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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
4
Mussolini declares a corporative state move abolishing the chamber of deputies and creating a council of guilds and key industries run by the government. He claims reforms will boost economic self sufficiency as crowds cheer in Capitoline hall.
London conference delegates from Great Britain, the United States, and France accepted a final draft limiting battleship size to 86,000 tons with cruisers capped at 10,000 tons. No ships of that size may be built for six years, and the United States warned it would exit the cruiser limit if Britain builds more than 70 cruisers. Japan and Italy were not bound, with escape clauses allowing non signers to ignore limits.
Dr Francis Townsend founder of the Townsend plan pledges support for Senator Borah as a campaign boost. Townsend, who changed registration to Republican in Long Beach, says Borah is the only Republican who meets Townsendites standards. Borah in Chicago criticizes GOP leaders for driving 10,000,000 voters from the party in 1932 and warns they may not return if Cleveland convention leadership remains.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced the creation of five regions to administer the soil conservation and domestic allotment act as a substitute for the invalid AAA. H R Tolley said field service has begun in several states with farmers county and community committees to lead efforts. The four commodity divisions will be discontinued and their liquidation work will pass to regional directors while other AAA units remain.
President Roosevelt estimated needing 1.5 billion dollars to fund relief for the unemployed through the coming fiscal year. He asked Congress to appropriate the sum plus 1 billion in unspent prior appropriations and 600 million for CCC and public works, contingent on private-sector reemployment and potential tax hikes to cover any increases.
Senator Holt of West Virginia vows to press for a senate investigation into WPA relief work under Harry Hopkins and related agencies RO CWA FERA. Hopkins replies WPA employees are not required to contribute to any party nor face jeopardy for refusing. Voluntary political support is the employee’s decision and no one will be hired or discharged for support or non support.
Four hundred and seventy million dollars will be paid to farmers next summer under the new soil conservation program substituting for AAA. Checks will go out around September for land withdrawn from cultivation and treated via agreed restoration steps, a timing forced by final program proofs and political considerations amid a heated presidential campaign.
Entertaining cross stitch project features a versatile pup motif with eight crosses per inch. Includes seven 6 by 8 inch motifs, color suggestions, material needs, and stitch diagrams. Transfer pattern 5403 offered by The Sewing Circle for 15 cents. request via Household Arts Department at 259 West Fourteenth Street, New York.
A tombstone inscription in a Paris cemetery honors Pierre Victor Fournier, inventor of the everlasting lamp, claiming it uses only a centimeter of oil per hour. His inconsolable widow runs the Rue aux Trois shop, warning customers not to confuse it with a rival business, illustrating how bereaved individuals sometimes cope by pursuing work.
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