Shanghai Under Japanese Occupation Engulfs Chapei District
Reports from Shanghai describe Japanese forces landing at midnight and sweeping through Chapei driving residents before them. Bombing by aircraft leveled large parts of the Chinese quarter while thousands are believed killed. Shanghai’s international settlement guards include American marines as Washington dispatches more cruisers to Chinese waters amid a stiffening U. S. stance toward Japan. Geneva discussions warn of a grave Sino-Japanese crisis with China seeking League action.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Chapei
Washington
M. M. Taylor
Manila
Navy Department
Stimson
Tokyo
Great Britain
MacDonald
Geneva
League of Nations Council
W. W. Yen
United States
Naotake Sato
Joseph Paul Boncour
Aristide Briand
Doctor Yen
League
Manchuria
Russia
Harbin
Kuznetzon
Moscow
Elopement Ends in Tragedy Near Detroit Michigan
A Michigan murder suicide case involving Mrs. Josephine Hudson and David Schaefer ends after she is found shot in an automobile near Pardair airport and Schaefer kills himself at his parents' home near Saline as police approach.
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Eloper
Michigan
Detroit
Josephine Hudson
Washtenaw County
David ‘Sehnefer
Pard- Airport
Schaefer
Saliné
Ray Hudson
U. S. Tax Revenues Fall from 1931 Peak to 1981 Total
Tax revenues from all sources in 1981 aggregated 1,914,054,622 dollars, down more than one billion from a 1931 total of 2,932,966,060 dollars. The report contrasts 1981 with earlier high levels.
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Washington
One Thousand Seven Hundred Return to Work at New York Central Shops
Seventeen hundred men returned to work in the West Albany locomotive shops of the New York Central railroad in Albany New York. Twelve hundred are in the day shift and five hundred on the night shift. The car shops remain closed.
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N. Y. Central Ry
Albany
N. Y
West Albany
New York Central Railroad
Wrigley Dies in Phoenix at 75 in Winter Home
William Wrigley Jr a Chicago magnate and owner of the Chicago National League Baseball club died at his Phoenix winter home after a week long illness of heart disease and acute indigestion He was 75 and had been semi conscious for days Mrs Wrigley and their two children Philip K Wrigley and Mrs James R Offield were at his bedside He had bought the Arizona Biltmore three years earlier and built a 40 room hillside house near Phoenix Wrigley rankled among America's wealthiest men paying high taxes and backing sports ventures including Catalina Island swims and the Chicago stadium His body will lie in Pasadena until a mausoleum is built and funeral services were held there.
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Phoenix, Ariz
William Wrigley
George Goodrich
Goodrich
Mr. Wrigley
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Ms. Wrigley
Catatina Island
Toronto
Chicago Stadium
Catalina
Best
Wrigley
Pasadena
Two Die In Fire Destroy Four Town Businesses
A deadly blaze in Town City Iowa consumed the Garden theater the Mandarin Inn Ruppert and Seeman Furniture store and the Jones grocery. The victims were Sheer N Yee proprietor of the inn and a Chinese restaurant and Mrs Maude Kujn of Cedar Rapids a dishwasher.
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Town City
Iowa
Garden Theater
Mandarin Inn
Ruppert & Seeman
Jones Grocery
Sheer N. Yee
Maude Kujn
Cedar Rapids
Escaping Convicts Kill Trusty in Speeding Car
Three escapees Aubrey Smith Abe Powers and Roy Gardner fled a Georgia state penal farm in a speeding car killing a trusty who attempted to halt them. The incident occurred in Milledgeville with authorities pursuing the trio.
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Trusty
Milledgeville
Aubrey Smith
Abe Powers
Roy Gardner
Nebraska's Ancient Race and its Civilized Contributions
Earl H Bell of the University of Nebraska outlines discoveries from two years of state university archaeology. The study covers Nebraska’s past peoples and their cultural traits, noting crops domesticated by American Indians and praising university efforts to teach interpretation and preservation of archaeological material.
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State University
State of
Nebraska
Bell
W. D. Strong
Waldo Wedel
A. T. Hill
Hastings
Archaeology
Pawnee
Hill
Wedel
Nebraska University
Crop prospects for 1932 in Lincoln Nebraska
A. E. Anderson reports favorable soil conditions for the 1932 planting season in Nebraska though western and northern moisture remains short. Southeastern areas have ample moisture. hay and forage are short in parts but overall ample with some surplus. Winter wheat is 84 percent good and 14 percent of the 1931 corn crop remains unhusked. Subsoil moisture is exceptionally ideal. Farm prices are steady month to month except for drops in butterfat and eggs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Nebraska farmers harvest big wood crop this winter
Nebraska wood harvest rises with farmers cutting old cottonwoods ash and elm valued at about one million dollars Holt county alone faces an eighty thousand dollar estimate. State forester CW Watkins urges forestry by replanting three to four trees per one cut and notes Arbor Day founder J Sterling Morton helped Nebraska become the tree planting state.
