Currency Capers and the Roosevelt Monetary Debate
The piece critiques Roosevelt's currency policy, arguing it risks inflation and praises cautious stance on a commodity dollar. It cites The Post-Dispatch and various economists, notes gold purchases, and discusses price indices, Fisher and Warren theories, and credit expansion as remedies. The second item discusses Missouri's Senate liquor bill with local option, tax rates, and a proposed state supervisor of liquor control, urging prompt action.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
Post-Dispatch
Bryan
Money Trust
Mr. Roosevelt
Irving Fisher
Yale
Warren
Fisher
Treasury
Morganthau
Kansas Editorials Praise Nonpartisan Special Session
The Kansas City Star lauds the special session for subordinating partisan politics to public interest. It commends Governor Landon and lawmakers from both parties for cooperation, noting few party votes and broad accomplishment despite some missed legislation.
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Kansas
Landon
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Kansas City Star
Harvard Man Controls New Movie Code Sparks Witty Fears
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes the moving picture code will be supervised by three president appointed figures Eddie Gantor Marie Dressler and Abbot Lawrence Lowell. The piece mocks how Lowell could censor national film output and imagines dramatic Hollywood shifts including color dominance and Mae West as a Harvard trained scrubwoman.
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Eddie Gantor
Marie Dressler
Abbot Lawrence Lowell
England
Harvard
Boston Evening Transcript
Cambridge
Dr. Lowell
Transcript
Hollywood
Yale
Mae West
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New Deal Washington Faces Stormy Congress
Roosevelt group aims to hold Congress in leash through a volatile session. Anti inflation sentiment could curb extreme inflationists as conservatives back the president and Western Southern moderates pivot. Debates over currency expansion, silver, and the gold reserve shape the political landscape.
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Rodney Dutcher
Post-Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Carter Glass
Virginia
QUGE SEEKS 10 NATIONS LEAGUE REFORM FOR U S ENTRY
Diplomatic talks across European capitals discuss drastic changes to the League of Nations. The plan envisions severing the league from Versailles treaty protections, potentially inviting the United States and others to join, amid Italian insistence on reform.
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Rome
Dec
Associated Press
Europe
League of Motions
Grand Council
League
United States
America
Geneva
Russia
Germany
Japan
Political Fence 1933 Model
The item references a political fence concept linked to 1933, noting silk as the cheapest fabric in Madagascar. The text combines political framing with a trade remark on silk pricing in Madagascar.
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Madagascar
Missouri lawmakers clash over local option on liquor
Missouri legislators wrangled over whether counties and cities may vote to allow liquor by the drink. The Senate backed Donnelly’s plan to let political subdivisions vote on sale in their borders but not original packages. The House warned it will not pass such a measure, noting many representatives come from dry counties.
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Senate
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Thay
House
Phil M. Donnelly
A. L. McCawley
Carthage
McCawley
Mecley
Maz
Murder tale at Shelby Arms ends with a tense hotel scene
In a stormy November night Bannister helps a mysterious blond who vanished after the death of Tracy King. He investigates a chaotic hotel room at the Shelby Arms, notes a Siamese cat with a royal look, and learns the unknown blond may hold clues as police hunt for the killer.
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David Bannister
Bannister
Thagy Kung
Orchestra Fender
King
Joliet
France
Acer
Jim Paxton
Tremont Post
Snd
Binbrek
Meron
Merow
Fim
Dever
Judge Price
Florida
Tracy King
Denise Lang
Tracy Kieg
Shelby Arms
Battles Bannis
Fter
Pate Boise
Ban
Aister
Link
Fla
Rajab
Raish
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Middle West
NRA
Wall Street
Professor Sprague
New York
al Smith
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore Sun
Fort Smith
Smedley D. Butler
Missouri Editorials
DR. Lowell Takes Charge
Gore
Puerto Rico
Bullitt
Sprague
F. R
Robert H. Gore
Luis Munoz-Marin
la Democracia
San Juan
Liberal Party
Dern
Munoz
Bill
William ©. Butlitt
Department of Justice
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Princess Anne
Louis M. Howe
O. M. W. Sprague
Franklin D. Roosevelt
QUGE
U.5
Ney
Teechee
Bly
Poland
Spain
Solong
Dry
Clark
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