Nebraska to get forest project jobs for 2700 men
Nebraska will receive 2700 recruits for Roosevelt’s forestry program. Governor Charles W. Bryan said a conference in Washington will set enlistment details and fund apportionments. Men must be single ages 18 to 26, without contagious disease, and remit most of their $30 monthly pay to a needy family member.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Charles W. Bryan
Lincon
Bryan
W.H. Smith
Washington
Labor Department
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Seventh Corps
Fort Snelling
Fort Crook
Nebraska crops stock on farms grows despite small wheat crop
A. E. Anderson reports Nebraska farms hold substantial supplies of last year’s harvest with 24 percent of wheat 50 percent of corn and 42 percent of oats still on hand. He cites drought in the north and lingering 1931 corn in the southern half, plus lower rents and wages and poor winter grain conditions.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. ‘Anderson
Lincoln Nebraska spends nearly two million on poor relief
Lincoln Nebraska reports total poor relief expenditures for 1932 reached 1 961 666 dollars from tax funds across 93 counties. County reports show 68 counties with increased costs while 47 had tax levies to meet needs. Red Cross flour and cotton goods aided distribution. Mothers pensions fell slightly. blind pensions and soldiers relief rose. Hospitalization and burial costs are itemized within the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Clara Clayton
Claytom
U.S. State Budgets See Deep Deficit in 1931
Census figures show 48 states spent 2.508 billion dollars in 1931 while receipts totaled 2.324 billion, leaving net debt near 1.977 billion. General department operations cost 447.3 million with education alone at 93.2 million. total outlays rose from 1930 and 1917 levels. Senate backs drastic five day six hour work week bill, 53 to 30, delaying effect 30 days and lasting two years.
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Washington
Country
Bureau of the Census
Senate
House
Black
Alabama
Briton Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Russia Case
Wy. H. Macdonald a British engineer on trial for sabotage bribery and espionage admitted guilt as the session began The first witness described Macdonald allegedly bribing him to spy Other English defendants pleaded not guilty Eleven Russian Metropolitan Vickers workers pleaded guilty.
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Moscow
Wy. H. Macdonald
MacDonald
Allan ‘Monkhouse
Charles’ Nordwell
L. ©. Thornton
A. W. Gregory
Eagles Official Must Serve a Prison Term
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Conrad H Mann president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Eagles leader for conducting a lottery. It affirmed Mann Hering and McGuire on conspiracy charges but reversed the shipment of lottery tickets in interstate commerce. The government contends Mann and McGuire shared $460000 as profit with Hering taking a third of Manns share.
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New York
Conrad H. Mann
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Order of Eagles
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mann
Frank E. Hering
The
Eagles Magazine
Bernard ©. McGuire
McGuire
Hering
Adjournment Sought for Congress By June First
Senator Joel Robinson of Arkansas says the Roosevelt emergency program should be enacted in time to allow adjournment of the special session by June 1. He reports he conferred with the President and aims to finish the legislative program between May 15 and June 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joel Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Congress
Capper
Rep
Kan
Secretary of the Interior
Polish Jews Call for Boycott of Germany
Jewish deputies in the Polish parliament issue a manifesto saying the boycott on German Jews is suspended only on paper and urge Polish Jews to retaliate against Germany. Some Warsaw shops still display placards stating no German goods are sold.
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Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Michigan Becomes First To Ratify Prohibition Repeal
Michigan ratified repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and backed the Twenty first Amendment. A 100 delegate constitutional convention voted 99 for repeal and 1 against. The move aligns with pledges but aims to influence beer legislation in the legislature. Des Moines notes concurrent Iowa convention machinery approval.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Saéedrdance
Eugene B. Davenport
Barry County
Des Moines
Iowa
C. L. Herring
Physician Who Devised Electric Chair Dies in New York
Dr Alphonso Rockwell, best known as the inventor of the electric chair, has died in New York. He opposed capital punishment and in a predeath interview said the death penalty, even humanely applied, is an admission of the law's failure and a vengeful futility.
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New York
Alphonso Rockwell
Tax deficiency claims wiped out against major firms
The Treasury Department canceled income tax deficiency claims totaling 5,274,002 dollars against General Motors, General Foods, Cuban American Sugar and Great Northern Paper. Action followed rulings of the United States board of tax appeals.
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Washington
Treasury Department
General Motors
General Foods
Cuban- American Sugar
Great Northern Paper Companies
United States Board of Tax Appeals
New American Cruiser Slides Down the Way
The navy added a war ship on April 13 when the U S S New Orleans, the first of the 10 000 ton treaty cruisers, slid down the ways at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn. Miss Cora Jahncke daughter of Ernest Lee Jahncke christened it with Mississippi river water.
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New York
New Orleans
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Cora Jahncke
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Judge Refuses Retrial for Winnie Ruth Judd
In Phoenix Arizona Judge Howard Speakman denied a retrial motion by Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd and upheld that the lower court lacked authority after the case had been appealed and reviewed by the state Supreme Court. The ruling came as Judd faced execution after another appeal failed.
