Farmers aided by the New Deal debt relief loans
A World War I veteran and farm credit head describe how debt burdened U S farmers receive government loans under the New Deal program. Henry Morgenthau Jr discusses Farm Credit Administration actions and the impact of millions of dollars in loans nationwide.
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Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Associated Press
United States
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
E. A. Purvines
Pleasant Plains
Ill
E. J. Bodman
Action Taken to Side-Step Code Arouses Leader
NRA chief Hugh S. Johnson warned retailers and grocers that agreements must be fulfilled as temporary accords expand across industries. He cited misunderstandings that shortened hours instead of adding workers and noted thousands more workers now fall under presidential wage and hour provisions for petroleum and jewelry industries. Employers will wear the blue eagle on compliance until permanent codes are set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
U S Ready to Use Forces for Cuba if Needed
Washington dispatch says the United States is prepared to quickly deploy military forces for occupation of Cuba if intervention becomes imperative. High officials note plans for potential military policing under the Platt amendment and that substantial marine forces could reach Havana within 24 hours after an intervention order if the situation deteriorates. Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, urged Cuba to end political warfare to prevent starvation and protect economic welfare while awaiting further developments.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Navy
Havana
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Prohibition Vote Tide Shifts Across States
Arizona reports a 3 to 1 vote against liquor control amendments, tying the total opposing states to twenty one. Missouri shows weaker candidate slate effort as repeal advocates pursue the national reform with polls in August and September. Repeal elections will push total votes toward 37 needed to expel the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Missouri
Utopian View of Crisis Actions Emphasized by Leaders
The author argues that in crises statesmen and people focus on evolving partial objectives as situations change. It notes the president avoids dogmatic finality and stresses flexible leadership. The spring emphasis centered on raising a key objective while acknowledging shifting priorities.
City Sets Budget for 1933 34 After Long Hearing
The Butte city council adopted a budget of 687 020.83 for all departments and districts for the 1933 34 fiscal year. The plan cuts overall spending by about 28 902.44 from the previous year while carrying more than 43 000 in unpaid bills from last year within the new budget. Adoption passed by eight votes to seven.
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Butte
Taxpayers Oppose Budget Totals in County Hearing
Silver Bow County Taxpayers association objects to many items in the preliminary 1933-34 budget as the final hearing on county appropriations opens. The proposal totals 572 119 72. County officers explain duties and costs while urging against cuts. Don B. King presides. hearing resumes today.
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Silver Bow
Don B. King
Arthur Perham
Taxpayers’ Association
Butte Rodeo Opens With Parade And Night Events
Crowds gather as the annual rodeo prepares to start in Butte with a noon parade featuring old wagons bugies and stagecoaches. Cowboys cowgirls and visiting champs will parade through the business district as 8 000 spectators expected to watch from Harrison avenue grandstands.
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Bronc Busters
Butte
Legion
Arena
Rodeo
West
Butte Mines
Ramsay Boys
Harrison Avenue
Montana Professor Leads Back to the Land Drive
Washington August 9. M. J. Wilson Montana State College professor takes charge of the administration back to the land program. He directs a wheat acreage reduction campaign and will use 25 million dollars in public works funds to move farmers to good soil and shift surplus workers from cities to suburban areas. The plan aims to spread out industries beyond congested metro areas and combine with employment and public works efforts.
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Washington
M. |. Wilson
Montana State College
Wilson
Grain Exchange Gets Warning From Farm Admins
Washington August 9 grain exchange representatives presented a code revamp of long-standing practices and immediately faced a demand to clean your own house and justify your existence as the market for farmers grain. George N Peek chief administrator of the farm act called for far-reaching reforms.
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Washington
Grain Exchange
George N. Peek
Navy seaplane crash near Pearl Harbor kills five
A twin engined Navy seaplane crashed off a coral reef near Pearl Harbor in calm seas. Five crew members were killed and one injured. the sole survivor, Taft, was rescued and treated at Pearl Harbor Navy Hospital. The crash is blamed on stripped tail surfaces causing the craft to land on its back. Rescue and salvage operations continued with Avocet and a barge assisting.
