Harmer Habitual Sentence Upheld by Nebraska Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court sustained the ten year sentence of Frank Harmer of Plattsmouth under the habitual criminal act. Harmer was shot in the hip in 1936 during an attempted tire theft. he had prior theft convictions and had been deemed mentally incompetent before trial.
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Lincoln
Frank Harmer
Plattsmouth
State Supreme Court
Harmer
Lee Stuart
Elmwood
Stuart
County
State Hospital For the Insane
John W. Yeager
Omaha
Cass County
Supreme Court
CCC to Close 104 Camps Before 1938 Ends
The Civilian Conservation Corps plans to shut 104 camps by January 1 reducing total camps to 1,500 for the first quarter of 1938. Director Robert Fechner said about 32,000 enrollees are needed, boosting camp strength to 250,000. Many more applicants may register than can be enrolled, and funds cover 1,500 camps. The Omaha camp is among those to close.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Fechner
Omaha
Kriskingle Visits Promises Toys and Good Deeds
A festive alert describes Kriskingle touring homes this fall to note children who have been good or bad. He carries a knapsack of gifts and toys and checks behavior in a playful, regional voice. The tale urges children to help at home so their names stay in the red.
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Kriskingle
Governor urges study of homestead tax proposal
Governor R L Cochran urged the legislative council to study the probable effects of the homestead tax exemption amendment sponsored by former Governor Charles W Bryan. The council voted the plan as a secondary study to tax spending agencies, with some members concerned a dedicated study could promote the proposal.
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Lincoln
R. LE. Cochran
Legislative Council
Charles W. Bryan
Love causes downtown crash in Kankakee
A downtown collision in Kankakee involved drivers both named Love. Deputy Sheriff Gene LaFontaine questioned the pair, Aroma Park resident Love and Bonfield resident John Love, who gave the same reply to his name questions. The mixup confused the officer but identified the motorists.
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Kankakee. Tl
Gene LaFontaine
Love
LaFontaine
Aroma Park
John Love
Bonfield
Teacher supply low in Nebraska schools
Lincoln December 14 The University of Nebraska placement bureau director Professor R D Moritz said the supply of competent teachers in Nebraska is nearly exhausted More than 74 percent of those registered found teaching jobs Most others could not fill offered positions The bureau received 1897 requests for applications with 1407 from within the state.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
R. D. Moritz
University of Nebraska Placement Bureau
Nebraska Supreme Court Catches Up After 60 Years
Lincoln December 15 The Nebraska supreme court is caught up with its work for the first time in about six decades. Clerk George H. Turner said a case filed now would be heard in the May session. The court has 153 cases on its docket and 19 cases are heard at sessions every two weeks.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
George H. Turner
Traditional English Plum Pudding Recipe
English plum pudding recipe with suet almonds raisins currants candied peel lemon orange and spices. Instructions cover mixing to form a ball in a floured napkin boiling for five hours and serving with hard sauce.
Senate fights over crop control bill reach night vote
Administration forces counter persistent attacks on the senate crop control bill and claim enough votes to avoid sending it back to committee. A night session looms as a final vote may occur before midnight amid failed attempts to cap expenditures at 500 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Ruth Chatterton Denies Engagement in Madeira
American actress Ruth Chatterton denied she was engaged to marry Carlos Freitas Martins a Portuguese scion from Madeira's distinguished families. She is staying at a villa for a rest cure, and her visit to Madeira was described as peaceful and quiet.
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Funchal
Madeira
Ruth Chatterton
Carlos Freitas Martins
Madera
Miss Chatterton
Sand Cranes Threatened by Lax Enforcement in Southwest
Federal officials urge stronger enforcement to protect wintering sandhill cranes in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Government agent W D Yelton warned that without strict federal law enforcement the species could become extinct as the heath hen, indicating at risk populations and calls for action.
Dinosaur Tooth Unveiled at Pearl River College Museum
In Poplarville Mississippi a three foot long dinosaur tooth found in Wilkinson County near Louisiana begins a hunt for more bones of the giant animal that roamed the lower Mississippi Valley thousands of years ago. The tooth was presented to the Pearl River Junior College museum.
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Poplarville
Miss
Pearl River Junior College Museum
Mississippi Valley
Wilkinson County
Louisiana
Germany protests bombing of Wangpoo near Nanking
Germany officially protests to the Japanese embassy over the bombing of the British steamer Wangpoo at Nanking, the provisional German embassy headquarters.
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Berlin
Nanking
Oar
Boy Born July Fourth Inspires Gift History Book
In Dallas Texas a father gave L H Coney a 1856 history of the American Revolution after his son was born on July 4. Coney, who received the gift in 1873, has since read it twenty times.
