Six Imports Define U S Vital Dependency in 1931
A 1931 Commerce Department list reveals six indispensable imports platinum tin manila sisal kapok and rubber forming 6 percent of total imports. The piece argues economic maturity shifts trade away from raw materials toward manufactured exports and domestic substitutes.
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Washington
America
United States Department of Commerce
Manila
Uncle Sam
Commerce Department
China
Japan
Italy
Diamonds Unearth in Arkansas Pike County Mines
Arkansas claims the only diamond deposits in the United States with Pike county stones drawing attention since 1889. Skeptics faded as 1906 discoveries near Murfreesboro led jewelers to confirm genuine diamonds. A single company has marketed over 5,000 stones up to about 20 carats.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Arkansas
Pike County
Africa
Geological Survey of Arkansas
John Hudleston
Here
Little Rock
Thomases
New York
Forecasting Weather a Month Ahead via Solar Study
Dr. Oliver Justin Lee of Dearborn Observatory says science may predict weather over a month in advance within our lifetime. He notes a world wide solar radiation study, instruments tracking sun activity, and the sun spot cycle influence on climate but cautions no direct link to rapid temperature shifts yet.
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Chicago
Oliver Justin Lee
Dearborn Astronomical Observatory
Doctor Lee
Lee
Squatters Move Into Loveland Home In Owner Absence
Carl Gooch and his wife found squatters had occupied their Loveland residence while they were away in California. The intruders left with furniture and linens, used coal and wood, and depleted pantry stock. Gooch noted the tenants were neat, having washed and left a bathwater trail as proof.
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Loveland
Colo
Carl Gooch
California
Gooch
Paris to Raise City Cats to Fight Rat Plague
Paris plans to organize municipal cat batteries to reduce a rat surge. Folie-Mericourt residents push action, citing Lyons and Havre models under Edouard Herriot and Leon Meyer. Alderman Rene Fiquet petitions Prefect Edouard Renard as rat poison proves insufficient.
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Paris
Folie-Mericourt
M. Rene Fiquet
Edouard Renard
Seine
Lyons
Havre
Edouard Herriot
France
Leon Meyer
Merchant Marine
M. Fiquet
M. Renard
Indian Dances Ban in Canada Sparks Commons Debate
In Ottawa the Canadian House of Commons ruled that Canadian Indians cannot wear aboriginal costumes at pageants or dances without prior approval from the nearest Indian agent. The decision cites past amusements for white audiences as harming Indian farms and leading to neglect.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian House of Commons
Lost book finally returned to Birmingham library after 1917 disappearance
A three week campaign for overdue book returns at Birmingham Public Library yielded 6,207 books. A missing volume from 1917 was among those recovered with no fines during the drive.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Publicbrary
Odd Divorce Suit Is Won in San Francisco
Hannah Berger won an interlocutory decree of divorce from Herman Berger a New York City subway motorman. She cited his acts including hair curling and permanent waving as mental cruelty in the San Francisco case.
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San Francisco
Herman Berger
New York City
Hannah
Beautification and paving work under way on Fort Kearney area
State workers start beautification of Fort Kearney parkway with 2000 hackberry trees planted in parallel rows along the bank. Center area kept clear for future buildings. Four miles of paving on U S highway 20 from Willis to Waterbury underway with culverts and grade staking. Traffic rerouted via highway 9 from Allen to Ponca and via 64 from Fonca to Willis.
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Fort Kearney State Parkway
Willis
Waterbury
Allen
Ponca
Fonca
Recreation ground plan for Bone Creek near Ainsworth
Mayor O A Ralston presented to the Commercial club plans for a recreation ground on Bone creek near Ainsworth. The project envisions a substantial water body created by damming the creek.
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Bone Creek
Ainsworth
Commercial Club
O. A. Ralston
Antelope Arrivals Grow at Wildcat Preserve Near Gering
More animals arrive at the Wildcat Game Preserve south of Gering as a new antelope joins the facility. The antelope, captured by George W. Johnson near Bridgeport, was relocated from a herd of over one hundred roaming hills southwest of Bridgeport.
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Wildcat
Gering
George W. Johnson
Bridgeport
Plattsmouth Jeweler Showcasing Model Engines at Chicago World's Fair
John Crabill a Plattsmouth jeweler and train modeler displays his self powered engines at the Chicago world’s fair. His work mirrors Burlington engines and has been widely shown by the Burlington railroad which uses his models as a study in detail.
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Oklahoma
Blackwell
John Crabill
Plattsmouth
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Aurora voters back plan for municipal power plant
At a mass meeting presided by Mayor W H Vogt the voters adopted a resolution urging municipal ownership of the light and power plant. The measure directs the city council to pursue a plan for municipal ownership, challenging the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company that holds Aurora's franchise.
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Aurora
W. H. Vogt
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
Federal crop loan applications pour into Alliance office
Applications for federal crop loans to Alliance of W. E. Rousey total about 103000, with roughly half sent to the federal office. Loan requests range from 100 to 250 dollars, mirroring last year's statewide activity when Box Butte county farmers received 65000 dollars in federal loans.
