Roosevelt Attitude Governs Fate of Silver Money Plans
Washington in December 030 amid remonetization talk Speaker Rainey said reform could not pass without Roosevelt’s support. Senator Thames urged free coinage of gold and silver, while Treasury control of gold in Federal Reserve banks sparked debate on revaluing the dollar. Representative Gross proposed cutting gold content. silver as money would widen metals base. Treasury, closed, delayed Reconstrution price announcement. gold bought at $34.06 since December 18.
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Treasury and railroad income figures from late December
Treasury data for December 27 show receipts of 270,527,885 and expenditures of 105,445, balance 1,072,247,954. Customs receipts for the month reach 28,254,086 with a fiscal-year total of 1,455,919,549.62. Railroad report notes Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe November net operating income of 2,231,044, down from 2,982,749 last year, with other lines posting varied year totals.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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Louisville & Nashville
Weather notes for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee forecast cloudy turning to rain with little temperature change Sunday and Monday. Virginia rain with slightly warmer temperatures, high expected Friday. Data compares with a year ago showing varied lows and highs, readings taken at 6 00 a m daily for the previous 24 hours.
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Virginia
Relief From Cold Promised Nation Heads Into New Year
Rising temperatures eased the extreme cold that had plagued New York City and New England. The mercury climbed from six below to above zero, with forecasts of rain by Sunday night. Downstate and New England saw dramatic thaw after brutal lows, while the toll from the blizzard rose past one hundred across the region.Continued on page six.
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Great Lakes
Martial law and censorship after Romanian premier killed
In Bucharest a decree imposes martial law and strict censorship as Ion G Duca is assassinated by an Iron Guard adherent. Constantine Anghelescu becomes provisional premier to quell unrest, while the royal pavilion explosion at Sinaia triggers panic at the station and minor injuries. The slain liberal leader's body was moved from Sinaia.
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Mart Tial
Ion G. Duca
Gan
Constantine Angélescu
Duca
Iron Guard
Sinia
Sinaia
Radu
National Banking Picture Brightens as Figures Barred
Deposits, assets, and loans show marked gains in the national banking system from the June 30 to October 26 call, with total deposits rising to over 17 billion and assets above 21 billion. The move toward federal deposit insurance takes effect Tuesday, guaranteeing deposits up to 2500 for a period, then broader coverage after July 1, despite banker criticism.
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Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance System
Utah Prohibition Repeal Vote Appeases AU Life
In a reflective scene editor and former New York governor Alfred E. Smith, age 60, recalls Utah’s repeal vote as the most pleasing event in AU’s life. He discusses economic recovery, hours reduction under the National Industrial Recovery Act, and notes politics are out. He denies knowledge of “baloney dollars” and comments on liquor regulation with a smile.
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Nadir Shah
Afghanistan
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I. G. Duca
Romania
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Armenia
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Dollins
Engie
Control Restores State Oversight of Non-Fed Banks
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation returning sole supervision of non-member banks to state authorities while preserving gold hoarding prohibitions and foreign exchange rules. TheTreasury and FDIC will continue processing licensing for Federal Reserve member banks, and the federal government retains broad control over metal and related policies.
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Old dealers face sharp attack from Frank in Chicago
In Chicago, Jerome N. Frank, legal adviser to the National Association for the Natural Adjustment, denounced opposing dealers as extreme radials and bourbons. He said the Roosevelt program aims to save the profit system through a consciously directed trial and error approach, warning against chaos from clinging to the past.
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JeJerome N. Frani
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Association of American Law Schools
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Land of Cotton funded by millions in New Deal help
A government review shows substantial federal aid flowed in 1938 to southern states for public works highways home loans and relief. Alabama Arkansas and Florida receive tens of millions across cotton benefits relief and farm loans with figures detailing allocations to public works highways and conservation programs.
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Florida
G.C.C
Soviet Announces New Five Year Plan Details
Moscow reports a vast industrial plan aimed at self sufficiency and tripling 1932 outputs within four years. It envisions 447 giant enterprises, $5 billion annual value, and up to an 837 percent rise in 1937 production, with 178 coal mines 12 iron mills and 46 refining plants among key projects.
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Council of Commisars
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Supreme Council of National Economy
Political Bureau
Communist Party Congress
Global Crime Wave of 1933 Sparks Harsh Penalties
A yearend wrap chronicles a world plagued by crime in 1933 from Roosevelt assassination attempts to Reichstag arson. It notes U S and international responses including executions, life sentences, and increased anti kidnaping laws, with key cases like Zangara, the Lindbergh kidnap, and the Kansas City Massacre shaping policy and public panic.
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Giussepe Zangara
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Chicago
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America
Lindbergh
Brook Hart
Outlaw Wilbur Underhill Shot at in Shawnee Raid
Shawnee Oklahoma December 20 The so called tri state terror Wilbur Underhill a notorious outlaw and bank robber lies near death after a gun battle with federal and local officers. He was wounded while his wife Eva Mae Nichols was shot and a gang member Raymond Roe wounded. Underhill surrendered four hours later in a furniture store rear with a pistol still in hand. The raid left his wife and a Seminole beauty parlor operator badly wounded while authorities recovered only a few valuables from his clothing. One of eleven Kansas City conspirators is still at large as authorities close the net.
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Franklin Title and Trust Co
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Frank Smith
Kansas City Union Station
Richard T. Galatas
Hot Springs
Ark
Ganester
Kansas
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George
Konawa
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