Economic Parley Near Collapse Amid Dollar Stabilization Fight
The wartime era conference teeters after Roosevelt rejects temporary dollar stabilization and gold bloc nations push for monetary unity. Hull argues to keep talks alive, but fear of a dead conference looms as key delegations threaten to return home. Only the wheat committee reports progress on acreage limits led by the United States Canada Australia and Argentina.
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London
Roosevelt
Hull
Georges Bonnet
Washington
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Poland
Switzerland
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Hitler Told to placate the church in Germany
President von Hindenburg urged Adolf Hitler to reconcile with the German Evangelical churches. He warned the church faced loss of inner liberty and asked Hitler to restore peace between church and state.
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Hitler
Berlin
Germany
von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Two Teens Sentenced to Hang for Murder of Invalid Woman
Amherst Nova Scotia reports Alvah Henwood and Trueman Smith both eighteen were sentenced to hang on September 11 for the murder of Mrs. Elmer Smith, an elderly invalid. Confessions in separate trials recount Smith striking the victim with a baseball bat and Henwood cutting her throat, with $130 taken from the house.
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Amherst, N. S
Alvah Henwood
Trueman Smith
Elmer Smith
Smith
Pitched Ball Claims Life of Jenkins Player in Kentucky League
Raymond Christopher of the Jenkins Kentucky Lonesome Pine Baseball League team died at his Jenkins home from a fractured skull after being struck by a pitched ball.
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St. Charles, Va
Raymond Christopher
Jenkins
Lonesome Pine
Former Dry Agent Slain in Omaha Bar Incident
Early Haning a former Omaha prohibition agent was shot three times through a window as he drank beer with friends. He died at a hospital from his injuries.
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Omaha
Early Haning
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Face Separation
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks announce that Pickfair is for sale and separation is contemplated. If a divorce occurs, grounds are incompatibility. The statement, written by Pickford and released through her representative Mark Larkin, marks a sorrowful end to their marriage after years together.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood
Mary
London
Miss Pickford
Pickfair
Mark Larkin
Fairbanks
Dry Goods Head Warns Against Kiting Prices
Lew Hahn, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association and member of the economic planning committee, said rapid price increases threaten the U S recovery. He urged retailers to resist unwarranted price hikes by manufacturers and warned it may mean several months of slim profits to secure longer term prosperity.
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New York
United States
Lew Hahn
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Secretary of
Commerce Roper
Uncle Sam Plans Action Against Racketeering Leaders
Justice Department aims to curb organized crime with initial moves to target gang leadership. Joseph B. Keenan of Cleveland, Brown and Harvard graduate, to lead efforts as assistant attorney general after approval from Postmaster General Farley, nominated by Attorney General Cummings.
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Sam
Washington
Justice Department
Joseph B. Keenan
Cleveland
Keenan
Brown
Harvard
Cummings
Farley
Bandits Hold 17 Captive at Wildwood Park Robbery
Seventeen people were held captive for half an hour as five bandits burst into Wildwood Amusement Park near St. Paul from their beds and forced the proprietors to open a safe containing 4000 dollars. The robbers escaped with the money.
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St. Paul
Wildwood Amusement Park
Here
Independence Day Death Toll Across New York
The fifteenth Independence Day in New York claimed 144 lives including 62 in automobile related incidents. Drownings numbered 46 and six died from fireworks accidents with 80 others killed by various accidental causes.
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New York
Assembly kills thirty hour work week bill in Madison
The legislature in Madison defeated the thirty hour work week bill with a 48 to 0 vote. The measure aimed to cap the work week at thirty hours, but failed to advance.
