Illinois OKs Bill to Repeal Day Law
Illinois senators approved the O Grady McDermott repeal by 26 to 24 after House passage 91 to 56. The measure would repeal all state liquor laws including the 1919 1921 prohibitions and the Volstead based acts, shifting enforcement to federal laws if signed by Governor Emmerson who has ten days to decide.
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Springfield
Ill
O’grady-Mcdermott
Senate
House
Kinois
New York
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Montana
Nevada
Maryland
Emmerson
Downstate
Cook County
Senate Chamber
Anti-Saloon League
Richard Barr
Joliet
Barbour
Andrew
Cuthbertson
Bunker Hill
O'Grady-Mcdermott
Illinois
General Assembly
Prohibition
Carlstrom
Maryland liquor commission bill sent back to committee
In Annapolis Maryland the proposed bill to create a state liquor commission to manufacture and sell intoxicating beverages was considered killed for this session as the house voted to send it back to committee.
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Annapolis
Maryland State Liquor Commission
House
Fred Burke Captured After Two Year International Search
Chicago police say Fred Burke the so called most dangerous man alive was captured near Milan Missouri after an international two year hunt. He faces charges for about a dozen murders including the Clark Street massacre on St Valentine 1929 and numerous robberies with an alleged loot of one million dollars. Burke was wanted in Illinois Michigan and other states and his arrest sparks a race to custody by Chicago officials and Berrien County Michigan authorities.
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Chicago
Fred Burke
Milan
Clark Street
Illinois
Michigan
Burke
Berrien County
MacNider to stay in Ottawa amid retirement rumors
United States minister to Canada Hanford MacNider confirmed a one year Ottawa lease and dismissed reports he plans early retirement from the diplomatic service.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Hanford MacNider
United States
Canada
Diplomatic Service
Veterans seek over half billion in adjusted loan applications
Washington reports 1 571 291 veterans have filed for loans on adjusted compensation certificates. 501 203 checks totaling 189 million have been mailed. Officials estimate 1 500 000 approved applications could reach 602 million dollars. Peak applications may be past, with processing improving and a faster completion than six months expected.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Hines
U S Highway Contracts Let for 40 Million to Employ 130000
Washington announces the emergency committee on unemployment has let highway contracts totaling 40 million dollars creating work for about 130 000 men in February. Public works and river harbor projects added around 10 000 jobs, with 28 states awarding road contracts totaling 4024 miles. Illinois led with 2 302 121 dollars, Indiana 127 926, Iowa 1 029 175, Michigan 166 837, and Wisconsin 145 710.
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Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Drought Aid Reaches 133 874 Farmers Across States
The Department of Agriculture reports loans totaling 20,440,325 have been distributed to 133,874 farmers out of a 45 million dollar drought authorization. Regional totals include Memphis 11,097,669 St Louis 4,478,857 Washington 3,089,864 Grand Forks 1,183,120 and Fort Worth 590,815.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Department
Memphis
Tenn
St. Coulis
Grand Forks
Fort Worth
Bandits Captured After Mexico City Bank Truck Heist
Mexican police captured bandits who robbed National Bank of Mexico money transfer trucks of 25000 dollars in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
National Bank of Mexico
Nebraska Progress association forms to promote state industry
Lincoln hosts formation of the Nebraska Progress association aimed at boosting advertising and development of Nebraska industry and trade. Charles E. Hall elected executive vice president. two committees named to handle incorporation and planning. Directors from 93 counties to be chosen. annual meeting set for Lincoln during fair week.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Charles E. Hall
R. C. Biart
Colorado
Kentucky
North Dakota
Frank Eager
Nebraska unemployment rate solid but higher than nation
Final census figures show Nebraska’s unemployment at 14,778 people or 1.4 percent of its 1,377,963 population, below the national rate of 2 percent while more Nebraskans were on temporary layoff. The state’s gainful worker count was not yet reported but is typically under 40 percent of the population. The census also covered nineteen cities with special unemployment tallies.
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Washington
Nebraska
West North Central
Minnesota Central
Minnesota
Kansas
Census Bureau
Corn Prices Seen Rising in 30 Days Says Lincoln Report
Harold Hedges of Lincoln Agricultural College released a monthly outlook noting corn prices likely to rise in the next 30 days. Wheat butter and egg prices shown as flat. Hog prices expected higher while beef demand remains weak yet inching up. Market receipts down about 17 percent from 1930 levels across seven markets.
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Lincoln
Harold Hedges
Agricultural College At
Nebraska
Building Permits Rise in Nebraska State February Report
Lincoln reports show an increase in building activities for February compared to January in the west north central group including Nebraska while overall motion shows a decrease. The depart cost is 5 088 966 dollars versus January with major figure at 750.
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Lincoln
West North Central
Nebraska
Lincoln governor elected at regional association meeting
R. D. Latech of Lincoln was elected governor of the eighth regional association at the two day Lincoln convention. The group will meet in March at Wichita with participants from Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Nebraska. A new natural gas booster station four miles north of Beatrice was completed by Continental Construction and will be open for public inspection and begin pumping immediately on the pipeline to Chicago.
