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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
2
President Roosevelt urges prohibitionists and skeptics to support temperance in his December 5 1933 proclamation repealing the 18th amendment. He calls for education toward greater temperance and a nationwide policy of licensing and regulated liquor dealers. He predicts harsher enforcement in dry states and a normalization of drinking in time.
The piece argues inflation is not solved by more currency but by quicker circulation of existing money. It notes a four and a half billion gold reserve versus five billion in currency, and says Treasury and Federal Reserve moves aim to push money into public hands without triggering harmful inflation. It counters anti inflation views and hopes debtors can pay with dollars that are not devalued.
The piece praises Secretary Wallace for a land policy aimed at reviving rural life by creating local industries using local raw materials in farm and forest regions. It cites lumber, wood products, rayon, and chemical processes as examples and argues for dispersed production alongside Ford’s model. It notes the shift from city factories to decentralized plants as power commonalities grow.
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