Gold’s Big Role in Civilized Affairs and Wealth
Frederick Simpich describes gold's influence from adornment to money and global power. He traces gold in tariffs, standards, and debts, notes $22.4 billion mined since 1492 with about $11.94 billion held as monetary gold, and highlights India as a major hoarder while Europe and the Americas shift uses and hoards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick Simpich
National Geographic Society
Peru
Mexico
Rome
America
United States
Europe
Columbus
India
Orient
Language War Stirs Finland Over Finnish Swedish Roles
In Helsinki protests erupt as Finns push to bolster Finnish as the main classroom language at the University of Helsinki. Swedish speakers resist, fearing loss of use in government and education. A government committee weighs removing Swedish professors to strengthen national culture since independence in 1918.
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Helsingfors
Finland
University of Helsingfors
Swedish Peoples’ Party
Strip of Land Holds Up a Post Office Building
In Hollister California construction on the new post office is stalled by a 3.5 inch strip of land that was lost years ago when the original owner subdivided the property. A quiet title suit filed by Joseph Latapie against Irene Holbrook seeks to clear the strip. Work will remain halted until the case resolves.
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Hollister
Calif
Joseph Latapie
Irene Holbrook
Here’s Snake Story and a Tall One in Lisbon Ohio
In Lisbon Ohio a farmer and his son hunted groundhogs near an abandoned quarry and found six giant black snakes, each about six feet long, with a seventh joining them. They returned with a shotgun and killed all the snakes after a brief battle. the survivor fled into rocks.
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Lisbon
Ohio
W. QO. Woolf
East Rochester
Here
Woolf
T. C. Woolf
Captain B J King Named Chief of Navy Aeronautics
Captain B J King, a flying officer, nominated by President Roosevelt to lead the navy's bureau of aeronautics, succeeds the late Admiral William A Moffett who perished in the Akron disaster. King brings over 400 hours of piloting experience and has commanded aircraft carriers and naval flying stations.
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B. J. King
Roosevelt
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
William A. Moffett
Akron
Captain King
Traffic engineers predict 100 mph highways with minimal curves
Road executives and Maxwell Halsey describe a future resilient, vibration absorbing surface freeway spanning continents. The project envisions a flat ultra smooth surface, curve scarcity, and algebraically sized widths based on population centers, aiming to cut accidents and enable faster travel.
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New York
Maxwell Halsey
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Hotels shrink as cafés grow in 28 years in Manhattan
A 1933 spring Red Book vs the 1905 edition shows Manhattan hotels fell from 800 to 500 plus properties, while restaurants surged from about 350 to nearly 5,000. Employment agencies declined from 85 to a smaller number across the period. Several historic hotels remain in original locations.
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New York
Manhattan
Telephone Red Book
Sherman Square
Broadway
Seventieth Street
Martha Washington
East Twenty-eighth Street
Mills
Bleecker Stret
Eighth Avenue
Chelsea
West Twenty-third Street
Youth Earns Tuition by Catching Rattlers
Los Angeles junior college student Lewis Fisher funds a semester by selling rattlesnakes at one dollar per foot. He caught 25 snakes last summer, the longest 6 feet 2 inches, earning enough to cover his expenses. Fisher notes snakes are peaceful unless provoked and uses a stick and garbage can as his hunting kit.
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Los Angeles
Lewis Fisher
Fisher
Straw hat brim in white and blue fashion note
The article highlights straw hats with white and navy brims as stylish, notes sailor-inspired swings, and calls matelasse jerseys in monotones a highlight of a new novelty knit sports fabrics collection. It cites a chiffon day dress as a spring fashion development and mentions soft blue tinges in string color.
Remarkable eight day clock in Pueblo marks 83 years
Mrs. Francis A. Hedd ing owns an old eight day clock that has kept time for 83 years with remarkable accuracy. It has never been cleaned repaired or serviced beyond winding every eight days.
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Pueblo
Colo
Francis A. Hedding
Nebraska Mortgage Totals Exceed 170 Million
Nebraska urban home and real estate mortgages outstanding at end of 1932 topped 170 million dollars excluding farm debt. Building and loan associations held 113.54 million, insurance firms 44.74 million, banks 12.12 million, totaling 170.40 million. National farm debt not included.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Arthur J. Mertzke
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
River work to aid crop value in the midwest
C E Childe of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce says improving the Missouri River would boost eastern Nebraska and western Iowa crop values by 15 million dollars yearly. He notes a 30 million dollar annual gain for the middle west and outlines river protection and flood control benefits. The program seeks congressional support with aid from Governor Weaver Senator Norris and Representative Burke.
