New York Life suspends Iowa farm mortgage foreclosures
New York Life Insurance Co announced a suspension of foreclosures on Iowa farm mortgages as calls rise for relief. Government and other lenders consider similar actions amid farm debt concerns. actions include a Nebraska conciliation board and Ohio mortgage mediation steps.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Thomas A. Buckner
Town
Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Bowling Green
Ohio
White
le Mars
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Howard City
Mich
Ernest Jones
Jones
Traverse City State Hospital
Washington
House
House Cuts Dry Enforcement Funding in 1934 Budget
Washington report notes the House passed a four department appropriation bill reducing prohibition enforcement by 1.81 million to total 102,602,839 for State Justice Commerce and Labor for 1934. It retains amendments barring wire tapping liquor purchases for evidence and payment of dry stool pigeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Rear Admiral Southerland Dies in Capital at 81
Rear Admiral William Henry Hudson Southerland retired former commander in chief of the Pacific fleet died in Washington after a ten day illness. He was eighty one and survived by his widow Mrs Mary Rodman Southerland and two daughters Mrs Butler Wright and Mrs Louis Bacon of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southerland
Washington
William Henry Hudson
United States Navy
Pacific Fleet
Mary Rodman Southerland
Butler Wright
Louis Bacon
Boston
Atlantic City National Bank Suspends Operations
Atlantic City National Bank failed to open for business and is under the comptroller of the currency. Directors say the action conserves assets for depositors. The bank’s December 31 statement shows total resources of $14,100,740.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic City National Bank
Five Men Acquitted in Florida Flogging Case
A Jacksonville jury acquitted five men E. M. Rabb C. C. Rabb L. C. Powers Horace Star ling and W. A. Jackson of assault in the alleged flogging of Ola Bell Gilstrap on October 18.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ola Bell Gilstrap
E. M. Rabb
C. C. Rabb
L. C. Powers
Horace Starling
W. A. Jackson
Bank in Senath Declares 30 Day Moratorium
The Citizens Bank of Senath announces a thirty day moratorium following a recent robbery at the bank. Directors said the pause will allow security checks and operations to normalize while investigations continue.
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Senath
Citizens’ Bank of Senath
Hoover Charges House With Raising Budget Increases
President Hoover criticized the House for pushing larger budgets via seven supply bills that total $168.3 million above his recommendations. Treasury officials warn of a near one billion dollar deficit next year given current spending trends, with economy plans sidetracked as Congress acts. The House approved a $127 million gasoline tax extension, while other revenue measures stall until a new administration arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Democratic House
House
Appropriations Committee
White House
Treasury
Roosevelt
Daladier Forms a New Government for France
Daladier completes a cabinet lineup in Paris with seven new faces joining the previous Boncour ministry. The Socialist led cabinet relies on party support and faces early discontent as Socialists vote against February credits, signaling precarious tenure.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Albert Lebrun
Socialist Party
Joseph Paul Boncour
Penancier
Serre
Appell, Paganon
Albert
Hulin
Lamoureux
Lawyer Cleared in Bank Robbery Loot Case
Oklahoma City attorney James H. Mathers who once defended Clara Hamon in 1920 was freed at a preliminary hearing on a charge that he received 16000 dollars of robbed funds. Authorities say he did not admit being forced by gangs to act as counsel and investigations found no such statement.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
James H. Mathers
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Floyd
Kimes
Oklahoma
Mathers
Chinese Repulsed at Great Wall Third Time
Mukden Manchukuo reports that Japanese forces repulsed a fresh Chinese assault on Chinmenkow pass of nine gates near the Great Wall. The Chinese reportedly suffered heavy losses and withdrew westward. Japanese casualties were not announced.
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Great Wall
Mukden
Manchukuo
Chinmenkow
Joe H Eagle Returned to Congress for Texas Term
Six three year old ex congressman Joe H. Eagle of Texas sails back to congress to fill the unexpired term and the anticipated longer term of the late Daniel E Garrett. Early returns from a special election indicate Eagle will assume the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Joe H. Eagle
Congress
Daniel E. Garrett
Wall Street official dies after 20th floor fall
Louis Harding fifty secretary of the Central Traction and Lighting bureau an insurance concern fell or jumped to death from a window in his office on the twentieth floor of a Wall Street building.
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New York
Louis Harding
Central Traction and Lighting Bureau
Wall Street
Poet Sara Teasdale Found Dead in New York
The poet Sara Teasdale, famed for lyric verse, was found dead in her New York apartment, lying in a bath tub filled with warm water. The report notes she had achieved wide recognition for her poetry.
