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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1934
Page
2
Washington reports the senate tentatively approved a flat 4 percent normal income tax with 29 brackets of surtaxes. The present exemptions apply to the new surtax schedule and the house rates extend to 59 percent. An attempted amendment to raise the normal rate to 6 percent was defeated 47 to 36.
United States Steel announces about a 10 percent wage raise affecting roughly 350000 workers in the industry. The move follows a chain of pay increases and is expected to boost purchasing power and possibly steel prices. US Steel employs over 190000 wage earners and salaried staff, accounting for about 40 percent of U.S. steel output. total industry impacts could reach 35 to 40 million dollars yearly.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed taxing power to fund public ends, upholding a Washington statute that imposes a 15 cent per pound levy on oleomargarine sold in the state. The decision, authored by Justice George Sutherland, was unanimous.
Washington announces early restoration of compensation for blind veterans. The Veterans Administration says payments will be restored in all eligible cases without further administrative review, with the blind group as the only one for which a decision has been reached.
The pope extended the holy year worldwide from April 8 to the Sunday after Easter 1935. The bulletin marks the nineteenth centenary of human redemption and the pope’s rejoicing over holy year success.
Berlin reports the government has extended a loan of about $2,000,000 to German petroleum firms to finance search for new wells and boost self sufficiency in the oil industry.
Nicholas M. Butler returns from a European tour and asserts progress toward peace through expanding markets for agriculture and industry via regional arrangements, urging cooperation among nations to boost trade and stability.
Chicago reports indicate winter wheat could reach 506 million bushels, up from 351 million last year, with 75.5 percent condition against 59.4 a year ago and 79.2 ten year average. Abandoned acreage projected at 13.6 percent, stocks 80 to 97 million bushels, rye at 64.6 percent of normal. favorable weather is needed to sustain prospects.
Speaker Rainey names five members to investigate charges that high government officials hatch a communist revolution in the United States. Chairman Alfred L. Bulwinkle says the panel will start work soon and will hear Doctor Wirt of Gary Indiana before deciding how far the inquiry proceeds. Members include William W. Arnold J J O Connor and Frederick R Lehibach along with Bulwinkle and McGugin.
In Washington, coal workers gain full recognition of a $5 daily wage and a 35 hour week after an agreement with coal operators. All operators signed except those in northern West Virginia and smokeless fields. those areas may still opt in.
The Soviet Union moved to bolster European peace by offering a ten year extension of nonaggression pacts with Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. The foreign office announced the three nations accepted. The agreement now verbal will soon be put into a formal treaty.
Soviet observers report reforms in heavy industry departments and similar political units to those used for farms and aviation. The GPU transport section may come under the transport commissariat as part of the reorganization.
State Treasurer Hall under the board of educational land and funds completes purchase of 165000 30 year refunding bonds for the Nebraska City school district dated April 1. They bear 3.95 percent interest and may be paid after five years. Bonds may be divided among several state investment funds. The state did not own any of the issue being retired. A national civil works association to promote patriotism among those aided by the government is organized at Norfolk with a constitution and by laws for nationwide expansion. Charter members are Franklin D Roosevelt Harry Hopkins and Rowland Haynes.
North Nebraska farmers in Cedar county on the fringe of the grasshopper and drouth district may need federal help to secure grasshopper poison and seed and feed. State Representative W. H. O Gara of Laurel told Governor Bryan at the Capitol. He proposed weed pest elimination and soil erosion work, with a civilian conservation camp possible in the area this spring and summer.
Fifty thousand dollars requested earlier as a special allotment to Nebraska to buy livestock feed and seed for farmers in drought stricken districts has been granted by the federal government. Governor Bryan is advised in a telegram from National Relief Administrator Hopkins. Haynes, who asked for the funds, expects oats to be a main recipient plant in northeastern Nebraska while corn for spring planting will also be supplied.
Lincoln state workers report Perkins plan to prohibit child labor in sugar beet work will not apply much in Nebraska. Clara Clayton head of the state bureau of child welfare notes beet fields and refineries have largely eliminated child labor in western Nebraska. She adds that during hard times youths return to beet farms displacing imported labor. new sugar code bans workers under 16.
The Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic plans its 58th annual reunion in Beatrice May 22 to 24. The May 23 parade is expected to be the feature of the second day with only a few veterans able to march last year.
Frank B. O Connell announces approval of new recreation grounds two miles west of Guide Rock with about 40 acres and a 25 acre lake. Most land is State school property. Pawnee Lake and Recreation Grounds Association pays lease costs and most construction, with the state covering dam material costs around 200 dollars. The lake will be spring fed and Senator Henry Pedersen helped push the project at the capitol.
A North Wales woman designed a special fishbowl with a central floating apartment for a canary. The device keeps water away from the bird while the goldfish swim around it, allowing both pets to share the same bowl.
The Postum Company offers a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.
A promotional line asserts Ferry's Seeds are sold only in freshly dated packages guaranteeing top quality. The ad hints that wealth or tax scrutiny could change fortunes, while stressing reliability of the product.
An old classified style notice urges readers to try Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowel regulation. The brief ad reads My wife is always borrowing trouble and invites readers to send her over to our house, promising ample stock and a health claim.
Ned claims his wife shaped who he is while Ted says he would never forgive her either. The exchange highlights personal fault and lingering resentment between the two men.
Citizens turn to penny liquid laxatives for gentle, adjustable relief. Senna is cited as a natural laxative and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is promoted as a mild option aiding regularity without kidney irritation. The product is available at drug stores. Member N R A.
The line suggests a notion that reality romance endures only when it carries no significant impact or consequence, implying a trivial or uncharged dynamic within real life relationships. No further context is provided to confirm characters or setting.
A parent blames a boy’s dull senses on schooling problems but notes his bowels are stifled by purgatives. The piece promotes California Syrup of fikely a laxative with senna, urging parents to choose this natural remedy and verify the label.
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