Farm Board Reports Need of Adjustment
The Farm Board told Congress that agriculture must adjust production to demand to achieve parity with industry and support a self controlled distribution system. Its first annual report outlines past studies, accomplishments, and experiments, noting difficulties in stabilizing markets without trusted production and predicting a gloomy wheat outlook through 1937.
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Scottish coal strike ends as miners return to pits
Scottish miners end a seven day walkout begun December 1 after union delegates order a return to work on Monday. They protested a spreadover schedule under which owners planned five eight hour shifts and one five hour shift weekly, diverging from the seven and a half hour day in the coal mines act. Details of the settlement were not disclosed, but acceptance of the proposal was expected to ease the British and Welsh mine situation.
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Wheeler Attacks US Indian Affairs Conduct
Senator Wheeler of Montana blasted the federal administration of Indian affairs as criminal in effect during a Senate Indian subcommittee hearing. He cited pitiful conditions from a southwest visit and said agents are sitting around. He praised newly appointed Indian Commissioner Charles J. Rhoads and J. Henry Scattergood but urged action to fix the field situation.
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State Council pushes aid program for workers
Idaho defense council backs a $20 million building and betterment plan to reduce unemployment. A nine member committee will steer funds toward reclamation, highways, institutional and industrial buildings, river navigation, and blister rust control with federal money. The group seeks swift action before winter with emergency federal aid and a state matching fund, plus measures to aid agriculture and transport.
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Pea-Soup Fog Halts London Shipping Plight
One of London’s famous pea-soup fogs rolled inland choking streets and halting Thames navigation. Two cross channel vessels reported they had food but needed water and could not receive supplies due to the dense fog.
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Australian filer blown off course to Andros Island
Mrs. J M Keith-Miller, an Australian filer, reported she was blown far off her Havana to Miami flight course and landed on Andros Island. The incident occurred as she traveled over the Caribbean area and feared she would not reach her destination.
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Lashes of Life and Public Notices Across Nations
A collage of brief items: Belgian ambassador’s family leaving Washington. Sydelle Parker, a show girl, discovers a $100 bill after a $5 fine in traffic court. Senator Vander Berg of Michigan chats briefly with President Hoover over a second hand car. NBC plans nearly 200 concerts by daily radio. a London tenant’s gas leak prompts swift landlord action after a near tragedy.
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Congress in Recess and Committee Actions Reported
Senate rests until Monday as Interstate Commerce weighs power commission picks and Norris presses steel price inquiry. Committees map drought relief, mothers aid, and immigration limits while naval modernization sails forward. House sets treasury post office spending hearing as unemployment fund budget tops 150 million. Military debates Muscle Shoals stalemate.
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B P W Boosts Spud as Gift Across Idaho
The Pocatello Business and Professional Women's club launches a state wide effort to have Idaho families send gift boxes of Idaho potatoes to relatives out of state. The plan aims to boost spud advertising, raise demand, and aid farmers and business conditions.
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Suspects Fail to Profit from Holdups and Labor Rally Near Big Five
The 1.6 million railroad workers are urged to join the Big Five in a six hour day campaign, with talks set for Washington next Monday as unions seek shorter hours and higher pay. Four young burglars confess to shelling loot, giving up details of their Downey and Utah robberies and how amateur moves exposed clues.
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Idaho Prefers Local Labor Policy Move
The Idaho department of public works issued a directive urging contractors on state projects to prioritize local labor. The measure follows a defense council resolution and will require new contracts to ensure labor is drawn from nearby communities.
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Farm loan system revision eyed by farm bureau in Boston
The American Farm Bureau Federation resolutions committee and board met in executive sessions to address credit difficulties ahead of the three day convention opening Monday. In Washington, the House rejected an amendment to the Treasury Supply Bill prohibiting government funds for poisoning industrial alcohol.
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President's Coast Message Drowned by Notre Dame Arrival
Hollywood December 5 The president sent a message to Congress but coastal papers had no room due to Notre Dame football team arrival. The stadium in Southern California seats about a hundred thousand and tickets cost ten dollars for radio access.
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Hyde Attacks Subsidies in President’s Farm Report
Secretary Hyde’s annual agriculture report to the president includes a sharp critique of subsidies as a policy tool. He argues subsidies would raise surpluses and provoke foreign retaliation, and warns that indefinite storage of surpluses does not lift prices. The remarks touch on export debentures and farm board actions.
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Department of Agriculture
Bredt Resigns From Cabinet Amid Party Rift
Berlin reports minister of justice Johannes Bredt resigns his portfolio under party pressure. The move deepens the split with Chancellor Bruening and the economic party after Hermann Drewitz introduced a no confidence motion. Bredt learned of it only after it passed, choosing not to bolt the party.
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Police recapture pair who escaped in Utah
In Ogden Utah Frank Evans twenty and Sophus Degn nineteen were recaptured and jailed again on auto theft charges. They escaped last Sunday and were found in Provo where officers recognized them and brought them back to Weber County for trial.
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Russian accuses French statesman in Soviet plot trial
In Moscow on December 5 AP reports Raymond Poincare named in the courtroom where eight men stand trial for conspiring to topple the Soviet government. Prosecutor Krilenko points toward Paris and accuses the former French leader as the case unfolds.
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Gas Fog Kills Forty Eight in Belgian Locality
Brusse ls Belgium December reports forty eight dead in the Engis area near Liege from a mysterious gas mixed with fog. Cattle also die as farmers move livestock to shelters. Public health officials travel to Engis to investigate with deaths concentrated in Engis Flamelle Maule Flamelie Grande Yvoy-Ramet Jemeppe-Sur-Meuse and Othee.
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Senate approves 60 million for farm relief loans
The Senate Agriculture committee backed the McNary resolution authorizing 60 million dollars for loans to storm and drought stricken farmers. The Notre Dame Southern California game is set for Saturday at 3 pm local time.
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