U. S. States See Higher Spending Than Income in 1931
The 48 states spent 2.508 billion dollars to run government in 1931 while receipts totaled 2.324 billion. Net debt reached 1.977 billion with per capita operation costs at 11.75 dollars, education aid included. The bill to cap weekly work to five days and six hours passed the senate 53 to 30, sponsored by Senator Black.
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Washington
Country
Bureau of the Census
Senate
House
Black
Alabama
Briton Pleads Guilty in Russia Bribery Case
W H MacDonald a British engineer on trial for sabotage bribery and espionage admitted guilt at the session opening. A Russian witness testified MacDonald bribed him to act as a spy while fellow English defendants pled not guilty. Eleven Russian Metropolitan-Vickers workers also pleaded guilty.
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Russia
Moscow
W. H. MacDonald
MacDonald
Allan Monkhouse
Charles Nordwell
I. C. Thornton
A. W. Gregory
John Cushny
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
Eagles' Official Must Serve a Prison Term
New York reports the United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Conrad H. Mann president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Fraternal Order of Eagles on conspiracy and conducting a lottery. Frank E. Hering editor of the Eagles Magazine and Bernard C. McGuire promoter also convicted. shipment in interstate commerce conviction reversed. Government alleged Mann and McGuire split $460,000 in profits with Hering receiving a third.
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New York
Conrad H. Mann
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Order of Eagles
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mann
Frank E. Hering
The
Eagles Magazine
Bernard C. McGuire
McGuire
Hering
Adjournment Sought for Congress by June 1
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas says Roosevelt’s emergency program should pass in time to allow adjournment of the special session by June 1. He notes a conference with the President establishing May 15 to June 1 as the completion window.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Polish Jews Call for Boycott of Germany
Jewish deputies in the Polish parliament issue a manifesto saying the boycott on German Jews is suspended only on paper and urging Polish Jews to retaliate against Germany. Some Warsaw shops still display placards reading no German goods sold.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Prominent Engineer Dead in Cleveland at Fifty Six
Lee Haun Miller long time chief engineer of the American Institute of Steel Construction died in Cleveland Ohio at age fifty six. He previously served as structural sales agent for Bethlehem Steel corporation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lee Haun Miller
American Institute of Steel Construction,Inc
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Ex-Congressman Rathbone Ramsey Dies at 71 in New Jersey
John Rathbone Ramsey, seventy one, former congressman from the old Sixth district and longtime Republican leader in Bergen County, died at his Hackensack home.
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Hackensack
N. J
John Rathbone Ramsey
Bergen County
Capper pushes bill on interstate petroleum control
Senator Capper asks Congress to prohibit interstate shipment of petroleum and products made in violation of state laws. The Interior Secretary would lead investigations of the domestic oil industry and its production, transport, refinancing, sale and distribution and advise states on production quotas.
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Congress
Capper
Rep
Kan
Secretary of the Interior
Michigan First to Ratify Repeal Amid Prohibition Shift
Lansing Michigan reports a constitutional convention vote approving repeal with 99 favorable and 1 opposed by Dr Eugene Davenport. Michigan becomes among the first states to ratify the Twenty first amendment while Iowa moves to set up a constitutional convention under Gov C L Herring.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Eugene B. Davenport
Barry County
Des Moines
Ilowa
C. L. Herring
Iowa
Physician Who Devised Electric Chair Dies in New York
Dr. Alphonso Rockwell, famed as the inventor of the electric chair, has died in New York. He opposed capital punishment and in a pre birthday interview described the death penalty as a humane but futile admission of the law's failure and avengeful.
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New York
Alphonso Rockwell
Tax deficiency claims wiped out for major corporations
The Treasury Department canceled income tax deficiency claims totaling 5,274,052 dollars against General Motors General Foods Cuban American Sugar and Great Northern Paper. The action followed rulings of the United States board of tax appeals.
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Washington
Treasury Department
General Motors
General Foods
Cuban- American Sugar
Great Northern Paper Companies
United States Board of Tax Appeals
New American Cruiser Slides Down the Ways
The U S New Orleans, first of the 10 000 ton treaty cruisers, slid down the ways at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn on April 13. Miss Cora Jahncke, daughter of Ernest Lee Jahncke, christened the ship with Mississippi river water.
