Chinese Soldiers Rush to Front Amid Manchurian Crisis
Crowded Manchurian rail lines carry thousands of Chinese troops toward Harbin as Soviet patrol reports signal border activity and a potential wider assault. Chang Hsueh liang orders more brigades to the north while 50,000 troops head toward Manchouli.
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London
Harbin
Vladivostok
Manchouli
Siberia
Sungari
Chang Hsueh-liang
Mukden
Chang Tsohsiang
Manchura
Fengtien
Japan
Mishan
Lake Hanka
Canada's Wheat Problem Proves Serious Matter
Montreal reports severe wheat shortage effects with 12.6 million bushels used of 15 million capacity and 36 lake boats idle. About 315000 bushels on hand and hundreds of sailors out of work as harvesting continues. Canada Steamship Lines cites 30 boats laid up at several ports, causing nearly 600 seafarer layoffs. Other lines follow suit to avoid losses.
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Montreal, Inc
Montreal
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Fort Williams
Starna
Collingwood
Midland
Kingston
First Spokane to New York nonstop roundtrip flight
Felts Field aviators Nick Mamer and Art Walker completed the first Spokane to New York nonstop roundtrip in the Sun God. After five days in the air they landed safely in Spokane after covering 7,200 miles with refuelings in San Francisco. The flight began with ceremonies at Spokane and included routes over Cheyenne and North Platte before reaching New York.
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Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
San Francisco
Cheyenne
North Platte
Neb
Middle West
New York
MacDonald Expected in Washington for Naval Conference
Washington expects Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to arrive in October for talks with President Hoover on naval matters. Officials see this as a strong sign that a naval parity conference may be held in December with good prospects for success.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
White House
Ramsay MacDonald
Hoover
Northwest banks form holding company uniting 84 banks
Minneapolis and St Paul based First Bank Stock corporation will centralize 84 banks across Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana with resources exceeding 341 million dollars. C T Jaffray to head board. George H Prince to serve as president. Montana directors include leaders from Metals Bank of Butte and First National of Great Falls among others.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
First National Banks of
St.Paul
First Bank Stock Corporation
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Twin Cities
First Bank Stock Investment Company
West
Metals Bank and Trust Company of
Butte
First National ‘of
Great Falls
Western Montana National
Missoula
Midland National
Billings
National Bank of Montana
Montana Trust and Savings Bank
Helena
First National Bank of
Miles City
Montana Banks
New
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
C. F. Kelly
L. C. Evans
James E. Woodward
The
Metals Bank of Butte
Sam Stephenson
Great Fails Bank
C. T. Jaffray
Soo Line Railroad
George H. Prince
First National of
St. Paul
Northwest Territory
Urge Farmers to Hold Back Wheat Shipments
Minnesota Governor Christensen and North Dakota Governor Shafer urge farmers to hold back wheat shipments due to terminal congestion. Shippers in Chicago and Minneapolis markets hope the barley oats and rye embargo on Minneapolis St Paul Superior and Duluth may avert new restrictions. A decision on further limits hinges on the grain movement by September 1.
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Minneapolis
Christensen
Minnesota
Shafer
North Dakota
Chicago
St. Paul
Superior
Duluth
Mooseheart Expansion Fund Raised at Moose Convention
Three donations totaling 325000 were announced at the Loyal Order of Moose forty first annual convention in Detroit. The funds are to be used for Mooseheart the child city in Illinois.
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Detroit
Mich
Mooseheart
Illinois
the Loyal Order of Moose
NEBRASKANS AT COLUMBIA Feeder Sells Heifers at 14 50
Nebraska tax receipts rose 10 percent in fiscal 1929 with total income tax receipts of 5 856 729. Corporations contributed 3 525 644 and individuals 2 381 084 reflecting improved business conditions. W G Dorsey receives first payment as mentioned.
