Reforestation Plan Outlined by Nebraska Officials
Nebraska officials outline two major forestation projects for federal support. The Niobrara valley and Platte river areas would see replanting using seedlings from Cottonwood and Elm along islands and sandbars. State forester Clayton Watkins to Washington for a conference. nurseries to supply trees recommended. enrollment in dollar a day camps unclear.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Bryan
Clayton Watkins
Washington
Department of Labor
Harry Hough
Veterans’ Employment Bureau
Omaha
State Game Commission
The
Game Commission
Pine Ridge
Platte River
Niobrara
Commission
Valentine
Sioux County
Crescent Lake Refuge
Sandhill Lakes
Cut Fish Limit Set For State Lakes
The Nebraska game commission restricts southeastern lakes to a 15 fish daily bag with a 60 possession limit statewide. Ten heavy fishing waters get 15 with up to five bass, including Cottonmill Kearney and others. last three not yet opened. Pibal and Wellfeet lakes have a 25 bag limit and 10 bass maximum.
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Lincoln
State Game Commission
Nebraska
Game Commission
Commission
Cottonmill Lake
Kearney
Louisville
Fremont
Oxford
Memphis
Litchfield
Loup City
Alexandria
Arnold
Verdon
Pibal Lake
Greeley County
Wellfeet Lake
Lincoln County
Nebraska Farmers To Receive Government Seedlings Amid Replanting Drive
Nebraska farm people will start planting thousands of trees cut for fuel, with government seedling and transplant shipments beginning now. Evergreens come from the Halsey forest and broadleaf varieties from Fremont. about 750000 trees expected by mid April. Plant in recently plowed ground. shield saplings with a shade ring for summer sun.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Halsey
Fremont
Wheat Outlook In State Poor
J L Welsh of Butler Welsh Grain reports Nebraska wheat acreage in the growth belt covering about 1.3 million acres, nearly half of the 2.89 million seeded. Most of the region has had only half an inch of moisture in eight months, with a normal stand in only about 10 percent and more than 50 percent abandoned.
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Omaha
Nebraska
J. L. Welsh
Butler Welsh Grain Company
Grouth
Welsh
Government's Fixed Charges Keep Rising in Deficit Bill
A Chicago Tribune analysis notes the congressman's description of permanent and indefinite appropriations as “the permanents and indefinites.” These carry $1.285 billion this year and $1.399 billion next, funding interest, sinking fund contributions, and other automatic items that escape annual budget votes. The piece highlights the potential for reviewing over $60 million in such sums and calls for converting them to annual appropriations subject to scrutiny.
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Washington
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chicago Tribune
Treasury
Veterans
Congress
Anthony J. Griffin
New York
Post Office and Treasury
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bureau of Animal Industry
Speedy readers recall more, study finds at UC Berkeley
Berkeley report by Dr. John A. Hackett shows fast readers remember more after brief reading. In tests, 20 questions were answered by students who read text in two minutes. fastest group averaged 12.7 correct, middle third 11.8, slowest 10.4. Participants were mostly education graduate students, reading 510 to 220 wpm, avg 265 wpm, while Oakland teachers averaged 263 wpm with 185 to 360 range.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
John A. Hackett
Doctor Hackett
Oakland
Icicles 60 Feet Long Decorate Moro Rock Site
A winter snowstorm coated Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park California with icicles measuring 60 feet long and three feet thick. Witnesses said the ice columns were the largest ever observed in the park, visible from nine miles away.
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Sequoia National Park
Calif
Boys to Seek Gold on Haitien Estate
Hiram Marceyes twenty and Walter Bakke twenty one learned gold mining in a Montana School of Mines short course in Butte. They plan to prospect and placer mine in Haiti on land owned by Marceyes aunt Mrs Rose Miller of Missoula. The 100000 acre estate has hundreds of streams and prior prospecting yielded indications of rich deposits.
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Butte
Mont
Hiram Marceyes
Walter Bakke
Montana School of Mines
Haiti
Marceyes
Bakke
Rose Miller
Missoula
Spanish Gold Fortune Found in Mississippi River Bend
In McLain Mississippi a post Civil War era fortune of Spanish gold coins is reported unearthed near a creek bank by Ab and West Sylvester. The cache includes 1100 thin doubloons and valuables, prompting guards, medical strain, and a flood of visitors from Forrest Greene and Perry counties to the Sylvester farm.
