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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
6
A 1933 column critiques welfare and political greed while urging dignity for the poor and responsible adulthood. It highlights rights for all yet notes gaps for the middle class, praises Benjamin DeCasseres, advises early church affiliation, and ends with a humorous dog anecdote from The Point of the story.
Cuba's President Ernesto Machado rejects Sumner Welles peace plan insisting on full constitutional authority. Havana sees protests, martial law, and a transport strike as Congress backs Machado while U.S. mediation is deemed unlikely. Welles vows continued mediation.
Secretary Hull after the London talks endorses cooperation, liberalize trade with Latin America, and favors bilateral agreements under most favored nation terms. He notes noncompetitive commodity focus and potential open signatures, while Johnson urges blue eagle buy caution. Retail codes enforce job creation and curb profiteering as women organize nationwide patrols.
The board convened in Washington with Senator Robert F. Wagner represented by a secretary as meetings began addressing a New Orleans dispute. Members include Walter Teagle Dr. Leo Wolman Louis Kirstein John L. Lewis William Green and Gerard Swope. Henry Harriman of the Chamber of Commerce forecast 7 million re-employments by year’s end.
Arizona becomes the twenty first state to ratify the repeal amendment with a more than three to one margin. Mrs Isabella Greenway wins the Democratic nomination to fill Lewis Douglas’s congressional seat vacated for the federal budget post, ensuring election due to lack of Republican opposition.
President Roosevelt and Hugh Johnson helped end a large Pennsylvania coal strike with a truce in Washington. Edward F. McGrady, NRA labor representative, urged unionized miners to return to the pits, promising a board to address coal code issues. Miners will use checkweighmen to determine production and pay under the agreement.
Independent Chinese commander Feng Yu-hsiang abandons Manchuria and Jehol aims, hands over troops, retires. Sung Cheh Yuan to govern Chahar as government reorganizes amid mutiny and funding woes. Japan had threatened boycotts as national forces closed in.
Under an executive order the shipping board is abolished and the merchant fleet corporation with 38 ships and about 1 04) employees is moved to the Department of Commerce. The department will wind up commercial maritime activities and may re employ workers as needed within four months while the fleet’s affairs are closed.
Violence rose daily as New York milk strike leaders consider National Guard action. State police guard milk trucks and clash with armed farmers in numerous localities. Despite unrest, most cities report adequate milk supplies.
The article surveys intense government effort to revive the economy, comparing it to wartime mobilization. It notes fatigue among officials, disputes with steel interests over unions, and the clash over fair pricing and anti profiteering led by Secretary Wallace and Dr. Howe. It also mentions consumer councils and Moley’s shift to crime campaigns.
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