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New York
U. S
New Orleans
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Cora Jahncke
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Judge Bans Retrial for Winnie Judd in Phoenix Case
Judge Howard C. Speakman refused to grant a retrial for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd of Phoenix. He ruled the lower court lacked authority after the appeal and review by the state Supreme Court.
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Winnie Judd
Phoenix, Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Howard C. Speakman
State Supreme Court
Aid for Unemployed St Paul Unemployment Insurance Bill Passed
The Minnesota house approved an unemployment insurance bill by 67 to 55. Employers and employees would contribute 2 percent of payrolls and wages into unemployment reserve funds.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Fishermen Lost in Grays Harbor Disaster Rise to Seventeen
In Hoquiam Washington three more fishermen were added to the toll from the Grays Harbor fishing fleet disaster, increasing the total fatalities to seventeen.
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Hoquiam, Wash
Grays Harbor
Battle of bankers looms as Aldrich challenges Morgans
Wall Street witnesses a looming clash as Winthrop W Aldrich proposes a program to split deposit and investment banking. The plan targets J P Morgan & Co limiting private banks from deposits and board directorships while curbing syndication outlets and insider access.
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Wall Street
New York
House of Morgan
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National
Rockefeller Industrial-Financial
Morgans
Atlantic
Morgan
Aldrich
Senate
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan & Co
Ghost of Anne Boleyn Haunts London Tower
In the Tower of London guards report a witnessed sighting of Anne Boleyn's ghost. A sentry fainted after claiming a headless figure approached, while others heard a scream and observed the Sentry collapse. The tale ties to the tower's haunted reputation and periodic guard changes.
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Anne Boleyn
London
Tower of London
Martin Tower
Henry VIII
Tower Green
Hunt for Gold in Old Mining Camps
In Helena Montana the search for gold draws prospectors back to boom camps of early Montana. The Dexter Doze survey filed 1868 has seen extensive prospecting recently while many abandoned camps have rebuilt activity as new gold seekers arrive.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Financial Titans in the Gilded Age Power Clash
The article outlines Morgan and Rockefeller influence in U S finance with banks like Chase National and Guaranty Trust. It notes immense assets, deposits, and cross holdings, and mentions Winthrop Aldrich and Nelson W Aldrich as key plutocratic figures linked to Rockefeller and Rockefeller Jr.
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United States Steel Corporation
Morgan Banks
Guaranty Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
First National
Morgan
Chase National Bank
Standard Oil
Wall Street
Winthrop Aldrich
America
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Next War Will End Speedily If Disarmament Fails
Gen Sir Ian Hamilton warned World War I veterans that a coming conflict could end in weeks rather than years. He warned tanks planes and mechanized forces could strike instantly with air sea and land assaults to seize bases and oil depots, followed by devastating attacks on civilians if the disarmament conference collapses. He urged immediate action by the League of Nations to prevent such a war.
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London
Ian Hamilton
British Legion
Jacquerie
League of Nations
Unusual Penny Hunt Emerges From Unemployed Slump
In New York a quirky effort by two cashiers W T Dudley and Francis Pirie at penny eateries for the unemployed has yielded a collection of 400 coins. Among them are rare pieces including an 1863 imitation penny marked Not One Cent and another Indian head penny altered with a Chinese mandarin and the caption So Long.
