Deadline set for restricted banks to gain sound status
State Bank Superintendent Luikart orders 126 restricted banks to take steps by January 12 to reach sound condition or face receiverships. Negotiations include purchase of preferred stock, RFC loans, and assets of banks in receivership. Over 50 bankers offer to sell stock. federal guaranty inclusion to be announced around January 1 with 217 applicants.
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Lincoln
Luikart
REC
RFC Luikart
Washington
Nebraska county officials back federal farm to market road plan
Omaha convention endorses a U S jobs program to put 250000 men to work on farm to market roads for 19 months with 800 million federal aid. J D Forsyth re elected president of the Nebraska association and urges boosting PWA road funds to 800 million while counties push four other reform proposals including a uniform county government system and delaying old age pensions for plan workability.
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Omaha
Castle Hotel
Washington
J. D. Forsyth
Niobrara
The
Nebraska
Forsyth
PWA
Plan A Survey Of Tri County Power Project
Washington officials discuss a survey of the Tri county power and irrigation project in Nebraska to prove a self liquidating public works scheme. Col. Henry M. Waite and Rep Shallenberger meet with Mickey and Canaday to assess market viability and pricing to avoid conflicts with other developments.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Henry M. Waite
Rep
Shallenberger
Clark E. Mickey
R. O. Canaday
Mickey
Canaday
Tri-county
Washington
Waite
Sutherland
Columbus
North Loop
Wheat benefit checks mailed to Nebraska farmers
Farm adjustment officials said $26 465 in wheat benefit payments were mailed to Nebraska farmers. Checks typically take about ten days to reach each county after contracts are approved. Some contracts are sent back for more information on production control associations or for allotment figure adjustments.
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Nebraska
Washington
D. C
State News: Final National Bank Dividend and Tax Update
Depositors of the defunct First National Bank of Hastings receive a third dividend totaling 124,837 dollars, paid at 10 percent on deposits under the receiver George G. Crankleton. November beer tax receipts fall from August peaks while state agriculture figures show farm income per hen declining in 1933 and rising labor management income.
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First National Bank of Hastings
George G. Crankleton
University of Nebraska
Box Butte County levies 50 cent head tax for pensions
Box Butte county imposes a 50 cent head tax on citizens aged 21 to 50 to fund old age pensions. The official report to State Tax Commissioner Smith estimates proceeds at 989.50 dollars. Total regular levies for all purposes reach 283,185 dollars, about 29,000 dollars below last year, with the county levy up slightly while others decline.
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Box Butte County
Smith
Mystery $10 Lindbergh ransom bill linked to Crawford
A letter from Mrs. Ruby Barnes of Englewood California reveals a ten dollar ransom bill from the Lindbergh kidnapping was paid to her after she sold household items and traveled from Crawford. Federal investigators followed the marked bill to her home but she could not trace how she received it.
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Crawford
Ruby Barnes
Englewood
California
W. O. Barnes
Nebraska Inheritance Taxes Likely Fall Short of Earlier Years
A 1953 compilation by Ed Dosek, in the State Treasurer Hall office, shows Nebraska inheritance and estate taxes for 1953 at 23,372 dollars, far below 1952’s 56,497 and 1932’s 51,838, with no major receipts expected before January 1 and 1933 figures under half of the two preceding years.
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Nebraska
Ed Dosek
Hall
Nebraska re employment up as 12 000 find jobs in days
The Lincoln re employment office reports about 12 000 people securing jobs in recent days with 42 463 placements from 83 of 93 counties up from 31 000. Unemployed registrations total 93 418 versus 77 000, aided by rising awareness that reemployment aids CWA and PWA placements and seasonal factors.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
CWA
PWA
Repeal of Prohibition Could Save Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Taxpayers
Treasury figures estimate repeal would cut yearly taxes by about 3.0 million for Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. Liquor taxes would replace gasoline levies, lifting around 1,186,000 from Nebraska 1,731,000 from Iowa and 183,801 from South Dakota. Savings assume repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and related tax changes after 1934.
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Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Treasury
Treasury Department
Gasoline Tax Receipts Rise to December Total
Gasoline tax collections for December to date reach 646516, up 35000 from the prior month and 24871 higher than a year earlier. W H McGaffin says November receipts reflect taxes on imported gasoline in the state. October receipts were 611707. He expects December may near the 650000 level.
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W. H. McGaffin
Department of Agriculture
McGuffin
Spies Arrested in Paris Amid Hunger Marches and War Talk
Reported arrests in Paris include Mr and Mrs Switz, Mr and Mrs Ber cowitz and others as members of a vast international spy ring alleged to have uncovered French frontier fort plans. The piece contrasts postwar prosperity with France facing hunger as a large crowd of hunger marchers marches toward Paris, some with shoes tied around their necks to conserve footwear. It also notes U.S. farm crop values and mentions Texas Guinan’s bullet proof limousine sold at auction.
