Peek Resigns as AAA Chief to Lead Trade Coordination
George Peek, once head of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, resigns to become special assistant to the President. He will head a temporary committee to align domestic production with foreign trade advances, including reciprocal tariffs and other international arrangements. The group will assess new treaty tweaks to allow favorable liquor imports in exchange for farm surpluses. President Roosevelt cautions on supply and demand as federal aid reaches growers.
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Eorge
Peek
Wallace
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Inter-Departmental Advisory Board On
White House
George Peek
AAA
Hester Davis
Mr. Peek
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New York State Farm Bureau
Gray
Sumner Welles
Havana
Miami
Washington
Department of State
Jefferson Caffery
Welles
Cuba
Carlos Mendieta
Augusto Saladrigas
ABC
Grau
Saladrigas
United States
Montevideo
Angel Giraudy
Obert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
George F. Zook
Christmas Hero and the Photo Gift
In a small town Ralph, a volunteer fire captain, risks his life to save Georgia’s mother’s photo from a blaze at Georgia’s house. He returns with the picture, and Georgia confesses she loves him, making a dramatic Christmas moment.
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Ralph
Georgia
Western Newspaper Union
The Red Children at Christmastide
A historic tale from the Iroquois village describes an old hungry traveler who seeks food but is urged to share the humble meal. The eight children gather scraps for the forest, string meat to branches, and lay corn balls around trees before the group vanishes into the woods.
Woodland Christmas Tale Brightens Snowy Day
A snowy scene features a cheerful bird, a gray squirrel, and an old onlooker smiling at Indian children recalling the Great Spirit’s woodland lore. The vignette captures festive warmth amid winter nature and cultural memory.
Turkey as Christmas Spirit Icon in Indian Legend
BEHOLD King Turkey in a new role as the personification of the Christmas spirit. An old Indian legend tells how, when a sun spark failed, the turkey fanned the flame with grand wings, warming the earth and blushing its head.
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Turkey
The Good Star and Proud Possessors
A poem fragment contrasts possessors who seek control with the wisdom of grasping hands. It questions why one would be drawn to power and to set others at their feet, praising the allure and mystery of uncounted stars in a worldly world.
Holly Faces Extermination
The article notes the holly plant many decorations rely on is endangered by indiscriminate gathering. It describes 175 holly varieties and contrasts red berry types with others that persist into spring. It mentions American holly Ilex opaca reaching 50 feet and English Dexaguifolium as a small shrub.
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England
World cereal production areas and populations in 1932
The article reports 1982 world consumption totals by crop and outlines cereal production areas up to mid 1932. It cites 1,240,046 square miles under cereal cultivation led by the United States with 84,125,000 hectares and India with about 79,000,000 hectares. It notes Asia's 1,072,447,000 people. Europe and Russia figures. and that vast land remains unplowed or unsuitable for farming.
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International Institute of Agriculture At
Rome
United States
India
Asia
Europe
Russia
North
Central America
South America
Mind Reading Machine Sparks Heat in Old House Debate
The article describes Dr Alexander Cannon's device using flexible tubes attached to a subject to record brain reactions on graph paper. It notes emotions like surprise and love are traced and claims on mental fatigue concentration and truthfulness. It asserts waltz music soothes and asthma relief through regular breathing and even claims telepathy is a physical fact.
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Alexander Cannon
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Edward W. Pickard
Chester Davis
Morgenthau
Thomas Hewes
Dean Acheson
Professor Sprague
Woodin
Mr. Hewes
Cummings
Walter J. Cummings
Treasury
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
James A. Reed
Senate
The
Missouri Statesman
Kansas City
Nell Q. Donnelly
Donnelly
Mr. Reed
Alph McQuistion
Dr. E. A. Bates
Hubert Kelley
WNU
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