Mooney Denied Pardon for 1934 Preparedness Day Bomber
Governor rejects Mooney pardon citing guilt after releasing Sullivan report on the Manes case. Mooney and Warren K Billings remain at San Quentin serving life terms for participation in the 1934 Preparedness Day bombing that killed ten and wounded about fifty.
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California
Mooney
Matt L Sullivan
State Supreme Court
Lewis F. Byington
San Francisco
Sacramento
Sullivan
Charge Farm Board Refused to Pay Debt, Says Wheat Association
North Dakota Montana Wheat Growers' association in receivership files counter action in U S District Court claiming debts of 640842 were ignored by the federal farm board. Foreclosure suit was brought on a Minneapolis elevator securing a 25000 loan. association asserts government claims only partly paid. A referee is asked to take testimony on the claims.
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Minneapolis
Federal Farm Board
United States District Court
North Dakota- Montana Wheat Growers’ Association
Farm Board
Auditor joins Kreuger fraud probe in Sweden
A fourth man, a chartered accountant named Wendler, has been arrested in Stockholm as part of the inquiry into Ivar Kreuger deposits and manipulated accounts. Three others previously linked to the Kreuger affair were detained, with the group said to include the 1990 audit team.
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Kreuger
Stockholm
Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Wendler
Disturbances Erupt in Ohio Strike Regions
Fresh disturbances flare in eastern Ohio coal fields as miners protest wage cuts. About 60 miles south, nearly 200 strike sympathizers clash with 200 non strikers at the Caldwell mine near Caldwell. authorities disperse the crowd. Six shots fire near the Tasa mine near Jewett, with no injuries reported.
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Ohio
Cadiz
Caldwell
Tasa
Jewett
Treasury Offering Attracts Investor Subscriptions
Total subscriptions of 289.74 million dollars were received for the April 14 offering of 75 million dollars United States treasury 91 day bills dated April 20, 1982. The highest bid was 99.876 or 0.49 percent. the lowest bid was 99.826 or 0.69 percent. Only part of the bids at the lower price were accepted. A total of 75.6 million dollars was allotted at an average rate of 0.62 percent on a bank discount basis.
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Treasury
Washington
United States Treasury
Maniac Mother Drowns Three Children in Michigan
Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Etta Butts thirty nine drowned three of her children aged four to nine in a cistern and leaped into the pits herself. Her husband Carl Butts and son Jack, nineteen, heard her cries and rescued her. Physicians pronounced her insane.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Etta Butts
Carl Butts
Jack
U S Expenditure in 32 Increases
Washington reports nine months of fiscal year expenditures exceed revenues by 1.885 billion dollars, with off-budget items including 163.6 million for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and 68.2 million for federal land banks. If RCFC draws its full 500 million capital, the yearly excess could reach about 845 million, versus 504 million a year earlier.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal ‘Land Banks
William Burns Die at 70 Famous Detective of Justice
William J. Burns, renowned detective and former chief of the Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation, died in Sarasota, Florida at age seventy from a heart attack. He led pivotal cases including the Teapot Dome trials and organized the first nationwide Identification Bureau.
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Sarasota
Fla
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Teapot Dome
Burns
Heirs to Ella Wendel Fortune Offered Shares
In San Francisco, ten alleged heirs to the Ella Wendel fortune of 100 million dollars were offered 100000 each to withdraw as contestants. Two New York lawyers for the estate and claimants were in San Francisco evaluating reportedly genuine claims.
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San Francisco
New
Ella Wendel
New York
R. F. C. Loans Largely to Small Banks Revealed
Eugene Meyer testifies before the house banking committee that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent from its $2 billion fund to 1819 banks. He notes 92 percent of loans went to banks in towns with populations under 100,000.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Nebraska Exports Fall to 6 Million Despite Overall Trade
Nebraska exported 6.2 million dollars of merchandise in the prior year, down from 10.6 million in 1930, while national exports declined about 38 percent. Lard led Nebraska shipments at 2.12 million, followed by oleo stock and hams and shoulders, with wheat and other meats also contributing amid a broad range of products sent abroad. Secretary Lamont framed the drop as a global shift rather than diminished prestige.
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Omaha
Nebraska
United States
Lamont
Nebraska Marriage and Divorce Trends in 1931
Nebraska reports 41 006 marriages in 1931 up from 1930’s 10 248. Divorces fell to 1 531 in 1931 from 1 635 in 1930. Platte county shows 205 marriages in 1931 and 14 divorces, with overall per 1 000 population rising to 8.0 marriages and 1.11 divorces.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Census
State Department of Public Welfare
Census Bureau
Platte County
March State Expenditure Falls From February Total
Budget Director W. H. Smith reports March warrants totaling 1,663,391 dollars, down from February’s 1,878,114. The drop reflects lower highway outlays despite higher salaries and includes quarterly pay to state officers and 72 judges. Highway construction fell to 386,621 while maintenance rose to 415,228.
