U. S. Recognizes Mendieta Regime in Cuba
The United States formally recognizes Cuba under President Carlos Mendieta in a quiet State Department ceremony. Jefferson Caffery delivers the recognition. Italy Chile Santo Domingo Britain France also note acknowledgments as Washington plans to aid stabilizing Mendieta’s government and discuss Platt amendment, sugar imports, and tariffs.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
State Department
Jefferson Caffery
Cosme de la Torriente
Wartorn Island Republic
Wyoming
Carlos Mendieta
Cabanas
Presidential Palace
Mendieta
United States of America
de la Torriente
Italy
Chile
Santo Domingo
Panama
Mexico
France
London
England
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Manuel Marquez Sterling
Senor Manuel Marquez Sterling
Island
Republic
Three-Fingered Jack Found Shot to Death in Oak Park
Chicago gangster known as Three-Fingered Jack White was found shot three times in his Oak Park apartment where he lived with his new wife Nancy Kelley. Police hunt for two men named Bill and Joe amid many theories about the motive and suspects.
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Chicago
Willie
Jack
Nancy Kelley
Astor Gillespie Engagement Ends Before February 6 Wedding
New York reports the engagement of John Jacob Astor III and Miss Eileen S Gillespie has been broken. The wedding planned for February 6 is canceled. Parents of Miss Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs Lawrence L Gillespie, announced the split with no reason given.
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New York
John Jacob Astor III
Eileen S. S. Gillespie
Lawrence L. Gillespie
Gillespie
Comedienne Amelia Summerville Dies at 70 in New York
Amelia Summerville a noted eighties and nineties comedienne who shared honors with Henry E Dixey in the burlesque Adonis died at Roosevelt hospital. She was about seventy years old.
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New York
Amelia Summerville
Henry E. Dixey
Adonis
Roosevelt Hospital
SMU Professor Henry K. Taylor Dies at 75 in Dallas
Dr. Henry K. Taylor, seventy five, professor of education and director of the school of extension at Southern Methodist University, is found dead at his Dallas home. The notice identifies his role and place of death.
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Dallas
Texas
Henry K. Taylor
School of
The
Southern Methodist University
Miners praise NRA program at UMWA biennial convention
Indianapolis reports 1700 delegates opened the United Mine Workers of America thirty third biennial convention. The international officers praised the NRA objectives and urged support for the recovery act as America’s chief hope for economic and social improvement. President J L Lewis cited past attempts to form a rival union and affirmed UMWA’s strength under the recovery program and collective bargaining rights.
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Indianapolis
NRA
United Mine Workers of America
Organized Labor
National Recovery Administration
America
International Executive Board
Washington
J. L. Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Blue Eagle
Navy supply bill passes House funding new cruisers
The House approved a $284 747 244 Navy department supply bill with no recorded vote. It funds the regular navy program for 22 vessels and allocates 1 600 000 to start construction of one 8 inch gun cruiser and three 6 inch gun cruisers. The program, built with public works funds, aims to reach full treaty strength and a separate navy replacement bill backed by Chairman Vinson will be considered later.
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Washington
House
Navy Department
Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Hooper won't seek re election amid rubber stamp charge
Kalamazoo Michigan Congressman Joseph L Hooper of the Third Michigan district declares he will not be a candidate again. Hooper a Republican with over eight years in office cites rubber stamp Congress as his reason. State Senator J T Upjohn, also a Republican, has announced his candidacy.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Joseph L. Hooper
Battle Creek
Michigan
Hooper
Congress
J. T. Upjohn
Admirals Meet in Singapore for Pacific Policy Conference
Admirals of Britain Australia and New Zealand opened an 18 year overdue conference in Singapore to discuss Pacific policy questions.
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Imperial Navy
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Nebraska Zoologist Dr Wolcott Dies in Lincoln
Dr R H H Wolcott a longtime University of Nebraska zoology chair and faculty member since 1895 died after a long illness. He was born in Alton Illinois.
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Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb
R. H H. Wolcott
University of Nebraska
Alton
III
State tax bills fall in Nebraska as 1933 totals drop
Nebraska officials report a 6 888 402 reduction in 1933 property taxes below 1923 levels with 41 417 767 total across state county school city village and township units. State taxes 12 percent county 20 percent school 45 percent city 21 percent township 2 percent.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
Smith
Nebraska Loop Project Seeks 2,500,000 loan grant
Proponents of the Middle Loop Power and Irrigation projects in Nebraska asked the Public Works Administration for a 2.5 million loan and grant. Delegates including C. A. Sorensen Lincoln attorney and Walter F. Gibbons Comstock district president urged prompt action and spoke with Senator Norris who backs the project. Sorensen also pressed for appraisal appeal boards to ensure fair land values before Farm Credit Administration hearings.
