Nebraska Farm Return: Five Reasons From Agriculture Student
A Nebraska College of Agriculture senior outlines five reasons to return to farming in the Cornhusker Countryman. He cites outdoor life, building a farmstead, livestock work, independence with time for other pursuits, and starting now due to low land values and equipment costs, plus the value of community service in rural areas.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Cornhusker Countryman
Agricultural College
Reduced Crop Acreage Seen In Nebraska This Year
Nebraska crop statistics show overall reductions with notable declines in Panhandle counties. Corn acreage will be 97 percent of last year, barley 90 percent, and potatoes 95 percent, while spring wheat rises to 140 percent and oats 105 percent.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Panhandle
Anderson
Panhandie
Nebraska marriages and divorces in 1932 rise and fall
Census data show Nebraska had 11 757 marriages in 1932, up from 11 030 in 1931, an increase of 6.6 percent due in part to new interlude rules in neighboring states. Divorces fell to 1454 in 1932 from 1532 in 1931, with 46 marriages annulled that year. Population estimates place 1932 at 1,388,000.
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Washington, D.C
Bureau of the Census
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Wyoming
House Passes Roosevelt Relief Bill Amid Labor Opposition
Washington reports the House approved the Roosevelt relief bill to fund work for about 250000 men, despite labor opposition. Senate approval of a separate fund use and a Copeland bill easing medicinal liquor limits were noted, with conference delays on the relief bill. President Roosevelt ordered a 15 percent pay cut for federal workers effective April 1, saving an estimated 1250000 annually.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Department of Labor
Youth Seeks to Extort Lindbergh From Akron Youth
A 15 year old Hudson high school student attempted to extort Mrs Charles A Lindbergh for 25000. Ernest D Claggett admitted mailing two letters to the aviator's wife but said he would not have kept the money. He was captured near the intended drop and released on parole by Juvenile Judge Oscar Hunsicker who called him not a bad boy merely overly imaginative.
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Akron
Ohio
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hudson
Ernest D. Claggett
Oscar Hunsicker
Labor Department Ends Five Day Week With Half Day Shift
Secretary Frances Perkins abolishes the five day week in the Labor Department returning to a five and a half day schedule. The move follows a new economy plan that discarded the furlough provision that established the five day week last July and shifts staff toward a shorter work week.
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Labor Department
Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Police Seek Plotters on Life of Mussolini
Police seek to determine if an alleged assassin of Premier Mussolini had an accomplice. A confession hint pointed to a foreigner as a possible partner. The suspect was arrested March 20 near the premier's palace with a revolver in his pocket.
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Mussolini
Rome
Women Delegates Urge Recognition of Soviet Russia
A delegation of American women representing the American Women's Committee for Recognition of Soviet Russia urged immediate recognition of Russia to Secretary Hull and left a petition at the White House.
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Russia
Washington
Hull
American Women's Committee
White House
Mooney Granted New Court Chance in 1916 Bomb Case
In San Francisco Califf Tom Mooney, imprisoned for 16 years, is granted a new opportunity to stand trial in an unused murder indictment linked to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing that killed 100 and injured 40. Judge Louis H. Ward rules a jury trial is permissible for each indictment, while Mooney seeks full pardon amid claims of innocence and a capitalist frameup.
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San Francisco
Califf
Tom Mooney
Louis H. Ward
Apds
Mooney
May Advance Date of Economic Conference
British government shifts stance on debt revision and concessions signaling readiness to discuss economic concessions before the debt issue. The world economic conference could be held in April or May, instead of next summer or autumn as previously planned by European powers.
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Washington
Austen Chamberlain
Britain
MacDonald
Power of Dictatorship Granted in Canada Relief Bill
In Ottawa the Bennett government won passage of a relief bill by 89 to 46 in the house of commons. The bill grants virtual dictatorship powers to the cabinet during parliamentary recess, allowing it to make or unmake laws without parliamentary sanction. The measure now heads to the senate where passage is assured.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Bennett
House of Commons
Senate
MacDonald Invited to Confab at Washington
President Roosevelt reportedly asked Norman Davis to invite Prime Minister MacDonald to Washington for talks on war debts the forthcoming world economic conference and related issues.
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MacDonald
Washington
London
Roosevelt
Norman Davis
Mexicans Protest Daniels Appointment as U S Ambassador
Mexican crowds demonstrate at the embassy in opposition to Josephus Daniels being named United States ambassador. The protest highlights local backlash to the diplomatic posting and calls for reconsideration.
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Josephus Daniels
United States
Nazis threaten world Jews as boycott starts in Germany
Berlin reports Hitler endorses the National Socialist boycott of Jews beginning at 10 am. He says German Jews are hostages to the government's stance toward foreign nations and orders organized action to avoid violence. Chicago Jews rally 10 000 strong denouncing German policy with Gov. McNutt delivering the principal address.
