05 Aug 1932
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1932
Page
1
A speaker repeats a cheeky refrain that men wear too many clothes. They lampoon long trousers and high collars and argue no one designs wiser attire. The joke pivots on fashion excess and the call for simpler garments.
The article surveys large U.S. treasury notes sales and ample bank cash, noting a strong money supply. It cites Karl von Weigand on a European anti-American bloc including France and Britain, and predicts German rearmament and possible Allied dismay at a united Germany and Italy under dictators. It mentions U.S. tax-free Oklahoma towns through public ownership, and warns of a Communist plot to harm bank credit, urging vigilance against red whisperers.
A columnist recalls varied suicide methods including a deliberate case of Roscoe Griffith who died after telling doctors he had taken no poison. The piece notes rapid changes in life and references Rockefeller City becoming a free port for exhibitions with duty free object shipments. Rudy Vallee pursues law studies as he weighs a possible future away from singing.
The New York Herald Tribune editorial argues the United States faces mounting veterans relief costs far exceeding World War expenditure and urges revising laws to curb non service related payments. It cites planned 1946 spending, critiques Congress and the American Legion, and warns of unsustainable burdens on taxpayers.
The piece argues Americans work 61 days yearly to cover government costs, up from 46 in 1924 and 25 in 1913, with the tax burden rising as new bureaus expand spending. It warns continual tax increases threaten national prosperity and cites Hoover on the tax road. The last 16 years show government costs up about 150 percent, fueling capital hoarding, industrial retrenchment, and unemployment.
The New York branch of the National Economy League plans a national committee meeting with over a hundred delegates to press for reform of veterans pensions and relief. The group argues $900,000,000 yearly is misapplied, half for disabled veterans and dependents, half for pensions and travel and other benefits not tied to war service, urging reduced expenditures to address economic distress.
The major anti Prohibition group will not back a presidential candidate while the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform endorsed Roosevelt. Democratic and Republican platforms differ on repeal, with Glass proposing a supersession amendment. Texas voters favored submission. Senator Shepherd accepts referendum results, influencing party stances in Congress.
The Marquette Mining Journal notes that securing a two thirds vote for an amendment is likelier than for unconditional repeal. It cites Glass's proposal shaping wets’ concessions and the Association’s stance against a straight party line on repeal. Outcome hinges on Congress more than the President.
Detroit Saturday Night mocks Time magazine coinage macfaddle used to describe Anna Eleanor Roosevelt’s behavior. The piece questions if a high class macfaddle is possible and who could explain such a display, invoking Mrs. Curtis B. Dall and others.
R Osborn, a noted skeptic from the Midwest, argues at Houghton that the treaty for constructing the St Lawrence waterway will not be ratified. He contends the project would be commercially impractical even if ratified, predicting total costs could exceed 1 billion dollars after harbor deepening. He favors channeling funds to other efforts like the Reconstruction Corporation to boost business. He warns the waterway's international scope would spark ongoing complications.
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