Nebraska road program reviewed in biennial report
State Engineer Roy Cochran presented a biennial review showing Nebraska spent 66,459,035 on state highway improvements since World War I, with federal aid covering 30,791,627 and state funds 32,338,583. The 1931-32 peak included 10,888,458 in 1931 and 7,871,958 in 1932, yielding miles of paved, bituminous mat, gravel and other roads and marking Cochran’s 15 years tenure with the highway department.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Roy Cochran
Bryan
Nebraska Exhibit at Chicago Expo Heads Toward Funding Debate
The Lincoln Nebraska century of progress exposition board charged with arranging the state display met recently. The governor recommends 40000 dollars in state funds for the Nebraska exhibit matched by an equal amount from public subscriptions. George Jackson says funds should not be allotted until the legislature appropriates 160000 dollars to cover deficits of the state fair and 1933 exposition requirements.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
George Jackson
Lincoln Health Chief Reports Influenza Epidemic in Nebraska
State health director Dr. P. H. Bartholomew said more than 1,300 influenza cases were reported last month in Nebraska, estimating only about 10 percent are reported due to many patients not seeing physicians. He warned the illness is widespread yet not general and stressed bed rest and isolation during active symptoms. He also noted most principal contagious diseases were below normal for the year.
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University of Nebraska
Lincoln
P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Barthlomew
Use Nebraska Beet Sugar urged in Scottsbluff Nebraska
Nebraska housewives were urged to use Nebraska grown beet sugar by the non stock sugar beet Growers association. Members expressed resentment at cane sugar use in the eastern part of the state and supported the Use Nebraska Beet Sugar campaign. S. K. Warrick of Scottsbluff proposed a complete union of growers.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Interesting wildlife visits and predators in Aurora area
Businessmen in Aurora were surprised by a cock pheasant strolling on the courthouse lawn. Children rode the bird briefly before it wandered off to the open country. A coyote roundup near Gordon failed to trap enough quarry as many coyotes escaped. Ranchers in the sandhill country report severe depredations with chickens worth hundreds of dollars lost to the predators.
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Aurora
Gordon
Sandhill Country
Madison County Commissioners Reduce Budget by 27200
Madison county commissioners cut the next year budget to 167800 from 195100, trimming bridge and road funds while boosting the pauper fund by 10000. Mileage allowances drop from 10 to 6 cents per mile.
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Madison County
Madison
University of Nebraska Expenditures for Year Ending 1932
The University of Nebraska reported total disbursements of 3.9189 million for the year ending June 30, 1932. Endowment funds on hand totaled 401,568 and various cash funds stood at 207,364. Expenditures included 2,291,542 from tax money, 1,331,912 from cash funds and 295,475 from federal funds.
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University of Nebraska
Railway Commission approves and denies local telephone actions
The state railway commission granted Leigh Independent Telephone a 25 cent monthly rate cut and a $1 annual decrease for farm line switching. It denied Central Nebraska Telephone’s bid to discontinue the Palisade to Hamlet toll line, ruling it essential for inter city service.
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The
State Railway Commission
Leigh Independent Telephone Company
Central Nebraska Telephone Company
Palisade
Hamlet
Stockyards Receive More Livestock by Truck in 1932
Figures prepared by the Journal-Stockman show Omaha stock yards received more trucked-in livestock in 1932 despite an overall receipts drop of 2,000,000 head. Trucked-in hogs rose 128,407 while cattle up 50,797 though total receipts fell 236,875. Sheep shipments fell 116,696.
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Omaha
The
Journal-Stockman
Water supply strains hit state hospitals under budget
Harry S. Thorpe, chairman of the board of control, warned that water supply represents the toughest challenge in Governor Bryan’s budget. He noted efforts to add water at the Norfolk state hospital due to rising demand and cited dwindling and increasingly salty supply at the Lincoln state hospital.
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Harry S. Thorpe
Board of Control
Bryan
Norfolk State Hospital
Lincoln State Hospital
Beet Sugar Factory Ends 1932 33 Campaign at Grand Island
The American Beet Sugar company concluded its 1932-33 campaign at Grand Island with about 72 000 tons of beets processed. At one time the plant employed nearly 300 workers, but current staffing is down to about twenty five or thirty as operations wind down. The factory completed sacking duties and finished curing.
