Roosevelt seeks housing act changes to spur building boom
President Roosevelt urged Congress to revise the housing act to ease credit and unlock idle capital during the slump. Proposals include cutting FHA loan rates, lowering insured mortgage charges, raising insurable limits, and enabling blanket mortgages for large rental projects while empowering national mortgage associations to fund big properties. Legislative action faced delay as the Ways and Means panel and lawmakers debated emergency moves.
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Farm Bill Reported By Maagan Jones Of Texas
Maagan Jones, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, introduced the House farm bill with a majority report urging speedy enactment to offset mounting crop surpluses depressing prices. A minority report denounces it as unconstitutional and harmful to American agriculture, while both bills may be changed due to the President’s veto threat if not on a pay-as-you-go basis. Separately, news from France notes a thwarted Cagoulards plot and a manifesto from Duc de Guise urging restoration of the throne to restore France’s mission and harmony.
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President goes fishing in Miami amid trust reform talks
President Roosevelt traveled to Miami Florida for a fishing cruise with Assistant Attorney General R H Jackson. They discussed proposed legislation to target bad trusts while protecting good ones. Also aboard were Secretary Ickes and WPA Administrator Hopkins.
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No Time for Tax Revision in Short Senate Session
Senator Barkley, majority leader, said tax revision would be impossible to pass in the remaining time of the extraordinary session after conferring with the President. Roosevelt favored revision once Congress was ready, butHouse-originated bills were required before action could proceed.
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Vinson to Be Judge for DC Court of Appeals
Residency Roosevelts nomination of Rep Fred M Vinson of Kentucky to the United States court of appeals for the District of Columbia. The post pays 20000 a year for life with retirement privileges. Vinson aged forty seven from Ashland Kentucky is in his seventh term as a tax expert in the House. The President also nominated Associate Justice D Lawrence Groner of Virginia, chief justice of the court, creating another vacancy. Croner will be succeeded by Henry White Edgerton of New York, whose term also went to the Gerie.
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Walters Dies After Gallbladder Operation At Navy Hospital
Theodore Walters assistant secretary of the interior died in Washington Naval Hospital after an emergency gallbladder operation. A former Caldwell Idaho resident, he was sixty one and had been a prominent figure in Idaho Democratic politics. He was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1933.
Silent Night Trials at Home During Christmas Row
Mary and John quarrel before Christmas, Mary flees in tears and John walks the snowy night. The Christmas scene mocks the rift as Mary seeks forgiveness and John returns, cold and remorseful, ready to reconcile before the child and holiday peace.
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Christmas Eve Reconciliation With Puppy Helps Heal
John and Mary reconcile after an argument on Christmas Eve by caring for a wounded puppy found after an accident. The couple banishes hurt feelings as they name the pup and plan to share Christmas tasks, mending their bond through a quiet act of kindness.
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Christmas Night Bedtime Exchange in Weblers Paper
A family scene unfolds with a man ordering a bedtime kiss for Christmas and plans to clean up afterward. The couple jokes about tidying the area and possibly making more candy as Christmas cheer fills the room.
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Household Questions and Quick Fixes From a Century Ago
Household tips cover stain removal for Yar stains with turpentine and fullers earth, preserving patent leather with glycerine, a knitting tip to count decreases via snap fasteners, Brighter Glass using vineg ar, and a Pudding From Stale Bread recipe turning stale bread into a cocoa milk dish baked with sugar and vanilla.
How One Woman Lost 20 lbs of Fat
An advert promises weight loss by measuring weight, taking Kruschen Salts, and changing diet and activity. It claims energy gains, clearer skin, and a younger feeling after three weeks, urging readers to buy a four ounce bottle lasting four weeks from druggists.
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