Roosevelt Inauguration Marks Beginning of the New Deal
Roosevelt sworn in as the 32nd U S president before a Capitol crowd. Chief Justice Hughes administered the oath as cheers rolled through Washington. He outlined the new deal and addressed millions via radio. The day featured parades, a large tea reception, and attendance by governors and notable figures.
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Washington,f. C
Roosevelt
United States
Capitol Plaza
Hughes
Supreme Court
Washington
Sumner Welles
Massachusetts Avenue
White House
President Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol
Hoover
Senate
John Nance Garner
I Corinthians
Prison Break Fails Ends in Suicide at Colson Prison
In Sacramento California armed convicts Lloyd Sampsell and Martin Colson tried to force a prison escape with two homemade pistols, ammunition, and a knife. Colson killed himself in the warden's office after subduing guards. Sampsell surrendered in the yard. Both had previous escape attempts.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lloyd Sampsell
Martin Colson
Colson Prison
Colson
Court Smith
Sampsell
Plane Delivers Provisions to Snowbound Nevada Camps
Sixteen men women and children stranded in six mining camps in the Timpahute section southeastern Nevada faced possible starvation when snow blocked roads. Airlifted supplies arrived to sustain them.
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Los Angeles
Timpahute
Nevada
Person Dies by Leap From California Bridge
Pasadena California Robert Sterling aged forty one died by suicide leaping from a bridge a note in his pocket cited losses in stock market.
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California
Pasadena
Calif
Robert Sterling
Sarazen Captures Unofficial World Golf Title
Gene Sarazen, holder of the US and British open titles, defeated Olin Dutra of Santa Monica to win the 72 hole match for the unofficial world title by 11 and 10 in Miami Florida.
Elevator Crash Kills 14 at Crown Mines Shaft
In Johannesburg, a Cage accident at Crown mines caused 14 deaths. Among the victims were two Europeans and twelve native miners as the elevator plunged down a 7000 foot shaft.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Crown Mines
Senator Walsh Dies Aboard Atlantic Coast Line Train
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana died suddenly aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train near Wilson North Carolina. He was seventy four, en route from Florida to Washington with his bride of a week. Walsh had been named to be attorney general in Roosevelt's cabinet and was a long time figure in the senate. He had recently traveled to Havana to marry Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont de Trusfin. Railroad officials said he was stricken shortly before the train reached Wilson and a physician was summoned but he had already died.
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Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Florida
Washington
Havana
Biography of Senator Thomas J. Walsh a Democratic leader
Thomas J. Walsh of Two Rivers Wisconsin rose to national prominence as a U S senator elected in 1912 and as prosecutor in the Teapot Dome affair. He chaired the 1924 and 1932 Democratic conventions and supported McAdoo in 1924. His wife Elinor died in 1917. they had a daughter who married Commander Jutter. His later marriage was to Lenora De Truffin.
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Roosevelt
Admiral Grayson
White House
General MacArthur
John J. Pershing
Paul B. Malone
James A. Farley
Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
Robert N. Harper
Woodrow Wilson
Coolidge
Preston
Cleveland
Thomas J. Walsh
Two Rivers
Wis
Montana
United States
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Alfred E. Smith
Walsh
Chicago
Senator Walsh
Elinor C. McClements
C. E. Gudger
Jutter
United States Navy
Lenora de Truffin
Kidnapped Denver Heir Returned Home After 17 Days
Charles Boettcher II heir to a fortune was returned home in Denver after seventeen days in captivity. Reports conflicted on whether a $60,000 ransom was paid, a note left with his wife by two men stated the demand.
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Denver
Colo
Charles Boettcher II
Mother and Six Children Drowned in Canal Crash
In Nyssa Oregon a mother Mrs Cora Shafer aged twenty eight and her six children Netus Jack Charles Robert Vanda James and Lawrence aged four months to eleven were drowned when an automobile driven by the mother plunged over an embankment into an irrigation canal.
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Nyssa
Ore
Cora Shafer
Netus
Idaho
Jack
Charles
Robert
Vanda
James
Lawrence
Anglican Primate John Wright Dies in New Zealand
Most Rev John Charles Wright 72 Anglican primate of Australia and archbishop of Sydney died after emergency surgery in Christchurch New Zealand. He was metropolitan of New South Wales and a key church leader.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
John Charles Wright
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Gets Life for Killing Girl in Doylestown Case
A ten man jury with two women found Charles Arnwine twenty five guilty of murdering Frances Rempfer fifteen in Newtown. He was sentenced to life in prison for the fatal crime.
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Doylestown
Charles Arnwine
Frances Rempfer
Newtown
Five Years for Kidnaper in Iowa Case
Jack McCoy of Saginaw Michigan pleaded guilty to kidnapping Will Way a Bussey banker and farmer and was sentenced to five years in prison action occurred in Knoxville Iowa according to report from the district court.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Jack McCoy
Saginaw
Mich
Will Way
Bussey
Nebraska Farm Mortgages Jump 246 Percent Since 1910
Lincoln reports farm mortgage obligations in Nebraska surged to 560.97 million in 1930 from 161.83 million in 1910. Land values rose 37.6 percent over 50 years while mortgage totals climbed sharply as farm land prices fell.
