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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1933
Page
11
The article reports on political and economic shifts as Germany faces labor shortages and tax relief measures. It notes Nazi leadership, European economic talks, and Samuel Untermyer’s overseas boycott efforts with pressure on Allied nations, plus a Benvolent order convention in Milwaukee highlighting Roosevelt’s goodwill message.
In a sweeping push to curb graft and trim costs, Interior Secretary Ickes and Budget Director Douglas order all projects to budget review. President Roosevelt backs limits on post office construction and demands project social value and nonrecurring funding. ThePresident also invites business to join the President's Reemployment Plan, with five months of wage scales and codes to curb profiteering, child labor, and price levels while employers sign or face compelled code adoption. Perkins reports gains in factory employment and pay rolls though warns against speculative production. Oil and grain price shocks trigger a trading halt at major boards of trade to curb volatility.
Reports show President Roosevelt's son’s divorce from Elizbeth Donner Roosevelt on grounds of mental cruelty in Nevada prompted speculation about remarriage. He then flew to Chicago to meet Ruth Googins of Worth Texas, amid denials of engagement.
News from the European theater reports Captain Stephen Darius and Stanley Girtnas of Chicero died in a crash while on missions toward Latvia. Their bodies were recovered from a forest near Kautias where authorities transported them for burial as mourning spread in America and Lithuania.
As the London economic conference nears its end a subcommittee backs part of Senator Pittman’s silver rehabilitation proposal including increased use of subsidiary coinage. Nations discuss resuming prewar silver exchange conditions while India, Chile, and Latin America could stabilize trade. In the Far East Japanese and Manchukuoan troops advance toward Dolonor in Czehar province as reports accuse Soviet Russia of backing Mongolian gains.
Hitler has created the General Council for Industry to aid the government with advice and practical experience to speed Germany’s economic recovery. Industrial leaders named include Dr Otto Fischelger president of the Central Association of German bankers, Dr Albert Voewler director general of the United Steel Trust, and Dr Pritz Thysison, among others.
Haugen a former Iowa congressman who served 64 years in Congress and was a key figure on farm policy died at his Northwood home after months of illness. He was born to a Norwegian American family in Wisconsin 74 years ago and led the House Agriculture Committee, shaping farm legislation through much of the Roosevelt era.
The article reports planned disturbances on August 1 tied to Moscow's antiwar observance. It cites arrests of Communist agitators in Diga Tullin and Helsingfors with copies of a Comintern instruction calling for a one day strike and street demonstrations. Reds in Baltic prisons ordered hunger strikes and radio access demands.
The account recalls Lieut. Andrew Sommers Rowan delivering a message to General Garcia during the Spanish American War. He crossed hostile terrain to relay the dispatch and returned with critical intelligence. For the feat he was promoted and later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1922.
The Supreme Court can declare federal laws unconstitutional but does not initiate actions. A litigant may appeal a decision after trial if dissatisfied, with cases advancing to the Supreme Court for an irrevocable ruling. Only federal questions permit such appeals in non constitutional matters.
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