Missouri River navigation plan eyed by expert
John A. Fox of the Mississippi Valley association predicts a navigable channel from Kansas City to Sioux City with an initial $44 million to unlock vast economic gains. He notes supportive leadership, wartime figures, and that 8 million inland residents can rally for development, with a nine foot channel capable of moving 2 ton barges at up to 10 miles per hour downstream.
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Lincoln
John A. Fox
Mississippi Valley Association
Kansas City
Sioux City
George H. Dern
Mr. Fox
Dern
Fox
NRA blue eagle flies over nation as recovery code expands
Washington reports thousands return to work as new shorter hours, more jobs, and higher pay spread under the national recovery program. Retail codes affect 1 050 000 establishments and 4 000 000 white collar workers. Drug stores stay outside the retail code. Ickes cites public works fund allotments surpassing 1 058 billion, with Casper Alcora power project and upper Mississippi channel work funded. Johnson forms nationwide draft recovery boards to direct re employment drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Harold Ickes
Public Works Fund
Ickes
Casper-Alcora
Wyoming
Upper
Mississippi
Johnson
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Average Cost of State Wards 20 a Month
State institutions under the boards of control operated in the last fiscal biennium ending June 30 with an average maintenance of 20.01 per inmate per month or 240.10 yearly. Inmate population averaged 7 430, up 425, a 16 percent rise from the prior biennium.
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Lincoln
Boards of Control
Nebraska to Gain Cash Benefit From Wheat Acreage Plan
Lincoln Nebraskans will receive eight to nine dollars per acre in cash benefit for wheat acreage reduction. Total Nebraska payments estimated between eight and nine million dollars, with no wheat shortage expected. W H Brokaw notes carryover and consumption figures while I D Wood reports farmers welcomed details at Colfax county meeting.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
W. H. Brokaw
Extension Service
Nebraska Agricultural College
Brokaw
I. D. Wood
Fremont
Colfax County
Fai Ners
National Guard Curbs Pennsylvania Strikers
National Guard troops moved into Fayette county to preserve order in the soft coal strike area after Governor Pinchot proclaimed a virtual state of martial law. The dispatch of 300 guardsmen followed Sheriff Harry E. Hackrey's refusal to bow to the governor's ultimatum and withdrawal demand for deputies.
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Uniontown
National Guard
Fayette County
Pinchot
Harrisburg
National
Harry E. Hackrey
Roosevelt appoints Moley to head crime survey drive
President Roosevelt orders a federal war on crime and names Prof. Raymond F. Moley to direct the survey. Moley, assistant secretary of state, brings extensive experience in anti crime movements to the task at Hyde Park New York.
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Roosevelt
Moley
Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymond F. Moley
Two Americans Promoted in French Legion of Honor
Two Americans promoted to officers in the Legion of Honor by the Quai d Orsay are Paul Scott Mowher of Bloomington IllinoisParis correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and Benjamin Conners an attorney of Connerville Kentucky.
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Legion of Honor
Paris
Quai d’Orsay
Paul Scott
Mowher
Bloomington
Chicago Daily News
Benjamin Conners
Connersville
Gas Corn Popper Blast Injures 20 Merrymakers
A gasoline tank on a popcorn popper exploded at a Merryman picnic grounds near Lewisport Kentucky injuring more than 20 people, with one death reported among a crowd of about 2000 attendees.
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Lewisport
Canton Army Blockades Kiangsi Frontier to Starve Out Reds
General Chan Chai tong of the Canton government forces orders a blockade along Kiangsi frontier to starve out Communist fighters who resist suppression. The move aims to sever supply lines and force surrender amid ongoing civil conflict in China.
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Canton
Hongkong
Gep
Chan Chai-tong
Kiangsi
Kidnapped Oil Man Urschel Recalls Nine Days Captivity
Oklahoma City oil millionaire Charles F. Urschel says his eyes were taped during a nine day kidnapping by gunmen who drove him hundreds of miles and freed him near Norman. A ransom was paid but details remain a family matter. Urschel appeared tired but in good health after the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
Norman
Arthur Seeligson
W. R. Jarrett
Albany
N. Y
John J. O’connell, Jr
Dan
Girl Admits Killing Rural Mail Carrier
Stella Christoff, seventeen, confessed to shooting rural mail carrier Nelson Voss in Edwardsville after saying he attempted to kiss her. She and her sister Sophia, twelve, had been squirrel hunting when Voss approached, armed with a shotgun. State's Attorney Goers announced the admission.
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Edwardsville
Nelson Voss
Goers
Stella Christoff
Geers
Sophia
Voss
Auto Blast Kills Wife and Ravages Car in Harmony
Porterville Pa Mrs James Ru bright about twenty five estranged from husband garage owner Harmony was blown to pieces in an explosion on a country lane three miles from town. A car fragment showed a license plate in her husband name. A farmer’s daughter heard brakes at about one this morning and a man’s voice before the blast threw her from bed.
