Nebraskas booming turkey crop signals holiday abundance
Nebraska sees an 18 percent rise in October 1 turkey numbers versus 1931, with western and eastern regions posting gains. The state forecasts 52 percent of the crop for Thanksgiving, 35 percent for Christmas, and 13 percent for post‑holiday trade, aided by reduced cold storage and fewer imports from Argentina.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
United States
Western Pan
Argentina
Mr. Graham
Nebraska farmer predicts corn glut and cheap protein future
Nate Graham of Cass county says if corn could fetch 50 cents a bushel the country would recover quickly. Elevators now bid 5 cents for new crop ear corn as Nebraska farmers expect record tallies with yields from 60 to 93 bushels per acre. He buys yearling steers in Omaha at about 4.00, planning to feed them on corn and stalks, projecting large cheap gains as the crop overflows.
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Lincoln
Nate Graham
Cass County
Nebraska
Graham
Omaha
Contagious diseases rise in Nebraska as TB falls in October
Lincoln Dr. P. H. Bartholomew reports overall contagious diseases up in Nebraska while tuberculosis declines from 17 in September to seven in October. Diphtheria, scarlet fever, and chicken pox rise. influenza and measles ease. typhoid fever and infantile paralysis steady. Social diseases drop versus last year.
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Lincoln
P. H. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Clerk Urges Gas Tax Use to Aid Needy in Lancaster County
Lincoln County Clerk J B Morgan urged Lancaster county commissioners to divert gas tax revenue from highway improvements to relief for the needy. A 30 farmer delegation protested road graveling as relief workers discussed eviction of an unemployed family. Morgan warned funds would exhaust without work for the needy.
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Lincoln
J. B. Morgan
Lancaster County
County General Fund
Elk herd expansion reaches 23 in Wildcat Hills reserve
Thirteen more elk have been added to the Wildcat Hills state game preserve. The stock comes from the Valentine elk herd, which now numbers 23 in total.
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Wildcat Hills State Game Preserve
Valentine
Paving Equipment Arrives for O Street Highway Demonstration
A carload of the fastest power road paving equipment has been unloaded to rush O street highway paving from Union west six miles. The speediest machinery will be watched by numerous paving contractors during its three week demonstration run on the stretch.
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O Street
Union West
Arrests in pheasant season under state game laws
Frank O Connell secretary of the state game forestation and parks commission reports 23 arrests during the pheasant season for minor infractions. Total fines assessed are expected to be lower than last year.
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Frank O’connell
State Game Forestation and Parks Commission
Alliance Pays $40,000 Toward Bond Principal This Year
The city has already paid $40,000 on its bonded debt principal using earnings from the municipal light and power plant. Another $30,000 is to be paid before December 15, as announced by city councilmen.
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Alliance
October gasoline tax collections show drop from prior year
State treasurer reports October collections at 705 313 dollars with two days left in the month compared with 759 052 dollars for October last year. The decline of about 54 000 is smaller than September when receipts fell by over 250 000 from September 1931.
State board awards contracts for Hastings hospital dormitory
The state board of control awarded contracts totaling over 60000 dollars for the new employes dormitory at Hastings State hospital. Ed R. Green of Hastings received the general contract for 49411 dollars. L. L. Kinsey & Sons of Paw son will do plumbing and heating for 8922 dollars and Hastings Electric Co. will handle the electrical wiring for 1855 dollars.
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State Board of Control
Hastings State Hospital
Ed R. Green
Hastings
L. L. Kinsey & Sons, Pawson
Hastings Electric Co
Corn Husker Arthur Paul Tests Old Skills at Kearney
In the 1890s Arthur Paul was famed as a top corn husker averaging 100 bushels daily. A recent trial saw him husk 89 bushels per day for five days and now challenges fellow old timers to a modern husking contest at Kearney to see who can keep up in today’s corn rows.
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Arthur Paul
Paul
Kearney
Blair Plans 500000 Gallon Water Reservoir Project
The Blair city council voted to apply to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a 17000 loan to build a 500000 gallon water tank near Dana College. An eight inch line would connect to the city water and light plant, supplementing the 200000 gallon reservoir south of town and bolstering fire prevention facilities.
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Blair
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dana College
Missouri River Dike Project Aims to Channel Six Foot Channel
Eight barges docked at Omaha to start river improvements as 90 workmen rush to drive the first pile. Iowa crews plan over 20,000 feet of dikes to open a six foot channel with a $750,000 War Department allotment and a target completion by July.
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Missouri River
Omaha
Iowa
War Department
Fish salvage discussed by Nebraska game panel
Nebraska officials report about 100000 fish salvaged from four to five lakes near Hyannis Grant county. Fish moved to deeper waters and to Arnold Pibal and Loup City state lakes amid low water. Salvage hindered by heavy vegetation as engineers study diverting Gordon creek to Hackberry and other state owned lakes.
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State Game Commission
Nebraska
Frank B. O’connell
Hyannis
Grant County
Arnold
Pibal
Loup City
O’connell
Cherry County
Gordon Creek
Hackberry Lake
Kimball County Delinquent Tax List Shows Low Payment
Kimball County reports the smallest delinquent tax list among panhandle counties this year. Sixty seven percent of landowners are nonresidents. Total 1931 assessed taxes were 312,768 dollars with real estate 204,400 dollars and 57.75 percent paid by October 28. Personal taxes totaled 108,368 dollars with 96.6 percent paid by October 28.