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New York
W. T. Dudley
Francis Pirie
Detective's 4 Year Old Son Bags Two Thieves
In Birmingham Alabama the four year old son of Dan Bodecker Jr. spotted two strangers near his father's parked car while guarding a jewelry display in a theater lobby. He summoned his father to arrest the men, who were taken to jail by the detective and his son.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dan Bodecker, Jr
Dan Bodecker
The
Bodecker National Detective Agency
Dan
Jury awards $1000 to woman over bottled fly incident
In Valparaiso Indiana Mrs. Eulah Harvey won $1000 in damages against a bottling company after finding a fly in a bottle of soda. She testified her health had been ruined by the incident.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Eulah Harvey
Nebraska to Hire 2700 For Forest Project Jobs
Nebraska will receive about 2700 men for the Roosevelt forestry project, per Governor Bryan after a Washington conference. State tax officials will coordinate enrollment, with single men aged 18 to 25 required and most pay sent to a family member in need. Recruits may train at Fort Crook after conditioning, as quotas are not fixed by county.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Charles W. Bryan
Lincon
Bryan
W. H. Smith
Washington
Labor Department
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Seventh Corps
Fort Snelling
Fort Crook
Nebraska farm report shows large corn stock and mixed wheat
A. E. Anderson reports about 34 percent of wheat 60 percent of corn and 42 percent of oats remain on Lincoln Nebraska farms as of April 1. Wheat supplies are limited by a small last year crop while corn stocks are high, especially in the southern half. Northern areas lack 1931 corn due to drought. The report notes lower cash rents fewer cash leases, record low farm wages and poor winter wheat and rye conditions.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Lincoln Nebraska spends nearly two million on poor relief
Lincoln Nebraska expenditures for poor relief across 93 counties totaled 1,961,666 last year, up from 1,641,354 in 1931. Taxes funded relief equaled 1.50 per person, with 68 counties reporting higher costs and 47 showing a levy able to meet needs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Clara Clayton
Claycon
Red Cross
Clayton
Early contracting keeps Nebraska on federal road funds
Nebraska avoided losing federal aid by early letting of contracts says State Engineer Cochran. He notes most work was let last fall and a few projects early this year. A week after this year’s letting, a notice halted further federal funds though Nebraska’s entire allotment was already under contract.
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Nebraska Lincoln
fState
Cochran
Nebraska
State gasoline tax receipts rise slightly in first quarter
State collections for January through March totaled 1 577 765 dollars, above the prior year. Treasurer George E Hall released a monthly report showing a March end current revenue fund balance of 2 172 384 dollars, down about 225 000 from February. Trust funds climbed to 460 451 from 339 698 while the permanent trust fell to 2 701 270 from 2 844 847.
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George E. Hall
Uncertain license fee schedule cuts Nebraska tax receipts
State tax figures show January to March license fee intake at 56 890, far below 646 196 for the same period in 1932 and 894 565 in 1931. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent 100 000 to Midwest Life Insurance of Lincoln, the largest NE loan in February to a state institution, with other loans listed to Clarkson State Bank Palisade Frenchman Valley Bank Lincoln Union Insurance Burwell Farmers Bank Burwell and Imperial Banks.
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W. H. Smith
Midwest Life Insurance Company of
Lincoln
Nebraska Financial Institution
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nebraska
Clarkson State Bank
Frenchman Valley Bank of Palisade
Union Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln
Farmers Bank of Burwell
First State Bank of Burwell
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Imperial
Trenton Votes to Maintain No Tax Program and Reelects Officials
Voters by almost three to one approve continuing the no tax policy. Mayor E L Clark and Trustees G P B Towle and R A Gibson are returned for two more years. Light rates cut twice in a year with total reduction near 40 percent. Water and ice rates remain low. Financial condition cited as excellent with under 7000 dollars cash on hand. Hastings hosts festivities for electric fountain dedication in Highland Park named Fisher Rainbow Fountain. Miss Jane Herrin and Miss Helen Ford nominated the names. Fisher Rainbow Fountain chosen by committee.
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Trenton
E. L. Clark
G. P. B. Towle
R. A. Gibson
Hastings
Highland Park
Jane Herrin
Civic Club
Miss Herrin
Miss Ford
Reserve Officers to Hold Contact Camp at Fort Crook
Nebraska reserve officers of the United States army plan a three day contact camp at Fort Crook May 5 to 7 with an annual state association meeting for officer elections and delegates to the Chicago national convention. Attendance is voluntary and officers pay their own travel and sustenance with seven hours credit per day toward promotion.
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Nebraska
United States Army
Fort Crook
Chicago
Platte River
Oscar E. Engler
National Reserve Association
Leo J. Crosby
State Association
Johnson Hagood
A. M. Miller
Omaha
Cc. D. Herron
War Department General Staff
Washington, D. C
L. Kemper Williams
Bennett A. Molter
National Association of Reserve Officers
T. M. Anderson
Hamilton County Farmer Losses Reported by Professor Snipes
Prof Snipes of the state university told the Aurora club at a Wednesday luncheon that the average Hamilton County farmer lost 210 last year. He based the figure on books from 20 representative farmers showing full expenses losses and profits. County gross product sales for 1932 ran five million dollars below the three year 1929 1931 average.
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Hamilton County
Snipes
The
State University
Aurora Club
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