Berlin eyes American wheat and cotton sales on credit
Washington reports Germany seeks large purchases of U S cotton and wheat on long term credit. Officials say sales depend on Farm Board policy and negotiations with Germany, while Southern senators oppose freeing cotton to Germany arguing it depresses this year’s market. Farm Board pledges not to depress current cotton prices.
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Washington
Germany
State’ Department
Farm Board
State Department
Romania
William J. Harris
Georgia
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Harris
Georgia-Alabama Corton Company
Albany
Green Warns of Peril of Labor Rebellion
In New Bedford Massachusetts President William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned of a rebellion of the army of unemployed that could upset the political system unless industry and government cooperate with labor. The Massachusetts Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging Congress to modify the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer.
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New Bedford
Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Massachusetts Federation: of Labor
Federation
Congress
Hunter's Shot Kills Child After Ricochet Incident
San Sparta New Jersey Samuel Goble returned home after shooting a woodchuck when a ricochet struck his son Harold eight. His brother Aaron five was nearby wheeling a wheelbarrow by the woods when the projectile supposedly flew up from the ground and struck Harold, who was then carried home by his father.
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Sparta
N. J
Samuel Goble
Harold Goble
Aaron
Harold
Winters Buys Town for Kids Jobs in Wichita Area
Wichita realtor George Washington Winters bought the town of Waco-Wego twelve miles south of Wichita to provide summer jobs for his three sons and one daughter. He acquired the garage filling station grocery store soda fountain lunch room oil station and a home forming the visible town. The community lies on a main highway between Wichita and Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
George Washington Winters
Winters
Waco-Wego
Wellington
Oklahoma Oil Wells Closed by Governor Martial Law Declared
Tulsa reports Gov. W H Murray declares martial law within 50 feet of 3106 oil wells in prorating area and orders armed guards to close wells at Champlin Sinclair Wilcox Oils Inc all fields except stripper wells. Guard patrols ensure control under state authority amid prorating dispute with major oil firms.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
W. H Murray
Oklahoma City
Champlin Refining Company
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
H. F. Wilcox Oil and Gas Company, and Oils, Inc
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Consolidated “On Corporation
Adjt
Charles F. Barrett
President of the
United States
Supreme Court of the ‘United States
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Heiress Blocks Eviction of Miners Families in West Virginia
New York heiress Mrs Ethel Clyde saved 59 striking coal miners and their families from eviction in Charleston by posting bonds totaling 8850 to guarantee rent for a year. She insisted she is not representing charity and criticized local residents for not supporting the miners.
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Charleston
Ethel Clyde
New York
Clyde
West Virginia
Col and Mrs House Observe Golden Wedding in Manchester
Col and Mrs Edward M House marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with family and friends in Manchester Massachusetts. Messages of congratulations arrived from President Hoover and foreign royals and dignitaries, noting their longtime seashore retreat.
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E. M. House
Manchester
Mass
Edward M. House
New England
House
Hoover
England
Belgium
Prince of Wales
Farm Bureau to Bid for Muscle Shoals Lease
S. F. Hobbs of Selma Alabama new chairman of the Muscle Shoals commission says proposals will be received to lease and operate the Muscle Shoals project for fertilizer production and agriculture at Washington in September. Edward A. O Neall president of the American Farm Bureau federation says the federation will submit a bid to lease the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Lincoln State Register Shows Half Year Vehicle Fees Down
Nebraska motor vehicle registrations and fee revenues for the first six months of 1931 show declines from 1930 levels, though county reporting delays may mask true results. Douglas county trails Lancaster in reported registrations and fees, with many counties delaying remittance. Early 1931 totals: 405,627 registrations vs 409,192 in 1930 half-year, 266,717 in fees vs 266,613.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Registration Bureau
Mabel G. Tracy
Douglas County
Lancaster
Douglas
Lancaster County
Nebraska
State Bureau
Skelton Unearths Old Aurora Saloon Grim Card Tale
In Aurora an old saloon site yields a mouldy playing card the five of clubs and the skeleton of a gambler believed killed in frontier violence. Lester F. Ryan, planning a filling station on the site, uncovered the grave under the floor, while longtime residents recall no contemporary details and suppose reports were hushed.
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Aurora
Lester F. Ryan
Hay Springs Well Yields Amber Gasoline
In Hay Springs John Davidson’s deep backyard well stopped giving water and began producing amber liquid that burns. Neighbors tested it in cars with good results except slower starts. Investigators suspect a crevice opened by a nearby test well allowed seepage to reach the water level.
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Hay Springs
Hay
John Davidson
Davidson
State Bank Closes as Examiner Takes Charge
Doors of the Sutherland State Bank were closed and State Bank Examiner Rollin W. Smith assumed control for the department of trade and commerce. Deposits stood at $100,000. Nebraska universities awarded 258 summer school degrees, bringing 1931 graduates to 1,296, the largest annual total to date. State tax levy set at 2.04 mills, with 1.93 mills for the general fund and .11 for the state capital fund, totaling $6,213,408.96 for 1931.