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J. ‘Sterling
Morton
Arbor Day
Nebraska
CW. Watkins
Holt
Holt County
Watkins
Farmers Elevator Directors Plan 30000 Bushel Structure at Giltner
Farmers Elevator Co of Giltner votes to build a new 30 000 bushel storage elevator replacing the current building. Construction likely to begin within six weeks and the project marks a major upgrade for local grain handling. More than 2000 of 266000 cattle tested in the state last year were tuberculous, while Butler and Clay counties were re accredited as tuberculosis free for three years.
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Farmers’ Elevator Company of Giltner
H. L. Feistner
Butler
Clay Counties
Nebraska University Income and Expenditures 1933 Report
The University of Nebraska earned 42 percent of its 1933 income from non legislative sources, totaling 4 283 354 dollars. Expenditures reached 4 241 549 dollars. Instruction costs led with 59.8 percent, while agricultural experiment and extension work accounted for 15.5 percent.
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University of Nebraska
Nebraska Gasoline Tax Funds State Highway Program
Since 1925 Nebraska enacted a gasoline tax to support highways. State Treasurer To. W. Bass reported that $38,650.31 has entered state coffers with $6,222,079 distributed to 93 counties for local highway improvement and $299,906 refunded. Net balance stands at $32,128,745 for state and federal aid projects.
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Nebraska
To.w. Bass
Nebraska to receive federal funds for farming and state projects
Congressman Robert G. Simmons of Scottsbluff announced that the federal department of agriculture has allotted 5,559,517 dollars to Nebraska for the fiscal year ending next June 30. For the year ending June 30, 1933 the estimated allotment is 3,433,253 dollars. The funds are apportioned to agricultural colleges experimental stations federal state highway construction forestry activities tuberculosis eradication and other works.
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Robert G. Simmons
Scottsbluff
Federal
Department of" Agriculture
Nebraska
Nebraska Sportmans Association Appeals for Funds
The Nebraska State Sportman asociation meeting at Fremont launched a drive to raise money to save game birds in Nebraska from starvation. The association donated $50 to the Omaha Izaak Walton League Skeet Club and $10 to the Lincoln Gun Club, and appealed for additional funds sent to George L. Carter, association secretary, 425 South Ninth Street, Lincoln.
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Nebraska
Fremont
Portherhe Nebraska
Omaha
Izaak Walton
Campaign to raise funds for Pershing memorial salon
A Nebraska drive began at a Lincoln banquet to furnish the main salon of the 1 million dollar American Legion war memorial to General John J. Pershing in Paris. Mark W. Woods said total furnishing would cost about 50 000 with trustees asking for 25 000 from Nebraska donors.
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Nebraska
John J. Pershing
Paris
Lincoln
Mark W. Woods
War ‘Memorial Committee
Wood
Fire damages Fremont district building including clothing and hardware stores
A basement fire in a three story brick building in Fremont's business district caused about $50,000 in damage. The John Sonin clothing store and the Kohlmeyer hardware store were affected. Firemen traced the blaze to a short circuit in the Sonic store and Sonia stated stock valued at $50,000 was practically ruined with 90 percent insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
John Miller
John Sonin
Kohlmeyer Hardware
Sonic
Sonia
Hatcherymen and Poultry Raisers Meet in Madison County
Two winter meetings are planned in Madison County. The first, in Norfolk, will feature R. Redditt of the College of Agriculture Lincoln as chief speaker on hatchery management and egg vitality through feeding and care. The second, in Battle Creek on February 24, will cover corn, hog, and poultry with a college extension specialist for each line.
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Madison County
Norfolk
R. Redditt
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Battle
Creek
College” Extension Service
Chadron Completes Auxiliary Dam Boosting Water Storage
Mayor O E Colling reports Chadron now has ample water for years due to an auxiliary dam. Dredging of the old reservoir basin and dam strengthening increased storage capacity by about 60 percent, addressing last summer’s water shortages caused by drought and limited supply.
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Chadron
O. E.colling
Chadron Creek
Castle Now a Museum in Rheavish Castle Timely Opening
Schloss Dyck near Neuss and Rheydt will open as a public museum featuring an important weapons collection fine gobelins and many rare books. The historic castle dates as one of Germany's oldest and offers a notable display to visitors.
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Schloss-Dyck
Germany
Modted
Neuss
Gladbach-Rheydt
Nervous and weak woman praises Dr Pierce’s Prescription
Mrs Nat McCoy of 1415 Logan Ave Waterloo Iowa testifies that after using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription she slept better recovered strength and could work again. She says she was nervous pale and weak before and improved after a few bottles. Available in fluid or tablets.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Lion and tiger hunters blamed for harming sheep
A Schweizerische illustration asks why men shoot big cats and likens it to harming lambs. It questions why people target butchers, implying a critique of violence and cruelty toward animals.
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Schweizer Illustrierte
Zofingen
Bachelor questions troubles in married world
A Louisville Courier Journal item quotes a married man asking why a bachelor should have troubles, reflecting on social views of bachelor life and commentary on singleness and marriage. The brief charges a light, humorous tone about male happiness and societal expectations.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pleasant speech marks value of wealth in society
A reflective note asserts that rich people receive courteous treatment from all classes, suggesting politeness toward the wealthy makes wealth worth pursuing.
Man Trying to Release Bee Kills Wasp in Window
A man attempting to free a bee from a window pane accidentally kills a wasp nearby. The incident highlights cautious handling of insects and unintended consequences in simple acts.
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