Roosevelt Signals Move to a Managed Currency Policy
The president advocates a fixed value dollar with a gold price managed by RFC purchases and world market actions to steady commodity prices. He aims to tighten dollar control, establish a government gold market, and base policy on Keynesian ideas amid farm protests and a broader monetary plan.
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Elmer Thomas
Roosevelt
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Jesse Jones
RFC
Dean Acheson
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Washington
John Maynard Keynes
Wall Street
Communists blamed for Havana and Cuban disorder strikes
Readers are told that communists were blamed for wild disorders in Havana and the Oriente and Matanzas provinces as workers including bakers, butchers, and truck drivers carried on strikes in the area.
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Havana
Cuban
Oriente
Matanzas
Daladier Government Falls in France After Confidence Vote
Premier Edouard Daladier resigns as the chamber defeats his budget and economic plan. Albert Sarraut forms a new ministry while Daladier keeps the war portfolio. The fall is blamed on political feuding and bear raids harming France's gold reserves. Separately, senate investigators probe Cuban loans tied to Chase National Bank and former head Albert Wiggin's pension amid controversy.
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Edouard Daladier
France
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Frances
Bank of France
Albert Sarraut
Lebrun
Paul Boncour
Chautemps
Cpl. M. Sarraut
Germany
Enate
Ferdinand Pecora
Chase National Bank
Cuba
Chase Bank and Associates
Federal mail robbery ring broken up by Chicago inspectors
Chief post office inspector in Chicago says federal operatives disrupted a nationwide ring of mail robbers using Chicago as a dumping ground for stolen securities. About $500,000 of $650,000 taken in three robberies was recovered, including $100,000 in Italian bonds from the Leviathan theft and roughly $200,000 from the December 6 Chicago robbery. Gloomy Gus Schaeffer and George W Kerr linked to the Sacramento raid. N42 propaganda in the United States to be investigated by a House subcommittee led by Dickstein. German groups in New York barred from a celebration to prevent Nazi propaganda, per Mayor O Brien.
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Alter Johnson
Chicago
Sacramento
Gloomy
Gus” Schaeffer
Touhy
St. Paul
George W
Red”) Kerr
United States
House Committee On Immigration
Dickstein
New York
Germany
John P. O’brien
Graf Zeppelin Visits U S On Brazil Trip
R Hugo Eckener piloted the Graf Zeppelin on a US visit returning from Brazil. The airship halted briefly at Miami Akron Chicago and Akron before departing for Germany.
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R. Hugo Eckener
United States
Brazil
Miami
Akron
Chicago
Germany
War Department Action Cited by Henry Rmittad Bid
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a War Department action and a bid attributed to Henry Rmittad. The readable text hints at an official démarche or approval process but lacks full context or dates. Further readable details are needed to complete a concise summary.
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War. Department
Henry Rmittad
Roosevelt Faces Hard Senate In New Congress
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart notes President Roosevelt will confront a tougher, more argumentative Congress returning in January. He warns of renewed party clashes, urgent policy demands, and a public that will judge lawmakers by quick action and votes.
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Roosevelt
West Spring
Chicago
Congress
William Bruckart
Isle of Man divorce laws and women's rights contrast
The article explains Manx divorce custom where a husband or wife may be hanged beheaded or married based on a trial of strength with a rope sword or ring. It notes no permanent divorce law and that bills must pass both legislative branches, a process that kept divorces rare. It also discusses early voting for women and widow rights under the property and dower acts.
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Isle of Man
British Empire
House of Keys
Legislative Council
England
California syrup of figs for child appetite and energy
A vintage parenting advertisement urges mothers to use California syrup of figs to treat sluggish appetite and constipation in children. It claims the fig syrup is a pure, vegetable laxative that improves eating, color, weight, and spirits within days and warns to avoid substitutes. It promotes authenticity with the N. R. A. endorsement.
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California
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