Hoover Signs Crop Loan Bill Sparks Silver Remonetization Debate
Washington reports a House committee debate on inflation and farm prices. John A. Simpson argues remonetization of silver would boost farmers' purchasing power, while criticizing the Reconstruction Corporation for aiding only big interests and not expanding credit. He traces farmers' troubles to 1920s policy shifts and warns that non remonetization plans will fail.
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Washington
Congressional
Reconstruction Corporation
John A. Simpson
National Farmers Union
House Coinage Committee
Simpson
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Cespete
David F. Houston
the Treasury
W. P. G. Harding
John Skelton Williams
Death Valley
Papa
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Britain accused of subterfuge to undermine U S shipping plan
Senator Copeland charged in Washington that Britain pursues secret diplomacy to influence world trade policy ahead of the economic conference. He cited a British Chamber of Shipping resolution urging cooperation to remove trade barriers, curb tariffs, and limit government shipping subsidies.
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England
U. S
Washington
Great Britain
Senate
Copeland
New York
British Chamber of Shipping
Chamber
Winter Returns In Mid-West For Stay
Winter returned to the prairie region of the upper Mississippi valley after almost two months. Temperatures fell to 2 below zero in parts of Minnesota and neighboring states, with Bemidji reaching a record 37 below. Chicago recorded 16 above zero as a milder trend was forecast overnight.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Arts
Minnesota
Bemidji
Minn
Oklahoma
Engineer Attacks Roosevelt's Muscle Shoals Plan
Charlotte report notes William States Lee vice president and chief engineers council and former AIEE president criticizes President-Elect Roosevelt's plan to create 200000 jobs in a Tennessee river basin reclamation project. He argues government competition with private enterprise harms American initiative and hints at socialist consequences.
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America
Illinois mine unions clash ends in failed arbitration
Springfield report says attempts to arbitrate the bitter controversy between Illinois coal mine unions failed. Gov. Henry Horner announced a strict policy for law enforcement in Christian county and other troubled areas.
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Springfield
Illinois
Henry Horner
Christian County
Plans for tri state medical society session announced
Charlotte reports plans for the annual meeting of the tri state medical society of the Carolinas and Virginia to be held in Greenville D C on February 15 1415 announced by Dr J M Northington secretary and treasurer.
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Charlotte
Tri-State Medical Society
Carolinas
Virginia
Greenville
D. C
J. M. Northington
Randolph-Macon names new president for women’s college
Dr. Theodore Henley Jack, vice president of Emory University in Atlanta, accepted the presidency of Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg. The appointment follows the resignation of Dr. Dice R. Anderson as head of the Randolph-Macon system.
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Lynchburg
Theodore Henley Jack
Emory University
Atlanta
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Robert CC. Watts
Randolph-Macon
Dice R. Anderson
North Carolina Young Democrats to Sponsor Jackson Day March
Dewey Dorsett of Raleigh announced that the North Carolina clubs of young Democrats will sponsor a Jackson Day March to elect new officers who will begin their terms. The event sets the stage for leadership changes within the organization.
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Raleigh
Dewey Dorsett
North Carolina Clubs of Young Democrats
One Arrest Made In Death of Farmer and Son In Home
Taylorsville authorities reported the double homicide of Isaac Welborn a 65 year old farmer and his 11 year old son Thomas at their home. An arrest was made in connection with the case though the suspect’s name was withheld while investigators seek more witnesses.
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Taylorsville
Isaac Welborn
Little River
Alexander County
Thomas
John R. Jones
North Wilkesboro
Welborn
Inaugural Plans Outlined for Roosevelt Move
Washington announces a four hour inaugural day for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4 with events from 11 a.m. to after 3 p.m. He will ride with Hoover to the Capitol, watch Garner sworn in as vice president, take the oath on an elevated platform, and then return to the White House for a parade and luncheon.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nooseel
White House
Hoover
Capitol
Roosevelt
Fort Myer
Senate
John N. Garner
Texas
Garner
Evans
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hitler Tightens Grip as Prussia Moves to Polls
Berlin Feb 44 The Hitler government moves to dissolve all Prussian city and village councils forcing thousands of aldermen to polls March 12 to curb Diet opposition. A decree withdraws freedom of the press and restricts assembly while banning socialist and communist papers. The regime denies a general agricultural moratorium a cabinet rift and federal state commissars beyond Prussia.
