NYA Jobs At Nebraska University Provide Student Work
The New York Youth Administration funds a monthly payroll of 9 500 with 720 students employed at the University of Nebraska and 60 at Omaha's College of Medicine. Positions include research in chemistry and arch projekts like mural maps of New York Washington and ancient Rome with data filing for manufacturers catalogs and design work for The Nebraska Blue Print.
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Lincoln
National Youth Administration
University of Nebraska
T. J. Thompson
NYA
College of Medicine
Omaha
Hamilton
Department of
Architecture
Robert B. McCandless
Paul Rader
New York
Washington
Ancient
Rome
PYA
Nebraska
Hastings President Calls Ending Scholarships Across Nebraska Colleges
President J. W. Creighton of Hastings College urges scrap of all scholarships to curb student recruiting and misuse. He notes states recruit Nebraskan students and boost budgets via fees, inflating endowments. If kept, scholarships should wait one year of residence.
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Hastings
Nebraska
J. W. Creighton
Hasting College
Creighton
NYA
State Treasury Reports September Balance and Funds Totals
State Treasurer Hall reports total cash in all funds at 6 451 754 as of September 30, a monthly decrease of 262 000. Gross receipts reached 2 869 670 while disbursements were 3 131 315. General fund balance ends at 865 201 with 422 166 receipts and 465 810 payments. Largest fund is gasoline tax at 1 610 961. liquor control 368 058. old age pension 61 133. capitol fund 204 215 set to fund Hastings hospital building.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Hall
Liquor Control Fund
Old Age Pension Fund
Capitol Fund
Hastings Insane Hospital
Prairie chickens numbers drop. no open season due to disease
Nebraska game officials report prairie chickens and grouse declined by disease through summer. Frank B. O'Connell, chief conservation officer, says no open season this year and no change in pheasant season after five years of scarcity.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Frank B. O‘connell
WPA projects in Nebraska reach 225 approvals
Lincoln Nebraska WPA officials report a survey shows 66 projects started in the state with 225 projects approved totaling 1 272 060 in allotments. Delays stem from requisition and materials shortages as Norfolk district lists 15 projects with 222 workers, Omaha 3 projects with 66 workers, Lincoln 6 projects with 168 workers.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
WPA
Norfolk
Omaha
Felton Announces WPA Certification for Nebraska Indians
D F Felton state works progress administration administrator said competent Nebraska Indians will be certified and accepted on WPA jobs. Government wards will stay under the federal bureau that has aided them in the past.
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D. F. Felton
Works Progress Administration
Nebraska
Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society Posts Fall Assembly
More than fifteen hundred physicians from six states are expected in Omaha from October 28 to November 1 for the third annual post-graduate assembly. The event includes over twenty clinics and exhibits by Omaha doctors and lectures by twelve nationally known medical men.
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Omaha
Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society
York County Wins PWA Aid For New Schools And Additions
York County outlines brisk educational activity with new McCool Henderson and York school buildings funded by PWA aid. Henderson's school costs 29000 dollars, McCool plans an 8190 dollar high school gym, and York budgets 44000 dollars for a high school addition.
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York County
McCool
Henderson
York
PWA
York Board of Education
City Eyes Auditorium Bond Plan As PWA Money Sought
Petitions for a special election to vote bonds fund a city auditorium circulate among Senior and Junior Chambers of Commerce. Fremont plans formal PWA application for the project and to raise the rest by a municipal bond issue. Officials say the amount will be less than the $81,000 PWA allocation for the original plan.
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Chambers of Commerce
PWA
Fremont
Farmer's National release shows Iowa Nebraska rental incomes
The Farmer's National Company Omaha farm management group reports net rental incomes from 50 scattered farms in Iowa and Nebraska for fiscal year July 1 1934 to June 30 1935. The farms posted a gross income of 6.07 percent and a net of 4.41 percent on total valuation of 1 223 730 dollars.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Farmer's National Company
Omaha Farm Management Organization
Norfolk to Get New Cheese Factory Principal Leases Site
Ernest Raasch, president of the Northeast Nebraska Dairymans Association, announced that Joseph Zehnder of DeForest Wisconsin has leased part of the former Vierling Iron Works building on North 8th Street in Norfolk. Machinery will be installed immediately to start cheese production. Zehnder, a veteran cheesemaker who ran Swiss factories and later several Wisconsin plants, will relocate to Norfolk within days to begin operations within 30 days.
