Trade optimism grows in farming communities across regions
An executive notes cotton price rises lift spirits in wholesale districts and unemployment improves as merchants anticipate steady sales for holiday goods. Eggs rise to 14 to 15 cents a dozen while butter climbs five cents a pound. Morris Paper Mills adds 600 full-time jobs as trade improves, reflecting confidence in Grundy county and the Illinois River Valley. M. J. Pittsford of Wheaton presides over a 4,000 merchant council spanning thirty states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
William S. Carey
Carey Brothers
Morris, NL
Ilinois River Valley
Morris Paper Mills
M. J. Pittsford
Pittsford Dry Goods Company
Wheaton
Home Loan Bank Board Named by President Hoover
President Hoover designates the Federal Home Loan Bank Board with Franklin W. Fort of New Jersey as a member. Other appointees include William B. Best of Pittsburgh Dr John M. Grier of Rosewood Ohio Nathan Adams of Dallas Texas and M Morton Rodfish of Chicago The board will meet in Washington to begin permanent organization. Fort has long led in New Jersey building and loan activities and was a top Hoover adviser in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
William B. Best
Pittsburgh
John M. Grier
Rosewood
Ohio
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Texas
M. Morton Rodfish
Chicago
Fort
Republican National Committee
Welland Canal Opens as Governor General Opens Link to World Trade
Thorold Ontario the Welland ship canal a link in the St Lawrence waterway was opened to world commerce by the Earl of Bessborough governor general who pressed a control fever as a band of British empire statesmen attended the ceremony and celebrated the momentous opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorold
Canada
Welland Ship Canal
St. Lawrence Waterway
Earl of Bessborough
Spanish Revolution Shortlived as Sanjurjo Arrest Ends Coup
Madrid reports a 24-hour monarchist revolt crushed by government forces. Gen Jose Sanjurjo fled Seville for Huelva where civil governor Qualio Solsona announced his arrest at the executive palace and his transfer to Madrid for court martial. Seville mobs burned monarchist homes amid a general crackdown on leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Huelva
Jose Sanjurjo
Seville
Qualio Solsona
Sanjurjo
Valera
George E. Q. Johnson Named for Federal Bench
Chicago reports that George E. Q. Johnson was named to the federal district bench by President Hoover. U.S. Attorney Lee E. Q. Johnson would be replaced by H. Green, Johnson’s prosecutor, as U.S. attorney. Both are recess appointments awaiting Senate confirmation in the December session. Johnson’s prior testimony impressed a committee, citing his role in tax evasion cases against Al Capone and other gangsters and politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Lee E. Q. Johnson
Hoover
H. Green
Johnson
Senate
al Capone
Moody withdraws from defending U.S. title
Helen Wills Moody, the world’s top woman tennis player, informed the United States Lawn Tennis Association that she will not defend her U.S. title. She plans to stay in Paris to focus on painting and travel, keeping her residence in America and continuing her art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Moody
U. S
Paris
Helen Wills Moody
United States Lawn Tennis Association
America
Anthrax Quarantines Grow in Northern Nebraska
Northern Nebraska faces rising anthrax dangers with 682 livestock quarantined across 21 farms including cattle horses and swine. State Veterinarian Dr. F L Feingtner led teams in Niobrara while funds hamper vaccination efforts as 575 head have died and 3,674 stock are under quarantine across 89 farms and ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
F. L. Feingtner
Niobrara
Bloomfield
Verdel
Crofton
Verdigree
Santee
Naper
State Bureau of Animal Industry
State to spend 350000 on Beatrice Lincoln and Norfolk facilities
The state board of control plans 350000 for a girls dormitory, a penitentiary cell block, and three hospital units at Beatrice Lincoln and Norfolk to solve crowding. Occupancy expected by October 1 with a potential 250 more inmates from county jails and other causes. The board worries over funding to cover a larger population while maintaining maintenance cuts and past year savings.
