Roosevelt proposes 12 credit banks to aid small industry
President Roosevelt urges Congress to create 12 credit banks for industry in every federal reserve district to discount or purchase industrial paper and make direct loans. The plan seeks $700 million in working capital to sustain 346000 jobs and create 378000 more, with initial $140 million from the federal treasury.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve District
Federal Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve’ Board
Hitler Plans Loans to New Couples in Germany
Adolf Hitler announced measures to fight unemployment from a dumping cart in Unterhaching on the reichstag anniversary. He proposed 150 million marks for newlywed loans to spur marriage and work, with 300 million for tax loan certificates and 666 million for road projects, aiming to boost jobs by 1935.
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Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Unterhaching
Upper Bavaria
Reichstag
Potsdam
Anti-Fascist Plotters Sentenced in Mussolini Plot Case
In Rome, Leonardo Buccigloni and Renato Cianca received 30 years each for plotting against Premier Mussolini and bombing St Peter’s Cathedral last June. Claudio Cianca, Renato’s son, got 18 years. Pasquale Capasso was acquitted.
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Rome
Mussolini
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Leonardo Buccigloni
Renato Cianca
Claudio Cianca
Renato
Pasquale Capasso
Restrictions Put on Nudists in Kentucky
Kentucky allows nudist colonies under a new law requiring 20 foot walls brick stone or concrete around premises and a $1000 annual license. Gov Laffoon allowed the bill to become law without his signature. Colonies must maintain a resident register open to state inspection.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
China Faces Japanese Build-Up Near Dolonor Kuyuan
Shanghai reports Chinese authorities held a Peiping military conference after Japan strengthened its garrison at Dolonnor to 5000 men and concentrated aircraft at Kuyuan. China suspects a planned westward advance into inner Mongolia from eastern Chahar province.
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Shanghai
Dolonnor
Kuyuan
Peiping
Chahar Province
Inner Mongolia
Army Mule Kick Yields $10,000 Award in Boise
Frank Evans received a $10,000 award from a federal district court for a mule kick suffered while serving in the army. The payment stems from a war insurance policy and was issued in Boise, Idaho.
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Boise
Idaho
Frank Evans
Evans
Federal District Court
Viking Tomb Found Near Bromma Airport Field
An early Viking age tomb was uncovered at Bromma aviation field site. Excavation yielded parts of a skeleton and assorted trinkets in silver and bronze.
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Stockholm
Bromma
Income tax receipts surge above last year in new fiscal period
The federal government reports total receipts for the first eight and a half months of the current fiscal year at 2 132 545 083 dollars, topping the 2 079 696 742 dollars for the prior 12 months. Income tax collections through March 16 reach 483 212 348 dollars, with March 16 alone at 62 667 937 dollars. Expenditures climb to 4 589 680 133 dollars, creating a March 16, 1934 deficit of 2 457 135 050 dollars versus 2 234 280 763 dollars a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury
Railroads demand further 15 percent wage cut
Washington reports railway managers again press for a 15 percent cut in basic wages to take effect July 1. They had previously sought to extend the 10 percent cut through April 30, 1935, a plan employees rejected. Roosevelt asked that current wages stay unchanged. The 10 percent cut has been in place since 1932.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rise in National Living Costs Hit Wage Earners
February data from the National Industrial Conference Board shows a continued rise in the cost of living with the weighted index up 1 percent. Food climbed 2.9 percent, housing 0.2, men’s clothing 0.3, women’s clothing 0.4, sundries 0.2, while coal fell 0.1. The cost of living is 5 percent higher than February last year.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Indians Seek $11 Million from U S for Land Claim
The 100 Otoe Indians based in Ponca City Oklahoma petition the federal government for 11 million dollars claiming they were not adequately compensated for Nebraska lands they vacated in 1870 to relocate to Oklahoma.
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Ponca City
Okla
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Five Die in Memphis Fire Fatal House Blaze
A Memphis fire killed Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hammond their sister Miss Kitty Kay 21 their son Earl Jr 3 and an infant girl. The family home burned in the residential section.
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Memphis
Earl Hammond
Senate orders probe into munition makers
Washington report says the senate military affairs committee favored the Nye Vandenberg resolution calling for a senate investigation of the munitions manufacturing business. The move targets policy and industry practices amid concerns over wartime production.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Nye-Vandenberg
Senate
Farmers get $30 million in loans from Omaha ECA branch
Omaha announces a new farm credit program ready to distribute 30 million dollars to Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming and Iowa. Discount rates drop to two and a half percent. Loans available starting March 26 with 4.4 percent interest.
