State outlines forestation plan amid relief drive
Over 600 000 trees ordered from state forest reserve at Halsey as Lincoln Nebraska prepares for Roosevelt reforestation program. Governor Bryan sends state forester Clayton Watkins to Washington conference. enrollment in dollar a day camps unclear. State forest plan targets Niobrara valley Platte river islands and numerous reserves for planting with a large nursery urged.
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Halsey
Lincolnn
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Bryan
Clayton Watkins
Washington
Department of Labor
Harry Hough
Veterans’ Employment Bureau
Omaha
State Game Commission
Game Commission
Pine Ridge
Platte River
Niobrara
Commission
Valentine
Sioux County
Crescent Lake Refuge
Sandhill Lakes
Probe into Akron disaster opens at Lakehurst
Washington reports a naval court of inquiry headed by Rear Admiral W W Phelps has begun to investigate the Akron disaster. Three survivors, Lieut Com Herbert V Wiley and seamen Moody E Erwin and Richard E Deal, gave testimonies as officials assess the ship's loss during a thunderstorm off Barnegat lightship after departing Lakehurst for a practice flight.
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Washington
Lakehurst
Naval Court of
W. W. Phelps
William V. Pratt
Naval Operations
Herbert V. Wiley
Richard E. Deal
Moody E. Erwin
New York
U. S
Akron
Barnegat
New Jersey
Herbert Victor Wiley
Phoebus
William A. Moffett
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Air Station
N. J
Coast Guard
Cut Fish Limit For State Lakes
The Nebraska game commission sets a 15 fish bag and possession limit for ten heavily fished southeastern waters including Cottonmill lake Kearney and several sand pits with others opened later. Statewide bag limit remains 25 with up to 60 in possession, bass capped at five in the restricted lakes.
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Lincoln
State Game Commission
Nebraska
Game Commission
Commission
Cottonmill Lake
Kearney
Louisville
Fremont
Oxford
Memphis
Litchfield
Loup City
Alexandria
Arnold
Verdon
Pibal Lake
Greeley
Wellfeet Lake
Lincoln County
Government seedlings to be shipped across Nebraska this spring
Nebraska farmers will receive government trees and seedlings in the coming weeks. Over 600000 applications have been made with totals expected near 750000 by mid April. Evergreen stock comes from Halsey forest. broadleaf varieties from Fremont storage. Planting guidance urges plowed ground and shading from sun.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Halsey
Fremont
Britain Moves to End All Trade With Russia
London reports the Commons consider an enabling act to allow a total embargo on Soviet imports as retaliation for the arrest in Moscow of six Metropolitan-Vickers workers for alleged sabotage. Proclaiming the embargo would follow the expiry of the current trade agreement on April 17.
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London
Russia
House of Commons
Moscow
Metropolitan-Vickers Company
Nine to Be Tried in “Human Sacrifice” Case
Nine men and women were ordered to trial for the February slaying of Mrs. Lucinda Mills in Inez Kentucky. Indicted are John H Mills Alma Mills Fred Mills Trixie Mills Blaine McGinis Mollie McGinis Ora Moore Tommy Boyd Ballard Mills. Defense says insanity.
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Inez
Lucinda Mills
John H. Mills
Alma Mills
Fred Mills
Trixie Mills
Blaine McGinis
Mollie McGinis
Nebraska court voids farm moratorium ruling
The District Court at Hebron Nebraska declares the state farm mortgage moratorium unconstitutional saying it impairs the obligation of contracts. The foreclosure case involved a farm owner seeking to delay sale confirmation for two years under the new moratorium law.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
District Court
Hebron
Nationwide Coal Miners Strike in France Reported
French miners federation officials call for a three day nationwide strike with 290000 of 310000 members observed. Strikers demand higher retirement pensions paid vacations a national coal office and new working hours schedule.
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Paris
France
Miners’ Federation
National Coal Office
Trial Date Set for Charles E. Mitchell in New York Case
Federal Judge John Knox fixed April 17 as the trial date for Charles E. Mitchell in a New York case. Proceedings proceed with the usual pre trial motions and hearings.
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Charles E. Mitchell
New York
John ©. Knox
Wisconsin votes to repeal prohibition and elects convention delegates
Complete returns show 536800 for repeal and 111971 against in Wisconsin. All fifteen delegates to the Madison constitutional convention support the repeal amendment. Drys say they entered without hope while anti prohibitionists hail a show of strength to energize the wet cause in other states. Rockland village votes 44 to 38 to retain the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Madison
Congress
Rockland Village
la Crosse County
81 Michigan Counties Back Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Detroit reports show 81 of Michigan’s 83 counties support removing the Eighteenth Amendment from the U.S. Constitution. The data strengthens the expectation that Michigan will ratify the repealer in the constitutional convention at Lansing by a large majority.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
State
Lansing
Whole Family Dies in Grade Crossing Crash Near Chillicothe
A Burlington passenger train struck a motor car at a grade crossing six miles west of Chillicothe Missouri killing seven members of the Glenn Grimes family. The deceased are Glenn Grimes thirty nine Fer n ell a Grimes thirty three Larkin Grimes nine Robert Grimes seven Glenn Grimes six Charles Grimes three and Virginia Grimes three months old.
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Chillicothe
Glenn Grimes
Burlington
Fernella Grimes
Larkin Grimes
Robert Grimes
Charles Grimes
Virginia Grimes
Winn ie Judd Cleared for Execution After Clemency Rejection
Winnie Ruth Judd's plea for clemency was denied by the Arizona board of pardons and paroles. The board declined to recommend commutation of her sentence to be hanged for the trunk murder of Agnes Anne Leroi. She faces execution on April 21 unless the attorney general or warden seeks a sanity trial.
