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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1937
Page
1
Edoard W. Pickard eG summarizes a chaotic week with reports of major clashes across China Japan and Europe. Chinese and Japanese forces clash near Tientsin and Port Arthur while Franco loyalists face insurgent uprisings in Madrid and Barcelona. Flood of aerial bombings and ground combat described with casualties and material losses.
A Republican shift in Congress pushes Supreme Court reform bills back to committee as a new Senate majority leader takes Robinson’s seat. Roosevelt era tensions rise with stalled bills on wages, taxes, and court reform while a White House staffing expansion faces questions. A separate motion seeks an embargo and diplomacy measures amid China Japan tensions, with prodding by Hull and embassies to protect Americans in Asia.
Disorder erupts at an independent steel site as 60 people are hurt in clashes among Steel Workers Organizing Committee members loyal workers and strikers. Police deploy tear gas as mobs confront employees near the plant hillside. Buffalo faces food shortages amid a strike by wholesale grocery truck drivers and butchers, driving residents to seek supplies in the countryside.
H R Tolley reports that applications for last year’s conservation program covered 283000600 acres and about 4000000 farmers. 31000000 diverted from soil depleting crops. 53000000 acres benefited from soil building practices. Conservation payments totaled 32223303.11 dollars. benefit and rester payments 23574426442. Total AAA expenditures in 1936 reached 35732861720 dollars including administration and obligations held after the Supreme Court voided key AAA provisions.
The article notes Slip Madigan, famed coach at Notre Dame, linked to Oakland with a reported salary of 7040 dollars annually plus ten percent of gate receipts. It mentions an indebtedness of 10 dollars and last year gate receipts totaling 174871 dollars amid a small college setting.
AN FRANCISCO CALIF They have mighty fine hotels this town. I've stayed at several of there and friends of mine have been put out of some of the others. And once I enjoyed a fire scare here when the alarm 3:30 brought to the lobby a swarm of moving picture actors with no masks on. The era of Silent Films is recalled as a lively crowd gathered. The writer reflects on crowds, culture, and odd spectacles while noting weathered scenes and a glance at vintage hotel life and public spaces.
In Washington, the clash over President Roosevelt's plan to reshuffle the Supreme Court has faded as legislators turn to Secretary Wallace's farm bill and the wages and hours measure. The ever-normal granary proposals aim to stabilize farm product supplies and prices, but critics warn it could distort markets, hedge against risk, and shift power to government stockpiles. The piece notes divisions among farm leaders and the political maneuvering shaping the debate, with Kentucky Senator Alb Carroll Barkley and Arkansas Senator Robinson among referenced figures.
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