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Omaha
Farm Credit Administration
E. R. Heaton
Production Credit Corporation
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Iowa
McCamsey
Intermediate Credit Bank
Heaton
ECA
Highways In Good Shape For Spring In Lincoln Nebraska
A C Tilley, state maintenance engineer, says the Lincoln Nebraska highway system is in its best spring condition in state history due to lack of moisture and minimal freezing thawing. He notes snow during freezes creates soft spots and sudden thaws with heavy snow can cause major road damage. Dry weather this year leads to road corrugation and pitting, requiring more grading. proper moisture at the right time would help.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. C. Tilley
Nebraska corn-hog program progress in signing and appraisal
Nebraska moves to appraise contracted acres for land to be taken out of production under the corn hog program. W H Brokaw reports 73173 contracts signed with an expected total near 90000 as counties form permanent control associations and elect agricultural agents as secretaries. Reopening of the federal wheat signing campaign awaits Washington guidance.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
College of Agricultue Extension Service
W. H. Brokaw
Washington
Brokaw
AAA
Columbus to vote on $100,000 city hall bond proposal
Columbus city council issues notice that a $100,000 bond proposal for a new municipal building will be on the April 3 election ballot. The site purchase and construction would house a jail auditorium and fire station.
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Columbus
Gasoline Tax Collections Rise in February Reports
W H McGaffin notes state gasoline collections for February outpace February 1933 but fall short of January this year. February shipments into the state totaled 575 323 with 467 429 for February last year. January imports were 693 774. Beer tax revenues for February reached 10 733 marking a small gain.
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Lincoln
W. H. McGaffin
Department of Agriculture and Collection
Nebraska Gain in Income Tax Returns and Farm Land Prices Rise
Internal Revenue Collector O Malley reports Nebraska income tax returns up in number and amount signaling economic recovery. Omaha bankers note farm land prices rising by about ten percent with larger cash down payments and a waiting list for farms within 100 miles. Five new directors elected as Nebraska Fish and Game Association forms in Grand Island to foster conservation. The Farmers State Bank of Scribner opens unrestricted, backed by government insurance with deposits of 263254 dollars and capital stock of 50000 dollars.
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Internal Revenue
O'Malley
Nebraska
Andrew Kopperud
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
F. B. Goudy
Nebraska Securities Corporation
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Kopperud
Omaha
Grand Island
Nebraska Fish and Game Association
Arthur Johnson
Falls City
Lewis Harte
Frank Brady
Atkinson
W. B. Darnell
McCook
H. J. Dallinger
Scottsbluff
Farmers’ State Bank of Scribner
Dodge County
Scribner Capital
A. H. Schultz
B. Haxekost
H. F. Meyers
E. J. Schwein
Leona Steil
Recruiting drives for 800 civil conservation jobs in Nebraska
Federal program to fill about 800 vacancies in Nebraska conservation camps will begin in Fremont on Monday April 2 and run at 15 statewide sites over six months. Term expirations on March 31 open these spots. Major S B Phillot of Fort Crook will conduct physicals for selected applicants prior to assignment. Nebraska’s overall quota reaches roughly 2800 across camps not counting veteran special placements.
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Nebraska
Civil Conservation
Fremont
Randall Biart
S. B. Phillot
Fort Crook
CCC camps 25 percent enrolled to build dams in Nebraska
Cedar county Farmers Union asks Governor Bryan to assign a quarter of CCC enrollees next summer to erosion work in Niobrara Knox and Crystal Lake areas. Resolution cites J P O Furey talk on surface pools and subsoil moisture raising crop resilience. Hartington official Oliver Rinehart backs using relief workers for dam projects.
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CCC
Niobrara
Knox County
Crystal Lake
Dakota County
Bryan
Cedar County
Farmers’ Union
Hartington
Nebraska
J. P. O’furey
Oliver Rinehart
County Union
Nebraska City launches first big barge fleet on the Missouri
A large 120 foot all steel barge crashed into the Missouri river during Nebraska City’s first big launching party. Launching crews had spent the day placing barges for delivery to the Kansas City bridge company river contractors. Three months of rapid work saw 13 barges completed in the local boat yards with more to come this summer.
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Darby Construction Company
Nebraska City
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas City Bridge Company
Fire Devastates Hakodate Port in Northern Japan
A massive fire in Hakodate, Japan's major northern port, kills around one thousand and injures about three thousand as 80 percent of the city burns. Winds and rainstorm drive the blaze, leaving 150,000 homeless and destroying 37,000 of 48,000 houses. Officials request aid from Tokyo with relief agencies responding. refugees seek safety on ships as the city loses power and key facilities. Two American missionaries are among the reported residents.