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Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Brown House
Chicago
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Fifteen Killed In British Airliner Crash Near Essen
The City of Liverpool, a trimotor British Imperial Airways plane, wrecked near Essen killing 15 aboard. The craft, en route from Cologne to Croydon via Brussels, had halted briefly at Haeren. Four were found alive nearby. remaining victims burned. Twelve were passengers. no Americans aboard.
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Brussels
Liverpool
British Imperial Airways
Essen
Cologne
Germany
Croydon
England
Haeren
Ansell Sues Senator Long for 500000 Libel Action
Samuel T. Ansell, counsel for the Senate elections committee, files a libel suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court seeking 500000 from Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. This is the second suit by Ansell after a prior assault on him by Long in the Senate. Long previously avoided the first case using congressional immunity.
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Ansell
U.S
Long Washington
Huey Long
Louisiana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Samuel T. Ansell
Senate Elections Committee
Long
Senate
Ruth Judd Loses Bid for New Murder Trial
Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the trunk slayer, failed to obtain a new murder trial on an unused charge. Judge Speakman ruled clemency actions by the Arizona board are moot, while Judd remains under sentence to be hanged April 14 for the murder of Agnes Anne Leroi.
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Phoenix
Aris
Winnie Ruth Judd
Trunk” Slayer
Speakman
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Roosevelt Bomb Scare Ends With Beer Mug Discovery
A wrapped package sent to President Roosevelt caused a scare in Wilmington Delaware when Postmaster Abrahams opened it and found a one pint copper beer mug. The item was resealed and sent to Washington for further handling.
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Roosevelt
Wilmington
Del
Abrahams
Washington
Fort Kearney Park Beautification Underway
Work at Fort Kearney state park begins with 2 000 hackberry trees planted in parallel rows along the bank and a cleared center space for future buildings. paving projects along U 8B highway 20 from Willis to Waterbury started with culverts and grading in place. traffic diverted via highway 9 from Allen to Ponca and highway 54 from Ponca to Willis.
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Fort Kearney
Willis
Waterbury
Allen
Ponca
Recreation ground plan near Ainsworth discussed at club
Mayor WU. A. Ralston presented plans to the Commercial club for a Bone creek recreation ground near Ainsworth. The proposal includes a substantial body of water formed by damming Bone creek.
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Bone Creek
Ainsworth
Commercial Club
WU. A. Ralston
Antelope Arrives at Wildcat Game Preserve Near Gering
More animals arrive every few weeks at the Wildcat Game Preserve south of Gering. An antelope caught by George W. Johnson, a Bridgeport farmer, was placed there recently. The animal was one of a herd of over one hundred roaming in the hills southwest of Bridgeport.
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Wildcat
Gering
George W. Johnson
Bridgeport
Plattsmouth jeweler showcases model engines at Chicago fair
John Crabiill a Plattsmouth jeweler who builds accurate model train engines will display his work at the Chicago world’s fair. The engines run under their own power and reflect machinery used by the Burlington railroad which has also shown his creations.
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John Crabiil
Plattsmouth
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Aurora adopts resolution for municipal power plant
At a large public meeting Mayor W H Vogt presided as a resolution urging municipal ownership of the light and power plant was adopted. The council is directed to pursue a plan for municipal ownership. the Aurora franchise is held by the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Company.
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Aurora
W. H. Vogt
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
Federal crop loan applications grow in Box Butte county
Applications for federal crop loans arrive at Alliance of W. E. Rousey with hopeful totals near last year. About half of the $103,000 requests have been sent to the federal office. Loan requests range from $100 to $250. Last year Box Butte county farmers received $65,000 in federal loans.
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Alliance of W. E. Rousey
Box Butte County
Alcohol gasoline blends boost power and economy in tests
University of Nebraska trials find slight gains from 10 percent alcohol gasoline mixes. Professor Brackett doubts drivers would notice the difference. Proposals to require 10 percent alcohol blends appear in several state legislatures to reduce grain surpluses. Nebraska farmers urged to plant more barley and white corn as beer production resumes.
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University of Nebraska Agricultural College
E. E. Brackett
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Nebraska
Omaha Grain Exchange
P. H. Stewart
D. L. Gross
University study lists faiths among Nebraska students
A registrar led a survey naming 22 denominations represented by University of Nebraska students. The Methodist church tops with 932 men and 579 women. Presbyterians number 832, with Baptists 209, Catholics 385, and others including Christian 328, Congregational 498, and Lutheran 373. 325 students prefer no church. Several denominations maintain university pastors for student groups.
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University of Nebraska
Florence J. McGahey
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Unitarian
Uni
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W. H. King
William. H. King
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King
Ruth Judd
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