Hundreds die as southern tornadoes sweep region
Massive night storms kill and injure hundreds across the South with Alabama bearing the heaviest toll. Reports list 298 dead in Alabama, 26 at Northport, and fatalities in Georgia Tennessee Kentucky and South Carolina. Rescue efforts mobilize Guardsmen nurses and doctors as towns report widespread destruction and disrupted communications.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolna
Northport
Demopolis
Linden
Farnsdale
Marion
Lomax
Thornby
Columbiana
Bethel
Paint Rock
Northville
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Stix
Lineville
Falkville
Barton County
Athens
Pulaski
Middle Tennessee
Uniontown
Loans Made for Leeds Crop Production under Hyde Fund
More than 3,500 loans totaling 508,971 have been issued this year from a 50,000,080 fund to aid farmers. Washington office reports 231,281 loaned to 1,698 farmers. Regional offices in Memphis St Louis Minneapolis Spokane Salt Lake City and Dallas processing over 20,000 applications with an emergency staff of 260.
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Washington
Hyde
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joan
Memphis
St Louis
Minneapolis
Spokane
Salt Lake City
Dallas
C. L. Cobb
Rancher Killed as Tin Roof Rides in Windstorm
Bisbee Arizona reports describe a windstorm lifting a tin roof off a ranch house. J. M. Jackson and J. T. Pile tied the roof to a bed with ropes to stabilize it. A gust lifted the roof, dragging the bed several hundred yards before the men were discarded in a field. Jackson was killed.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Cochise
Arix
J.& Jackson
J. T. Pile
Aldobe
Jackson
Girl 8 Defies Death to Save Twin Sister
Minneapolis report of eight year old Jean Soderberg who fell through ice while skating. Her sister Joyce pulled her to safety risking her own life, leaving both girls alive.
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Minneapolis
Jean Soderberg
Joyce
Jean
House Votes High Taxes On Estates
The House adopted a Ramseyer amendment to raise estate taxes with a graduated 1 percent start on excess over 50 thousand, rising to 45 percent for estates over 10 million, aiming to exceed 500 million in annual revenue. Senate moved to cut 10 percent from state justice and commerce and labor appropriations, affecting a 125 million dollar bill.
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Washington
House of Representatives
William Eb.ramseyer
Iowa
David Lewis
Dem
Ramseyer
Senate
Kenneth’ McKellar
Tenn
Taber Enters Ohio Senate Race as Grange Leader
Louis J. Taber national Grange master will seek the U S Senate nomination in Ohio’s May primary on a platform of economic recovery tax reduction and preservation of constitutional government.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Sheriff Ambushed. Deputy Kills Slayer in Texas
In Bandera County Texas Sheriff Hicks aged fifty two was shot to death in an ambush by Ben Clark aged forty two. Clark was then killed by Deputy Burns after attempting to run him down with a car.
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San Antonio
Texas
Hicks
Bandera County
Ben Clark
Clark
Burns
Ohio Kidnaper's Aid Enters Guilty Plea
Warren Ohio John De Marco aid of the kidnapper of James De Jute eleven of Niles pleaded guilty to harboring the boy Dowell Hargraves was sentenced to life for the crime.
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Warren
Ohio
John de Marco
James de Jute
Niles
Dowell Hargraves
Nebraska primary election set for April 12
Nebraska voters face primaries on April 12 with contests for governor and presidential delegates. Democratic and Republican candidates include John N. Garner Franklin D Roosevelt William H Murray and others. Lincoln and Omaha figures appear in the ballots. Local races show Olson Christie Williams Griswold Myers Wherry Ross and Rickard among GOP hopefuls.
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Lincolna
Nebraska
John N. Garner
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
William Jennings Bryan
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Charles W. Bryan
William Ritchie, Jr
Omaha
Albert Ritchie
Maryland
Joseph Irwin France
Charles E. Matson
Lincoln
Co. A. Sorensen
George W. Olson
Plattsmouth
James — Christie
Special election to decide village taxation in Trenton
State news notes a special election on April to decide if Trenton shall remain free of village taxes. Revenue from municipally owned utilities has long funded village expenses. Renters press for a small property tax and lower light and water rates.
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Trenton
Denver Black Hills highway marked for clarity seek route uniformity
Cities along the Denver Black Hills route press for consistent marking of Highway 85 east. Existing signs show departures 113 in Colorado 19 in Nebraska and a9 in South Dakota creating tourist confusion. Platte county starts 1932 highway program with bids on 45 miles of county road work including 37 miles graveling and eight resurfacing miles. The Meridian line road gets 124 miles of new hard surfaced pavement from the Meridian highway junction north of Columbus to Creston state highway 91.
