Governor Pick Sparks Battle Over Virgin Islands
President Roosevelt nominates Lawrence W. Cramer as lieutenant governor of St. Croix amid fierce opposition from Gov Pearson and Judge Ty Webber Wilson. Senate probes slow. St Thomas and St Croix factions protest the selection. Editorials criticize policy and appointments, while internal federal moves reshuffle parole board and housing roles.
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Virgin Islands
Roosevelt
Paul M.’Pearson
Ty Webber Wilson
Pearson
Lawrence W. Cramer
St. Croix Isrand
Senate
Cramer
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Wilson
Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Interior
Ickes
PWA
Harrison
Federal Parole Board
Cummings
Amy A. Stannard
Parole Board
Senator Black Questions Witness Over Hidden Cigar Box
Senator Hugo Black led a Senate lobby committee inquiry into a mysterious cigar box wrapped in a newspaper. John W. Carpenter of Dallas admitted hotel conferences and dinners with lawmakers during the Wheeler Rayburn utility bill fight but refused to reveal the box’s contents. The hearing, part of debates on utility control, saw tense exchanges and stalled progress as conferees met without clear progress.
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Hugo Black
Senate Lobby Committee
John W. Carpenter
Dallas
Texas Power and Light Company
Chesapeake Bay
Texas
Black
Carpenter
Senate
House
Benjamin Cohen
Ethiopian Emperor Demands Immediate League Action
Haile Selassie telegrams the League of Nations to convene council over the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Ethiopia cites Article XV of the covenant and fears loss of independence as Britain considers possible full league action and potential arms exports changes.
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Stanley Baldwin
London
Ethiopia
W. C. Martin
Foreign Office
Federal Alcohol Administration bill passes House
A bill creating the Federal Alcohol Administration within the treasury seeks permanent federal control of the liquor business. The measure, requested by President Roosevelt to replace the FACA ruled unconstitutional by the NRA decision, would make the agency independent only if the House agreed. it sent the bill to the Senate with prospects of early adoption.
Harvest labor crisis hits Midwest farms as relief rolls shrink
Farmers faced a worker shortage as idle relief recipients refuse harvest jobs. Wages from farms were below relief pay, and fear of losing aid kept men on relief. Emergency relief commissions acted. Illinois halted temporary hires from relief lists, while Nebraska cut off 26 counties.
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Middle West
Illinois
Nebraska
LaGuardia Blocks License for German Massage Operator
Mayor La Guardia backs a license denial for a German named Mr. K to work as a massage operator in New York, arguing the 1925 German American treaty is void due to Germany's discrimination against American Jews. He asserts the State Department cannot compel compliance.
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Ayor LA Guardia
New York
Paul Moss
Mr. K
Metropolis
State Department
General strike in Terre Haute triggers National Guard deployment
In Terre Haute Indiana 67000 residents faced food shortages as 48 unions halted operations at Columbian Enameling and Stamping. National Guard units restored supplies and protected merchants while tear gas was used to quell rioters. The two day walkout cost merchants about half a million dollars and the state tens of thousands for troops.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Department of Labor
State Federation of Labor
Democratic Conference Hurdles Over Amendment on Private Systems
Fragmented wording describes Democratic tensions in a conference session. A measure allowing private systems to operate under the bill is noted as accepted by the majority, with disagreements over amendments and the path back to conference.
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House
Nebraska farms surge as land prices climb nationwide
The 1930s era report notes a booming Midwest land market with Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming showing strong gains. Land prices rise 15 to 33 percent year over year while cattle hog and range land values also improve. Notable sales include aSac county IA farm at 136 per acre and an Omaha area farm at 155 per acre.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Middlewest
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank At
Land Bank
Middle-West
Sac County
Drouth Calamity Recedes as Cattle Program Ends
Washington reports a strong rebound from 1934 drought conditions with millions freed from relief, 290,155 farm families removed from relief rolls into rural rehabilitation, and the AAA cattle buying program ending after purchasing 8,279,000 head from 696,000 farms across 24 states at a total cost of 111,541,000 dollars. The drought area narrowed from 1,480 counties in 25 states to 131 counties in five states by Feb 1, 1935.
