Missouri ratifies Twenty third amendment in 36th state
Missouri becomes the thirty sixth state to ratify the Twenty Third amendment, effective October 15, after a swift session to move the date forward. Georgia soon follows with ratification, with Utah and Ohio voting later the same day. The change shifts inauguration and session timing, altering lame duck period and automatic congressional sessions. Senator George Norris of Nebraska is credited with the long effort supporting the ratification.
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Washington
United States
Missouri
Georgia
Scull
Utah
Ohio
House
Columbus
Senate
Georgia -Back
Congress
George Norris
Nebraska
House Votes to Save Citizens Camps From Elimination
Washington report notes the House of Representatives rejects removing citizens military training camps. By a 117 to 46 vote, an additional 2.5 million dollars was added to the War Department appropriation to fund camps next fiscal year. The budget committee had proposed 7 million for CMTC, but was dropped. An amendment adding 0.5 million for the reserve officers corps passed 130 to 85.
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War ‘Department Appropriations Subcommittee
House Xisa
White Robed Band Sought in Kentucky Mother Son Affair
Mrs. Orpha Wood reported a band of white robed men fogged her and her fourteen year old son Joe in Tompkinsville Kentucky. County officers including Charlie Wood of Hermitage Spring Tennessee hunted the group and Mrs Wood named Wood as a suspect in a $4,000 bond default.
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Tompkinsville
Orpha Wood
Joe
Monrole
Charlie Wood
Hermitage Spring
Tenn
Putnam Legion Historian Dies in Wellesley Hills
Eben Putnam, noted national historian of the American Legion and former World War captain, died in Wellesley Hills Massachusetts at age sixty five. He served in France during the war and at his death held a reserve commission as lieutenant colonel.
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Wellesley
Mass
Eben L’utnam
American, Legion
Wellesley - Hills
France
Leutenant- Coletel
Scranton Miner Sentenced to 90 Days for Reckless Mining
William Towers a mine contractor was sentenced to 90 days in jail after authorities charged reckless mining that damaged two homes and a road in Blakely borough Scranton Pa Towers was arrested following the incident.
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Scranton
William ‘Towers
Towers
Blakely
Y M C A Reports Large 1982 Deficit Over 190000
New York report shows the Y M C A ended 1982 with a deficit of about $190,000 on a $3,734,400 budget. Walter T. R Black, general secretary, delivered the figures at the annual board meeting.
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New York
Walter T. R Black
Columbia U shuts technocracy group at Columbia
Columbia University ends its technocracy project as four engineers led by Prof. Walter Rautenstrauch withdraw from the technocracy group. The statement says technocracy ceases to exist for the university and 100 idle engineers will shift to a Columbia energy and technology survey under university direction.
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New York
Columbia University
Technocracy
Walter Rautenstrauch
Columbia
Industrial Engineering Department
Howard Scott
Raufenstrauch
Bassett Jones
Frederick L. Ackerman
Leon Henderson
Nebraska Farmers Aid Neighbor At Foreclosure Sale
In Overton Nebraska a foreclosure sale on Mike Thinnes farm drew about 200 local farmers who silenced bidders with threats of dunking in a horse tank. Machinery and livestock sold for about 50 cents on average with cattle at 10 to 50 cents and horses 25 cents to 1 dollar. Mrs Thinnes purchased most of the property after the bank in South Omaha enforced the sale following a declined delay for a possible federal loan.
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Overton
Neb
Mike Thinnes
South Omaha
Farmers State Bank of
Thinnes
Pressmen Approve 5 Year Pact With Publishers
The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America approved a five year arbitration contract with the American Newspaper Publishers association. The referendum vote ended with the union president George L. Berry announcing the decision at Pressmen's Home in Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pressmen's Home
Hammond Husband Kills Man After Wives Affair
Hammond Ind. Charles Boatright twenty three shot and killed Jesse Murvine twenty nine upon returning home and finding Murvine with Boatright's wife. Boatright was held on a murder charge.
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Hammond
Ind
Charl Boatright
Jesse Murvine
Murvine
Boatright
Macedonians Riot Over Textile Tax Four Slain
In Niaousga Macedonia a clash between municipal authorities and about 2000 textile workers protesting a supplementary tax on the textile industry left four dead and five wounded.
