Passamaquoddy and Florida Canal Projects Get Reprieve
Congress may study the Passamaquoddy tidal power and Florida canal projects with a three engineer board and possible funding under work relief. The move, urged by Senator Robinson, faces Republican objections over cost and the projects’ merit, while tax policy and the Roosevelt administration’s handling of the New Deal remain hotly debated.
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Washington
Passamaquoddy
Florida Ship
Congress
Capital Hill
Roosevelt
Senate
Florida Canal
House
Joseph T. Robinson
Nebraska farmers gain 1936 weed control program
Lincoln Nebraska farmers can use the new federal agricultural conservation program to tackle weed outbreaks led by bindweed. The program offers about 10 dollars per acre soil conserving payments based on land protectivity, with aims to reduce infestations on roughly 400000 acres statewide.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Fred Wallace
State Conservation Committee
Wallace
Shelterbelt Trees Show High Survival Rates in Plains Project
Acting director Paul H. Roberts reports 75 to 80 percent of shelterbelt trees planted endure, far above the 30 percent survival among trees planted by individual farmers. He cites methods to aid growth in dust storms from Canada to Texas, including straw mulching, rye and peas, sudan grass edges, small dams, and ditch water capture. Loss of cottonwood elm and locust trees stands at 10 to 15 percent.
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Lincolna
Paul H. Roberts
Congression
Canada
Texas
Roberts
Mitchell
S. D
Relief Rolls Continue Drop in Nebraska WPA Jobs
Nebraska relief rolls fell to 14 560 families totaling 48 671 persons as of May 15 17 200 people were employed in WPA jobs. Lancaster and Douglas counties accounted for nearly half the cases 13 101 in Omaha and 7 555 in Lancaster. WPA payrolls have been cut by over 8 000 since March peak 25 500 with other federal and private jobs absorbing most who left WPA.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
NERA
WPA
E. F. Witte
Lancaster
Douglas Counties
Omaha
Army engineers to hire 3000 more for Missouri river work
Omaha district official Capt. H B Lopez announced 3000 additional workers will join the Missouri river improvement project valued at 7 million dollars. The effort will span the river from Rule to Sioux City and is to begin in six weeks with a projected 5000 employed by July 1. The funding comes from a war department appropriation signed by President Roosevelt.
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Omaha
United States Army Engineers
Missouri
H. B. Lopez
Rule
Sioux City
Lopez
Roosevelt
War Department
PWA Aids 58 Nebraska Schools in Modernization Drive
A special report shows the Public Works Administration aided 58 Nebraska schools with new or added buildings including 350 classrooms and 47 gymnasiums and auditoriums. Nebraska PWA engineer John Latenser Jr. reported the project, costing about 675000 dollars, per President Roosevelt’s request.
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PWA
Omaha
Nebraska
Public Works Administration
John Latenser, Jr
Rosevelt
Dividends Paid to Depositors in Failed State Banks
State bank receivership announces final payment of 6.2 percent or 4170 dollars, total 56.2 percent or 37806 dollars. Farmers bank at Dunbar under administrative receivership distributes 20 percent or 7431 dollars, total to date 60 percent or 22293 dollars.
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Page State Bank
Page
Farmers Bank, Dunbar
Red Cross Opens Two Highway First Aid Stations Near Omaha
The Omaha Chapter of the American Red Cross opened two highway first aid stations. One at Dutch Mill 120th and Center on Highway 6 and another at Ten Mile House 132nd and Dodge on Highway 30.
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Omaha
American Red Cross
Dutch Mill
120Th
Center Streets
Ten-Mile House
132Nd
Dodge Streets
Nebraska RA loans pass four million to farm families
L. A. White of the federal resettlement administration says Nebraska has lent more than 4,000,000 to 6,200 farm families since the RA began operations last August. He notes Nebraska ranks second to Texas in farm family loans. Subistence grants during winter totaled 390,000 to 7,392 families.
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L. A. White
Federal Resettlement Administration
Nebraska
Texas
Nebraska State Golf Tourney for Women at Happy Hollow
The Nebraska State Golf Tournament for women will be held at Happy Hollow Club in Omaha during the week of June 15. Four or five eighteen hole flights and several nine hole flights are planned with an entry fee of $3. Players from any club in the state may enter and may play at Happy Hollow Club on mornings without golf fees. The course has undergone intensive green and fairway work and is reported in perfect condition for the tournament.
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Happy Hollow Club
Omaha
Midwest Weather Prophet Sees Extreme Summer
The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard S J of Omaha predicts a summer of extremes for the Midwest and a tough winter ahead. His past forecasts, including dust storms in 1934 and a hard winter last fall, have proven accurate as he plans a tenth Alaska weather study trip.
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Bernard R. Hubbard
S. J
Omaha
Midwest
Father Hubbard
Alaska
State Assistance Director outlines May relief requests
State official Irl Tolen told the assistance committee county needs for May include direct relief old age blind and dependent children funds. They noted state and federal matches for old age and blind assistance and cited specific requests from Nance totaling 432.98 with federal 144.33 and state 288.65 for dependent children.
