NRA blue eagle flies over nation as recovery codes spread
Washington reports the blue eagle of the NRA rising over workers as codes aimed at shorter hours more jobs and better pay take effect. Retail codes affect 1 050 000 establishments and 4 000 000 white collar workers while drug stores stay out. Ickes announces public works fund allotments passing 1 058 billion and approval for Casper Alcora project and upper Mississippi channel work. Johnson forms nation wide drafted recovery boards to lead re employment drive with nine member state boards and seven member district boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Casper-Alcora
Wyoming
Upper
Mississippi
Johnson
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
National Guard Curbs Pennsylvania Strikers
National Guard troops moved into Fayette county to preserve order in the soft coal strike area after Governor Pinchot declared a near martial law. The dispatch of 300 Guardsmen followed Sheriff Harry B E Hackney's refusal to bow to the governor's ultimatum and demands that deputies withdraw from the strike zone.
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Uniontown
National Guard
Fayette County
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Harry BE. Hackney
Roosevelt appoints Moley to head drive on crime
President Roosevelt orders a survey to mobilize social and legal forces in a federal war on crime and designates Raymond F. Moley, assistant secretary of state, to direct the study. Moley has extensive experience in anti crime movements and will lead the nationwide effort from Hyde Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Moley
Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymond F. Moley
Two Americans Promoted in French Legion of Honor
Paris announces two Americans promoted to officers in the Legion of Honor. Paul Scott Mowrer of Bloomington, Ill., Paris correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, and Benjamin Conners, attorney of Connerville, Ky, receive the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Honor
Paris
Quali d’Orsay
Paul Scott Mowrer
Bloomington
Chicago Daily News
Benjamin Conners
Connersville, Ky
Gas Corn Popper Blast At Picnic Grounds Kills One
Lewisport Kentucky police report a gasoline tank on a popcorn popper exploded during a picnic injuring more than 20 people among about 2000 spectators. One person died from injuries sustained in the blast. Fire and emergency crews rushed to the Merrymakers event.
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Lewisport
Canton Army Blocks Kiang Province to Starve Out Reds
Gen. Chan Chai-tong of the Canton government forces orders a frontier blockade to starve out Communist forces resisting suppression along the Kiang province frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Army
Hongkong
Chan Chai-tong
Canton
Kiangs
Town Merchant in Spencer Ends Life by Shooting
F F Jones Jr aged 36 from prominent pioneer families committed suicide by shooting himself in the forehead. He was part of the mercantile firm T H Jones and Sons.
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Spencer
Iowa
F. F
Ted) Jones, Jr
T. H. Jones & Sons
Cove Creek Dam Planned on Clinch River north of Knoxville
The Tennessee Valley Authority announces its three directors have approved building the Cove Creek dam for 35 million dollars, largely in the current site on the Clinch River about 20 miles north of Knoxville.
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Cove Creek
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clinch River
Here
Kidnapped Oil Millionaire Recovers After Ransom Paid
Charles F. Urschel, 40, oil heir, says kidnappers taped his eyes during a nine day captivity and moved him hundreds of miles before freeing him near Norman. A ransom was paid but details were kept private by Urschel and intermediary Arthur Seeligson. Urschel appeared tired with bloodshot eyes but in good health aside from fatigue.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
Norman
Arthur Seeligson
W. Ht. Jarrett
Girl Admits Killing Rural Mail Carrier
Edwardsville Illinois reports State's Attorney Geers said Stella Christoff seventeen admitted shooting Nelson Voss twenty five year old rural mail carrier after claiming he squeezed and tried to kiss her. She and sister Sophia twelve hunted squirrels when Voss approached with a shotgun.
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Edwardsville
Nelson Voss
Geers
Stella Christoff
Sophia
Voss
Auto Blast Kills Wife and Destroys Car Near Porterville
Mrs James Rllbright a Montgomery County resident and estranged wife of Harmony garage owner James Rillbright was killed when an explosion ripped through a country lane three miles from Porterville. A car fragment bore a license plate registered to her husband, and a nearby farmer’s daughter reported hearing brakes then a man’s voice before the blast that hurled her body.
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Porterville
James Rllbright
Harmony
U S Bridge Team Beats British by 10370 Points
London reports the American contract bridge quartet led by Ely Cobertson finished a three day match with a 10 370 point victory over Britain. The final scores read America 62200 England 51890.
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U. S
London
Ely Cobertson
America
England
Jarrell sisters judged sane after ten day prisoner case
Allie and Grace Jarrell of Jackson Georgia were found sane by a lunacy commission after imprisoning their mother and elder sister for ten days claiming fear of kidnapers. The sisters had barricaded themselves in the home and deprived the women of food during the standoff.
