Economy Bill Cuts Roosevelts Wage and Veterans Benefits
Tripoli Iowa newspaper notes passage of the Economy Bill signed by President Roosevelt to cut federal employee wages by 15 percent and reduce veterans' allowances effective April 1. It cites limited tax changes, budget balancing goals, and Atlantic Monthly figures showing 1932 tax revenue vs veterans costs, arguing cuts are needed without tax increases.
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Roosevelt
Congress
The
Atlantic Monthly
Veterans’ Administration
Secretary of Treasury
Banks in Iowa Seek Unrestricted Operations Under Senate File 111
A large number of state and national banks in Iowa still operate restricted under Senate File 111. It will take time to lift restrictions and many banks remain sound, with assets largely in real estate. Rural banks face more constraints than those in larger cities, but more banks are gaining permission to operate unrestricted as confidence grows.
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Iowa
Senate
Roosevelt Urges Immediate Action In National Crisis
The article portrays President Franklin D Roosevelt as a man of action in early weeks of his term. It emphasizes that words, investigations, and delay give way to decisive moves to combat the national crisis, with his frankness fearlessness and determination Rallying the public as confidence grows amid hardship.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Law permits 3.2 percent beer sale across states
Beer of 3.2 percent alcohol will go on sale April 5 in many states after a senate delay over defining intoxicating content. The battle to repeal the Volstead act's 0.5 percent limit is over for now. Iowa may legalize 3.2 percent beer to match neighboring states and voter mandates.
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Union
Senate
Iowa
Editorial Calls For Strong Presidential Budget Management
The Iowa Press argues for drastic economy in federal government to balance the budget. It urges granting sweeping executive power to President Roosevelt, warns of congressional stagnation, and stresses that leadership and responsibility lie with the president to deliver a balanced budget.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
State Department
Great Britain
France
Germany
White House
America
Subscription Money Is Money Saved
The Chariton Leader asserts that subscribing to the home paper yields savings via advertising columns. It argues that if the weekly paper cost five dollars yearly, a ten-cent weekly saving would cover the subscription, and advertisers show how to save multiple dimes as well.
Postage Doom Looms Over Two-Cent Stamp Plan
The Mason City Globe-Gazette reports that by July 1 a two-cent first class stamp is assured as the administration promises a return to the two-cent rate. The three-cent rate would cost the Post Office Department about 10 million dollars in 1933, while local drop letters may revert to one cent. Congress and the post office learn that price boosts falter in hard times and the public tightens belts.
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House Committee On
Post Offices
Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Messenger
Hope That Inflation Holds
The Ames Tribune Times notes inflation hope could lift a depressed market. It argues rising prices would trigger a flood of buying as farm product prices and securities remain low and inventories are depleted, potentially shifting the three year buyers' market to a sellers' market.
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Ames Tribune-Times
Favoring Gross Income Tax Opinion Widely Backed
Decorah Public Opinion reports strong favorable response to a gross income tax as partial replacement for current taxes. Several hundred coupons support Knutson plan and will be sent to Senator Klemme and Representative Schmitz. A laboring man writes that war and peace tax fairness justify tax reform to help farmers and those paying no taxes today.
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Clarence Knutson
Clear Lake
Knutson
Klemme
Schmitz
Banking overhaul urged by Senator McAdoo
Senator McAdoo denounces the nation's credit structure as a disgraceful failure and calls for a constitutional amendment to remove state bank control and unify the system under a single federal banking authority. He also supports bank deposit guarantees as a policy goal.
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United States
McAdoo
The Gold Standard Debate in Knoxville Express
The article notes the nation is temporarily off the gold standard as it suspends gold exchange and bans gold shipments. It argues the country owns over a third of the world’s gold and could return to the standard by lifting the embargo on gold payments.
Leadership by Roosevelt ushers a national shift in sentiment
The column argues that Franklin D. Roosevelt's swift leadership and reforms restore public confidence, shifting opinion from fear to hope. It lauds the rapid banking bill passage and criticizes entrenched lobbying by veterans and other special interests, predicting a political realignment as Congress adapts to a new public mood.
