Nebraska and Iowa unemployment relief projects employ thousands
Officials report about 2,300 river workers in Nebraska and Iowa with total job placements reaching 12 thousand statewide. Projects include river work, public works, civil works, and highways, with a combined CWA quota of 27 750 and a November relief figure between 15 and 20 thousand.
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Omaha
Martin Lewis, Jr
Jefferson City
National
Fontenelle
Nebraska
Iowa
Hans C. Pfund
Des Moines
George Hodge
Lincoln
Sioux City
Nebraska City
Plattsmouth
Auburn
Hodge
Hodges
Pfund
Columbus
4-H Livestock Sale Nets Large Payout at Omaha Show
4-H club members head home with about 225000 in dividends from prize winning cattle hogs and sheep sold at the Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock show. Jack Anderson’s prize baby beef brought 1 per pound while other top hogs sold for higher than Omaha market tops. Leonard Timm sold his 205 pound Hampshire grand champion hog for 20 cents a pound. reserve and other champions sold around 5 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Sar-Bén
Jack Anderson
Leonard Timm
West Pottawattamie County
Hampshire
Chester White
Kenneth Hutchinson
Crawford County
Iowa
Edwin Albers
Shelby County
Harold Mberspacher
Seward County
Nebraska
No Change in Farm Prices Reported by Nebraska College Official
Lincoln Harold Hedges of the Nebraska College of Agriculture reports that farm prices received by Nebraska farmers stayed steady in October. The price ratio to prices paid remained 60 to 70 points higher than October 1932, up 11 points since March. Wheat rose about 20 cents from October lows as world prices moved up 10 cents. Hedges notes uncertainty ahead and expects the cork hog program to influence prices in the next 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Harold Hedges
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska
Hedges
Civil Works Program Aims Relief For 16 Million People
By December 15 cooperation of state and municipal officials relied upon. Four hundred million dollars were available for wages from a 3.3 billion public works fund. Wages would be spent directly without contracts to inaugurate projects like slum clearance, flood control and reclamation. Workers from relief rolls, including 10 percent women, would do parkways, sewers and paving at 40 cents to 1.10 dollars an hour. The plan targets over 16 million people to ease poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Congress
Greatest Ever Recorded Earthquake Traced to Remote Arctic
Seismologists traced the world’s largest quake to a barren spot in Baffin Bay between Greenland and Baffin Island. The event, located 2300 miles from New York, caused no injuries or property damage due to its isolation.
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New York
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Baffin Island
Racine Bank Heist Ends With Shootout and Kidnappings
A bandits robbed American Bank and Trust in Racine Wisconsin taking a large sum possibly fifty thousand dollars. They wounded two people and kidnapped two, guiding a crowd of about 300 as police fired many shots. The thieves fled toward Waukesha county releasing the two victims about 35 miles from Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
American Bank and Trust Company
Waukesha County
Grover Weyland
Ursula Patzke
Indict Five For Illegal Sale Of Hogs Under U S Act
Aberdeen South Dakota five indictments returned by a federal grand jury charge wilful obstruction of the government emergency farm relief plan by illegal hog sales under the federal hog buying act. Indicted are J H Bennette Aberdeen live stock buyer Frank King Sidney A Johnson Milton E B Schiesinger and Donald B McIntyre of the King Pig company St Paul Minnesota.
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Aberdeen
S.D
Aberdeen Livestock
Frank King
Sidney A. Johnson
Milton EB. Schiesinger
Donald B. McIntyre
King Pig Company
St. Paul, Minn
Rockefeller donation to fund Tokyo public health institute
The cabinet accepted a Rockefeller Foundation offer to donate 4,000,000 yen about 1,240,000 dollars for a Tokyo institute of public health. The facility will train hygiene workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Tokyo
Japan
Rockefeller Foundation
Approval to Use Metric System in Championship Track Events
Officials approve the use of the metric system for all championship track and field events. The change standardizes distance marks and timing across competitions, aligning with international norms and ensuring consistent records and comparisons.
Doris Duke Becomes Richest Girl At Age Twenty One
New York report says Doris Duke became the world's richest girl at midnight, receiving about 10 million of her late father's fortune as she turns 21. Her total inheritance is estimated at 30 million with two thirds to endowments. she will gain another third at 25 and the last third at 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doris Duke
Miss Duke
James Buchanan Duke
North Carolina
Doris
Seventy-eighth Street
Somerville
N. J
Newport
Antibes
Four Indicted for Holding Back Gold
A federal grand jury indicted Lena Saur Peter Kaminsky Henry Holmes and Benjamin Chipperstein for failing to report and surrender gold under a Presidential order. The amounts alleged are 7330 6000 5000 and 1000 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lena Saur
Peter Kaminsky
Henry Holmes
Benjamin Chipperstein
Woman Dies After Fourth Attempt at Suicide
Mrs. Arthur Sellers twenty five is dead from self inflicted burns after a fourth attempt. She was found in her yard in a dying condition with clothing burned and saturated with kerosene following three prior attempts. The incident occurred in Rock Island.
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Rock Island
Arthur Sellers
Tragedy Ends with Gunfire After Poisoned Drink Tragedy
A truck driver killed two children before taking his own life after concealing poison in ginger ale. Two children died. investigation into motive ongoing.
Nash Strike Settled in Kenosha Wisconsin
Nash Motors settles ten day shutdown in Kenosha Wisconsin ending labor dispute. Workers return to plants as company and union reach agreement on terms. Several executives praised the peaceful resolution and promised productivity回.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash
Kenosha, Wis
Nash Motors Company
Deer on Expedition With Ten Painted Antlers
A scouting expedition features a deer adorned with ten painted antlers, attracting attention from onlookers and wildlife observers amid ongoing outdoor activity.
