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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
2
Japan seeks China and Portugal consent to acquire the Macao seaport for 97.4 million dollars. The article notes Macao is 35 miles from Hong Kong across the Canton River mouth and cites observers linking the sale to Japan’s broader plans in China amid troop-massing rumors.
A quake disaster in Quetta Baluchistan India is reported to have killed about 30 000 people. The dead include 43 British Royal Air Force pilots at the main British base in the city. The loss of life is described as one of the great tragedies in years.
Gossip swirled over the prince of Wales companion in Paris until it emerged she is American former Mrs. Wally Simpson now countess of Garrick. Known in Philadelphia as Marion C Donaghue before marriage, she frequently danced with the prince and attracted attention.
Lincoln reinforces a $27 342 June grant as Nebraska extends the federal program to assist economically stranded farm families. L A White reports 2000 families aided and 192 chosen for on farmstead relocation, with 10 15 thousand Nebraskans needing help and eight new steads planned near Omaha Kearney Fairbury Grand Island Falls City Loup City Scottsbluff and South Sioux City.
Washington moves to reconstruct the NRA as a new entity while federal agents pursue $200,000 ransom bills tied to the Weyerhaeuser kidnapers. The Normandie arrives as the largest fastest liner in history, challenging Royal and Mussolini rivals. Danny Walsh, bootleg kingpin, is kidnapped and killed after a grisly cement-boat ransom ordeal.
Nebraska business leaders report minimal impact from the NRA abolition. In Omaha railroads and packing houses expect little wage or hour changes, Lincoln retailers foresee no broad wage cuts, and out-state merchants share the view. A May report cites improved crop prospects amid heavy rains delaying corn planting and saturating wheat.
At High Point North Carolina J R Riggs a middle aged filling station operator was found nailed to a rough wooden cross with tenpenny nails through each hand and foot. He said he engineered the crucifixion to reclaim his wife's affection and may survive the ordeal.
Lincoln reports that despite unfavorable corn planting conditions in most Nebraska areas over the past two weeks, experts say the 1935 crop is unlikely to be seriously damaged if Nebraska experiment station results are borne out over years. Time tests from April 25 to June 14 over 12 years show no clear superiority for any single planting date. Weather timing, rainfall, drought, hot winds, and growing season length largely determine yield.
Chicago arrest tied Volney Davis to the Bremer kidnapping. Upon arrival in St Paul he confessed complicity telling judges I knew I could not get away from the G men.
Advocates in Palestine argue land ownership secures prosperity under fair government. A fund aimed at more than five million dollars is being raised to support refugees from Germany through land ownership initiatives.
King George the seventh decades old reviewed troops in Irish Guards uniform at Buckingham Palace. He rode through cheering crowds accompanied by all four of his sons. The queen marked her sixty eighth birthday. A light remark notes that the husband should be a bit older than the wife.
Study from the University of Nebraska college of agriculture extension service shows 291 farming families averaged 1 045 dollars to run their homes for 365 days in 1934. The annual summary notes cooperation with agricultural agents and home makers in producing the home account.
A ten year old girl in Brooklyn won 30000 after paying 1 for a sweepstakes ticket. The piece notes the high odds against other players and mentions income tax as Uncle Sam’s share, urging tighter controls on gambling to curb the invasion.
The article stresses urgent national work outside NRA revised rulings, focusing on flood control and protection of the population. It notes about two hundred fifty killed in southwestern Nebraska from floods and a tornado, as reported by King Features Syndicate.
The article argues the Supreme Court is pushing a pattern that demands fact finding and specific powers for agencies like the NRA the I C C the AAA and the FTC. It notes the court wants detailed records decisions and an appeal for protest while avoiding behind the record scrutiny. It also weighs implications for the soldier bonus and political tactics around the Harrison compromise.
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