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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
2
President Roosevelt sailed the schooner Amberjack II along the New England coast to Campobello Island with a coast guard cutter and destroyer in escort. He steered skillfully, avoiding unneeded risk as press boats shadowed the voyage.
The article notes fourteen states yet to vote on repeal and lists Iowa Connecticut New Hampshire and California among those voting soon. It reports Connecticut’s historic stance, New Hampshire and Iowa results, and expectations for Alabama Arkansas West Virginia in upcoming decisions as wets hope for next year.
Umner Willis maps a mediation plan in Havana with professors and students backing talks. The initiative gathers support from ABC Secret Society and nationalist groups as observers expect rapid deliberations on restoring political normalcy, prisoners’ aberrations, press freedom, and constitutional reforms. Delegates urged action and reform.
Secretary of War George Dern visited Chicago for a ceremonial opening of the Lake Michigan to Gulf route. Speaker Henry Rainey and Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown joined the event with many dignitaries. A tow of river barges carried the first commercial cargo from New Orleans to Chicago under escort.
Riga sourced reports say Moscow seeks large credit lines to buy grain while withholding grim famine news. American broker Smith Wildman Brookhart’s talks are watched, with Boris Skvirski of Amtorg allegedly steering a quiet grain purchase scheme.
Lior Hiti of Germany dissolved nationalist units and police aided by Nazi storm troops raided fighters’ headquarters nationwide. The Steel Helmet veterans’ group in Duesseldorf was banned. Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss outlawed the Nazi party and affiliates. Hitler’s trusted directors now control German factories and answer only to the state and its top creditor.
Industrial recovery administrator Ge Hugil Johnson held a Washington press conference urging action to put millions back to work this summer. He advocated a 40 hour work week and a minimum pay of 10 dollars weekly in the South and 11 dollars in the North, signaling a 0 percent wage rise and 20 percent fewer hours. The cotton industry leads the move toward a unified government response.
In a field near Henderson Texas an explosion fatally injured Bodinitamir a former national commander of the American Legion He died from burns within hours and was noted as a prominent citizen of Arkansas The piece also touches on Fourth of July celebrations of the era with parades bands and civic pomp and then shifts to various scientific and civic notes and anecdotes from the period
The piece comments on mass deaths on Mars versus Earthly disasters, noting drought devastation in Central China and the public’s shifting concern. It discusses life expectancy trends, aging, and retrofitted modern aids like glasses and false teeth, contrasting ancient Priam with a hypothetical Priam of age in a contemporary town heading to leisure destinations.
The Interstate Commerce Commission notes United States rail lines are worth twenty six billion and rising as rights of way are used by light vehicles at 125 to 160 mph. Modern Pullman cars weigh 180000 pounds or more and carry under twenty passengers, improving asset value per rider. A small automobile at 45000 pounds would fit into railroad class 18 transportation.
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