Nebraska Unemployment Near Fifty Thousand Mark
State re employment chief F W Cornell reports only about one third of Nebraska s unemployed could be absorbed by federal aid highway PWA and river work programs. A county by county survey shows 17 400 potential jobs, with Douglas and Lincoln counties topping lists. 90 000 still seek work though some have found private re employment.
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Nebraska
PWA
F. W. Cornell
Cornell
Big Columbus
Sutherland
William Cotter
Douglas
Lincoln Counties
Lincoln County
Nebraska apple crop seen set to break records in 1934
J F Shubert, leading Nebraska grower and Shu pert Fruit Growers association president, predicts a 200000 to 250000 bushel apple harvest for 1934 if weather and fruit setting cooperate. Ten thousand new trees in bearing, heavily loaded Winesap trees, and peak spraying underlie the optimism despite frost damage to peaches. Pears and grapes also show strong prospects with a potential record grape yield.
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Nebraska
Falls City
Richardson County
J. F. Shubert
Shupert Fruit Growers Association
Shubert
Lincoln Safety Glass Tests Drive Nebraska Vehicle Glass Rules
Professor C M Duff leads University of Nebraska labs in evaluating safety glass for vehicles in Nebraska post January 1 1935. The dramatic 16 foot drop test uses a steel ball to assess impact resistance while extreme temperature and moisture trials run concurrently. Cracks allowed if fragments not injury causing. any loosened shards rejected.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
C. M. Duff
University of Nebraska Materials Testing Laboratories
Highway Department
Bankers Back State Police for Nebraska
Members of group two of the Nebraska Bankers association meeting in Fremont passed a resolution pledging to aid the creation and maintenance of a statewide police system. They argued current law enforcement is hampered by city and county lines and urged a state force of men immune to political influence and equipped with modern crime-fighting machinery.
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Fremont
Nebraska Bankers Association
Nebraska to release record fish for anglers
State Game Warden Frank B. O’Connell announced a historic spring distribution by the state game commission. About one million bullheads and 100000 catfish will be made easily accessible to fishermen, with bullheads from sandhill lakes and catfish mainly from hatcheries and some streams.
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Nebraska
Frank B. O'Connell
State Game Commission
Nebraska Aircraft Licensing and Pilot Totals Report
A Department of Commerce survey shows 150 airplanes and six gliders in Nebraska. Sixty four planes lack licenses while 86 hold department licenses. There are 177 pilots including 93 transport fliers, 13 limited commercial, 48 private, 21 solo fliers, and 2 amateurs. The state has one glider pilot.
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Department of Commerce
Nebraska
Department
Nebraska drought relief uneven across state in March 1934
The Lincoln weather bureau reported six month precipitation deficits from 1.19 inches in the northwest to 3.06 inches in the southeast. March 1934 averaged two thirds of normal rainfall with extremes from above normal in the northeast and northwest to 27 percent of normal in the southwest. The month was warm with daytime highs between 65 and 85 degrees.
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Nebraska
Lincoln Weather Bureau
Monument Dedicated at Red Cloud CCC Camp
The unveiling and dedication honored a monument built on the Red Cloud CCC camp grounds by a company member. The limestone monument features a Roosevelt profile plaque and was crafted by Dale Scott of Hebron for the 218 man camp in appreciation of their treatment.
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Red Cloud
CCC
Roosevelt
Dale Scott
Hebron
Nebraska Projects Praised as Feasible Irrigation Schemes
Major C R Olberg a federal PWA engineer with B F Thomas recently completed an inspection of Nebraska power and irrigation districts. He called the state’s irrigable tracts among the greatest in the country and said projects appear practical though full findings await his report to Secretary Scries.
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C. R. Olberg
PWA
Nebraska
B. F. Thomas
Olberg
Public Works Administration
Osberg
Secretary of the Interior
Nebraska potato shipments near all time high in 1933 crop
State and federal crop statisticians say Nebraska potato shipments from the 1933 crop are near a record with 8811 cars already moved. The current volume is the second highest and more than twice last year, with 9160 cars set as the record in 1930. If the pace continues, total shipments may set a new high. Strong western Nebraska yields and favorable prices are cited as factors.
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Nebraska
Texas Dust Backlash Hits Nebraska and Texas Households
A year after Prof. RE Schramm warned that Texas sandstorm silt was worth 25 million to Nebraska farms the same dust storms have begun returning to Texas. Nebraska had pledged to keep the silt from leaving but weather maps show storms originated in Nebraska returning to Texas, troubling Texas households.
