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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1933
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader urges readers to start gardens amid plenty of idle time and available land. Editor Lee D. Peacock likens gardening to work in painting, building, or courting and argues this year should see more gardens in Tripoli due to opportunities and unemployment.
The home merchant is described as a trusted figure who offers credit when needed, accepts returns or exchanges, greets customers warmly, and encourages repeat visits. Clerks live locally and spend locally, supporting churches and charities while promoting the town. He visits the sick, sends flowers after deaths, and accompanies the community through life. Town growth hinges on loyal local support for merchants.
The Tripoli community notes a surge of professional panhandlers exploiting sympathy. After a period of begging, some used collected funds for酒, prompting residents to reconsider charitable aid methods and curb support for all. Community leaders warn of harm to genuine needy and poorer efforts to help.
The Leader notes banks operating on restricted basis should wait to see new laws. Careful planning may be upended by potential legislation tomorrow. While drastic steps aim to ease the banking crisis, issues with farm loans and real estate complicate liquidation under current rules and a new farm foreclosure law. The piece urges balanced criticism of banks.
The passage traces labor union campaigns from a 48 hour week to 44 and then 40 hours. It notes unemployment remains high and reports that the Senate voted for a five day week, six hours daily totaling 30 hours. It suggests trying new schedules to create jobs, acknowledging uncertainty in outcomes.
The Iowa Press editorial argues public opinion supports President Roosevelt's farm debt relief. It urges refinancing and interest reductions to 3 percent (possibly 4 percent with amortization) to ease mortgage burdens, noting current rates hinder farmers amid low prices and that tax revisions may provide future relief. It also notes bank woes tied to frozen farm loans and the link between higher prices and repayment effort.
Washington observers debate era shifting power as President Roosevelt shores up support against four key organized minorities. Veterans, Labor, Drys, and Farmers face policy battles from pensions cuts to migration controls. The farm bill looms large with mixed outcomes possible for the nation’s relief program and public spending.
At Des Moines a well organized lobby of commercial trucking interests fights bills to cap gross vehicle weight at fifteen tons and trailer lengths to 35 feet. They oppose requiring warning flares at night and seek railroad commission regulation aligned with other states per a national convention.
The Greene Recorder argues beer return would bring employment and safer, government supervised drinks. It contends prohibition has failed, bootlegging harms society, and repeal could open roughly a dozen industries nationwide while direct harm remains. people will drink regardless.
A tough job are county supervisors a target for critics yet they endure hostile verdicts. The piece lauds the extreme patience required by men in public office and commends their endurance amid constant censure.
Monroe County News notes South Dakota passed a broad tax reform. A 1 percent retail sales levy, 0.25 percent on livestock sales, 1 percent on salaries up to 2000 dollars, 1.5 percent on 2000 to 5000 dollars, and 2 percent above 5000 dollars with no exemptions. The measure could replace all property taxes in Iowa.
Dr Max Henius of the Chicago Beer Institute says the new 3.2 percent beer is wholesome up to four pints but beyond that the drinker should seek rest. A threat meter could measure pints to help courts decide intoxication without a jury. The beer introduces many new possibilities.
The Humboldt Republican editorializes that a Des Moines Register poll shows Iowa voters favor beer but oppose unrestricted intoxicant sales. It argues liquor should be supervised and purchased with strict controls, noting editors believe the open saloon would be rejected in a current Iowa poll.
A political remark notes that defeating three of the four organized minorities is great, with caution that a fourth group could still pose a setback. The speaker emphasizes vigilance and ongoing struggle in public life.
The Roosevelt administration pursues bold reforms in banking, housing relief, public works, and railroad aid as it nears the end of its fourth week in office. Observers note unprecedented executive power in peacetime, with hopes Congress will back measures to combat the depression and restore growth. The oil industry seeks national guidance to stabilize provation and conservation efforts after years of state and industry inaction.
President Roosevelt's executive order cuts veteran pay by about 400 million dollars. Senators Thomas of Oklahoma and Rankin of Mississippi predict a wave of bitterness against the administration once cuts take effect. Veterans have until July 1 to adjust to the changed conditions they once regarded as vested rights.
President Roosevelt’s reorganization plan reveals deeper cuts than first planned, eliminating whole bureaus and scientific fields to save costs. Agriculture Interior Commerce and the Post Office face the severest reductions, with other departments pruned less, and even military branches to be curtailed.
At a Cabinet meeting held days earlier department heads were told that reorganization meant elimination. Budget Director Douglas, summoned by the President, outlined spending limits for each department. Expenditures must stay within allotted amounts to support federal credit plans aiding unemployment.
Men who have spent their lives in government service are slated for retirement. Mr. Douglas, though personally popular, is seen as one of the most unpopular men in Washington. He bears this with a smile and performs a thankless task that earns respect from his critics.
House and Senate members show restlessness over delays in removing Republican postmasters district attorneys and Internal Revenue collectors nationwide. Some lawmakers push for quick new appointments to Postmaster General Farley during the last week, arguing that jobs are needed in hard days and constituents urge prompt distribution.
A Senate banking subcommittee near completion of a draft to reform national banking laws aligned with President Roosevelt’s aim to curb speculation with other people’s money. Building on the Glass bill from last session, the plan may add major provisions including proposed deposit insurance.
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson endorsed a $230,000,000 construction program to build up the American fleet to treaty levels after talks with Senate Naval Affairs Committee Chairman Park Trammel and House Naval committee members. The move followed discussions with Chairman Carl Vinson and other committee members.
Former South Carolina representative Butler B Hare who left office March 4 is named as a possible appointee for Governor General of the Philippines. Reports also say Attorney General Cummings would remain in his current post rather than take the insular position.
The prospect of Prime Minister MacDonald visiting Washington to confer with President Roosevelt is seen as encouraging, signaling progress in preliminary talks ahead of a world economic conference. Speaker Rainey and Rep Byrns forecast a possible extra session end by mid May or early June, contingent on fast work and passage of pending or White House recommended measures.
In a note from the Arkansas Gazette, a girl in a distant region increases sun-lamp use as the sun’s remaining life is estimated at seven billion years. The report frames electrical lighting as a substitute for fading daylight in a rural setting.
A witty exchange shows Jones as a niggling character when asked for five pounds, followed by a boast that the club is full of men like him. The anonymous Lustige Koelner Zeitung remark reflects social banter from a Cologne joke periodical.
The St Pauls Lutheran church service on Sunday was attended by Rev E F Melcher Arnold Schellhorn Arnold Rucker Esther Riechmann Lucinda Meyer and Margaret Kohagen along with families including Mr and Mrs J F Pries and daughter Leona Mr and Mrs Ek H Homan and son Elmer Mr and Mrs Clarence Deterding Mrs Henry Pries and son August Walter Zander and Gertrude Griese joined Arnold Homan in observing his birthday Wednesday evening Relatives and friends gathered at the Wm Clausing home Sunday for Mr Clausing's birthday Mr and Mrs Henry Deterding and sons Lester and Victor Mr and Mrs E H Schroeder and children Norma and Orlyn spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Deterding Mr and Mrs Luke Winders and sons of Waterloo visited the C J Meier home and Mr and Mrs Arnold Homan visited Sunday afternoon at the J F Pries home in Denver
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