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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1933
Page
2
A faded collage of sharp asides touches on daylight saving, taxes, and social habits. The miscellany references NRA loyalty, pretzels as food, and traffic light etiquette, with light humor about marriages, smoking bans, and the perils of speed through intersections.
Two Boston men pleaded they needed money when caught trying to extort fifty dollars from a woman whose dog they had kidnapped. They likely face an end to a kidnapping career as a 'print er's devil' figure, linked to underage employment.
In a satirical riff, a critic mocks Hitler's small mustache comparing it to Groucho Marx and lampoons the chancellor's stance on the Marx brothers, including a dig at brother Kerk.
The fragment describes a dramatic scene where an eagle emblem symbolizes strength and impending threat. It mentions gear readiness and a bolt of lightning as threats or challenges to be faced. Specific names, dates, or places are not provided in readable form.
Residents accuse a motorist of honking and not ringing doorbells on Sundays while another neighbor allegedly burns trash near porches disturbing sleep. The piece notes calls for action though no formal steps are detailed.
Editorial Opinion notes the Daily Worker admits Communism has not become a revolutionary mass force in the United States. It argues that the main threat to radicalism is the American worker’s own resistance, not Moscow driven agitation, and that hard times won’t convert liberals in labor to communism.
A Chicago Daily News opinion argues parole boards misuse discretion allowing repeat felons to be freed. It cites a North Riverside incident where three paroled convicts robbed and terrorized two groups, urging safeguards and penalties for habitual offenders to reduce social risk.
A Springfield Republican commentary urges voluntary industry adoption of blanket codes to shorten hours and raise wages to spread jobs as 12 million unemployed slow recovery. public works and currency actions loom if hearings delay codes. The piece contrasts policy goals with ongoing unemployment and rising prices, urging swift action.
A lyrical meditation extols the immediacy of the moment, praising blue skies, gentle winds, moonlight, sunlit warmth, and the bustle of daily life. It urges readers to reject suspended animation and savor friendships, love, and nature here and now.
The Kansas City Star urges a national mobilization to help millions of unemployed find work and restore demand for goods. It emphasizes cooperation, mutual help, and rebuilding living standards, arguing Americans must refuse defeatism and marshal their resources for decisive progress.
A portrait of the Johnsons from Dr Samuel to General Hugh S Johnson. The piece highlights their bold rhetoric, public service, and influence in policy, administration, and national recovery efforts. It notes Walter Johnson's baseball fame and Hugh S Johnson leading the recovery drive.
London Times comments on the Roosevelt administration and the national recovery program. It praises leadership while warning against mass politics and mob pressure akin to Nazi tactics, urging careful, fair campaigning to avoid boycotts and civil unrest.
Diversified farming means planting a wide variety of crops to spread risk and feed different markets, though farmers often receive limited returns for diverse outputs.
In stark prophecy the speaker foresees a world of vehicles racing at high speeds and planes streaking through the sky. They warn that in such a time, survivors will take from wrecks beautiful people who are cut and scarred for life.
The article outlines growing trouble adapting a single code to diverse American industries under General Johnson. It notes regional and unit size differences, with small stores in towns at risk if wages rise without reserves. Johnson plans a “squawk system” for on demand changes, but warns of potential hardship for small industries.
Josephine S Warren files in Cass County Nebraska to recover 3000 and 315 notes totaling 4641 with interest from 1933 at ten percent. Property attached includes undivided interests in sections 27 28 and 2 Township 11 Range 9 and related parcels in Cass County to satisfy judgment. Defendants Albert E Foreman and Essie must answer by September 4 1933.
Former Representative F J LaGuardia is named favorite for the fusion nomination after Maj. Gen. John F O'Ryan withdraws to promote harmony. Anti-Tammany groups vote nine to two to back LaGuardia while dissent is raised by Joseph M Price and J Barstow Small. Meeting directed by Charles Burlingham.
The Veterans Administration announced the first federal boards to review 150,000 former soldiers seeking continued payments cut by the economy law. They will handle cases in New York City and eastern New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts. VA Administrator Hines called the duties of the members of greatest importance to veterans and the government. Other boards will be formed to decide whether presumed service-origin disabilities under old laws should be granted.
The State of Nebraska Cass County In the County Court notice to creditors of the estate of Anton Koubek. A session will be held in Plattsmouth on August 25 1933 and December 1 194% at 10 a m to examine claims. Claims must be presented within three months from August 25 1923 and debts paid within one year from that date. Witness the seal and hand of the County Court July 28 1933.
State of Nebraska Cass County estate proceedings for Amanda Prouty Rawson. Creditors are directed to present claims within three months from August 18, 1933, for adjustment and allowance. Debts must be paid within one year from August 28, 1933. County Court seal date July 18, 1933.
Official notice of probate actions in Cass county Nebraska. An estate claims hearing for Nelson L Pollard deceased is set for August 18 1933 and November 24 1923 with three months to file claims and one year to pay debts from August 18 1933. Also a separate probate hearing for Catherine Hawksworth is scheduled for August 25 1923 with publication in the Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks.
Nebras ka Cass county heirs at law and all interested in the estate of Daniel Lynn deceased are ordered to appear August 11 1933 at 10 am in County Court to show cause why final settlement and discharge of Martha F. Lynn executrix should not be granted. Notice to be published in Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks.
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