Death of Speaker Burns Shocks Capitol League Leaders
Washington mourns the sudden death of Speaker Joseph W. Burns a Tennessee congressman long associated with the Hermitage district and a veteran head of the appropriation committee. The late lawmaker born 1869 in Robertson county built a 25 year career, led the Democratic congressional campaign, and presided as party floor leader. The report also notes labor and rural craft concerns and a New Deal study on urban to rural migration patterns and housing planning.
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Washington
Joseph W. Burns
House
Burns
Pivotal
Appropriations Committee
National Democratic Congressional
Cedar Hill
Robertson County
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Byrns
Congress
John Wesley Gaines
National House
New Deal
America
Cincinnati
Cambridge
Mass
Ann Arbor
Mich
United States
England
Holland
Germany
France
Supreme Court swing fuels labor push for constitutional amendment
Organized labor seized on the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 denial of states rights to fix minimum wages and hours for women and children to press for a constitutional amendment granting Congress power over industry. William Green and AFL leaders said the minority opinion supported their demand as the court delivered its fourth major blow to labor in a year.
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Organized Labor
Supreme Court
Congress
American Federation of Labor
William Green
NRA
New York
Roosevelt
Plan for garden homes outside cities outlined by FHA chief
Stewart McDonald federal housing administrator outlined a new administration housing program. It envisions moving industrial workers to acre to two acre plots several miles from city limits with banks financing mortgages via expanded FHA insurance. President Roosevelt voiced enthusiasm for the plan.
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Administration
Stewart McDonald
Roosevelt
McDonald
FHA
Vision for Taxpayer Savings Through County Study
Dr John P Senning chair University of Nebraska outlines a PWA study of 20 counties to speed loans to failed banks and improve tax collection. WPA workers review records from 1918 through 1935 to map revenues costs and funding methods for county government services.
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Lincoln
PWA
John P. Senning
University of Nebraska
Senning
WPA
Nebraska Receives Federal Farm to Market Road Funds
Cartwright announces federal allocations under the Hayden Cartwright bill totaling 461 million dollars for highways. Nebraska’s share includes 2,581,663 for federal state highways, 520,000 for farm to market roads, and 890,000 for grade crossing elimination with required local matching. Local entities must match funds to access the 520,000 farm to market allotment.
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Washington, D. C
Cartwright
D.-Okla
House
White House
Nebraska
Washington
RFC Aims to Speed Loans for Nebraska Bank Liquidation
Nebraska banking superintendent RFC loan plan seeks Washington approval of contract form to meet state laws. If approved the RFC would lend receivers the full market value of assets in about 120 banks, then receivers auction equity, collect stockholder liabilities, and close the receiverships.
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RFC
Lincoln
Ben N. Saunders
H. S. Daniel
Omaha
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nebraska
Washington
Valuations Rise Slightly Across Nebraska in 1935
State Tax Commissioner W H Smith predicted modest increases in assessed valuations in 93 Nebraska counties for 1935 marking the first rise since 1930. Higher values are expected in grains and livestock amid higher market prices as boards of equalization prepare valuation schedules. Farm lands lead at 56 percent of total valuations with town lots and personal property each at 22 percent. The 1935 statewide valuation totaled 2 030243533 million, down 34.55 percent from 1930.
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Lincoln
W. H. Smith
Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
May Auto Death Toll Tops 27 for 1936
Unofficial May figures show 27 people died in automobile accidents in Lincoln-More, the highest monthly total for the year so far. The May toll lifts 1936 fatalities to 91 since January 1, surpassing April’s 19, with no 1935 comparison available.
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Lincoln
Nebraska ROTC to add field artillery and engineering units
Col. W. H. Oury announced the University of Nebraska ROTC will add field artillery and engineering units this fall, boosting the military payroll by about 3000 dollars monthly. Two officers and two enlisted men arrived to set up the new battalions, with facilities planned at the agricultural college for artillery equipment.
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W. H. Oury
University of Nebraska
Agricultural College
William Grove
Fort Bragg
S. C
Artillery
Chester C. Hough
Ft. Logan
Colo
WPA to Extend Aid for Flooded Roads in Nebraska Valley
D F Felton says WPA funds will back repairs to county roads and bridges in the Republican river valley after a conference with Gov Cochran. Engineers will survey Dundy and Hitchcock counties early next week to determine damage and program viability. M B Jenkins outlines a WPA forestry plan to plant 700 trees around each Nebraska country schoolhouse, covering 6133 sites, needing about 3 acres per site at a total investment near 100000 dollars with projected large returns.
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D. F. Felton
R. L. Cochran
WPA
Republican River Valley
Cochran
Felton
Dundy
Hitchcock
M. B. Jenkins
Jenkin
Nebraska
Jenkins
Cedar Rapids State Bank Receives Charter
Ben N. Saunders announced a charter grant for the Cedar Rapids State Bank replacing the Cedar Rapids Co-Operative Credit association. G. M. Cox, former credit association president, is president with George B. Miles as cashier. The bank organized with 10000 capital and 2500 surplus under a 1935 act easing capital rules.