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New York
Sara Teasdale
Motor vehicle registrations drop across Nebraska in 1932
Nebraska vehicle registrations fell by 43 060 in 1932 with total fees dropping about 388 000 from 1931. Statewide licenses issued were 392 347 versus 435 562 in 1931, and Lincoln and Douglas counties also saw declines in revenue. Scotts Bluff rises to fifth in county rankings, while several shifts occur among counties. All reports suggest 1933 sales will be lower than 1932.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Shancaster
Douglas County
Madison County
Custer
Saunders
Otoe
Saline
Dawson
Seward
Cass
Scotts Bluff County
Hall
Nebraska considers Buffalo Bill birthday as state holiday
Mary Jester Allen through the State Historical Society petitions the Nebraska legislature to make February 27, Cody’s birthday, a legal holiday. She cites Cody’s ties to Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Wyoming and notes Cody’s old North Platte home. Residents seek federal stamp authorization for Cody’s portrait.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Mary Jester Allen
State Historical Society
William F
Buffalo Bill’ Cody
Cody Family Memorial Board
Iowa
Kansas
Wyoming
Cody
Scout
North Platte
Neb
Congressman Morehead
Federal Post Office Department
Nebraska House Ends Session with 598 Bills in Hopper
The Nebraska House closed the session period with 598 bills awaiting action after 212 new measures were introduced by Chief Clerk Max Adams. The tally surpasses 1931 levels and matches historic peaks, with notable items including two beer proposals and a measure opposing the farm allotment plan. Other bills target sheriff’s office elimination, branch banking ban, ABA degrees for normal schools, and restricting anonymous political literature.
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Lincoln
House
Max Adams
Nebraska
O’gara
Klopping
Sorensen
Dixon County Road Near Completion Reported
Dixon County Road Supervisor A. E. Nelson writes Governor Bryan that the northern Dixon county highway is completed except for a few culverts and minor bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon County
Lincoln
A. E. Nelson
Bryan
Health Director Reports Lincoln State Health Gains in January
State Health Director Dr. P. H. Bartholomew said Nebraska health数据显示 an upward trend in January with influenza cases dropping from 1,000 plus in December to 627. Chickenpox diphtheria and scarlet fever fell while tuberculosis smallpox and measles rose or fluctuated. January influenza cases last year numbered 59.
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Lincoln
P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Nebraska hog market value and production figures cited
State statistician A. E. Anderson notes Nebraska hogs marketed last year earned 44.6 million dollars, down from 133.98 million three years earlier, with about 100000 more hogs sold than in 1929. Purchasing Agent Farris bought 10000 gallons of fuel at 2 cents a gallon at a Tulsa refinery for shipment to North Platte and nearby patrol stations.
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A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Union
Anderson
Farris
Tulsa
North Platte
Petition Seeks Sunday Movie Vote at Fairbury Election
A petition asking voters to decide on Sunday moving picture shows in Fairbury was filed with City Clerk Elsie Schmuelle. It carries 614 signatures. The proposition was defeated at a special election November 15 by 176 votes out of 2,660 total.
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Fairbury
Elsie Schmuelle
Ogallala Maker Receives Eight-Passenger Plane
Robert A. Goodall of Ogallala, an electrical goods maker, has received a new eight passenger airplane. He plans a daily Denver to Chicago route during the Century of Progress exposition opening June 1.
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Robert A. Goodall
Ogallala
Denver
Chicago
Treasury Accepts Property for New Post Offices in Seward and Lexington
The treasury department accepted Seward Realty company property at the southwest corner of Fifth and Main streets in Seward for 6300 dollars and P. J. Jeffery property at the northwest corner of Sixth and Grant streets in Lexington for 5000 dollars as sites for new post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Seward Realty Company
Fifth and Main Streets
Seward
Lexington
Sixth and
Grant Streets
Treasury
P. J. Jeffery
Survey Set for $750000 Hydro Irrigation Project
Engineers plan a two month survey for a proposed Middle Loop river hydro electric and irrigation project. A Reconstruction Finance Corp loan may back the effort. The plan envisions 2000 horsepower and irrigation of 75000 acres in Valley and Sherman counties.
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Middle Loop River
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sherman County
Northeast Nebraska Editorial Association Elects Officers
The Norfolk based Northeast Nebraska Editorial association elected George Gaskill editor of the Albion Argus as president to succeed A. C. Gardner of the Elgin Review. C. E. Dawson editor of the St. Edward Advance became vice president succeeding A. W. Ballinger. J. P. O Furey publisher of the Cedar County News at Hartington was named secretary for his fourteenth term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Nebraska
Norfolk
George Gaskill
Albion Argus
A. C. Gardner
Elgin Review
C. E. Dawson
St. Edward
Griess Tops Farm Sale Near Sutton With Cash Returns
The Charles Griess homestead sale near Sutton showed Griess as the winner without neighbor help. He earned 290 to 300 dollars per horse and more than 3000 dollars overall, as Nebraska farmers report strong demand for good work horses.
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Charles Griess
Sutton
Griess
Nebraska
Oil test reaches Wilcox sand near Falls City
Geologist Ben Morgan says drillers reached the Wilcox sand at 3,441 feet at a Falls City test well and have suspended work while additional local land is leased. Oil leases covering about two thousand acres in the wildcat region have been filed recently in Falls City deeds office.
