Peek to head trade coordination committee in White House
Edward W. Pickard reports that Frank L. Peek will resign as AAA administrator and become special assistant to the President heading a temporary committee to coordinate foreign trade efforts. The group will include existing interdepartmental boards and sought advisers, with final action expected within two weeks.
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G Oper Seer
Wallace
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Peek
Inter-departmental Advisory Board On
Peck
White House
George Leek
AAA
Debtor Nation Roars Over Spending and Tax Policy
An analysis of United States debt growth, government spending under Roosevelt, and looming tax increases. The piece notes the national debt rising from 23.5 billion to 28.5 billion by November, argues spending drives debt, and warns of future taxes to balance the budget while noting recovery agencies and wartime finance history. It critiques policy as potentially harsh on taxpayers and questions the effectiveness of current spending in lifting the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Sumner Welles
Havana
Miami
Washington
Department of State
Jefferson Cilfery
Elavana
Roosevelt
Mr. Welles
Cuba
Col
Carlos Mendieta
Augusto Saladrigas
ABC
Grau
Saladrigas
United States
Montevideo
Angel Giraudy
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Tom
Harry
United States of America
Civil Works Administration
Works ‘Administration
National Recovery Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Europe
Andrew W. Mellon
Congress
Weary reflections on children and adult failure
Mrs Walter Ferguson in the New York World Telegram laments adults' failures to prepare the next generation. She recalls an open air school fiesta and contrasts innocent juvenile joy with the adults' anxious questions about their children's futures. six thousand children singing ends with a plea for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter, Ferguson
New York World-Telegram
Election of employees representatives for bargaining planned
Weir announces an election of employees representatives for collective bargaining. A letter to Senator R D Wagner says any arrangement with the board may be terminated and the election will proceed under the employees organization rules. Wagner later confirms board supervision of the election in Weirton and Clarksburg West Virginia and Steubenville Ohio plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Wagner
Weir
Wagner
Weirton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Steubenville
Ohio
Paraguay Wins Big in Chaco War as Fort Saavedra Falls
In Montevideo talks sought end to the Chaco conflict while battles rage. Paraguay forces reportedly captured more than 18,000 Bolivian troops and killed over 600 in one engagement. Asuncion jubilant. La Paz grim after Fort Saavedra fall, seen as Bolivian defeat.
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Montevideo
Bolivia
Paraguay
Asuncion
la Paz
Saavedra
Chaco
Government studies propose tighter control of communications
Secretary Roper announces completion of an Interdepartmental committee report on telegraph, telephone, and radio regulation. The study favors a shift toward monopoly with strict federal supervision, possibly government ownership, and aims to address national defense concerns and foreign advantage under current rate controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Committee On Communications
Secretary of
Commerce Roper
Congress
Revolt Spreads Across Spain Amid Bloodshed and Arrests
Anarchists rise in the northeast sparking clashes with troops and police. The revolt reaches Madrid and the capital sees bombings and street battles. Scores die while hundreds of agitators are detained as authorities struggle to quell unrest.
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Madrid
The
Rds
Bootleg Kisses Stir Bronxville Traffic Ban
Police order residents of Bronxville New York to stop kissing at the local railroad station citing traffic obstruction. A reporter found commuters had gathered couples kissing despite the ban, while an officer admitted he had never seen so much kissing as a curious glimpse of civic liberties in action.
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Bronxville
N. Y
Philadelphia Record
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Edward W. Pickard
Ester Davis
Chester Davis
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Agricultural Adjustment ‘Administration
Morgenthau
Thomas Hewes
Dean Acheson
Professor Sprague
Woodin
Mr. Hewes
Cummings
Walter J. Cummings
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Jefferson Caffery
Obert Frchner
Civilian Conservation Corps
George S. Zook
Fechner
James A. Reed
Senate
Missouri Statesman
Kansas City
Illiam C. Bullitt
Russia
Moscow
Mr. Bullitt
Negoreloye
Alexandrovsky
Alexander A. Troyanovsky
Alexis Neuman
National Hotel
Soviet Russia
Builltt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John 8. Funk
Rockingham, N. C
George Peek
William Bruckart
Sec’y Roper
Bootleg
Arto
Ier
Nat‘! Public Works Inform
Portland
Ore
Bonneville
Coulee
Fort Peck
Casper
Lbc
Cuticura
Yry
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