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Ernest Raasch
Northeast Nebraska Dairymans’ Association
Joseph Zehnder
DeForrest
Wis
Zehnder
North 8Th St
Vierling Iron Works
Omaha
Switzerland
Wisconsin
Norfolk
Nebraska corn crop forecast for 1935
A. E. Anderson reported Nebraska’s 1935 corn production at 124,874,000 bushels, just over half the five year average and six times last year’s crop. October 1 condition at 46 percent suggests 14.5 bushels per acre. frost late injuries and freezing after October 1 are not included.
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A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Anderson
Nebraska Plans to Use Sand and Limestone Quarries for Road and Soil Lime
Dr George E Condra notes federal funds could boost a program to process sand and limestone dumped at southeastern Nebraska quarries. Idle workers would cut stone for road beds and irrigation banks, with leftover pieces ground for farmers to lime sour soils. Missouri success cited. southeastern counties offer near surface beds to support project.
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George E. Condra
University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division
Condra
Missouri
Nebraska
State official says fuel tax pocketed by Nebraska stations
W. B. Banning, state agriculture director, stated Nebraska gasoline station owners kept the one cent per gallon relief tax collected in the first three weeks of September. He said dealers did not remit the money after the Nebraska supreme court ruled the tax unconstitutional.
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W. B. Banning
Agriculture Department
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Guard expeditions costs tally in 1935 total $42827
Adjutant General H. J. Paul reports three national guard expeditions in 1935 cost $42,827 in total. Specific duties included Omaha during a tram strike at $34,339, Republican River flood duty at $4,848, and Scotts Bluff county occupation during the Mitchell irrigation district conflict at $3,640. He asked Governor Cochran to seek funding in a special legislative session.
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H. J. Paul
National Guard
Omaha
Republican River
Scotts Bluff County
Mitchell Irrigation District
Paul
Cochran
Belshazzar's Feast and the Writing on the Wall
A Bible lesson on Belshazzar's intoxicated feast, sacrilege, and the writing on the wall. Daniel interprets Mene Tekel Peres, foretelling the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians and urging readiness for divine judgment.
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Belshazzar
Jerusalem
A. Ife
B. Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel
Ili
Darius the Median
Babylon
Christ
NEW YORKS FAIR
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia urges a global exposition in New York City. He argues it will boost business real estate and city morale and insists the fair must be an exceptional, unparalleled event prepared over four years to ensure success.
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Fiorello H. LA Guardia
New York
New York City
Law as guide to freedom and self restraint
The essay argues creation follows law from nature to humanity. Man bears the greatest responsibility and should live lawfully in spirit mentally morally and physically. Youth should learn freedom equals law not license, with examples from fire gravity and public safety.
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Earth
Maude Royden
George Washington
New York Governor Denounces German Jews Persecution
Governor Herbert H. Lehman condemns Nazi policy toward Jews in Germany. He notes 600000 Jews targeted for destruction and stripped of livelihoods, civil rights, and education, with explicit government sanction and public action across business, professions, and public life.
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Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Germany
Charivari origins and medieval French customs
The word charivari comes from French and is pronounced sha ree va ree. It originated in medieval France as a mock noise ritual leveled at people who married a second time.
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France
Love of work powers toil into purpose and success
An American traveler in France hears three workers. Two toil for pay, one finds meaning in building a cathedral. The piece argues love for work inspires enthusiasm, turning labor into service, with success becoming a habit when work is loved.
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France
Army Maneuvers by Maj Gen Fox Conner
Maj Gen Fox Conner criticizes current military priorities. He urges shifting spending from radio to telephone networks, notes overloaded message centers requiring congressional action, and questions the tactical value of broad mechanization beyond motorizing division support. He doubts field reconnaissance from station wagons.