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Athens
Niaous Ga
Macedonia
Nebraska Taxes Duplicate Federal Burden, Says Joint Committee
The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation reports eight duplications of Nebraska and federal taxes in 326 state line items. Nebraska per capita taxes including federal total $60.76, while only $7.44 is the national federal tax average. State and sub division taxes average $57.29 per person, close to the U S average.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Nebraska hog market value drops from 1929 peak
Yieldom Hogs Reduced in 1932 notes Nebraska hogs marketed last year brought less than one third of 1929 value. About 100000 more head were marketed in 1932. Nebraska remains the second largest hog producer with over a quarter of total farm income from hogs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Union
Anderson
Nebraska 4-H Club Work Sees Record Enrollments in 1932
Nebraska 4-H club work in 1932 shows over 15 000 youths enrolled across 17 552 projects. Seventy seven percent completed their projects and 89 percent lived in counties with extension agents, Lancaster leading enrollments with 910 participants. Colfax led in completion rate.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
L.I. Frisbie
Agricultural College Extension Service
Frisbie
Lancaster County
Scottsbluff County
Otoe County
Colfax County
Fillmore County
Dawson County
Cuming County
Hamilton County
Nebraska Exposition Hopes and Tractor Wheel Scraper Patent
Henry Tonjes Jr. of Wisner has been granted a patent for a tractor wheel scraper to remove earth between cleats on wheel rims. Perry Red, Nebraska state fair secretary, expects an exposition in 1933 and says a fair may be held if state appropriations are secured. Reed plans budget cuts before meeting with lawmakers to discuss the project.
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Henry Tonjes, Jr
Wisner
Perry Red
Nebraska
Nebraska Shippers Benefit From New Potato Freight Rates
The state railway commission announced notification from the Interstate Commerce Commission approving potato freight rate reductions. Nebraska shipper savings from movements of this year's crop now total nearly one thousand dollars.
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State Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Nebraska Commission
Hunters to Sell Pelts for Welfare Work in Meadow Grove Area
One thousand hunters are expected to take part in a wolf and coyote hunt north of Meadow Grove sponsored by the American Legion post. Pelts of all animals shot will be sold to raise funds for welfare work. A recent hunt drew over five hundred people and netted $6 in skins for poor relief.
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Vnva
Meadow Grove
American Legion Post
Cattle auction brings high prices at Oakland farm sale
W A Peterson received about 75 dollars per head for 11 grade dairy cows sold at a public auction at his farm near Oakland. Dairymen say the average is higher than state prices in recent months, with four 2 year old heifers in the lot and the top cow selling for over 100 dollars.
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W.A. Peterson
Oakland
Drought Strikes Greeley Area Killing Wild Animals
Reports say wildlife north of Greeley is dying from water scarcity as last fall and this winter become the driest in decades. No snow has fallen and pool holes, streams dry up. Carcasses of coyotes, badgers, and skunks have been found.
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Greeley
First National Bank at Madison Closes Under Federal Oversight
The First National Bank, a Madison pillar for 60 years, closed its doors with C. W. Lyon and P. T. Henninger, federal bank examiners, in charge. Directors voted to suspend operations due to sustained deposit withdrawals and poor collections, which reduced cash reserves and made closure necessary.
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First ‘National’ Bank
Madison
Pow
C. W. Lyon
P. T. Henninger
Federal Bank Examiners
Scrip Issued by Spalding Lions Club for Produce
The Spalding Lions Club issued scrip worth 100 dollars for farmers to spend on Produce. On Saturdays the scrip buys eggs at one dollar per five dozen, or two heavy or three light hens. Each dollar spent requires a two cent stamp. after 50 stamps are attached the club redeems the scrip at face value.
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Spalding
Spalding Lions Club
Lions Club
Inmate Population Reports From State Institutions
Senator Stewart reported on state institutions at Geneva York Grand Island and Milford and the boys industrial school. He said Hastings insane hospital was overcrowded while the Kearney tuberculous hospital housed all its inmates with 35 to 40 on a waiting list. Eight institutions visited were well administered though the Grand Island soldiers home living out system should be abolished or curtailed.
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Geneva
York
Grand Island
Milford
Boys’ Industrial School
Kearney
Stewart
State Senate
Hastings Insane Hospital
Nebraska Farm Land Forced Sales Jump Over Sixty Percent
The Agricultural Economics Bureau reports a 60 percent rise in forced sales of farm lands in Nebraska over the past year. Nearly 10 percent of U S farms changed hands via mortgage, bankruptcy foreclosures, or tax sales in five years. Nebraska saw 34. per thousand farms sold by mortgage or bankruptcy last year, up from 21.8 per thousand in 1931, with tax sales transferring four and six tenths per thousand. The state’s total 39 thousand farms faced forced sales versus a 41.7 per thousand national average in 1932.
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Nebraska
Agricultural Economics Bureau
Lead in Ancient Times and Its Wide Uses Through History
Lead has been used since antiquity in pottery glazing, solder, weights, cosmetics, monetary media, and as an ingredient in coinage. Ancient civilizations including Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome employed lead in plumbing, construction, weaponry, and burial caskets, reflecting its varied practical value across centuries.
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Egypt
Babylon
Persia
B. C
Greece
Black Prince
Richard II
Beware the Cough or Cold That Hangs On
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a twofold action remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims creosote soothes inflamed membranes, inhibits germ growth, and absorbs into the blood to attack the trouble while promising relief with proper directions.
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