Federal income in Nebraska tripled this fiscal year
Lincoln tax officials estimate Nebraska's total federal revenue from all sources will reach about 10 million dollars by June 30, up nearly 200 percent from the prior year. Major rise stems from processing taxes on wheat, corn, hogs, cotton, and sugar, plus gasoline beer and oil receipts and a new capital stock tax.
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Lincoln
Federal
Nebraska
George W. O’malley
AAA
O’malley
Capitol
Bryan
Max Main
W. B. Millson
Farm Living Cost Soars for Nebraska Farmers in 1933
Miss Muriel Smith of the University of Nebraska reports 1933 living costs for Nebraska farming families averaged 918.16 dollars with food the largest expense at 280.13 dollars. Costs varied by family size from 299 to 2147.21 dollars, reflecting more children raising expenses.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Muriel Smith
University of Nebraska Agricultural Extension Department
Miss Smith
State Crops Not Hopeless Lincola
Nebraska faces a grim crop outlook as A. E. Anderson calls the year's harvest probably the worst in state history. Winter wheat may total 15.78 million bushels versus 25.89 million last year. corn planting was delayed by drought but mostly complete by June 5, with some fields failing to sprout or dying. Rain in the northeast and sporadic showers in the south and southeast offer limited relief, and small grain crops will be extremely light. The overall tone remains cautious but not hopeless if rains continue.
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Lincola
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Counties Sign Aid Pacts Amid Nebraska Relief Program Resistance
In southeastern Nebraska rebellion grows against a relief plan by Federal Relief Agent Rowland Haynes requiring counties to levy 1.93 mills for general relief and divert 25 percent of gasoline tax to hire relief recipients. The northwestern counties largely comply while insurgent symptoms appear elsewhere in the state.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Rowland Haynes
Hastings to Run Municipal Airport and State Farm Aid
Hastings will operate its municipal airport. The council approved a 3754 claim to Great Plain Aircraft for its equity in a hangar. Nebraska received 50000 for cattle disease eradication under the Jones Connally act with Iowa Missouri and Kansas also sharing in the two million dollar fund. Corn prices rise Prompting Nebraska farmers to seek release of government loan stored corn at 45 cents a bushel. Lincoln cash market notes corn at 46 cents with higher prices outstate. Thirty two requests for removal of corn were filed in one day.
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Hastings
The
Great Plain Aircraft Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Hugh Drake
Lincoln
Commission
Nebraska road funds eyed from federal program
Omaha road advocates estimate Nebraska will receive about 1 950 000 dollars from a 100 million dollar federal highway appropriation for the coming year as part of a 1 000 000 000 three year program. They note Nebraska's 400 000 000 appropriation last year totalled 7 800 000 and the new request is one fourth of last year's while state gas tax brings in 8 000 000 annually.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Wheat harvest opens two weeks early in southeast Nebraska
Harvest across the region starts ahead of schedule as heat and drought ripen wheat. Falls City reports Sam Lee began cutting 30 acres at 13 bushels per acre, while Otis Koch in DeWitt expects 15 to 20 bushels per acre on 125 acres. Saline County averages 8 to 10 bushels, and Lancaster County shows no cutting yet with county yield likely under five bushels.
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Nebraska
Falls City
Sam Lee
Dawson
DeWitt
Otis Koch
Saline County
Lancaster County
Purbaugh
Nebraska considers federal cattle buying plan amid drought
Lincoln officials discuss readiness to implement federal cattle buying if rains fail to boost feed. Gramlich, Anderson, and White review pasture status and emergency county designations as Nebraska drought surveys guide potential program areas.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
H. J. Gramlich
The
College of Agriculture
A. E. Anderson
L. A. White
Gramlich
White
Anderson
W. W Derrick
Scotts Bluff County Sues Nebraska for Bridge Aid Debt
Scotts Bluff County has filed suit in district court against the state of Nebraska seeking 112005 dollars for an old state aid claim tied to six North Platte River bridges. County says an agreement from 1916 promised half the cost and the state failed to pay. The 1931 Legislature appropriated 79486 dollars to settle, but Governor Bryan vetoed the item. the Legislature then authorized the suit.
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Scotts Bluff County
Nebraska
North Platte River
Charles W. Bryan
Flying Low Inflation Fears Silver Purchase Law
The piece argues a new law will force the nation to buy 1400 million ounces of silver funded by 1500 million dollars in paper money. It claims the silver backing will outstrip bonds with true assets, contrasting gold and noting silver could be traded internationally.
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China
Mexico
India
Old-Fogyism on Government Bonds and Gold Basis
A critic argues that the gold basis is gone and that U S government bonds are worth only green paper with the government name. The statement claims bonds have no intrinsic value beyond the paper they are printed on and will fetch only pieces of green paper when sold.
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United States
Human wealth vs peril in a wary warning
The speaker argues the nation has lost vast sums since the downturn and could spend another enormous sum to recover. He notes the United States is wealthy compared to individuals like John D. Rockefeller and suggests the figure is modest for such fortunes. He portrays the country as not poor or small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Airliner Crash in Catskills Kills Passengers Crew
An American Airlines plane wrecked and burned in the Catskills with seven four on board and two pilots and a stewardess dead. The piece questions aviation safety rules and the need for clear altitude and weather conduct limits for passenger planes.