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Washington, D. C
Middle Loop
Nebraska
Public Works Administration
C. A. Sorensen
Lincoln
Walter F. Gibbons
Comstock
A. B. Outhouse
Loup City
M. L. Fries
Arcadia
H. C. James
Omaha
Sorensen
Norris
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Bank
Nebraska CWA wages total 2.35 million to date
Nebraska CWA workers have drawn about 2.35 million dollars in wages since the program started, figures released recently by J. E. Woods, statistician at state headquarters.
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CWA
Lincoln
Nebraska
J. E. Woods
Speeds Nebraska CCC Projects to Meet March Deadline
Clayton W. Watkins extension forester at the Nebraska Agricultural College says CCC projects in Nebraska are being rushed to finish by March 31 under current orders. Watkins and Allen S. Peck, regional forester of Denver, have left Lincoln to inspect work at Alma.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Clayton W. Watkins
Nebraska Agricultural College
Civilian Conservation Corps
Watkins
Allen S. Peck
Denver
Alma
Nebraska Tax Receipts Fall While Counties Share Funds
Nebraskans filing 1923 income tax showed net income totaling 86 million dollars, down from 113 million in 1930. The IRS report to Congress noted no millionaires and only one return over 300 thousand. State funds of 463,615 were apportioned to counties with Douglas 43122, Lancaster 21806, Custer 13230, and Scotts Bluff 10855 as the only counties above ten thousand.
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Nebraska
Douglas County
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Charles W. Taylor
Lancaster
Custer
Scotts Bluff
Kearney Savings and Loan Receives Charter in Nebraska
The Federal Savings and Loan association of Kearney gains the first Nebraska charter with a second charter in the district covering five states. The Kearney association, inactive for years, will be liquidated and its assets taken over by the new association.
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Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Kearney
Nebraska
Kearney Savings and Loan Association
Nebraska Sheep Feeding Declines 7 Percent January
KE V Jones assistant state and federal agricultural statistician reported that Nebraska sheep feeding operations on January 1 fell seven percent from the previous year. The decline lags the corn belt which saw eleven percent drop and the combined corn belt and western states down thirteen percent.
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Nebraska
KE. V. Jones
Platte County Receives Wheat Adjustment Checks
Wheat crop adjustment payments totaling 104,586 were issued to Platte county farmers in Columbus. Nebraska Wheat Administration in Lincoln said the funds will be distributed immediately, making Platte the fiftieth county to receive more than 1.2 million dollars in total. only Box Butte county had a larger 106,000 share.
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Columbus
Platte County
Lincoln
Nebraska
Box Butte County
Nebraska CWA funding needs revealed in Mehner report
J. D. Mehner state CWA statistician sent to Federal Administrator Hopkins a Nebraska request showing $70,626 needed for Civil Works project materials already begun. The report notes $61,471 paid for CWA materials, and $72,331 due if Nebraska can access its full allotment of $204,429.
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J. D. Mehner
CWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Nebraska
Mehner
Nebraska cattle on feed up in January report
Nebraska cattle on feed January 1 rose 3 percent from a year earlier while the eleven corn belt states fell about 8.5 percent from 1933. E. V. Jones, assistant state and agricultural statistician, announced recently. Nebraska and Iowa were the only corn states reporting an increase in cattle feeding during the period covered.
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Nebraska
E. V. Jones
Iowa
Nebraska public works board approves four projects at Fremont
The Nebraska public works advisory board approved four projects in Fremont totaling 103,675 dollars. The government would provide 76,200 dollars, with 29,790 dollars in grants and the rest as loans. Projects include Kearney elementary school 60,000 dollars and Palmyra school 30,375 dollars.
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Nebraska Public Works Advisory Board
Fremont
Kearney
Palmyra
Hyannis
State sheriff report cites 1933 crimes and arrests
Governor Bryan released the annual sheriff's report listing 776 crimes and 461 arrests for 1933. It details nine murders, eight bank robberies, 237 burglaries, 25 livestock thefts, 16 jail breaks, 89 forgeries, 15 frauds, 78 harness and saddle thefts, 22 holdups, 83 missing persons cases, and 194 miscellaneous crimes.
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Bryan
Michael Endres
Omaha Federal Land Bank Sets Jan Loan Records
President D P Hogan announced new milestones for the first 15 working days of January. First mortgage farm loans totaled 1 856 approving 9 535 100. Second mortgage loans 3 856 250 granted to 1 857 borrowers. Total farmer financing across Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming reached 13 391 350.
