No Levy Needed to Finish State Capitol Work
Nebraska completes its new capitol project and plans no further construction levy. The Capitol Commission reports no additional funds are required beyond those already provided, with a request to reappropriate unspent balances for the next fiscal biennium starting July 1, 1933. It marks the end of funding for the 1919 to 1933 pay-as-you-go building program. Total tax levies and proceeds approached ten million dollars, with most funds collected and current balance/receipts outlined.
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The
Capitol Commission
Roy Cochran
Smith
State Capitol
Capital Commission
Governor outlines plan to restore Nebraska lakes
Governor Bryan proposed a fall project by the Game and Fish Commission to raise water levels in Cherry county lakes by building a dam on Gordon Creek near Hackberry lake and a canal to channel flood waters. An engineer survey will estimate costs while leveraging spring floods to lift Hackberry and downstream lakes including Alkali Willow and others.
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Nebraska Lakes
Lincoln
Bryan
Game and Fish Commission
Cherry County
Hackberry Lake
Gordon Creek
The
Game Commission
Frank B. O'Connell
Bryan Said
Commission
State Fair in Lincoln Faces 141000 Red Ink
Nebraska state fair operates with a deficit of 141000 dollars after the 1932 fair. The report to the board of managers cites 54817 from 1932 and 87000 from 1931. Legislature action next year is needed to address indebtedness while receipts totaled 68390 and expenditures 123280. Gate receipts and concessions were the strongest revenue sources.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
George Jackson
Nebraska Trucks Lead State Vehicle Registry Count
A railroad commission survey by George K. Leonard shows 60,745 trucks among 414,738 motor vehicles in Nebraska for 1931. Trucks are one in seven vehicles, five times higher than 1918 figures.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
George K. Leonard
Railroad Commission
Nebraska August creamery butter output rises 15.5 percent
Nebraska production of creamery butter in August climbs 15.5 percent from a year ago in statistics from the state and federal division of agricultural statistics. National butter production also shows an August rise after declines in June and July.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show Offers Free Tickets to Shippers
Farmers and stockmen invited to Omaha event by Union Stock Yards. Two free general admission tickets will be sent to anyone who shipped stock to South Omaha in the past year. Shippers urged to write promptly to receive tickets during Show week.
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Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha
South Omaha
Nebraska Sweet Clover Seed Crop Dips Nationwide
Poorer acreage in the northern and western parts of Nebraska lowers this year’s sweet clover seed crop though yields in the southeast hold steady and production edges up slightly. Prices range from $1.50 to $3 per 100 pounds with the national crop about two thirds of last year due to grasshoppers heat and rains at blossoming.
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Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Nebrasa
Smithsonian archaeologists uncover ancient man at Signal Butte
Smithsonian institution archaeologists digging atop Signal Butte in Nebraska report finding prehistoric bones and crude implements. Three distinct occupation layers reveal a signal station used in Indian warfare days. The lowest deposits show no pottery, suggesting pre-pleistocene origin and human presence between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago.
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Smithsonian Institution
Signal Butte
Nebraska
America
Butte
Nebraska Cornhusking Title Contest Set for York Area
Nebraska farmers will compete for the state cornhusking title at Mc Cartney farm two miles northwest of York. The York chamber learned from the Nebraska Farmer sponsor that the contest will be held on the third or fourth day of November. The field is estimated to yield 50 to 60 bushels per acre. Defending champion is George Noe of Nance county.
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Nebraska
McCartney
York
Chamber of Commerce At
Nebraska Farmer
Lincoln
George Noe
Nance County
World Trade Battle Tightens After Ottawa Talks
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes Ottawa trade agreements may reshape global commerce. It cites US efforts through the Department of Commerce and 59 foreign ports, Britain’s consuls and salesmen, France's Paris emphasis on arts, Germany's trade fairs, Sweden's exporters' association, and Belgium's export credit bodies backing overseas sales.
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Washington
Great Britain
Ottawa
Canada
National Geographic Society
British Empire
United States
Department of Commerce
France
Germany
Leipzig
Sweden
Freign
Belgium
500 Year Old John Eliot Oak May Not Survive Winter
Natick residents fear the John Eliot oak, possibly 500 years old, cannot endure another winter. Once a site of Eliot's Indian ministry, it inspired Longfellow and now stands with diminishing limbs after gas fumes damaged its roots five years ago.
