New 100 Million Dollar Corn Loan Plan For Farmers
The RFC and Commodity Credit Corp announce a 100 million dollar loan program at 55 cents per bushel for corn with No. 4 grade or better collateral. Eligible states include Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Missouri Ohio Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota Colorado. Loans expire October 15 1934 and may be repaid or converted. Farmers with existing loans must convert or repay by the deadline.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFC
Commodity Corporation
REC
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
RIC
Farm Administration
Wallace
White Woman in Tails With Forty-Nine Chinese
Milwaukee authorities hold a white woman Joyce Elmore twenty eight and 49 Chinese in the county jail as state and federal agents probe a suspected large opium ring. Elmore, a roadhouse proprietor, admitted narcotic addiction and carried opium when seized. Her information led to a raid on a downtown rooming house where the Chinese were captured.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joyce Elmore
Joseph J. Shinners
Miss Elmore
Relief Seekers Use Varied Transport to Bureau
Washington taxpayers group reports that 6000 relief recipients at a federal surplus distribution office arrived by taxi, private car, and a Senate truck from August 29 to September 5. They estimate 10 percent came by car, with a total resale value of about 60000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Federal Surplus Commodity Distribution Bureau
United States Senate
Mother and Baby Die in Texas Flood
Bodies of Mrs. T. L. Koontz and her infant son Tommie Lee Koontz Jr. were recovered from debris a mile and a half from their overturned car below Cow Creek crossing after flood waters swept the highway and filled a dry ravine. The Amarillo schoolteacher was identified among the victims.
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Texas
Eagle Pass
T. L. Koontz
Amarillo
Tommie Lee Koontz, Jr
Cow Creek Crossing
Huckins pleads not guilty in mail fraud case
Elmer Huckins known as the 25 and 52 per cent financier pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Federal Judge F A Geiger on a charge of using the mails to defraud. The Hancock Wisconsin grocer is accused of taking more than 1 000 000 from investors in a throwout cigar business and will go to trial early in the fall term with bail set at 10 000. Huckins, ill with heart disease, was returned to the county jail hospital ward.
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Huckins
Milwaukee
Elmer Huckins
F. A. Geiger
Hancock
Wis
Geiger
Huck Ns
Fire aboard Morro Castle sparks federal inquiry
A federal board probing the Morro Castle fire that killed 135 passengers and crew heard that smoke alarms were not sounded as chaos reigned on the ship off New Jersey. The chief engineer and other officers left or arrived separately in lifeboats with many crew and few passengers, while a grand jury began examining possible criminal charges.
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New York
New Jersey
Government
New York Customs House
Morro Castle
Flight of Robbers Brings Death to Four
An Alliance Ohio crash killed four people when a getaway car, carrying two robbery suspects, collided with another vehicle carrying two girls, a youth and driver Gene Quilter. Jane Quilter, eighteen, Eugenia Nimereala, eighteen, and an unnamed robber perished.
Charles A Levine Found Unconscious After Gas Route Attempt
Charles A Levine, famed first transatlantic air passenger, was found unconscious in A J Walters Brooklyn home with three notes on a table. He was revived with an inhalator and oxygen after gas stove burners were left open. He had stayed there for several weeks.
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New York
Charles A. Levine
Levine
A. J. Walter
Brooklyn
Wood of 1229 Obsolete Box Cars Reused for Minneapolis Relief
The wood from 1229 obsolete box cars will heat Minneapolis homes this winter. Cars dismantled in Soo Line wrecking yards to salvage metal parts, with wood distributed to the unemployed and metal sold back to the railroad.
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Minneapolis
Soo Line
Four Indicted for Harboring Van Meter
A federal grand jury in St. Paul indicted William A. Gray Marie Comforti Frank Wirwin and Marie McCarthy for conspiring to harbor the late Homer Van Meter, the Dillinger gangster shot by police last month. The defendants are all St. Paul residents.
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St. Paul
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
William A. Gray
Marie Comforti
van Meter
Frank Wirwin
Marie McCarthy
Eso
Germany Rejects Pact Citing Central Position
Germany declines to join the eastern Locarno pact saying its central position among highly armed nations requires special caution, as stated in an official note from Berlin.