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Ben N. Saunders
Cedar Rapids State Bank
Cedar Rapids Co-Operative Credit Association
G. M. Cox
Credit Association
George B. Miles
Land value climbs at Waco area auction bid
Louie Sicker bid 136.50 per acre for 80 acres southeast of Waco at a referee sale. Earlier bid 24 was rejected by the court. The new high bid tops York county in years. Capt. H B Loper said Woods Brothers Lincoln bid about 550000 for a Missouri river channel project between Decatur and Louisville bends. Nine firms bid. total project cost about 900000 with up to 300 workers.
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Waco
Louie Sicker
York County
H. B. Loper
Army River
Omaha
Woods Brothers Construction Company
Lincoln
Decatur
Louisville
Capt. Loper
Relief rolls shrink in May as 5,000 drop off
New figures from the NERA show 44,512 persons on relief as of May 21, down from 48,671 earlier in the month. The data indicate 8,614 unemployed family heads and 4,822 non employable cases statewide amid the spring relief caseload decline.
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Norman A. Durfee
NERA
Ranchers Vote to Consider New Deal Plan at Gordon Meeting
In Gordon a soil conservation meeting voted 34 to 26 to study the New Deal agricultural program and draft adaptation plans for range cattle. Ranchers at Alliance and Ogal lala rejected the federal program, while large Sand Hills stockmen opposed it but were outvoted by smaller stockmen and farmers. A committee was named to submit a plan.
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Gordon
Ogallala
Alliance
Sandhills
One Big Shot Convicted In A World Of Amusing Justice
A Brisbane Weekly column reflects on justice in America noting the Dewey led conviction of Charles Luciano and eight associates on 62 counts with potential long sentences. It contrasts tax Evasion prosecutions with crimes against society and muses on progress and past laughs at bold predictions.
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Dewey
Supreme Justice
McCook
New York City
Charles
Lucky
Luciano
General Badoglio Leads Ethiopian Victory Parade
General Badoglio, dispatched by Mussolini to seize Ethiopia, celebrated in Rome as viceroy of Ethiopia. He led troops under a victory arch to the tomb of the unknown soldier after a swift conquest, with Mussolini and the king present.
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Badoglio
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Constantine
Storms bring fatal harm across Oklahoma and Kansas
The report notes deadly storms including tornadoes floods and lightning in Oklahoma and Kansas with crops ruined by hail and houses toppled by twisters. It recalls Jamalul Kiram on Jolo a former sultan as US religion policy is discussed. The Black Legion issues restrictive recruitment and Protestants denounce the phrase God Almighty as blasphemous.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Sulu
Jolo
Jamalul Kiram
Jamalul
United States
Black Legion
Hoare Returns to Cabinet Amid Italy Crisis
Sir Samuel Hoare reenters the British cabinet as the king appoints him again. The move suggests the League of Nations sanctions against Mussolini may be abandoned, reflecting skepticism about coercing Mussolini.
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Sir Samuel Hoare
Mediterranean
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Mussolini
Made in Britain and England push spurs American buyers
The piece notes American eagerness for foreign goods, especially from Britain, with British ads declaring Made in Great Britain and English urging Buy British. It contrasts American pride in items labeled Made in England or Made in France, reflecting consumer bias toward imported brands.
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Great Britain
England
France
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Shirred Sleeves Frock With Contrasting Cuffs Pattern
Feminine dress features shirred sleeves and wide cuffs with a bow neckline. The lightweight frock is shown in dotted swiss batiste or voile and is easy to make with two pleats and front skirt stitching. Barbara Bell Pattern 1846-B sized 12 14 16 18 20 with busts 30 to 38 inches. order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept 367 W Adams St Chicago for 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Too Mean or To Mean Jones-My Wife Talks Positively Awful
Smith shares a quip about marriage and speech patterns. Jones counters with a wry remark about one’s partner and tone. The exchange uses playful contrast to explore cordial complaints in relationships.
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Jones
Smith
Parlor Trio Loses Light After Pair’s Embrace
In the parlor three figures are present the woman the table lamp and the man. After a moment of closeness the lamp goes out suggesting an intimate turn.
Can't Part With Em Madcap Fruit Banter
A lighthearted dialogue about oranges features one speaker praising prized fruit as the best in years while another asks for copies of the same. The exchange captures playful market banter and shared humor over produce.
Bargain Offer on Suit With Installment Deal
A dialogue shows Beerstein quoting twenty dollars cash for a suit and forty dollars on installments, with half down required. The exchange appears in Pathfinder Magazine context.
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Beerstein
Mowcher
Pathfinder Magazine
Oddities in Flower Names and Farm Facts
A survey of 8 000 dahlia names shows men have about half the chance of being honored with a flower name as women, and married women are about six times likelier to receive one. Ants, beekeeping, nectar sources, and crop irrigation in southern California are discussed, plus notes on dairy cream butterfat and sour cream.
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State Department
Foreign Service
Uncle Sam
America
California
Country Home Magazine
Bedspreads Create Lilac Motif with Easy Stitches
Delicate lilac floral sprays adorn bedspreads with lazy daisy stitches and French knots. Instructions include a large motif 18 by 21 inches and two smaller ones, transfer pattern, color ideas, and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle in New York for Pattern 1152.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
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