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Salmon P. Chase
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Calvin Coolidge
Rosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Vaudeville Blues Audition Sparks Morale Dissent
A vaudeville blues performance ends with a rising chorus of questions about love and loyalty. After four verses of the same refrain, a heckler from the rear interrupts with a sharp quip about deserving a gun, signaling tense audience reactions.
Washington Snapshots on Fear and Veterans Benefits
The President mobilizes confidence to fight fear while Congress debates veterans benefits. Ten years of expansive, costly allowances extend to many veterans whose disabilities arose in civilian life, prompting political unease amid election concerns and lobbying.
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Congress of the
United States
Roosevelt Program And New Act Prompt National Savings
The text discusses urgent reasons for new legislation to cut pension class growth, curb veteran benefits costs, and restore government credit. It analyzes Roosevelt’s leadership, the need for decisive action, and the push for broad presidential powers to stabilize the economy and engage in farm relief measures including cotton and allotment plans.
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Roosevelt
Capitol
Roosevelt Wedding Day Remembrance Echoes at White House Anniversary
The piece recalls the 1905 Roosevelt nuptials linking Theodore Roosevelt to Eleanor Roosevelt, noting the White House anniversary celebration planned with guests who played roles in the 1905 ceremony and others remembered in Congress library records. It contrasts past pomp with present events and mentions figures like Mrs. Henry Parish and Warren Delano Robbins.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Henry Parish
Warren Delano Robbins
Roosevelt
Library of Congress
Local Society Notes and Household Appointments
Frederika residents visit relatives and discuss family happenings. Verda O Rourke age six underwent ear lancing in New Hampton to avoid mastoid surgery. Multiple families host, visit, and announce new births and moves, including Dan and Hattie Lindfield ill but improving, and new residents Arnold Jensen and Arthur Miller relocating.
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William Moeller
Tripoli
Chris Kelso
H. R. O’rourke
Verda
Zoller
New Hampton
Edw. Nowak
Mrs. Moore
Eagle Grove
E. E. Henry
Mr. Hinkley
Clark Tibbitts
Mary Henry
Hinkley
Moore
Albert Adams
Waterloo
William Duncomb
Chester
Henry Bockholt
H. C. Bockholt
Ernest Buckendahl
A. Bartelt
Irene Dettmer
Frederika
August
Steple Sievers
Joe Alcock
Craig
Sydney Mooney
Merrill French
Arnold Jensen
Clara Ross
Jason Chadwick
Arthur Miller
Plainfield
Tim Clary
Mr. Frankenhouser
Boyd
John Ager
Kenneth Wills
Carl Bahlman
Douglas Township
Will Oberlieu
Fred Bergman
Viola Johnston
Fredericksburg
Forgotten fiancé sparks party reminder exchange
Edythe and Sibyl tease Jack about his engagement at a social gathering. Sibyl recalls needing to remind him that the engagement is to him, not her, highlighting memory lapses in a light social exchange.
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Sibyl
Consider the Saviour at Lutheran Church Services
A Lutheran church invites all to consider the sufferings and death of Jesus for salvation. The notice urges eternal destiny hinges on faith, with German and English passion services and multiple activities. Sunday school at 10:00, English services at 10:45, choirs meet Thursday evening, adult classes midweek, catechetical instruction on weekends, and Ladies Aid gathering Tuesday.
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Christ
Ladies’ Aid
Lena Lohmann
Congregational Church Service Details and Activities
Morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon titled A Compliment and a Command. Special choir selection. Children’s service includes a song, instrumental, and story. Dorothy Hankner played violin last Sunday Sabbath school at 9 30. Bible class Life of Christ begins first of month taught by the pastor with questions in advance. Y P S C E at 8. Del monte Byers to lead. Choir rehearsal Thursday 8. All are welcome.
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Dorothy Hankner
Christ
Delmonte Byers
St Peters Ev Church Notes and Lenten Schedule
The weekly items note Sunday school at 9 30 a m and German services at 10 80. Lenten services are set for Thursday at 7 30 with a parish remark about a daughter praised as a musician and a humorous recollection of her father who was headbroken by a bass horn at a temperance picnic long ago.
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ST. Peter’s EV
Theo
A. Thomas
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