Fight Over Famine Loan Plans Continues in Washington
Washington negotiations over relief legislation stall amid Hoover opposition to charity. Democratic leaders press for $25 million food loan and other demands while Republicans push for a broader drought loan program and liberalized terms.
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Washington
Hoover
James E. Watson
Ind
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Senate
Arthur M. Hyde
Capitol
Secretary of Agriculture
de Hyde
Hyde
House of Representatives
Joseph T. Robinson
T. H. Caraway
Ark
Watson
McNary
Robinson
Phan
Secretary of
Cculture
Congress
Botulism outbreak claims a dozen in Grafton home salad
A botulism poisoning from a home prepared salad leaves twelve residents of Grafton dead. Victims include Harry Chapiewski fifteen Elizabeth Hein twenty Margarite McWilliams twenty Genevieve Hein sixteen and others aged fifteen to thirty. Investigators say contamination traced to the dish served at a party.
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Grafton
N. D
Harry Chapiewski
Thomas Chaplewsky
Edward Hein
Edward Hein, Jr
Elizabeth Hein
Arthur Jorandry
Arthur Lessard
Marguerite McWilliams
Mra Elmer Stokke
Booth Tarkington Overcomes Blindness Through Surgery
Baltimore report details Indiana novelist Booth Tarkington regaining sight after fourteen year battle. Cataracts were removed from both eyes and a detached retina in the right eye corrected. He received ongoing treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Baltimore
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Congressional compromise shifts soldier bonus plan
Washington reports the unanimous verdict of financial leaders against paying $3.5 billion in full. Republicans expect a bill to expand loan privileges for adjusted certificates, funding not exceeding $500 million, with rates cut to around 3 to 4 percent. Hearings on cash redemption were adjourned for a few days.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Ways and Means
Miners Re Elect Lewis and All Other Officers
The United Mine Workers of America announced in Indianapolis that John L. Lewis was re-elected president after the board of tellers completed its work. Subordinate unions voted December 9 to re-elect all other officers including Philip Murray as vice president and Thomas Kennedy as secretary treasurer.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
Board of Tellers
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kennedy
Hazleton
William Young
South Fork
Thomas Holliday
la Salle
Tellers
T. G. Morgan
Linton
Albert Neutzling
Glen Carbon
Ill
Thomas Moran
Plains
Death Sentence for Man Who Plotted Hotel Fire
A Circuit court jury in St. Louis, Missouri convicted Ralph Pierson former co owner of the Buckingham hotel annex of plotting the December 6 1927 fire that killed seven. Pierson was sentenced to death as was Andrew Meadows former night watchman. The state charged Pierson with conspiring with Lewis Balson and Robert Cotham awaiting trial.
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St. Louis
Ralph Pierson
Buckingham Hotel
Andrew B. Meadows
Pierson
Lewis Balson
Balson
Robert Cotham
Nebraska Outdoor Resources Grow With 1930 Licenses Surpass 200000
Nebraska plans a five year survey of outdoor resources after 1930 improvements under the state game forestation and parks commission. Wardens increased enforcement while nearly three million fish were stocked and new game preserves expanded by 60 000 acres.
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Lincoln
State Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Nebraska
Garden County
State Game Commission
Europe
Mexico
Millions From Gasoline Tax Build Nebraska Highways
Lincoln reports that by end of 1930 Nebraska had collected 29.27 million dollars from the gasoline tax since its start five years and nine months earlier. The 4 cent tax in 1930 alone brought over 9 million dollars, averaging above 750 thousand monthly. The 1930 gain over 1929 totaled about 1.57 million, a 17 percent rise, and the 1928 two cent tax shows a roughly 127 percent growth.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Lincoln County Chamber Plan Aims To Unite Western Towns
Sidney civic leaders draft a chamber of commerce plan to link Sidney and 9 neighboring towns in Lodge Pole valley Nebraska. The goal is greater influence with state and national officials and to mirror a North Platte valley model that funds road improvements. Participating towns include Bushnell Kimball Dix Potter Lodge Pole Chappell Big Springs Brule Ogallala and Sidney.