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American Air Lines
Catskill Mountains
World Traveler Ben Smith Shows Off Flying Family Voyage
Mr. Ben Smith and his family circled the globe by air and sea. They began with a floating steamer, visited Java to glimpse a grand national steeplechase, then flew to England and back to Africa to rejoin their ship. From New York he hopped to California and British Columbia, then to San Francisco and New York, claiming months saved over traditional travel.
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Ben Smith
Java
England
New York
California
British Columbia
San Francisco
Roosevelt Pledges New Deal Measures for Jobs and Security
The president’s message to Congress outlines plans to help citizens live as Americans should, providing jobs or unemployment insurance and guaranteeing home security. The government pledges to empower citizens through employment and welfare programs, marking a pivotal wartime morale bolster.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Engineers and Doctors Key to Society Says Conant
Dr. James Bryant Conant, new Harvard president, tells Stevens Institute graduates that any future social order will demand the luxuries of modern technology. Two professions will endure: engineers to provide what people want and doctors to repair human machinery. He emphasizes the term society refers to humanity as a whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Superstitions Flag Odd Shipboard Dangers
Sailors aboard the Leviathan fear bad luck for sailing without a cat and also for having a clergyman aboard. The two beliefs puzzle observers since neither the absence of a cat nor the presence of a priest clearly explains any maritime peril.
German Reichsbank suspends payments deepens world crisis
Global leaders react as the Reichsbank halts payments, threatening private debts and signaling far worse German conditions than publicly admitted. Paris fears a severe downturn, with financial instability spreading beyond Europe.
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Reichsbank
Germany
Paris
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU
Governors and politics in a sprawling American psyche
The speaker reflects on governance and corruption while recounting memories of Jimmy Rolph and travel with Dwight Morrow. He critiques political graft, assesses state leadership, and suggests a hired manager model as preferable to traditional partisan governors. He notes Roosevelt's efforts amid entrenched systems and warns about easy election promises and flawed nomination practices.
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Beverly Hills
Jimmy Rolph
Govenors
Dwight Morrow
Calles
Mexico
San Francisco
U.S
Diary of a New York Day in the City Rhythm
A vivid personal diary captures a day in Manhattan with meetings at a station, breakfast with How ard Acton, discussions with Gene Crawley and Lee Orwell, and a bustling cafe scene. The narrative notes appearances by Laura Cobb, Minnie C. Vesey, Floyd Gibbons, Hattie Bell Johnston, Lowell Thomas, and Kathleen Norris, ending with reflections on nightlife and a flirtatious near-encounter as evening theatre timetables shape the city’s tempo.
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New York
Howard Acton
Kin Hubbard
Gene Crawley
Lee Orwell
Laura Cobb
Minnie C. Vesey
Lucy Virginia Long
Floyd Gibbons
Hattie Bell Johnston
Italy
59Th Street
Lowell Thomas
Victoria
Kathleen Norris
New hors d oeuvres steamer basket disrupts floral trade
The new hors d oeuvre steamer basket, linked to the late Otto Kahn, disrupts the floral trade by packing layers of anchovies olives toothpick sausages salted nuts and other tangy appetizers. Delivered at cabins it adds zest to bon voyage cocktail parties.
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Otto Kahn
Personal nomination for New York's striking feminine profile
The item presents a personal nomination highlighting Mrs. Sidney R. Kent as New York's most striking feminine profile, underscoring social prominence and public interest in her reception and influence.
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New York
Sidney R. Kent
Pulitzer Prize Novelists New York Encounters
The writer recalls missing Caroline Miller during a season away from New York while noting her Pulitzer winning work. He also reflects on how Madison Square and the Bowery, as depicted by O Henry, shaped his mental image of Manhattan before visiting, highlighting the influence of literary renderings on place perception.
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New York
Caroline Miller
Manhattan
Georgia
O Henry
Madison Square
the Bowery
Paris Seen Through a Mental Photograph
A writer recalls Paris as a vivid memory from Dickensian reading and compares it with London visits. The piece mentions W. R. Sheehan’s ranch, Frazier Hunt's Devonshire walks, Stavisky incident at Ciro's, John Ringling potentially leading a circus, the Beaumont twins, Doug Jr and Gertrude Lawrence in Majorca, and Mary Dahlberg living in Chicago after remarriage.
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Paris
London
Bagatelles
W. R. Sheehan
Frazier Hunt
Wales
Devonshire
Iakine Gwynne
Stavisky
Ciro’s
John Ringling
Darry Beaumonts
Doug, Jr
Gertrude Lawrence
Majorca
Mary Dahlberg
Chicago
It's a Small World Isn't It A Stinging Quip From Karl Kitchen
The passage notes Karl Kitchen's sharp aside after a long dinner monologue. He says Nothing much, then utters a closing line about it being a small world. The exchange exposes social tension and wit in a 1934 dinner scene.
