Roosevelt appoints Francis B. Sayre as assistant secretary
Secretary of State Hull names Francis B. Sayre Harvard Law School professor and former Siam adviser as assistant secretary of state. Sayre will move to Washington as arrangements allow after serving as foreign affairs adviser to Siam and negotiating treaties with France Britain the Netherlands Spain Portugal Denmark Sweden Norway and Italy.
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Hull
Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Harry F. Pager
RFC
Sayre
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Washington
University
Siam
France
Great Britain
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Europe
The New Deal Entanglements and Farm Adjustment
Washington voices probe how to untangle the New Deal impact on farming and industry. It notes rising public debt, farm program aims, and potential shifts in land use and livestock as Secretary Wallace pushes production controls and new crops to absorb vacant acres.
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Washington
NRA
Wallace
Kangas
Marketing Costs In U S Livestock Markets Highlighted
A chart based on the Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows 1932 livestock marketing costs. Farm value of slaughtered meat animals was 721 million, packers paid 861 million, and consumers paid 1.656 billion at retail. Stockmen pay 140 million in visible costs, while 795 million flows from stockyards to consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. QC. Ashby
College of Agriculture
University of
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Roosevelt policy attacked by national chamber of commerce
The American Chamber of Commerce of the United States, led by Henry Harriman, adopted a resolution opposing President Roosevelt’s monetary policy. The vote criticized the dollar depreciation plan and called for no monetary experimentation, greenbacks, or flat money, while backing private financing for housing and favoring industry codes through trade associations.
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AERA
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosevelt
Henry J. Harriman
Boston
NIA
Chamber
O. M. W. Sprague
Treasury
Harvard
Sprague
James P. Warburg
New York
American Academy of Political Science
Philadelphia
Irving Fisher
Yale
Thomas
Oklahoma
Advisory Council
The
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve District
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Chief Morgenthau Defends U S Credit Image
Secretary Morgenthau answered critics by declaring the nations credit is as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar while noting that the administration faces pressures and risks in maintaining public confidence and financial standing.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Gibraltar
Defeat of budget plan linked to civil servant unions
In Paris the proposed gold standard budget balance faced defeat due to civil service unions resisting any financial sacrifices. There was belief Edouard Herriot might be asked to form another ministry.
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Gold & Standard
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Navy and Marine pair reach record stratosphere flight
Lieutenant Commander Shu Le of the navy and Major Ford Ney of the marines achieved a record ascent from Akron Ohio reaching 61237 feet. They exceeded the prior record by about a thousand feet though Russian explorers claimed higher. Their balloon landed in a southern New Jersey swamp and both explorers were rescued and transported to Washington by airplane for reception by the secretary of the navy.
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Shule
Navy
Fordney
Marines
Akron
Ohio
Russia
Settle
New Jersey
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Newfoundland faces loss of dominion status to crown colony
A royal commission urges Newfoundland to become a crown colony amid tangled finances. It cites debt growing as interest consumes half of state revenue and blames waste and poor administration. Selling Labrador to Canada is proposed to help pay the public debt.
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Newfoundland
Great Britain
Labradors
Thess Land
Labrador
Canada
Record Earthquake Reported Near North Pole Scare
Scientists described a massive quake between Greenland and Baffin Island as the greatest ever recorded yet it caused no destruction or loss of life due to its remote landform location.
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North Pole
Greenland
Baffin
Vermont's Pehore W Gibson to Return as Senator
Pehore W. Gibson, formerly a Vermont congressman, will go to Washington to represent Vermont in the senate. He was appointed by Governor Wilson to fill the vacancy left by the death of Senator Porter H. Dale.
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Pehore W. Gibson
Vermont
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Porter H. Dale
Farm strike fizzles as milk shipments resume
SCONSIN'S farm action fizzled and was called off by Farm Holiday association leaders and the milk pool. Pickets were withdrawn and shipments of milk and other farm produce to markets resumed. The milk pool leader said another holiday likely in February.
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Sconsin
Farm Holiday Association
Milk Pool
Nineteenth Route Army Revolts in Civil Conflict
The Nineteenth route army that defended Shanghai against Japan last year has revolted against the Nanking government and declared independence for Fukien province. Rumors say the army seeks accord with Kiangsi communists, raising fears of Japanese intervention due to Fukien's anti Japanese stance and vast Japanese interests.
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Hina
Shanghai
Nanking
Fukien
Kiangsi
Japan
Conta
Ita
Formosa
Italy May Withdraw from League If France Denies Consent
In early December 5, discussions will convene the fascist grand council to decide Italy's League of Nations membership. Rome signals Italy may withdraw unless France agrees to hold a certain action and forms opinion on the matter.
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Italy
League of Nations
Romes
League
France
Eliminate Loafer Cows Amid Rising Feed Costs
Purdue expert G A Williams urges culling inefficient dairy cows as feed costs soar. High producers far outpace low ones, with the top ten yielding over twice the milk of the bottom ten. Poor cows needed 76 cents in feed per 100 pounds of milk versus 35 cents for the best. The best cow exceeded feed cost by 5.02 dollars. the average poor cow by 1.58. Sixty poor cows equal one top cow in income above feed cost.
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G. A. Willams
Purdue University
Williams
Agricultural Insights Across Regions Reported
Agricultural notes span Texas Angora goat numbers and apple storage insect control while Ireland begins farmer union expansion. Manchuria is labeled a fevered agricultural zone in the Far East with wheat gains noted across Europe excluding Soviet Russia. The guidance urges cows to be dry six weeks or two months to build reserves and 4H juniors may teach adults.
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War National
William Ny Riche
Tlon
Woodin
Déan Acheson
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Arizona
Germany
Mr. Woodin
Mr. Acheson
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Morgenthau
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce
Has. St
Rie Bs
Welles
Cuba
Edward W. Pickard
Prof
Savannah
Thomases
Association of American Tories
Rufus King
Ecretary of the Interior Scries
Federal Housing Corporation
Detroit
A. A. Troyanovsky
Warm Springs
Litvinov
William C. Bullit
Moscow
Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky
Tokyo
Russian
Mr. Litvinov
Gray
Ambassador Welles
Havana
Jefferson Caffery
Shate American
Sumner Welles
Texas
Farmers’ Union
Northern Ireland
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Far East
Soviet
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