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Irl Tolen
State Assistance Committee
Nance
State Auditor Reports Bond Redemptions and New Issues
State Auditor Fred Ayers announced in April the redemption of 832 834 in bonds from state governmental units, against new bonds totaling 98 300. Refunding bonds issued in April amounted to 390 213 per the auditor's report. Redeemed bonds included issuances by cities, counties and school districts.
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Fred Ayers
Railroads Seek Major Tax Reductions in Nebraska
The state board of equalization received requests from railroads in financial trouble asking for sharp tax cuts. The Burlington and Union Pacific lines dominate state railroad taxes and seek reductions totaling over 18 million dollars. Evidence cited includes snow removal costs and rising operating expenses, presented to Gov. Cochran Tax Commissioner Smith and Secretary Swanson.
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Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
Burlington and
Union Pacific
R. L. Cochran
W. H. Smith
Harry
Preliminary assessment shows property value rise in township returns
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith said preliminary returns from 28 townships in 23 counties show personal property values up 20 percent from 1935. Total valuations totaled 2,584,238 vs 2,154,539 last year, a gain of 429,699, and Smith noted warrants from county, city, and school districts are taxable per a recent attorney general opinion.
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W. H. Smith
Smith
Attorney General’s Office
AAA Rental and Benefit Payments Report Totals
Platte county farmers received 1008446.43 in AAA rental and benefit payments from May 12 1933 to December 31 1935, announced by Richard L. Metcalfe Nebraska state director for the national emergency council. Nebraska totals for the same period reached 67634849.86.
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Platte County
AAA
Richard L. Metcalfe
Omaha
Nebraska
National Emergency Council
Jesus Teaches in the Temple and Marks on Gifts
A church lesson interprets Luke chapters 20 and 21 noting Jesus warns against scribes, values the widow's gift, foretells the temple's destruction, and urges readiness through patience, watchfulness, and prayer. The study emphasizes living for spiritual ends today.
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Jesus
Two New Deal Upsets Hit Supreme Court
Brisbane reports that major Roosevelt experiments are ruled unconstitutional. The Supreme Court and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals void key programs in the New Deal, citing unlawful delegation of power and states’ rights violations. The decision impacts the Tugwell Resettlement program and leaves other relief funds unsettled.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Guffey
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Tugwell
Congress
Washington Dispatch
Frog jumping contest draws 25000 at Angels Camp
At Angels Camp California twenty five thousand spectators watched the Calaveras county frog jumping contest. Can't Take It won with a 12 feet 3 inches leap in three hops closely followed by a 12 feet 2 inches second frog raised on the Will Rogers ranch.
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Angels Camp
Calif
Calaveras County
Will Rogers
Einstein
Compulsory schooling idea mocked as excessive burden
The author jokes that forcing all Americans to stay in school until age twenty two or even sixty with a $200 monthly pension would be simpler than current practice. The piece argues that many people begin earning a living before twenty-two and should continue doing so.
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Christ
Sir Hubert Wilkins Envisions Transatlantic Dirigible Route
Sir Hubert Wilkins, famed for polar flights, crossed the Atlantic by dirigible recently. He says a business traveler could depart from almost anywhere in the United States on Wednesday, reach Europe by Friday, and return to the desk by Monday morning.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
Antarctic
Atlantic
Sir Hubert
United States
Europe
Woman Arrested Near Church For Begging. Wears Dresses and Shoes
New York police detained a middle aged woman found near a church and described as acting strangely. She wore multiple dresses and men’s shoes while carrying bank books showing deposits of $25,000. The piece argues against indiscriminate giving and warns of beggary risks.
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New York
Mussolini orders census of Ethiopians remaining
The article reports Mussolini conducting a census of Ethiopians in Ethiopia, estimating six to fourteen million people. Able-bodied subjects will be forced to work with tools provided by Italy, directed by Italians, under a system likened to ancient Rome. The piece asserts this is preferable to violence or internal slavery.
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Mussolini
News First Approach Shapes The American Newspaper
A concise editorial note explains the newsroom priority: lead with clear, accurate news, then sports, then humor. Opinions and editorials are de-emphasized, with fiction considered low value. the aim is to deliver vivid reporting before lighter content.
Spain Burnings Highlight Religious Tensions in Valencia
A Valencia mob set fire to two Catholic churches amid rising anti religious sentiment in Spain. The report notes a shift from previous indifference to active hostility toward religion across deeply religious countries, amid global church and political tensions involving Catholic leaders in Rome.
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Spain
Pope Pius
Rome
Valencia
All Around The House Household Tips From WNU Service
Practical home hints cover fabric care cheese melting fish boiling spice sachets and mold control. Tips include restoring velvet pile heat mild for cheese soften drying damp spaces quicklime to absorb moisture and sandpaper use with a wood block.
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