Massive $427000 Armored Car Robbery Rocks New York
In Brooklyn a gang robbed an armored truck of 427000 amid a three minute heist. They fled by cars and speedboats as police chased with aircraft and launches involved. Two boats missing and an abandoned sedan found. investigators pursue leads citywide.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Water Front
Manhattan
Bay Nineteenth Street
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Joseph Allen
John Wilson
William Lillienthal
Lillienthal
Queens
Lewis J. Valentine
Preston Brown to Lead War Maneuvers at Fort Monmouth
Maj. Gen. Preston Brown, commander of the 6th corps area, will command the 2d army headquarters at Fort Monmouth New Jersey during War Department tactical maneuvers in September testing the new four army organization. The drills simulate a coalitions of powers against a western foe along the Lay on coast.
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Washington
Preston Brown
6Th Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
War Department
Four Army
Lay
Blond Gunwoman Flees With $690 Payroll Loot
Blond gunwoman robbed a payroll at a Tamminga Construction site in Pueblo Colorado. Bert Walsh, the paymaster, was shot in the right thigh and forced to surrender $690 before the woman and a companion fled in a waiting car.
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Pueblo
Col
Bert Walsh
Tamminga Construction Company
Wamp
Allh
Masked Bandit Robs Foursome of $260 at French Lick
A masked bandit interrupted a golf foursome in French Lick Indiana and robbed them of about $260. George W. Yancey of Birmingham Alabama lost $250 while John Lubar of Baltimore Maryland had $10 taken. The other players were John G. McKay of Miami Florida and William O. Reeder of St. Louis Missouri.
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French Lick
Ind
George W. Yancey
Birmingham
Ala
John Lubar
Baltimore
Gifts of Beer Bring Criminal Charges
The federal Alcohol Control Administration files criminal charges in the federal District Court against Northwest Breweries Inc of Tacoma Washington for giving away beer to retail customers. The case cites violation of the volume rebate provisions and improper gifts under the prohibition code.
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Washington
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Federal District Court
Northwest Breweries, Inc
Tacoma Wash
Johnson Violated NRA Rules Says Board
The New Deal national labor relations board ruled General Hugh 8 Johnson violated recovery laws by discharging NRA workers union head John L Donovan on June 18. It ordered Donovan rehired as technical adviser to NRA's labor advisory board and condemned Johnson for mistreating employee self organization.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
New Deal
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Donovan
NRA Workers’ Union
Johnson
NIRA
Donovan
Labor Advisory Board
Chicago
San Francisco
Famed flyer arrested after return from disappearance
Frank Dor bandt, known flyer, fought for two days after a mysterious disappearance following a threat. He returned to Anchorage in a trimotor plane and was arrested by Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman on orders from Fairbanks after bondsmen withdrew their backing on smuggling charges.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Frank Dorbandt
Frank Hoffman
Fairbanks
Langer Allowed to Use State Executive Mansion
North Dakota Attorney General P. O. Labre ruled former governor William Langer, recently removed from office, may occupy the state owned executive mansion while under temporary disability from a federal conviction.
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Bismarck
N. D
P. O. Labre
William Langer
Austria Confiscates Rintelen Property After Plot
Vienna authorities seize the property and bank account of Anton Rintelen in reprisal for alleged involvement in the Nazi insurrection and the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss. The plotters reportedly aimed for Rintelen to succeed Dollfuss.
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Vienna
Austria
Dollfuss
Anton Rintelen
Carl Lundgren Dies at 54 Longtime Illinois coach and Cubs pitcher
Carl Lundgren died at relatives' home in Marengo Illinois at age 54. He was a former Chicago Cubs pitcher in the Frank Chance era and long time baseball coach and assistant athletic director at the University of Illinois.
