Corn Belt Presses for Production Cost Based Prices
The corn belt and Missouri Farmers Association led by William Hirth split from the Roosevelt farm relief program to press for fair prices tied to average production costs. A Des Moines farm conference March 10–12 is urged to push parity for farm and industrial goods and compel surplus controls, arguing current codes hurt farmers and threaten national recovery.
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Columbia
Corn Belt Committee
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Willian Hirth
Jine
AAA
Wallace
Eliith
Des Moines
Herring
Iowa
Hirth
Olson
Minnesota
America
Federal Farm Board
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Plans Three Export and Import Banks for Trade
President Roosevelt with foreign trade advisers announced creation of three government banks to finance trade with Russia Cuba and other nations. George N Peek will head all three banks while remaining in his current role and will lead a new foreign trade administration advising on financing exports and imports tariff adjustments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Cuba
George N. Peek
Peek
Pennsylvania Train Wreck Kills Twelve in Pittsburgh
A fast Pennsylvania railroad passenger train derailed near Federal Street station in Pittsburgh and plunged the engine into an underpass. Five cars piled up, one crashing into the Clark Chewing Gum plant, injuring and killing multiple people.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Street
Clark Chewing Gum
Bear Attacks Textiles? No. Record proper headline.
A Himalayan bear in a jungle scene attacked trainer John Helliott in Hollywood injuring his right leg by biting away the calf muscles. Earlier, photographer Alvin Wykoff was bitten by a lion.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Helliott
Helliott
Alvin Wykoff
Pinchot enters GOP Senate primary opposition to Reed
Gov Gifford Pinchot declares candidacy in Harrisburg to challenge Senator David A Reed in the Republican primary for the United States Senate. Pinchot frames the race as a bid to replace Reed and lead the party ticket in Pennsylvania.
Man Admits Killing Father in Alcohol Dispute
Marvin Gleason of Muncie Indiana confessed to police that he killed his father Lloyd C. Gleason during a scuffle over a bottle of liquor after being dared to take it.
Dr Henry Churchill King Dies Former Oberlin President
Dr Henry Churchill King a nationally known educator and president of Oberlin College for 24 years died at his home in Oberlin Ohio He retired as president of Oberlin in 1927 and was prominent in academic circles nationwide.
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H. C. King
Oberlin
Ohio
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Bandit Slays Bank Messenger in Kansas City Robbery
Police rounded up Sam De caro, his wife, and Joe Martino after a bank messenger Webster Kemner was shot and killed during a downtown street robbery. The haul included $1,000 cash and $63,000 in government bonds.
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Kansas City
Webster Kemner
Commerce Trust Company
Sam Decaro
Joe Martino
Kemner
Doyle Swofford
Swofford
Dierks Lumber Company
S’ineville
Ark
Chicago
Judge rules gold payments must be in US currency
In Columbus Common Pleas Judge John R. King held that a gold embargo does not validate contracts requiring payment in gold. Foreclosure action brought by Equitable Life Assurance Society against Theodore A. and Edna Freda concluded payment must be in lawful US currency equal to the gold amount. With the dollar at about 59 cents, the payment equates to roughly 41 percent more.
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Columbus
Ohio
Common Pleas
John R. King
Congress
Roosevelt
King
United States
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
The
Theodore A
Edna Freda
Globe-Trotter Dr. Peabody Dies in Copenhagen
Dr. Phillip G. Peabody of Boston a noted globe trotter who crossed the Atlantic 145 times died in Copenhagen at seven seven. His first crossing occurred in 1892 and he had circled the globe four times.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Phillip G. Peabody
Boston
Globe-Trotter
Mississippi Ends Prohibition on 4 Per Cent Beer
Jackson Mississippi Governor Conner signed a measure legalizing the sale and manufacture of beer containing four percent alcohol ending a 25 year statewide prohibition. The move marks the start of regulated beer commerce across the state with licensed outlets approved by state authorities.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Conner
Passing of John McGraw
John J. McGraw longtime manager of the New York Giants died in New Rochelle hospital of uremia and other disorders. He would have been sixty one years old on April 7. Since retiring as manager in June 1932 he had served as vice president of the club.
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New York
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
New Rochelle Hospital
Famed Puzzle Maker Sam Loyd Dies in Brooklyn
Brooklyn mourns Sam Loyd veteran puzzle creator who died at Peck Memorial Hospital from pneumonia at sixty after forty years of brain teasers challenging readers. The notable mind influenced games and conundrums worldwide.
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Brooklyn
Sam Loyd
Peck Memorial Hospital
Virginia Senate Rejects Child Labor Amendment Resolution
At the State Capitol in Richmond Virginia the senate voted 30 to 9 against raification of the federal child labor amendment.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
Manchukuo's Kang Teh era and Japan's imperial strategy
A fragmented essay contrasts a Chicago sleep studies case with the rise of Pu Yi dubbed Kang Teh in Manchukuo. It questions endurance of the new regime, Japan's leverage over succession, and echoes Napoleon and Wilson in reshaping nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pu-Yi
China
Kang Teh
Manchukuo
Confucius
Death of Baseball Great John J. McGraw at Sixty
Obituary notes John J. McGraw a renowned baseball figure who died at age sixty. He was famed for throwing hitting and base running and was celebrated by newspapers for his impact and public interest in his career.
