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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
2
Missouri lawmakers thrash over a 2 million dollar deficit with threats of federal relief withdrawal. The senate cuts the sales tax levy 75 percent while the house seeks to derail any sales tax move until a gasoline levy referendum is voted. Partisan clashes E
Britain presses three front talks to shore up overseas trade with the United States Soviet Russia and France. Talks with the United States center on liquor and American bacon with other meat products forming core stocks. France moves to revise relations amid removal of 15 percent import surtax as Paris eyes wines silks and woolens while Britain focuses on coal cotton fabrics lace and raw materials. Russia sparks renewed hopes for a trade pact after Stalin signals possible agreement, hinting concessions from both sides.
The National Old Age Pension Association led by Dr J E Pope urges Roosevelt to back a federal pension system funded from the treasury. The plea cites Iceland Britain Canada and New Zealand as pioneers and notes 20 states already pensioning the aged with mixed results. A tax on incomes under 45 is proposed to fund aid for the ill and indigent aged.
The president’s Washington address frames disarmament as a path to world peace while blaming German and Japanese aggression for past failures. He argues U S leadership in pacific aims and Latin American cooperation, but cautions that united powers and restrained munitions remain lacking. Time will judge if his categorization of nations and leaders reflects reality.
Missouri faces a fragmented system of 5903 independent school districts with weak central authority. A driving study by Associated Industries notes uneven finances, plus excessive funding for teacher training and shortages in rural schools. Reform hinges on a centralized, reform-minded legislature and voter choice in upcoming elections.
Washington dispatch details high liquor taxes and bootleg demand in Montgomery County Maryland with a private moonshine test. It notes NRA codes affecting fuels and competing commodities, plus a quip about the National Recovery Admin slogan No Rats Allowed and past unflattering jibes.
Unofficial reports say Paraguay may reject extending the current truce amid the territorial war with Bolivia past midnight Saturday. In Tokyo, crown prince Akihito Tsugu No Miya named in a two hour ceremony. In Munich radio and Catholic press defend Nazi measures. In Moscow Molotov cites U.S. recognition of Russia as key success in 1933. In Vatican City Pope reduces staff as economy program cuts workers. Sudbury sees a record 54 degrees below zero.
President Roosevelt unveils a three step plan for a universal peace pact and elimination of offensive weapons, urging all nations to end border crossing by armed forces. He criticizes world leaders blocking peace and reiterates opposition to armed intervention in Latin America while signaling collective regional concern.
President Roosevelt proposed a three part plan for a universal non aggression pact. Nations would eliminate offensive weapons over years with inspections for compliance. They would declare no armed forces cross borders. Pacts would fail without near universal participation to curb invasion aims.
In Buenos Aires and Rosario clashes tied to radical opposition raise death toll to at least 20 and injure about 100. Government arrests run from 300 to 500 as censorship tightens and police clash with protesters near La Plata. Two radical conventions rejected March deputy elections, sparking widespread unrest.
State game wardens and deputies may inspect hunting and fishing licenses and fish and game in sportsmen possession. Refusal to permit such inspection is a misdemeanor, according to an attorney general opinion.
In November industrial unemployment rose by 580000, per the American Federation of Labor, bringing total unemployed to 10702000. The figure trails the March peak of 13689000, excluding 4150000 federal civil works jobs, 1000000 other public works, and 330000 CCC camps. Brazil leads Latin America in cotton production at 217 million pounds annually.
Puerto Rico remains paralyzed as a strike by gasoline drivers continues after a failed truce bid. Disorder included an attack on Mrs. Henry W. Dooley, immigration commissioner, who was slightly injured when a missile hit her car. Strikers rejected a proposed price cut from 25 to 20 cents a gallon, citing prohibitive costs.
Paris dispatch reports French plans for a two four year disarmament program with 200000 troops in Germany and comparable forces for France and colonial stations. It calls for international control of armaments, immediate air force destruction, and phased reductions over four year periods amid tentative Franco British proposals.
A hit and run in Springfield Missouri killed 11 year old Jackie Chambers who stood in the street in cowboy outfit with Christmas gifts. The car with Oklahoma license plate struck him near his home as his parents missed the event in St Louis. The accident prompted neighborhood outrage and the two male occupants fled the scene.
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