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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1931
Page
3
A House hearing on Liberty bonds shows Patman arguing foreign governments would profit from bonds if they planned to resume payments. He notes Britain paid debt in 1921 with bonds and suggests current prices indicate they sit at or above par. The treasury’s position remains unclear as the hearing ends without firm conclusions.
Asherton hosted the Tri County Medical Association meeting with speakers Dr J W BP Bowen Dr G Bowen Dr T A Pressly and Dr W Maxwell of San Antonio presiding. Attendees included Drs J Cook J Hargus J Waterwit J M Lizhsey and J M Toward representing Dimmis TaSalte and Frio counties.
The record notes secret session deliberations on ratification, with Davison summoned after reports that debtor nations prepared to pay but were advised by the Treasury to refrain. A Whig statement to foreign representatives followed, and Under Secretary Mills faced compression and trader resistance before any advance on Weinuraturiam.
Pennsylvanian Republican McFadden stands by his charge that Hoover aided Germany in the moratorium plan and criticizes administration permission for foreign credits. He testified before the House committee as administration witnesses wrapped up, linking bankers to bank failures and backing calls for a Senate finance probe beginning tomorrow.
Nippon ends gold standard after imperial decree gazetted and export embargo announced four days later. Report from Tokio notes emergency measures following royal council recommendation and note that bank note conversion to gold is suspended.
The author argues for a conference of allied powers to reduce postwar payments in line with the Young plan. By tying conditional debt relief to broader economic gains, U S leadership could boost Germany’s credit, spur world finances, and improve wartime loan recoveries. A proposed industrialist driven movement could rally voters and hasten financial stability.
Washington dispatch reports strong public protest from World War I veterans and others against Congress ratifying the Hoover administration debt moratorium. Critics argue the country should not defer $26,000,600 owed by foreign nations while denying immediate full payment of the bonus. Senator Campbell of Kansas proposes a short time bill to set a $1 per barrel crude oil tariff.
Wilkeson Wash December 11 Rescue crews recovered the bodies of John Johnson and Murti Droop, coal miners, seven days after they were trapped beneath a filling mine roof.
In Giebenwich Conn on December 1 the Duke of Manchester model Kathleen Ethel Dawes, former Ex lict acvess, will be rearmed this afternoon in a elyllc ceremony at law offices.
Senate committees discuss emergency reconstruction funding and a $100,000,000 capital increase for the federal land bank. Other panels study moratorium implications, Manchuria policy exchanges, and prohibition reform debates unfold as chambers consider various fiscal and foreign affairs matters.
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