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R. D. Latech
Lincoln
Eighth Regional Association
Wichita
Eas
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Nebraska
Beatrice
W. W. Smith
Continental Construction Company
Southern Fields
Chicago
Chamber to Drop Lincoln County Fair Sponsorship
North Platte chamber of commerce members approved the retail trade committee's recommendation to abandon sponsoring the Lincoln county fair this year after several years of trial in which merchants saw no merchandising results from their investment.
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North Platte
I C C Orders Wheat and Flour Freight Rate Reductions
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered reduced freight rates on wheat and flour carloads from Missouri river points to central west destinations. The cut aims to equalize rates with those from the northwest to St Louis Chicago and other hubs. Reductions range from 2 to 4 cents per hundred pounds.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
West
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
Northwest
League members oppose city manager plan for McCook
Municipal league members at a recent meeting say they do not favor the city manager plan of government for McCook. Citizens discuss this form of government for the municipality. The league nominated Charles Emerson and Silas Gibson for councilmen and L. H. Cheney and the Rev. Henry Stroh for the school board. These offices will be filled at the spring election.
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Municipal League Party
McCook
League
Charles Emerson
Silas Gibson
L. H. Cheney
Henry Stroh
Two Hundred Acres Real Estate Battle Over River Border
District Judge Charles Foster of Omaha ordered two hundred acres on the Iowa Missouri river near Blair be treated as Nebraska real estate in a quiet title suit. Land fronting the river was contested by E. E. McFerrin of Modale adjacent to the farm of George and Dave Wiltse who filed the action.
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Iowa
Missouri River
Blair
Washington County
Nebraska
Charles Foster
Omaha
George
Dave Wiltse
E. E. McFerrin
Modale
Morrill Leads Nebraska Honey Production Says Extension Expert
Prof.Bare of Lincoln told Scotts Bluff bee keepers Morrill county dominates state honey output. In 1998 Scotts Bluff shipped 10 carloads valued at about 30000 dollars. R W Barnes of Morrill is the state's largest apiarist operator and serves as president of the Honey and Bee Association.
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Morrill
Bare
Lincoln
Scotts Bluff County
R. W. Barnes
Barnes
The
Honey and Bee Association
Arbor Day Planting Planned at Minatare Lake Mina tare
Arbor Day on April 22 will be observed in Minatare with extensive tree planting at Lake Minatare. Committees are formed to secure trees including Chinese elm hashberry Russian olive and jack pine. Charles W. Watkins State Forester may attend to assist soil planting under experienced supervision.
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Minatare
Lake Minatare
Charles W. Watkins
Abel Lion Company Wins Overton to Lexington Paving Contract
The Abel Lion Company of Omaha secured the Overton to Lexington paving contract for 207 573 37 dollars, covering just over ten miles. Work begins this summer and ends before fall, linking Kearney to North Platte and completing hard surfacing from Gothenburg west. Cozad and Lexington also secured paving for this year after drainage issues were resolved, allowing contract letting to proceed.
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Overton
Lexington
Abellion Company
Omaha
Kearney
North Platte
Gothenburg
Cozad
Nebraska Seed Potatoes Reach Promising Markets
Western Nebraska seed potatoes find promising buyers beyond the southern market, with shipments to Bermuda and Cuba. Growers in Nebraska market this year through the Nebraska Certified Potato Growers cooperative, based in Omaha.
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Nebraska
Bermuda
Cube
Canada
Nebraska Certified
Wheat Acreage Cut Noted By Ag Board
Washington reports the federal farm board is making headway in urging farmers to reduce wheat acreage. March 1 intentions show durum at 76.1 percent and spring wheat at 88 percent of 1930 plantings, with notable cuts in Washington Illinois Colorado and Idaho.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Illinois
Colorado
Idaho
Capitol
L. J. Taber
National Grange
William E. Borah
Republican
Hutchinson
Kan
James C. Stone
Stone
Farmers’ Co-operative Commission Company
Rhinelander Woodsman Dies After Long Hemorrhage of Debt
Oneida county authorities find certificates of deposit at a Rhinelander bank and cash totaling 10 600 on John Juhalo sixty a woodsman who died at St Marys hospital He had posed as in need and lived in Rhinelander for years He worked in lumber camps and last winter in the county wood lot and was fed at the soup house
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Rhinelander
Wis
Oneida
John Juhalo
St. Mary's Hospital
Rhinelander Bank
Juhalo
Forest Service Announces $9.5 Million for Forest Highways
The Forest Service allocates 9.5 million dollars for forest highway funds to be spent in 31 states Alaska and Puerto Rico. The money, identical to last year, becomes available after July 1 for building highways in national forests as part of an unemployment relief program.
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Washington
Forest Service
Alaska
Porto Rico
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