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Mrs. Switz
Mrs. Bercowitz
Paris
France
London
Berlin
New York
England
America
A Glimpse of Pre-Revolution France Hunger
The narrator recalls a somber scene from France before the revolution when semistarvation was common among the populace and the nobility, a stark contrast later erased by upheaval.
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France
Death of the Dalai Lama Stuns Buddhist World
The Dalai Lama, supreme religious head of Tibetan Buddhism, has died at age sixty. Followers say he may be reincarnated in a chosen boy, a belief central to Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The writer muses on the idea of rebirth and humanity’s long cosmic future.
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Dalai Lama
Tibet
Asia
Buddha
Gautama
Foreclosures Paused Says Farm Credit Chief
Governor Myers of the federal farm credit administration reports foreclosures of American farm mortgages have practically stopped and will stay paused. He notes lasting relief for farmers and hopes the government prints new money rather than continues bond issuance. He cites annual U S government expenses and interest on bonds.
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Governor Myers
Federal Farm Credit Administration
United States
Tax Loss Selling Drives Yearly Stock Dip
A seasonal stock decline reflects investors selling to realize losses for tax offsets rather than a drop in underlying value. The pattern shows heightened selling pressure as year end approaches.
Trade inducements eyed for Argentine Chilean and Mexican wines
United States aims to boost South American trade by offering special incentives to growth of Argentina Chile and Mexico wines. Plans to popularize these wines contrast with enduring fashion shifts in wine like Romans preferring Greek then Roman varieties and Gauls settling in France for Bordeaux and Burgundy wines.
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United States
South America
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
France
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Pennsylvania liquor jobs draw protests over tough exam
In 1938 05 000 candidates protested a state liquor job exam described as difficult and foolish. Truck drivers faced parsing and spelling tasks and a question asking four times nothing. Critics compared the political pay and lawmaking to a coed salary, highlighting frustration with the test.
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Pennsylvania
King Features Syndicate, Inc
NU Service
New York Theatres Put on News Reels and Shorts
Manhattan hosts three small venues offering 45 minute programs at 25 cents. The Embassy leads with packed evening crowds. Trans-Lux on Broadway and Madison follow, expanding capacity. Notable patrons include Baruch, Bache, Ferber, Stefansson, Walsh, and Erdmann as weekly reels rotate amid political barometers and celebrity buzz.
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New York
Manhattan
Embassy
Palace
Clara Walsh
Pr. Erdmann
la Guardia
Huey Long
Albert Wiggins
Notable 1920s Entertainers and Personalities Snapshot
A quirky collage notes Fannie Ward living in London and Will Rogers’ first vaudeville billing Cherokee Bill and his horse. It lists figures like Al Parker as a leading British director, Francine Larri more’s insomnia fueled ads, and others such as Bob Davis heading to Africa and Monte Brice as Wilson Mizner’s favorite audience.
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Fannie Ward
London
Will Rogers
Bill
al Parker
Britain
Margaret Fishback
Francine Larrimore
Verdun
Gil Patten
Frank Merri
Kelly Pool
Bob Davis
Africa
Pullman
George
Air Line
Susie
Jack London
Wilson Mizner
Monte Brice
Jimmy Walker
Luncheon Table Noted with Opulent Lalique Tableware
Charlie Towne describes a luncheon table adorned with a $10,000 lace cover and solid gold plates with delicately flanged Lalique goblets. Irvin Cobb quips that tooth picks probably splinters from the true cross.
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Charlie Towne
Lalique
Irvin Cobb
Opening Night Fetes Crowd At Montmartre Event
Social spotlight swirled around Charlie Journal's Montmartre as a vast crowd gathered marking the largest celebrity turnout since prohibition. Notables included Dr. Walter B. Pitkin, famed psychology author and former New York newspaperman, while references note New Rochelle's bicycle revival and Marilyn Miller born Mary Lynn Reynolds in Findlay with the nickname Lumpy.
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Charlie Journal
Montmartre
Walter B. Pitkin
New York
New Rochelle
Gene Fowler
Earl Carroll
Marilyn Miller
Mary Lynn Reynolds
Findlay
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Women Start Wars Claim Satirical Letter From Will P
A 1933 Will McNaughs Syndicate column argues in a satirical voice that women would prevent war and could trigger war rhetoric. It references Chicago Tribune owner Mr McCormick, hypocritical wartime politics, and a punchy finale urging readers to write to Tribune Building in Chicago.