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Denver- Black Hills
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Platte County
Columbus
Creston
State Collects Insurance Tax on Non-Resident Firms
Nebraska collected 399 424 dollars as a 2 percent tax on gross life insurance premiums from outside companies doing business in the state during 1931. The levy, due by March 1, mirrors the previous year’s receipts and notes more outside firms but slight declines in Nebraska income for some. The top payments were 42000 and 38000 dollars from New York firms with 2100000 and 1900000 in premiums respectively. Nebraska home office insurers are taxed differently.
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Lincoln
Herduran
Nebraska
New York
State to Pay Four Millions Under Tax Allocation Plan
A tentative allocation of the sales tax provision shows Nebraska would pay about 0.69 of total tax revenue, roughly $4.14 million, based on national-made goods comparisons. Nebraska paid $4,778,868.61 in 1931 income tax. nearby state allocations include Missouri $15.72 million sales tax, Iowa $7.8 million, South Dakota 0.687 income tax, Colorado $2.88 million.
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Washington
Nebraska
Sam
John C.ketcham
Michigan
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Colorado
Planting Evergreen Trees on Nebraska National Forest Advances
The Nebraska National Forest plans to plant about two million evergreens this year in its two divisions. Bee sey nursery at Halsey will produce 3.6 million evergreens with over half allocated to the Dismal to Middle Loup area and the Niobrara division in Cherry County. Seedlings grown at the nursery will be distributed this spring to six states including the Dakotas Wyoming Kansas Colorado and Nebraska. More than 13 000 acres of pine seedlings have already been set out on the Nebraska National Forest.
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Nebraska National’ Forest
Beesey
National Forest
Halsey
Middle Loup
Niobrara
Cherry County
Dakotas
Wyoming
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Nebraska National ‘Forest
Platte Valley towns protest Lincoln Highway oil-gravel plan
Delegates from towns between Kimball and Grand Island head to Ogallala to protest the proposed oil-gravel surface for the Lincoln Highway. The Ogallala chamber invites representatives to appeal to Governor Charles W. Bryan as road disasters warn maintenance will be frequent and paving is sought.
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Platte Valley
Ogallala
Lincoln Highway
Charles W. Bryan
Chamber of Commerce
Kimball
Grand Island
State tax receipts show declines in gasoline and vehicle fees
The state treasurer reports a 4 cent gasoline tax drop totaling 60 920 77 from February 18 to March 19. Auto mobile registration fee receipts for January 1 to March 11 fell 252 339 51 versus last year, while March 18 gasoline tax receipts reached 432 271 74 compared with 502 192 51 the prior month. The state’s share from auto registrations totaled 571 787 53 this year against 824 127 04 as of Mach 11, 1931.
Deep irrigation wells studied by Atkinson farmers
Western Holt county farmers explored deep well irrigation at a mass meeting in Atkinson. E L Hammill detailed profit margins on irrigated land east of Atkinson. Four acres yielded 15 tons of alfalfa and 38 bushels of corn per acre, with total crops valued at 2300 dollars. Three irrigation applications cost 300 dollars, excluding labor.
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Holt County
Atkinson
E. L. Hammill
Wellman
Precepts of Franklin Should Be Remembered
A Philadelphia memorial plan for Benjamin Franklin invokes his virtues. The Pathfinder Magazine notes a Washington club patterning after Franklin’s Junto, listing precepts such as eat not to dullness, speak only to benefit others, keep all things in their places, resolve and perform duties, waste nothing, time well spent, avoid deceit, and tolerate cleanliness and restraint.
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Philadelphia Memorial
Benjamin Franklin
Club
Washington
Sioux City
Iowa
Pathfinder
Jesus
Socrates
Favorite Prescription Helped Mrs Hanlon In Pregnancy
Mrs N Hanlon of 123 St Albans Street Waterloo testifies Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription kept her well and strong through six pregnancies and ensured healthy babies. The note promotes Dr Pierce's Clinic Buffalo NY and states the product is sold by all druggists.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Woman Applies for License Amid Public Scrutiny
In a Back, Seat item a judge questions a woman applicant for a license. Her husband interjects that she has driven "one hundred and twenty thousand miles" and has never held the wheel before.
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Taber
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J. H. Wright
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Bixby
Neb
Boyer
Shelton
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