Gandhi Arrest Sparks Nationwide Boycott and Strikes
Gandhi's jailing in Poona triggers a general strike in Bombay and a nationwide boycott of British and foreign goods. The government declares 45 nationalist groups unlawful and arrests key leaders including Rajendra Prasad. Gandhi appeals to Christians to join the peaceful struggle and the protests intensify with mass mobilization and civil resistance.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Great Britain
Gandhi
T.e Christian
Congress
Calcutta
Congress Committee
Patna
Rajendra’ Prasad
Prasa
Patel
M. A. Ansari
Prasad
Daring London Jewel Heist Yields Million-Dollar Gem Haul
In a bold London robbery, several men in an automobile stopped a jewelry store manager near Mayfair as he walked from a bank. They knocked him down, stole gems valued at about one million pounds, and sped off, escaping in the car.
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London
Mayfair
Gross Farm Income Drops 26 Percent in 1931
The Agriculture Department reports preliminary 1931 gross farm income at 6.92 billion dollars, down 26 percent from 9.3 billion in 1930 and 42 percent below 1920. It includes farm products, livestock, and consumption on the farm. The 1931 U S total is near the prewar 1909-18 average and marks the lowest since 1911.
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Washington
Agriculture
Department
United States
Bomb Explodes in Miami Capitol Theater Injuring Several
In Miami Florida a bomb described by police as acid containing exploded at the Capitol theater. The blast burned several people and set fire to stage equipment. The incident follows clashes between rival motion picture union groups.
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Miami
Fla
Capitol Theater
Federal Salary Cut Opposed by Hoover
Washington reports President Hoover prepared to oppose any general federal wage reduction and to defend keeping government salaries intact. Senators propose cuts for top officials and Congress, while others urge emergency reductions, but Hoover aims to preserve wage scales to retain capable officials and set a stable example.
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Washington
Hoover
Congressional Actiow
Senate
House
Capitol
Borah
Farm Board
McGugin
Kan
Julius Rosenwald Dies at 69 in Ravinia Suburb
Julius Rosenwald prominent philanthropist and chairman of Sears Roebuck died at his Ravinia home after a two year illness. He was sixty nine and famed for vast wealth and gifts to welfare education and race relations. he supported negro institutions and Jewish causes worldwide.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
America
Ravinia
Russia Orders Death for Railmen in Train Crash
A railway transport court sentenced an express train crew to death for breaking labor discipline after a collision with a freight train near Khabarovsk Siberia. The act of the dispatcher conductor engineer and brakeman led to loss of life and heavy damage.
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Khabarovsk
Siberia
Boy Scout Dies After Fall From 100 Foot Arroyo Cliff
In Pasadena California twelve year old Jack Kiesner a Boy Scout fell from a 100 foot cliff along Arroyo Seco and died instantly. Leaders rounding up hikers prepared to depart when Kiesner climbed the canyon wall lost balance and rolled to his death.
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Pasadena
Calif
Arroyo Seco
Jack Kiesner
Kiesner
Western Nebraska Prosperity Forecast Amid 1939 Developments
The Nebraska panhandle reported strong gains in farming and industry with sugar beets, seed potatoes, wheat and corn produced in record amounts. Towns like Alliance Hemingford Chadron and Sidney saw new buildings roads and utilities expanding. Highway work included twelve miles of pavement on North Platte highway No 26 and improvements on the Deadwood route.
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Nebraska
Hemingford
Panhandle
United States
Chadron
Normal School
Western Public Service Company
Middlewest
Scottsbluff
Gering,Morrill, Mitchell, Kimball
Chappell, Bayard
Minatare
Oshkosh
Gordon
Rushville
Hay Springs
Hvely
Sheridan
North Platte Highway No
Scottsouit
Deadwood
State Fair May pped In 1932 Lincoln
The Nebraska state fair faced possible abandonment as the state board met in Lincoln. A deficit of about 90 thousand dollars from poor attendance and receipts prompted consideration of three options to finance the gap, including extending aid, delaying expenses, or cutting attraction prices.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Board of Fair Managers
Profitable Year for Nebraska State Parks
Lincoln stockholders of the Nebraska Game Forestry and Parks Commission report a strong year with no losses during economic downturn. Secretary Frank B. O Connell notes assets exceed 1 000 000 and the commission plans more fishing places pheasants and camping grounds in the coming year.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Game, Forestation and Parks, Commission
Frank B. O'Connell
The
Game Commission
Beushausen enters Nebraska lieutenant governor race
C F Beushausen publisher of the Sherman County Times at Loup City accepts petition for Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Beushausen, 54, has 51 years in Nebraska, served as county clerk for two terms and postmaster at Loup City for nine years. He served in the 1932 legislative session and has chaired county Democrats for 20 years. North Platte shows 1931 construction gain with 1 583 530 dollars spent including a 550 000 power plant, 200 000 theater, 125 000 hospital, courthouse remodel at 61 000, and Lincoln highway paving 206 038. Wahoo opens a new bank with 40 000 capital in former Saunders County National building. Officers: J G Hohl president, Elmer Risk VP, Howard Mielenz cashier. The president is a former Prague banker. Wahoos other bank is First National.
