End of Striking Urged by Johnson
Washington recovery chief Hugh S. Johnson urged the American Federation of Labor to prevent a strike and support the National Recovery Act. He warned that a minority of industry and labor threatens recovery and called for cooperation among industry, labor, and government to avoid collapse. The AFL convention backed a 30 hour week and, if needed, a six hour five day plan with wage protections.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Johnson
Pennsylvania
NRA
Jonson
American Federation of Labor Convention
Deputy Sheriff Slain Battling Murderer in Toledo Shootout
Toledo police and sheriff forces searched for Floyd Baldwin an indicted murder suspect after a gun battle in which Deputy Sheriff Leo Flanagan was killed and Baldwin wounded. Baldwin had been sought since September 12 when John L. Parker was killed during a holdup of six golfers at the Sylvania club course. Officers guarded a house based on a tip and Baldwin appeared.
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Toledo
Ohio
Floyd Baldwin
Leo Flanagan
Baldwin
John L. Parker
Sylvania Club
Hotel Guest Seized as $500000 Gem Thief
St Louis police arrested William Malcom Ritchey at a leading hotel. He is wanted in several cities for jewel thefts totaling about $500000. Ritchey allegedly followed jewelry salesmen, replacing their sample cases with empty ones using baggage check switches.
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St. Louis
William Malcom Ritchey
Hunters Urged Not to Shoot Forestry Corps Workers
Boston mass major general Fox Conner of the First corps area appeals to 230000 New England hunters not to shoot the 25000 civilian conservation corps members in the region. He warns to be sure before shooting as workers will wear plaid jackets and caps that could be mistaken for game.
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Boston
Mass
Fox Conner
First Corps
New England
Civilian Conservation Corps
Morris Hillquit Dies at 64 Socialist Leader of New York
Morris Hillquit, noted lawyer and internationally known Socialist figure, died at his home after a long illness at age sixty four. Born in Riga in 1869 he came to the United States with his parents in 1886. He rose to prominence in New York and in socialist circles.
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New York
Morris Hillquit
Riga
Russia
Latvia
United States
Portugal Elected to League Council Fifteenth Seat
Portugal wins a seat on the League of Nations Council as the assembly fills the newly created fifteenth position. The vote confirms Portugal's role among leading powers in Geneva.
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Portugal
League Council
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Dairy farmers vow to bolt NRA over AAA failures
Chicago dairy leaders at the National Co operative Milk Producers federation say they will not go along with the NRA if the AAA is not enforced. D N Geyer of the Pure Milk association warns action or dairy farmers will abandon the government program to restore buying power. W S Moscerio of the Twin City Milk Producers adds NRA failure risks the industry unless farm buying power returns.
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Chicago
Farm Adjustment Administration
Goa
NRA
National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation
D. N. Geyer
Pure Milk Association
AAA
Washington
Geyer
Harry Hopkins
W. S. Moscerio
Twin City Milk Producers’ Association
St. Paul
Worried Farmer Kills Son Daughter Self in Minnesota
Appleton, Minn. A farmer driven by financial worries killed his 12 year old son and 14 year old daughter with a hammer then beat his wife and another son before shooting himself. The victims are William E. McKeever, 43, and his children.
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Appleton, Minn
William E. McKeever
Here
League Assembly Approves German Jewish Refugee Aid Chief
The League of Nations assembly in Geneva approved appointing a high commissioner to organize aid for German Jewish refugees despite German protests. German delegates sat in silence as the assembly acted as the final authority.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
Witness slain in Roanoke Rapids murder case ties to Virginia
A 23 year old Roanoke Rapids woman who testified in the Cannon quadruple murder case in Boydton Virginia was found slain near her home in Roanoke Rapids.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Marvel Cullum
Boydton
Van Wert Bank Granted National Charter
The Van Wert National Bank of Van Wert Ohio has been granted a national bank charter by Comptroller of the Currency OConnor. The bank succeeds the Van Wert National Bank.
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van Wert Bank
Washington
van Wert National Bank
van Wert
Ohio
O'Connor
Nebraska healthful avers Bartholomew Nebraskans healthiest claim
State health director Dr. P H Bartholomew notes more Nebraskans stay home with chicken pox and measles this year than last, but smallpox remains low. He cites cycles and urges waiting for 10 year data while praising Nebraskans' health due to living space and racial variety.
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Lincoln
Bartholomew
State Valuations Down in Nebraska Tax Study
Lincoln state tax commissioner W H Smith completed an analysis of Nebraska taxable assessed valuations totaling 2 073 283 250. The state total is 4500 000 000 less than 1932 with farm lands 553 773 percent of the total and farm land valuations 1 148 126 823 for 1933 versus 1 435 384 208 last year. Town lots rise to 217 104 percent of total with 450 117 046 valuation, livestock shares grow to 86 100 percent, grains rise from 11 322 125 to 13 138 237.
