State department debates over diplomats and air mail policy
Washington figures discuss precision in appointing Democratic floor leaders and the risks of diplomacy involving Mrs. Owen. The piece notes pressure from the Women’s party and examines air mail revenue against costs, weighing possible rate cuts against potential business impact and policy sticking points.
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Capitol Hill
Women’s Party
Battlers
State Department
Mrs. Owen
Why the Gospel Spreads So Rapidly Across the World
The lesson argues three-fold reasons for Christianitys rapid spread. Bible preaching creates Bible believers, a victorious faith in hardship, and a race to run by putting aside hindrances while focusing on Jesus the author and finisher of faith.
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Lnto
Europe
Jesus Christ
Olympic Arena
Humility and Reason in Interpreting Doctrines
Archbishop Whately argues that people should not suppress intellect when feelings conflict with reason. He warns against leaning on heart over head and burying talent, while urging careful use of reason to discern revealed doctrines. He cautions against overreaching beyond our faculties and insists on humility grounded in reasoned inquiry.
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Archbishop Whately
WPA Quota Raised for Nebraska December Work
Nebraska's WPA quota increased from 15 000 to 19 000 for December as State Administrator D F Felton and Senator George W Norris cited farm family distress. The rise, to ease relief burdens, shifts cases to the Resettlement Administration and reflects dire unemployment among Nebraskan farms.
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Lincoln
Works Progress Administration
Nebraska
D. F. Felton
Resettlement Administration
Washington
Administrator Felton
George W. Norris
Felton
Norris
Mr. Felton
NYA to hire youths from needy families under WPA cuts
Lincoln Gladys J Shamp state director of the national youth administration says NYA will employ youths from families certified for public assistance even if the primary wage earner is on WPA work. Eligibility depends on family overall public assistance status. certain Resettlement Administration loans do not qualify.
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Lincoln
Gladys J. Shamp
National Youth Administration
NYA
Miss Shamp
Resettlement Administration
State board approves bids for school flour and grain supply
The Nebraska state board of control accepted bids from five of seven bidders totaling 10 600 for flour cereals and grains to last three months. Winners and recipient institutions include Black Bros Beatrice Lincoln state hospital Beatrice institute for feeble minded penitentiary Norfolk hospital Crete Mills Orthopedic hospital Lincoln York reformatory Home for Dependent Children Lincoln Farmers Co Operative Scribner Mens reformatory Lexington Mills Kearney Industrial school tuberculosis hospital Milford soldiers' home Nebraska Industrial school Milford Nebraska Consolidated Mills Hastings Grand Island Soldiers' home Ingleside hospital Silver Creek Roller Mills Girls training school Geneva.
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Lincoln
State Board of Control
Black Bros
Beatrice
Lincoln State Hospital
Beatrice Institute
Penitentiary
Norfolk Hospital
Crete Mills
York Reformatory For
Farmers Co-Operative
Scribner—Men’s Reformatory
Lexington Mills -Ke
Pig Crop Drop Shown In Nebraska Surveys
Lincoln private surveys show Nebraska fall pig crop down 62 percent and the 1937 spring crop down 64 percent. Agricultural statistician A. E. Anderson cites drought conditions and high corn prices as causes. A fall pig survey by rural carriers in cooperation with the post office and state and federal statistics offices will publish soon. The November hog corn price ratio was 9.2, compared with 16.6 in 1935 and a prewar five year average of 13.2.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Post Office Department
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Lincoln to Erect New Student Union Building
University regents approve a $400000 Lincoln student union activities building at 14th and R streets facing northeast corner. Funded by a $180000 PWA grant, work must begin by January 11. A $3 per semester student union activities fee will be charged to all Lincoln students starting next fall.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
University Regents
PWA
Nebraska State Fair dates and preparations for 1937
The 1937 Nebraska State Fair is slated for September 4 to September 10, announced by fair board secretary Perry Reed. Reed said the Midwest Fair Circuit will provide midway attractions next year. In other news, a large drag line arrived for the Middle Loop irrigation project with canal number one work to continue around the clock when weather allows, supported by three crews and night lighting on sixty-foot beams driven by a generator in the drag line cab.
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Perry Reed
Fair Board
Reed
Middle Loop
Canal Number One
State Liquor Commission Reports November Revenue Spike
The state liquor commission announced November receipts of 118,707 dollars, up from October's 94,279. Beer brought in 24,153 dollars, liquor and wines 93,875, license fees 475, registration 81, and miscellaneous 139 dollars.