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Tokyo
Hakodate
Japan
Navy
Mary Collins
Philadelphia
Alice Cheney
Missouri
Iai Girls’ School
Perkins Reports Industrial Recovery Gains
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced a January 15 to February 15 rise of 345 000 in industrial employment and 12 000 000 in weekly payrolls. Factory employment climbed 6.1 percent and payrolls 12.6 percent, with 2.4 million workers returning since March of last year and 67 million added to weekly payrolls.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Perkins
Compromise on Veterans Question Nears Resolution
A compromise settlement of the veterans issue is being shaped in the conference on the independent offices appropriation bill. Both houses passed different forms, and veterans amendments are attached. Estimates vary, but Senate benefits would cost about $30,000,000 more than the House version.
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Washington
Congress
Conference On the Independent Offices
Senate
Hitler Opens Spring Drive as 100000 Germans Return to Work
Berlin reports more than 100,000 jobless men found employment as Hitler launched a nationwide spring drive against unemployment. The program marked the first anniversary of the Potsdam Reichstag meeting granting dictatorial powers, with ground broken in 22 sites including Unterhaching near Munich for a network of new roads.
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Berlin
Hitler
Potsdam
Reich
Unterhacing
Munich
Workers Buried Alive in Yugoslavia Quarry Collapse
Belgrade reports a landslide at the Batignole quarry near the Albanian border. More than 380 workers are believed killed with two days of excavation needed to reach the victims.
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Belgrade
Batignole
Bangitsa
Roosevelt to Lunch Aboard Train With Texas Leaders
President Roosevelt will travel to Union station on April 11 to lunch on a special train carrying 125 Texas business leaders from Austin to Washington. The event marks a notable gathering of state business figures with the president aboard for a meal during the journey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Union Station
Texas
Austin
Cleveland Attorney Kills Wife Then Himself
Police reported prominent Cleveland attorney K B Newcomb killed his wife with an ax and then took his own life by slashing his throat with a knife.
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Cleveland
K. B. Newcomb
Himsel
Early Panamanian Canal Dreams and Bust in France
The piece traces the canal idea from 1521 in Spain to 1876 Paris surveys, the 1879 international congress setting canal size, and the 1883 start of large scale French construction. It notes 1889 bankruptcy amid fraud charges, court suits against canal officials, and the transfer of assets to the new Panama Canal Company in 1894 and then to the United States in 1904, with limited work by 1904.
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North
South America
Spain
Indianapolis News
Paris
Canal Company
New Panama Canal Company
Company
United States
Great Culebra
Haiti's Agriculture Dominated by Small Farms and Coffee
The article notes Haiti as a land of small farmers with only about 2 percent of agricultural output from plantations. It identifies coffee as the chief crop, describing the harvest as largely wild and rather than cultivated.
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Negro Republic
Haiti
Colorado Mother of Rivers
The article proclaims Colorado as the mother of rivers with high mountain streams radiating outward. It describes three main systems feeding the Mississippi via the Platte and Arkansas, the Rio Grande to the Gulf, and a western route through the Colorado to the Pacific, shaping transport, irrigation, and settlement.
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Colorado
Nature Magazine
Mississippi
Platte
Arkansas
Rio Grande
Gulf
Pacific
Soldier Bonus Demands Traced to Indian Wars
An authority links the old frontier bonus to the 1637 Connecticut war with the Pequots. Hartford declared war on May 1 1637 and by July 13 the Pequots were defeated. Whites awarded lands in the Pequot country, now New London county, with taxes and debt rising as memoirs and disputes followed.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Pequots
New London County
Kaieteur Cataract in Guyana Powers Vast Prospects
The Pettara River at Kaieteur plunges 822 feet, with 28 000 cubic feet of water per second spilling over the edge. The falls are a premier natural feature and could, if properly utilized, yield power four times Niagara Falls as currently harnessed.
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British Guiana
Kaieteur
Niagara Falls
Tide Effects in the Mediterranean Display Varying Rise
The Mediterranean shows only small tides across most areas with notable increases over six feet in the Ionian and Adriatic seas and along portions of the African coast.
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Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Lungs Freeze Warned in Extreme Cold Reports
In Alaska and the Northwest experts warn that overexertion in temperatures below minus 40 degrees can lead to the lungs freezing. The caution reflects harsh winter conditions impacting outdoor work and travel.
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Alaska
Northwest
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