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American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Island
Altho
Burwell and Garfield County End Year With Surplus Road Funds
At 1932 year end Burwell and Garfield County report no debt and no unpaid warrants. Roads are in good condition with rebuilt Willow Springs bridge and Loup river bridge, plus a permanent bridge on highway 11 north of town. All three road drag funds show a surplus after a 1927 indebtedness of 65 thousand dollars.
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Burwell
Garfieid
Willow Springs
Loup River Bridge
Fullerton Tops Nebraska County Seat Property Taxes
The state tax commissioner's annual report shows Fullerton has the highest property tax rate among Nebraska county seats at 51.81 per 1000, with 2.37 state, 2.21 county, 23.96 school, and 23.27 city tax portions. Other high-tax towns include North Platte 50.75, Scottsbluff 50.60, Chadron 50, while Bassett is lowest at 16.07. Harrisburg 17.57, Thedford 19.18, Burwell 19.87. Omaha 32.58, Lincoln 27.82, Grand Island 36.14, Beatrice 38.23, Madison 28.75.
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Fullerton
Nebraska
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Bassett
Harrisburg
Thedford
Burwell
Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
Beatrice
Madison
1932 Property Assessment Cost Reported by State Tax Commissioner
State Tax Commissioner Smith released the annual report showing 1932 property assessment costs at 409,825.03 dollars, down from 427,886.59 dollars in 1931. He distributed printed copies of the report to legislators.
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Smith
Prairie chickens rebound around Chambers this winter
Ranchers report prairie chickens, once nearly wiped out, are more numerous around Chambers this winter than last year. Hunters are giving the wild birds a fair chance to increase and again cover the prairies.
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Chambers
Vast 1932 Engineering Boom Across Dams Bridges and Canals
A National Geographic Society bulletin highlights major 1932 feats in dam building power generation and transport. It notes the Dneprostroy dam on the Dnieper in the Soviet Union, Bahia’s large hydro plant, the Eagle Pass canal and Beauharnois canal in North America, the Hoover dam site diversion, the Moselle canal in France, and U S highway and rail developments. It also covers the Jersey City Newark viaduct, other bridges, and extensive land reclamation in the Netherlands and Pontine marshes in Italy.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Dneprostroy
Dnieper
Dnepr
Russian Soviet Union
Black Sea
Muscle Shoals
Bahia
Brazil
Sao Salvador
North American
United States
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Texas
Beauharnois
Canada
Lake St. Francis
Lake St. Louis
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Colorado
Hoover Dam
Arizona
Nevada
Europe
Moselle
Rhine
France
Metz
Thionville
Chicago
New Orleans
Africa
Nimule
Juba
Nile
Italy
Genoa
Milan
Turin
Mount Vernon Memorial
New Zealand
New York
Wilmington
Jersey City-Newark
New York City
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Rogue River
Gold Beach
Ore
Netherlands
Zuiderzee
Pontine
Rome
Captain Jack Reed Emerges as UC Basketball Linchpin
CAPT. JACK REED is highlighted as one of the Pacific coast’s top players. The tall lanky forward leads the University of California team as captain, showcasing his notable skills and leadership.
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Pacific Coast
Jack Reed
University of California
Canned Brown Bread Replaces Hardtack for Forest Rangers
Missoula Montana officials announce that forest service rations nationwide will drop hardtack in favor of canned brown bread. The army cake will be replaced to boost calories, and the bread can will double as a coffee pot after contents are removed. Each pack includes hash pork and beans roast beef fruit coffee and two bars of candy.
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Missoula
Mont
Uncle Sam
Forest Service
United States
Hawaii
Rangers
Two Colored Mum Emerges in California Garden
Mrs. Raymond Johnson’s garden yields a two toned chrysanthemum split exactly in half with bronze on one side and yellow on the other.