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Asanton Feeder
W. G. Dorsey
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Nebraskans Attend Columbia University Visit
E M Hosman secretary of the Nebraska State Teachers association returned from Columbia University where he taught philosophy of education and lectured after Atlanta conference. He noted many Nebraskans on staff and as students at Columbia, likening it to home in Nebraska.
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Teachers College
Columbia University
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
E. M. Hosman
Nebraska State Teachers Association
Columbia
Philosophy of Education
Teachers Association
Tops Market Heifers and Steers Fetch Record Omaha Prices
Joseph Zweimer of Pleasanton sold two carloads of Herefords raising the 19 heifers at 824 pounds averaging 14.50 per hundred and the 28 steers averaging 14 pounds at 16.25. Reports say these were the year's highest prices in Omaha for light cattle and heifers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Zweimer
Pleasanton Stockman
Omaha
Big Distillery Raided by Federal Dry Agents Near Louisville
Federal dry agents raided a well equipped distillery eight and a half miles southwest of Louisville. They found two active stills in a cattle shed, one 200 gallons and one 300 gallons, plus 105 gallons of whisky, 10 900 gallons of mash, 600 pounds of sugar and two coke furnaces. No lookout was found in the shed. Water for operations came from a nearby creek through a ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Two youths sentenced to 50 years for Omaha kidnappings
Twenty minutes after Judge Fitz gerald pronounced sentence, Or ville Evans and Max Crowley, youthful ex convicts, were escorted to a Lincoln penitentiary to begin 50 year terms for a spree of hold ups and kidnapping two girls from their escorts.
Nebraska reports record barley and beet production expected
A. E. Anderson state and federal statistician says Nebraska will set new high records for barley and sugar beets production this year.
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Two Families Reunion Elects Wright President at Falls City
E. J. Wright of Omaha was elected president for the ensuing year when 110 members of the Fouts and Wright families held their twenty third annual reunion at Falls City. Other officers named were Mose Wright Alliance vice president and Edward Pacy Papillion secretary treasurer. The group selected Elmwood Park Omaha as the place for the 1930 meeting to be held August 17.
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E. J. Wright
Omaha
Fouts
Wright
Falls City
Mose Wright
Alliance
Edward Pacy
Papillion
Elmwood Park
Old Settlers Picnic Draws Albion Crowd Over Two Thousand
More than 2000 residents attended the annual old settlers picnic in Albion showing strong community turnout. Visitors enjoyed a social program, local feasts, and neighborly activities throughout the day.
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Old Settlers
Albion
Dispute Over Daughter’s Marriage Sparks Omaha Divorce
State News Items of Interest report a disagreement over a daughter’s marriage prompting a divorce suit for Mr. and Mrs. Reginald R. Young of Omaha. Mrs. Anna J. Helligso, 37, of Omaha and mother of two, plans to enter college this fall after graduating high school this year. Scottsbluff’s Star rooming house, the city’s first business building erected in 1901, was nearly destroyed by a fire.
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Reginald R. Young
Omaha
Anna J. Helligso
Scottsbluff
Star Rooming House
Gallant Named Successor to Milford Soldiers Home Commandant
Ivan S. Gallant of York, age 54, chosen by the state board of control as successor to J. O. Moore, 82, commandant of Milford Soldiers' Home.
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Ivan S. Gallant
York
State Board of Control
J. O. Moore
Milford
An Ométa man jailed for parking ordinance violation
An Ométa man was jailed 16 days after being found in violation of the parking ordinance. He proved unable to move his car due to imprisonment and was discharged.
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Ain- Jail
State to Buy Snow Fence and Posts to Clear Roads
Purchasing Agent Yoder announces a state plan to buy 446000 lineal feet of wood slate snow fence and 27000 steel posts to prevent snow blocked roads last winter. The acquisition aims to improve winter road clearance and safety statewide.
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Yoder
German-born Mrs Zimmerman Found Dead on Farm Yard Garden
Barbara Zimmerman a 75 year old German native and long time resident of southeastern Gage county was found sitting and dead in the flower garden of her son Henry Zimmerman's farm home five miles southeast of Wymore.
