Payroll boosts reach over 300000 workers in three weeks
In three weeks since a Roosevelt appeal wages were raised or promised by many firms affecting over 300000 workers. Steel and auto industries see the largest gains with 10 percent increases in several firms. Ford restores its $5 per day minimum wage for 47000 workers while the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce weighs a 36 hour week with higher wages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Endor
Ford Motor Company
Johnson names six to labor dispute board for shipbuilding
Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson names six members to an industrial relations committee for the shipbuilding industry, three from labor and three from industry, who will select a seventh member. Labor members are Arthur Wharton, Joseph S McDonough, and W A Colvin. Industry members are Lawrence Y Spear, George H Bates, and John B Woodward. The first test is the Camden New Jersey strike involving 3,200 workers at New York Shipbuilding Corp yards.
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Washington
Hugh 8S. Johnson
Arthur Wharton
Machinists’ Union
Joseph S. McDonough
Electrical Workers’ Union
W. A. Colvin
Boilermakers’ Union
Lawrence Y. Spear
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Premier Doumergue Pleads to Avert French Revolt
Paris reports say rival groups arm for civil conflict as Premier Doumergue seeks to calm unrest. He urged citizens to lay aside animosities after Socialist and Rightist forces were said to be arming. Nationalist press claims weapons stored around Paris and a socialist military push begins in the capital.
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Paris
Doumergue
Brazilian Millers Strike North American Wheat Pact
Brazilian millers, after buying Argentine wheat, plan to source exclusively from the United States as retaliation against Argentine exporters selling flour in Brazil. Contracts are reportedly signed with U.S. exporters to supply the same quantity previously drawn from Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
United States
Argentina
Butler Predicts War With America Involved
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, in St. Louis, warned that war brews in Asia and Europe with a Russian Japanese clash possible within two years. He said the United States will be drawn into the conflict after selling supplies to the combatants and will back the side that owes the United States the most.
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St. Louis
Smedley D. Butler
Asia
Europe
Japan
United States
Kansas Prison Shakeup in Lansing Discharges Ten Workers
Ten Kansas state prison employees at Lansing, site of two major inmate breaks in nine months, have been discharged as part of a wide personnel shake-up across the facility.
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Kansas
Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Prison
Polish Hebrew Schools Close Warsaw
Two hundred Hebrew schools across Poland shut due to funding crises. Many teachers, despite meager salaries, had not been paid for six months.
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Warsaw
Poland
Aid Rushed To Hakodate After Devastating Fire
Tokyo reports a major fire in Hakodate leaving about 150000 homeless and 23000 homes destroyed. Officials say 600 dead and many others injured, with rescues and relief supplies pouring in from across Japan and abroad.
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Tokyo
Hakodate
Japan
Spain Ends General Strike in Short Order
A revolutionary general strike in Saragossa began under syndicalists and socialists but petered out as workers chose to resume. Government precautions kept a similar to martial law state of farm, with extremists and strikers saying the action protested ill treatment of laborers jailed during recent disorders.
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Saragossa
Spain
Burn Spanish Churches In Atheistic Protest
Torches were applied to two Spanish churches as an extremist protest three years after the republic. One church at Larinaga near Bilbao burned down and another at Madridanos near Zamora burned almost irreparably as Holy Week began under the new regime.
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Madrid
Republic
Larinaga
Bilbao
Madridanos
Zamora
German Budget Set at Two Billion Dollars
Berlin reports the German cabinet under Chancellor Hitler approved the 1934 1935 budget balanced at 6 400 000 000 marks about 2 560 000 000 dollars. Receipts and expenditures rise by 500 000 000 marks about 200 000 000 dollars from 1933 due to a public works program.
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Berlin
Hitler
Unemployment in Canada Drops as Employment Rises
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports nearly 12 000 more people employed on March 1 than February 1. Data from 8 499 employers show total staff increasing from 849 056 to 861 044 in one month.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soviet Strato Stat Balloon Makes First Flight
The new passengerless strato stat balloon with a gondola rose from Slutzky airport reaching 21,000 meters about thirteen miles in its inaugural flight.
