Ickes faces grand jury probe into PWA graft
The article reports on Secretary Ickes directing a PWA graft inquiry. A special grand jury will convene February 6 in Washington to hear testimony on a Texas canal project and a broad conspiracy to defraud. several federal officials are named amid a high-stakes NRA legality discussion.
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John W. Fihelly
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Texas Project
Russians boast military growth as congress reviews Bolshevist progress
Vice commissar for defense reports Red Army size rising from 500,000 to 940,000 in four years along with stronger frontiers and expanded aviation. Delegates applaud as defense spending is promised to rise. In New Jersey headlines, Hauptmann trial features diverse witnesses, contested handwriting, and juror reactions amid ongoing efforts to secure an electric chair verdict.
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All-Union Congress of Soviets
Moscow
Red Army
APANESH Forces Advance in Boundary Dispute Region
APANESH forces push forward as two towns seem to converge near disputed Manchuria area south of Manchuk and Hailar where Manchukou overlaps Outer Mongolia. Border indefiniteness blamed for the contention amid hints Japan garrison in Manchukou could be increased.
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Far East
Washburn Chied Former Ambassador to Italy Dies at Home
E E Washburn Chied former ambassador to Italy and editor of Collier's Weekly died of pneumonia at his New York home. He left Collier's in 1921 to become ambassador to Italy and participated in the Lausanne conference in 1922.
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New York
Collier’s Weekly
Lausanne
Nine bank robberies in Nebraska during 1934
Nebraska records show nine bank robberies in 1934, totaling about $130000 in loot, down from 1933. The year’s largest haul was $22850 at DeLay National Bank in Norfolk on November 9, with several other holds at Fort Kearney, Heartwell, and Harrison. Some cases were solved, others remain listed as unsolved.
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Maurice Denning
Francis Harper
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DeLay National Bank
Norfolk
National Defense Week to Run February 12 22 in Nebraska
The first annual National Defense Week will run February 12 to 22 with talks on defense at civic and professional groups. Major General Stuart Heintselmann will be honored at a February 12 luncheon by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. A defense week dinner dance at the Paxton Hotel on February 16 is also planned.
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Federa
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Lincoln
Washington
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Nebraska
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Seventh Corps
Frank R McCoy
Sixth Corps
Chicago
Paxton Hotel
Beads Worth 80 Millions Lincoln Nebraskans Road Progress
Lincoln Nebraskans look back on a year of highway development that raised hard surfaced roads to 7 988 miles valued at 81 377 728 dollars. The state contributed 40 644 355 and 37 896 325 funded the rest with 3 337 547 from other sources. By end of 1934 886 miles were paved mostly concrete slab 527 miles gravel surfaced and 809 miles graded.
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Lincoln
Unclear health claim from reader letter
A reader named Harry B. Hall reports skin eruptions covering his face and arms causing itching and burning and says he could never shave but now feels completely healed. He provides an address at 8968 14th Ave Bir.
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14Th Ave
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