Nebraska to Spend 1.3 Million on State Road Plan
Nebraska announces a 1.3 million dollar farm-to-market highway program using the remainder of a 4 million federal allocation. The plan aims to create jobs, connect local roads to federal highways, and accelerate construction as engineers finish plans. Projects include gravel and paving work across multiple routes with funding from the state gasoline tax and scheduled payments next spring.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
W&8s
Omaha
Dodge Street
Platte
Cedar Rapids
Greeley County
Boone
Elgin
Antelope and Wheeler
Ponca-Willis
Dixon
Dakota
Elkhorn
Waterloo
Douglas
Dixon-Concord
Hartington East
Cedar
Norfolk
Stanton
Madison
Wakefield South
Thurston
Peneder
Walthill
Macy
Primrose
Albion
Spalding
Creighton
Verdigree Creek
Knox
Gresham-Shelby
Polk
Spalding West
Greeley
Telephone Firms Lose Ground in 1933 Figures
Schnell reports 162 companies to the railway commission show 29 paid dividends in 1933 and 87 operated at a loss. Class A to E revenues totaled 8.73 million versus 9.98 million prior year, while expenses and taxes declined. Lincoln firm paid 392,791 in dividends after 29,258 drawn from surplus. Stations decreased from 219,629 to 205,762.
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Lincoln
Ace Countant Schnell
Railway Commission
Lincoln Telephone
Northwestern Bell Companies
Lincoln Company
Bell Company
Nebraska
Eppley Trophy Race Climax at Omaha Air Meet
The Gene Eppley Trophy race offers two thousand dollars in prizes and closes the Omaha Air Races on August 11 12. M M Myers president of the Omaha Air Race Association expects winners to require about 250 mph. The event honors Eugene C Eppley king of Ak Sar Ben and marks the first time a sponsor backs a race.
Elisha Helps Women and the Desperate in Kings Lesson
A lesson on Elisha aiding a widow and the Shunammite woman showing hospitality. The accounts cover debt relief, miraculous oil increase, a promised son, his death, restitution through faith, and the feeding of one hundred with limited provisions.
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Elisha
A. Gehazi
B. Elisha
The Bible and Civil Virtue in McKinley Vision
The remark links deep Bible study to better citizenship and a higher national destiny. President William McKinley argues that observing divine precepts guides moral character and national progress. The quote frames faith as a source of civic virtue and national purpose.
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William McKinley
Foundation of Safety Based on Christ's Finished Work
The article emphasizes safety rooted in the completed work of Christ and safeguarded by Jehovah and eternal divine power, highlighting a steadfast, faith-driven foundation.
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Christ
James
Brookes
Monopolies, Dillinger, and Forest Plans Stir Brisbanes Pages
Senator Borah blasts monopolies while Dillinger is "got" by a paid tip and killed in a theater. Roosevelt funds a 1 000 mile long forest project to counter drought, costing 75 million. Ford praises American grit amid schooling declines as Vienna faces Nazi violence and priests held as hostages.
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Dillinger
Pacific
Roosevelt
Drouth
Canadian
Texas Panhandle
Vienna
Austria
Dollfuss
Katharine Cornells Globe Trooper Life On Road And Fame
Katharine Cornell stands as the last grand true trooper of the stage touring 31 states with strong box office. She cherishes road life from trains and lunch wagon interludes to drafty dressing rooms, reviving a theater tradition amid a tough era while amassing a snug fortune in New York between tours.
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New York
Katharine Cornell
Miss Cornell
Remembering Texas Calf Drives and Cattle Country
The narrator recalls a 1930s Texas trip to the Hassell Ranch near Muleshoe Amarillo area, calf branding, a bucked horse, and a rough road to the past. He describes prairie scenes, chuck wagons, coffee, and reflections on aging, cattle life, and a lost Follies era.
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Beverly Hills
Jimmy
Jimmy Blake
Panhandle
Texas
Hassell
Amarillo
Muleshoe
West
Kansas
Prairie
Klondike
Indian Territory
Imaginary coin eyed to ease global trade tensions
A discussion of paying foreign debts in kind highlights price swings in key commodities and the potential of an imaginary gold‑backed unit to stabilize international trade. It notes U S and British leverage, warns of monetarist maneuvers, and hints at political maneuvers around Frankfurter and Landis in shaping policy.
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Washington
United States
Hull
Wall Street
England
Rogers
China
Roosevelt
Britain
Austria
Persia
Chile
Mexico
Carolina
Norway
Peters win sparks splashy show in Hoboken lunchroom
Mr and Mrs Peters the night man in a Hoboken lunchroom won 25516 in a sweepstake lottery. They celebrated in a rented 16 cylinder car with a liveried chauffeur and opened champagne. An expert accountant notes 4 percent on the prize cannot sustain such excess.
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Peters
Hoboken
N. J
Mr. Peters
Germany's economic woes deepen amid raw material shortages
The report says Germany faces real trouble with factories closing and hours reduced due to lack of raw materials and limited cash and credit. Unemployment is rising in the hundreds of thousands, while Cuba reports 6000 malaria cases in Santiago raising concerns of disease spread and control efforts.
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Germany
Cuba
Santiago
Rome
Temperatures Vary Widely Moon Temperatures Highlight Day Night Shift
The article notes the noon moon is hotter than boiling water while at night it drops to several hundred degrees below zero, illustrating extreme daily temperature swings.
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P. B. Fitzwater
Dy. D
Moody ‘Bible, Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
God
Brisbane
Borah
War Department
Special Aviation Committee
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Baker
Europe
France
Navy
Henry Ford
Jerusalem
Max Baer
Bob Brinkerhoff
Plaza
Jules Bache
ER. Phillips Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Theodore Starvis
Song
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Ritz
Waldorf
Maitres D'Hotel
Theodore
London
DeWolf Hopper
Chicago
Mrs. Hopper
Casey
Charles M. Schwab
Riverside Drive
Upper
Andrew Carnegie
Laird of
Skibo
Clarke
Jack
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
McNawecht Syndicate, Ime
Harvard
Brain Trust
James M. Landis
Columbia
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Department of Justice
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Supreme Court
White House
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Boston
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Edward F. McGrady
Wyzanski
Department of Labor
Landis
Ben Cohen
Federal Trade Commission
Wall
Senate
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Agriculture
Columbia Wing
WNU
King Features Syndicate
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