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C. F. Beushausen
Sherman County Times
Loup City
Beushausen
Nebraska
North Platte
Public Service Co
Lincoln County
Lincoln Highway
Wahoo
Wahoo State
Saunders County National
J. G. Hohl
Elmer Risk
Howard Mielenz
J.G. Hohl
Prague
First National
Veterans Certificates Payouts Drill Across Nebraska Iowa
World war veterans in Nebraska and parts of southwestern Iowa received more than 7.25 million dollars on their service certificates in 1931. G B Beck of the Veterans Bureau said about 23 thousand veterans in the state and ten southwestern Iowa counties secured loans under the new congressional act. Disability compensation paid totaled 1.66 million, rising from 76 thousand the prior year.
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Nebraska
Southwestern
Iowa
Beck
Veterans’ Bureau
Towa
Fire destroys Tekamah post office and threatens nearby businesses
A basement fire destroyed the Tekamah post office and endangered the M. & L. store and Cornish Auto Co. All mail and records were removed before flames reached the building. Twelve to fifteen guests at the Sterling hotel on the floor above were forced to evacuate, with one blind man needing carrying out.
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Tekamah
Cornish Auto Co
Sterling Hotel
Motor, Company
Nebraska Flour Industry Advances Reach National Rank
Nebraska moves up to tenth in total flour produced, surpassing Oregon, with Omaha supplying about 4,500 barrels daily and the state totaling 17,500 barrels. Other milling centers include Lexington Grand Island and Crete, while freight rates improve for distributing flour from Omaha. Nebraska ranks twelfth in milling capacity but tenth in actual production, signaling higher capacity use than many states.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Omaha
Lexington
Grand Island
Crete
Nebraska School Expenditures Dip From 1926 Levels
Expenditures for public schools in Nebraska fall about 3 million yearly compared with five years earlier. The official report shows total outlays for grade and high schools ending last June at 28,114,616, slightly above the previous year but well below 1926’s 31,210,710.
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Nebraska
Taylor
Measles Decline Amid Immunization Push Reports
The 1931 measles total reached 48 cases, down nearly 0,000 from 1930, per Dr. P H Bartholomew director. Chicken pox rose to 2,347 while influenza tuberculosis and gonorrhea held steady. Diptheria fell from 690 to 632 cases with few deaths beyond age seventeen, prompting urged routine immunization starting in infancy.
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Public Health Bureau
Bartholomew
Home Planning Aids Reviewed On Radio
Brucely Melvin, secretary of the committee of Farm and Village Housing, discusses aids to planning in the President's conference on home building and ownership on the Farm and Home Hour. The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union monthly program will air January 20 featuring a prominent agricultural speaker, followed by a January 21 episode on United States Forest Rangers and forest fire prevention efforts.
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Brucely
Melvin
National Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Co-operative Union Monthly
United States
Forest Rangers
Government Radio Use in 1931 Sets Broadcasting Record
The United States government used 254 officinalis talks in 1931, with the Agriculture Department leading the radio effort. Hoover delivered 60 addresses since inauguration, while Coolidge had 37, and Cabinet members and legislators spoke widely on National Farm and Home Hour broadcasts across networks.
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United States
National Broadcasting Company
M. A. Aylesworth
United States Department of Agriculture
Hooxer
Aylesworth
Curtis
Charles Evans Hughes
Senate
House
America
Army Band
Marine Band
Navy Band
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
President Hoover
White House
Recordbreaking broadcast fuels Cleveland fundraiser and winter gifts
Gene and Glenn aired from WTAM in Cleveland for over seven hours to support the Cleveland Christmas Fund. An admirer sent Lowell Thomas a car heater with a note wishing warmth, followed by a dozen handkerchiefs the next day. Elaine Paige of Women's Radio Review cited a home knitted beret pattern drawing 3000 inquiries.
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Gene
Glenn
WTAM
Eveland
Cleveland
Lowell Thomas
Elaine Paige
Women’s Radio Review
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