Samuel Insull jailed in Chicago amid high bail demand
Samuel Insull, once a $100,000,000 fortune, is jailed in Chicago after failing to post $200,000 bail. The 74 year old, reported to suffer serious heart disease, is held in a jail hospital ward as legal proceedings mount with multiple indictments for embezzlement and bankruptcy law violations.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Floyd J. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
United States
Dwight H. Green
Forrest K. Harness
John P. Barnes
Europe
Edward Keeley
State of Winds
Istanbul
Turkey
America
East
German Plot Foiled Targeting Dollfuss by Youth
Vienna reports a plan to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss was thwarted by German and Austrian police. Seventeen year old Hans Guenther Patzig left Dresden intending to cross into Austria and kill the chancellor. He was arrested near Linz after a clash with armed officials and firing two shots.
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Vienna
Austria
Dollfuss
Berlin
Hans Guenther Patzig
Dresden
Linz
New Rules to Speed Up Criminal Case Appeals
The Supreme Court issued new rules to speed criminal appeals through the Circuit Courts and the Supreme Court. The rules, created under a law passed last March, apply after a guilty plea or verdict and take effect for defendants found or pleading guilty after September 1.
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Washington
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
Foshay and Henley Begin 15-Year Sentences at Leavenworth
Wilbur B. Foshay and Henry H. Henley, former leaders of the Foshay Utilities Enterprises, reported to Leavenworth prison smiling as guards watched. Both men received 15 year terms for mail fraud tied to the collapse of the Foshay companies in Minnesota.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Wilbur B. Foshay
Foshay Utilities Enterprises
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Henry H. Henley
Concern
Foshay
Minnesota
Evicted man runs for sheriff in Faribault County
Roy Wollery of Elmore filed for sheriff of Faribault county against Sheriff W. H. Keigley and four other candidates after his eviction from a farm following a clash with the sheriff and deputies in Blue Earth Minnesota.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Roy Wollery
Elmore
W. H. Keigley
Faribault County
Keigley
Lift Bridge Toll for Shoppers in Keokuk Iowa
Local merchants announce toll-free crossings for shoppers from Hancock Adams and McDonough counties in Illinois. The Mississippi River bridge toll is waived for round trips to boost retail sales in Keokuk.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Hancock
Adams
McDonough
Illinois
Mississippi River
Fire at United Cork warehouse in Lyndhurst causes $500,000 damage
A spectacular blaze at the United Cork company plant warehouse in Lyndhurst New Jersey causes damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars. Firefighters battled the flames through the night and contained the blaze to the warehouse area.
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Lyndhurst, N. J
United Cork Company
Drought and Heat Ravage Illinois Crops and Livestock
The drought and heat grip the Midwest with 90 degree heat drawing crowds to urban beaches while rural churches pray for rain. Across Illinois fields lie bare or dusty as grains fail to germinate, pastures fade, wells dry, and livestock feed runs short, signaling higher milk and food prices amid insect threats and delayed planting.
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Chicago
Midwest
Illinois
Convicts Stopped by Machine Gun at Ohio Campout
Three Ohio penitentiary escapees Rufus Deeds Arthur R Koontz and Martin Schmidt were halted by a machine gun fire as they fled from Columbus nine days earlier. Sheriff William Belhorn and Deputy Dudley Crider captured the trio in a hobo camp near Hooker station after a rapid raid.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
William Belhorn
Dudley Crider
Rufus Deeds
Arthur R. Koontz
Martin Schmidt
Hooker Station
Caillaux Hurt in Louvre Platform Scuffle
Mme. Caillaux, wife of the former premier, was injured when young royalists shouted and mobbed a platform at the Louvre as she prepared to give an art lecture. The incident echoes her 14 year old murder trial acquittal in the Calmette case.
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Pdris
Mme
Joseph Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
Figaro
Louvre Museum
Wife and Admires Slain as Husband Kills Then Ends Life
In Washington J Francis Hunter shot and killed his wife and Henry Corcoran after restraining pleas for mercy. He then turned the shotgun on himself, with physicians predicting his wounds would be fatal.
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Washington
J. Francis Hunter
Henry €. Corcoran
Hunter
Shawneetown Bill Allows Ohio River Toll Bridge
The house passed and sent to the senate a bill to authorize Shawneetown Illinois to construct a toll bridge across the Ohio river, enabling a new crossing.
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Washington
House
Senate
Shawneetown
Ill
Ohio River
Mine Disaster Claims 87 Miners in Buggingen Germany
A mine fire and gas explosion at the Buggingen potash mine in Muellheim Baden kills 87 miners who were trapped at their work when the blast ignited the fire. Rescue efforts are underway as officials report the fatalities and assess the cause.
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Muellheim
Baden
Germany
Buggingen
Livestock Dominates Nebraska Economy Says Prof Loeffel
Prof W J Loeffel of the University of Nebraska told the Omaha Advertising club that livestock sustains Nebraska's economy. He noted the state ranks high in hogs, beef cattle, and lambs, with Omaha as a major livestock market.