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Leningrad
Slutzky
Veteran Comedian Morri son Dead in New York
Charles Phelps Morrison seventy two a Sturgis Michigan native and longtime comedian died at Lenox Hill Hospital after a long illness notable figure in vaudeville and club circuits for nearly fifty years.
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New York
Charles Phelps Morrison
Sturgis
Mich
Lenox Hill Hospital
Nebraska Crop Acreage Outlook for Spring Plantings
A. E. Anderson forecasts Nebraska will cut corn spring wheat and barley plantings but raise potatoes and beans. U.S. figures show corn 90.1 percent of last year, spring wheat 97.5, oats 105.7, barley 117.6, flax 121.5, sweet potatoes 104.2, beans 116.4, tame hay 100.5, with land values edging higher.
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Anderson
United States
Red Deer Ranch Wins At Western National Stock Show
Red Deer ranch in Cherry county won first on a load of yearling Hereford bulls at the Western National Stock Show in Denver. Woods Bros. 28 year program has grown Red Deer into Nebraska’s largest Hereford herd and among the country’s top five. The 11,491 acre Red Deer past and present holdings total 1,500 to 1,700 pure-bred head dominated by the Dominoe strain.
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Red Deer Ranch
Lincolna
Denver
Cherry County
Woods Bros. Corporation
Gregory Lindon Jr
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wood Lake
Woods Bros
J. B. Leader
Greenberg
Kan
Niobrara River
Red Deer
Omaha Auto Death Rate Lowers in 1933 Safety Contest
Omaha ranked 26th out of 37 cities in its population class for auto deaths in 1933, with 39 deaths and a rate of 17.6 per 100 000. Nebraska totals 238 auto deaths with a 20.6 rate, while Des Moines and Miami posted high and low regional rates.
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Omaha
National Safety Council
Ned Bailey
Omaha Board of Safety
Nebraska
Iowa
Grand Rapids
Mich
New Bedford
Mass
el Paso Tex
Des Moines
Miami
Fla
State invites bids for Beatrice dormitories new buildings
Lincoln Bids will be opened April 10 on the farm boys dormitory and the girls dormitory to be constructed at the Beatrice feeble minded institute, announced by the board of control. The two structures are part of a building program financed partly with PWA funds. Estimated total cost about 866 000 dollars.
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Lincoln
Farm Boys
Beatrice Feeble Minded Institute
Board of Control
PWA
Beatrice
Weather Warmer and Wetter Lincoln February Overview
The February report shows Lincoln Nebraska experienced warm conditions with above normal precipitation and sunlight. Average temperature rose 5 degrees, with peak highs on February 13 from 54 to 75 degrees. February 26 recorded the coldest day with lows from 1 to 31 below zero.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
First National bank opens in Exeter as successor
The First National Bank of Exeter opens as successor to Wallace National Bank which had operated on a restricted basis since last year’s bank holidays. Directors say all Wallace deposits are payable in full at the new institution.
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First National Bank of
Exeter
Wallace National Bank
Wallace National
Bank of Axtell Suspends Operations and Plans Liquidation
The Bank of Axtell established in 1884 has suspended business voluntarily and will liquidate its assets. President A G Warren of Holdrege said arrangements are made with large depositors for three years to liquidate while small depositors are being paid in full immediately.
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Bank of Axtell
A. G. Warren
Holdrege
Nebraska potato shipments may reach record levels
A. E. Anderson, state and federal agricultural statistician, says this season's Nebraska potato shipments may be the second highest on record. Totals reach 8,031 carloads to date, up from 4,295 last year, while the 1930 crop set the record at 9,160 carloads.
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A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Residents press for Guide Rock fishing recreation site
Four local leaders led by State Senator Henry Pedersen and ex Senator W G Rickard visited Governor Bryan to urge state acceptance of a 30 acre privately owned tract two miles west of Guide Rock for public fishing and recreation development.
