Roosevelt visits and soil erosion politics in 1930s report
The Western Newspaper Union notes rising scrutiny of President Roosevelt and rising political use of drought and soil erosion issues. It discusses press skepticism toward Roosevelt trips, anticipated GOP attacks, Hoover's anticipated stump role for Landon, and rural concerns over agricultural policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Landon
Pennsylvania
New England
Drouth
Middle Western Plains
Mr. Roosevelt
Metropolitan
Congress
State bank receiverships count by divisions
A state review shows 156 banks left under judicial division led by BE Luikart and 78 under administrative division led by Ben N. Saunders. Since April 1 the judicial division closed 24 receiverships and the administration division four.
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Judicial
BE. H. Luikart
Ben N. Saunders
Pacific coast flying force idea to defend the west coast
Arthur Brisbane urges a Pacific coast air militia of up to three hundred aircraft to defend the region, with California and Washington leading a cooperative, costed as a public lesson in air power. Noguchi’s yellow fever work is cited as a global human example, and a note on land values and birth control opinions closes.
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Central West
Washington
Pacific States
New York
Abraham Lincoln
New York City
California
Oregon
Vancouver
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Seattle
Sam
Wrap-Around Apron Frock Pattern by Barbara Bell 1961 B
Wrap around apron frock designed for freedom of movement with a wide ruff collar and three bright buttons. Features short puff sleeves, a large pocket, and a center poise belt. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1961 B offered in multiple sizes. 15 cents, plus pattern book, from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
The Spread of Christianity in a Sunday Lesson
A lesson review outlines seven core points on how the gospel expanded after Jesus left. It stresses Spirit powered preaching, perseverance through persecution, lay involvement, unity over differences, the missionary drive passing to converts, and the universal reach of the gospel to all peoples.
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Western
Asia
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Philip
Paul the Apostle
God
Real Poverty in the Nations Shame and Perception
A reflection on poverty as an imagined condition driven by social fashions. The text argues that poverty exists mainly in perception, except where there is true hunger and lack of food and rain. It notes the shame attached to being poor and how societal views fuel the weakness.
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Drouth
New Deal
Middle Western Plains
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal grant funds Crescent lake project in Nebraska
A federal grant of 42830 dollars was announced at Bismark North Dakota to improve Crescent lake Nebraska part of 545060 dollars for duck water projects. The federal biological survey begins work immediately in the Dakotas Montana Wisconsin eastern Wyoming and Michigan. Relief workers will do the spade work.
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Crescent Lake
Nebraska
Bismark
N. C
Federal
Dakotas
Montana
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Michigan
State board bids show broad rise in food prices
A state board of control bid roundup on quarterly institutional purchases shows most items up in price. Corn products saw some of the largest increases while several canned fruits were cheaper due to wholesalers seasonal clearances. Of 133 items tabulated, 43 did not rise, meaning 90 items increased from three months prior.
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State Board of Control
Nebraska Leads in 1933 Retail Market Figures
Nebraska recorded a 274.575 million retail market in 1933, about 1.067 percent of the national total. The state’s per capita retail purchases stood at 199 dollars, just five dollars below the national average, while wholesale sales reached 408.476 million.
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Nebraska
Commerce Department
Bureau
Four Nebraska projectsget PWA grants from Washington
The public works administration approved four Nebraska projects with federal grants totaling 45 percent of costs. Lancaster County Sanitary District sewage disposal plant at Lincoln receives 46 thousand dollars, another flood control near Ashland gets 21 825 dollars, an extension to the storm sewer at Columbus 33 591 dollars, and park improvements plus a swimming pool in Kearney 21 600 dollars.
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Public Works Administration
Washington
Nebraska
John Latenser, Jr
PWA
Lancaster County Sanitary District
Lincoln
Ashland
Columbus
Neb
Kearney
Nebraska Ends First Year With Broad Social Security Aid
The Nebraska social security board reports eligibility for nine of ten aid provisions and has allocated 1.406 million dollars for public assistance to needy aged, the blind and dependent children. The act’s first anniversary was marked since last August. unemployment compensation is not included.
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Social Security Board
Nebraska
Nebraska Feeder Pigs Ship to North Carolina for Marketing
Ten thousand Nebraska feeder pigs weighing 40 to 70 pounds were bought by H. W. Taylor of North Carolina college of agriculture for farmers in the state. Purchases, made in Grand Island Columbus Loup City Rockville and other markets, cost 7 to 7.50 dollars per head and will be fed soybeans and corn to reach 200 to 225 pounds. The deal involved Nebraska Farm Bureau and county agricultural agents and followed prior shipments to eastern North Carolina counties.
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Nebraska
North Carolina
H. W. Taylor
North Carolina College of Agriculture
Wm. J. Loeffel
W. W. Derrick
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Taylor
Grand Island
Columbus
Loup City
Rockville
AAA payments due to Nebraska farmers exceed 4.9 million
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration said payments owed under the old AAA crop reduction program total more than 4.9 million dollars for Nebraska farmers. The breakdown shows 3.904 million in corn hog and 97 thousand dollars in wheat payments. Checks are being mailed out daily.
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the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Nebraska
Woodring OKs Knox County bridge plan at Niobrara
Acting Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring approves the Knox County board of supervisors plan to build a Missouri river bridge near Niobrara Nebraska. The decision endorses local infrastructure despite the regional project context.
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Harry H. Woodring
Board of Supervisors
Knox County Center
Neb
Missouri River
Niobrara
Foreign Words and Phrases Glossary Snippet
A compact list of phrases with translations and notes. Terms include Cela sante aux yeux, Id genus omne, Jacta est alea, En regle, Fides Punica, Gasconnade, Hacienda, Adscriptus glebie, Bagatelle, Danser sur un volcan. Each entry provides origin language and meaning.
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Bagatelle
Household hints from 1950s readers on cooking and care
Practical tips cover lemon slices with paprika or parsley, jellies in muffin tins, broccoli prep and timing, washing Japanned items with lukewarm water, and cleaning garden furniture before storage. It includes tips on shellac floors, shellac waxing, steaming vegetables to preserve nutrients, and using plant stalks to cover flower beds after use.
Fourth Degree Third Degree Police Methods in South America
In Santa Cruz after a bank raid that killed two Scotsmen, two suspects were arrested. Emile Lajus was subjected to a "death ride" in a plane, with loops and dives that pressured a confession. The stunt yielded about $31,506 recovered from the loot.
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America
South America
Santa Cruz
Emile Lajus
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Hideyo Noguchi
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Noguchi
Hei-Min
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Western Asia
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