Wealthy Bride Seeks Death In Transatlantic Flight
Mrs. L. T. Stanton, a society bride from Chicago, flew a private plane from Jacksonville toward the Atlantic with the stated aim of ending her life. Rescue planes searched after farewell notes were found. none sighted the aircraft. Her husband, Gordon Stanton, was killed months earlier in a separate accident on their estate.
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Jacksonville
Fla
L. T. Stanton
Atlantic
Gordon Stanton
Majorca
Lincoln Dedication Reenacted at Gettysburg 70 Years On
Gettysburg Pennsylvania marks a Civil War anniversary with a staged Lincoln dedication. Abraham Lincoln's grandson helps unveil a memorial tablet while Rev. Lincoln Caswell reads the famous address. Descendants of Meade Grant and Lee attend as honored guests.
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Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln Caswell
New York
Robert Lincoln Beckwith
T. B. Cazeau
New York Cavalry
George Gordon Meade
George G. Meade
Col. A. & Grant III
President Grant
George Boiling Lee
Robert B. Lee
Wealthy oil executive slain by wife in New Jersey home
Paulsboro records the death of oil company executive Sheidon A. Clark at his mansion after a violent quarrel with his wife Audrey Smith Clark former actress. The couple reportedly argued while Clark allegedly struck his wife with a billiard cue before she shot him.
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Paulsboro
N. J
Sheidon A. Clark
Sheidon Clark
Chicago
Sportsman and Oil Company
Audrey Smith Clark
Clark
Gets 5 Years in Prison for Threats to Mrs Reynolds
Wilkesboro North Carolina reports a sentence of five years for an attempt to extort ten thousand dollars from R J Reynolds under a kidnapping threat against Mrs Reynolds. The case centers on threats aimed at Mrs Reynolds as leverage in the extortion plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesboro
N. C
R. J. Reynolds
Canoe Trip Ends in Death Near New Madrid
Crawford Mc Glynn twenty two of St Paul died near New Madrid Missouri when he accidentally shot himself during a canoe trip from St Pauli Mina to Lima Peru.
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New Madrid
St. Pauli
Mina
Lima
Peru
Crawford McGlynn
St. Paul
Here
Pilot Is Seriously Burned in Paso, Texas Accident
A pilot named Jim Ingram sustained serious burns in an incident near Paso del Norte Airport. Details describe flames, injuries, and transport to a medical facility with no further updates on condition.
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Paso
Texas
Jim Ingram
State News Final Reforms and County Housing Action
State figures show October beer tax receipts totaling 12694 dollars 44 cents per Deputy Agriculture Director W H McGaffin. Scotts Bluff County solves housing line by converting 71 railroad box cars into homes rented for five dollars monthly with work payments. Tax reductions lower county levies by about 100 dollars and a separate 92000 cut applies to special rates. Civil works jobs allotment shifts to 456000 from 27750. Fairbury council approves spray pond project with Interstate Concrete by vote 373 to 479 across all wards.
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Scotts Bluff
Warden Fenton Declines Alcatraz Warden Post
Warden W T Fenton of the Nebraska penitentiary said he has notified federal authorities he will not take the warden job at the new Alcatraz federal prison in San Francisco bay. He cited the heavy workload and age suitability, calling it a job for a younger man.
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W. T. Fenton
Nebraska Penitentiary
New Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
New Island Prison
Fenton
Treasury Advertises Post Office Sites in 78 Cities
The treasury seeks sites for post offices in December offerings across 78 cities. Advertisements call for conveniently located corners or interior lots with specified area and frontage. Bids open at each city designated by the postmaster. Wayne Nebraska site listed at 12,000 sq ft, 30 ft frontage, $12,000 on December 13.
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The
Treasury
Wayne
Neodr
Plans for Omaha Bellevue Airport Proposal
B F Wyatt aero nautical adviser outlines a private corporation request for a 2 173 000 PWA loan to build a central US air base at Bellevue near Omaha. Wyatt calls the site safest in war. state advisory board backs the loan which will go to Washington shortly.
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Bellevue
Omaha
B. F Wyatt
Omaha-Bellevue
Wyatt
United States
State Advisory Board
Washington
Policy loosens R F C aid rules for Nebraska banks
Attorney General Paul F. Good announced a liberalization of R F C aid for Nebraska banks not in receivership after meetings with R F C officials. Stanley Reed, R F C general counsel, helped shape the policy. Loans may go to stockholders and to individuals for purchasing bank preferred stock as collateral.
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Nebraska
Paul F. Good
Washington
Stanley Reed
R. F C
Good
Nebraska’s ten top young citizens honored this year
Ten Nebraska youths five boys and five girls were named the state’s best young citizens for the year. The honors came after 26 boys competed for the awards.
Portrait of Nathan Shelton Honored by Shelton Clubs
An enlarged picture of Nathan Shelton, namesake of Shelton, was hung in the public library by Shelton club representatives. Shelton served as auditor in the land department of the Union Pacific railroad and aided in founding the Omaha public library, per available information. The town’s name was changed in 1873 after Postmaster Patrick Walsh sent a letter to the local authorities.
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Nathan Shelton
Shelton
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha Public Library
Patrick Walsh
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LIZAT
T. G. W. Settle
Navy
C. L. Fordney
Marine Corps
Akron
Ohio
New Jersey
Settle
State News
W. H. McGaffin
Scotts Bluff County
Nebaska
Orst
W. m H. Smith
Sioner
Fairbury
Interstate Concrete Company
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