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Omaha
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
C. E. Childe
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Middle West
Army
Montana
Waterways Committee
The
Missouri River Navigation Association
Congress
Arthur J. Weaver
Falls City
George Norris
Edward Burke
Nebraska Exports Fall 1932 Trade Totals
Nebraska exports of merchandise in 1932 were valued at 3,153,193 dollars, down from 6,195,944 dollars in 1931, per the Commerce Department. Lard led with 993,089 dollars, down from 2,118,951. oleomargarine 516,197. wheat 328,056. cured hams and shoulders 218,696. wheat again 23,376.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Nebraska appoints acting postmasters and funds rise
The post office department announced acting postmasters for Cedar Rapids Edgar Lexington and Sutherland in Nebraska. State Treasurer George E Hall reported April revenue fund rose from 2 172 384 to 2 307 724 and trust funds increased from 460 451 to 510 424. Permanent trust funds grew from 2 701 270 to 2 926 443.
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Post Ofice Department
Nebraska
James B. Gordon
Cedar Rapids
Charles R. Patton
Edgar
Philo J. Hewitt
Lexington
Arthur B. Yates
Sutherland
George E. Hall
Government warns haulers on gasoline permits across states
Director of Agriculture D. F. Felton urged all truckers hauling gasoline from Kansas to Nebraska to obtain permits from both states. He noted cooperation with Kansas officials to curb bootlegging and said 15 inspectors are on the border enforcing the new permit requirement for motor vehicle fuels.
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D. F. Felton
Kansas
Nebraska
Students Visit Lincoln Capitol and Institutions in Two-District Trip
Niobrara and Coleridge high school students, about two dozen from each, toured Lincoln visiting the capitol, university, state agencies and other sites. A separate project places a 12 ton Butler county granite monument in David City courthouse yard to honor pioneers, sponsored by the David City Daughters of the American Revolution. The Nebraska state fair board, voting unanimously, plans to operate within the legislature funded budget including 46,466 to cover half, 35,000 for maintenance, and smaller sums for boys and girls clubs and repairs.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Niobrara
Knox County
Coleridge
Cedar County
Virginia
Bruning
Center
Royal
Butler County
David City
Bunting
Brainard
the Daughters of the American Revolution
State Fair Board of Managers
Capitol
Grain Shipments Surge On Burlington Lines In Nebraska
Burlington railroad officials report grain movement rising sharply in Nebraska with ten extra car repairmen added at Omaha and Lincoln. Additional cars arrive from Colorado as May 2 loadings reach 127 cars, up from 50 a year earlier, mostly corn loaded on the eastern Nebraska division.
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Burlington Railroad
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Colorado
Nebraska Senate OKs 3.2 Beer Bill With Emergency Clause
The senate passed on third reading a 3.2 beer bill allowing Nebraska manufacturers and brewers to produce and ship beer outside the state. The measure, approved 22 to 8, regulates manufacture storage and transport of 3.2 beer for export and includes an emergency clause.
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Senate
Nebraska
Omaha Packing Plants Report Hiring Sprint Ahead of Strike
Managers of Omaha's four large meatpacking plants say business is much better and payrolls have risen by nearly 600 workers in recent weeks. The gain is about $9,000 weekly. Company officials dismiss worries over the Farm Holiday association strike set to begin May 13, believing most producers shipping to Omaha are not aligned with the movement.
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South Africa
Canada
Crippie Creek
Lena
Rand
Klondike
Omaha
Farm Holiday Association
Seven States Not Listed in RFC Aid Report
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation report shows Nebraska among seven states not listed as receiving federal aid under the Emergency Relief and Construction Act. By April 22 the RFC had $268,121,654 available to 41 states and two territories, with Iowa at $2,130,587 and South Dakota at $1,803,945, repayable via future federal road aid.
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Nebraska
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
South Dakota
Sugar firm taxes cited in Scotts Bluff County total
Scotts Bluff county collected 135725.43 dollars from Great Western Sugar Co for 1932 real estate taxes and 71114.68 for personal property in November, totaling 208840.11 dollars. Five local sugar factories paid 36824.10, 38960.33, 55500.15, 40719.24, and 34890.20 respectively. Company property in the county amounts to 6692303 dollars, about 24 percent of county assessed value.
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Scotts Bluff County
Great Western Sugar Co
Minatare
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Gering
Lyman
Brazil's Cities Are Wonderful Feature Rio Sao Paulo Recife Bahia
National Geographic survey describes Brazil's coastal population centers led by Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo with inland growth, and outlines Recife in Pernambuco and Salvador in Bahia. It notes Sugar Loaf, coffee-driven Sao Paulo, and Pernambuco as a gateway port with diverse commerce and colonial legacies.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Brazil
United States
Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Pernambuco
Recife
Bahia
Sao Salvador
Rio
Brasil
Amerigo Vespucci
All Saints Bay
South America
Bahia State
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U.S
Capablanca
Jose Capablanca
Herman Steiner
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Gotham
Rattlers
Department of Agriculture
Turkey
State News
World
Sugar Loaf
Leipzig
Indianapolis
Sao Paul
John Smith
Ethiopia
Delaware
Rhode Island
Santos
Azores
New York City
Portugal
Dakar
Africa
Liverpool
Boston
Baltimore
Rio de Janiero
Buenos Aires
Plymouth Rock
Hinter
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