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Guide Rock
Henry Pedersen
W. G. Rickard
L. A. Harris
Pawnee Lake and Recreation Park
H. E. Jones
Bryan
Nehawka Builds Library Memorial For Cass County Pioneers
A dual purpose public library rises in Nehawka serving cultural needs and honoring Cass county pioneers. The rough hewn log structure uses oaks from the Missouri river hills near Rock Bluff on land donated by Mrs. Isadore Sheldon Tucker, a pioneer descendant.
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Nehawka
Cass County
Missouri River
Rock Bluff
Isadore Sheldon Tucker
Nebraska Birds Number Reach 464 Species and Subspecies
It is estimated that 75 million birds in Nebraska eat about two billion insects daily. Nebraska ranks third in bird species with 464 native and introduced varieties, behind Texas with 600 and California with 530. Studies say birds' benefits outweigh any harm. Water in Pathfinder reservoir is 20 percent capacity due to weak snowfall, causing anticipated Platte valley shortage.
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Nebraska
Texas
California
Pathfinder
R. H. Willis
State Bureau of Irrigation
North Platte
Wills
Rocky Mountains
Platte Valley
Grasshoppers Threaten Northeast Nebraska Officials Warn
John D. Forsyth of Niobrara reports renewed grasshopper danger in northeast Nebraska. Knox county commissioner cites O S Bare who found earth samples with eggs capable of hatching 1 000 pests per square foot. He says federal funds for bait and weather are the only hope to prevent a serious infestation.
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Nebraska
John D. Forsyth
Niobrara
Lincoln
Forsyth
Knox County
O.S. Bare
Agricultural College
Saunders County Fair Dates and Wahoo Buckaroo Rodeo Planned
R C Johnson Mead president of the Saunders County fair board announces the fair will run August 21 to 24, earlier than usual. The board approves a rodeo program named the Wahoo Buckaroo with Nebraska Indians and top cowboys. An historical pageant parade opens on August 21 morning, while western features are organized by John A. Stryker of North Platte.
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R. C. Johnson, Mead
Saunders County Fair Board
John A. Stryker
North Platte
Nebraska farmers favor Chinese Elm for Clarke McNary seedlings
Clay ton Watkins of the University of Nebraska says Chinese Elm leads the 690000-tree Clarke McNary applications with 250000 requests. Austrian Pine ranks second with 68835, followed by Jack Pine and Yellow Pine. Hedge trees include Russian Olive, Caragana, and Russian Mulberry. Holt county leads applications, with Madison, Custer, Adams and Lincoln next. deadline tentatively set for April 1.
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Nebraska
Clayton Watkins
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Watson
Alliance Votes For Bonds To Build Municipal Pool And Airport Site
Alliance voters approved a $20,000 municipal pool construction bond by about three to one. They also approved issuing $2,000 in bonds to purchase an airport site, a 160 acre tract with over $21,000 CWA funded improvements. The field is considered one of western Nebraska’s best.
Crisis clouds lift for a single voter in 1934
A columnist mocks widespread anxieties in 1934, lamenting strikes, air mail turmoil, NRA politics, currency debates, and relief hopes. The piece portrays President Roosevelt amid a mounting “Crisis” era and parodies endless government schemes.
Smithsonian Institution Gift From Englishman Shapes Knowledge Hub
The Smithsonian in Washington DC was established by act of Congress in 1846 from James Smithson's will. It operates under a regents board that may accept gifts to further its mission of increasing and diffusing knowledge.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Congress
James Smithson
United States
Regents
Board of Regents
Senate
House
New York Scribe Ed Howe Debates Retirement At 81
The essayist Ed Howe, age 81, contemplates quitting writing after his monthly ends but faces a public plea to continue. Letters urge him to stay as his clear, common sense voice is praised amid mixed responses from readers.
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New York
E. W. Howe
Miami
America
Ed Howe
Babe Ruth
Luxurious Amsterdam Hotel Bath Reveals Modern Comforts
A new Amsterdam hotel features an oversized bathroom with embedded clock and telephone, wall radio dial, and a thermometer. A display rack holds assorted soaps, from unscented to perfumed, all taken away in a handbag.