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State Liquor Commission
Loan program aids seed corn in drought areas
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports loan applications on about 19 thousand bushels of seed corn under a federal program to conserve supplies in drought regions. Cecil A. Johnson, head of the loan program, said initial applications came from farmers in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Colorado for loans at the 1.75 dollar rate on tested seed.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cecil A. Johnson
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Colorado
State fund balance slides in November report
The general fund declined from 839 440 to 670 404 as tax collections fell for November. Overall current operating funds dropped from 7 860 047 to 7 238 094 on November 30 with heavy last quarter social security disbursements noted as a contributor.
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George E. Hall
Hall
Rural Electrification Grants Go To Iowa Co operatives
The Rural Electrification Administration awards 195000 dollars to two Iowa co operatives as part of a 1930000 dollar total for six states. Cedar County co operative at Tipton gets 100000 for 210 miles of line serving 600 customers with power from Muscatine. Green County co operative at Jefferson receives 95000 to build 194 miles serving 497 customers in Greene and Webster counties.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Iowa
Cedar County Rural Electric Co-Operative
Tipton
Muscatine
Green County Rural Electrification Co-Operative
Jefferson
Greene
Webster
Railroad Presidents Honor Carl R Gray On Golden Anniversary
Presidents from across the nation joined Union Pacific Old Timers at the city auditorium to honor Carl R Gray and Mrs Gray on their Golden wedding anniversary. About 1400 guests dined on steaks and trimmings while leaders spoke brief remarks. Three generations of Grays were present including Carl R Gray Jr and Carl R Gray III.
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United States
Union Pacific Old Timers’ Club
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Gray
Grays
City Auditorium
Nebraska urged to brand its unique production strengths
Ralph G. Brooks urged Nebraska citizens to promote the state as the bread basket of the world while at a Lincoln convention. John G. Aldrich cited driver error as a key road danger and Earl Hill outlined federal old age benefits provisions to attendees.
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Ralph G. Brooks
Wymore Public Schools
Nebraska
California
Colorado
Nebraska Manufacturers’ Association
Lincoln
John G. Aldrich
Nebraska Safety Council
Earl Hill
Social Security Bureau
Omaha
Nebraska extension foresters plan nearly 2 million seedlings for windbreaks
Nebraska agricultural college foresters say about 2,000,000 seedlings and transplants will be distributed to farmers next spring for windbreaks and woodlots. Applications will be available soon. Clayton N. Watkins and Earl G. Maxwell administer the McNary-Clark program, charging $1 per 100 trees to cover wrapping and shipping, with a 1,000-tree limit per producer.
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Nebraska Agricultural College Extension Foresters
Clayton N. Watkins
Earl G. Maxwell
McNary-Clark
Nebraska
Bachelor Presidents and Large Families in U S History
The article notes that campaigners use family imagery, citing presidents who married, had children, or remained bachelors. It highlights James Buchanan as the only bachelor president, Grover Cleveland’s two marriages, Theodore Roosevelt’s two marriages with broader offspring, John Tyler and William Henry Harrison as large families, and Washington, Hayes, Jefferson, and Taylor as childless or prolific founders, with Andrew Johnson marrying young at eighteen.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Capitol Dome
Honolulu
Key West
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Denmark
State Department
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Frances Folsom
Buchanan
John Tyler
Tyler
William H. Harrison
Harrison
George Washington
Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas Jefferson
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Johnson
Eliza McCardle
Tennessee
Taking a Walk on Election Day Era Politics
A 1933 discussion notes prominent politicians from both parties using abstention as a protest. It traces historical parallels from Hamilton and Adams to Jefferson, showing how party splits and public refusals shaped early American elections.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
John Adams
Adams
France
General Pershing
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Weevera
Unies
Lace Filet Crochet Pattern 5520 from The Sewing Circle
Easy to crochet lace filet set including chair sets scarf ends and buffet items. Includes K stitch guidance with instructions and charts plus material list and illustration. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle New York pattern 5520 with name and address.
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Fourteenth St
New York
Foreign Phrases and Notable Meanings From Classical Terms
A compact glossary listing phrases like ad libitum and bambino with their meanings. Includes Cela va sans dire and salus populi suprema est lex as well as rara avis and pari passu with notes on language of origin and usage.
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Missouri
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