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Madison
Wig
Assembly
Nebraska Schools Weather Depression with Little Closings
The National Education Association reports Nebraska public schools fared better than most states in 1931‑32 to 1932‑33. No rural closures. shifts include salary cuts for teachers and reductions in staff. Omaha and Lincoln budgets, salaries, and staffing fell in the period, reflecting broader budget squeezes.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
National Education Association
Association
Omaha
Lincoln
Marriages Rise in Nebraska Outpace Nation
Nebraska leads the nation with a 6.6 percent rise in marriages while the U S rate declines to a record low 7.87 per 1000. Census notes prosperity boosts nuptials. overall U S marriages drop below one million for the first time in 21 years. Nebraska tops eight surrounding states in growth.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Union
United States
Iowa
Capitol Fund Ends Fiscal Biennium With Net $87,000 Balance
Nebraska's capitol fund shows a $187,000 cash balance on June 30, with $100,000 projected for contracts in progress. Net balance equals $87,000, plus an estimated $150,000 still due from 1932 and prior levies, potentially totaling $237,000. Legislature appropriated $200,000 for capitol landscaping and governor's mansion repairs. any excess over $200,000 goes to the general fund for state needs.
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Capitol Fund
State Capital
Nebraska
Capitol Commission
Nebraska Congressmen Born Outside State in 1900s Record
The Nebraska congressional delegation includes seven members with none born in Nebraska. Three are native Iowans: Edgar Howard from Osceola, John H. Morehead from Lucas County, and Terry Carpenter from Cedar Rapids. Senators Norris and Thompson were born in Ohio. Schallenberger and Burke were born in Illinois and South Dakota.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Congress
Edgar Howard
Osceola
John H. Morehead
Lucas County
Terry Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
George W. Norris
Willian H. Thompson
Ohio
Schallenberger and
Burke
Illinois
S. D
Grasshoppers invade fields in Cuming county survey finds surge
Clay M. Westcott, county extension agent, reports a survey showing grasshoppers infesting fields across Cuming county. The Shubert city jail is sold to a butcher as the city board deems it a needless expense. Local troublemakers will be housed in Falls City jail under new arrangements.
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Cuming
Clay M. Westcott
Shubert City
Falls City
Highway No 8 paving between Fremont and Winslow near completion
In a few weeks motorists will use the new 9 mile stretch of paving on Highway No 8 between Fremont and Winslow. Work except for shouldering has been finished and the last concrete was poured June 29. About three weeks will be required for drying.
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Highway No. 8
Fremont
Winslow
Admission prices set for Nebraska state fair fall
Secretary Perry Reed announced the Nebraska state fair will offer the lowest admission prices on record. General admission drops to 25 cents on opening day and after 6 30 p m on other days, with ordinary price at 50 cents. Grandstand tickets also reduced.
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Perry Reed
Fair to stage autumn rodeo with bucking horses
Hamilton County Fair association plans a daily fall rodeo at the fairgrounds. It marks the first such event with long horned steers and a carload of bucking horses. Winners will be selected from west riders in competitive riding.
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Hamilton County Fair Association
Omaha public works conference proposes $10 million in projects
At a chamber of commerce public works conference in Omaha nearly 100 people including city and county officials attended. The outlined local projects include river terminals highways river bridges sewers completing South High School new buildings and site for Omaha Municipal University airport improved housing a new city auditorium and a new city hall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Omaha Municipal University
City Auditorium
Crete Awards Sewer Plant Contract to Local Bidder
The City of Crete awarded the sewer disposal plant contract to John Kerst of Crete for 33070 dollars over Midstate Construction Co of Hastings whose bid was 47545 dollars. Fourteen firms attended the council meeting but did not bid, saying the engineer’s estimate was too low. Construction starts before July 1 and completes before November 1 in the southwest city area.
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Crete
John Kerst
Midstate Construction Co
Hastings
Corn borer fund tapped for grasshopper control
D F Felton director of agriculture said 6000 of a 10000 corn borer fund already spent on grasshopper poison and the fund must last two years. Field men report the worst grasshopper outbreak and farmers ready to fight. An additional car of poison bran was ordered to Hartington Cedar county. Brown Knox and Boyd counties requested more cars.
