Brookings finds greater production needed to meet needs
A Brookings Institution report argues for expanded production and higher living standards, challenging 1929 scarcity theories. It notes 40 percent food production growth and rising family incomes could lift consumer demand, while labor strikes threaten order amid riots and debates over workers rights and social policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
Independent Research Organization
Bureau of Home Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Brookingsconomists
Washington
Du Ponts Sought High Officials Aid to Halt Arms Move
Senate munitions investigators report Du Pont of Wilmington urged war and navy officials to oppose a 1932 arms embargo supported by Sen. Borah. Evidence shows ties to Imperial Chemicals Industries and stock in Remington Arms, with plans discussed to sell munitions to China and Japan if conflict rose in Shanghai and Manchuria. Lammot du Pont conceded possible sales to both sides and internal memos cited steps to secure military business amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William EK. Borah
du Pont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Del
Borah
Herbert Hoover
War and Navy Departments
Bingham
Bennett Champ Clark
Hiram W. Bingham
Conn
du Pont Company
Imperial Chemicals Industries
Remington Arms Company
Lammot du Pont
China
Japan
Shanghai
Manchuria
F. W. Pickard
Maj
K K. W. Casey
Casey
du Pont
Hamilton R. Fish
Foster Custody Battle Over Whitney Foster Heats Up
In Los Angeles a custody fight over Whitney Foster seven, adopted by John Morrell Foster and Mrs Iva G Foster of Beverly Hills, follows a Sioux Falls divorce break. Foster seeks joint or shared custody while challenging the ex wife claim for permanent custody. He notes a nine month annual custody in the divorce and reveals a $230000 settlement to prove his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Whitney Foster
John Morrell Foster
South Dakota
Iva G. Foster
Beverly Hills
Sioux Falls
Foster
Production Program Proposal Amid Regime Shadows
A concise outline proposes a production program navigating between strict NRA style controls and loosely regulated industrial oligarchy. It suggests a centralized agency, as Mussolini established under fascism, to coordinate efforts, balance power, and push national output through coordinated policy and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Mussolini
Fame is a gilded cage and the unknown are free
A 1934 essay argues that pursuit of fame brings trouble and defamation, while anonymity offers happiness. It contrasts public figures like Asquith to unknowns, noting the private life of the famous is public property and distressing to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Lot
Tennyson
Merlin
Asquith
London
Pershing Observes 74th Birthday in Vittel France
General John J. Pershing marked his seventy fourth birthday in Vittel, France, without ceremony as reported by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vittel
France
John J. Pershing
Tax relief hopes ride on improving economy says senator
Chairman Harrison of the senate finance committee after meeting with President Roosevelt said new taxes could be avoided in the next session if conditions continue to improve. He reported tax receipts were coming in nicely and the administration might modify relief expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hypde Park
N. Y
Harrison
U S Troops Last Called By Hoover In Bonus Rioting
Washington reports that President Hoover ordered General Douglas MacArthur to disperse the Bonus Army rioters on July 28 1932. The veterans camp was fired upon and two marchers were killed before evacuation by regular troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P Pope
Ida
Alken Simons
Army
Navy
Europe
Simons
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Washington
Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Bonus
United States
War Department
Prsident Harding
West Virginia
Wilson
Colorado
Ludlow
Theodore Roosevelt
Goldfield
Cleveland
Chujigo
Changes urged in AAA corn hog adjustment program
Resolutions from seven midwestern states urged major revisions to the corn hog adjustment plan. Proposals include 75 percent payments on 75 percent of the 1932-33 base, 80 to 85 percent 1935 base, 40 cents per bushel corn payments, use of 1932-33 base, and expanded contracting acres for pasture and soil programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
AAA
Middle West
State College
Vallee Asks Court For Mental Observation Of Miss Singer
New York report says crooner Rudy Vallee petitioned the supreme court to commit Frances Singer to a psychopathic hospital for observation. Singer, suing for breach of promise, says Vallee promised marriage. Vallee claims she is mentally incompetent and has never met him. Attorney Samuel Gottlieb says Singer came from Denver to Valley Stream to harass him, presenting letters to support his request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudy Vallee
Supreme Court
Frances Singer
Singer
Valley Stream
S. A
Denver
Rudy
Vallee
Samuel Gottlieb
Crooner
Miss Singer
Gottlieb
Curator of Field Museum Falls Eight Floors to Death
CHICAGO AP Dr Berthold Laufer curator of anthropology at the Field Museum leaped or fell from the eighth floor of a south side hotel Thursday His body was found on the hotel porch roof and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead Laufer born in Germany in 1874 was a noted explorer author and ethnologist and a member of many scientific societies He traveled to China Tibet Siberia and other regions and authored many books and hundreds of monographs His widow Bertha Hampton of New York survives with one son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Berthold Laufer
Field Museum
South Side
Lauter
Germany
China
Tibet
Siberia
Asiatic
Asia
Bertha Hampton
New York
Poland Breaks With League and Aligns With Germany
In Geneva Col. Joseph Beck denounced the 1919 minority treaty and rejected League control over minority protections. Poland declares independence from League obligations, seeks a general convention for minorities, and signals closer ties with Germany amid Franco-Polish tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
INS
League of Nations
Poland
League
League Council
League Assembly
Joseph Beck
France
Germany
Col
Beck
Hecke
Col. Beck
Labor Chief Seeks Federal Control of Production