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Kimball County
Panhandle
New Bag Murder Technique Haunts Gotham Gangs
An emerging method in New York gang killings uses sack and burlap bag restraints to suffocate victims after blunt force subdual. Police link eight recent deaths to rival factions while noting revenge motives and cross city gang vendettas. Gerardo Scarpato, a Brooklyn racketeer, is among the latest victims in a widening pattern.
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New York
Manhattan
Gerardo Scarpato
Brooklyn
Joe
Masseria
Unione Siciliohe
al Capone
Scarpato
Touneau
Windsor Place
Italy
America
Coney Island
A. C
Pittsburgh
Lobsters Grow Faster at Connecticut Hatcheries to Save Lives
In Noank Connecticut hatcheries feed baby lobsters liver every two hours to halve the infancy period when they drift and risk predation. As shells mature the lobsters sink to the sea bottom, improving survival rates.
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Noank
Conn
Connecticuts
Berlin's One Penthouse Above Kaiser's Palace
Otto Schoenfelder, once a court mason, has lived for thirty years with his wife in a penthouse atop the former Kaiser's palace on Unter den Linden. At seventy seven, he recalls imperial days and voices fond memories of chats with the emperor during roof top constitutional asides.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
Otto Schosenfelder
Otto Schoenfelder
Imperial Castle
German Village Boasts World's Biggest Shoe
Nuernberg hosts a German shoe exhibition featuring a 550 pound giant shoe, 9 feet 7 inches long and 5 feet 2 inches high. It took three apprentices three weeks to craft, created by Josef Schratt of Oberstdorf. A second entry is a 700 pound giant sport shoe from the Barthelmes factory in Nuernberg.
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Nuernberg
Hans Sachs
Josef Schratt
Oberstdorf
Venice
Barthelmes
Gift Overalls Returned Over Import Duty
A pair of overalls sent as a gift to a friend in Germany were returned to Jose Frassel, a Elyria tailor, because the import duty would require a full week’s wages. The German correspondent noted the duty as eight marks and sixty pfennigs, about two dollars in U.S. money, equaling a week’s wage.
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Elyria
Ohio
Germany
Jose Frassel
High Tax Spurs Spanish Tobacco Running Fleets
In Malaga Spain a tobacco smuggling fleet thrives as Spain raises tobacco taxes. Runners load legal shipments onto mother ships then transfer to smaller craft in Bay of Mallorca and nearby islands to evade carabineros. Controversy centers on jurisdiction across Spain France Britain and Tangier and the fleet operates with foreign flags to dodge authorities.
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Spain
Mediterranean
Republic
Malaya
Gibraltar
Orient
India
Tangier
Morocco
Jalifa
Algeria
Oran
Cartagena
Great Britain
France
Spanish Morocco
United States
Majorca
Menorca
Ibiza
Valencia
Barcelona
Carabineros
Compania Arrendataria de Tobacos
Michigan Clerk Popular With Victims of Cupid
Rolland J. Weaver of Steuben county on the Michigan Indiana line has become the state’s most popular county clerk after Michigan’s five day wait law. Hundreds of couples apply for licenses then cross into Angola Indiana to marry without delay.
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Michigan
Two-Pavement Plan Satisfies Lockport Aldermen
In Lockport New York aldermen Timothy J O Shaughnessy and Donald Jones clashed over street resurfacing deciding to split the street between brick on one side and macadam on the other.
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Lockport
N. Y
Timothy J. .O’shaughnessy
Donald Jones
Heifer Growth Key to Profitable Milking Herds
S H Work of the New York State College of Agriculture argues that well grown heifers mature into profitable cows. He cites Tidy a cow from the college protein experiment herd bought as a four-year-old and later thriving in milking. Tidy’s progress from 50 pounds to 90 pounds daily milk shows early development matters for future yields.
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S. H. Work
New York State College of Agriculture
Tidy
Work
Occasional stirring of milk in can aids cooling
The top layer of milk and cream in a cooling can remains warmer and richer in bacteria than the bottom. Stirring the milk and the water in the tank speeds heat exchange, reducing the cooling time when a can is placed in a bath of 50 degrees.
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Wallaces
Ground Fodder Improves Palatability for Cattle Feed
A South Dakota study shows ground bundle corn stover fed to dairy cattle eliminates waste, while unground fodder was 36 percent refused. Grinding fodder and mixing with grain or hay improves palatability and helps extend hay until pastures are ready.
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South Dakota
Drinking Cups Boost Milk Yield in Minnesota Farm
Dakota county farmer Oscar Hammer reports his cows produced about 15 more gallons daily with water-access drinking cups in the barn. He notes cows drink more when water is readily available, and a milking machine now milks the herd in about an hour and ten minutes, saving time.
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Oscar Hammer
Dakota County
Minnesota
Hammer
Water cooling of milk studied at Michigan and Kansas state
W H Martin of Kansas State College reports six to seven gallons of well water needed to cool a gallon of milk. Can cooling takes 30 to 60 minutes. Michigan Agricultural College studies show similar water use but faster cooling per Howard's Dairyman.
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W. H. Martin
Kansas State College
Michigan Agricultural College
Howard
Dairyman
Kruschen Salts Claim Weight Loss Promise
Mrs Mae West of St Louis reports dropping 20 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts. She says she has more energy and never feels hungry. The ad urges half a teaspoon in hot water each morning as a safe weight loss aid with a money back guarantee.
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Mae West
St. Louis
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