NRA seeks data on hours and wages nationwide
Washington report says the NRA awaits proposals from capi tal goods and consumer goods committees before acting on a uniform 10 percent hours cut and wage rise. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson hints exceptions possible. decision may rely on price controls and open price associations.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
A. D. Whiteside
Whiteside
NRA Legal Division
William H. Davis
Mellon calls tax suit politics of crudest sort
Former Treasury secretary Andrew W. Mellon denounces Attorney General Cummings tax evasion action as politics. He says he has paid over 20 million dollars in taxes in two decades. Cummings says actions will be started against Mellon and others including Thomas L. Lamont James J. Walker and Thomas L. Sidle.
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Mellon Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Cummings
Mellon
Thomas L. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
James J. Walker
New York
Thomas L. Sidle
Cleveland
Plot to blast Ohio Prison Foiled by Warden
In Columbus a bold plan to dynamite the Ohio penitentiary surfaced as a bid to free Howard Bowman and Joe Filkowski serving life terms. Warden Preston E. Thomas intercepted a code message from Bowman to his brother Neal, who escaped Lima State Hospital on Christmas Day.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Howard Bowm
Joe Filkowski
Preston E. Thomas
Bowman
Neal
Lima State Hospital
League Board Drops Chaco Peace Efforts
League of Nations counciliors say Paraguay and Bolivia are irreconcilable and have abandoned attempts to halt jungle strife in the Gran Chaco border area. The league commission ends its months long efforts to settle the dispute.
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League Board
Chaco
Buenos Aires
League of Nations
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
League Commision
Shoemaker Files Candidacy Against Shipstead for Senate
Congressman Francis H. Shoemaker Ren Wing, both Farmers Laborites, filed with the secretary of state as candidates to oppose Senator Henrik Shipstead in the U S Senate race.
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Shipstead
Toga St. Paul
Mion
Francis H. Shoemaker
Ren Wing
Secretary of State
United States Senate
Henrik Shipstead
Reds Fire a Kindergarten in Madrid
Radical laborers set fire to a Catholic kindergarten in Madrid with children inside but civil guards arrived to save the kids and arrest two rioters.
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Reds
Madrid
Spain
Willard elected U I president in unanimous vote
Chicago Arthur Cutts Willard acting dean of the college of engineering is elected president elect of the University of Illinois. He will assume office July 1 after a unanimous board of trustees vote at the Blackstone hotel.
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Chicago
Arthur Cutts Willard
State University College of Engineering
University of Illinois
Board of
Blackstone Hotel
Urbana
Willard
Harry Woodburn Chase
New York University
Arthur Daniels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Ilinois
College of Engineering
Hudson River
National Bureau of Mines
Chemical War Service
United States Public Health Service
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Kappa Sigma
Pi Tau Sigma
Sigma Tau
Triangle
Walter W. Williams
Benton
Edward E. Barrett
Harrison E. Cunningham
Lloyd Morey
More Pay in Sight for 230000 Auto Workers
Henry Ford announces a return to the $5 a day minimum wage for 47000 plant workers and 230000 auto industry employees may gain higher pay and shorter hours by March 31 after National Automobile Chamber of Commerce backing. The plan calls for reducing the work week from forty to thirty six hours with wage increases to match.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ford
Banks Raid in Atchison Wounds Police Chief and Probes Kidnap Plot
Four men raided the Exchange National and Exchange State banks in Atchison Kansas. Willard Linville, police chief, was wounded by machine gun fire. Two bank employees were slugged and nine workers were kidnapped, later released as the robbers escaped with $21,000.
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Atchison
Kan
Willard Linville
Exchange National
Five Die in Mine Fire Near Wheatcroft Kentucky
A mine fire at West Kentucky Coal Company mine No 10 near Wheatcroft Kentucky killed five miners and left 350 workers unharmed after gas and smoke blocked exits. Local crews and investigators began securing the scene and determining the cause. Corporal authorities, including company officials, coordinated with rescue teams as the tragedy unfolded this morning.
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Wheatcroft
West Kentucky Coal Company
Two Brothers Sentenced in Madison Burglary Case
Herschel Crawford and his brother Richard pleaded guilty to burglary and were sentenced to three to ten years at the state reformatory in Madison Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ind
Herschel Crawford
Richard
State Reformatory
Reed Sees 1934 State Fair Safely Funded
Perry Reed says the 1934 state fair will be held as grandstand bondholders and the chamber of commerce support ensure expenses and premiums. W B Banning notes confidence in paying all costs. advertising help from the chamber is planned. In 1933 deficits matched grandstand receipts. earlier years ran deficits offset by legislative funds.