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State
Lincoln
State Board of Control
H.8
Thorpe
Beatrice
Penitentiary At
Norfolk
State government upgrade costs for Nebraska fiscal year
The cost of Nebraska state government during the first year of the current fiscal biennium from July 1, 1931 to June 30, 1932 totaled 23,883,430 dollars, averaging just under 2,000,000 per month. This compares to 23,001,108 dollars in the first year of the prior biennium, a rise of 883,327 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hailstones Cause Roof Damage and Fatalities Reported
Hen egg sized hailstones damaged outbuildings killing poultry and pigs. Omaha traffic deaths dropped 38 percent this year per Captain Charles Payne. July marked the first month in four years with no fatal motor accidents. Through seven months 1931, 22 deaths occurred, with 14 total killed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Charles Payne
Police Traffic Bureau
Plague of Frogs Reported Near Bassett by Dr Gatten
Dr C L Gatten of Ainsworth reported a rare plague of frogs two miles south and two miles west of Bassett. For three miles frogs covered the ground at about one per square foot, millions crossing the road in a possible migration from dry to wet. He wonders if frogs eat grasshoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Gatten
Ainsworth
Bassett
Dr. Gatten
State Highway Letting Accelerated By Governor
Plans by federal engineers to stall the June $1 750 000 highway letting until the state deposits escrow funds to cover its half have been abandoned. Contracts will be awarded immediately, Governor Charles Bryan said. Heavy maintenance costs had consumed most state income from the gasoline tax planned to match the federal tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bryan
Lexington park board buys sand pit for resort plans
Lexington park board purchases the sand pit west of town from Roy Hals for 1600 dollars. The 16 acre site includes a lake on more than half the area and will be roped off for swimming boating and fishing. Most land will be used for picnicking with playground equipment likely added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Lexington
Park Board
Roy Hals
Hastings group to reopen Roth Manufacturing plant
A six man group led by Lloyd Coates Emery Marsh and G A Hoth plans to reopen the Roth Manufacturing plant in Hastings. The plant, profiled in voluntary bankruptcy proceedings last winter, produced automobile accessories and hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Roth Manufacturing Company
Lloyd Coates
Emery Marsh
G. A. Hoth
Oil and Coal Strike Reported on James D Bell Farm
Drillers on the James D Bell farm in Maple township north of Ames struck 12 feet of coal at 186 feet and found traces of oil at 560 feet. After the oil hit, a breakdown prevented determination of the oil amount. The coal is a spongy variety that hardened on exposure. A second hole will test coal quality and quantity as two weeks of drilling on the Bell farm proceed. Geologists from Nebraska Kansas and Wyoming visited the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Bell
Maple Township
Ames
Bell Farm
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Nebraska motor vehicle fees drop in first half 1932
Nebraska reports a six month total of 3 102 526 in motor vehicle registration fees down 459 940 from the prior year. Licenses issued fell to 441 767 from 368 678 prior to July 1 with Lancaster 28 128 licenses and 257 633 in fees and Douglas 50 890 registrations and 486 460 in fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Registration Bureau
Lancaster County
Douglas
Beans to Be Certified in Nebraska This Year
The Nebraska Crop Growers association announced that beans will be certified for the first time in the state's history, with western Nebraska and the North Platte Valley highlighted. Applications are already on file for seed potatoes. There is a strong defaced 2 Pennée See
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Nebraska Crop Growers’ Association
Libby Reynolds Freed on $25,000 Bail in Reynolds Murder Case
Libby Holman Reynolds appeared in Wentworth North Carolina to face a murder charge in the death of Z. Smith Reynolds. Judge Stack set bail at 25000 dollars while prosecutors defer a first degree claim. Ab Walker, indicted with her, was released on the same bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Z. Smith Reynolds
Alfred Holman
Cincinnati
William Graves
Benet Polikoff
North Carolina
Libby
Stack
Reynoldes
Forsyth County
Albert
Ab) Walker
Walker
Reynolds
Ab Walker
Illinois Mine Workers Accept New $5 Scale
Illinois union coal diggers adopt a $5 per day wage scale and miners return to work. William F. Jenkins, president of the Illinois Coal Operators' Association, says about 150,000 workers may resume mining and related industries after the recall of the $6.19 daily wage expired March 31. Union officials confirm referendum approval and sign the agreement with operators amid an extraordinary emergency over stolen tally sheets from 200 locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Union
William F. Jenkins
Hilinois Coal, Operators’ Association
Canadian Debtors Accept Wheat for Debts at Set Prices
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan farmers are offered to pay debts with wheat at $1 per bushel or $2 per bushel if chosen. S. A. Whittaker of Briercrest and Moose Jaw county MP says other district merchants plan similar schemes. Some merchants will take wheat at 50 cents on the dollar in back payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
S. A. Whittaker
Briercrest
Moose Jaw County
Whittaker
Forty five shot to death near there
A man about forty five years old was shot to death in a nearby location, with incidents reported near a drinking area. Details remain unclear from the fragmentary OCR text.
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Home Loan Bank Board
Franklin Fort
N.Y
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
United States Senate
George E. Q. Johnson
Federal Bench
Georgia City
Husband
Illinois
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