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Natick
Mass
John Eliot
Israel
Longfellow
Men Turn to Face Lifts to Preserve Jobs
Detroit reports Dr. Suzanne Noel says a third of her patients are men seeking facial lifts to remain competitive in industry. The Paris surgeon, touring on a French government program, notes she has performed about 6000 aesthetic procedures in twenty years, mostly for workers at risk of age-related dismissal.
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Detroit
Mich
Suzanne Noel
Paris
Noel
Ground Squirrel Without Eyes or Ears Trapped in Hollister
An eleven year old, John Edward Menez, trapped a ground squirrel on his father's ranch near Hollister California. The creature appeared headless at first glance but revealed a normal mouth and nose upon closer inspection, with the rest of the body normal.
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Hollister
Calif
John Edward Menez
Here
New Device Indicates Pear Readiness in Oregon
A new electrical tester to determine pear maturity is seen as a major advance for Oregon’s crop. James C. Moore, assistant horticulturist at the state college experiment station, says it is more accurate than the current pressure tester.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
James C. Moore
State College
Radio appeal helps locate lost police dog Flash
In Pasadena California police broadcaster D R Hamilton pleads for his son Tommy's dog Flash who vanished during his illness. Within a day 179 people reported sightings and 20 dog owners offered to lend pets to keep Tommy company while he recovers.
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Pasadena
Calif
Flash
Tommy
D. R. Hamilton
Hamilton
Greenland Mountains Are Ice Says Danish Expedition Leader
Reykjavik reports Dr. Lange Koch, leader of a Danish expedition, states that Greenland's so called mountains are a vast glacier range. He asserts the ice formation forms a continuous highland across the island.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Greenland
Lange Koch
Recluse uses coffin as dinner table in Texas hills
Albert Schnecke, a ninety year old hermit near Perrin Texas, sits beside a black satin coffin used as a dining table. He bought the casket decades ago after migrating from Paris and served in the Civil War. He lives alone, cannot hear well, and reads Balzac, rarely interacting with neighbors who recall his wild man image.
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Perrin
Texas
Paris
Jacks County
Albert Schnecke
Schnecke
Sation
Schnocke
France
America
Old Fort Richardson
Jacksboro
Balzac
Most Perfect Robot by Young English Scientist
A 14 year effort cost nearly 18000 dollars to build a mechanical man claimed as the most perfect in the world. The robot can talk sing whistle laugh or converse for half an hour and can tell time day fire a revolver and read newspaper print.
Clock Roosting Pigeons Slow Up Towns Time
Pigeons must bide their time before roosting on the courthouse clock. Sheriff John Keller tolerates bills on the four-foot minute hand when it moves downhill between 12 and 6. On the uphill drag from 6 to 12 the birds slow the clock and the sheriff warns they will get a bullet instead of a nap.
Holland Boy Seeks PA Auto Tag for Dutch Collection
A Dutch boy in Utrecht asked Pennsylvania's Department of Revenue to mail an auto tag to symbolize his collecting hobby. The boy promised to return a Dutch registration tag to the agency in exchange.
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Holland
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Department of Revenue
Utrecht
Pennsylvania Department
United States
Fence 20 Miles Long Completed at King Ranch
A 20 mile straight fence boundary near Kingsville Texas on the King ranch is finished. The line uses heavy smooth wire replacing older barbed wire to prevent injury to cattle and mark the boundary without turns.
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Kingsville
Texas
King Ranch
Morocco’s Casablanca Rabat Marrakesh described in detail
National Geographic outlines French Morocco highlighting Casablanca as port capital. Rabat’s dual European and native sectors. Marrakesh’s bustling bazaars and trade routes. The piece notes harbor improvements, modern amenities, diverse populations, and vivid street life across cities and markets.
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France
Casablanca
Europe
Protectorate
Morocco
Marrakesh
Toulouse
Oran
Rabat
Saie
Rabats
Riviera
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