President Coolidge Dies With Nation in Mourning
Former President Calvin Coolidge died at his Northhampton home on Thursday noon. Messages of condolence poured in from Hoover Roosevelt and foreign governments. Funeral services were held in Northampton and the body taken to Plymouth VT. A proclamation ordered 80 days of public mourning. Coolidge, age 60, served nearly all his adult life in public service from Northampton councilman to the presidency in 1923. He later engaged in insurance and transportation studies. (Continued reports describe labor strife, and a proposed domestic allotment bill under consideration in Congress.)
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White House
Resumption of hostilities between China and Japan escalates
The piece describes Japan resuming aggression in Shanhaikwan, Manchukuo, and Jehol, with Chang Hsueh-liang's forces resisting yet retreating. It notes Japanese air bombardment, civilian casualties, and official losses, while Chang reconstitutes troops under armored trains and rebukes Japanese commands. It also cites China's ultimatum to the League of Nations and possible Japanese withdrawal.
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APAN
China
Japan
League of Nations
Ugh
Shanhaikwan
Manchuria
Chang Hsueh-liang
Jehol
Manchukuo
Nakamura
Nanking
Quo Tai-chi
Great Britain
London
League
Miners Clash at Kincaid Mine in Illinois Smoke of Long Conflict
In Illinois a renewed clash erupts between the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Miners of America at a Kincaid coal mine near Taylorville. A body of Progressive miners meets an equal number of United Mine Workers emerging from the shaft in a tense confrontation with a machine.
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Progressive Miners of America
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Taylorville
Roosevelt Prepares for Presidency After New York Talks
ROOSEVELT, after turning New York over to Governor Lehman, concentrates on his move to the presidency. He met Thursday evening with Democratic leaders in Congress and agreed on a budget plan. The 1933 deficit is pegged at 492 million, with 100 million in further savings, a 125 million beer bill, a continuing 1 cent gasoline tax for 137 million, and higher income taxes yielding 150 million.
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Roosevelt faces House block on federal reorganization plan
President-elect Roosevelt clashes with House Democrats over a proposed plan to regroup 58 agencies into nine divisions. Hoover criticizes recent Congress moves as show, while Cochran defends delaying changes before Roosevelt's inauguration to avoid unfair disruption.
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Exiled Spanish Monarchists Escape Villa Cisneros Prison
Ninety nine Spanish monarchists exiled after the August uprising escaped Villa Cisneros in Spanish West Africa aboard a French vessel. Notables among the escapees include Capt Alfonso de Bourbon Capt Manuel Silvestre Col Ricardo Serrador and Jaime Arteaga son of Duke Infantado. Meanwhile Hoover seeks 150000 more for the Geneva delegation and Einstein denounces the disarmament conference as a farce calling for European peacemeasures by workers and abolition of conscription. Dr Carlos Armenteros reports the talks a failure for now.
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Hoover
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Europe
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League of Nations
Angry Iowa farming mob halts foreclosure sale
Several hundred farmers in Plymouth county Le Mars prevented a farm mortgage foreclosure by force. They seized the judge and sheriff and threatened to hang an attorney acting for New York Life Insurance, who raised the bid after the insurer authorized a higher offer. The judge asked the Governor-Elect to seek legislature action to exempt foreclosure suits from Iowa courts until relief measures are enacted.
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Iowa
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New York Life Insurance Company
Herring
Iowa Court
Social Trends Panel Sees Slow Civilizational Readjustment
After three years the Presidents research committee on social trends reports findings similar to technocracy but stops short of predicting collapse. It foresees gradual adjustment to a new scale of living, cites cultural lag between tech and life, and warns that only better social integration can avert violent upheaval. Dr Wesley C. Mitchell chairs. Dr William F. Ogburn directs research. over 500 investigators aided the study.