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Falls City
Ben Morgan
Recorder of Deeds
Hitler becomes Germanys chancellor and Nazism rises
Adolf Hitler assumes the German chancellorship under President Hindenburg with the Nazi party gaining control. A torch light Nazi parade celebrates the rise as Hitler dissolves the Reichstag and calls for elections. Goering Schwerin-Krosigk Neurath Frick von Papen join cabinet as Hitler gains influence.
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Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party of Germany
von Hindenburg
von Schleicher
Berlin
Germany
National Socialist Party
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Flitler
Reichstag
Kranz von Papen
von Papen
Prussia
Alfred Hugenburg
Wilhelm Frick
Herr Goering
Count von Schwerin-Krosigk
Baron Constantin von Ne
Johnstown Flood’s "Paul Revere" Dies in Monessen
John G Parke once called the "Paul Revere" of the 1889 Johnstown flood died in Monessen after 25 years in the city He was an engineer who helped strengthen a dam in the Conemaugh Valley and spread the warning as the dam collapsed saving some lives He later served as chief engineer of the Pittsburgh Steel Company.
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Monessen
John G. Parke
Paul Revere
Johnstown
Parke
Conemaugh Valley
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Rail and rail line changes approved across several routes
The railway commission authorized the Lincoln-Columbus bus line to operate between the two cities. Union Pacific was allowed to discontinue train 19 between North Platte and the Wyoming border and to consolidate trains 8 and 18. The North Western railroad may substitute gas electric motors for steam on trains 11 and 22, with revocation possible if service is inadequate.
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Lincoln-Columbus
The
Railway Commission
Union Pacific
North Platte
Wyoming
North Western Railroad
York College Implements Barter System to Pay Tuition
York College adopts a super barter plan to keep students enrolled and pay professors. Fac ulty accept farm produce as part salary, with the treasury receiving three dressed beeves eleven dressed hogs and milk from students as payment for tuition.
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York College
J. R. Overmiller
Church Fire Destroys St Luke’s in Hot Springs
Fire heavily damaged St Luke's Episcopal church in Hot Springs Virginia and damaged religious pictures in the apse painted by Mrs William Sergeant Kendall. Firemen fought the blaze late into the afternoon attributing it to an overheated furnace. A short circuit triggered the chimes and helped reveal the fire.
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Hot Springs
St. Luke’s Episcopal
William Sergeant Kendall
Rushville Seeks Girl Who Once Rendered Morse A Rope Aid
The will of H. O. Morse leaves a $100 bequest to a girl who once brought him a rope while he led a horse through rain. Morse also left thousands to churches the public library school district ladies and societies hospitals and Rushville city. The Methodist church alone receives 10000.
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Rushville
H. O. Morse
Morse
Ladies and Societies
Methodist Church
Girl 10 Saves Three Brothers From Fire in New York
Eileen Murphy fought through smoke and flame to rescue three younger brothers from danger. Her parents, Mr and Mrs John J Murphy, were away visiting neighbors.
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New York
Eileen Murphy
Eileen
John J. Murphy
Forecloser Murdered in Mound City Kansas
Luther D. Marr a 67 year old Kansas City real estate dealer came to foreclose a farm mortgage and was found fatally wounded on a highway. He had been shot multiple times with .22 and .88 caliber firearms and his body dragged from his car which was pierced by bullets.
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Mound City
Kan
Luther D. Marr
Kansas City
Police Patrolmen Arrested on Burglary Charges
St Paul officers St Paul patrolmen George Ossery and Henry Simons were arrested on burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
George Ossery
Henry Simons
American Tragedy of Mortgage Burden and Honest Science
A Missouri farmer in New York notes Fifth Avenue mortgages except St Patrick's and Tiffany's. He discusses wages and home debt with a former worker now earning fifty dollars weekly. The piece reflects on saving, family duties, and the broader question of responsibility amid financial strain. It cites Woodrow Wilson's war stance, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Antietam casualties, Lincoln, and the virtue of scientific honesty in contrast to political deception.
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York
O. O. McIntyre
Missouri
New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Tiffany’s
Joe
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Republic
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
Antietam
Atlantic
Holmes
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Nancy Hart the War Heroine of Revolutionary Georgia
A recounting of Nancy Hart a cross eyed frontier heroine who menaced five Tories at her Elberton cabin in the Revolution era She concealed guns set a meal turning the invaders into targets and forced their capture and execution Later she moved to Kentucky embraced religion and continued her fierce spirit against foes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Elberton
Augusta
Florida
Nancy Hart
Oine
Nancy
Daniel Boone
King George
Sukey
Kentucky
Kate Shelley Heroic Bridge Crossing Remembered in Iowa
The Des Moines river steel bridge near Boone and Ogden honors Kate Shelley a teen who in 1881 braved rain and flood to cross the Des Moines and warn the midnight express. Her rescue efforts saved three crewmen and she became a public idol.
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Kate Shelley
Des Moines
Boone
Ogden
Moingona
Iowa
Honey Creek
Kate
Shelley Cottage
Western Newspaper Union
Deas Emoingona
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