War warning by psychiatrists on propaganda and mind power
A European and American panel led by psychiatrists warns that war arises from unbalanced leaders and mass suggestiveness. They urge universal mental hygiene, caution about propaganda, and propose non violent avenues like civilian drills to channel the warlike instinct into fighting nature rather than nations.
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Committee On
Netherlands Medical Association
William James
London
Phychiatry
James
Civilian Conservation Corps
Europe
Far East
Western Newspaper Union
Roosevelt budget moves shadowed by debt and politics
The article examines Roosevelt's forthcoming budget message set to reveal large but not fully spendable appropriations since 1984. It argues the public will see a balanced-budget impression, while critics fear further spending. It notes bankers and conservatives' mixed views on tariffs and the Hull reciprocity plan, and predicts increased congressional independence and potential voter split in the next elections.
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Hoover
Landon
Roosevelt
Peek
Nebraska to receive nine million from WPA funds
Nebraska state WPA administrator D F Felton announced after talks with Harry L Hopkins that Nebraska will gain an additional nine million dollars in WPA funds to expand projects and lift employment to about 20 000 to 22 000 workers. The existing WPA payroll will be kept through March 15, with over 16 000 currently at work and a first state quota of 15 000 already met. Felton said prevailing union wage rates would not be adopted, calling current security wages the living wage. He also criticized city councils for pushing higher pay and noted law prevents raising labor costs after project approval.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Works Progress Administration
D. F. Felton
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
St. Louis
Kansas City
Felton
Washington
Omaha
Douglas County
Repeat Gallows Failure in Exeter Ends in Prison Term
A 1885 Exeter execution attempt failed thrice when a gallows trap malfunctioned. John Lee faced the crowd as the lever refused to trigger, sparking hysteria before his sentence was commuted to 22 years in prison, a fate he ultimately survived.
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Lee
Old Belief Says Salt Over Left Shoulder Fends Off Luck
An old superstition holds that spilling salt invites misfortune, but tossing a pinch over the left shoulder wards off bad luck and misfortune. The rite remains a common household remedy to avert curses and bring protection.
Easter Island Statues Puzzle Baffles Archeologists
Easter Island spans about 45 square miles and lies 2000 miles off South America. Archaeologists debate the origin of hundreds of giant stone statues. Some stand upright on platforms or carved from rock, heights range from a few feet to nearly forty. The island’s Polynesian inhabitants have no knowledge of the carvers or methods, and the current natives are said to be of a different race than those who made the statues.
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Germany
New York
United States
Japan
Easter Island
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Island
Federal Land Banks to Issue 100 Million Bonds in New Offering
Omaha Federal Land Bank official D P Hogan announced in New York that December 10 marks the end of the farm finance emergency for federal land banks. The bond issue totals 100 million dollars at 3 percent interest, with 62 million to refund 4 percent bonds and 38 million for new farm loans, expected to last for months amid shrinking loan demand. New York finance houses pledge strong demand for the issue, the first public sale since the Depression era transfer to the Federal Farm Mortgage corporation.
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Federal Land Banks
Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Hogan
New York
United States
New York Finance Houses
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Millions in Farm Aid Paid to Nebraska Farmers
The farm administration reported 7.1 million dollars paid to Nebraska farmers in three crop adjustment programs for the first quarter of the fiscal year. Corn hogs received over 6.3 million, wheat nearly 667 thousand, and sugar beet growers about 89 thousand. Nebraska accounted for more than ten percent of national corn-hog distributions totaling 57.31 million.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Administration
Nebraska
Beatrice Viaduct Opens Over Burlington Tracks
The Beatrice viaduct over Burlington tracks in South Beatrice is now complete at a cost of 43000. Claiming to be among the finest in the state it spans nearly 200 feet of concrete and steel. Motorists praise the diagonal crossing and note the eight miles south on the highway the mat oil pavement laid during construction.