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Barbara Zimmerman
Germany
Gage County
Henry Zimmerman
Wymore
Bayard Plans City Sidewalk Improvement Program
The Bayard city council outlined a project to lay blocks of permanent sidewalks across the city. Officials expect all sidewalks to be completed by the fall season.
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Bayard City
Fremont Lands First Class Airport Contract
Fremont entered an agreement with International Airports Corporation of New York City to develop the airport. International Airports will handle engineering and development work in cooperation with Nebraska Flying Service of Fremont.
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Fremont
Nebraska Flying Service, Inc
International Airports Corporation
New York City
Bauer Brothers Make Navy Eleven In Same Year
Harold William Bauer and Dale Albert Bauer, sons of J. T. Bauer of North Platte, arrived home from Annapolis to visit for two weeks. They are the first brothers to both make the Navy football eleven in the same year with Joe at full back last season and Harold at half back. Harold recently moved to North Platte from Holdrege.
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Harold William Bauer
Dale Albert
Bauer
J. T. Bauer
North Platte
Annapolis
Navy
Joe
Holdrege
Den Show Closes After Record Ak-Sar-Ben Season
The 1929 Den show capped the best Ak-Sar-Ben season with a last Monday performance before over three thousand spectators. The cast, largely made up of visiting merchants from Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri and South Dakota, staged the season’s most colorful production of The Silver Chain.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Den
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Omaha youth dies from accidental pistol discharge while attempting repair
Walter Hickman a 15 year old of Omaha died in a hospital from a wound caused by an automatic pistol he was repairing. He tried to drive a nail out of the barrel with a hammer and was shot in the groin after removing the magazine.
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Walter, Hickman
Omaha
Young Hickman
Walter
Dorsey Receives First Installment On Nebraska Statutes Contract
W. G. Dorsey has presented a $2,000 voucher to the state auditors for the editor and compiler of the 1929 Nebraska statutes. The contract total is $20,000 with a $300 equipment allowance. He will cover all assistants from his pay.
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W. G. Dorsey
State Auditors Office
Dorsey
Salter, Omaha Fire Chief, Attends Three-Alarm Grain Fire
Charles A. Salter 76 a former Omaha fire chief who retired in 1924 witnessed the three alarm fire at the Trans Mississippi Grain company elevator, drawn by duty and curiosity to observe the blaze.
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Charles A. Salter
Omaha
Trans- Mississippi Grain Company
Sweet clover gains popularity in farming crop mix
Sweet clover has gained in popularity later than almost any other crop. This year acreage is 512,000 acres up from 457,000 last year. The crop is recognized as a key soil building plant and is valuable as pasture forage and highly productive.
Action on Tariff Faces Long Delay
Washington reports the tariff debate faces weeks of study by the Senate after House revisions. The Senate Finance Committee finished rewriting administrative provisions with a plan to start debate soon. Final enactment unlikely before the end of the special session, pushing further into December and possibly delaying the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Committee
House
Tariff Commission
Commission
Reed
Rep
Simmons
North Carolina
Democratic
Nine Million Loan to Aid Western Grape Growers
The Federal Farm Board approved a 9,000,400 advance to Sun Maid raisin growers and the Federal Fruit Stabilization Corporation of California to finance the 1929 crop. Half to be provided by the government and half pooled by California banks. The plan follows bailouts amid entanglements with the Sun Maid group and signals broader focus on wheat and cotton relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Sun Maid Raisin Growers
Federal Fruit Stabilization Corporation of California
California
Sun Maid
New York
Chicago
Wheat Corporation
Man Kills Wife, Four Children Then Commits Suicide
In Detroit Hans Nielsen killed his wife and their four children after she refused to sell the home and move to California. He then set the house ablaze and died by suicide.
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Detroit
Mich
California
Hans Nielsen
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