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John J. McGraw
McGraw
England Claims South Pole Sectors From Byrd Expedition
Britain asserts ownership of what Admiral Byrd calls Little America, stating the polar regions around the South Pole are part of three large sectors Britain discovered first. The dispute centers on historical claims and exploration boundaries between the United States and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
Little America
Byrd
England
South Pole
Britain
Pole shifts, ancient oil hidden beneath Arctic lands
The excerpt speculates that pole movements occur slowly over millennia, predicting a distant climate future and possible demise of the British empire and the United States. It notes oil and gold beneath Arctic regions, claims Rockefeller interests have found oil wells in the Arctic circle, and compares British diplomacy to Vatican foresight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British “Empire
United States
Rockefeller
Arctic Circle
Vatican
Pinchot Declares Senate Candidacy Against Reed
Gifford Pinchot announces his run for Pennsylvania senate opposing incumbent David A. Reed. He states as a Republican he will work with President Roosevelt to restore prosperity. Reed will study the statement carefully as public interest in politics grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
David A. Reed
Roosevelt
Reed
Roosevelt proposals for federal control of communications
President Roosevelt suggests consolidating federal oversight of utilities into three fields transportation power and communication. He envisions a new Federal Communications commission with full power to investigate existing companies and make recommendations to Congress. The speech also notes trade deals with Spain on wine and tobacco and highlights port wine and sherry from California.
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Washington
Spain
California
Roosevelt
United States
Federal Communications Commission
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Lobby encounters with Jim Reed and Washington figures in 1934
The writer recalls meetings in a Washington hotel lobby with Ex Senator Jim Reed of Missouri his wife and other prominent visitors including Amon G Carter Sam Fordyce Chip Roberts and Huey Long. Details cover Reed's leadership charm Carter’s air mail plans from Ft Worth to the West Coast and Pecora’s political shows with Morgan.
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Beverly Hills
Washington, D. C
Jim Reed
Missouri
Kansas City
Paris
America
Amon G Carter
Ft Worth
Army Air Mail
Sam Fordyce
St. Louis
King
Treasury
Chip
Atlanta
Major Cohn
Mans
Major
Dusty Foot
Cynosure
Washington
Long Island
N.R.A. Calaboose
Lizzie” Whitney
Virginia
Elizabeth
Pecora
J. P. Morgan
Huey Long
Huey
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New York Fervor Waves Through Winter Social Scene
The city enjoys a rare spree of fashion and theater as lingerie and silk lace the winter mood. Elsa Maxwell leads social froth while dressmakers dominate shopfronts and ballrooms fill nightly. Charles Laughton shuns Hollywood for London while the Old Vic inspires memories of Macbeth and theatre’s enduring appeal amid tumult.
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Charles Laughton
London
Nebraska Livestock Values Rise Despite Fewer Heads
Nebraska reports total livestock value at 130.179 million dollars up 7.6 percent from last year, though headcount dropped 1.7 percent. Milk cows and horses rose in value, hogs fell, and sheep and lambs surged. national figures show overall value up to 2.854 billion with fewer animals.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Dobbin
United States
New York bachelor settles in Sutton Place apartment
A well known New Yorker who spent years globe trotting has taken a Sutton Place flat. While guiding a friend through the residence he pointed to a vast bed and quipped that it was to get even with all the Pullman and steamer berths.
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Elsa Maxwell
Rome
France
New York
Globe Trots
Sutton Place
Night on the Bowery Amid Warmth and War Echoes
The narrator and Harry Silvey reach the Bowery after midnight as trees overflow with people bivouacking in doorways and along curbs by gutter fires. A sudden memory of Missouri childhood shows troops in cloaks beside dying fires, their battle masked as Tomorrow.
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Harry Silvey
Bowery
Missouri
Jimmy Cunningham Keeps Vigil on Broadway Corner
Jimmy Cunningham stands nightly on the northwest corner of Broadway and 50th Street for 25 years. From 9 to 11 he greets old friends, discusses baseball scores, and offers quick wisdoms in wind, snow, and rain. He returns at 11 to a boarding house by Madison Square, a beacon of simple happiness in the city.
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Broadway
Jimmy Cunningham
50Th Street
Jimmy
Madison Square
Brief Portraits From The 1930s American Scene
Short shavings note figures in labor leader Samuel Gompers Eva La Gallienne and violinist Jascha Heifetz. It mentions Agua Caliente tribe members Palm Springs Cal Grenville Kleiser sending dollar checks, John K Winkler’s The First Billion, Hamlin Garland as a poverty stricken farmer boy and references 1934 McNaught Syndicate Inc.
