. It discourages futile questions about ultimate meaning and stresses personal action and growth.
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Goethe
Yara
Ian Ee
Sig
Bethlehem Steel Reports Deficit For Last Quarter
Bethlehem Steel reported a deficit of 283 097 for the quarter ended Sept 30 1933 and noted total income of 4 879 146 for the period. Orders on hand stood at 72 155 458 as of Sept 30 with operations at about 24 percent capacity.
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NEW York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Puzzle expert Mrs Rioux helps rebuild torn letter ends in divorce
Chicago report says Alma Rioux 25 used jigsaw puzzle skill to reconstruct a torn letter from her husband Wilbur. The recovered letter led to a suit for divorce filed Wednesday, confirming the couple's strained relationship and legal action.
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Chicago
Alma Rioux
Wilbur
Wallace warns Packers not to drop hog price
Secretary Wallace warned of a possible showdown with meat packers if hog prices fall when the processing tax for his corn hog program takes effect next month. He said packers may spread word of a 50 cent drop per hundredweight on Nov 5 and outlined three potential actions, including raising the tax, using proceeds to boost farmer benefits, or seeking an antitrust inquiry. Wheat farmers signed agreements to cut plantings next year, and the agriculture department set a 4 percent interest rate for corn grower loans.
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Washington (Ap
Wallace
Wee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Indiana Guardsmen To Help In Capture Of Dangerous Gang
Indiana Adjutant General Straub placed 630 guardsmen at state safety director Feeney's disposal to pursue a criminal band terrorizing the state for three weeks. Units from forty communities will be deputized, equipped with machine guns, and led by a guard captain. Guardsmen can blockade roads and respond at a moment's notice, with American Legion vigilante committees forming to augment police efforts.
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Indianapolis
Eler F. Straub
al G. Feeney
National Guard
Feeney
Indiana
American Legion
Senate committee drafts Czech Soviet relations memorandum
Prague Czechoslovakia. Following President Roosevelt, the senate foreign relations committee on Thursday drafted a memorandum urging the Czechoslovakian government to prepare for renewed relations with Soviet Russia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
INS
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Warsaw university closed indefinitely amid campus brawls
A Wolff News Agency dispatch from Warsaw reports the city’s university has been closed indefinitely after ongoing clashes between pro government and opposition groups. The closure follows repeated brawls on campus and heightened tensions surrounding political factions.
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Berlin
Wolff
Warsaw
Sarraut Forms New Cabinet With Old Allies in France
Paris AP reports Albert Sarraut announced a new cabinet mainly drawn from radical socialist ranks, retaining marine and premiership while Edouard Daladier becomes war minister. The unofficial lineup lists Bonnet Pletrt Eynac and others in key posts as Sarraut seeks unity while keeping Daladier in a major role.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Edouard Daladier
Sarraut
Albert LeBrun
Elysee Palace
Ministry of Marine
Daladier
France
M. Sarraut
Edouard Dalaiier
Joseph Paul Boncour
Marine
Louis Barthou
Anatole de Monzile
Camille Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Francois Pletrt
Mau- Tice Palmade
Eynac
Albert Dalimier
Yvon Delbos
Marcel Regnier
Aviation
Pierre Cot
Eugene Frot
Hippolyte Ducos
Laurent Bonnevay
Bonnevay
Pierrie
Litvinoff Leaves In Secrecy For American Visit
Moscow AP report says Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff and party boarded the Moscow Paris express for the first leg of talks with President Roosevelt on recognition. Mrs Litvinoff stayed behind and officials kept Litvinoff's itinerary secret with unconfirmed travel to Spain and Washington.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Paris
Washington
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Constantine Umansky
Foreign Office
America
Spain
Ivan Divilkovsky
Foreign Office Collegium
Litvino
Farmers Plan Anti Strike Reports Western Iowa Tensions
Opposition to the National Farmers Holiday association strike grows in western Iowa and Wisconsin. In Mills county thirty National Guardsmen sworn in as deputy sheriffs camped at the Iowa end of a bridge to escort farmers trucking produce to Omaha. Wisconsin milk pool leaders oppose the strike and call for an embargo to prevent violence, while Iowa sheriffs handle deputy duties under Capt. Seitz. Continued coverage on Page 8.