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Lincoln
A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Anderson
Nebraska penal and charitable populations rise 392 in year
The state board of control reports Nebraska’s penal and charitable institutions total 8,801 on February 1, up from 8,409 on January 1, 1932. Inmates number 7,687 with 1,114 employees, a modest employment gain of 14. Ingleside state hospital leads with 1,725 inmates. other facilities include Beatrice 1,256 Lincoln state hospital 1,357 Norfolk 1,103 and Lincoln reformatory 449 among 17 institutions.
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Lincolna
Nebraska
State Board of Control
Ingleside State Hospital
Hastings
Beatrice Institution For Feeble
Geneva Girls’ Reformatory
Grand Island Soldiers’ Home
Kearney Industrial School
Kearney Tuberculosis Hospital
Lincoln State Hospital
Lincoln Orthopedic Hospital
Penitentiary
Milford Industrial Home
Milford Soldiers’ Home
Nebraska City School For the
Norfolk Hospital
Omaha School For Deaf
York Reformatory
Lincoln Home For
Lincoln Reformatory
Farm real estate market shows demand surge and forced sales
Lincoln reports a 15 percent rise in demand for rental land and a 75 percent drop in voluntary land sales. Bankers note voluntary farm sales at about one quarter of normal, with debtors mostly holding on. Unemployment drives farm demand while supply grows via forced sales. Winter wheat outlook is poor. propagation of damage spans panhandle to south central Nebraska. eastern regions show modest better conditions but well below normal.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
A. BD. Anderson
Panhandle
Nebraska Disease Decline Except Measles Upward Trend
State health director Lincoln Dr. P. H. Bartholomew reports February saw a broad drop in major Nebraska diseases. Measles rose to 62 cases from 41 in January while influenza fell from 627 to 292 and scarlet fever from 141 to 96. Small drops occurred in chicken pox, diphtheria, meningitis and tuberculosis. typhoid remained at one case.
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Lincoln
P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Fire destroys Moseman Heyne elevator at Hartington
A fire of unknown origin swept the Moseman Heyne elevator in Hartington causing about 10000 dollars in losses and burning roughly 2400 bushels of grain. Nearby structures including a second elevator five homes and an implement building were saved. State Treasurer Hall reported over 1000 dollars collected from 24 gasoline dealers for delinquent four cent gas tax payments this year.
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Moseman-Heyne
Hartington
Hall
Cornhusker Quilt Offered by Nebraska Republican Women
A quilt titled The Cornhusker Quilt measuring 88 by 108 inches will be sent to Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Its central design features an outline of Nebraska with a covered wagon and ox team, surrounded by gold and green ears of corn.
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Herbert Hoover
Nebraska marriages rise with steady four year gain
Dr. P H Bartholomew state public health director reports Nebraska marriages increased last year to 11 757 from 11 030 in 1931. County records show Douglas county 1 980 marriages while Thomas county had five. Nebraska marked state day March 1 celebrating the 66th anniversary of admission to the Union.
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P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Douglas County
Thomas
Union
Union Pacific
Omaha
Pine Bluff
Wye
Cold snap trims early apples and possibly peaches
Southeastern Nebraska experienced extreme cold with little impact on the general apple crop says J. F. Shubert a prominent orchardist. He notes some damage likely to very early varieties and to peaches though the overall injury seems not extensive. Careful bud checks on late apples showed no signs of harm.
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Nebraska
J. F. Shubert
Shubert
Potatoes Left Unharvested Across United States Fields
The Department of Agriculture estimates 1,600,000 bushels of potatoes were left in fields last fall, mainly in Minnesota and North Dakota, as farmers chose not to harvest. About 220,600,000 bushels were harvested, with roughly half sold by January 1.
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Ireland
United States
Caenastsment of
Minnesota
North Dakota
Trapping Woes Reported by Wheeler County Herders
Freeman Custard, longtime trapper, shipped furs to an eastern market. His consignment included five skunks, five muskrats, three badgers, and one raccoon. The total yield was 60 cents after express charges of 52 cents and 8 cents postage.
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Wheeler County
Freeman Custard
Bullhead stocking starts as season opens
Secretary Frank O Connell of the state game commission announced stocking of lakes and streams with bullheads has begun. Northeastern waters will be stocked first, followed by southeastern Nebraska, using overstocked wild fish rather than hatchery raised stock. He noted that hunting and fishing license sales for 1933 have been slow but are expected to rise with the fishing season opening.
