Roosevelt narrowly escapes assassination in Bay Front Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt was shot at by Giuseppe Zangara but unharmed. Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and four others were wounded as shots struck the crowd. Roosevelt remained aboard his yacht Nourmahal before continuing to New York.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Giuseppe Zangara
New Jersey
Bay Front Park
Roosevelt
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Florida
Cermak
Joseph Gill
Margaret Kruis
Newark
N. J
William Sinnott
New York
Russell Cauldwell
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Nourmahal
Zangara
Hoover
Tom Armour
Mergers Urged by National Rail Committee
New York report from the National Transportation Committee chaired by the late Calvin Coolidge calls for regional consolidation of rail corridors to cut duplication and lower costs, aiming toward a single national system and possible government enforcement.
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National Rail Committee
New York
National Transportation Committee
Calvin Coolidge
Youth Admits Threat to Kidnap Two Girls
Sharon youth Harold Brest, twenty one, admits attempted extortion by threatening to kidnap the two daughters of the late William F. Whitla. Police say Brest was arrested after picking up a decoy package left as instructed. He reportedly told officers he wanted money to go to Panama.
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Sharon
William F. Whitla
Harold Brest
Brest
Panama
Beating Rival Ends in Tragic Parachute Death in Los Angeles
Harold H. Bud Brandon airplane stunt man died after delaying his parachute release at around 100 feet during a contest with rival jumper Spud Manning. Spectators witnessed the fatal impact as Brandon failed to open his chute in time.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harold H
Bud) Brandon
Spud” Manning
Brandon
Bryan Plea Halts Farm Foreclosures Statewide
Nebraska Governor Charles W. Bryan issued an emergency proclamation urging farm and home mortgage holders to suspend all foreclosures until action by the state board of conciliation the legislature and Congress can be taken.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
State Board of Conciliation
Legislature
Congress
Ohio House Ratifies Child Labor Amendment
The Ohio House of Representatives voted to ratify the federal Constitution child labor amendment in Columbus, Ohio. The vote marks a formal state endorsement of the compliance measure.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohlo
Ohio House of Representatives
Boiler blast at Clinchfield kills three in Virginia
A grist mill steam boiler exploded at Clinchfield Virginia, 70 miles from Bluefield, killing three men and injuring 11 others. Among the injured was Earl Breeding, owner of the mill.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Clinchfield
Earl Breeding
House Refuses to Raise the Tariff in Congress
Washington Republicans pushed emergency tariff legislation to align rates with a depreciated currency. The motion to discharge the Ways and Means Committee was defeated 212 to 174, with 15 Republican agrarian state lawmakers joining 196 Democrats and one Farmer-Labor member to kill the proposal for the current congress. Only three Democrats backed the Republican effort.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Ways and Means
Middle West
Farmer- Labor
William P. Connery, Jr
Massachusetts
Samuel B. Hill
Charles H. Martin
Oregon
Illinois Senate Votes to Repeal State Prohibition Laws
The Illinois Senate repealed state prohibition laws as part of emergency measures. Senator Harold G. Ward led the effort knocking out search and seizure rules in a 40 to 6 vote, and the repeal of prohibition passed 36 to 6. The 3 percent sales tax bill also gained passage with 34 votes amid administration pressure.
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Springfield
State Senate
Horner
Harold G. Ward
Chicago
Senate
Death Valley National Monument Created by Hoover Order
President Hoover set aside Death Valley in California as a national monument. The action followed a recommendation by Secretary Wilbur who cited the valley's more than 500 plant species, many unique to the area. Walter Scott, known as Death Valley Scotty, is associated with the locale.
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Washington
Walter
Death Valley Scotty) Scott
California
Death Valley
Hoover
Wilbur
Two men confess killing Milwaukee patrolman
Adolph Peters twenty two and Edward Pollock twenty confessed the slaying of Patrolman Richard Zingler. Zingler was shot as he interrupted three men tying up a store janitor in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Adolph Peters
Edward Pollock
Richard Zingler
Turns Somersaults at 67 Dies in Exercise
Lowville N Y Joseph Norris a 67 year old farm hand who had turned somersaults for years to stay fit died from a fracture of the neck vertebra in executing one of his routines.
