Nebraska Maps Show Progress In Paved Highways
State engineers publish a new map dated 1933 July 1 detailing 816 miles of modern concrete or brick highways and about 500 miles of bituminous surface. The yellow lines mark main routes including Lincoln highway, Roosevelt national highway, and others from Omaha to Beatrice Hastings McCook and beyond.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Roy Cochran
North Platte
Omaha
Sixeter
Hastings
Holdrego
McCook
Beatrice
Wahoo
Herman
Iowe
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Nebraska farmers to receive nearly thirty million in government payments
Nebraska will get about 29.13 million in 1932 33 corn hog payments with 23 percent of corn acreage and 14 percent of hogs under government contracts. About 90 000 contracts cover 84 000 farmers as 75 percent of the state corn acreage is signed. County quotas near completion and due to local committees within three weeks.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Board of Control
Genoa
Feeble Minded Institute
United States
Grand Island to auction 12090 horses from Chappell herd
Grand Island Live Stock Commission led by Jack Vorpey closes deal to sell 12 090 horses from Chappell Brothers Rockford Illinois herd. Auctions staged weekly from stockyards near South Dakota Wyoming and Montana ranges with 1200 to 1600 horses per sale through November. First sale June 14 and 15 at La Plante South Dakota and June 22 and 23 at Laramie Wyoming. Chappell herd pastures about 60 000 horses. Grand Island ranks among top US horse dealers.
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Grand Island
Grand Island Live Stock Commission Company
Jack Vorpey
Chappell Brothers
Rockford
Ill
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Torrey
la Plante
S. D
Laramie
Wyo
State Rep Warns Of Overstocked Cattle In Lincoln County
State Representative Elmer Barnes says moisture and pasture are satisfactory for a month but sandhill ranches are heavily overstocked with cattle. He estimates each rancher holds about a third more cattle than ideal and predicts little interstate shipping while feed is short. If June rains come, hay should recover.
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Lincoln
Cherry County
Elmer Barnes
Sandhill
Barnes
Nebraska state taxes rise as beer tax hits record
Nebraska's gasoline tax last month reached the highest total since October, while beer tax was the third highest on record behind only the first two months after the 3.2 beer became legal. Dairymen in Chicago area seek outside feed through Pure Milk association as a 200000 loan funds hay buying. Orders for 250 carloads of alfalfa hay from Kansas and Nebraska have pooled. Western Nebraska sees continued business improvement with rosy beet crop outlook. Dry weather psychology reduces sales in Omaha while collections stay higher than sales.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Pure Milk Association
Federal Farm Credit Administration
Don M. Geyer
Milk Association
Kansas
Geyer
Omaha
Ponca citizens donate 220 acre state park on Missouri River
Ponca area citizens donate a 220 acre park with a mile river frontage two miles north of Ponca. The park, heavily wooded with bluffs, is praised as the state’s finest scenic property as the American Legion post funds the purchase with over a thousand subscribers.
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Ponca
American Legion
Ponce
Nebraska’s 1933 death rate at 9.28 per thousand lowest since 1927
Dr. P H Bartholomew reports Nebraska’s 1933 death rate 9.28 per thousand, lowest since 1927’s 8.88, with heart disease leading, cancer second, and cerebral hemorrhage rising to a new high. Other causes include pneumonia, nephritis, diabetes, injuries, and infectious diseases with multiple death counts listed.
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P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Bartholomew
Textile Strike Averted in 400000 Cotton Textile Workers
General Johnson, NRA administrator, brokered a compromise ending a 400000 worker threat. The textile strike crisis subsided as Thomas F. McMahon and George Sloan signed the settlement. The accord allows 25 percent production curtailment while NRA studies wage increases and hours. Union gains include greater representation on key boards.
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Washington
Dugh
Johnson
NRA
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
George Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Industrial Relations Board
Cotton Textile Code Authority
NMA
Toledo
Ohio
Electric Auto-Lite Company
United Automotive Workers’ Union
Auto-Lite Council
Roosevelt Risks Not Taken by Lloyds in London
London insurers at Lloyds halted speculation on President Roosevelt after British Foreign Secretary John Simon requested to refuse Roosevelt risks. The move followed Washington’s protests via Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham and a Lloyds committee pledge not to insure potential death or assassination scenarios.
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London
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Daily Mail
Lloyds
Washington
Robert Worth Bingham
John Simon
Lloyds Committee
Nudist King Arrested After Appeal Denied
Kalamazoo dancing master Fred King, convicted on indecent exposure from a Labor Day 1933 raid on his nudist camp, had his appeal denied by the Michigan Supreme Court and was ordered arrested to serve a $300 fine and 60 day term. Mrs Ring, whose case was delayed, was ordered to trial at the June term.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Fred King
Michigan Supreme Court
Ring
Procter Estate Valued at 4.22 Million in Ohio Probate
An inventory filed with the Probate court lists Col. William Cooper Procter estate at 4,217,484 dollars. Procter chairman of Procter & Gamble died May 2 and left most of his fortune to his widow.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Cooper Procter
Procter & Gamble Company
Procter
Cataract Removed From King of Siam
The Sketch reports King Prajadhipok of Siam underwent successful cataract removal from an eye in London England. The operation spotlights Siamese monarch recovering amid attention from medical staff and royal observers.
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Siam
London
England
Prajadhipok of
Marie Curie Stricken by Grippe in Paris Lab
Mme. Curie, 66, suffers grippe symptoms from overwork in her radium laboratory. Associates say the condition is not grave, but she is confined to bed under physician care in Paris.
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Mme. Curie
Paris
Mme
Marie Curie
Rolph Dies Poor Man After Fortune Lost in San Francisco
Former California Governor James Rolph Jr died in San Francisco declared a poor man despite a fortune estimated at about 3 million dollars. His will shows the rise and fall of his wealth and the final disposition of his estate.
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Rolph
San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
New morning dress pattern offers versatile design options
Pattern 1782 provides a flexible frock that can be made in printed wash silk or pale fabric colors. It features wing sleeve styling and adapts to various fabrics and colors to suit morning or afternoon wear. Sizes 14 through 44 include step by step instructions. send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 248 West Seventeenth Street, New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Neighbor’s dress seen on neighbor as a prank
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes a wife finds a dress worn by Mrs DeSnab next door and jokes about copying it by having the neighbor wear it while doing laundry to embarrass the snooty wearer.
Question of Privilege Sparks Private Clash in Meeting
Hewitt opposes women in clubs and parliamentary learning saying his wife knows too much. Jewett pushes for discussion as Hewitt claims his spouse should refrain from rising to a personal privilege question about the fire.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Doctor Says Pneumonia Diagnosis Risky
A medical record quotes a doctor asserting confidence in pneumonia treatment while noting patient death risk. The exchange presents a stark contrast between diagnosis certainty and fatal outcome.
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State Historical Society Museum
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Hill
Franklin
Franklin County
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Bloomington
Red Cloud
Cambridge
F. W. Cornell
Federal
Cornell
W. C. Procter
OUR Comic
Little
Peter
Oo Gross
Western Newspaper Union
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Finney
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