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Wesley C. Mitchell
Columbia University
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Chilean President Orders Liquidation of Major Nitrate Trust
President Alessandri directs the liquidation of Cosach Nitrate Trust, a $375 million firm that ran the world’s largest nitrate plant. Major private owners are the Guggenheim interests in the United States, who reportedly agreed liquidation was necessary.
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Cosach Nitrate Combine
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High Tariff To Be Removed Or Farms Go
Nebraska farmers heard experts argue economic strain from high tariffs and war debts at Lincoln. Johnstown’s Christensen urged opening foreign markets, noting 18 percent of produce normally leaves the U.S. while seven percent now does. He warned foreign trade obstacles depress farm prices and hinder recovery.
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Chrisg L. Christensen
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Nebraska
Organized Agriculture
Lincoln
America
Christensen
United States
A. D. Weber
Kansas State Agricultural College
W. C. Fretz
Omaha
R. S. Hill
Turkey
Spiritual and recreational needs urged for Nebraska children
Mrs. Crala Clayton state child welfare director warns Lincoln and Nebraska towns lack youth programs. She says enrichment can be done cheaply and is vital to protect children during the depression. A survey shows only about half of children in 41 towns participated in Sunday schools. few towns have theaters or libraries.
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Crala Clayton
Clayton
Johnstown’s Windmill Town defiantly rebuilding after disaster
Johnstown Nebraska a 200 resident town on the sandhills features many windmills supplying power. It has no mayor a weekly paper since 1906 a 12 grade school a new auditorium and brick rebuilt Main Street after a 1920 fire. Despite the depression the town remains optimistic.
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Federal funds allocated for Nebraska Indians education health
The interior department appropriation bill before the House would grant Nebraska $176,350 for health and education of its Indians in the next fiscal year. Of this total $142,250 funds Genoa Indian School and $34,000 supports the Winnebago Indian Hospital. One hundred pupils have been cut from Genoa school rolls as the Indian bureau aims to place younger children in closer homes.
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Indian Bureau
State News Items of Interest
Benjamin McKeen 64 editor of the Coleridge Blade died in a Sioux City hospital. He previously published papers at Winside and Madison Neb. T W Bass last state treasurer report shows revenue funds at 2 501 001 versus 2 832 123 a month earlier. The general fund rose to 1 001 969 from 739 462. Large declines hit road funds and university cash funds. The state banking department said 104 607 was returned to depositors in 14 failed banks last month. Depositors at Farmers State Eagle received 1418 while Up land Banking Co. paid 15248. Dr Earl H Bell of the Nebraska U at Lincoln says Indians along the Platte valley 900 years ago farmed corn and tobacco and lived as sedentary farmers. With white man and horse arrival they became hunters, culture declined.
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Scottsbluff
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Public Health Reports Disease Trends in Nebraska
Dr. P. H. Bartholomew notes contagious diseases rise in Nebraska while tuberculosis drops from 17 to 7 cases this month. diphtheria, chicken pox, scarlet fever and small pox rise. Dr. George E. Condra discusses water conservation in the Platte valley, irrigation practices, and Pathfinder dam aiding North Platte valley storage and regional prosperity.
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Lower Platte
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Scottsbluff Country
Grand Island
Indian Flint Quarries at Nehawka Noted by Geologists
The Nehawka Enterprise reports two Nehawka hills yielded distinctive flint once used by Native Americans. Scientists say no other US flint matches this quality and artifacts have been found far away. Workmen may erase quarry depressions. a pollard dig found burned rock. Nearby, Lexington awaits a new $67,500 post office site with bids opened November 9.
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Redmen
United States
Lexington
Dismal Swamp Profile Reveals Vast Forest Legacy
A National Geographic report describes the Dismal Swamp on the Virginia North Carolina border as a wild, ghostly landscape linked to George Washington. It notes canals, juniper waters, logging rails, wildlife resurgence, and U.S. Army control improving access and safety.
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Lake Drummond
Washington
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White Marsh Road
Nansemond River
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England
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North Carolina
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