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Fear Jackson
Allie
Grace Jarrell
Lightning Kills Boy in Atmore Alabama
Ten year old Fred Ford was killed by lightning at his parents home in Atmore Alabama. Relatives expressed grief as authorities investigated the incident at the W T Ford residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
Fred Ford
W. T. Ford
Missouri River navigation eyed as key to expansion
John A. Fox, engineer of the Mississippi Valley association, predicts a navigable Kansas City to Sioux City channel at 9 feet depth with a 44 million dollar initial phase. He notes a favorable political climate, the war secretary’s Nebraskan ties, and potential job creation, arguing rail and water transport can coexist with regulated inland waterways.
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Lincoln
John A. Fox
Mississippi Valley Association
Kansas City
Sioux City
Fox
George H. Dern
Mr. Fox
Dern
Average Cost of State Wards Near Twenty Dollars
The 17 state institutions under the board of control ran in the last fiscal biennium ending June 30 at an average maintenance outlay of 20.01 per inmate per month or 240.10 a year. Inmate population averaged 7,430, up 425 or 6 percent from the prior biennium.
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Lincoln
Board of Control
Nebraska to Gain Cash Benefit From Wheat Acreage Plan
W H Brokaw of the extension service at Nebraska Agricultural College says Nebraska will receive eight to nine dollars in cash benefit per one dollar paid by residents as a processing tax, with total payments between 8.5 and nine million dollars. He notes no wheat shortage is expected despite acreage and production cuts in 1934, citing a 360 million bushel carryover versus 625 million normal use. I D Wood reports Colfax County farmers welcomed the detailed plan and asked for sample contracts to compute their cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
W. H. Brokaw
Extension Service
Nebraska Agricultural College
Brokaw
I. D. Wood
Fremont
Colfax County
Copper Nuggets Discovered While Drilling at Whiteclay
Copper nuggets testing 95 percent purity were found while drilling two water wells on Bennie Robbins property at Whiteclay in Sheridan County. The ore, initially thought to be gold, was analyzed by the Rapid City School of Mines and identified as nearly pure copper. Robbins located the first find and drilled a second well 100 feet away, hitting the same formations at 140 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteclay
Bennie Robbins
Sheridan County
Rapid City School of Mines
Robbins
Lincoln Telephone to acquire Postal Telegraph assets
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co will take over Postal Telegraph business in southeast Nebraska. Nebraska wheat allotment ranks third in the nation at 30,618,681 bushels behind Kansas and North Dakota. Falls City highway plans foresees flowers planted along routes with hollyhocks iris petunias and larkspur announced by the Falls City Garden Club Ben Dale and R H Klietsch with Lincoln roads department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
A. E. Anderson
Falls City
State license collections fall in first half 1933
In the first half of 1933 the state's automobile license collections dropped over 1.5 million dollars from the prior year. The state registration department shows 299,707 licenses issued in 76 counties, 23,573 fewer than in 1932, with collections totaling 1,237,792 dollars, down 1,597,422 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Registration Department
Nebraska Coon Hunters Plan October State Hunt in Lincoln Area
Members of the Nebraska State Coon Hunters association met at the Lincoln hotel to organize the annual state coon hunt on October 29. The exact location is to be decided. H. Steffensmeyer was named chairman of the arrangements committee with A. A. Misegadis of Talmadge and Dr. R. M. Hergenrather of Lincoln on the panel. Regional meetings were planned to precede the state hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Ranks Fourth at World Grain Exhibition
Nebraska delegates placed fourth overall at the World Grain Exhibition in Regina Saskatchewan. They earned 120 dollars in prizes for fourth in the intermediate class and eighth in the junior division. Saskatchewan won junior first and Minnesota took intermediate first.
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Nebraska
Regina
Sackatchewan
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
Hastings Outdoor Club marks Susan O Hall grave on Oregon Trail
A large crowd gathered as the Hastings Outdoor Club unveiled a marble slab for Susan O Hall near Kenesaw on the Oregon Trail. A. M. Brooking from the Hastings museum narrated the Oregon Trail story through loud speakers while an airplane beacon of the Overland trail flashed nearby.
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Hastings Outdoor Club
Susan O. Hall
Kenesaw
Six Thousand Nebraskans Attend Long Beach Picnic
Six thousand former Nebraskans gathered in Long Beach California for the annual California Nebraska association picnic. Association president Thomas R. Lynch, a former Omaha resident now a Los Angeles attorney, directed the program. The oldest attendee was John Keith a former Sutherland rancher. Speakers included Henry James Long Beach columnist and ex Omaha editor R W Richardson 90 a former Omahan and F A Harrison former Table Rock editor.