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D. F. Felton
Hartington
Cedar County
Brown County
Knox
Boyd
Seven Otoe rural districts avoid levy with healthy balances
Seven of Otoe county 88 rural districts have funds to cover expenses this year, with only 40 265 sought versus 53 650 in 1932. District treasurers hold 17 035, and the county board will set the levy in August. Salary cuts and tax shifts behind the savings amid statewide revenue concerns.
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Otoe County
Charles Speedie
Lincoln's 1933 June Sets Heat Records on Greasy Belt
Weather bureau records show June 1933 in Lincoln reached 107 degrees the hottest ever for June up from 106 in 1918 and an average of 80 degrees besting 79 in 1911. The month had 23 days above 90, surpassing 18 in 1911, but 100 degree days did not beat the 1911 peak.
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Lincoln
Weather Bureau
R F C to Loan 4 Million for Cotton to Russia
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation with Roosevelt and Woodin approval will loan about 4 million dollars to American exporters to finance sale of 60 000 to 80 000 bales of cotton for shipment to Russia. Amtorg Trading company notes secure the loan at 5 percent for one year with 30 percent paid on shipment. Most cotton to be shipped in July through brokers Anderson Clayton & Co and George H McFadden & Co. The move aims to enable further loans to procure agricultural implements in the U S.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Treasury
Woodin
Russia
Moley
M. Litvinov
London
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Texas
George H. McFadden & Co
Philadelphia
United States
Amtorg Corporation
Two Brothers Sentenced to Life for Bank Raids in Wisconsin
Theodore Rogers aged thirty of Coloma and Alfred Rogers twenty six admitted robbing the Doylestown State bank twice and killing assistant cashier Joseph Kirby. They were sentenced to combined terms including life for the murder and will serve at Waupun prison.
Plan Processing Tax on Hogs To Take Effect October 1
Washington reports a tentative processing tax on swine set to start October 1. The measure aims to raise as much as 150 million dollars to fund aid for corn and hog farmers. Secretary Wallace invites corn and hog producers to discuss applying the new farm act to production. The tax would be collected at packing houses and could be used as cash benefits for farmers who cut corn acreage.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Administration
Wallace
Thirteen Moros Killed in Patian Island Clash
Notification from the constabulary reports that thirteen Moro outlaws, members of the band that killed eight fishermen on June 28, were killed Saturday in a clash with local forces on Patian Island near Jolo in the southern archipelago.
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Manila
P. I
Patian
Jolo
Gangster Palumbo Escapes Westchester Prison a Second Time
Arthur Palumbo a Coll gangster escaped from the Westchester County prison after dieting to squeeze through a ventilator shaft. He had refused food for weeks lowering his weight from his usual 146 pounds to aid the escape during the health complaint period.
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East View
Arthur Palumbo
Westchester County
Palumbo
League Votes to Send Commission to Gran Chaco War
The League of Nations council voted unanimously to dispatch an international commission to the Gran Chaco region to settle the Bolivia Paraguay dispute. The action aims to establish terms and reduce conflict in the South American area.
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League
Chaco
Geneva
League of Nations’ Council
Gran Chaco
South America
Bolivia
Paraguay
Flatiron Building Sold in Foreclosure Auction
New York landmark the Flatiron building was sold at foreclosure. Edwin J. McDonald acted as auctioneer and The Equitable Life Assurance Society, the plaintiff in the suit, bid $100,000 to obtain the property.
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Flatiron
New York
Edwin J. McDonald
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Oklahoma's First Governor C N Haskell Dies
Oklahoma City report notes C N Haskell aged seventy one, recognized as the state's first governor and a longtime leader in Oklahoma politics, has died.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. N. Haskell
Freedom's Bird in Danger as Eagle Extermination Debate Rages
National Geographic Society report warns of the bald eagle's threatened extermination in Alaska and across the continent. It details the bird's size, habits, diet, and bold defense of nests, arguing man’s wasteful methods harm this emblem of the nation.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
America
Alaska
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