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Lincoln
W. H. Smith
Supreme Court
War department funds Missouri River project at 63 000
The War Department has allotted 63 000 for further work on the effz foot channel in the Missouri River from Kansas City to Sioux City. Citizens who backed the state lake near Verdon sponsor a plan for a 100 square foot sand bottom swimming pool at one end. Nebraska has found 12 843 jobs, Omaha 695, since a national campaign began. New York reports 550 950 total in 27 states. Beatrice prepares a federal building addition costing about 50 000, boosting summer employment for mechanics and laborers.
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War Department
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Verdon
Nebraska
Omaha
New York
Beatrice
Army Worms Ravage Hastings Alfalfa Fields
An army of small worms damaged alfalfa fields near Hastings. In 24 hours the pests ate more than a rod into the fields, leaving barren stems. County Agent Elliott Davis attributes the damage to army worms.
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Hastings
Elliott Davis
Nebraska farmers shift crops as winter wheat area falls
Reduced winter wheat acreage in Nebraska prompts increased plantings of spring wheat sorghum potatoes small grains and tame hay according to a state and federal agricultural statistics report.
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Nebraska
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Record cane threshing at Cairo yields 125 bushels from 5 acres
H. C. Stange completed a cane threshing job at Cairo for C. S. Lawrence. The field produced a record 125 bushels from 5 acres after standing in shock since last fall and enduring winter conditions in excellent condition.
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Cairo
H. C. Stange
C. S. Lawrence
City Council Votes For Sunday Movie Showing By Narrow Margin
Broken Bow city election results canvassed show Sunday moving pictures approved by four votes. The proposition previously failed by the same margin two years earlier.
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Broken Bow
Removal of cedars in Nebraska orchards to continue
Deputy Secretary D F P Felton said cedar removal under state law will continue in all orchard counties except Cass. A federal court issued a temporary restraining order to protect cedars in Cass. Felton cited strong voluntary cooperation with over 1000 trees removed and stressed no compulsory orders unless cooperation fails.
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Cass County
D. F P. Felton
Nebraska
Mr. Felton
Southeast Nebraska fruit crop outlook while not as large
Prospects for fruit in southeastern Nebraska are generally good but smaller than last year due to late February freezes. Buds swollen in warm spells were damaged, with hill side orchards most affected. Pears worst hit. peaches below average. apples smaller despite blossoms heavier. Grapes strawberries raspberries and other small fruits expected to be average. Fruit growing remains a major local industry.
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Nebraska
Jonathan
Nebraska Cattle Feeding Input Drops From 20 to 70 Percent
Nebraska feedlot activity shows cattle entering for feeding down to about 70 percent of year earlier. Movement into Nebraska this year totals roughly 16 000 head versus 50 000 last year, while fat cattle leaving to markets runs about 141 000 since January, down from 173 000. Shortage of corn hay and grains plus a hard winter shrink feeding capacity.
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Nebraska
E. V. Jones
BBC
Mills proposes tax plan to raise revenue for deficit
Secretary Mills presents to the Senate finance committee a revised plan to raise 1.033 billion dollars in additional taxes and save 208 million through reduced expenditures. He backs a 42 percent top rate on individuals and 18 percent corporate tax, and would end exemptions, counting on administrative changes to boost revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Smoot
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Questions Position of Britain on War Debt
In the House of Commons Maj C R Attlee attacked Neville Chamberlain budget for omitting any war debt payments to the United States. Attlee said the US had sent a reminder making relief unlikely and criticized the chancellor for not meeting the budget issue. The American reminder and Borah’s senate speech received little British press attention.
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London
United States
House of Commons
Maj
C. R. Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
House
Attleé
Borah
Senate
Mexican Rebels On Warpath Slay and Loot Across Vera Cruz
Irregular forces in central Vera Cruz massacred a dozen, sack towns, attacked a train, and retreated to the hills. Four slain at Paso del Macho after rebels captured the town. At least eight killed at Tepetlaxco in the unrest.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Paso del Macho
Tepetlaxco
Followers of Gandhi Crowd Jail Releases Amid Prison Congestion
Hundreds of criminals freed from Bombay jails to ease crowding due to political prisoners. In Poona about 350 inmates released from Yerada jail where Mahatma Gandhi is interned, over the last days.
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Poona
British India
Bombay
Yerada Jall
Mahatma Gandhi
Chinese Pay Honor to Slain American Flyer
Hundreds of Chinese pass the bier where Robert Short, an American aviator killed while flying for the Chinese army, lay in state. His mother, who traveled from the United States for the funeral, said she was proud of her son's service.
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Shanghai
Robert Short
United States
Building Trades Men in Gotham Face Wage Cuts
By order of the Building Trades Employers association the executives of 80 trade groups posted notices announcing wage reductions of 20 to 35 percent for 115000 building trades workers beginning May 1.
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Gotham
New York
Board of Governors of
The
Building Trades Employers Association
Building Trades
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League of Nations
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Charge Farm Board
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William Burns
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