Rebels in Cuba rise as martial law spreads across island
News Review reports Machado's Cuba facing revolts in multiple regions with martial law declared. Rebels led by figures including Menocal and Mendieta stir near Havana with skirmishes close to the capital. Air patrols by Col Sanguily seek to curb filibustering while authorities jail hundreds as Bulgaria talks continue. Planters in fourteen cotton states are urged to plow under a third of crops to lift prices, with a stabilization effort promising to hold 1.3 million bales until July 31, 1982.
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Erardo Machado
Cuba
Machado
Menocal
Mendieta
Pinar del Rio
Balderno Acosta
Mariano
Havana
Julio Sanguily
Army Flying Corps
Reard
Tts
German plebiscite attempt to dissolve Prussian diet fails
The plan by Nationalists and Communists to wreck the Reich via a plebiscite fell short by about 3.5 million votes. The French government welcomed the result, easing Paris Berlin ties and making Laval’s Berlin visit seem probable.
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Poe
Reich
Swith
Berlin
Paris
Laval
International experts reach agreement on suspending war debts
London reports that experts dovetailing the Hoover moratorium and the Young plan have signed a communique announcing a complete agreement on measures to suspend payments by Germany and other nations. Australia Canada Czechoslovakia Greece and several others approve the plan.
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London
Treasury Office
Hoover
Germany
Bulgaria
Hague
Paris
Farm Bureau leader calls for equalization fee in surplus control
Forward A O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told state farm bureau readers in Milwaukee that the federation must renew its demand for an equalization fee and that the present marketing act inadequately handles surplus crops. He cited the McNary Hangen bill as the ideal framework. M A Traylor, a Chicago banker, sees growing Democratic support for his presidency bid in 1931, boosted by endorsements from D Upthegrove.
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Foward A. O'Neal
American’ Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
Milwaukee
Washington
Federation
Oo Neil
Mélvin’ A. Traylor
Chicago
Malone
Hillsboro
Texas
Traylor
Daniel Upthegrove
St.Louis Southwestern Railroad
First National Bank
Illinois Congressman Reviews Sweden Bratt Liquor System
William Hull of Illinois reports on the Bratt system of liquor control used in Sweden. He concludes the Swedish approach works well and suggests other nations face similar challenges in managing alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William &. Hull
Ilinois
Congress
Mr. Hull
Sweden
Senator Hebert Fights Federal Unemployment Plan
Rhode Island senator Hebert, chairman of the senate committee on unemployment, argued against a federal unemployment insurance dole during a Rapidan camp weekend. He warned such a plan would lead to a dole as in England and cited a European study. Also noted: aviator Parker Cramer’s Cherished air mail route trouble near Lerwick and Lindberghs delayed by fog near Nome on a Seaward peninsula bay voyage.
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Enator Felix, Hebert
Rhode Island
Senate Committee On
Rapidan
Hoover
England
Hebert
Europe
Arker Cramer
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Copenhagen
Lindbergh
Point Barrow
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Safety Bay
Western Newspaper Union
Nebraska Farm Trends Highlight Shifts in Labor and Production
A survey shows Nebraska farms added cars and trucks, rising farm electricity use and running water, while telephone access declined. Milk output surged from 1919 to 1929, butter and cream marketing changed, fertilizer expenditures fell, and cooperative marketing and sheep numbers declined amid broader farm equipment growth and labor questions nationwide.
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Nebraska
Hoover skips fiftieth birthday celebration at home
Resident Hoover turned fifty on August 10 but ignored the anniversary. After returning from Rapidan camp he continued work for the day and Mrs. Hoover, who hurried back from Akron, found no guests for dinner.
Indicted L A Nashville Bank Case Names Luke Lea and Kin
Luke Lea, Jr. and four others were indicted by the grand jury in Nashville on conspiracy charges tied to the defunct Liberty Bank and Trust Company and its affairs.
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Nol
Luke Lea
Nashville
Luke Lea, Jr
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Wickersham Commission Condemns Police Brutality
The Wickersham commission reports widespread use of third degree methods in police administration across cities and rural areas. It states the practice is shocking and not tolerable, citing brutality and unfair tactics and urging a federal criminal procedure code as a model for states.
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Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Congress
Quail restoration drive seeks import of Bob White birds in Nebraska
Lloyd W Longnecker of Omaha launches petitions across Nebraska to import many male Bob White quail for distribution to revitalize the breed. He cites the birds as farm allies in feeding on pests and noxious weeds and warns of inbreeding endangering their numbers.
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Lincoln
Bob White
Nebraska
Lloyd. W. ‘Longnecker
Omaha
Prison Welfare Society
Bryan
Columbus
Columbus Recently ,Mr. Longnecker Arranged For H. G. Person
Schuyler
David City
Longnecker
Lincoln's tot assessed valuation rises to 125 million
State Mews Trams of Interese Lincoln's tot assessed valuation in 1931 is 125,758,355, according to a statement filed today with City Clerk Berg by P. H. Mathews, tax commissioner. The valuation is 3,785,565 more than 1930. Charles Graff, a banker, legislator and cattle breeder, also appears in the report as a private librarian who keeps a rare volume accessible to the public but not lent. The book is The History of the El a horn alley, published by a Chicago firm in 1892.
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Lincoln
Berg
P. H. Mathews
Charles Graff
Graff
Graft
Bancroft
Nebraska Mills Tie For Tenth In Wheat Flour Output
Nebraska ranked tenth among seven states in June flour production with 43 mills producing 196,248 barrels from 913,332 bushels of wheat. An average 279.2 pounds of wheat fueled each barrel and 5.5 pounds of offal remained per barrel. Nationwide, 7,062,605 barrels were produced by 1,037 mills from 35,893,296 bushels. Minnesota led with 1,262,258 barrels.
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Nebraska
Commerce
Nébraska
Nebraska Mills
United States
Minnesota
Nebraska Airport Growth Increases to 24 Fields
The aeronautics branch of the department of commerce reports 24 landing facilities in Nebraska for the year ended July 15, 1931, up from 17 the previous year. Municipal and commercial airports rose nationwide by 206 to 1,863, with Nebraska listing seven municipal ports, seven commercial fields, and 12 intermediate fields.
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Nebraska
Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
Nebraska Crop Outlook Warns Lower 1931 Yields
The Nebraska and federal crop bureau forecast a 232 208 000 bushel corn yield for the state as crops end the season. Winter wheat averages about 18 bushels per acre while spring wheat trends below average with 10 096 000 acres under coin and about 25 bushels per acre. Corn south of the Platte remains in good condition but drought damaged in Clay and Ske piolis counties with rains since August 7 aiding the outlook.
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Nebraska
Platte
Burgau
Clay
Sikolis
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German Reich
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Pres
M. A. ‘Traylor
Italy
Qcamero
Hoover Dam
Wlinolg
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Census Bureau
SSS
Mary
Anderson
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Federal Employment Service
Miss* Anderson
Mary Anderson
Interese
F. Buechier
Grand Island Independent
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