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Winnie Judd Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Howard ©. Speakman
State Supreme Court
Governor Threatens Martial Law Over Relief Delays
Governor Floyd B. Olson warned that if the legislature does not pass ample relief measures by its April adjournment, he will declare martial law. He accused lawmakers of stalling aid as he urged bonds for relief funds and employment insurance to help the needy and limit suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Floyd B. Olson
Capitol
Farmer-Labor
Olgon
House
Senate
New Students Code Ordered for Germany Under Nazi Rule
Berlin reports Hitler’s regime moves to reform higher education by dissolving parliamentary student leadership, replacing appointees from above, and imposing a racially biased Prussian code. Resignations of university heads are anticipated as administrative changes begin. Goering named premier of Prussia by Hitler.
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Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Wilelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Prussia
Dr. Henry Van Dyke Dies at 80 Noted Educator
Princeton born Henry Van Dyke diplomat and educator dies at eighty. He served as wartime ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxemburg and held the English literature chair at Princeton from 1900 to 1923. He was honored by Oxford and Geneva and led the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He also chaired the Presbyterian general assembly in 1902 and 1903 and received the Legion of Honor.
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Princeton
N. Y
Henry van Dyke
United States
Netherlands
Luxemburg
van Dyke
Oxford
University of Geneva
Legion of Honor
National Institute of Arts and Letters
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In America
Princeton University
West Australia votes to secede from the commonwealth
Western Australia has voted to quit the commonwealth. The state, home to about 500 000 people and a vast area, holds only five of 76 federal seats, leaders argue that distance from Canberra makes federation unhelpful.
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Sydney
Australia
Western Australia
Commonwealth
Western Europe
House of Representatives
Canberra
Prison Sentences in Human Sacrifice Case
Inez Kentucky jury convicts John H Mills Ballard Mills and Blaine McGinnis in the Mills human sacrifice case Mrs Millie McGinnis and Mrs Ora Moore are acquitted Mills receives life imprisonment Ballard Mills and Blaine McGinnis get 21 years each
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Inez, Ky
John H. Mills
Ballard Mills
Blaine McGinnis
Mills
Millie McGinnis
Ora Moore
Police Protection For Mexico City Embassies
For unannounced reasons strong guards of police and plain clothes men were placed about the American embassy and the Japanese appointment of Josephus Daniels as ambassador.
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Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
State gasoline tax receipts rise slightly from last year
State gasoline tax collections for January February and March totaled 1 577 765 up from 1 513 673 in 1932 and 2 036 108 in 1931. The year to date figure shows a modest increase over the previous January through March period.
State Treasurer Reports March Revenue and Trust Fund Balances
State Treasurer George E. Hall released a monthly statement showing the current revenue fund ending March at 2,172,384 dollars, down about 225,000 for the month. Current trust funds rose to 460,451 dollars from 339,698, while the permanent trust fund declined from 2,844,847 to 2,701,270 dollars.
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George E. Hall
State Auto License Fees Fall Sharply in First Quarter
Uncertainty over a new schedule for automobile license fees reduced state collections to 56890 for January through March. The State Tax Commissioner W H Smith issued the figures showing 1932 three month total at 646196 and 1931 at 894565.
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W. H. Smith
Federal Reconstruction Finance loans Nebraska February largest loan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation granted a $100,000 loan to Midwest Life Insurance Co of Lincoln, the largest Nebraska loan. Other Nebraska loans included Clarkson State Bank $24,125. Frenchman Valley Bank of Palisade $20,000. Union Fire Insurance Co of Lincoln $20,000. Farmers Bank of Burwell $412,000. First State Bank of Burwell $5,500. and Farmers and Merchants Bank of Imperial $9,000.
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Midwest Life Insurance Company of
Lincoln
Nebraska Financial Institution
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nebraska
Clarkson State Bank
Frenchman Valley Bank of Palisade
Union Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln
Farmers Bank of Burwell
First State Bank of Burwell
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Imperial
Trenton voters back no tax program and reelect village leaders
In Trenton a vote of nearly three to one kept the no tax regime alive with Mayor E L Clark and Trustees G P B Towle and R A Gibson reelected for two more years. The board has reduced light rates twice in a year, cutting overall costs by about 40 percent, while water and ice rates remain low. The village shows a strong financial position with a 2 percent cash balance well over seven thousand dollars. Hastings hosted a festival turnout that culminated in dedicating a new electric fountain in Highland Park named Fisher Rainbow Fountain after Jacob Fisher and inspired by two student essays.
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Trenton
E. L. Clark
G. P. B. Towle
R A. Gibson
Hastings
Highland Park
Jane Herrin
Council
Civic Club
Florrin
Ford
Nebraska reserve officers to hold contact camp at Fort Crook
Nebraska reserve officers of the United States army will hold a contact camp at Fort Crook May 6 7 and 8 with the state association annual meeting for officer elections and delegates to the national convention in Chicago the first week in June. The camp aims to work out field and tactical problems with each officer paying own way and seven hours' credit per day toward promotion. Colonel F M Anderson and staff assist in arranging the three day event for about three hundred officers.
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Nebraska
United States Army
Fort Crook
Chicago
Platte River
Oscar E. Engler
National Reserve Association
Leo J. Crosby
State Association
Johnson Hagood
A. M. Miller
Hig
Omaha
C. D. Herron
War Department General Staff
Washington, D. C
L. Kemper Williams
Bennett A.’ Molter
National Association of Reserve Officers
F. M. Anderson
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Russia
Eagles
Senator Capper
Minnesota
Dr. van Dyke
West Australia
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