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Honolulu
Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
Charles Phillips Hill
Ted C. Marshal
C. C. Stewart
W. C. Hovey
L. B. Pitt
N. A. Taft
Naval Hospital
Taft
Tuft
Marshal
Fort Weaver
Avocet
Forged State Bonds Spark Guard Action In Kansas
State troopers guarded the Kansas treasury as investigators uncovered about 1 million dollars in forged municipal and school bonds. Governor Landon ordered national guardsmen to supervise the treasurer’s office after Tom Boyd admitted allowing bond buyer Ronald Finney to take 150000 dollars in bonds to Chicago. Finney, jailed on a 25000 dollar bond, faces charges for selling 12 forged Kansas City bonds. Banks in Emporia Eureka and Neosho Falls were closed by the state banking commissioner amid the probe.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Treasury
Alf Landon
Tom Boyd
Boyd
Ronald Finney
Treasury
Chicago
Finney
Midwest
Liberty
Kansas City
Emporia
Eureka
Neosho Falls
I. V. Talbot
National Surety Company
Attec
Eys
Heavily Armed Posse Seeks Slayer of Girl in Texas
A posse of over 100 heavily armed men and bloodhounds scoured Waller county woods for a suspect in the killing of 22 year old Elsie Jones. She rode out on a mule to round up milk cows. the mule returned alone, and Elsie was found slain and covered by creek water at dawn.
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Brookshire
Texas
Waller County
Elsie Jones
Aged Polly Bemis Near Death in West's Early Days
Polly Bemis, 81, ill at Grangeville Idaho, recalls a dramatic past as a 13 year old Chinese slave rescued by John Bemis in Idaho mining camps. The tale places her amid 19th century gold rush lawlessness and frontier gamble.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Polly Bemis
Polly
Pacific Northwest
John Bemis
National Recovery Projects Approved in Northwest
Portland district announces approval of 27 National Recovery Act highway projects in Washington Oregon and Montana with an estimated cost of 2 705 million and employment for over 2000 workers on direct construction Bids will be called this month Montana projects include grading surfacing bridges on routes Helena Wolf Creek Culbertson Bidney Roosevelt County with costs listed for each segment.
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Portland
Ore
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Oregon
Montana
W. H. Lynch
Helena
Wolf Creek
Lewis and Clark County
Culbertson
Bidney
Roosevelt County
Rev George D King Dies Pioneer Montana Clergyman
The Rev George D King 78 longtime Methodist minister in Montana and acting president of Wesleyan College now Intermountain Union Helena died at his Whitehall home. Arrived in 1883 he served Virginia City Twin Bridges Bozeman Livingston Whitehall and Gallatin valley circuits before retiring in 1915. He is survived by his widow and six children.
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Whitehall
George D. King
Montana
Wesleyan College
Intermountain Union
Helena
King
Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Bozeman
Meadow Creek
Madison Valley
Townsend
Belgrade
Livingston
Gallatin Valley
Montana Weather Forecast for Thursday and Friday
Montana forecast calls for generally fair skies Thursday and Friday with little change in temperatures. Light winds and dry conditions expected across the state.
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Montana
Federal reorganization to abolish Prohibition Bureau and Shipping Board
A new federal agency alignment takes effect at midnight as part of Roosevelt's economy program. The reorganization eliminates the Prohibition Bureau and the Shipping Board, marking the largest postwar government consolidation to date. The steps include numerous deletions within the government structure.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau and Shipping Board
Roosevelt
Prominent Mining Man Visited Butte
Mark L. Requa, noted mining engineer and California Republican, visited Butte and expressed hope for President Roosevelt’s program. He praised Hoover and linked the Roosevelt plan to sound business philosophy, while noting the people and national wealth would drive outcomes.
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Butte
Mark L. Requa
West
California
Herbert Hoover
Requa
Roosevelt
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