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Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
RE. E. Schramm
University of Nebraska Geological Department
Texas Plains
Lubbock
Nebraska counties to fund relief before federal aid begins
State auditors survey county finances as Nebraska moves to require counties to cover relief costs from own funds. After the check, counties must file monthly reports on funds, debt, and relief spending, with August levy plans. Officials to sign pledges to sustain relief, or face removal from state relief list.
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Nebraska
State Relief Administration
Lexington seeks $37000 water bond with federal grant
Citizens vote May 1 on a $37,000 bond issue to improve the city water system. The federal government has already allotted a $14,000 direct grant to support the project.
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Lexington
Nebraska gasoline tax takes $2.51 million in 1934
Nebraska tax records show gasoline collections totaling $2,508,187 so far in 1934, up from $2,175,976 in the first four months of 1933. Beer tax receipts for 1934 reach $49,416 to date as released by state officials.
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Nebraska
Did Anybody Ask About Death and Danger in War and Science
A column reflects on wartime Panama Canal maneuvers and the risk of enemy air attacks during a rapid transit of 111 warships. It also notes Doctor Robert Cornish’s dog revival experiment in California and its potential implications for human physiology and accidental deaths.
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Sam
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
Washington
California
Robert Cornish
Secretary Wallace Calls Too Much Produce a Danger
Mr Wallace urges Nebraska farmers that plans are needed to prevent self destruction by overproduction. He warns the nation has excess wheat cotton and livestock and that poor distribution risks societal ruin despite plenty.
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Mr. Wallace
Nebraska
New Vault to Guard U S Gold with Deadly Gas Defense
In September a new giant vault for Uncle Sam will be completed with 30 inch thick doors and extra protections. If a burglar penetrates halfway, a deadly gas cloud would be released, causing fatal agony.
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Sam
Promise of a Century of Vital Life Sparks ACP Talk
Doctor Meakins of Montreal told the American College of Physicians that within 50 years any man who uses intelligence and will power may live 100 years. He noted life expectancy has risen from forty to beyond sixty and urged guarantees to the vital, energetic phase of life.
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American College of Physicians
Doctor Meakins
Montreal
Four Escapees From Indiana Prison Highlight System Critics
The writer argues the justice system fails to contain criminals, comparing prison escapes to the inescapable cages in zoos. The piece dismisses Dillinger’s escape myth, suggesting cash aided his dash for liberty and denying any heroism.
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Indiana
Zoological Garden
Dillinger
Minister’s revival sermon ends in sudden heart attack
In Blackwell Oklahoma Rev Dr Pool sixty a retired Methodist minister returned to the pulpit to preach a revival sermon He paused to ask What is heaven like then fell and died of a heart attack The death ends a brief homily amid questions about the nature of heaven and happiness
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Blackwell
Okla
Pool
Heaven
Birth control bill approved by senate judiciary committee
The committee backs a birth control measure declaring no crime for a woman to avoid pregnancy and for others to advise on it. Religious opponents say it opposes God’s will while others cite utility. Caruso was the nineteenth child. many notable men came from large families, and some might not have been born without birth control.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Caruso
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Senate
Roosevelt
Hoover
Beverly Hills Notes on Norman O. Nestor and Charley Cohan
In Beverly Hills the author talks about touring stage and screen stars. He praises Eugene ONeill and Charley Cohan, notes Cohan’s multi talent, and recalls a reception with Whoa Whoa McIntire. He comments on regional film production and industry behavior, including a banquet with McIntire and his wife.
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McIntire
Galopolis
Ohio
Whoa Whoa
McNaught Syndicate
Coincidences From a World’s Fair to Dayton Oddities
A writer recalls encounters across the world from the Chicago World’s Fair to Cologne and Dayton. Names include E. C. Hall of Plattsburgh and Joe Moore, Lee Orwell, John Neylan, Flo Ziegfeld, Florence Walton, and Charles Melrose. The anecdotes mix mistaken identities, gracious hospitality, and a chilling Dayton bar coincidence.
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Joe Moore
Lee Orwell
John Neylan
San Francisco
Neylan
E. L. Heebener
Inflation of prosperity and political risk in Roosevelt era
The article surveys Republican hopes for prosperity to beat Roosevelt in 1936, noting business backlash to New Deal measures, fears of regimentation, and Senate lobbying over tariff power and Hawaii sugar quotas. It reports on Democratic strength, Republican unease, and public sentiment shifting as economy improves.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dens and Growls at Home Explored
A playful theme notes some men make a den in their home while others let a constant growl fill the house, contrasting private retreat with loud household behavior.
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