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Sidney
Lodge Pole
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Bushnell
Kimball
Dix
Potter
Chappell
Big Springs
Brule
Ogallala
North Platte Valley
L. T. Poole
Nebraska Seeks Two Statues for Capitol Statuary Hall
Nebraska aims to place two statues in the Capitol Statuary Hall as one of 19 unrepresented states. Architect David Lynn says Nebraska is entitled to honor its native sons with two figures, joining a list that includes Iowa among others.
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Capitol
Lincoln
Nebraska
David Lynn
Iowa
James
Loup City Sends Flour Carload to Southern Drought Relief
Residents of Loup City assembled a carload of flour for drought sufferers in the south and donated wheat to the Sherman county Red Cross relief fund. The flour was ground in a local mill and the shipment was dispatched immediately.
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Loup City
Drauth
Sherman County Red Cross Drauth Relief Fund
Wolf Hunt Frightens Animals Near Tecumseh
Two hundred men and boys hunted wolves northeast of Tecumseh in J. L. Carman’s pasture. Horses and a mule were frightened by the activity and shooting, with Carman’s mule reportedly dying from fright.
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Tecumseh
J. L. Carman
Peach Orcharders Expect Strong Crop After Mild Winter
Orchardists report peaches are not killed and all fruit remains in fine condition. Buds ripened well last fall and mild winter preserved them. Examination shows green live buds with no dead ones. Last year’s crop was short, and there is great rejoicing over a potential bumper yield.
Nebraska two-week accident toll reports 17 dead 334 injured
Statistics compiled by the Nebraska Press association for the fortnight ending January 27 show 17 killed and 334 injured in the state. Auto crashes caused eight deaths and 154 injuries, home accidents five deaths and 38 injuries, public accidents four deaths and 63 injuries, agricultural 60 injuries, industrial 19 injuries. Among the injured, 13 were permanently disabled.
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Nebraska Press Association
Governor Bryan Unveils Nebraska Highway Jobs Plan
Governor Bryan announced an emergency federal program totaling 3 5 million dollars to build roads in Nebraska. Bids will start February 27 for 162 miles gravel surfacing and 50 miles paving with weather permitting. First contracts may reach two million dollars and March will bring about three million more, with sections and projects announced by State Engineer Cochran. The plan aims to relieve unemployment and require many workers and materials.
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Bryan
Nebraska
Cochran
Farm land values expected to rise in 1931 says Nebraska official
Chancellor E A Burnett of the University of Nebraska and a director of the federal land bank of Omaha argues farmers are most prosperous and farm value lows now will improve after readjustment. He predicts 1931 will restore normal agricultural prices and farming conditions with higher land values and cheaper carrying costs.
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United States
E. A. Burnett
University of Nebraska
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Mr. Burnett
Bank Liquidation Succeeds for Hansen State Bank
Through cooperation of clear sing house banks of Hastings and H W Frerichs president of the State Bank of Hansen an arrangement has been perfected whereby the affairs of the latter institution will be liquidated and the depositors paid in full it was announced recently. The bank's business has been reduced in the past year to such an extent that Frerichs.
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Clearsing House Banks of
Hastings
H. W. Frerichs
State Bank of
Hansen
Frerichs
New Zealand Quake Kills 1 000 People
Napier and Hastings suffer extensive ruin as fresh shocks hit the region. Evacuation orders move 5000 women and children to Palmerston while a death toll climbs beyond 1000. Fires rage, hospitals and schools collapse, ships bring aid, and marines guard against looting.
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Napier
New Zealand
Red Cross
Palmerston
Bluff Hill
Hastings
Plains
Napier Technical College
Napier Hospital
Dunedin
Diomede
65000 Farmers to Sell Through Grain Coops
Sixty five thousand farmers in Minnesota North Dakota Montana and Wisconsin will market most of their grain via the Farmers National Grain corporation after February 1 announced by M W Thatcher general manager of the Farmers Union Terminal association in St Paul
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St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Wisconsin
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
M. W. Thatcher
Farmers’ Union Terminal Association
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