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Martinez, Calif
Raymond Johnson
Women Name Twelve Great Leaders of the Last Century
A nationwide two month poll in New York selected twelve women as history’s greatest leaders born in the last century. Mary Baker Eddy led with 102,762 votes, followed by Jane Addams and Clara Barton. other top picks include Frances Willard Susan B. Anthony Helen Keller Harriet Beecher Stowe Julia Ward Howe Carrie Chapman Catt Amelia Earhart Mary Lyon and Mary E. Woolley. Frieze portraits will appear at the Chicago World’s Fair Social Science Building.
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New York
Vanderbilt Hotel
Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Frances E. Willard
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Susan B. Anthony
Helen Keller
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Julia Ward Howe
Carrie Chapman Catt
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke College
Mary E. Woolley
Social Science
Golfer Liable When Ball He Drives Injures Boy
New York appellate division upholds a Brooklyn Supreme Court decision finding golfer Tennis S. Fiero responsible for a ball he drove that struck John Clifford Simpson, an eleven year old caddie, at Pocatello Country Club in Middletown. The court noted a caddy watching for a ball is the caddy, but since Simpson caddied for another player, the golfer bears responsibility.
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New York
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Tennis S. Fiero
John Clifford Simpson
Pocatello Country Club
Middletown
N. Y
Fiero
Young Simpson
Fiera
Letter Found After 16 Years Reaches Maine Recipient
A letter written 16 years ago by a Harlingen boy to a friend in Maine arrived at its destination not by mail but from a coat donated to a local welfare group. Reverend Francis M. Sander discovered the note and mailed it to Roy Stanhope, now living in Lowell Massachusetts after moving from Calais Maine.
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Harlingen
Texas
Maine
Francis M. Sander
Harlingen Welfare
Roy Stanhope
Calais
Lowell
Mass
Farmer Unearths Wallet Lost Two Years After
In North Falmouth Massachusetts Anthony Ferreira found a wallet in a cornfield while removing stubble. Inside were sixteen dollars, mud crusted but intact. he exchanged the bills for replacements.
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Falmouth
Mass
Anthony Ferreira
Ferreira
Nations Off Gold Standard Count Grows Worldwide
The Department of Commerce lists 33 countries officially off the gold standard and 11 more practically in the same category. Britain’s deflection is seen as a key factor affecting others as Denmark to Canada are named among those officially off.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom
Spain
Japan
British India
Straits Settlements
Siam
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Mexico
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Australia
New Zealand
Egypt
Palestine
Rhodesia
Nyassaland
Mozambique
Canada
Austria
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Estonia
Latvia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Man Abandons Farm to Pitch Horseshoes
Frank Jackson, Lamont, Towa, state horseshoe champion and former national titleholder, sold his 160 acre farm near here to focus on pitching horseshoes after saying he can earn more money doing so than farming.
Frontier Heroines Hannah Dustin and Mad Anne Bailey
In 1697 Hannah Dustin earned renown for a brutal act of scalping revenge after her capture at Haverhill Massachusetts. The article recounts her use of a Native boy Samuel Leonardson to kill ten attackers and escape down the Merrimack to safety with her family. It also tells of Mad Anne Bailey born in Liverpool and famed for disguising as a man to aid frontier settlers, notably at Fort Lee in 1792, with a bronze marker now honoring her in Virginia.
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Hannah Dustin
Haverhill
Mass
Thomas Dustin
Hannah
Thomas
Mary Neff
Dustin Island
Merrimac River
Concord
N. H
Samuel Leonardson
Worcester
Samuel
Mrs. Neff
Merrimac
Virginia
Anne Bailey
Anne Trotter
Point Pleasant
Liverpool
England
Staunton
Anne
Covington Mountain
Alleheny County
Fort Lee
Charleston
W. Va
Fort Union
Lewisburg
John Bailey
Hot Springs
Covington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Anne” Bailey
Western Newspaper Union
Mystery City Emrys Said Hidden Near Snowdon
Pearson's Weekly reports a British mystery city called Emrys linked to Celtic lore. Tales place it near Snowdon or on the Panting Cliff with three surrounding walls and a hundred towers, where Druid alchemists and dragons once stirred legends.
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Britain
Pearson’s Weekly
Emrys
Snowdon
Lleyn
Mona
Anglesey
Broich Y Ddinus
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Louise M. Comstock
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
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West 10Th St
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