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Germany
Berlin
Amateur pilot dies in chute drop near Wichita Falls
Herschel Johnson thirty an amateur pilot was killed when he jumped from his stunt plane at about 300 feet and failed to pull his parachute cord in Wichita Falls Texas authorities reported.
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Wichita Falls
Herschel Johnson
Nebraska News Roundup Reports and Local Actions
Estimates put the Nebraska primary vote above 400000 on August 14 1934. The 1886 Chappell hotel will be wrecked for a home for the unemployed with county commission funding. Nebraska potato production is forecast at 5760000 bushels with national total 337141000 bushels up from 1933. Seining crews from the state fish and game department work at Kearney lakes aided by fire department members and sportsmen. Lake Keavy is at its lowest level with large catfish caught and released. A Cheyenne County safety committee led by the American Legion begins deputized patrols to curb traffic violations. Heavy rains near Kearney failed to reach the Platte river channels, which remain dry and sandy with moisture far below usual.
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Nebraska
Chappell
State Fish and Game Department
Kearney
Fire Department
Lake Keaveney
Platte River
Six Nebraska counties cut levies this year
Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith notes six of thirty counties show levy reductions: Kimball, Lincoln, Madison, Phelps, Red Willow, and Scotts Bluff. He cites the need to bolster relief funds to secure more federal aid, while several counties kept levies steady or raised them.
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W. H. Smith
Kimball
Lincoln
Madison
Phelps
Red Willow
Scotts Bluff
Hitchcock
Johnson
Webster
Garfield
Banner
Burt
Butler
Cass
Cedar
Chase
Dixon
Dundy
Franklin
Gage
Gosper
Hall
Harlan
Holt
Jefferson
Keith
Logan
Otoe
Sarpy
Wayne Counties
Ak-Sar-Ben to Host Seventh Annual Livestock Show
Omaha business and civic leaders plan the seventh Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show Horse Show and Rodeo running October 28 to November 3. It aims to be the Mid West’s greatest show with 4-H baby beef prominence and new entertainment features. The event includes a world championship rodeo and horse show, with fundraising campaigns already under way.
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Omaha
Mid-West
Jack Anderson
Pilger
Nebr
Ak-Sar-Ben
W. H. Schellberg
George Brandeis
Cochairman
Big Enterprise
Potato raisers' record claim and promising yield
M. G. Wilson, growing red Triumph potatoes on 12 acres in spring 1933, harvested 300 bushels per acre last fall. This spring he plowed the field and found 125 bushels per acre in the ground, stored well by mild weather. He planted to sugar beets but the potatoes came up better and he expects about 120 bushels per acre, planning to harvest them again.
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M. G. Wilson
Nebraska fair deficit fixed at over six thousand dollars
Lincoln reports the 1934 Nebraska state fair closed with a deficit between 6000 and 8000 dollars after paying attractions at 60 percent. President A H Miller said premiums were paid in full and loans may be needed to cover remaining contracts. Attendance figures were incomplete.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
A. H. Miller
Blair
Miller
Fair Board
Nebraska corn output forecast falls under 30 million
State agricultural statistician A E Anderson projects Nebraska corn production at 29 936 000 bushels for August as drought and winds cut yields. Oats and barley near failure, spring wheat at 4 bushels per acre, potato yield down from 1933 but acreage higher, sugar beets about 653 000 tons, and late rains improve prospects for alfalfa and other feed crops.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Platte Valley
Sandhills
Kearney
Crop Report Shows corn 1.485 billion bushels in Washington
Agriculture Department September crop report notes corn production at 1,484,602,000 bushels and wheat at 493,285,000 bushels. A month earlier corn was estimated at 1,607,108,000 bushels after a drastic July decline from drought and extreme heat.
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U.S
Washington
D. C
Drouth
Department of Agriculture
Sailed into the Pacific Ocean with a betting mood
Beverly Hills writer recalls a studio escape during a ROTC camp wait and a bet on a flat earth. He discusses retakes in film making, audience attention, and the industry's push to cleaner content. He notes horse and prop tricks, audience letters as proof of engagement, and a broader jab at changing times ending with 1934 reference.
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Beverly Hills
Pacific Ocean
Rogers
Stanford
Santa Monica
R.O.T.C
Monterey
Cal
No Patents for Burbank Melon and Logand Berry Claim
No patent could have been granted to Luther Burbank for crossing a cantaloupe with a watermelon to yield a honeydew, nor for his loganberry, if plant law had existed. The text discusses potential monopolies tied to his fruit creations under such law.