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Dallas
Tex
L. H. Coney
Coney
Widow Builds Own Home in Conneaut Ohio
Mrs. Jennie Lyubi a widowed mother of six started a six room house last summer using only her own labor. She hopes to finish by Christmas so the children can enjoy a large back yard and safe play space.
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Conneaut. O
Jennie Lyubi
South Africa Faces Severe Labor Shortage Across Sectors
A survey shows a critical labor shortage in South Africa with farmers halting operations due to lack of native workers. The mining industryalso reports staffing difficulties across the country.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
City Dig Finds Obsolete Beer and Train Speed Rules
City hall discovers aged ordinance books declaring it illegal to possess beer or to drive a train faster than four miles per hour within city limits. The relic laws reflect historic governance and are now unused.
Hungary Resumes War Debt Payments to United States
Hungary made a partial debt payment of 39,800 as a semi annual installment, the first of 16 nations to resume payments after 1922. Hungary owes 1,475,000 plus interest and plans to pay 1 percent of the owed amount for at least three years, citing foreign exchange shortages. Finland has paid regularly.
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Washington
Hungary
United States
Finland
John Pelenyi
State Department
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
United States Treasury
Budapest
John J Driscoll Leaves Public Service for Private Business
After 40 years in public service the 70 year old John J Driscoll exits as senior architect in the Boston schoolhouse department. He helped design more than 120 Boston schools and will pursue private business opportunities.
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Boston
John J. Driscoll
Driscoll
St. Louis Grounded Planes Rule Amid Smoky City Skies
St Louis pilots face groundings on bad visibility days as a Bureau of Air Commerce rule limits private flights. Planes must stay on the ground when visibility falls below three miles and ceilings drop to 1,000 feet or less.
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ST. Louis
Bureau of Air Commerce
Lightning rod backs into use in Texas homes
The lightning rod makes a comeback under sponsorship of the Texas fire insurance commission. Insurance companies offer rate reductions for rural homes fitted with approved types, signaling renewed support for the device.
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Dallas, Tex
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
Driver Dashes Furnishings Fire Through City Streets
William Slape drove a burning truck full of furniture through Los Angeles streets for three blocks to reach a fire station after a truck at a service station caught fire. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze as the flames leaped about fifteen feet high.
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Los Angeles
Der
William Slape
Historic double birth in Morganton family home
In Morganton North Carolina Mr and Mrs Harrison H Pritchard welcomed a son and a grandson on the same day while their daughter Mrs Carl Robertson also gave birth to a son. The two newborns share a single birthday with the Pritchards.
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Morganton
N. C
Harrison H. Pritchard
Carl Robertson
Large Buck Deer Spotted Near Cleveland Suburb
A large buck deer was seen attempting to cross a golf course fence in a Cleveland suburb about 12 miles from downtown. The sighting was reported by Mr. and Mrs. William Danforth.
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Cleveland
William Danforth
Budget discussion at Nebraska county official convention
County commissioners supervisors and clerks gather in Omaha for their 43rd annual budgeting convention to study compliance with new laws. Officials from smaller counties fear reduced services amid efforts to create a workable budget law, noting limited lobbying funds and the need for more money from Lincoln.
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Omaha
John W. Forsythe
Niobrara
Lincoln
Taxpayers League
Drug Store Made Famous by Poet to be Razed
The Lacey drug store in Aberdeen, oldest business building, will be torn down to make way for a new structure. It survived flames and condemnation attempts and has been a landmark for 55 years immortalized by Hamlin Garland who mentioned the shop in Main Traveled Roads.
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Aberdeen
Lacey Drug Store
Hamlin Garland
Des Moines Man Not Returned Over Nebraska Extortion Case
Abe Taylor of Beatrice Nebraska failed to identify, so Pleas Dutty thirty five of Des Moines Iowa arrested last week will not be returned to Nebraska to face extortion charges.
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Lafayette
Ind
Abe Taylor
Beatrice
Nebraska
Dutty
Des Moines
Iowa
Grimy Faces Mark Town Prosperity in Wallenburg
In Wallenburg Colorado coal dusted faces along Main Street signal growing coal mining activity and rising payrolls, as residents gauge prosperity by the number of workers leaving the mines.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Turkey served year round in Berkeley study shows shift
The Gismini Foundation of Agricultural Economics at the University of California reports turkey is becoming an all year staple rather than a holiday dish.
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Berkeley, Cal
Gismini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
University of California
New Junk Racket Bared in Philadelphia Report
Four men arrested after police received complaints of at least 14 stolen manhole covers amid a rising scrap iron price driven by the world armament race.