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Omaha Federal Land Bank
D. P. Hogan
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska to manufacture its own state highway signs
Superintendent Gus Miller says the state reformatory will run a new sign plant with about 30 workers. Walter Hager reports bids will be let soon for steel and enamel materials after six firms submitted varied bids and five bidders offered identical steel proposals. Tests on samples will begin immediately.
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Nebraska
Gus Miller
State Reformatory
Walter Hager
Board of Control
Miller
Four Indian boarding schools to close this June
The Indian Bureau reports four boarding schools at Rapid City South Dakota Genoa Nebraska Theodore Roosevelt Aziz and Mount Pleasant Michigan will close in June and students move to public and reservation day schools. Rep Howard Democrat Nebraska chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee will introduce a bill to deed the Genoa school property to the state for a state institution.
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Indian Bureau
Rapid City
S. D
Genoa
Nebr
Theodore Roosevelt
Aziz
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Howard
Dem
Neb
House
Indian Affairs Committee
Mysterious Murders Stir No Front Page Grief
Discussion of the Rothstein and Dot King killings notes public indifference despite alleged high level involvement. It highlights whispers of official protection, unnamed culprits, and police missteps while detailing the opulent candlelit drawing room of George Blumenthal and his art filled mansion.
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New York
George Blumenthal
70Th and
Park Avenue
Sigmund Spaeth the Tune Detective of Tin Pan Alley
Sigmund Spaeth, son of a Lutheran minister with 11 children, is noted for his deep knowledge of musicians and their quirks. He simplified classics for barber shop harmony devotees and with good humor exposed many Tin Pan Alley figures as imitators from the masters.
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Sigmund Spaeth
Sig
Mrs Gene Tunney Appears in Stunning Chinchilla at Social Affairs
After a lengthy convalescence Mrs Gene Tunney makes social appearances in a dramatic chinchilla coat at events including a horse show the opera and opening nights indicating her public return to society.
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Gene Tunney
Tully Distinguishes Real Stars From Phonies in Hollywood
Jim Tully is reputed the most precise differentiator between the phony and real in Hollywood. He learned the trick in hobo camps where newcomers face acute suspicions. He finds that Chicago shines through gloss and muck alike, and makes his judgment with a single appraising glance.
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Jim Tully
Hollywood
Tully
Astor Hotel Repeals Ban to Attract Crowds
The Astor Hotel on Broadway regains popularity after repeal of a restriction. Dining rooms especially the Hunting Room are crowded again, with long-sought patrons returning. The hotel’s famed star boarder, Charles B. Dillingham, has occupied rooms since opening.
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Astor
Astor’s
Charles B. Dillingham
Plane arrival scene at Newark airport with curious crowd
Gene Buck and a mutual friend wait at Newark airport as a plane circles overhead. A girl in a red toque, a camel coat wearer, and mechanics rush out while the pilot emerges in a leather coat and lights a cigarette. The crowd finds the moment more entertaining than a train arrival.
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Gene Buck
Newark
Fragmentary celebrity sketches from McGeehan 1934 column
Short shavings shows W O McGeehan dismissing prizefighters except Gene Tunney, notes Coco Chanel’s rise to fashion, Ruth Raphael as Love Magazine editor, the Prince of Wales’ hat brim, Harvey Taylor as Stephen Crane estate manager, Ambrose Bierce’s daughter hinting at Villa’s murder, Waxey Gordon backing two shows, dancer De Marco in Ziegfeld theatre, Dan the Dude saved from Potter’s Field, Ted Healy with stooges.
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W. O. McGeehan
Gene Tunney
Coco Chanel
Ruth Raphael
Love Magazine
Prince of Wales
Harvey Taylor
Stephen Crane
Ambrose Bierce
American Mercury
Pan
Gold and coin myths in a 1934 inflation era ramble
A 1934 monologue on gold backing and monetary instability questions the faith in gold coins. The writer contrasts nations with no gold coin backing, cites Roosevelt era policies, and ridicules the idea of gold reserves while predicting social and economic upheaval.
Babylonians Used Clay Tablets as Bank Checks
Researchers note ancient Babylonians issued orders to pay on clay tablets rather than paper checks. The tablets bore similar financial function to modern checks, showing early banking practices in Mesopotamia.
Sleepwalking postman wakes with whistle in hand
A letter carrier, overwhelmed by work, walks in his sleep and dreams he is delivering mail. He wakes himself by blowing his whistle just before he goes far, a brief domestic vignette recounted in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Genuine Gratitude and a Fortune Refusal
A man leaves his fortune to a woman who refused him provoking a witty exchange about gratitude. The anecdote reflects social expectations and humor in unsettled romantic tensions.
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McNaught Syndicate
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China
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