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Omaha
W. J. Loeffel
Department of Animal Husbandry
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Omaha Advertising Club
The
World Herald
United States
Nebraska
Half of Nebraska teachers expect next year's raises
A University of Nebraska survey of 278 schools shows 48.6 percent of grade school teachers will gain 45 to 224 dollars and 46 percent of high school teachers will gain 45 to 249 dollars. About 45 percent of superintendents will receive 45 to 500 dollars more as many salaries stay the same or fall. New teachers are hired and departments revived or created.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
R. D. Moritz
University of Nebraska
Moritz
AAA Extends Wheat Acreage Waiver Across 352 Counties
The farm administration grants drought aid allowing farmers in 352 counties across eleven states to abandon their spring wheat without losing benefit payments under acreage reduction contracts. The waiver removes the 52 percent base planting rule due to moisture loss and wind erosion. About 35 million acres, roughly 69 percent of initial signups, sit in these counties across Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Minnesota.
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AAA
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Minnesota
Irrigators Alarmed By Low North Platte Water Reserves
The first seasonal Pathfinder and Guerney reservoir report warns storage at Pathfinder will reach only about half capacity at peak this year. Inflow is expected to be a fraction of normal due to light mountain snow. May 2 storage 331000 acre feet, inflow 1300 cfs, outflow 1400 cfs. North Platte discharge 605 cfs. South Platte 5 cfs.
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Kearney
North Platte
Fertile
Platte Valley
Pathfinder
Guerney
R. H. Willis
Platte River
South Platte
Nebraska HO Lenders Plan Speed Up Home Loans
Nebraska headquarters of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation plans to complete 150 loans daily to clear a four month backlog. Charles Smrha, the local manager, said the program aims to finish the existing applications and bring closing of loans up to a current basis, with about 4 000 loans totaling over 8 million dollars already in the state.
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Grand Island
Nebraska
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Charles Smrha
Smrha
Legislature Grants Genoa Indian School Lands to Public Schools
The Nebraska legislature passed a bill to transfer lands and buildings of Genoa Indian School to public schools. Governor Bryan must file a note of acceptance with the interior secretary by September 1. The act requires Indian students to be admitted to public schools on the same terms and without tuition. John P. Hogan, arriving from Washington, said mortgage papers for the Sutherland project are at the printer and due soon. Interim receipts will unlock initial funds from a $7.5 million allocations via an Omaha bank before bonds are issued.
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House
Nebraska
Genoa
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Secretary of the Interior
North Platte
Washington
John P. Hogan
Sutherland Project
Hogan
Omaha
Legislative Hall
Senate
Maby
Congress
McNaught Syndicate
War Dept to build temporary abutments at Blair bridge area
Representative Wearin of Iowa says the war department will immediately construct temporary abutments along the Missouri river to prevent the stream from cutting around the Blair bridge and threatening the Lincoln highway. The department plans longer term river work but will provide instant protection.
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Wearin
Democrat
Iowa
War Department
Missouri
Blair Bridge
Lincoln Highway
Relief funds approved for Nebraska May operations
The National Relief Administration informs the Nebraska governor that 604,636 dollars for May federal emergency relief activities has been approved and credited through the Omaha branch Federal Reserve Bank. The state relief administration's account at First National Bank of Lincoln increases accordingly, though no draft was issued.
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National Relief Administration
Nebraska
Federal Reserve Bank
Omaha
State Relief Administration
First National Bank of Lincoln
Sugar firm contracts beet acres across four states
The Great Western Sugar company announced from Denver that it has contracted over a quarter of a million acres of sugar beets in Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Montana for 1934 and expects about 270000 total acres. Nebraska contracts total 65000 with 1650 more anticipated. Last year the company contracted 72000 acres in Nebraska. Planting started late but about 90 percent in northern Colorado 70 percent in eastern Colorado and 75 percent in Nebraska have been planted.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Denver
Reductions in county relief budgets reflect growing populations
Forty five counties cut costs from 256 358 in 1931 to 194 431 in 1932 and 147 868 in 1933 while those in care rose from 758 to 833 persons. Pierce and Saline counties run self sustaining poor farms. Other counties use private institutions or homes with some pensions. Twenty six counties report 1934 old age pension provisions.
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Neppor
Pierce
Saline
PWA water plans urged to revive Nebraska grazing lands
J E Lawrence a member of the state PWA advisory committee told the Lincoln Builders bureau at the chamber of commerce that approved and proposed water projects will restore the Nebraska panhandle Loup and Platte valleys as top grazing lands and enable the state to grow all needed grain for feeding.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Loup and
Platte Valleys
J. E. Lawrence
PWA
Lincoln Builders Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Survey to control flood crests on Nemaha river basin
J F Reif, engineer for Richardson county drainage district No. 1, began a survey at Falls City to determine methods to enlarge the Nemaha lower basin channel capacity to 20 000 second feet at about 10000 dollars. The work follows a Nebraska supreme court ruling granting greater protection to landowners along the lower river reaches. The survey was ordered after the court refused a motion for re hearing.