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Karl Kitchen
McNeught Syndicate, Int
Air Liner Crash in Catskills Kills Seven In Flight
A large American Airline transport vanished from Newark to Chicago and was found wrecked in the Catskill mountains with all seven aboard dead. The two veteran pilots Clyde Holbrook and John Barron Jr. perished alongside seven including stewardess Margaret Huckeby and several U S and international passengers.
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Livingston Manor
N. Y
Newark
Chicago
Catskill Mountains
William H. Ballock
Lee Lewis
Clyde Holbrook
la Grange
John Barron
I Jr
Margaret Huckeby
Harry Pinsley
Great Neck
W. B. Bader
Buffalo
W. A. Cass
H. C. Coppins
Junin
Argentina
United States
Pan-American- Grace Airways
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Chile
Mar Chiquita
Here
Charles F. Lindenberg
Los Angeles
Samuel B. Eisenmann
Teaneck
N. J
James Bailey
Irene
Texas
H. Greig Veeder
Senora Maria Milla Martinez
Hobson Made Admiral for Sinking Merrimac
Hobson is commissioned rear admiral on the retired list of the navy construction corps for sinking the Merrimac at Santiago Cuba during the Spanish American War to block the channel and trap the Spanish fleet. President Roosevelt signed the act in June and the commission was delivered by Rear Admiral William D. Leahy.
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Hobson
Merrimac
Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Navy Construction Corps
Santiago
Cuba
Hay
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Bureau of Navigation
Revenue Collector Fired by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt demanded the resignation of Alvin E. Fix as first Pennsylvania district revenue collector after Philadelphia internal revenue employees were accused of soliciting money for campaign purposes. Secretary Morgenthau also removed William E. Brown as assistant collector and suspended others for a year and a month on similar charges.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Office of Internal Revenue
Roosevelt
Alvin E. Fix
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Morgenthau
William E. Brown
Airline firm loses in suit against Farley
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals directed dismissal of Transcontinental and Western Air Inc suit to enjoin Postmaster General Farley from enforcing an annulment order against a TWA airmail contract. Court expressed no opinion on the postmaster general authority to cancel contracts about February 9 1934.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Farley
TWA
Maggie Cline dies at 77 in Fair Haven NJ
Maggie Cline, famed for her 00s stage version of Throw Him Down McCloskey, died at her home in Fair Haven New Jersey at age seventy seven.
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Fair Haven
N. J
Maggie Cline
McCloskey
Army Major Sued for Divorce at Fort Leavenworth
Mrs. Genevieve Menoher filed suit for divorce from Maj. Pearson T. Menoher commander of the Tenth Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Genevieve Menoher
Pearson T. Menoher
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Johnson Denounced in Darrow Report on NRA Actions
The Darrow board denounces Gen. Hugh S. Johnson as autocratic in directing the NRA and calls for his removal and the firing of two NRA officials. It accuses Johnson of dictatorial edits to codes and says such methods harm small industries while aiding large ones, urging Roosevelt to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
National Recovery Review Board
Clarence Darrow
Roosevelt
Darrow
Johnson
Lumber Code Authority
Three Thousand Perish in Central America Storm
Relief workers report a death toll over 2,000 after hurricane damage in Central America. Honduras records around 1,000 fatalities while Salvadorean towns from La Libertad to La Union were devastated by landslides and heavy rains observed by a Pan American Airways official accompanying a survey team.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Honduras
L. C. Calloway
Pan. American Airways
Salvadorean Air Corps
la Libertad
la Union
Milwaukee Rooming House Tragedy Ends in Three Deaths
Police found Michael Murdzia hanged after choking his wife Hazel to death as she slept. Horace Olin, uncle of Mrs. Murdzia, died from heart disease worsened by the shock. The investigation followed a report at a west side Milwaukee rooming house.
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Milwaukee
Wis
West Side
Michael Murdzia
Hazel
Horace Olin
Murdzia
Man Without Stomach Reaches 102 After 41 Years
Ferdinand Waggoner celebrated his 102nd birthday and the 41st year with his artificial stomach. Silver tubes replaced his stomach in 1893 after an accidental shooting. He says the organ doesn’t work well but expects seven or eight more years, noting he’s lived by not worrying.
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Springfield
Ferdinand Waggoner
Waggoner
Butler for Manslaughter in Akron Auto Crash
James Livingston, a Firestone company butler, is charged with manslaughter after his car rammed an overturned sedan, killing Elizabeth Neidert of Akron as four people were escaping the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
James Livingston
Harvey S. Firestone
Elizabeth Neidert
Madman slashes ten at Milledgeville state hospital
An inmate at the State Hospital for the Insane wounded ten people with a paring knife while twenty three others screamed in terror before attendants overpowered him.
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Milledgeville
State Hospital For
Schooner Rammed Off Hare Bay Sinks With All Hands
At sea the schooner believed to be the Effie Collett from Hare Bay was rammed by the steamship Silver City near Crown Street John’s Newfoundland. Seven men are believed lost with all hands aboard.
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MEIAT
Grover Whalen
West 48Th
Walter Bierring
Des Moines
American Medical Association
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Catskills
Central America
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