Richberg Leads Three-Job New Deal Coordination Role
Washington dispatch notes Donald Randall Richberg, formerly NRA general counsel, now heads a three‑title burden coordinating industrial relief agencies. He directs the Industrial Emergency Committee, serves as executive director of the National Emergency Council, and is executive secretary of the Emergency Council, with Interior Secretary Ickes and others under him. The panel will advise the President on relief, public works, labor disputes and industrial recovery and coordinate joint agency actions.
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Washington
Donald Randall Stichberg
Roosevelt
NRA
PWA
Emergency Relief Administration
Richberg
New Industrial Emergency Committee
National Emergency Council
New Deal
Executive Council
Industrial Committee
Interior
Ickes
Labor
Perkins
Johnson
Hopkins
Michigan Slayer Pleads Guilty to Four Murders
A. A. Woods, 53, pleaded guilty in East Tawns Circuit Court to four counts of first degree murder for shooting four people at a party at his son in law Arthur Janson’s home. Judge Dehnke will hear testimony on two other killings including Sheriff Miller and Dr. Somers. Woods said he acted to protect his grandchildren.
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East Tawns
Mich
A. A. Woods
Herman Dehnke
Lloyd Hayes
Charles C. Miller
Stanley E. Somers
Woods
Arthur Janson
Aviator Jailed After Flying Low Over City
New York eight year old Alexander Loeb was grounded 30 days in a cell after Magistrate Anthony Burke fined him 50 dollars for flying low over Riverside Drive. Police pursued the aircraft and citizens called in fearing a crash. the magistrate warned against risk to life and ordered discipline.
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New York
Alexander Loeb
Anthony Burke
Loeb
Riverside Drive
Burke
Shoemaker Wins Stay of Sentence in Auto Crash Case
Minneapolis congressman Francis H. Shoemaker secures a second stay of his sentence to pay a $75 fine or serve 30 days in the workhouse after his attorney argued he had no money to pay.
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Minneapolis
Francis H. Shoemaker
Dutch Prince Consort Henry Dies Suddenly
Prince consort Henry of the Netherlands dies in The Hague at age 58 from heart disease. He had been ill for several days and showed improvement before collapsing before Queen Wilhelmina could reach him.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Henry
Prince Consort
Wilhelmina
Plane crash in Browerville kills two men and injures pilot
In Browerville Minnesota a small plane crash killed two men and left the pilot seriously injured. Investigators surveyed the wreckage and began inquiries into the incident.
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Browerville
Minn
Murderer of Gentry Confesses Slaying at Jefferson
Carl Church alias George King confessed to killing Earl B Gentry, former bodyguard to D C Stephenson, after being arrested near Fort Atchison. Carrie Gill, 59, widow, admits plotting with Church and paid 60 for the murder, says District Attorney Harold M. Dakin. Gill claims Gentry had terrorized her for two years and attacked her. Probst aided in removing the body.
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Lange
Carrie Gill
Church
Gentry
Harold M. Dakin
Mrs. Gill
Probst
Dakin
Earl B. Gentry
Earl Gentry
George King
Ferdinand Probst
Earl
Dedicate Capitol September Third Set for Lincoln
Lincoln schedule for the formal dedication of Nebraska's capitol on Labor Day September 3. Gov Bryan announced the plan, aiming to host midwestern governors and other officials with a ceremonial on the north entrance terrace.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Bryan
Wind Whirls Haystack on Power Line
A haystack on farmer F. M. Kreisinger’s field was blown into a high tension wire by wind. The stack burst into flames and burned, spreading to a barley field owned by John Martin and destroying both fields.
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Smithburg
F. M. Kreisinger
John Martin
Argue Over Last Drink Ends in Death and Stabbing
In Ottawa Illinois an argument over the last drink of whisky led to the death of John Benik age 67 and a serious stabbing of John Veich, age unknown, by a man named George Schmagein 38 who was arrested by Sheriff E Welter.
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Ottawa
John Benik
John Veich
George Schmagein
E. J. Welter
Pershing Leads US French March in Paris Fourth of July
Gen. John J. Pershing in white hair and erect bearing heads a parade in Paris at the head of American and French dignitaries and veterans celebrating July 4. The march follows both the Star and Stripes and the tri color through the city streets.
Naval Officers Killed In Manila Auto Crash
Lieut. Frank Roschach Jr. was killed and two other naval officers were injured when their car collided with a parked truck in Manila. Rescue and investigation followed the fatal accident.
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Manila
P. I
Lieut
Frank Roschach, Jr
Corn Progress Boosts Nebraska Crops in June Survey
The June survey by N. E. Kerns, Burl ing ton division freight agent, notes good corn strides in south eastern and central Nebraska with 77 percent of normal yield potential. Weather hews moisture shortage, though, and final outcomes hinge on soaking rain. wheat harvest not yet averaged. Average 15 day rainfall across divisions is about 1.40 inches.
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Omaha
Nebraska
N. E. Kerns
Lincoln
Burlington Railroad
Wymore
Burlington
Kerns
Gas Tax Fund Divided Among Nebraska Counties
State Treasurer Hall distributes July gasoline tax allotments totaling 296070.84 dollars to Nebraska counties from June net receipts of 789522 dollars, the largest distribution on record. July 1 1933 payouts from June gas tax proceeds amounted to 291357 dollars.
