U.S. to Start Fresh Parity Formula Jan. 1
Washington announces a new modernized parity standard for farm prices to take effect January 1. The 1909 14 base is replaced by a method that weighs demand and production costs over the last decade, adjusting parity for crops and livestock. Influential figures include George N. Peek Rexford Tugwell and Henry A. Wallace.
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M. L. Wilson
U. S. Extension Service
George N. Peek
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Peek
Johnson
NRA
Coolidge
Henry A. Wallace
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
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Three Nations Aided After Storm Damage
Central and South American nations rushed relief after heavy rains damaged Venezuela Costa Rica and Trinidad. In Venezuela the Barlovento coffee belt suffered a 30 hour downpour leaving about 20000 homeless causing two casualties and more than 1 million dollars in damage. Costa Rica reported over eight dead or missing at Platano while Trinidad saw 300 villagers homeless as the Caroni river continued to rise after four days of rain.
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Caroni
McFarland predicts copper tariff return and Navajo Hopi bill
Sen. Ernest W. McFarland of Arizona told a Lions Club in Phoenix that the copper tariff would be reinstated on June 30 and a revised Navajo Hopi rehabilitation bill would pass in the next Congress. He urged ending federal subsidies to postal services to reduce deficits.
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McFarland
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