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Frank O’connell
State Game Commission
Nebraska
O’connell
Nebraska Begins Pheasant Stock Transfer to Oklahoma
The Nebraska game commission sent twelve pheasants to Oklahoma for stocking at the Fort Sill military reservation. Nebraska started its pheasant program five years ago after introducing initial birds from England 20 years ago.
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Nebraska Game Commission
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Nebraska
England
George Dern a Nebraska mining man and future secretary of war
George H Dern, a Nebraska native and University of Nebraska alumnus, rose as a mining man and football captain in 1894. He co invented the Dern Holt roaster for gold ore extraction and helped develop vacuum slime filtration with George Moore. Dern arrived in Utah in 1894 as a bookkeeper for Mecur Mining.
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George H. Dern
Roosevelt
University of Nebraska
T. L. Holt
Dern-Holt
George Moore
Dodge County
Nebraska
Dern
Utah
Mecur Mining Company
Indictments Accuse Insull Group in Mail Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted nineteen directors and officers tied to Corporation Securities Chicago on 25 counts for defrauding investors. The charges allege concealed earnings, inflated stock values, and misrepresented diversification as part of a scheme that misled via mailed circulars and reports. Bench warrants were issued and bonds set at $10,000 each.
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Chicago
Federal
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago
Samuel Insull, Sr
Samuel Insull, Jr
Martin J. Insull
A. L. Stuart
Halsey, Stuart and Company
Stanley Field
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company
Edward J. Doyle
Commonwealth Edison Company
Halsey Stuart and Company
Phillip J. McEnroe
Corporation Securities Company
John F. O’keefe
Fred H. Scheel
Utility Securities Company
Robert W. Waite
George A. Kemp
Frank R. Evers
Waldo EF. Tobey
Isham, Lincoln and Beale
Corporation Securities
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
Middle West Utilities Company
Midland United Company
I Broke Into The Movies A Star's Humble Rise
Hal C. Herm recounts a girl from San Antonio who fled home to pursue acting, rose through Broadway and musicals, and entered film after meeting Harry Rapf. She adopts the screen name Joan Crawford and achieves early success in film, including key roles and a Wampas Baby Star honor.
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Winter Garden
Harry Rapf
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Jackie Coogan
Sally
Irene
Mary
Wampas
Western Association of Motion ‘Picture
Paris
West Point
Sees Less Crime if Repeal Is Ratified
New York report by the Presidents research committee on social trends argues there is no current crime wave and expects crime levels to stay steady. Authors Dr. Edwin H Sutherland of Chicago and Dr C E Gehrke of Western Reserve say liquor legalization may shift crime to organized activity but on a smaller scale.
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New York
Edwin H. Sutherland
University of Chicago
C. E. Gehrke
Western Reserve University
Hungary Rail Chief Dies by Own Hand in Office
Franz Szenti vany director general of the Hungarian state railways was found dead with a pistol nearby. Police called it death by own action and cited farewell letters linking alleged frauds in railway oil purchases to the suicide.
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Budapest
Hungary
Franz Szentivany
State Railways
Szentivany
Camel Born in New York Named O Boy Repeal
A camel weighing 125 pounds and 3 feet tall was born at the Central Park Zoo in New York. He was named O Boy Repeal.
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New York
Central Park Zoo
Norway Cabinet Resigns After Legislative Vote
Oslo reports Jans F. Hundseid and his Peasants party cabinet resigned after a censure vote in the national legislature. Former premier Mowinckel of the Radical party began forming a new government at the king’s request.
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Norway
Oslo
Jans F. Hundseid
Peasants’ Party
Mowinckel
Radical Party
Haakon
Ex Gov Gunderson Dead at 68 in Mitchell South Dakota
Carl Gunderson sixty eight former governor of South Dakota died at his home here from heart trouble. He served as governor and was a prominent state figure.
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Gunderson
Mitchell
S. D
Carl Gunderson
South Dakota
Belle Boyd the Confederate heroine of Front Royal
Belle Boyd wore sunbonnet and white apron as she spied for the Confederacy in 1862 Shenandoah actions. She carried a crucial message past Yankee lines at Front Royal, aiding Jackson’s forces and earning his thanks. After the war she married several Union officers, wrote memoirs, died 1900, and was later reinterred with Confederate memory revived in Martinsburg.
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Belle Boyd
Stonewall” Jackson
Army
Belle
Washington
Martinsburgh
W. Va
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Front Royal
Winchester
Kilbourn
Wis
Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of the Confederacy
Portrait of Whistler’s Mother Reveals Mother’s Bold Journey
The article recalls Anna Whistler, mother of James McNeill Whistler, who inspired the famous portrait. It details her steadfast support from Paris to London, her 1860s crossings amid Civil War turmoil, and her brave 1864 voyage as Union shells threatened to block Confederate ports, culminating in her presence beside her son in the famous likeness.
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James McNeil
Whistler
Jemmie
Anna Whistler
Uaten
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Insull Group
Hal C. Herm
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Tex
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