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Philadelphia
City Sanding Eases Icy Walks To High School Area
The city street department earned praise for spreading sand along the sidewalks from the Methodist church corner past the schools aiding safe travel to the basketball game last evening. Crossings were cleaned to reduce falls and accidents as spectators walked, cars left in the business district. Councilman Tippens and his crew received special commendation.
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Methodist Church
Tippens
Yankee thrift pays off as skipper renames boat
Essex, Conn. reports a skipper who bought a boat from another port and will repaint and relabel it Essex Conn. The ward official cited per letter painting costs, and the owner urged changing to Essex Ct to save two letters, proving thrift in a small harbor bargain.
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Essex, Conn
Essex
Essex, Ct
rattlesnake stew featured in pueblo dinner
Roasted and stewed rattlesnake was the centerpiece of a Pueblo Colorado dinner celebrating the slaughter of 208 rattlesnakes by three residents. Snake skins were fashioned into hat bands belts and lamp shades while the vertebrae were used for necklaces.
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Pueblo
Colo
Senior enjoys horse and buggy rides in Clarendon
Hugh Brown an 81 year old Clarendon resident continues to entertain friends with horse and buggy rides. He owns two horse driven vehicles and still takes his guests for rides in the old fashioned way.
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Clarendon, Tex
Hugh Brown
Alaska scout helps brothers seek Matanuska Valley farms
Mrs Riley W McCoy in Alaska acts as advance scout for her brothers in North Dakota who seek farm locations in the Matanuska Valley. They want possible sites for future homes.
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Seward
Alaska
Riley W. McCoy
North Dakota
Matanuska Valley
Japanese beer helps Hawaii customs receipts rise
Up beat by 1 107 364 dollars over last year, imports from Japan including Beers accounted for a large share. J Walter Dorle US collector of customs noted the increase.
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Honolulu
Japan
J. Walter Dorle
U. S
Customia
Hawaii to Try Potatoes
With 50 car loads of seed potatoes shipped here this fall from other parts of America the Hawaiian potato industry may become as well known as grass skirts and ukuleles spreading across the islands and beyond.
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Honolulu
America
Steamship Edina Begins 84th Year in Port Phillip Bay
Melbourne dispatch says the Edina, among the world’s oldest steamships, marks its 84th year of service on Port Phillip bay. It formerly served as a troop ship in the Crimean war.
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Melbourne
Port Phillip Bay
Rare corn in Ohio farm harvest stands out
Two and one half acres of red flint corn nearly unusual for the region were harvested this fall on the farm of Mrs. Catherine Orient in Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville
Catherine Orient
Piano accordions popular in Chicago market
Chicago wholesalers estimate Americans spend 100 million dollars yearly on musical instruments. Piano accordions and guitars top the list of most popular items in this market report.
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Chicago
Deaf mute nuns mark founding of their order
Deaf mute nuns in Montreal celebrated the founding of the Petites Soeurs de Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs. The article notes a commemorative date observed by the order and its members in the city.
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Montreal
Petites Soeurs de Notre Dame Des Sept Douleurs
Plattsmouth Ad Promises Gifts for Callers on Animal Disposal
Local notice states that dead animals will be removed at once and all calls paid. People are urged to call 499 in Plattsmouth and will receive a present. The terse ad offers immediate service with a small incentive.
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Plattsmouth
Lumber output seen at record highs for 1938
San Francisco based Col William B Greeley a noted forestry official predicted the 1938 lumber year would surpass all previous records He noted strong demand for FHA low cost homes and heavy construction using new ring connector joinery enabling wood frame buildings on Treasure Island and elsewhere indicating up to 9600 structures may shift from steel to wood frames
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San Francisco
William B. Greeley
West Coast
Lumbermen's Association
Greeley
United States
America
New Orleans
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Gresley
Jumber
Washington
Hoe
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Trial Postponed in Jur gensen Embezzlement Case
Lieutenant Governor Walter Jurgensen's embezzlement trial was postponed to January after District Judge J J Broady overruled a motion for immediate hearing. County Attorney Max Towle argued unavailability of several state witnesses and for readiness in January. The trial will begin once jury pauses reports in January.
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Lincoln
Walter H. Jurgensen
J. J. Broady
Jurgensen
Max Towle
Richard’ F. Stout
Towle
Culbertson Divorce Suit Begun in Reno Hotel
Mrs. Josephine Culbertson wife of contract bridge authority Ely Culbertson filed for divorce in Reno. Preliminary proceedings at the Riverside Hotel grant her six weeks before residency claim and she accuses her husband of cruelty.
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Reno
Josephine Culbertson
Ely Culbertson
Contract Bridge Authority
Riverside Hotel
Culbertson
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Neb
Rick “Ornn
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Prairie Thunder
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Barton Maclane
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Zors
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Robert Louns
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Michel Mouse
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Margelu Das
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