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Carl Lundgren
Marengo
Ill
University of Illinois
Chicago Cubs
Frank Chance
Farmer Vernon McDonald killed in barn fire near Morning Sun
Vernon McDonald a 39 year old farmer from Muscatine Iowa was killed when a kicking incident struck a barn owned by Sam Baird near Morning Sun injuring his son Philip.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Vernon McDonald
Philip
Sam Baird
Cattle Saving Plea Urges Ensilage to Save Nebraska Herds
State cattle experts W. H. Brokaw and H. J. Gramlich press farmers to cut immature corn for ensilage to protect foundation herds from forced sale. They note a market will exist this winter and report a demand to buy cattle outweighs selling interest, with 24 hour work in some districts to harvest silage and a potential $1 ton loan from the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
AAA
W. H. Brokaw
H. J. Gramlich
Gramlich
Brokaw
Market 170 Carloads Of Potatoes Reported In Lincoln Nebraska
The state and federal division of agricultural statistics said Lincoln Nebraska has marketed 170 carloads of potatoes this year, about half of last year’s 340. In the Kearney district irrigated potatoes average around 200 bushels an acre.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Kearney
Irrigation Interest Rises in Nebraska After 1934 Drought
Roy Cochran cites the drought as spurring more irrigation demand in Nebraska. About 750000 acres are currently under ditch irrigation with projects under way or planned nearly doubling that area. High water drains divert 3 to 3.5 million acre feet from the North Platte and other rivers, while pumps expand use. Gibbon township in Buffalo County has over 100 irrigation wells serving over a third of the township with larger casings up to eight feet. James Kuntz farm at Wood River uses dirt reservoirs of half an acre with daytime pumping to spread water over fields.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Roy Cochran
North Platte
Gibbon
Buffalo County
James Kuntz
Wood River
Tecumseh CCC Camp To Become Permanent Facility
Army officials at Fort Crook announced the Tecumseh CCC camp, open since May 1, will be permanent. Sixteen buildings will be built on the fair grounds, converting the educational buildings into a school and recreation building and the poultry house into a tool house. Construction starts now and must be finished by September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh
Fort Crook
CCC
Nebraska Receives Funds for Airport Project Cleanups
Sixteen thousand dollars of Civil Works Administration funds allotted by Administrator Harry Hopkins will clean up CWA airport projects in Nebraska. The state agricultural department reports July gasoline tax collections at 798 352 dollars, the highest since starting the program. The government will buy 8000 tons of cornstalks from Washington and Burt county farmers for distribution to western Nebraska, with Tyson Long of Herman as contractor. Farmers will be paid 3.50 dollars per ton.
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Éicer
Harry Hopkins
CWA
Nebraska
State Agricultural Department
Washington
Burt County
Tyson Long
Herman
Fish Suffer in Otoe County Ponds Amid Scarcity
Anglers in Driving Park ponds report bullheads skin and bones signaling famine among fish. Nebraska City sportsmen collect stale bread from bakeries to feed waters. State buys land near Seward for volcanic ash to mix into oil mats for highway work between Seward and Lincoln. A second ash deposit near Seward County is noted for polishing silver and other uses.
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Otoe County
Driving Park
Nebraska City
State Highway Department
Seward
Lincoln
Seward County
Federal funds chart Nebraska Iowa allotments announced
Public Works Administration disclosed 401 200 in Nebraska for municipal projects including Wayne city hall Callaway sewer system Mason City school additions Ansley Daykin Butler County and Talmage with loans and grants totaling 353 310 and 935 500 allotted to Iowa for building improvements and Elma street work.
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Nebraska
Washington
Public Works Administration
Wayne
Stuart
Callaway
Winaside
Broken Bow
Mason City
Ansley
Daykin
Butler County
Talmage
Otoe County
Iowa
Elma
Nebraska State Fair 1934 Opens in Lincoln
The Nebraska State Fair returns September 2 to 7 in Lincoln marking eighty years of Cornhusker dominance. Perry Reed, fair secretary, promises more entertainment exhibits prizes and a vast panorama of the state's growth from agriculture to livestock and pageants.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Perry Reed
Agriculture Hall
Reed
Nebraska Farm Relief Funds Likely Top Wheat Yields
Nebraska agricultural officials estimate 30 million dollars due farmers from federal crop control and relief programs this fall, versus corn cash potential of 10 million. Breakdown includes 20 million under corn hog reduction, four million emergency cattle purchase, six million wheat reduction.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Agricultural College
H. J. Gramlich
Geneva to vote on $15,000 park land bonds
The Geneva city council calls a special election for September 18 to approve issuing bonds totaling 15000 dollars to purchase park land.