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Beatrice
Burlington
Carmody Takes New Post with Rural Resettlement Agency
Lincoln announced Lincoln area official John Carmody has been transferred to the Rural Resettlement Administration where he now directs farm debt adjustment for Nebraska Kansas and the twoDakotas. He previously oversaw this program in eight states and will be supported by an administrative assistant in each state.
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Lincoln
John Carmody
Rural Resettlement Administration
Federal Land Banks
RRA
Nebraska
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Red Cross Opens Highway First Aid Station at Ralston
The Omaha Chapter of the American Red Cross opens the first highway first aid station in Ralston with notable officials attending a formal ceremony. Nebraska’s second such station, at the Ralston Super-Service Station, marks a statewide expansion.
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Omaha
The
American Red Cross
Ralston
Nebraska
Public works releases funds for Tri-County project in Nebraska
The Public Works Administration released 229,811 to start the Tri County power and irrigation project in Nebraska. It is the first disbursement from the project’s 10,000,000 allotment under a loan and grant agreement. The PWA sent authorization to the treasury to issue the check.
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Public Works Administration
Tri- County
Nebraska
PWA
Treasury
University projects approved after Cochran bid wins
Nebraska public works notes show the $27 741 paying project for the University of Nebraska can begin after Cochran Construction of Lincoln secured the bid. Other approvals include Wilsonville school building to F M Parton for 23 474 and Battle Creek high school general construction to John Soderberg Construction Co of Omaha for 65 768. November bond activity was light with original securities filed totaling 54 732 and refunding bonds totaling 391 000 with redemptions of 350 585.
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University of Nebraska
Cochran Construction Company of
Lincoln
PWA
John Latenser, Jr
Wilsonville
F. M. Parton
Grant
Battle Creek High School
John Soderberg Construction, Co
Omaha
Nebraska
Ayres
Nebraska Senator cites $326000 WPA river revetment project
Senator Norris says the Works Progress Administration approved a $326000 plan to build revetment works along the Missouri River at Niobrara Nebraska to prevent a new river channel. Completion depends on funds lag from D F Felton and awaiting approval by the president budget bureau and comptroller general.
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Norris
Nebraska
Works Progress Administration
Missouri River
Niobrara
Nebra
D. F. Felton
Budget Bureau
Comptroller General
Oil prospecting expands in southwest Nebraska fields
Hundreds of acres in Red Willow and Hitchcock counties are leased as oil firms and McCook residents push to revive a test well five miles southeast of McCook. The derrick burned after reaching 1 278 feet, plans call for drilling to about 2 000 feet under a new Oklahoma contract. C W Kelly of McCook heads the Nebraska company with five major oil firms leasing land. three seismograph crews probe the area for oil.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Company
McCook
Oklahoma
C. W. Kelly
Red Willow
Hitchcock
Debt relief shifts burden from landowners to farmers
Cal Ward, regional resettlement director for the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas, says debt adjustment efforts are shifting from landowners to indebted farmers. The Resettlement Administration received 2 million dollars last summer to aid state and county committees in helping farmers adjust debts without losing farms. Ward notes tenants with heavy debts on tools and movable property were overlooked, but the district now aims to rehabilitate such borrowers with loans tied to providing tools stock seed and feed, only if beneficiaries can return to self sustaining operations.
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Cal Ward
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Ward
Hig
County board secrecy alleged in fragmented report
A fragment mentions a secret involving a county board and a woman, with unclear details about disclosure or persons named. The readable items hint at governance or local intrigue without concrete actions or dates.
District faces uncertain outcome on $150,000 judgment
Vernon Nolte president of the Bridgeport irrigation district and attorney F E Williams met with reclamation officials over a possible compromise of a $150,000 judgment. Officials suggested a new plan but Nolte questioned its viability given the district’s past experiences.
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Vernon Nolte
Bridgeport, Irrigation District
Nolte
F. E. Williams
Q Nolte
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