Mystery at Mu Beta Sigma Ends in Theft and Murder
Detective Rankin unravels a web of thefts and a fatal stabbing at Mu Beta Sigma. Ned Patterson, a sponsor with mounting gambling debts, is implicated as the killer after evidence links him to stolen atropine, a hidden robe, and the murder motive tied to Jordan’s death. Patterson confronts the charges as investigators reveal a chain of clues from Buckley’s apartment to the fraternity’s rituals.
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Rankin
Mr. Fletcher
Jordan
Shawnee
Croft Hall
Gordon
Tommy
Daniel Gilmore
Ralph Buckley
Buckley
Gilmore
Randall
Aberdeen
Harrowgate
University
Mu Beta Sigma
Stuart Jordan
Tommy Rankin
Philadelphia
Howard Merrick
St. Louis
Vandalia
Ill
Walter Randall
Edward Fletcher
Larry Palmer
Palmer
Arnold Prince
Connie
Ned Patterson
Fletcher
Patterson
Rankan
Dan
Morton Club
Kingston's
Walnut Street
Ben Crawford
Young Heyward
Johnson
Heyward
Jenks
Locust Street
Tenth Street
Race
Finance Aid Society
Peter Savoulos
Watch stolen during hazing mystery unfolds at campus
Rankin questions two students about a wristwatch as Ben Crawford recognizes the item as his own. He explains it was stolen from his room Monday night after hazing, prompting Rankin to press for details on where the watch went.
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Patterson
Savoulos
Tommy
Thomas
Rankin
B. C
Ben Crawford
Stanton
Beaver City votes bonds for ice plant and water extension
State News reports deputy game warden William Lytle says the game commission auctioned 51 confiscated guns, raising $396. Beaver City voters approve $17,500 in bonds for a municipal ice plant and water system extension. W. C. Flanagan sells an 80 acre Tekamah farm for $8,000 cash with no encumbrances. August auto registrations rise in Lancaster County from 127 to 228.
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Willian Lytle
Game Commission
Beaver City
W. C. Flanagan
Tekamah
T. H. Filiott
Flanagan
Prehistoric Indian Ruins Found Near Riverton Farm
Excavations on the Charles Schriner farm one mile north of Riverton reveal an irregular 25 by 16 foot house with an eight foot east entrance. This marks the first Indian remains found in the area. Gle Man River day on October 12 in Brownville celebrates Missouri river projects with a parade and banquet for former Governor Arthur J. Weaver.
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Charles Schriner
Riverton
Brownville
Nebraska
Arthur J. Weaver
Capitol commission proceeds on murals and landscape bids
The Capitol commission focuses on selecting an artist to paint murals for the rotunda and foyer and on preparing landscape bids for the ten million dollar structure. They meet October 2 to discuss candidates as landscaping heads toward completion with trees and shrubs, with planting expected next spring.
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State Capitol
Capitol Commission
Ravenna Melon King Ends Season With Record Visitors
Paul Long, Ravenna's watermelon king, wraps up a successful season by selling and distributing melons. More than 2000 visitors came to the farm with 300 on site at once, many allowed to sample freely and others buying melons at reduced prices. The season avoided waste by moving tons of fruit.
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Paul Long
Ravenna
Long
Nebraska to ship salt cured relief pork after hog reduction plan
Nebraska officials report 227000 pounds of relief pork from hog surplus reductions will be salt cured in 3 and 6 pound packages with soaking directions. County quotas not set. Secretary Reed notes 1933 fair receipts at 53903 with 54810 in expenses and pro rate payments possible. Sugar beet digging begins near Kearney with 15 ton per acre yields and potential 20 ton fields. A J Denman of American Beet Sugar Co. predicts a record factory run at Grand Island.
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Chicago
National Relief
Harry L. Hopkins
Randall Biart
Perry Reed
State Fair Board
Reed
First Trust Co
Lincoln
Kearney
Gibbon
Denman
A. J. Denman
American Beet Sugar Co
Grand Island
Nebraska’s 1932 Expenditures and Revenues Detailed
Census bureau figures show Nebraska spent 1,442,842 for 1932 including 14,065,864 for highways. Local receipts were 2,561,756 with per capita costs at about 10 dollars. Tax and license revenues formed major portions while indebtedness remained at 0.238 million dollars with 0.17 per capita.
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Nebraska
Census Bureau
Nebraska Seeks 5 Million Aid to Weather Drouth Unemployment
Nebraska relief chief Biart said federal aid is assured but amounts and timing remain unclear. Hopkins questioned bonded debt limits as Biart noted a $100000 cap and no bond issue in Douglas County. Drouth and grasshoppers worsen unemployment across the state with 6200 relief recipients in Omaha.
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Chicago
Randall C. Biart
Nebraska
Harry L. Hopkins
Biart
W. H. Smith
Relief Administration
Hopkins
Douglas County
Omaha
Drouth
Grasshoppers
Pione Erosion Work in Lincoln-Erosian Lands Planned
State Forester Clayton Watkins said 400 workers will run erosion control on about 80 000 acres in Harlan and Webster counties. Camps near Red Cloud and Alma will start building immediately with crews arriving within a month. The plan includes 80 miles of stream improvement during six months and new quarters for a 200-man company at Valentine.
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Lincoln
Harlan
Webster
Red Cloud
Alma
Clayton Watkins
Charles W. Bryan
Watkins
Valentine
Fight To Retain Nebraska Posts
Omaha leaders including Congressman Burke and Democratic Committeeman Mullen launch effort in Washington to block war department plans to abandon Fort Crook and Fort Robinson. Omaha notification cites a proposed Fork Creek camp housing 800,000 homeless men as part of economy measures.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Crook
Robinson
War Department
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Edward R. Burke
Arthur F. Mullen
Capitol
Fork Creek
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Ned Parsons
Mu Beta Sigma House
City Hall
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Mr. Crawford
Ted
George Patten
Crawford
Stuart
Ned
Gladwyne
Nankin
Mr. Stanton
Simpson
Fraternity Brothers
al Kahler
Nance
State News
Lancaster County
Burlington
Rochford
John Alm
Adams
Beatrice
Nebraska Cicry
Rockford
P&r
Washington, D. C
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