Senate debates tax plan as deficit looms in Missouri
The Missouri senate debates sales tax legislation to fund unemployment relief while public works measures are shelved and Governor Park’s one cent gasoline tax proposal is stripped from the bill. House committees show intent to kill the gasoline tax increase, and leaders remain undecided on next steps amid budget strain and looming federal relief withdrawal.
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Missouri Senate
Governor Park
House
Constitutional Amendments
Senate
Bates
Elmer Donnell
St. Louis
Joint Conference Committee On Liquor Control
Wallace Crossley
Senate Ways and Means Commiittee
Representative R. M. Talert Heads Home From Capitol
Rep R M Talert of the state legislature departed for his Cape Girardeau home. Mr and Mrs R A Pohlmann traveled to Tower Grove to visit relatives and friends and plan to return shortly after January 1st.
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R. M. ‘Talert
State
Cape Girardeau
R. A. Pohlmann
Tower Grove
Missouri Coal Men Charged Under NRA Code Violations
KANSAS CITY December 25 AP Charges of violating the NRA coal industry code were filed in federal court against J. Moore and his son S. Moore coal mine operators of Putnam county Missouri. They are charged with selling coal at Unionville mine at 1.87 a ton instead of 2.50 and selling coal in violation of ICC rules.
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NBA
American Bankers’ Association
New York
Code Authority
NRA
Missouri
Kansas City
Byu. S
W. L. Vandeventer
J. &. Moore
S. Moore
Putnam’ County
J . Vandeventer
Harold Stephens
Moore
Moore Goal Company
Unionville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Packer Defends Meat Industry From Gritig iom
William Whitfield Woods president of the Institute of American Meat Packers rejects Rainey’s charge that packers resist cooperation. He says producers’ prices depend on what the public will pay, not industry profits, and cites increased employment under the temporary labor code and a forthcoming marketing agreement with the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
William Whitfield Woods
Institute of American Meat Packers
Speaker Rainey
Department of Agriculture
Rainey
Wallace Acts 10 Protect Tenant Hog Farmers Details
Washington dispatch explains Agriculture Secretary Wallace’s administrative rulings on the corn hog contract. The guidance clarifies how reductions and payments will be shared between landlords and tenants, and how contracts should cover farming units, with special provisions for multiple landlords and cash rents. It also notes adjustments for hogs and sows from 1932 to 1933 and allows for prior pig-buying campaign reductions.
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Washington
Favre Administration
Wallace
Disney and Stalin listed in British Who's Who 1934
Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, and Joseph Stalin are named in the British Who's Who 1934, among 40 000 notable figures. The issue also lists Roosevelt Mussolini Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, while Adolf Hitler is not included.
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New York
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Disney
Irish Is Up! Transfer of Benefit Eligibility Rules
Irish Is Up transfers eligibility for benefit payments to other persons. The new recipient must not be engaged in hog production during the past two years. The retiring producer loses eligibility for corn or hog reduction payments. The new producer will receive only corn reduction payments and may produce hogs up to 74 percent of the farm’s 1932 and 1933 average.
Connecticut CWA Administrator Fired for Declining to Carry Out Orders
Washington reports the dismissal of Chairman Newton Brainerd of the Connecticut Civil Works Administration for refusing to follow instructions. The decision, dated December 27, cites alleged failure to meet federal printing and skilled worker employment requirements. The article notes the U.S. produces about 70 percent of the world's corn annually.
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Washington
Newton
L Brainerd
Connecticut Civil Works Administration
CWA
Hopkins
Roosevelt Wins Foreign Favor With His Speech
Paris and Berlin react to Roosevelt address praising U S support of France and its policies while stressing nonintervention in German disarmament. French undersecretary Destessan calls the speech encouraging and confirms arms supervision pledges. Berlin notes U S stance as European focused and noninterventionist in South America.
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Paris
France
Roosevelt
United States
League of National
Francois Destessan
Camille Chautemps
Andre Lefevre de Laboulaye
Destessan
America
Geneva
Foreign Office
South America
United Ireland Chief Acquitted and Convicted
Commandant E. J. Cronin, a United Ireland party leader, was acquitted today by a military tribunal of sedition and found guilty of being a member of an unlawful association. He received a three month sentence, suspended if he provides bail to maintain peace for two years. Senator Wagner will not resign as labor board chair, planning to retain nominal control despite workload.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
E. J. Cronin
United Ireland Party
Hud
Cronin
Wagner
Washington
Des
The
Nations Labor Board
Senate
Utility hearing scheduled for Laclede Gas valuation
The State Public Service Commission set February 27 as the start date for hearings on a valuation and audit of Laclede Gas and Light Company. Engineers and accountants began the valuation and audit in May 1927, with the commission supervising the proceedings.
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State Public Service Commission
Laclede Gas and Light Company
Commission
Bank Robbery Report From Oxford Kansas
Oxford State Bank was robbed of an unspecified amount by three men who fled south in a small sedan without license plates. The incident occurred today in Oxford Kansas as details emerged. An accompanying note mentions Orville Wright in the air for 12 seconds on his first flight.
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W. L. Higgins
Wabash Railroad
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas
Oxford
Kas
Oxford State Bank
Orville Wright
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