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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1934
Page
4
The opening address to Congress stressed a new social and economic order. It highlighted the NRA gains, farm price parity aims, and the drive to curb crime and corruption. The message warned against individualists and projected large deficits to sustain recovery and government programs.
The government readies to seize private gold holdings under emergency banking powers, with five exceptions, while federal reserve gold remains protected. Separate clashes over William Humphrey's FCC renomination and a Romanian anti Semite crackdown are noted as political and social tremors.
The PWA allocated 27.584 million to six railroads for rail and track repairs, locomotives, rolling stock, and coal cars. Largest loan 12 million to Southern Pacific. Illinois Central 0.8 million. Baltimore & Ohio 4.28 million. Wabash receivers 1.489 million. Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf and Interstate each 205 thousand and 250 thousand. Indignant Chicago meat packers defend noncompliance charges amid AAA probe, while Argentina faces a failed revolt and deadly clashes in Rosario and Santa Fe. Deputy administrator Mary Weisinger in banking case replaced by General Johnson for alleged approval of problematic rules. about 700 banks affected.
A column by ED HOWE reflecting on habits, reading limits, and linguistic trends. He muses on personal vices, the effort to quit smoking, and the value of practical virtue, linking town life to cultural notes about Keokuk and Atchison.
A compact feature recounts Hank Monk the Concord stage driver who first carried a Central Overland mail to Placerville in 1858 and Horace Greeley’s famous rebuke. It also follows Muggin Taylor’s dramatic sprint to relay news of Custer’s defeat, shaping frontier lore and press dispatches.
A Sir John Reith quote argues the first class man can perform five times the work of the average, due to training rather than inherent capacity. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to strengthen women and promote abstinence from alcohol, sold by druggists in tablets or liquid.
A brief remark from a London Tit-Bits item questions marriage as a social refrain. The dialogue hints at personal choice and contentment amid expectations.
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