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Drouth
Washington, D. C
AAA
Resettlement Administration
Grouth
Nebraska Receives Over 100000 Daily From Farm Aid
The AAA disclosed that in the year ending June 1 Nebraska farmers received 36.4 million dollars in rental and benefit payments for wheat corn hog and sugar programs. Nebraska ranked fourth in states receiving funds behind Iowa Texas Illinois and Kansas with corn hog payments totaling 29.38 million dollars.
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Nebraska
Washington
Farm Administration
Iowa
Texas
Ilinois
Kansas
AAA
War department applications fund forty state projects
State officials publicized war department applications for a total of 12 721 098 to support 32 California Kansas Michigan Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma and Texas projects. Nebraska Omaha Fort Crook listed 778 253. Indianola Mining Co reports gold mining near Cambridge to start within days with an expected 1 dollar per ton profit at 30 cent operating cost and 30 tons hourly capacity. Three banks filed incorporation: Nigin Bank of Kigin Norman Bank of St Edward Norman Exchange Bank and Blotcky Investment Corp of Omaha with principal sums 25 000 25 000 10 000 and 45 000 respectively.
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Division of
War Department
California
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebaska
Omaha
Fort Crook
Indianola Mining Company
Cambridge
H. D. Phillips
Secretary of State
Nigin—Bank of
Kigin
St. Edward
Nebraska railroads face 13 percent tax cut by state board
Seventeen railroads operating in Nebraska were granted a 13 percent reduction in their valuations for taxation by the state board of equalization. The board set total assessed value for the 17 carriers at 145,763,852 dollars, thirteen percent below the 1934 total, noting that only two major roads remain financially sound: the Burlington and the Union Pacific.
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Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
Equalization Board
Burlington
Union Pacific
Nebraska Shelterbelt Program Praised by Federal Official
W. K. Williams, chief of the federal forestry division, praised Nebraska's shelterbelt and forest extension program after a three day inspection tour. He cited the Joe Lydek farm in Burt county as the finest farm shelter belt development in the middlewest, from which trees and shrubs were taken for the state capitol grounds.
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W. K. Williams
Federal Forestry Division
Nebraska
Burt County
State Capitol
Williams
Middlewest
Bridges Reopen in Republican River Flood Zone
Twenty of twenty eight bridges washed out by floods are now open to traffic and the rest will likely reopen within two months. Opened bridges include Haigler Parks Benkelman Stratton Trenton Culbertson Mc Cook Bartley Cambridge Orleans Alma Republican City Naponee Bloomington Riverton Inavale Guide Rock Bostwick Superior.
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Republican River
Haigler
Parks
Benkelman
Stratton
Trenton
Culbertson
Mc Cook
Bartley
Cambridge
Orleans
Alma
Republican City
Naponee
Bloomington
Riverton
Inavale
Guide Rock
Bostwick
Superior
Farmers repay most 1934 corn loans as 182 thousand remains
The AAA said farmers repaid all but 182 304 of the 1934 corn program loans as of July 17. Loans totaling 15 689 were issued at 55 cents per bushel across 10 states including Iowa Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas. About 300 loans remain unpaid with liquidation expected soon.
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AAA
Commondity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska Road Work Bid Totals From Federal Relief Program
State Engineer Tiley announced bids will be received in mid August for 7.427 million dollars of road work funded by United States relief funds. Dwight Felton, works progress administrator, outlined the plan as Nebraska expects benefits from the program. Roads comprise 3.87 million for highways and 3.56 million for grade crossing separation, creating an estimated 5,290 jobs.
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Tiley
United Stats
Dwight Felton
Works Progress
Nebraska
Congress
Prospects for Six Million Bushel Potatoes in Nebraska Panhandle
Prospects are bright for a six million bushel potato crop in the Nebraska panhandle this summer. Despite lateness the crop is in fine condition and the best production totals in four years appear likely. About 13 thousand acres of certified seed potatoes were planted, roughly 30 percent of total plantings.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Mart Koehnke
Nebraska
Seed Potato Growers” Association
Panhandle
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Senator Black
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
L. W. Cramer
Supreme Court
Hoosack -Mills
Boston Circuit Courts of Appeals
Chicago
Wallace
Pacific Northwest Wheat Export Corporation
Midwest
Globe
Joplin
Mr. Davie
Franz Guertner
Germany
Goering
Franz Goertner
Freiburg
Baden
Vatican
Hitler Youth Movement
Steel Helmets
Julius
Streicher
Berlin
Franz Seldte
Emperor Halle Selassie
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