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Porterville
Mre
James Rubright
Harmony
Mortgage aid for farmers sped nationwide refinancings
Washington says a national force of federal appraisers will push $2 billion in farm mortgage refinancings to counties across the country. Henry Morgenthau Jr states crews will cover three farms per appraiser every two days, with rapid action loans from a $200 million fund and liberal appraisal standards to ease foreclosures.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Kentucky
South Carolina
Congress
Hoover Heads Merged Bureau of Investigation Division
J Edgar Hoover remains chief of the merged federal crime detection unit after the Bureau of Investigation absorbs the Prohibition Bureau on August 10. Attorney General Cummings names Hoover director of the new Division of Investigation formed by consolidating the two agencies. Prohibition Bureau duties shift to the Internal Revenue Service. Hoover joined the Bureau of Investigation in 1917.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Prohibition Bureau
Cummings
Division of Investigation
Division of Internal Revenue
Hoover
Andorra Revolution Brings Right to Vote
Reports from Andorra describe a bloodless revolution establishing universal suffrage and a provisional government. The movement, led by younger citizens dissatisfied with a system restricting voting to heads of families, marks a major political shift in the Pyrenean republic between France and Spain.
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Andorra
Toulouse
France
Pyrenees
Spain
Kidnap Hoax Confession Leads to Federal Charge
George Peine Jr. of Garnett Kansas admitted fabricating a kidnapping tale and signed a statement to Tulsa postal inspector George Hill. A charge of mailing a threatening letter was filed, indicating Peine faces federal penalties.
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Tulsa
Okla
George Peine, Jr
Garnett
Kan
George Hill
Peine
Skeleton of Distiller Found in Mexican Boiler
A skeleton believed to be Charles L. Thompson fifty five owner of the Red Top distillery in Tijuana was found in the distillery boiler. Thompson and his wife vanished December 5 1932.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Charles L. Thompson
Red Top
Thompson
Gambling Houses Adopt Five Day Week in Reno
Reno gambling houses join Roosevelt recovery plan by implementing a five day forty hour workweek for employees. Hourly wages were raised.
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Reno
Nev
Reneo Gambling Houser
Roosevelt
Lincoln Telephone Takes Over Postal Telegraph In Southeast Nebraska
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company announces the takeover of the Postal Telegraph company business in southeast Nebraska, expanding telegraph facilities. Nebraska wheat allotment totals 30,618,681 bushels, behind Kansas and North Dakota in national ranking.
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Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
A. E. Anderson
Falls City Highway Plans to Plant Flowers
Falls City Garden club members and county officials announce plans to beautify highway approaches into Falls City with hollyhocks iris petunias and larkspur. Ben Dale and R H Klietsch from Lincoln oversee the project.
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Falls City
State license revenues drop from 1982 levels in 1933
In the first six months of 1933 the state’s automobile license collections fell by more than 1.5 million dollars compared with the same period in 1982. The state registration department shows 299,707 licenses issued across 76 counties, 23,573 fewer than in 1932, with $1,237,792 in county collections, down $1,597,422 from last year.
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State Registration Department
Coon Hunters Set State Meet Plans at Lincoln Hotel
Members of the Nebraska State Coon Hunters association gathered at the Lincoln hotel to organize the annual state coon hunt on October 29 with venue to be announced. H. Steffensmeyer was named arrangements chairman with A. A. Misegadis of Talmadge and Dr. R. M. Hergenrather of Lincoln on the committee. Regional meetings were planned preceding the state hunt.
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Nebraska
Nebraska team places at Regina grain show with $120 prizes
Nebraska representatives finished fourth in intermediate and eighth in junior grain growing, earning $120 in prizes at the world grain exhibition in Regina Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan won junior class and Minnesota won intermediate class.
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Nebraska
Regina
Sackatchewan
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
Hastings unveils Oregon Trail marble slab grave marker
A large crowd attended the Hastings Outdoor Club ceremony unveiling a marble grave marker for Susan Hall near Kenesaw along the Oregon Trail. Museum official A. M. Brooking spoke on the Oregon Trail as an airplane beacon labeled Overland Trail flashed in the background.
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Hastings Outdoor Club
Susan Oo. Hall
Kenesaw
Nebraska Expatriates Gather for Long Beach Picnic
Six thousand former Nebraskans gathered in Long Beach California for the California Nebraska association annual picnic directed by Thomas R. Lynch the association president and former Omaha resident now a Los Angeles attorney. The oldest attendee was John Keith a former Sutherland rancher. Speakers included Henry James Long Beach columnist and ex Omaha editor R W Richardson 90 a former Omahan and F A Harrison former Table Rock editor.
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Long Beach
Calif
California Nebraska Association
Thomas R. Lynch
Los Angeles
John Keith
Sutherland
Henry James
Omaha
R. W. Richardson
F. A Harrison
Table Rock
Tax cuts shown in Nebraska across counties and hatchery progress
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reported total county levy receipts of 4,955,147 down from 5,975,042 last year due to assessment reductions. Douglas Lancaster Gage Madison Lincoln Hall each shed amounts. State hatchery near Gretna reports 12,000 channel catfish hatched, with plans for 250,000 next year, aided by moving water in troughs and unique feed.
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W. H. Smith
Douglas County
Lancaster County
Gage
Madison
Lincoln
Hall
Gretna
Frank B. O’connell
O’connell
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Pennsylvania
Jack Westland
Sunset Valley Club
Chicago
Memphis
U. S
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