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Sutherland State Bank
State Bank
Rollin W. Smith
Department of Trade and Commerce
University of Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska accident toll two weeks to July twenty eight
The Nebraska Press association reports for the two weeks ending July 28 a total of 604 accidents in the state. These accidents caused 633 injuries and 32 deaths. Motor vehicle incidents accounted for 270 accidents with 308 injuries and 17 deaths. Agricultural work led to five deaths and 98 injuries. Of the 633 injuries, 32 were permanent disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Nebraska Press Association
Wolbach Man Captures Rare White Sparrow
F B Thompson reports seeing a white sparrow in his Wolbach garage. Neighbors laughed, then he captured the bird and displayed it in a cage at home. He says the bird is one of two hatched from a pair of barn sparrows nesting in the same garage.
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F. B. Thompson
Wolbach
Falls City State Bank Takes Over Barada Deposits
Bank officials announced Falls City State Bank acquired all Barada State bank deposits at Barada for about $40,000. No notes were assumed. Suspension was agreed due to present business conditions and Barada being an inland town with limited trade area.
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Falls City
Lake development contract awarded near Alexandria
Monarch Engineering company of Falls City won the contract for a state recreation lake project near Alexandria. Estimated cost is 2500 dollars. The plan includes three terraced lakes requiring 13000 cubic yards of excavation with dikes and shrubs seeded. Schleuter Construction Company of Fremont was another bidder.
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Alexandria
Monarch Engineering Company
Falls City
Schleuter
Construction Company
Fremont
West Point Band Marks 44 Years With Oldest Group
The West Point band, led by Prof Dusenberry and conducted by H. S. Radler, performs again this season. Members include R. H. Kerkow Rudolph Brazda and C. Y. Thompson. The band erected and funded the community hall at West Point.
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West Point
Emergency bids sought for prison roofs and dormitory
In an emergency act, the state board of control will take bids for fireproofing roofs of several prison buildings and for shingling the girls dormitory at Beatrice Feeble Minded institute. On the same day bids will be received for refrigerator equipment in the new penitentiary kitchens, according to chairman Harry Thorpe.
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State Board of Control
Beatrice Feeble Minded Institute
Harry Thorpe
Funeral rites for Charles R. Porter 92 in Alma
Charles R. Porter 92 died in Alma after a long life as a Civil War veteran. He was the last member of the G. A. R. Meter post and served 3 1/2 years, wounded three times, heard a Lincoln Douglas debate in 1860 at Ottawa. He came to Nebraska in 1874 settling near Red Cloud and built the county’s first frame house. In 1879 he moved to Harlan County.
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Charles R. Porter
Alma
Porter
Ottawa
Ill
Nebraska
Red Cloud
Harlan County
Wheat Shipment From Shelton Heads To Omaha
Sixty thousand bushels of wheat stored in Shelton, owned by the Trans-Mississippi Grain Co, are being shipped to Omaha for transfer to large terminal stores. The grain, part of last year’s crop purchased by the Federal Farm Board, had been in storage since last August with $7,200 in storage charges. Manager J L Hopper said shipping at 4000 bushels per day and that 80 percent of this year’s Nebraska wheat crop remains on farms.
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Shelton
Trans-Mississippi Grain Company
Omaha
Federal Farm Board
J. L. Hopper
Trans-Mississippi Company
Co-ops Rebel Over Farm Board Monopoly Move
Nine western cooperatives warn President Hoover they will resist the Farm Board plan to centralize marketing under the Farmers' National Grain Corporation. They accuse the move of aiming at a grain monopoly and threaten action in the 1932 campaign. The Farmers' National has already centralized elevator facilities and bought marketing assets in a bid to reach farmers directly.
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Washington
Western
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Federal Board
Farmers’ National
Farm Bureau of
Minnesota
Twin City Milk Producers
Land O’ Lakes
Central Live Stock
Co-operative
South Dakota Farm Bureau
Minnesota Wool Producers
South Dakota Wool Pool
Northwest Grain, Association of Minneapolis
American ‘Wheat: Growers of
Aberdeen
The
Farmer
St. Paul
Dani O‘wallence
Dakota Farmer
South’ Dakota
John Dinwoodie
E- Farm Board
Farmers’ National Grain’ ‘Corporation
Northwest
National
O. E. Huff
Huff
Farmers’ Union Terminal’ Association
M. W. Thatcher
M. ‘Thatcher
National ‘Grain Corporation
Hoover completes plans for winter relief work
President Hoover has nearly organized government and charitable agencies to aid unemployed and distressed citizens this winter. The Red Cross and the army will form the backbone of the effort, coordinating with local agencies, with tents and supplies distributed where distress is greatest. The approach avoids direct government dole, relying on organized charity and army distribution as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Red’ Cross
Army
Hoover reports 638,689 placed in jobs and building program progress
President Hoover announced 638,689 persons placed in jobs since April 1 as part of the reorganized federal employment service. He noted 57 of 758 federal building projects completed, costing $25,326,876 per Treasury reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Employment Service
Hoover
Treasury Department
Business man confesses heading a robber gang in Michigan
Grand Rapids Michigan police uncovered a career of crime spanning five holdups four hijackings and several warehouse burglaries. John Gogo forty eight a former local businessman and Wexford county dairy farmer confessed admitting he headed the gang.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John Gogo
Wexford County
Gogo
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Hunter
San
Herbert Hoover
Navy
Akron
Ohio
Murray
Farm Bureau
Muscle Shoals
Skelton
Federal Job Service
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