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Geneva
Wayne man grows cotton in his yard in Nebraska heat
Ralph Jacques of Wayne states that Nebraska summers could support cotton growth if drought and heat persist. He nurtures about 40 healthy plants, grown from seed from Shreveport, Louisiana, last spring. The six foot plants are blossoming in his yard.
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Ralph Jacques
Wayne
Nebraska
Shreveport
Henry T. Rainey Dies in St Louis Hospital
Henry T. Rainey longtime House Speaker died at De Paul hospital in St Louis after bronchial pneumonia and a sudden angina attack. The Carrollton native aged 73, who would have turned 74, passed away at 7 50 p m with his wife and doctors present. Funeral services followed in Carrollton with President Roosevelt and Governor Horner attending.
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St. Louis
Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
de Paul
H. W. Soper
Mr. Rainey
Rainey
Soper
Williams
Carrollton
Ill
Congress
Illinois
John Nance Garner
Texas
Greene County
American Legion
Roosevelt
Horner
Episcopal Church
John Chandler White
Springfield
Pontiac Prisoners Riot Ends With One Killed
At the Pontiac Illinois state reformatory a riot left one convict dead and twenty one shot. Rioters burned the prison print shop causing 75000 in damage while other buildings and supplies suffered 25000 in losses. The slain inmate was Leo Tielek of Chicago serving a larceny sentence. Six officers and guards were injured including T P McCue and J W Castellano. Roy Shepherd sustained the most serious wounds.
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T. P. McCue
J. W. Castello
B. A. Davenport
Joliet Prison
Roy K. Shepherd
Michael Rabatine
R. M. Thompson
Shepherd
Girl Rescues Four From Auto Submerged in Pond
Miss Lorraine Mc Adams of Mukwonago, nineteen, rescued four occupants from a submerged automobile after it left the roadway and plunged into a small pond near Mukwonago. The rescued were taken to Milwaukee by Herman Hoffman. they included Louis Garringer, Louis Moorston of Chicago, and Miss Mildred Haines with her sister Evelyn of Indianapolis. The car was bound for Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lorraine McAdams
Mukwonago
McAdams
Herman Hoffman
Louis Garringer
Louis Moorston
Chicago
Mildred Haines
Evelyn
Indianapolis
Ind
Textile Workers Decide on a General Strike
The United Textile Workers of America representing 300000 mill workers agreed to call a nation wide strike before September 1. A resolution adopted at the thirty first national convention directed the executive council to order the walk out for higher wages and better working conditions with only twelve hours notice to mill owners.
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New York
United Textile Workers of America
World’s Biggest Nose Is That of Sperm Whale
The Montreal Herald reports the sperm whale’s skull contains enormous nasal cavities that store oil and act as nostrils. The right nasal passage is larger and can be closed by two plugs, enabling dives to a mile and protecting lungs from pressure.
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Montreal Herald
Four Common Causes of Car Mechanical Failure
Wilson S. Isherwood lists four prime causes of mechanical failure for motorists to avoid accidents: bad brakes worn tires worn steering gear and poor acceleration. He urges regular inspections especially for steering gear and a 30 minute tune up including spark plugs ignition cables battery breaker points timing valve clearance and carburetor adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson S. Isherwood
Isherwood
Yellowstone Greatest Reserve Coverage
Yellowstone is described as the greatest United States reserve, covering 3438 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
United States
Vicious Piranha Terror Threatens South American Rivers
A historic account notes that piranhas are small 18 inch fish yet deadly across river crossings. They travel in schools, feed aggressively on meat, and have been known to kill cattle horses and even men by stripping flesh rapidly.
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South America
Lions and insects show wireless warnings across distances
A Tit Bits writer notes that wild animals, including lions, appear to sense danger signals from afar, while sanctuaries attract species from long distances. The piece also discusses insect wireless effects, moths, and a naturalist’s cage experiment. It then traces lighting history from Betty lamps to the Sandwich glass lamp, noting 1800 adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tit-Bits
New England
Detroit News
Nelson Relics Include Dying Muskets Ball From Trafalgar
The Nelson relics include the musket ball that killed Lord Nelson. The ball pierced the epaulet and left shoulder, and when removed it bore gold lace and epaulet fragments attached, suggesting they fused with the bullet during molding.
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Nelson
Trafalgar
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