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Berlin
Hitler
Diet
Franz von Papen
Prussia
von Hindenburg
Ruhr
Vorwaerts
Cologne
Jena
Gera
Hanover
Bres
Roosevelt to Consult on Debt Talks Before Inauguration
Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Jacksonville on the Nourmahal for a private vacation and said he would consult with a congressional committee during the initial British debt negotiations at the start of his administration. The talks would be executive function, but the committee would aid in the process.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
House Refuses to Cut Salaries and Maintains Capitol Dining
The House rejected salary reductions for members and kept Capitol restaurants funded by federal appropriations. It did vote to cap funeral delegations to two senators and two representatives, after debate on salaries and perks. The $16,588,000 legislative branch supply bill moved forward, with members defending current pay and services.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Capitol
Legislative Branch
Whitting Ofnessee
Whittington
Mitchell
Congress
Representative Schafer
Wis
Senate
House
Boylan
N. Y
Ccut
Cochran
Missouri
House Expenditures Committee
O'Connor
Appropriations Committee
Mrs Roosevelt to Curtail Activities After Inauguration
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said she would reduce public engagements after March 4. She plans to stop commercial radio work, limit writings to non political topics, avoid using her name in endorsements, end her Todhunter teaching job, and refrain from new contracts.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Evening Post Today
the Post
Roosevelt
Politics
White House
Todhunter
Four Injured When Car Hits Abutment
ROCKY MOUNT Feb 4 Miss Hinnie Backus of Mount Tabor N J was injured probably fatally when her auto crashed into a bridge abutment near here today. Also harmed were J W King of Mount Tabor former foreign freight agent for Norfolk and Southern with a fractured skull and other injuries Mrs J W King with a severely sprained back Miss Caroline Barrow of Long Island N Y with a broken collar bone and sprained back. The four were en route to Florida.
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Rocky Mount
Hinnie Backus
Mount Tabor
N. J
Backus
J. W. King
Norfolk and Southern
Caroline Barrow
Long Island, N. Y
Florida
Eruptive Cone of Vesuvius Widens
Naples reports the eruptive cone of Mt Vesuvius widening as lava pools seek an outlet. Professor Alessandro Mall mira of the observatory warns of a possible early spring eruption and a stronger seismic signal is recorded. Local residents return home yet stay on alert.
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Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Alessandro Mallmira
Torre del Greco Imi
Torre Annuziata
Japan Proposal Rejected by League on Sino Japanese Dispute
Geneva February report states the League of Nations committee of 19 rejected Japan’s conciliation proposal and moves to draft settlements per the Lytton report. Japanese delegate Matsukoa meets the secretary general and notes the decision strains Tokyo Genoa ties.
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League of Nations
Japan
Geneva
Committee of 19
League of Nations Assembly
Lytton
Yosuke Matsukoa
Sir Eric Drummond
League
Tokyo
Genoa
Sensible horse helps milk wagon driver in Utah
In Salt Lake City Old Nig the milk wagon horse showed sense by nudging his driver with the nose to warn of a snowball lodged in his hoof. The driver, delivering milk, was knocked into a snowdrift but freed himself as the horse held up its hoof to reveal the frozen ball.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Old Nig
Detectives Seek Three Suspects In Girl's Death
New York detectives hunt three suspects in the hammer slaying of 15 year old Mary Helen O Connor, an honor student and beauty contest winner. District Attorney Eivin Edwards says investigators are closing in as police probe a possible maniac or White Slave ring link.
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New York
Mary Helen O'Connor
Eivin Edwards
Long Island
Harold King
Hoover signs bill authorizing 90 million for farmer loans
Washington reports President Hoover signed a measure to authorize 90 million dollars in loans to farmers for 1933 crops with a 1 million dollar livestock feed loan in drought regions. The act lets the agriculture secretary lend funds in exchange for crop liens, possible 30 percent production cuts, and rules later set. critics fear rising surpluses though supporters call it a needed emergency step.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
N. Y
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Carl Vrooman
Bloomington
Wilson
Uncle Sam Moves To Secure Bullitt
The United States seeks foreign records on whether William Bullitt acted as a semi official envoy in war debt talks with nations. Senator Robinson urged action under the Logan Act if charges hold. Embassies in Europe were asked to investigate Bullitt’s activities. The state department and Roosevelt deny government sanction.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
Senate
Europe
Bullitt
Robinson
Ind
State Department
London
Paris
Congress
Roosevelt
Democrats Reject G. O. P. Tariffs
Washington February 4 Democrats blocked Republican tariff bills after two weeks of hearings in the Ways and Means subcommittee. The full committee vote was seen as assured. Democrats planned focus next on February 13 floor action regarding a Republican discharge motion to bring up the tariff measure.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Crowther
N. Y
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