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McLain
Miss
Mississippi
Andrew Jackson
West Sylvester
Jackson
Forrest Lea
Sylvesters
Sician
Forrest
Greene
Perry
Miss Hungary Crowned Rose Tyakody Wins Trip to Chicago
Passaic New Jersey eighteen year old Rose Tyakody was chosen as Miss Hungary from among thousands of Hungarian girls in the United States. She was crowned Miss Hungary with a prize of a free trip to the Chicago World's Fair.
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Rose Tyakody
Passaic
N. J
United States
Hungary
Chicago
Hunter Explains How Lions Are Taken By Bruce
Kingsburg California crowds hear hunter Jay Bruce describe his method for capturing mountain lions. He claims to have trapped over 500 big cats using dogs, a long pole with a noose, and a sack to secure the animal before removal.
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Kingsburg
Calif
Jay Bruce
California
Bruce
Fresno Lieutenant Flies Yangtze Airmail Plane
Ex Army aviator Lieut Hewitt F. Mitchell formerly of Fresno California now pilots a Chinese airmail service plane. He left Crissey Field San Francisco after military service and signed a three year mail contract in China to operate regular Yangtze river routes.
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Fresno
Calif
Yangtze River
China
United States Army
Hewitt F. Mitchell
Ralph Mitchell
Crissey Field
San Francisco
State Bank Dividends Totals Reported for March
State deposits from 14 failed banks yielded 102337 in March per Secretary Luikarts monthly trade and commerce report. Auditor Price issued a 31844 warrant for 1933 automobile license plates made at the reformatory, compared with 39125 last year. Passenger car plates, 382725 pairs, were issued. The State Railway Commission authorized Fordyce Farmers Telephone to cut rates 25 cents monthly for all service. Havana Telephone of Indianola authorized to cut farm wall phones 35 cents and school wall telephones 30 cents monthly.
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E. H. Luikart
State Department of Trade and Commerce
W. B. Price
Reformatory
The
State Railway Commission
Fordyce Farmers Telephone Company
Havana Telephone Company
Indianola
Lincoln State Hospital repair contract awarded at cost plus 1 percent
Chairman Harry Thorpe announced a Lincoln state hospital repair contract awarded as the lowest of its kind by the board of control. W. J. Assenmacher of Lincoln won the bid. The contractor will be paid cost plus 1 percent, far below the usual cost plus rate of about 10 percent.
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State Hospital
Lincoln
Board of Control
Harry Thorpe
W. J. Assenmacher
Arbor Day Proclamation Promotes Reforestation Effort
Governor Bryan proclaims Arbor Day on April 22 urging Nebraskans to support a large scale national reforestation program. He notes higher tree cutting due to fuel demand and emphasizes replacing trees while Nebraska cooperates with the plan. State funds for road detours are limited as highway revenue declines and maintenance needs rise.
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Bryan
Nebraska
Omaha
Blair
Tekamah
Roy Cochran
Return of beer stirs riverfront land row at Falls City
A Missouri native Jess Clark claimed land on Jess Clark's island now attached to Nebraska may allow a beer garden on the Nebraska side after April 7 if the tract remains part of Missouri. A 70 pound cake bearing We Want Beer was sent to Governor Charles W. Bryan by Joseph Huckins urging legalization for regional guests.
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Old Jess Clark
Missouri
Falls City
Old Jess
Nebraska
Jess Clark
Clark
Charles W. Bryan
Joseph Huckins
Omaha
Lincoln
Govenor
Telegraph Company
Nebraska Forester Watkins Heads to Washington on Reforestation Plan
Nebraska state forester Clay ton Watkins from Lincoln travels to Washington with outlines for two major projects in Pine Ridge and along the Platte River. The plan, endorsed by the game commission and passed by Governor Bryan, is to be discussed at a conference called by Secretary Wallace.
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Nebraska
Clayton Watkins
Lincoln
Washington
Roosevelt
Pine Ridge
Platte River
Game Commission
Byran
Watkins
Agriculture
Wallace
Weight for Age Gains Traction Amid Times of Hardship
A Toronto Globe writer notes more people seek weight loss despite widespread hardship. As car use rises and walking declines, fas ting and vitamins gain popularity, yet observers expect a return to valuing weight as age advances.
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Toronto Globe
Radio Corporation Broadcasting
Cassius
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