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Lincoln
Hall
Nebraska
Nebraska State News Highlights Local Deals and Digs
Articles of incorporation set up two firms with ten thousand dollars capital each. Twenty four bar admitted to practice by Nebraska Supreme Court. Fossil bed found near Bridgeport as gravel is pumped. Missouri river project funding urged to avoid halt. County assessments show mixed changes in real and intangible property. Peru to open Bank of Peru with twenty five thousand dollars capital. Pig crop declines attributed to AAA and weather. price outlook cited.
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Bar
State Bar Commission
The
Supreme Court
Goss
Bar Commission
Peru
State Banking Department
Bank of Peru
Citizens State Bank
Assayers' Gold and Silver Findings From Blue River Sand
Report on gold bearing sand from the Blue river bottom near Leroy shows three tests by different assayers. One finds 35 cents per ton, another $7 per ton with $4 per ton in silver, while a third finds no precious metals. Further tests planned.
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Blue River
Leroy
Cattle Shipments Peak to Omaha Stock Yards
Dr. W. C. Herrold of the government animal husbandry bureau says daily cattle shipments from Minnesota and South Dakota grouth areas may begin at the Omaha stock yards for an indefinite period. Eighty one carloads are planned, with a 32 carload shipment already arriving, totaling 808 cattle and 468 calves among recent consignments.
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W. C. Herrold
Government Animal Husbandry Bureau
Grouth
Minnesota
South Dakota
Omaha
Nebraska Tri county project stalled awaiting PWA action
Public works officials said no action had been taken for approval of the Tri county power and irrigation project in Nebraska by the PWA board of review. Senator Norris has departed for Wisconsin to campaign this fall for his state legislature proposal. Norris' office said no changes in the project status. sponsors of Sutherland and North Loup await PWA action with Sutherland bond contract still delayed and North Loup engineer Dunmire conferring in Washington.
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Public Works
Tri-county
Nebraska
PWA Board of Review
Norris
Wisconsin
Public Works Administration
Sutherland
North Loup
Public Works Legal
Herg Dunmire
Washington
Quotas Set for Southerland Project Labor
Officials outline a $7.5 million Southerland power and irrigation project plan to divide labor quotas by five affected counties. North Platte directors met with F. W. Cornell who said quotas use active unemployment data. Unemployed totals for Lincoln 1720 Buffalo 1487 Dawson 1260 Hall 1163 Keith 300.
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Southerland Power and Irrigation
North Platte
F. W. Cornell
Lincoln
Buffalo
Dawson
Hall
Keith
Early English Rail Idea Sparks First Railroad
An Englishman in the seventeenth century improved cart travel by laying parallel wooden rails on ties from a coal mine to tidewater. This led to the earliest concept of a railroad long before steam locomotives.
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Rome
Darius
Alexander the Great
Tidewater
Bear Feeding Habits Highlight Grizzly Storage
Grizzly bears store food by caching fish or hiding carcasses for later, a behavior not practiced by black bears. This distinction in feeding habits underscores differing foraging strategies between the two species.
Kangaroo Mice A Small Jumping North American Rodent
The jumping mice resemble kangaroos in form and locomotion. Their bodies measure about three inches with a five inch tail, and they can leap eight to fifteen feet. They are nocturnal and feed mainly on seeds in fields and forests.
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North America
Gold Extraction Methods and Plating Process
The text explains placer mining where gold separates from gravel as the heaviest metal. Water suspends material while heavy gold sinks. mercury is used to catch fine particles due to its affinity for gold. Gold plating forms when current passes through a gold salt solution with a gold anode and the item to be plated as the cathode.
Sweet Gum Tree Dignity Shifts Southward
A passage notes that sweet gum trees on rich river lands near Boone, Kentucky were once tall and dignified. Nature Magazine now reports the trees reach great size mainly in forests further south, indicating a geographic shift in their growth.
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Boone
Kentucky
Nature Magazine
Vienna’s Iron Man statue Leads May Day Parade
Vienna, famed as Central Europe’s gay capital, venerates the Rathaus iron man statue which comes to life each May Day and leads the town parade through main streets, a tradition observed for many years.
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Vienna
Europe
History of the U S flag growth to 48 stars
The article recounts how Kentucky and Vermont joined in 1794, boosting stars to 15 and rows of five. It explains the 1818 act restoring stripes and adding a star for each new state, resulting in the flag with 48 stars reflecting the current unions.
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Kentucky
Vermont
Congress
Early French Named the Prairies in Mississippi Valley
The name prairies was first given by early French explorers to the north part of the Mississippi Valley due to a vast fertile plain. The French word comes from a Latin term meaning meadow.
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Prairies
Mississippi Valley
Prehistoric Factory Found in Alaska Scientist States
A scientist reports discovery of a prehistoric factory in Alaska. Whalebone weapons were found on Unimak Island near a volcanic lake with one end boiling and the other freezing, suggesting a unique landscape.
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Alaska
Unimak Island
Afghanistan Imposes Six Year Prison Term For Liquor Offenses
Afghanistan asserts a strict prohibition law claiming six year imprisonment for anyone found with liquor on their property or in their person, representing one of the harshest penalties worldwide.
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Afghanistan
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