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Winnie Judd
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Agnes Anne Leroi
A.G. Walker
Amos Woodcock Resigns as National Dry Chief
Prohibition Director Amos W. W. Woodcock, appointed by President Hoover in 1930, resigns. His successor will be A. V. Dalrymple of California, who served as prohibition supervisor during the Wilson administration for the central division covering Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
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Washington
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Maryland
Hoover
Bureau of Prohibition
A. V. Dalrymple
California
Wilson
Central Division
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Three Illinois Marines Get Medals for Valor
Washington reports three Illinois Marines awarded medals for valor for actions in Nicaragua. The ceremony honors their bravery as part of U.S. military medals recognition during the Nicaragua cross operations.
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Illinois
Go Over 1 000 000 000 in Veterans Cuts
Washington estimates for President Roosevelt show total savings of 1 203 000 000 from reduced veterans allowances and department cuts. The plan targets more than 300 000 000 in next year’s expenditures, balancing the budget and possibly introducing new taxes to cover residual gaps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover
Over Thirteen Million Jobless, Green Asserts
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor says unemployment is well over 13,000,000. He cites 230,000 jobs lost in March, with 12,821,000 out in January and 12,980,000 in February. Unemployed union members in March were 26 percent of the union, down from 26.7 percent in February.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Concessions to Jews by Soviet Union Ringed with Mail Boxes
The Soviet Union allows European Jews to mail matzoths and food to relatives in Russia for Passover starting April 11. Riga and Kaunas post offices handle 200 packages daily addressed to Jews in Russia.
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Riga
Latvia
Soviet Union
Russia
Kaunas
Lithuania
Gas Victims in Madison: Professor, Wife, Child Found Dead
Russell E. Puerner aged 38 an assistant professor of machine design, his wife and seven year old daughter Sarah Mae were found dead in their Madison home from illuminating gas. Coroner William E Campbell ruled the wife’s death as self inflicted amid long illness.
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Madison
Wis
Russell E. Puerner
Sarah Mae
William E. Campbell
Canada Warns of Communist Activity in Ottawa
A House of Commons debate warns that communist activity in Canada is dangerous. Calls arise to strengthen the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to counter the threat.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
State Bank Deposit Dividends and Car Plate Report
Depositors in 14 failed state banks received dividends totaling 102 337 in March per the secretary of trade and commerce monthly report. State Auditor Price issued a 31 844 warrant for 1933 automobile license plates made at the reformatory. This compares with 39 125 paid to a commercial company last year. The number of passenger car plates issued was 382 725 pairs.
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E. H. Luikart
State Department of Trade and Commerce
W. B. Price
Reformatory
Phone rate cuts approved for Fordyce Farmers and Havana lines
The state railway commission authorized Fordyce Farmers Telephone to cut rates by 25 cents monthly across all services. Havana Telephone was cleared to reduce farmwall lines 35 cents and school wall telephones 3.00 dollars per month.
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The
State Railway Commission
Fordyce Farmers Telephone Company
Havana Telephone Company
Indianola
Lincoln State Hospital repair contract awarded
W. J. Assenmacher of Lincoln won the contract to repair the state hospital in Lincoln at cost plus 1 percent, the lowest rate of its kind ever made by the board of control. Chairman Harry Thorpe announced. The standard cost plus contract typically carries about a 10 percent markup.
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State Hospital
Lincoln
Board of Control
Harry Thorpe
W. J. Assenmacher
Arbor Day Proclamation Urges Reforestation Effort
Governor Bryan proclaims Arbor Day for April 22 and cites economic stress and increased wood use as reason. He notes trees cut in the last two years exceed any prior biennium and urges replacement through a large scale national reforestation program with Nebraska cooperation. He asks citizens to take an interest.
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Bryan
Nebraska
Omaha firms clash over gravel detour funds on U.S. 73
Omaha business interests seek a gravel detour on U S highway 73 between Blair and Tekamah while the main route is shortened for paving. State funds are drained by reduced gasoline tax revenue and a cut in 1933 motor vehicle licenses, leaving barely enough for maintenance and limited construction. State Engineer Roy Cochran says nothing is available now for detours.
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Omaha
Blair
Tekamah
Roy Cochran
Jess Clark and His Island Beer Garden Amendment
Old Jess Clark plans a beer garden on Jess Clark’s island near Falls City separated from Nebraska by the Missouri river. A federal court ruling left the tract currently part of Nebraska but still claimed by Missouri, affecting permit legality after April 7.
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Old Jess Clark
Missouri River
Falls City
Missouri
Old Jess
Nebraska
Jess Clark
Clark's
Clark
Governor Receives 70-Pound Cake Asking For Beer
A 70 pound chocolate cake bearing the slogan We Want Beer was delivered to Governor Charles W. Bryan in Lincoln. The governor accepted the thanks and said he would consider the message later. Four messenger boys placed the cake near his bed where he is confined with heart disease. Joseph Huckins III, Omaha hotelman, arranged the delivery and asked no comment on his plea to use the governor’s office for the return of legalized beer for guests from across the state. Telegraph company workers transported the cake from Omaha, altering its route through the car windshield.
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Charles W. Bryan
Joseph Huckins
Omaha
Lincoln
Govenor
Telegraph Company
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