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Amsterdam
Shaw and Der Ling in New York Society Circles
The piece notes George Bernard Shaw uses a shorthand method transcribed by his secretary Miss Patch and works best in late afternoon after tea. It describes Princess Der Ling as Americanized and social in New York, her ballroom prowess, slang fluency, and an encounter with Anna May Wong amid Occidental customs chatter. It mentions Harold Ross, a Paul Whiteman party, and pidgin-English chat with Wong.
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George Bernard Shaw
Miss Patch
Shaw
Princess der Ling
China
New York
Chinatown
Anna May Wong
Harold Ross
Paul Whiteman
Miss Wong
Scotsman Photographer Relives Scotland Dream on Voyage
Pirie MacDonald, a top New York photographer, is a fervent Scotsman, visiting Scotland yearly for thirty years. He calls his chronic homesickness soothed only by a boat trip, recalling a kittie band on Fifth Avenue before boarding.
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Pirie MacDonald
New York
Scotland
Fifth Avenue
Duncan M Stewart A Fashion Artist With Lawyer Look
Duncan M Stewart described as a men's fashion artist resembles a lawyer from the corn belt and was born within five minutes of Herald Square, the notice notes.
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Duncan M. Stewart
Herald Square
Fur coat storage quip during visit by Harry Silvey
A casual remark by Harry Silvey about leaving a fur coat to wander back to the zoo was shared during a visit, suggesting a humorous take on storage options.
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Harry Silvey
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Severe tornado winds blast lower New Orleans area
A tornadic wind swept a dense lower New Orleans district transforming homes into wreckage within minutes. The storm damaged 100 more structures, left 400 homeless, injured twelve people, and disrupted utilities while Red Cross assistance and police containment followed. Similar but milder strikes hit Lafayette Parish and Tallulah.
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New Orleans
Lafayette Parish
Louisiana
Tallulah
Mississippi
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Wrigley Firm Approves $1 Million Unemployment Plan
William Wrigley Jr company directors adopt a $1,000,000 employment assurance plan. President Philip K. Wrigley says it pays a sliding percentage of average wages to workers laid off, with 80 percent for the lowest paid and lower percentages for higher brackets, to provide a backlog of income similar to stockholders.
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Chicago
William Wrigley
Philip K. Wrigley
Sinclair Cleared of Embezzlement Charges
Tulsa Oklahoma oil magnate Harry F. Sinclair and 27 former Exchange Trust directors were cleared of all embezzlement counts. Judge Bradford Williams dismissed the ten remaining counts after a two week preliminary hearing. seven counts had been previously dismissed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry F. Sinclair
The
Exchange Trust Company of Tulsa
Bradford Williams
Martin Insull Returns to Chicago for Embezzlement Trial
Martin J. Insull aged sixty five, brother of fugitive Samuel Insull, was brought back to Chicago from Canada after 17 months as a fugitive. He is out on $50,000 bond pending trial on charges of embezzling $364,720 from the Middle West Utilities treasury, a company he once led as president.
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Chicago
Martin J. Insull
Samuel Insull
Canada
Middle West Utilities Company
Russia Hints at League Cooperation Amid Peace Push
Moscow officials say there have been no new developments since Maxim Litvinoff's December speech suggesting Soviet Russia might consider cooperation with the League of Nations if it would further world peace.
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Russia
League
Moscow
Paris
League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Victims of Politics in European Prisons
Vienna reports 3,500,000 political prisoners held in central and southeastern Europe. Dutch Quaker Van Ghell Gildermeister has spent 12 years advocating for their release.
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Vienna
Europe
van Ghell Gildermeister
Senator Connally proposes currency recall to curb hoarding
Texas Democrat Senator Connally announced a plan to recall all outstanding currency and issue raw money to force hoarded cash back into circulation. The proposal aims to reduce hoarding and increase liquidity in the economy.
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Washington
Connally
Flood Swamps Baquedano Chile Town in Chile
Flood sweeps Baquedano in Antofagasta region driving residents into hills. Officials report enormous damage to surrounding areas as emergency crews assess impact and search for missing. Local authorities urge caution and coordinate relief efforts with regional agencies.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Baquedano
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