Rainey urges government control of meat packing plants
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Rainey accusing the meat packing industry of defying the recovery program. He calls for commandeering plants and setting minimum prices to ensure producers receive fair prices and taxes are borne by the industry.
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Rainey Charg
Efi
Rainey
Chicago
Swift & Co
NRA
Kansas City
House
A. B. Maurer
Fowler Straub Packing Co
Maurer
Stocks Edge Higher After Year End Tax Selling
New York December 28 AP Stocks moved higher as year end tax selling waned though cash transactions dominated only about a quarter of activity. Grains and cotton were narrow while most other commodities held firm. The dollar rose slightly against foreign currencies as bonds showed scattered gains and major blue chips inched up. Market commentators urged caution in extending commitments despite an optimistic near term outlook.
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Victor Eubane
Associated Press
New York
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Consolidated Gas
Public Service of New Jersey
U. S, Steel Common
Case
Regrets of colorful Mayan history return to light
Mexico City dispatch reports a revived 1980s plan to resume exploration of Chichen Itza in Yucatan under a contract between the education department and the Carnegie Institution. The project aims to uncover the ancient Maya city, famed for its vast temples, wells for human sacrifice, and 100 workers under a competent official to restore the site.
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Mexico City
A. Duvall
Ashley Strat Paldeers
Indianapolis
Yucatan
Quetzalcoatl
News Briefs H B Church Heads to St Lovin on Business
H B Church of the Church Realty Company departed today for St Lovin on business. He is expected to return with updates on property dealings and client engagement.
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H. B. Church of the Church Realty Company
St. Lovin
Theodore Staleer
St. Laws
Park Utility Measures Debate in Missouri Senate
The article details Missouri Senate debate on municipal utility bills, Governor Park lobbying senators to let public utilities compete with private firms. Highlighted are reactions from Sen. Donnelly and Sen. Morgan, arguments about committee handling, and potential voter submission plans. Also notes residents like George T. Friends and Rosser Austin visiting and leaving, plus city temperature and recent minor fires.
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Senate
Gordon
Senate Loor
Enire Senate
Phil M. Donnelly
Noor Jeader
Joseph Vogelweid
St. Louis
Frank G. Harris
Donnelly
Albert Clark
Hay County
Hugh Sulhivan
Morgan
Missouri
Eugene Bennett
Dent County
United Press
Lamorrow
Tobacco Growers of State to Get Funds
Government payments to tobacco growers in twenty Missouri counties may reach a half million dollars during 1934. Federal Administrator J. Bernard Gibbs announced after a conference with Boone and Howard county agents on the burley tobacco reduction program. A conference with representatives from the other eighteen counties will be held in St Joseph Saturday. One fifth of the total benefits will be available once contracts are approved.
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Columbia
Missouri
J. Bernard Gibbs
Boone
Howard
St. Joseph
Gibbs
Churches To Observe Solemn New Year Watch Night
In St Louis on December 2 AP reports pastors of all Methodist churches plan a union watch night service to counter secular New Year celebrations. The committee urges fellowship and noble sentiment to enrich character as New Year falls on a Sunday and secular pressures loom.
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ST. Louis
Banks In Fine Shape Report To Roosevelt
Washington December 28 AP Governmental fiscal leaders told President Roosevelt the banking situation is in fine shape as he reviews business and the bank deposit insurance law. Governor Eugené Black of the Federal Reserve Board said everything is perfectly fine at the banking end after a White House conference with Morgenthau stating everything is in fine shape.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eugené Black
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Morgenthau
Treasury
Bandit Holds Up Bank Messenger in Kansas City
A bandit robbed a Commercial National Bank messenger, Stanley Ford, 23, in downtown Kansas City in front of the Exchange State Bank and escaped with 1400 dollars during midday with a crowd nearby. The report notes corn is grown in every state.
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Kansas City
Kan
Commercial National Bank
Stanley Ford
Exchange State Bank
Union
Man who stopped Huey Long fights for honest elections
Eugene Stanley, New Orleans fighting district attorney, shown at his desk, won convictions and jail sentences for Huey Long's election commissioners after an attempted cover up and spurned a judge ship to continue his battle for honest elections.
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Huey Long
Winghish
Jahet
Eugene Stanley
New Orleans
Stanley
Three bills threaten early adjournment over Roosevelt program
Washington reports three separate legislative proposals tied to the Roosevelt recovery program could force Congress to stay in session beyond summer. Proposals include Tugwell's food and drug bill, permanent transportation coordination, and communications mergers. Critics warn such measures would split party support and delay adjournment.
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Congress
Democratic House
Roosevelt
Eastman
Rep
Huddleston
Dem. Ala
Bureau of Standards
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committees
House
Burns
Treadway
Mass
House May Kill Gag Tax Plan
State lawmakers debate a broad sales tax covering tangible personal property and retail goods, admission tickets, utilities, newspapers, laundry, and transport services. A constitutional gasoline tax increase and relief funding ties loom, with relief director Crossley warning January allotments hinge on revenue matches. The measure faces delays as anti saloon lawmakers press on liquor controls, while Governor Park pushes for urgent revenue to fund emergency relief and rehabilitation efforts. Independent suspension in autos noted as improving road grip and reducing steering shimmy.
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Ways and Means
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wallace Crossley
Missouri
Crossley
D. L. Bailes
Shannon County
Governor Park
Pacifist Students Protest ROTC at White House
Several hundred National Students League members gathered before the White House on December 28 with shouts of down with the ROTC and Save the Scott sharp boys. Six leaders delivered a petition to Secretary Howe demanding withdrawal of federal ROTC funding and pledging non support if war occurred, while followers urged equal rights.
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White House
National Student's League
Joseph Cohen
Louis McHenry Howe
United States
Scottsharp
McAddos Daughter Shows Improvement in Flight Pace
Frinces Marsalis and Helen Richey faced nerves and strain as they pursued a women's endurance flight record in a fuel test craft. With ground support urging caution, pilots hoped to push past the old mark of 8 days 4 hours 5 minutes, while officials warned fatigue could end the attempt before reaching the goal.
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Miami
Fla
Frinces Marsalis
Helen Richey
Marsalis
Miss Richey
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