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Long Beach
Calif
California Nebraska Association
Thomas R. Lynch
Association
Los Angeles
John Keith
Sutherland
Henry James
Omaha
R. W. Richardson
F. A. Harrison
Table Rock
Tax cuts shown by state official in county totals
Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith revealed county tax bills drop to 4 955 147 from 5 975 042. Douglas county pays 632 797 on a 2 39 mill levy versus 740 549 last year 2 37 mills. Other counties Lancaster Gage Madison Lincoln Hall show reductions. State fish hatchery near Gretna reports 12 000 channel catfish hatched with plans for 250 000 next year after adapting flowing water conditions and mixed feeds including dried buttermilk beef lungs and ground grain cereal.
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W. H. Smith
Douglas County
Lancaster County
Gage
Madison
Lincoln
Hall
Gretna
Frank B. O’connell
O’connell
Vast improvement in Nebraska anthrax situation reported
The state bureau of animal industry says the anthrax outbreak has greatly improved since last summer though quarantines still affect over 1,200 head of livestock. State veterinarian Dr H L Feistner notes on August 3 last year 89 farms were quarantined, 3574 cattle under quarantine and 575 deaths had been reported.
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Nebraska
State Bureau of Animal Industry
H. L. Feistner
Geography Lesson in Passing Motors Washington
A National Geographic bulletin notes the mobile geography on license plates across the U S and beyond. Plates display state symbols and slogans, with examples from South Carolina Arizona Pennsylvania Delaware Kentucky New Jersey and more. The piece describes unique features such as copper plates in Arizona and weight class markings in Virginia and North Carolina. It also covers two tag systems in some states and color schemes used nationwide for visibility.
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Washington
Cuba
Hawaii
Haiti
Canal Zone
Philippines
National Geographic Society
South Carolina
Jodine Products
S. C
Arizona
United States
Pennsylvania
Texas
Lone Star
Delaware
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Kentucky
Blue Grass
New Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Washington State
Montana
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Texas University
Texas A. & M. College
One Roof Past: Church Saloon School in Fallon Nevada
State Senator Thomas Dolf recalls a 48 year old Churchill county landmark where a church, a saloon a school and a doctor's office shared a single building four miles south of Fallon. A drunken quarrel near the thin wall led to a gun threat and the joint use ended that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallen
Nev
Churchill County
Thomas Dolf
Fallon
Beemis
Dolf
Lovelock Sets Mile World Record at Princeton Meet
Oxford university runner Jack Lovelock broke the mile world mark at Princeton in 4 minutes 7.6 seconds to win the race. The Princeton Cornell relay edged the Oxford Cambridge squad to secure the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lovelock
Oxford University
England
Princeton
Princeton-Cornell
Oxford-Cambridge
Beggars Split by Caste in Quebec City
In Quebec City beggars are split into regulars who seek money or tickets and occasionals who roam for offerings. Campette, a well off beggar near Capitol theater, owns property and lent money to Chicoutimi. Fellow beggar Trottier, jailed for murder, claims daily takings of eight to twelve dollars, fueling talk that led to more charitable giving through organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Bebe Emond
Campette
Capitol Theater
St. Sauveur
Chicoutim
Philippe Trottier
Trottier
Marie Anne Webster
Banking Act Creates New Problem for Depositors
Washington report notes Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 bars interest on checking balances but allows interest on time deposits. Depositors shift funds to time deposits, pressuring banks to readjust practices. Treasury says no safety risk, but lenders must keep funds invested to earn interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bruckart
Washington
Treasury
Dog Keeps Bank Funds for Frenchy Fines
Mrs Minnie Fontaine a 30 year old was given a suspended sentence for having her dog Frenchy in the street unmuzzled. Magistrate Casey warned her that a future court appearance could bring a fine. Fontaine replied her dog has money in the bank a home money box for the pet’s treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnie Fontaine
Frenchy
Casey
Store Robbed 45 Times in Seven Years in Austin
Arthur Smith, owner of the Checker Front store in Austin, reports the business has been burglarized 45 times and hijacked twice over seven years, reflecting ongoing security woes and frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Arthur Smith
Cat Adopts Bulldog In Abilene Texas
Patty the Persian cat adopts two week old Boots the Boston bulldog after kittens are taken away. The cat gives baths and performs mothering duties for the young puppy in Abilene Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat
Abilene
Texas
Patty
Boots
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Jack Westland
Sunset Valley Club
Chicago
Memphis
Girl
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Morella Oldham
Traverse City
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Morella
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