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Lowville
N. Y
Joseph Norris
Farmers Seize Clerk Buy Horses at 60 Cents Each
Lemars Iowa Earl Ernest an employee of the First National Bank was pinned while farmers bid in hundreds of dollars of property for 45 at a mortgage sale. Ernest as clerk was held for over an hour as farmers pressed the bank to settle with Farmer W K McKibbin. Farm machinery sold for 10 cents a item horses brought 60 cents cows 20 cents.
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Lemars
Iowa
Earl Ernest
First National Bank
Ernest
W. K. McKibbin
Vermont
London
Montpelier
Two Bandits Slain After Bank Robbery in Indiana and Missouri
Two men suspected of robbing the Washington Indiana bank of six thousand six hundred dollars were killed in a confrontation with deputy constables on a St. Louis county road. One died on scene, the other hours later in hospital. a fingerprint identified one as Jack Butler, with prior prison time. In Washington Indiana the same suspects beat two bank employees and a customer as they looted the State Bank of Washington of about six thousand dollars, then fled.
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St. Louis
Washington
Ind
Jack Butler
Missouri Penitentiary
Jackson County
Charles Bradley
Arthur Lazear
Bradley
Lazear
Indiana
Kansas City
State Bank of
Field Marshal Robertson Dies at 72 in London
Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, the first to rise from ranks to field marshal, died at his London home at seventy two. Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War I, he earned a baronetcy in 1919, parliamentary thanks, and a $50,000 grant, being hailed as a premier scientific soldier and unmatched organizer.
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London
William Robertson
Imperial General Staff
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Russian Orthodox Bishop Rescued After Umnak Shipwreck
Bishop Antonin Pokrovsky of the Russian Orthodox Church was saved after surviving the wreck of the trading vessel Umnak Native near Umnak Island in the Aleutians. The ship, carrying 12 others, foundered in a gale. he was found ill ashore and later rescued by a ship and reports from natives confirmed his survival.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Bureau of Fisheries
Penguin
Antonin Pokrovsky
Umnak Island
Starr
Dallas Attorney Charged with Murder in Office Slaying
Noah Roark, a Dallas attorney, killed Office Building Manager Justin Stein in a Fidelity building office. Stein died of gunshot wounds in hospital. Roark is charged with murder. defense attorney William McGraw says Roark is sane and no bond will be sought.
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Dallas
Texas
Justin Stein
Noah Roark
Roark
William McGraw
Stein
Fidelity
Examiner Urges Lower Potatoes Rates Across Regions
Washington Examiner reports Thomas E. Pyne recommends the interstate commerce commission refuse potato rate increases on western trunk line railroads within the western territory and to Illinois and Indiana. He also urges finding unreasonable carload rates from South Dakota to western trunk line and Illinois destinations and ordering downward revisions.
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Washington
Thomas E. Pyne
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Western Trunk Line
Wesern
Ilinois
Indiana
Commission
South Dakota
Four of Family Die in Blazing Home
A family of four burned to death when a fire of undetermined origin destroyed the home of Alexander A. Spraker in Youngstown Ohio. Spraker his wife and two small children perished in the blaze.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Alexander A. Spraker
Spraker
Virginia Courthouse Burned in Historic Jonesville Fire
Fire destroyed the sixty two year old Lee county courthouse in Jonesville Virginia with losses estimated at more than 90000 dollars.
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Virginia
Jonesville
Lee County
Vermont in the 1920s Drama of Progress and People
Vermont’s story spans prosperity and hardship from 1850 to 1920 with slow population growth yet rising industries. The state, proud of marble and slate riches, dairy farming, and a strong tradition of independence, produced notable leaders and figures, including several Yale presidents, shaping national life.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
AWN Service
Jermont
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Green Mountains
Vermont
Governor Bryan Urges Suspension of All Foreclosures
Governor Charles W. Bryan issues an emergency proclamation calling on all mortgage holders in Nebraska to suspend foreclosures, forced sales, and court actions until a conciliation board completes work and relief legislation can be enacted. The move aims to prevent mass losses as thousands rally at the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
State
Board of Conciliation
Congress
Nebraska House
Senate
Kearney Plan Seeks Federal Loan for Central Nebraska Reservoir
At a Kearney meeting the Platte Valley Reservoir association authorized H L Williams to appoint an executive committee to pursue a 5 million dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan for a central Nebraska reservoir irrigation and power project. A 72 page survey found the plan engineering feasible despite water diversion objections from Grand Island and a suggested legislative amendment to ban inter watershed transfers.