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Maj
Fox Conner
United States Army
Congress
League of Nations considered by Newton D Baker
President Wilson's secretary of war argues for joining the League of Nations. He notes the past six months show the League focusing world attention on a central problem and that openly published reasons allow ordinary citizens to understand and judge the cause.
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Newton D. Baker
Wilson
League of Nations
League
Ethiopians Fight Italian Forces at Ualual
General Eric Virgin reports Ethiopian troops under Selassie’s Swedish adviser faced Italian artillery air support and tanks at Ualual. Ethiopians did not flee. they charged Italian tanks, climbed aboard, and killed crew members despite first-time exposure to aircraft.
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Ualual
Switzerland Deems Itself Water Richer Than Any Nation
Aerial survey counts show Switzerland with 1 484 lakes and 13 000 ponds claiming the most small bodies of water of any country. Local authorities emphasize variety and distribution across alpine regions supporting tourism and hydrology research.
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Switzerland
Volcano Rocks Supply Hawaii Builders Walls Foundations
Volcanic basalt from Hawaii Islands provides abundant building material for walls, foundations, and veranda supports across all islands. The basalt is distributed widely, reflecting the volcanic origin of the archipelago.
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Hawaiian Islands
Meaning of Sea Level Defined
Sea level is the surface the ocean would assume if not acted upon by sun and moon gravity or disturbed by the wind, representing a reference surface for measuring elevations and depths.
Harvesting Tobacco Methods Described
The article explains two common tobacco harvest methods. One cuts the stalk near the ground while the other plucks leaves as they ripen from the bottom.
Krakatoa Volcano Located in Sunda Strait
Krakatoa, the famous Dutch Indies volcano, lies in Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, a channel that unites the Indian Ocean with the Java Sea.
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Krakatea
Dutch Indies
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Java
Indian Ocean
Java Sea
Reducing Weight Through Diet and Exercise
Two types of obesity are described: endogenous caused by glands and exogenic from overeating. Key advice from Dr G Arany of Berlin includes cutting food intake by 20 to 30 percent, increasing exercise, and regulating water loss. Emphasis on bulky high-fiber foods, gradual activity, and careful monitoring of heart and blood pressure to reduce weight safely.
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G. Arany
Berlin
Doctor Arany
Arany
L. G. Graves
E. P. Joslin
Boston
WNU Service
Good Harbor Harbor of West Indies in St Thomas
Good Harbor in West Indies near St Thomas offers safe docking for ships drawing 31 feet at its wharves. The surrounding hills rise to the large town once named Charlotte Amelia under Danish rule, now called St Thomas as part of the new American possessions.
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Good Harbor
West Indies
St. Thomas
Charlotte Amelia
Mahogany Logs Used as Currency in British Honduras
Mahogany logs served as a medium of exchange in British Honduras up to 1785, functioning as currency in trade and payments during that period.
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British Honduras
New House Frock Pattern 9614 for Seventeen Sizes
Dress pattern 9614 features a contrasting surplice facing and large buttons. The illustrated frock folds up smartly for market wear after chores and comes in sizes 34 through 46 with a size 36 fabric requirement of four yards. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in New York with name address style number and size.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Highteenth St
New York
N. Y
Rotten apples prompt merchant to stretch credulity
A lady customer returns rotten apples sold yesterday. The proprietor apologizes and says there is no need to bring them back, insisting her word is as good as the fruit.
Daddy's Grudge and a Thousand Dollar Note
A terse exchange reveals a dispute over a $1,000 note claimed by the father. The dialogue hints at family tensions and financial undercurrents surrounding the amount and the source of the debt.
Composer and Pianist Share Creative Bond in Stray Stories
In a brief exchange from Stray Stories Magazine the composer notes that tunes are born in the brain while the pianist replies adoption frames their collaboration. The pair reflect on origin and artistry in a concise dialogue.
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Stray Stories Magazine
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