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Lincoln
W. H. Smith
Nebraska
Smith
Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Highlights 6th Annual Show in Omaha
The Ak-Sar-Ben parade on Armistice Day November 11 will headline the sixth annual stock show rodeo and horse show at the Coliseum in Omaha. Old-time rigs ox carts buggies and floats from local firms will parade Saturday afternoon as a preview to the exposition opening that evening and running through Friday. This marks the first Ak-Sar-Ben parade since the old den burned years ago.
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Omaha
Indians Claim Many Millions Omaha
George M. Tunison, president of the Omaha Bar Association, will present a $37,000,000 Shoshone Indian tribe claim against the federal government in Washington. The suit seeks compensation for loss of about 3,000,000 acres of Wind River Valley reservation after Arapahoe relocation and settlement. Proceedings begin before the court of claims this month following years of evidence gathering and a 1927 congressional bill enabling the suit.
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Omaha
George M. Tunison
Omaha Bar Association
Washington
Wyoming
Tunison
Wind River Valley
A. W. Jefferis
Congress
Court of Claims
County relief food drive yields canned tomatoes and garden harvest
Four thousand cans of tomatoes are stacked in the county store at the courthouse as unemployed workers and donated machinery prepare winter relief for those on relief rolls. County gardens yielded sixty five bushels of cucumbers nearly 1000 bushels of potatoes a hundred bushels of tomatoes and about 250 bushels of turnips along with other vegetables.
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Kearney
Court House
Bond Proposal for Municipal Building Fails by One Vote
A special election resulted in 158 in favor and 116 against a proposal to issue ten thousand dollars in bonds to finance a nineteen thousand dollar municipal building. The plan failed by one vote short of the required sixty percent.
Omaha Livestock Packing Surges in September
Omaha September livestock totals reached 675 709 head, up 62 percent from a year earlier. Commissioner Eastburn of the Chamber credits government buying for the rise, though packers employed more workers than usual.
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Omaha
Eastburn
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska teachers hear speakers at district convention
Nebraska educators will attend district conventions of the Nebraska State Teachers Association from October 25 to 28. Featured speakers include Dr C M Hill of Yale University, Dr B B Schmitt of the University of Chicago, Dr B M Cherrington now at the University of Denver, Dr Fannie Dunn of Columbia University, and Dr A F Harman Alabama state superintendent.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
C. M. Hill
Yale University
B. B. Schmitt
University of Chicago
B. M. Cherrington
University of Denver
Fannie Dunn
Columbia University
A. F. Harman
Alabama
Nebraska to award paving contract for route south from Omaha
State Engineer Cochran told the Chamber of Commerce highways committee that a contract to pave the proposed route south from the Platte river on U S highway 75 will be awarded soon. He added an overhead crossing for Burlington main line tracks at Oreopolis, a Nebraska forgotten town, will be awarded at the same time.
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Platte River
Omaha
Nebraska City
Cochran
Chamber of Commerce Highways Committee
Burlington
Oreopolis
Nebraska
Will Maupin Returns With Sunny Side Up Broadcasts
Will Maupin, a Nebraska newspaper man and columnist, resumes his Sunny Side Up philosophies on KOIL. He will air three evenings weekly and a Sunday morning 9:30 sermon titled Sermon of a Layman.
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Will Maupin
Nebraska
Fire destroys Wells Abbott Nieman mill at Schuyler
A spectacular blaze destroyed the Wells Abbott Nieman mill and elevator in Schuyler. Loss estimates reached 400000 dollars. The mill area burned while grain storage tanks and nearby grain terminal functions remained largely intact. Fire crews from North Bend Columbus Fremont and David City aided Schuyler firefighters as sparks ignited minor blazes around town. The plant's capacity was 3000 barrels daily.
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Wells Abbott Nieman
Schuyler
B. C. Christopher Company
Kansas City
North Bend
Columbus
Fremont
David City
Nebraska Motor Vehicle Registrations Drop in 1933 Nine Months
Registration data for Nebraska shows that the first nine months of 1933 were about 36 400 below the total for all of 1932. Transfers of used cars fell nearly 50 percent from 28 152 to 14 709. Excluding transfers, current year figures nearly match 1932. Passenger cars privately owned near 1932 levels. truck counts down 6 300. Trailers licensed down 2 300. License revenue to fall by about half due to legislature cuts.
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Nebraska
Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau
Burwell farmer D W Taylor relies on irrigation for a self-sufficient plot
D W Taylor irrigates a 10 acre Burwell tract fed from the North Loup river via canal. He grows tobacco worth about 100 dollars a year and peanuts potatoes corn butter beans and roughage for his own pork and dairy needs. His poultry flock includes 300 white leghorn hens and his beehives yield 500 pounds of honey annually.