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McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Europe
California
The
Tribune Building
Chicago
Will. P.S
Seven Indiana utility heads indicted in Lake County case
Seven officers of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co were indicted by the Lake County Grand Jury before Judge William C. Murray. Warrants for arrest were to be served by state authorities. Indictments followed two months of inquiry sparked by the Howard Duncan case.
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Crown Point
Ind
Hin
Northern
Indiana Public Service Company
Lake County
Howard Duncan
Duncan
Indiana Public Service Commission
Dlegal
Northern Hinds Public Service Company
Insul
Northern Indian Public Service Company
Insull Utilities Empire
Midland Utilities Company
Midland United Company
Sammuel Insull
People’s Guns Light & Coke Co
Commonwealth Edison Company
The
Public Service Company of
Ilinois
Midwest Utilities Company
Insull
Farm Belt Leads in Giving Welfare Funds
Allen T. Burns executive director of Community Chests and Councils Inc says welfare fund-raising campaigns west of the Mississippi are meeting quotas at higher rates. He notes 50 percent of farm belt drives reach quotas versus under 25 percent elsewhere, signaling improved economic conditions.
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Farm Belt
Welfare
New York
Allen T. Burns
Community Chests and Councils, Inc
Mississippi
Burns
Plane Crash Kills Two Army Officers Near High Hill
Warrenton Missouri reports the deaths of Capt. Wilton M. Triney and Lieut. Graham St. John both Kansas City, in a training plane crash nine miles south of High Hill. Briney served in the air corps reserve and St. John was executive officer at the air corps post in Kansas City and a reserve instructor.
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Warrenton
Wilton M. Triney
Graham St. John
Kansas City
High Hill
Briney
Air Corps Reserve
St. John
Air Corps
Fire drives 51 boys from four story Catholic home
Fifty-one boys aged twelve to eighteen were escorted safely from a four story Catholic boys' home as flames swept the building. The boys, singing Christmas carols, were removed after the fire was discovered.
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Tyngsboro
Mass
Market Bandits Hit St Louis Grocery for $1000
Four bandits robbed a St. Louis grocery and meat market of about $1000 in cash and checks. They slugged a man, then forced him and ten others including two women into a refrigerator. The incident left one person injured and prompted a police search.
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St. Louis
Tennessee Governor Condemns Lynching
Governor McAlister denounces the Maury County lynching of Cord Cheek a 19 year old Black youth calling it a very cruel lustless act. The event prompts calls for justice and stronger protections.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Ena
Maury County
Cord Cheek
McAlister
Wisconsin editor killed in Blair press tragedy
Blair Fress editor Richard Wirkpatrick, 29, was killed when an automobile rolled down an embankment near Ettrick. His wife and a three-year-old son were injured in the crash.
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Whitehall
Wis
Richard Wirkpatrick
Blair Fress
Ettrick
Ickes Notes Drift Back to the Farm
Washington reports a back to the farm movement amid widespread unemployment in industrial centers. Secretary Ickes highlights subsistence homesteads funded by 25 million dollars, with initial moves by West Virginia coal miners. The note also stresses reduced departmental activities due to fiscal tightening.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior Department
West Virginia
Japanese envoy urged to rush to Washington
Tokyo reports the cabinet confirmed Hiroshi Saito as Japanese ambassador to the United States after U S approval. The foreign office cabled orders for Saito to depart immediately from The Hague where he was minister to the Netherlands to reach Washington without delay.
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Hiroshi Saito
United States
Netherlands
Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Saito
Hague
Two Noted Writers Die in New York on Same Day
Two leading authors died in New York on the same day. Louis Joseph Vance was found dead amid a chair fire after apparently dozing while smoking a cigarette. Robert W. Chambers, noted author and artist, passed away after a three month illness.
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New York
Louis Joseph Vance
Robert W. Chambers
Disney Flees Honors to Welcome Stork
Hollywood celebrates Walt Disney receiving a Distinguished Service medal when he abruptly leaves the ceremony to rush to a hospital where his wife has given birth to daughter Dianne Marie Disney, eight pounds two ounces.
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Disney
Stork
Hollywood
Calif
Walt Disney
Walt
Dianne Marie Disney
American Girl Marries Turkish Dancing Teacher in Smyrna
Doris Rose a 21 year old American from Youngstown Ohio wed Said Edip Bey in Smyrna Turkey. The ceremony was conducted by the Smyrna city clerk under the new Turkish civil code.
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Smyrna
Turkey
Doris Rose
Youngstown
Ohio
Said Edip Bey
Four Die in Oil Refinery Fire in La Plata Argentina
Four employees died and another was severely injured in a fire at the Fiscal petroleum refinery in La Plata near Buenos Aires. Local authorities probe the blaze and determine its cause.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fiscal Petroleum
la Plata
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