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Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mills County
National
Sherif
C. R. Seitz
T ‘Milwaukee
Milk Operative Milk Producers’ Association of Farmers
Co-Operative Milk Pool
A. G. Schmedeman
Herring
DeMoss
Iowa Adjutant
Anamosa Man Sustains Skull Fracture In Crash
Anamosa, Ia. Herman Harms, 19, suffered a fractured skull and loss of an eye when his car veered off a turn and plunged down an embankment. Passenger Ernie Otgies had minor injuries. Harms was taken to a local hospital and was expected to recover.
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Anamosa
Herman Harms
Ernie Otgies
Harris
Woodin's Absences Hint Cabinet Plays Second Fiddle
Washington reports show Secretary Woodin absent during key monetary moves, fueling talk he may resign. He travels for guitar performances with the Philadelphia Symphony and is seen as out of step with Roosevelt's gold policy. Cabinet peers and officials quietly question alignment on policy.
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Woodin
Raymond Clapper
Washington
National Press Club
the Treasury
Treasury
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Roosevelt
New York
House
Ickes
Wallace
Perkins
Farley
Jones
R. F C
Johnson
NRA
Warren
Gold Price Surges While Markets Dip
Gold rises to 31.54 per ounce in Washington amid falling stocks and stronger dollar. Officials debate gold policy effects as the Treasury advances measures allowing new mined gold acquisitions and relaxes export rules for jewelry. London dollar declines with dollar at 4.75 per pound and gold peaking at 130 shillings 91 pence per ounce including an 8% premium.
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Washington
Treasury
Administration
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RB. F.C
London
INS
London Exchange
Paris
Bank of France
Americans Acquitted in Mallorca Civil Guard Case
Five United States citizens including Mr and Mrs Clinton B Lockwood Roderick F Mead Edmund W Blodgett and Rutherford Fullerton were acquitted by a military court in Palma Mallorca after an incident last summer when they confronted a civil guard during an arrest The case drew international attention and protests by island residents and followed U S pressure leading to bail release after several weeks in custody
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Mallorca
United States
Clinton B. Lockwood
Springfield
Mass
Roderick F. Mead
New York City
Edmund W. Blodgett
Stamford
Balaeric Islands
U. S
Clyde G. Bowers
Dear
Russian envoy Litvinoff may reach New York by Nov 10
London based Maxim Litvinoff, set to go to Washington to seek recognition for Soviet Russia, was thought to sail on the Trajan or Bremen, both expected to dock in New York before November 10.
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Litvinoff
New York
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Russia
Bremen
Lindberghs Unheard Amid North Sea Storm Flight
The Morning Post and Daily Express report Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh departed Inverness Scotland at 1 15 pm for an undisclosed continental destination as a North Sea storm raged. Air ministry says no word by 1 36 am London time.
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London
Morning Post
Charles A.lindbergh
Inverness
Scotland
Britain
Coe
Daily Express
Aberdeen
Air Ministry
Croydon
North Sea
Enol
Charles
Lindigh
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Lindbergh flight crew missing after Inverness departure
Report notes Lindbergh's practice of withholding information, cites fuel limits of about 100 gallons, and estimates a five hour flight to London under normal conditions. Observers say the monoplane could reach London, making arrival around 5 p.m. local time if headed there.
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Verness
Lindbergh
Inverness
London
Ishbel MacDonald Engaged to Montreal Professor
Ishbel MacDonald daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is said to be secretly engaged to Professor J. King Gordon of Montreal. He denied the report and plans to wed after MacDonald leaves office. The romance began during her U S and Canada visit with her father. Gordon is a faculty member at United Theological College Montreal and son of author Charles William Gordon.
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London
Ishbel MacDonald
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
J. King Gordon
Montreal
Canada
MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
United States
Gordon
Joan MacDonald
Ishbel
United Theological College
Charles William Gordon
Ralph Connor
Miss MacDonalds
Kilmarnock
Scotland
King Gordon
Bryan outlines four point farm relief plan
Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska proposes a four point program for farm relief at Des Moines. The plan calls for payment of the fourth Liberty loan in new currency, immediate payment of the soldier bonus in gold and silver backed currency, federal action to curb profiteering by organized business, and tariff reductions to enable exchange of goods.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Des Moines
Herring
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