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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1937
Page
2
The extraordinary session opened with Roosevelt urging limited tax revision to ease injustices for small businesses and non speculative investors. He proposed six program points on wages, crop control, department reorganization, and national resource planning while stressing budget balance and new revenue to support added spending.
Wallace outlined a program to promote security for farmers and consumers in his annual message to the President. He urged financing through a moderate processing tax on cotton only as part of the plan to support agriculture.
Foreign diplomats in Moscow report a German plot to assassinate Stalin, with risks to Maxim Litvinov. G P U investigations prompt recall or disappearance of many Russian diplomats. The German consul general in Leningrad ordered to leave immediately. Two German agents arrested weeks earlier allegedly confessed to the conspiracy.
ENATOR LEWIS of Illinois returned from a Germany tour where he sought payments to American holders of German municipal bonds. His group submitted a report to Secretary Hull. He noted rising American exports to France England and Germany but questioned how these nations could pay given their wartime debts.
Survivors recount a grim sea tragedy as the Greek freighter foundered off Cape Hatteras. Lifeboats, sharks, and a multi-hour ordeal followed while aviators spotted the crew and coast guard cutter Mendota and tanker Swiftsure rescued most. A survivor alleges the first SOS was delayed after threats to the radio operator.
Atlee Pomerene former senator from Ohio died in Cleveland at seventy three. He gained renown as a special prosecutor in the Teapot Dome inquiry and later chaired the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under Hoover. Morgenthau urges balance of the federal budget without new taxes and calls for broader income tax base to spread the burden while fostering private capital.
President Roosevelt designates November 25 as Thanksgiving Day stressing peace over conflict. He notes global strife contrasts with the United States enjoying harvest abundance and broad employment, with no selfish designs against other nations.
Admiral Claude Charles Bloch, 59, nominated by Secretary Swanson to be the next navy commander in chief succeeding Admiral Hepburn. A Woodbury Kentucky native and son of a Czech immigrant, Bloch graduated from the Naval Academy and served with Fighting Bob Evans on the Iowa during the Spanish American War. He earned the Navy Cross in World War I while commanding the transport Plattsburg for distinguished service.
Etulio Vargas, Brazil's president, ousted lawmakers in a sudden coup and imposed a new constitution with corporative features. The move dissolves all legislative bodies and shifts political power to executive and corporate elements.
A bystander identifies a footpad. the thief is indicted but the victim loses standing for false imprisonment. Six months later the crook is free on bail. the witness suffers under guard and perjury accusations. Other items poke fun at Ichthyology, lectures, and a monthless oysters craze with Cobb’s witty asides.
Washington column reviews Brazil's 14 year coffee crop control failure. The policy aimed to raise world prices but caused destruction of stocks, hurt Brazil's trade, and spurred Colombia and other producers. The piece also debates Congress timing, Roosevelt third term prospects, and praises Senate secretary Eddie Halsey for steady work.
Fun to sew inexpensive Christmas gifts collection offers three cuddle toys with simple trimming of ears mane and tails. Use odds and ends to create colorful toys. Pattern 5932 provides toy patterns directions and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
The piece notes roughly 45 Gutenberg Bibles exist and an 1884 sale fetched 15000. It discusses private ownership then and museum retirement now, and questions Johann Gutenberg as the printer with some experts doubting his role in Washington Post.
Cardui is marketed as a modern remedy for women suffering from menstrual pain. The text claims it eases immediate pain and nervousness during the period and helps build overall strength by improving nutrition from food. Some cases may require physician treatment.
A quotation attributed to Posidonius appears praising a single day of learning over a lifetime of folly. The saying emphasizes the high value of study and wisdom over ignorance.
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