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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1933
Page
4
Editorial argues Democratic leaders push for near dictatorial presidential powers in federal finance to enable swift action after the Roosevelt inauguration. It warns overreach, notes Congress would check with two thirds, and laments Congress’s failure to balance the budget or economize amid a looming financial crisis and a potential special session.
The Iowa corn belt explores turning corn into alcohol to blend with gasoline as motor fuel. Ames tests indicate 10 percent alcohol could improve engine performance with anti knock and cleaner emissions. The legislature has passed a bill to permit in state production, aiming to unlock a large new grain market, though public acceptance remains a hurdle.
The article notes the senate inviting many top business figures to diagnose national issues. It recalls Hoover’s 1930s consultation with big leaders, which led to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that distributed hundreds of millions to corporations but did little for farmers and unemployed individuals.
A long running price war among four major tobacco firms spread to a new front last week benefiting smokers. In this state a pack costs about half the purchase price in taxes with six cents federal and two cents state tax, highlighting the large revenue from cigarette sales amid rising consumption.
The Sumner Gazette argues legislative reform is needed to base annual car license fees on horsepower, age, and weight rather than list price. It contends list price is obsolete and unfairly benefits newer buyers, urging a fair system reflecting vehicle characteristics.
In Spencer a 20 year old man was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after striking a filling station employee on the head with a hand axe during a robbery attempt. The judge cried three times while pronouncing sentence, moving the prisoner’s mother and spectators. The piece questions public sympathy for an aggressor over the victim.
Public Opinion notes a growing back to farming trend with ads for small farms like a 35 acre unit drawing many inquiries. Many applicants seek small plots to work alone, while some demand larger 80 acre farms, despite farm overproduction concerns and steady production levels.
The writer urges readers to stop hoarding money and laziness. He insists even wealthy people must advertise in the newspapers the readers trust to restore prosperity. He condemns new schemes and calls for action and a shift from complacency to active promotion.
The Pella Chronicle urges paying by check as a simple receipt and money‑management tool. It highlights avoiding lost receipts, reducing clutter, and saving time in transactions, noting the two‑cent tax but overall cost benefits of a bank account and controlled spending.
An unsigned editorial laments abundance amid scarcity citing iron ore copper rubber and cotton stockpiles and warns that confidence alone cannot pull the nation from a fog of plenty and hunger.
The Independence Bulletin Journal notes that while state legislators move quickly on revenue reduction bills, many originate from the Republican committee on public expenditures. It criticizes distraction by minor measures and cites Huey Long’s long filibuster in Congress as evidence of inefficiency, urging lawmakers to focus on laws aiding recovery rather than re-election.
A two thousand year search for honesty lands in Washington as 531 supposedly honest senators are mocked by a dramatic sergeant at arms firing a flare of public censure. The New Outlook and newspapers brand the scene as tragicomic, warning the senate risks fuel for future gossip and calls for better conduct.
In a speech twenty five days before a political term ends, the speaker mocks rhetorical allegories and urges citizens to research their own representatives. He stresses that what is omitted by lawmakers can be as crucial as what is done, warning that accountability rests with the people.
The Senate granted the next president authority to reorganize agencies but with tighter limits. Roosevelt plans to cooperate with states to tackle federal and state problems. A February 13 vote will test countervailing duties on imports from currency-depressed nations as farm mortgage bills gain traction. Bennett Clark becomes senator replacing Hawes. Garner may join the cabinet. Hoover ends term without leaving.
Reported plans place Hoover on a South Seas yachting cruise or world tour after leaving office with stops in Panama for fishing. He will travel with Ogden Mills and possibly Lawrence Richey. Frances Perkins declined a cabinet post citing opposition from organized labor. Roosevelt advisers weigh her appointment. A joint US government inquiry answered that a frog hops five times farther than a flea can jump, sparked by a Sand Springs resident’s data request.
In Nebraska in 1913 a block of fractional shares required a certificate for the leftover amount after conversion to full shares. The remainder was 1 983.383 of a share with a par value of 1/33 of a cent.
A mix of notes covers a funeral custom for a wealthy Chinese man with an extra travel suit, Brahma purity practices in India, Soviet Russia impressions shaped by 1917 1918 reports later debunked by an American inquiry, Catherine II’s 1780 voyage faked by ministers, and child labor among U S youths under age sixteen today.
The recent presidential campaigns ran into high expenses with about 18 million dollars spent on party propaganda and election machinery. The effort also inflicted losses across industries, with broadcast speeches allegedly depriving movie theaters of more than 50 million dollars in business.
A Munich professor trained fish to associate bells with good food and red paper with rewards, while blue paper signals bitter food. The study shows fish swim to far corners when alerted by the specific bell or color cue.
A substantial portion of the global population continues to wear or carry amulets or charms to ward off evil spirits illness and bad luck. The claim notes that about 1 000 000 000 people or half the world population hold such protective items.
A rural account describes pythons in the Philippines that can reach up to twenty feet in length and eight inches thick and are said to kill and swallow a deer whole without harming the carcass.
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