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Samuel Gompers
America
London
Eva la Gallienne
Agua Calienthe
Palm Springs
Cal
Grenville Kleiser
Jascha Heifetz
John K. Winkler
Vanguard
Hamlin Garland
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Farm income rises in 1933 surpassing previous year
Washington estimates show gross farm income in 1933 at about 6.383 billion dollars, up from 5.143 billion in 1932, a 24 percent rise driven by higher crop prices and Agricultural Adjustment Administration benefits and rental payments totaling roughly 289 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Nebraska Grants Waterway Rites
Lincoln officials Governor Charles W. Bryan and State Engineer Roy Cochran approved water rights for the Columbus power project valued at 7.3 million dollars and the Sutherland power and irrigation projects estimated at 7.5 million dollars. The appropriations include consumer preference in plant outputs and prohibit rate discrimination and payment of legal or promotional fees to secure funding or water rights.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Charles W. Bryan
Roy Cochran
Columbus
Sutherland
Nebraska Electric Power
Farm relief payments and sales at Vogel farm auction
The AAA reported benefit payments totaling 194211200 to farmers under crop control programs by February 1. Nebraska received 3433131 for all curtailed crops. At John Vogel farm sale near Barneston horses drew 1001 for six head. top price 202 for an 8 year old mare. black mares brought 340. Milk cows averaged 32. Mr Vogel and family plan to move to California.
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AAA
Nebraska
John Vogel
Barneston
Vogel
California
Holdrege City Warrants on Election Services Cashed After 40 Years
Frank Hallgren uncovered three warrants dating April 22 1896 July 9 1896 and July 1 1896 for election services in Holdrege that had been cashed. The city approved the warrants at its regular meeting.
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Holdrege
Frank Hallgren
County to Erect New Courthouse in Center
Knox county board approves a resolution to build a courthouse at Center costing about 57000 dollars. Funding comes from a 50000 dollar building fund and a 7000 dollar CWA allotment. The board may hire an architect and begin construction soon.
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Knox County Board of Supervisors
Nebraska couples mark fifty years in 1934 observances
Nineteen thirty four observances by Nebraska couples married fifty years or more began with 103 celebrations in January. Historian H A Brainerd of the Nebraska Press association notes only two prior months with more events, both in 1933, totaling 881 celebrations that year.
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Nebraska
H. A. Brainerd
Nebraska Press Association
Fewer Nebraska land sales and farm leases in mid month report
E V Jones assistant state federal agricultural statistician notes fewer voluntary land sales and fewer forced sales of farm goods in Nebraska. Bankers report farmers renew loans via government or local agencies and a higher demand for farms to rent with tenants largely on share leases and limited cash rent offerings.
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Nebraska
E. V. Jones
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Jones
Educational advisers named for Nebraska CCC camps
Major S. M. Ransopher announces assignments for area CCC camps. Clinton F. Palmer of Lincoln is assigned to Camp 762 Chadron, Edward L. Senn of Lincoln to Camp 182 Valentine, Edward T. Whiting of Omaha to Camp 761 Red Cloud, Gordon N. Watkins of Auburn to Camp 763 Alma, and Orval K. E. Lawritson of Allen to Camp 798 Fort Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
York Voters OK 77 000 Bonds for Sewage Plant and Sewers
In a special election York residents approved 77000 in bonds for a sewage disposal plant and storm sewer extension after a prior invalid election. Proposition one authorized 5000 for the disposal plant by 887 to 63, and proposition two approved 22000 for storm sewers by 788 to 146.
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York
Nebraska Flood Caused by Low Water and Ice Jams
County Engineer L. R. Rudd explains a recent Platte river flood in central Nebraska occurred as water levels fell below average. Thin ice upstream broke and lodged on sandbars, slush ice blocked flow and drove water over banks until new channels formed and the flood subsided.
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L. R. Rudd
Platte River
Nebraska
Rudd
Grand Island
Grasshopper Control Fund OKed in Agricultural Bill
The House in Washington, D. C. approved a 2 million dollar appropriation for grasshopper control across eight western and mid western states. The figure trails the President’s request by about 347 thousand dollars and targets eradication efforts in North Dakota Minnesota Wyoming Wisconsin Idaho Montana and Nebraska. Representative Sinclair of North Dakota led the push for the fund in the appropriations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
House
Washington, D. C
Congress
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
Bureau of Entomology
Sinclair
N. D
Appropriations Committee
First National Bank to Open in Aurora Under Reorganization
Telegrams from the comptroller authorize the opening of First National in Aurora under a reorganization plan. The new bank will assume the old bank’s business with $60,000 capital $40,000 from former stockholders and $20,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. F E Edgerton serves as president and F C Crone as vice president.
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First National Bank
Aurora
First National
U. S
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
F. E. Edgerton
F.C. Crone
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