World Trade Decline and Roosevelt Plan Highlight Conference
Graettinger Times outlines the 1930s economic mood as world trade slides to 26.0 billion from 68.0 billion in 1929 with slogans urging domestic purchases fading. It reports Roosevelt’s program to curb anti trust barriers allowing industries to coordinate production and prices under government arbitration. Builders show rising activity. an upturn in housing would boost lumber, steel, transport, and related sectors, lifting wages, employment, and securities values.
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Department of Commerce
Homeville
Roosevelt
Public Works Program Aims Billions For City Projects
The National Industrial Recovery Bill recently passed by Congress would make 3.3 billion dollars available for a wide public works construction program. The federal government could grant up to 30 percent of project costs and loan up to 70 percent, with up to 80 percent covered by government support for materials and labor. Municipalities, including many in Iowa, plan to use the funds to begin public works without compromising other improvements, to ease unemployment and accelerate construction.
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Congress
Iowa
Public Health urges water and sewage projects expansion
The Department of Health urges high priority for public works to improve water supplies and sewage disposal. Despite low morale, plans for new systems and upgrades are urged as essential, with Surgeon General Cumming noting unemployment relief should focus on safe water and sanitation infrastructure.
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Department of Health
Bureau of Public Health Engineering
Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Fundamental farm relief through cooperatives urged
A historical article argues that any sound farm relief program must center on promoting cooperatives. It cites the farm relief act’s original intent to foster cooperative development and notes trouble when policy veered into speculation, praising farm cooperatives for restoring farmers’ faith.
Deeds Wit and Witty Quotes From Estherville
A jumbled snippet page includes jokes about deeds speaking louder than words, aging and fashion, a barber hosting a wedding shower, a courtroom honesty line, and light anecdotes about emigration, Popeye Wimpy, railroads, and late nights. It reads like a collage of quips and market chatter from Estherville.
Farm Coops and Government Aid for a Happy Agricultural Future
The speaker praises farmers and their neighbors for cooperative effort during three hard years. Co-ops kept prices from falling further, though profits remain elusive. He argues government should work with cooperatives to provide real, lasting farm relief and a brighter rural future.
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Washington
Silver Stabilization Key Aim of World Economic Talks
The World Economic Conference weighs silver’s role as a money metal. Abnormally low silver prices shrink foreign trade and erode purchasing power. A fixed ratio to gold could stabilize world commerce, with broad ties to mining revival and employment in the United States.
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United States
Two Day Town Bankers Convention Held in Sioux City
A two day convention of town bankers was held at Sioux City on Monday and Tuesday. The event gathered regional bankers for discussions on finance and local economic issues among attendees from several towns.
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Sioux City
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