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Kearney
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Central
Nebraska
Platte Valley
C. A. Sorensen
Lincoln
Butterfat Production Rises in Nebraska DHI Herds
Nebraska dairy herd improvement associations report January butterfat per cow averaged 30.6 pounds, up 2.7 pounds from November, based on about 200 herds. Seasonal freshening and cooler weather affected output. four cows exceeded 100 pounds butterfat with the Norfolk state hospital herd leader at 108.7 pounds.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska College of Agriculture
B. C. Scheidenheim
Extension Dairyman
Scheidenheim
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Move to Accept Building Gift Washington DC
The senate is urged to accept a gift from C. J. Israel of Maxwell a brick building now used as a post office for which the government pays rent Israel a Civil War veteran drawing a pension seeks to show gratitude The House has passed a bill authorizing acceptance of the building.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
C. J. Isaael
Maxwell
Israel
Sam
House of Representatives
Adams County Fair Plans Year’s Largest Exposition
State news notes Adams county fair board pursues a major exposition amid budget cuts. It may be the largest county fair event in the state, with entertainment drawn from local sources as many Nebraska counties forego fairs this year. Thuston faces a city water crisis due to subzero temperatures. two old wells supply limited water, risking fire protection and urging reliance on an old bucket brigade.
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Adams County Fair Board
Nebraska
Adams County
Thuston
Winnebago Agency Sets Bid Deadline for Lands Leases
H M Tidwell acting superintendent at Winnebago announces 5 p.m. February 28 as the bid deadline to lease land on the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation for farming and grazing. Leases must be bonded and filed within 10 days after bids are accepted and will use cash or bushel per acre rentals. This marks the first time such leases are allowed.
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H. M. Tidwell
Winnebago Agency
Winnebago
Omaha and
Winnebago Indian
County scrip plan for road work abandoned by board
The plan to issue $5,000 in county scrip paid to heads of families on county aid for road work was dropped after town representatives demanded district validity. The board found the plan unworkable and halted action. Jobless workers would have earned $1 a day under the plan.
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Board of Commissioners
Hamilton county farmers plant trees for windbreaks
Farmers in Hamilton county have applied for government seedlings and transplants to be distributed this spring through the College of Agriculture extension service and local farm bureaus. Most applicants seek to replace native timber cut for fuel and will plant fast growing trees.
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Hamilton County
College of Agriculture Extension Service
Four Nebraska Banks Reopen Under Emergency Act
State Bank Commissioner Woods announced the reopening of Farmers' State bank of Humphrey Bank of Staplehurst Carroll State bank and Bank of Murdock after brief suspensions. The banks signed contracts with depositors under house roll No. 167 1933 laws to resume limited operations. Old deposits earn up to 1 percent monthly while new deposits are held as trust funds for prompt service and safety.
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Woods
Nebraska
Auburn and Seward paving projects pushed for spring completion
State Engineer Roy Cochran says Auburn and Seward paving jobs will finish as early in the spring as possible. Bids on these and other state projects are due March 2. The Auburn site adds a mile and a half of paving with a 452 ft viaduct and river bridge while Seward includes seven tenths of a mile of paving after highway rerouting and right of way issues. Other work covers 4.3 miles of graveling near Crawford and 0.3 mile paving between Blair and Herman.
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Auburn
Seward
Roy Cochran
Highway Department
Nemaha River
Crawford
Marsland
Belmont
Blair
Herman
Beet growers lobby to retain sugar tariff in tariff commission hearing
North Platte valley beet growers urged keeping the sugar tariff. Charles Kearney of Morrill, president of the National Beet Growers association, left for Washington for a tariff commission hearing. J. D. Pancake of Greeley, secretary of the Mountain States Beet Growers association, worked at Scottsbluff on a brief for the commission. Frank Kemp manages the Great Western Sugar Refineries in Western Nebraska.
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North Platte Valley
Charles Kearney
Morrill
National Beet Growers Association
Washington
Tariff Commission
J. D. Pancake
Greeley
Colo
Mountain States Beet Growers Association
Scottsblurf
Frank Kemp
Great Western
Nebraska
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