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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
2
Established in 1871 the publication runs as second class matter at a Scandia Kansas postoffice under act of March 8 1879. It lists Thursday issues with a 1 25 annual subscription and advertising rates available on request.
A fragmented column notes local affairs and rumors. It mentions a mistaken NRA rally now RNA organizers Royal Neighbors, Governor Landon and bond scandal, Sheriff Bush in Kansas City, gangsters with riot guns, and general unease as weather and markets remain unsettled.
A collage of quotes from Kansas columnists contrasts small town ethics with big city policy. The pieces recount office theft lessons, magic and prosperity ties, and an Arab proverb on wisdom, quoting Mrs C J Wetzel and others.
The piece argues that high taxes force wage cuts and job losses, urging a decisive federal and local economy. It advocates reducing public expenditures to boost investor confidence, production, and buying power, while detailing the Wheat Allotment Plan and the rollout of township committees under W. H. Vion Tréba and county agents.
An editorial argues that fire destroys thousands of lives and hundreds of millions in property annually, though not in one event. It cites historic disasters, notes billions spent on prevention yet public indifference remains, and calls for a national Fire Prevention Year to reduce cumulative losses.
The article outlines a May 1933 Wheat Plan proposing a 30 cent processing tax per bushel milled for human use. It uses a 3 year average yield 1930-31-32 with 54 percent milled, providing a 28 percent benefit per bushel on 64 percent. two thirds of the benefit paid in September 1933 and the balance spring 1934. Farmers must limit production by at most 20 percent of eight year average acreage.
The governor announced plans to call a special session of the legislature to address economic and banking problems and the beer issue at a future date.
Henry Roe Cloud, a full blooded American Indian, has taken over the reins of Haskell Institute at Lawrence, Kansas. Born in a bark wigwam, he attended school and became a prominent leader. He is a fluent speaker and is known in Scandia for addressing students there several years ago.
The Secretary-Administrator condemned a corps of self-styled experts and advisers who claim to provide inside information and influence to contractors in exchange for advance payments. He underscored that they cannot deliver profitable contracts.
An old memory recalls the day Italian North Side residents held a feast day for St. John the Baptist. Fireworks caused an accident injuring a spectator while two sergeants on site struggled with dictation and report writing. They settled on noting “doin’s at the feast of St. John” to avoid confusion.
Nearly 1,000 independent Denver grocers have set a 90 minute daily siesta from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. for their employees to comply with the National Industrial Recovery Act. Housewives cannot obtain evening meals during the rest period. The siesta arose from grocers meeting to reorganize hours under the act.
Following a Topeka conference between Kansas and Nebraska representatives, mutual trucking rules were temporarily reestablished. Nebraska farmers may haul own products without fees, while for hire trucking and merchants within 25 miles are exempt from registration and other charges until further word.
Assistant bank receivers in Kansas will receive letters this week from the state bank commissioner directing them to aid farmers in securing loans through the Farm Credit Administration. The effort aims to speed up liquidation of banks in receivership as government loans back mortgages. Graves Shull heads the land commissioner district including Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico, operating through the Federal Land Bank of Wichita.
Secretary Harold L. Ickes denounces four high brow racketeers trying to gain public works contracts in Washington. He vows no inside track exists in public works and notes a surge of schemes since the public works law was enacted.
Mr and Mrs H G Hahn and Lois Ann depart Thursday for Marquette to spend the next weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Ernest Burns and Lester and Mr and Mrs L G Nystrom attend the funeral of Mrs D A Burns at Portis Saturday.
Topeka police conducted a series of raids targeting beer retailers. Jurors acquitted some, while others were held for trial after beer samples showed payment unit concentrations from 2.83 to 2.98 percent, according to the week’s report.
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