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D. W. Taylor
Burwell
Taylor
North Loup
Nebraska official says state has best recovery chance
George Hodge Nebraska reemployment director returned to Lincoln from a national conference in Indianapolis with the claim that Nebraska has the finest chance to recover among states. He noted Nebraska faces about 60,000 unemployed but believes conditions are better here than elsewhere after hearing reports from federal reemployment officials nationwide.
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George Hodge
Nebraska
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Hodges
New Bonds Offer Aimed at Replacing Old Debt
The United States plans to call in old bonds and issue new ones worth 300 million dollars in cash. Taxpayers would incur annual interest that would quickly pay off the bonds. The argument notes the government could retire all outstanding bonds with new money, freeing 20 billion dollars to circulate and spur prosperity.
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United States
Johnson says strikes threaten NRA and labor under mediation
General Johnson, head of the NRA, warns strikes may doom labor and the NRA as not needed in the President's mediation setup. NRA might veto union decisions while 40,000,000 workers could be organized. Grady threatens congressional power to settle federal strikes, hinting at government union control.
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General Johnson
NRA
Grady
Congress
United States
Labor Union
NRA blasts star salaries and director pay compared to president
The NRA questions child stars salaries and directors earning five or six times the president. Johnson says comparisons are odious and asks if earnings match value. A mining analogy suggests preferring the skilled finder over the talker, even at higher pay, and hints at sharing gold.
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NRA
Johnson
Recovery brings billions yearly, not octillions
Professor John N Cameron argues against exaggerated figures from Judas silver, while General Johnson warns a single dollar spent and circulated aids recovery. the impact may reach billions annually rather than ten thousand octillions.
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John N. Cameron
Northwestern State Teachers’ College
Judas
Doctors in Chicago Claim Large Cancer Cure Total
Doctors gathered in Chicago report 15 608 new cancer cures, bringing total known cures to 24 448. Doctor Mayo emphasizes self care extends life and preserves brain health, noting it is pointless to keep someone alive to ninety if their brain declines by seventy.
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Chicago
Mayo
General Wood Sees Upward Trends in Economy
Gen. R. E. Wood of Sears Roebuck and former West Point graduate reports improving conditions across numerous cities and the world’s largest mail order business. He notes steady gains and asserts that money must be addressed.
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R. E. Wood
Sears- Roebuck
Panama Canal
West Point
General Wood
Secretaries Words on Press Freedom Stir Debate
Miss Perkins secretary of labor asserts conciliators have no right to dictate editorial content. She states editors decide what to print and cites the Constitution, urging others to study its protections of press liberty.
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Miss Perkins
Labor
Chiang Kai Shek rushes beds to Kiangsi for wounded
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek orders 10,000 hospital beds to Kiangsi Province to cope with incoming casualties as reports describe grim conditions signaling strain on regional medical facilities.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
Kiangsi
Buy Now campaign urged to support American goods
General Johnson appeals to women to back the Buy Now program to keep wage earners on payroll. He urges adding Buy American to the campaign to avoid spending on goods made abroad and sustaining foreign payrolls.
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Johnson
America
Government predicts vast whisky stock for quick sale
The government notes that as prohibition ends soon the country will have about 40,000,000 gallons of whisky ready for immediate sale. The forecast, dated 1988, is attributed to King Features Syndicate.
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King Feat Syndicy
King Eatures Syndicate, Inc
Radio notes mix of politics, cinema and dining chatter
A visitor writes from Beverly Hills reflecting on Roosevelt's talk to the American Legion and Hoover’s perceived missteps. The piece rails at past advisers, praises Chamlin and Disney dinner guests, and praises Chaplin while admiring Von Klein Smid and Rupert Hughes. The writer brags of social rounds and prepares for a hard winter.
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Charley Chaplin
Charley
Rascal
Walter Disney
Mickey Mouse
Bnt
Disney
von Klein Smidh
U.S.C
Writers Club
Chaplin
Rupert Hughes
Hamlin Garlin
Promises and rewards shape child conduct and faith
The article argues promises must be kept to maintain a child's trust and belief in parental word. It warns that forgotten promises erode faith, and awarding for unearned gains weakens a child’s discipline. Reciprocity and earned rewards are essential for shaping behavior and future respect for laws.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Old Timers Row Harvard Oarsmen Show Past Glories
An eight oared shell of Harvard oarsmen half a century removed traveled down the Charles river. An elder in the crew recalled how they won in the early eighties when technique mattered as much as today.
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Harvard
Charles River
City Streets Rented to Motion Picture Firms
Paris rents its streets to film companies with charges for every actor animal and vehicle on location. Prices double after dark due to blocking night traffic being a serious concern.
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Paris
Collier's Weekly
Decline of Gaels Now Limited to Northwestern Britain and Ireland
The Gaels now inhabit only the extreme northwestern districts of Britain and part of Ireland. Historians note that at one time the entire British Isles were occupied by them.
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Britain
Ireland
British Isles
Kansas City Times
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