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Alliance of W. E. Rousey
Box Butte County
Alcohol gasoline blends spark mixed signals in Nebraska tests
University of Nebraska agricultural college tests show alcohol gasoline blends offer slight power and fuel economy gains but professor E E Brackett doubts drivers would notice the difference. Proposals for a 10 percent alcohol gasoline mandate to cut grain surpluses are advancing in several states. Omaha Grain Exchange urges Nebraska farmers to plant more barley and white corn as beer production resumes, following talks with State Agronomist P H Stewart and assistant D L Gross. White corn, previously priced 2 cents under yellow corn, now carries a premium amid a local shortage.
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University of Nebraska Agricultural College
E. E. Brackett
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Nebraska
Omaha Grain Exchange
Exchange
P. H. Stewart
D. L. Gross
Denominational representation among University of Nebraska students
A registrar led survey shows twenty two denominations represented with the Methodist church listing 932 men and 579 women connected or preferring it followed by Presbyterian 832. Other groups include Baptist 209 Catholic 385 Christian 328 Congregational 498 Lutheran 373 and several smaller churches. 325 students indicate no church preference. Universities pastors work with student groups.
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University of Nebraska
Florence I. McGahey
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Orchard claims longest active blacksmith in state
Orchard residents argue their blacksmith, L. W. Hageman, is the oldest practicing in the state at 76, surpassing Ponca’s claim. He has plied his trade for 60 years since age 15 and allegedly taught his eldest son the craft 40 years ago.
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Orchard
Ponca
L. W. Hagerman
Orchard Smithy i
Nebraska student plans return to farming after graduation
A Ne braska College of Agriculture senior outlines five reasons for returning to the farm in the Cornhusker Countryman. He cites outdoor life, desire to build a farmstead, interest in livestock handling, independent farm life, timing of low land values, potential for a good income, and the value of community involvement in rural areas.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Cornhusker Countryman
Agricultural College
Reduced Crop Acreage Seen in Nebraska
A. E. Anderson, state and federal crop statistician, forecasts Nebraska crop acreage this year with declines in Panhandle and southwestern counties. Corn at 97 percent of last year, spring wheat 140 percent, oats 105 percent, barley 90 percent, flax 100 percent, grain sorghum 105 percent, tame hay 104 percent, and potatoes 95 percent. winter wheat and rye not estimated. Heavy abandonment noted in Panhandle and southwestern regions. corn area still above average, spring wheat up due to winter-wheat losses, oats sorghum and hay rise modestly, barley down 10 percent yet area remains over twice the average.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Panhandle
Anderson
Nebraska marriages and divorces rise slightly in 1932
Census figures show Nebraska had 11,757 marriages in 1932 up from 11,030 in 1931, an increase aided by state border law changes. Divorces fell to 1,454 in 1932 from 1,531 in 1931, with population estimates around 1.388 million.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of the Census
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Wyoming
Cheyenne County Sees Big Work Creation From Public Projects
State and federal emergency employment programs open this week in Cheyenne County provide jobs for over 300 men, roughly the number of unemployed. Diamond Engineering of Grand Island and George C. Condon of Omaha start grading and surfacing on the Lincoln Highway west of Sidney offering close to 100 jobs.
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Cheyenne Co
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Diamond Engineering Company
Grand Island
George C. Condon
Omaha
Lincoln Highway
The Fable of Mr Eatmore's Diet
A humorous tale of George Eatmore whose stubborn stomach bears the blame for years of overindulgence. It traces his youth through college and marriage, noting culinary excesses and social dining, ending with his death at 62 and a satirical moral about listening to distant radio rather than the body.
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NCE
George Eatmore
George
Goodyear Company
Dad
Tosti
Mr. Eatmore
Eatmores
Ireland
Germany
Doc
Eatmore
Belshazzar
Hoover
Senate
Raio
Measuring solar energy by pyrhelimeter and solar constant
The sun’s energy is gauged with a pyrhelimeter showing a solar constant of 1.94 calories per minute per square centimeter. The description asks readers to imagine a silver disk one mile square holding 750 tons of water to illustrate heat delivery from sunlight.
History of Haiti From Settlement to Modern Rulers
The island of Hispaniola hosted the first European settlement in the New World and served as a base for French buccaneers in the 17th century. It withstood British attack under Toussaint L Ouverture in 1798 and later saw emperors and presidents including Christophe Faustin I Soulouque and several leaders through later revolutions.
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Iiland
New World
Toussaint Ouverture
Christophe
Soulouque
Faustin I
Words Made by the Movies Guide to Studio Language
A recent volume surveys film history and studio speech with an appendix listing hundreds of words coined in studios. Many terms are rough yet expressive and have entered general usage.
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United States
White House
Louise Hachmeister
Hachmeister
Roosevelt
Canada
State News
George Ade
Bel! Syndicate
WIN Service
Haiti
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