Roosevelt Pushes Managed Currency and Gold Policy
President Roosevelt outlines a policy to raise commodity prices and stabilize the dollar by reducing gold content and pegging prices. The RFC will buy newly mined gold at set prices, with officials wary of the plan's feasibility. Farmers push back on inflation fears as a nationwide strike gathers support in six states.
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Russia
Elmer Thomas
Roosevelt
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Jesse Jones
RFC
Dean Acheson
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Washington
John Maynard Keynes
Wall Street
NHIS
Middle West
Milo. Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Mr. Reno
Continental
Congress
Technocratic Federation of ‘the World For Industrial Democracy
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Reno’s Association
William Langer
Avaxim
Litvinov
Kalinin
London
Japan
Michigan News Digest Aboard Sunday Streets
A long list of local incidents across Michigan reports burns from gravy spills in Ludington, a 1400 pound engine theft in Pontiac, a death in Owosso after a fall, and electrocution at a Jackson textile plant. Other notes cover highway reroutes in Jackson, cave-in injuries in Adrian, bridge removals in Marshall, football game deaths in Ann Arbor, and more community events from Buchanan to Kalamazoo.
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Jackson
William Barger
Michigan State Prison
State Highway Department
Adrian—Charles Johnson
Marshall
Michigan & Ohio Railroad
New York Central
Toledo
Allegan
Ann Arbor
George Hoaglin
Albion
Robert Jackson
Detroit
Hoaglin
Onaway
Joseph Arthur
Cecelia Secord
Arthur
Pontiac
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Sanford Street
Buchanan
Stanton
Merle Johnston
Raymond Johnston
Geraldine ‘Wilson
Betty
Lansing
Michigan
Battle Creek
Mary Buroher Powell
Jack” ‘DeHaan
Powell
Grand. Rapids
Walton Township
Rochester
Jesse Gardner
Charlotte
Ora D. Harshman
Bell
Treaster
Howe
University of Michigan R. O. T. C
Union City
Delbert Cosier
Three Rivers
Cosier
Harry York
Howell
Francis Daniels
Edward Youngs
Daniels
Vincent Youngs
Thompsonville
Gardner Light Co
Pleasant
Frank Swade
Chippewa Township
Swade
Roger
R. G Gook
John Brockie
Parvin Russell
Brockie
Russell
Paul Mungus
W. J. Hiteman
Albion College
Stock Exchange
New York
Twentieth Century Fund
John Horvath
Cassopolis
Tonia State ‘Hospital
Sane
What Will Congress Do As Roosevelt Faces a Tough Senate
Washington notes a nervous bull headed congress as Roosevelt prepares for a new session. Observers expect fresh ideas and partisan clashes, with the president holding a party majority and leveraging public attention to push his programs.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Ump-ta-ump
House of Representatives
Dbycone
Roosevelts Liquor Policy and Tax Dilemma in 1933
The article discusses F D Roosevelts stance ahead of Congress in January 1933. It highlights Under Secretary Achesons view on liquor repeal, tax levels, and revenue, noting how rates could curb bootlegging or hinder state tax bases. It notes Webb Kenyon and enforcement issues and the need for a coordinated federal approach.
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National Press Club
Washington
Acheson
Treasury
Committee of Representatives
Congress
Webb-Kenyon
Atr
Roosavel
Western Newspaper Union
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Oriente
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Grau
Carlos Mendieta
Mendieta
Chicago
Peewer
Edouard Daladier
France
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Bank of France
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Lebrun
Paul Boncour
Chautemps
Cpl. M. Sarraut
Germany
Enate
Ferdinand Pecora
Chase National Bank
Cuba
Chase Bank and Associates
Chase
Albert Wiggin
Bank
Wiggin
Alter Johnson
Sacramento
Gloomy
Gus” Schaeffer
Touhy
St. Paul
George W
Red”) Kerr
House ‘Committee On Immigration
Dickstein
John. P. O’brien
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
Brazil
Miami
Akron
War Department
Henry Ford
NRA
Western’ Newspaper Union
Ludington
Frank Warner
Houghton Lake
Cleo Webber
Citizens Conservation Corps
Webber
Boston
Portland
William