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Burbank
Luther Burbank
Reds Probed in Morro Castle Fire Suspicion
In a Havana report 26 Cubans are arrested for plot to kill U S ambassador Caffery amid wild claims of red involvement. The piece weighs whether Reds started the Morro Castle blaze as a scapegoat or profitable excuse while noting potential protection for ship owners from damage suits.
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Morro Castle
Havana
Caffery
United States
Cuba
Maine Upholds Democratic Governor as Maine Stays Wet
A former cabinet member likens President Roosevelt to Santa Claus, noting national sympathy. Maine re elected a Democratic governor and voted heavily for keeping alcohol prohibition, continuing as the nation’s first dry state since 1854.
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Roosevelt
Maine
Reading not required to vote, court rules in error
A New York Supreme Court Appellate Division decision asserts literacy is not a prerequisite for voting. The piece argues voting is a civic duty to remove corrupt or incompetent leaders, citing historical figures to claim literacy isn’t essential to good governance.
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New York
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Government Debt Refunding and Interest Cost Questioned
The piece argues the government will refund 1774 million dollars of debts with 3 percent interest, questioning issuing more flat bonds when fiat money suffices. Over 12 years taxpayers would pay interest totaling 692,151,915 and, with compounding, 838,509,361, criticizing the debt burden.
Government to Refinance Debt and Issue Fiat Bonds
The government plans to refinance $5.37 billion of indebtedness this year and issue fiat bonds with high interest. The projected cost to U.S. taxpayers over 12 years totals about $2.094 billion, prompting questions about the rationale of fiat bonds versus fiat money.
Mother's death sparks bid to bring Mooney's mother to San Quentin
The mother of Thomas J. Mooney who faces life imprisonment in San Quentin and a possible release if Upton Sinclair wins the governorship has died. Proposals emerged to have her embalmed body transported to San Quentin so her son could see her face again, but the warden opposes the plan.
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Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin Prison
Upton Sinclair
Poison death on Long Island mother of three
On Long Island a mother of three took poison and died on her front porch. She screamed she was sorry after the act, and by the time her husband arrived she was dead.
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Long Island
Labor and Capital Unite Against Red Threats and Market Rush
Matthew Woll of the AFL argues for cooperation between labor and capital to curb communism while warning of a hungry revolutionary force. The piece notes a bullish surge for gold and silver stocks in Toronto as Wall Street firms expand into Canadian markets.
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Greeley
Wall Street
Toronto
Toronto Stock Exchange
Submarine Construction Furore Alarms Allies
France and Britain express displeasure over reports that Germany secretly builds submarines abroad to threaten merchant ships and naval vessels. The matter draws attention to covert German arms programs and increases tensions among Allied powers.
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Germany
Thoughts on Hollywood, cameras, and readers in New York
The piece reflects on film culture and journalism from New York by 0 C Maken. It surveys actors editors and industry figures, notes observations on headlines, eyewear, and public taste, and muses on how newspapers gauge feature popularity through circulation and reader response.
Park Row Columnist Dismissal Sparks Fan Letters
A familiar Park Row writer at the Evening World was fired and days later a flood of letters to the editor flooded the city and suburbs. Readers claimed that the columnist’s feature was the paper’s high point and demanded it return. The editor offered six years at double pay, after uncovering a fan-letter campaign organized by an agency charging $200 and postage per address.
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Park Row
Evening World
Writers’ Special Costumes Revealed From a Washington Square Writer
The piece lists famous authors and their casual amulets at their typewriters. It notes Theodore Dreiser in a Prussian blue work shirt and Sinclair Lewis in an old straw hat among others. A well known magazine writer in Washington Square wears sandals and an old fashioned flannel nightgown from 9 to 1 daily.
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Theodore Dreiser
Sinclair Lewis
Arthur Roche
Irvin Cobb
Corey Ford
Washington Square
West 34th Street Chestnut Vendor Reveries
A reader reflects on a hot chestnut vendor on West 34th Street describing silent street merchants as metropolitan characters. The piece muses on winter reading, humble city life, and hints at poetic sensibility, ending with a nod to a McNair Kahler story and a playful self wrap-up.
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West 34Th Street
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