Roosevelt’s funnel of ideas pressures White House
Roosevelt faces a flood of memoranda as Moley fades from the “brain trust” and a broader circle lobbies to ease the President’s workload. Drafts describe treasury plans to concentrate investment banking, triggering warnings from the Securities Act and Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Silver program boosts president in busy session
Speculative markets surged as the President's silver program sparked a strong rally in stocks and metals. Silver futures rose two to three cents an ounce, gold buying increased with foreign purchases and RFC funds swelling to 100 million dollars.
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Roosevelt orders 50-50 silver coinage with producers
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation ratifying the London silver agreement. Government mints will coin 24,000,000 ounces yearly on a 50-50 basis, with half the proceeds returned to producers in dollars and half held by the treasury as reserve. The plan sets a price around 64 12 cents an ounce, well above current market levels.
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Federated Clubs to Meet This Afternoon
An important meeting of Federated Clubs is set for 4 30 this afternoon in the Morgan County National Bank directors rooms. All members and other interested residents are urged to attend as topics of broad importance will be discussed. Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy D A R and the Legion Auxiliary are especially urged to be present.
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Orphanage Offering Announced By Local Pastor
Rev. J. E Berkstresser of the First Baptist church announced that the entire Sunday school offering will be given to the state Baptist orphans home at du Trove.
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First Baptist Church
State Baptist Orphans’ Home du Trove
Americans 10 face court in Paris over spy probe
Mr and Mrs Robert Switz of East Orange New Jersey prepared to plead innocent before a French judge as they were drawn into a police net aimed at catching a ring of dealers in international military secrets. The couple met with attorney Charles Moise after a conference as investigators sift a vast trove of documents and seek clues to behind the organization said to target France’s military power.
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Kiwanis Club Receives Annual Reports on 1933 Work
The Decatur Kiwanis Club heard annual reports Thursday evening from the committee chairman detailing the year's work. Members reviewed Kiwanis projects undertaken during 1933 with interest and note on the club’s progress.
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Rhodes in critical condition at Tuscaloosa hospital
Friends report Cecil W. Dusty Rhodes former Daily mechanical staff member is critically ill at the U S Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa. He was taken to the hospital on Monday for treatment.
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Dusty) Rhodes
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
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Mrs Roan Returns From Hospital Stay
Mrs A M Roan, who has been receiving treatment at Highlond Avenue Hospital in Birmingham, is greatly improved in health and will return home Sunday.
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Highlond Avenue Hospital
Birmingham
Vandals Destroy Shrubs on Bee Line Highway
Police investigate destruction of shrubs planted by CWA workers along the Bee Line highway south of Keller bridge. Officials vow drastic punishment if culprits are identified, calling it one of the meanest acts of vandalism.
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Airport plans go to state board for approval
Plans and specifications for a Decatur airport have been forwarded to the state board. J. T. Budinger, CWA administrator for Morgan county, said engineers have inspected several sites including an 80 acre parcel north of Joe Wheeler highway, two miles from the Federal post office. Cost details await hangar quotations. The CWA plan allows cities to lease or option to buy for at least five years, keeping a landing field available. Other Morgan projects progress as engineering work continues. Budinger noted statewide CWA approvals in health, sanitation, malaria control, and surveys, with Morgan county job quotas to be announced soon. Meanwhile beautification, road work, and drainage absorb the Morgan quota, with women assembling first aid kits under Mrs. John R. Eggleston for crews in hazardous tasks.
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Alabama Employment Rise Under CWA Efforts Reports 90 000
State director A J Speer says 43 workers placed on highways and public works while Thad Holt notes over 40 000 moved from relief to CWA payroll in Alabama. A plan to build a Talladega municipal auditorium honors Ed Shorty Wren. Capitol renovation includes shrub removal and repainting, with a tentative move of the Confederate Veterans monument pending track removal.
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Montgomery
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Mayor warns on fireworks abuse in Decatur
Mayor James A. Nelson orders Decatur police to arrest anyone using fireworks in business district fire zones. He vows heavy fines and street sentences for adults convicted of disorderly conduct to curb injuries and fires from tossed firecrackers.
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Decatur
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Liquor Tax Set At 2 A Gallon In New Plan
The Treasury will collect a $2 per gallon tax on liquor with $5 duty on spirits and existing imposts on other alcohol to be maintained during the flush import period. Projected import volume is 15 to 20 million gallons in the first full post repeal year, yielding $75 to $100 million in revenue. The measure will be sent to the House as a resolution on January 3 to speed enactment.
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Divorce Judge Uses Christmas Psychology to Reconcile Couples
Chicago December 22 Judge Joseph Sabath famed for handling 40 000 divorce pleas sits weekly on reconciliation duty this Christmas season He postpones trials and invites couples with children to his chambers for a brief talk using a festive mood and small comforts to encourage settlement He jokes about Santa Claus and keeps a peaceful court space during the holiday push for peaceable resolutions.
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Santa Claus
Santa halted as transportation groups walk out
A general strike in Philadelphia shuts nine allied unions out of work. Leaders say 27 000 delivery and transportation workers are on strike threatening to cripple Christmas deliveries across multiple businesses.
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Philadelphia
Diplomacy Signals Quiet U.S. Non Intervention Stance
Washington reports indicate authorities expect no formal U.S. statement on Madrid dispatches about diplomatic overtones. Officials doubt Spain will request aid, as Secretary Hull signaled in a Pan American Congress speech a strong non intervention policy.
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Negro Employee Hurt in Unusual Tire Accident
Richard Baylers, a Goodyear Service employee, suffered a base brain fracture when an inflated tire he was removing from a truck suddenly liberated itself striking his head. He was reported resting well today.
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Goodyear Service, Inc
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Fruit Shower at Arena Tonight
Legion officials call attention to the annual fruit shower this evening inviting post and Auxiliary members to bring fruit or canned goods to the arena for distribution at Christmas.
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