The American Federation of Labor urged Wednesday night a central agency linking business labor consumers and government to plan and execute a national production program. The federation cited autos and housing as examples of underproduction and argued profit uncertainty chills expansion and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Organized Business
Washington
Federation
Woman Cuts Way Out Of Jail At Audubon
Mrs. Carl Cardio, 45, of Atlantic, escapes Audubon jail during deputy sheriff’s absence. She used a table knife or scissors to cut through the wall of the women’s quarters, obtained a wall key, unlocked her cell, and walked free. The jailer discovered the escape upon returning from a county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon Ia (Ap
McLaughlin
Carl Cardio
Atlantic
Janlor
Four Officers Accuse Rescue Ship Captain
Four of the President Cleveland’s officers testified they would not sail again with Captain Carey citing incompetence during the Morro Castle rescue off the Jersey coast. They criticized delayed lifeboat lowering and handling, while the Dollar Line defended the captain as trusted and experienced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert E Carey
Dollar Line
Cleveland
Jersey
Board of
Carey
Morro Castle
Shageeeitens
Nan Ares
Morre Castle
James Henderson
Harold Petersen
Jeremiah Smith
Dwight Randall
Sidney F. Curtis
Ofcer Henderson
Curtis
Petersen
Manahattan
E.ct
San Francisco
Frisco
Thursday Major League Results from National and American Leagues
National League scores show St Louis 2 New York 4, Chicago 7 Brooklyn 2, with Cincinnati Boston and Pittsburgh Philadelphia listed for later dates. American League results include Detroit 2 Washington 7 and New York 3 Cleveland 9, with Boston Chicago and Philadelphia St Louis rain and games postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
National League
St. Louis
New York
Dean
DeLancey
Fitzsimmons
Mancuso
Washington
Detroit
Stewart
McColl
Boston
Rowe
Cochrane
Chicago
Philadelphis
Rep James Beck to Quit Congress over Rubber Stamp
Philadelphia AP report notes Rep James M Beck Republican of Philadelphia will retire from Congress at term end. He says Congress has largely ceased to be a deliberative body and that being one four hundredth of a rubber stamp no longer appeals to him.
Methodist Laymen Form Permanent Organization
The Methodist Episcopal laymen organized as a perpetual body until the next conference met. E A Downey questioned the move as against discipline, but J W Arbuckle ruled it valid. Resolutions, read by W A Lane, adopted to elect a vice president and to form study and by law committees for the 1935 lay delegate conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eAeeeio Ae
Ieee
The
Methodist Episcopal'church
E. A. Downey
Davenport
J. W. Arbuckle
W. A. Lane
Marshalltown
Arbuckle
Lane
Downey
W. A. Ball
Cedar Rapids
AAA Buys 11 033 Cattle From Iowa
Washington reports the AAA has purchased 5 164 954 head of cattle in drought stricken western states. Purchase and benefit payments totaling 48 328 695 dollars have been sent to 278 577 farmers. Average price paid per head was 13 54 dollars. Purchases included Iowa 11 033, South Dakota 686 564, Minnesota 192 035, Wisconsin 44 112.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
First Violence in Des Moines Walkout at Hosiery Mills
AP reporting the Des Moines strike at Rolls Hosiery turned violent as pickets attacked cars, prevented workers from entering, and smashed property. Don Harris, union vice president, intervened as a reported skirmish occurred. police sheltered nonparticipants until workers retreated. The plant was shut down pending peaceful operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Rollins
Don Harris
Herbert Dearden
Wey
John H Brine
Rules Exchange Of Cream For Butter Is Not Taxable
Des Moines Iowa AP The state tax board ruled that when farmers bring cream to independent creameries and receive butter in exchange the butter is not taxable. The ruling mirrors a recent decision on butter produced for farmers by cooperative creameries. Ray Murphy chairman said butter classifications fall under the same sales tax guidance regardless of creamery type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Tax Board
Co-Operative and “Association
Ray Murphy
Rhode Island Solons Reject Call for Federal Troops
Rhode Island lawmakers in a special session defeated Governor Green’s bid to request federal troops to quell textile strike violence. The plan stalled after Democratic and Republican opposition, while a $100,000 state police expansion bill advanced in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons Bale
Providence
Rhode Island
Green
Senate
House
Labor leaders threaten textile strike escalation
Washington labor chiefs allied with the striking workers vow to paralyze the textile industry. Francis J. Gorman says thousands of hosiery carpet rug dye rayon and synthetic workers will join the fight after peace talks failed. He blames management state and county officials for 13 deaths and calls for recognition of unions the 30 hour week and elimination of the stretch-out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis J. Gorman
Gorman
Roosevelt vows federal troops over Rhode Island textile strike
President Roosevelt telephoned Governor Green pledging to rush federal troops if local forces fail to quell violence over the New England textile walkout. The warning followed the first killing in Woonsocket as state police chiefs were directed to round up communists and mobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
Roosevelt
Theodore Francis Green
New England
Woonsocket
Green
Rhode
Comstock Concedes Defeat In Michigan Primary
DETROIT UP Final returns from Tuesday's Michigan primary show Gov. William A. Comstock conceding defeat for democratic renomination to Arthur J. Lacy of Detroit. He pledges support. Rep. Carl Weideman and Rep. Harry W. Musselwhite also lose renomination bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
William A. Comstock
Arthur J Lacy
Lacy
Carl Weideman
Harry W Musselwhite
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verne Marshall
du Ponts
JFERA
FERA
Upton Sinclair
Avaleacem Short
Messrs. Herring and
Turner
Fosters
Boy
Drl Newton
F Pershing
U.S
Hitler
Russia
Paris
Audubon
Alagna
Brooklyn
Bush
O'Farrell
Mungo
Munns
Lopez
Berres
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Gomex
Jorgens
Hildebrand
Brenzel
Rep. Beck
Congress
Hyde Park
White House
Company
Saylesville
Woonesocket
Comstock
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!