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Nemaha
Falls City
J. F. Reif
Richardson County Drainage District No. 1
Nebraska Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Kearney Sweeps Class A In Nebraska High School Music Meet
Kearney won the Class A sweepstakes at Nebraska's 11th annual high school music contest. Stanton Fairfield and Wynot each claimed the other class sweepstakes as winners. Fairfield repeated as a sweepstakes winner. Wynot earned the notable honor despite a four-player injury toll and two deaths in a car crash that struck the team.
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Kearney
Nebraska
Stanton
Fairfield
Wynot
Amon
Personal jests from New York crowd span theater to taxes
A collection of witty asides and anecdotes from a New York writer touches on Louise Dresser, theatre luminaries like Gene Buck and Walter Huston, public figures such as Mayor Gaynor and Postmaster General Farley, and odd observations from Broadway life including a jab at 37th Street’s church facade and a quip about balancing income taxes.
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Douglas Gilbert
Wilton Lackeye
West 44Th Street
Waterloo Bridge
Sahara
Theophil Sczcechowicz
Salem
Mass
Roy K. Moulton
Broadway
Gene Buck
Gaynor
Montaigne
Olsen and Johnson
Harold
New York
37Th and
5Th Avenue
Farley
Notable Names Pop Up in a Stream of Personal Reminiscences
A humorous personal column gathers quick takes on cinema, poetry, travel, and social habits. It mentions Townsend Netcher, Rabbit Maranville, Ruth, Mike Donlin, Bobby Jones, and George Jessel as cultural touchstones, with reflections on gifts, fashion, and family anecdotes.
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Townsend Netcher
Rabbit Maranville
Ruth
Mike Donlin
George Jessel
Bobby Jones
Notable remarks from early 20th century society and press
Dr Yanque American dentist in Paris. George Horace Lorimer convened editors in Palm Springs. Ethel Barrymore in London drew shout of louder yet praised. H G Wells bans future movie rights. Dame titles now few. York streets listed. James Farley known as persistent blusher among NY elites. Mrs W W Hawkins left $306525 to husband. NY public hospital nurses face $100000 yearly salary cut. 1934 McNaught Syndicate lac.
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Dr. Yanque
Paris
George Horace Lorimer
Palm Springs
Ethel Barrymore
London
H. G. Wells
British Empire
New York
W. W. Hawkins
Taxation satire on Congress and inheritances
A Beverly Hills voice mockingly taxes Congress and the inheritors, joking about I O U s for lifetime earnings and the 60 to 70 percent inheritance tax. He riffs on bills and taxes from Noah to present, lampooning lawmakers and the futility of avoiding levies.
Geodesy and the U S Survey long view of Earth study
The geodesy science of earth measurements underpins Survey work. Field parties verify triangulations across the country while Washington offices continually refine field notes and calculations to define the earth’s shape, levels, magnitude, and figure.
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Washington
Balm for Bankers and a New Stock Exchange Law
The article argues the new stock exchange law may ease bankers anxiety caused by liquidity shortages. It compares bankers to cautious farmers and questions the value of money and security, urging steadier lending despite market fears.
Margin requirements spark bank loan incentives
A law targeting stock speculators to margin 40 percent or more could boost bank lending. The banker might offer 20 to 40 percent extra cash to secure a first lien on the entire operation, provoking questions about reformers' options and motives.
Heat and drought threaten Nebraska wheat crops
Intense heat and hot winds scorch fields in Nebraska, drying soils and reducing moisture. The article notes an experiment to plant only the amount of wheat needed, warning that delayed rain could ruin the approach and that crop regulation cannot match controls used for cars or shoes.
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Nebraska
Prohibition Boosts Whisky as National Drink Says Reports
The year shows higher whisky consumption and tax payments as bootleg liquor 300 million gallons is not counted. Beer drinking declines by half according to Washington reports. Jefferson would be disturbed by beer’s rise, but era spirits progress.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Europe backs new war fangs while debts unpaid
Figures from the League of Nations show European states have spent about 6 billion dollars on killing machinery since the last war, while refusing to pay the 10 billion owed to the United States. Paris reports France defaults on war debt for the fourth time, with England likely to default again or face substantial payment.
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League of Nations
Paris
France
United States
England
Sam
Roosevelt Considers Halting German Trade Over Debts
Roosevelt may pressure Germany by threatening to close U S ports to German goods and ships until American creditors are treated equally, arguing the United States does not need Europe while Europe needs the United States.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
United States
Europe
Steel Output Likely To Rise As Europe Prepares For War
The article notes steel demand rising to levels not seen since June 1930 as nations strengthen military forces in Geneva. It warns against repeating past US funding of Europe’s war production and calls for caution on huge aid to pay for killing machinery.
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Geneva
Europe
United States
Candidate hides name in bid with boyhood photo
A Texas man runs for Congress anonymously and releases a photo of himself at age six with the caption Judge me by this. The piece argues that childhood innocence does not reflect forty years of politics and deception.
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Texas
Railroads Use Train Orchestras and Hostesses to Lure Riders
Railroads seek to revive traffic with on train orchestras and willing hostesses in club cars. Officials say polite service helps little. passengers want quick affordable transport. The New York elevated line turned 10 cents to 5 cents and then profits rose until the Subway era.
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New York
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