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Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Grounds
Perry Reed
State Fair Board
W. B. Banning
Union
Fair Board
Commerce
Chamber
Banning
Fair
Omaha
United States
Nebraska Government Spends 89 Million For 1932 Operations
Census Bureau reports Nebraska end of June 1932 operation and maintenance costs at 89.8 million dollars. State counties cities and villages school districts townships and other divisions share the total across general departments public service enterprises debt interest and permanent improvements with valuations 2.68 billion in 1932.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Bureau
Lincoln Federal emergency allotments aid Nebraska districts
State Superintendent Taylor announced emergency allotments totaling 13990 per month for 24 Nebraska districts in financial distress. Funds cover remaining school year salaries for unemployed teachers in communities up to 5000 population, supplementing a prior 18500 monthly grant for smaller districts.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Taylor
Farm Holiday Convention Plans Forming in Grand Island
Waldo Hawkins and state executive committee members visit Grand Island to finalize arrangements for the Nebraska Farm Holiday association convention. The event set for March 22 and 23 at the Liederkranz annex is expected to draw about 300 delegates from the Madison county group, which numbers roughly 30 000 members in Nebraska.
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Grand Island
Nebraska Farm Holiday Association
Madison County
Waldo Hawkins
Liederkranz Annex
Hankins
Nebraska
May Start Stratosphere Flight From Omaha Airport
Captain A W Stephens of the Army Air Corps and Major W E Kepner an international balloonist may begin a stratosphere flight from Omaha this summer if weather is suitable. They will use the Omaha airport facilities and aim to rise about fifteen miles into the stratosphere. The balloon will stand 295 feet high and hold 3 000 000 cubic feet of gas.
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Omaha
A. W. Stephens
Army
Air Corps
W. E. Kepner
Stevens
Kepner
Deshler votes April on 29500 bond for power plant
Deshler residents will vote April 12 on a 29500 bond issue to fund a municipal power plant. The Southern Nebraska Power company currently provides power under a franchise that runs until 1940.
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Deshler
Southern Nebraska Power Company
Peter's Confession and the Church's Foundation
A study of Matthew 16 13 26 notes Cesarea Philippi as the scene of Peter’s confession Thou art the Christ and the Son of the living God Christ grants Peter keys to the kingdom and forms the church Jesus predicts his death and calls for discipleship deny self take up the cross and follow Christ with promised rewards.
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Simon Peter
Christ
God
Peter
Jesus
Jesus Christ the King
Cesarea Philippi
Jesus of Nazareth
Cornelius
Religion Gives Confidence
Religion gives the religious soul confidence born of close touch with the center of all things. "I can do all things," says the Christian, "through Christ who strengthens me." Is not this worth while?
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Christ
The Need Today for Active Men and Women
The need today is for men and women of active personality who cannot only do things themselves but can get things done by others.
Smithsonian displays pipes from Jamestown colony era
The Smithsonian Institute presents a collection of rusted pipes from Capt. John Smith's 1607 Jamestown colony showing mixed Indian and English workmanship. Indian molds formed a wide smoke channel, while English pipes used a wire to create a smaller, easily clogged hole, illustrating cultural exchange and adaptation.
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John Smith
Jamestown Island
New World
Smithsonian Institute
England
The Roman Toga and its Wearing Style
The toga, Rome's national garment, was worn by both men and women. It consisted of woolen cloth shaped as a circle segment with a chord about three times the wearer's height and a height just under half that length. One end draped over the left shoulder while the rest wrapped around the body.
India’s Red Jungle Fowl May Be Daddy of Chicken
A Detroit News writer suggests the red jungle fowl of India is the ancestor of all domestic chickens. Observations note its Himalayan slopes near villages, bamboo-rich habitats, and a marked difference in carriage between wild and domesticated fowls. The wild cock’s tail and gait contrast with the domesticated bird, and its crow can resemble a barnyard hen’s call.
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India
Detroit News
Himalayas
Early Supreme Court composition through history
The article outlines the evolving size of the Supreme Court from 1789 to 1911, noting changes in the number of associates beside the Chief Justice and that the 1911 arrangement re-enacted earlier statutes. It cites revisions in 1802 1837 1863 1869 and 1911.
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U. S. Supreme Court
First Supreme Court
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Lincoln Chamber
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Sisters of St. Francis
John A. Stryker
Calgary
Sheridan
Cheyenne
Mr. Stryker
Ringling
Old Rohrbaugh Business College
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Harold Lloyd
Frank B. O’connell
State Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
American Legion
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Kearney
Loup City
Fremont
Louisville
Chadron
Nebraska City
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Ainsworth
Roy Cochran
Cochran
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Emerald
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D. D
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