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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
2
Howe comments on love stories and poverty as overdone in media and fiction, notes the Garden Spot of the World concept in the West, and critiques politicians, judges, alimony cases, and gender dynamics with humor and social observation, ending with a 1933 Bell Syndicate note.
Prohibition ends after December 5 ratifications by Pennsylvania Ohio and Utah. Roosevelt and Acting Secretary Phillips issue proclamations repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. States vary from wide open saloons in Nevada to state stores in Montana. Government prepares to manage imports 4 to 5 million gallons may enter December and January. Joseph Choate Jr named director of federal alcohol control administration. Congress to consider higher liquor taxes and permanent control when it convenes in January.
Secretary Wallace and AAA Director Peek clash on authority and methods. Roosevelt orders NRA codes to coordinate with AAA, with production restraint favored by Wallace and marketing agreements urged by Peek. Tugwell and liberal aides press for crop control as essential to relief.
Secretary Wallace launches a farm relief campaign to control corn and hog production by paying federal bounties funded through consumer processing taxes. Farmers sign agreements to cut corn and hog output in 1934 with corn payments set at 30 percent of the base.
President Roosevelt after Warm Springs returns to tackle debt as the government refinances about 727 million dollars due mid month. A block of 950 million dollars in treasury certificates sold in one day oversubscribed signaling a win for New Deal economics amid ongoing debates over monetary policy and securities law. Senator Fletcher says Roosevelt wants the act amended to improve capital flow without weakening investor protection.
The article notes budget chief Lewis Douglas may keep his job despite looming conflict over expanding emergency government obligations. Douglas warns against further increases but Congress is unlikely to heed. He projects a balanced budget by late fiscal 1935 if current emergency funds suffice.
President Roosevelt, addressing the Federal Council of Churches, denounces lynching as murder and disobedience to divine law. He interprets a rebuke to California Governor Rolph for endorsing mob deaths in San Jose, urging accountability from leaders and officials.
Col Charles A Lindbergh piloted a large monoplane from Bathurst Gambia to Natal Brazil covering 1875 miles in 16 hours 10 minutes. Mrs Lindbergh accompanied him and managed wireless contact with Rio de Janeiro as the city welcomed the aviators upon landing in Natal harbor.
Alexander Legge president of International Harvester and first federal farm board chair dies at his Chicago area home aged about sixty eight. He resigned from Harvester to serve farm relief, then helped found the Farm Foundation with gifts totaling $900,000 and trustees from business and farm leadership.
The seventh Pan American Conference begins in Montevideo with Enrique E. Buero as secretary general and Uruguay's President Gabriel Terra calling for universal tariffs. The gathering, led by Secretary Hull and nine other foreign ministers, seeks cooperative economic paths as Bolivia and Paraguay meet over the Gran Chaco.
Russian Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov halted in Rome after Washington visit for talks with Premier Mussolini. Reported agreement on Soviet Fascist collaboration to ease Europe tensions and joint push for four power pact with Russia and United States. Banquet hosted by Mussolini honored Litvinov with many dignitaries present.
The secretary argues the United States should abandon leadership by example and quickly expand to full treaty strength, contrasting U S and Japan ratios and noting Japan's demand for revision as talks extend. He cites costs of rearmament and shifts in naval balance ahead of treaty extensions.
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