President urges waterway treaty with Canada
President Roosevelt presses the Senate to ratify the St. Lawrence waterway pact, seeking to overcome opposition by arguing the project is economically sound and safeguards local interests. He cites reports from War and Commerce departments and a power authority to support the plan. Senator Wagner decries navigation changes as a challenge to New Deal goals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitolil
Senate
St. Lawrence
Canada
United States
Robert F.wagner
New York
Wagner
Duluth
War and Commerce ‘Departments
Power Com
New York State Power Authority
Hainois
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Arbitration Pact Ends Chicago Milk Strike
The five day Chicago milk dispute ended through mediation by Mayor Kelly. An arbitration panel was formed with one representative from milk dealers and one from farm groups, plus a third member. The truce requires the Pure Milk Association to sell to all dealers, ending attacks on picketers and allowing code enforcement failures to erode the price uniformity rule.
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Chicago
Kelly
Pure Milk Association
Association
Washington
Ubti
High Court Orders Bishop Cannon to Stand Trial
The Supreme Court directs Bishop James Cannon Jr to face trial for violating election laws tied to the 1928 anti Smith campaign. Ada Burroughs of Richmond also faces charges as treasurer of the headquarters committee. Cannon aided the committees that shifted Virginia Texas North Carolina and Florida to the Republican column for the first time since Reconstruction.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
James Cannon, Jr
Alfred B. Smith
Ada Burroughs
Richmond
Headquarters Committee
anti-Smith Democrats
Bishop Cannon
Virginia
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
Crumbled Will in DC Boarding House Grants Woman Fortune
A wrinkled telegram blank found under a mattress in a boarding house in Washington was upheld as the last will of Leonard A. Hamilton. The will leaves Minnie Keyes about 89 thousand dollars, mainly real estate, after his death on March 13, 1933, amid a contested probate.
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Washington
Minnie Keyes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Leonard A. Hamilton
Keyes
District Supreme Court
Gaines
Culpeper
Labor Plans Drive for 30 Hour Week
Organized labor aims to push a 30 hour work week across industries with Senate and House sympathy. Senator Wagner signals legislation to revise the national recovery act and grant more powers to the labor board while preferring code authorities implement hour reductions. American Federation of Labor leaders and House labor chair Connery push the 30 hour week nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nies
Wagner
National Labor Board
Labor ‘Board
Congress
Amgvicans Federation
Labor
Connery
House Labor Committee
Extortionist in Rosenwald Plot Sentenced to 5–15 Years
Philadelphia reports William F. Schultze, 35, who sought $30,000 from Sears chairman Julius Rosenwald by threatening letters, was sentenced to five to fifteen years in prison. Schultze pleaded not guilty claiming no harm intended.
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Philadelphia
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
William F. Schultze
McGowan Receives 30-Year Term in Kidnapping Case
Columbia Missouri verdict of 30 years imprisonment returned after a two day trial against Clyde McGowan who was convicted of kidnapping Miss Maurine Harris a member of a Sedalia banker’s family.
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Columbia
Clyde McGowan
Maurine Harris
Sédalia
Influx of Federal Cash Aids Outlook in Nebraska
Nebraska banks show strong conditions with deposits rising across Lincoln and state institutions. Federal cash inflows through loans on stored corn and wheat payments bolster markets, while officials note potential relief funds to liquidate failed banks and continued retail and agricultural momentum amid renewed agricultural optimism.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lincoln
Lincoln National Banks
Nebraska
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
E. H. Luikart
The
State Banking Department
REC
Banking Department
Luikart
CWA
PWA
University ‘of ‘Nebraska Agronomists
West Nebraska public works hearings set on four projects
Fremont Nebraska public works advisory board will hold hearings in Fremont on four projects including the Blue Creek public power and irrigation district proposal for 439 616 dollars. Other requests include a 330 000 dollar loan and grant for the McCook municipal light plant and a 28 500 dollar total package for Garden County Drainage District No 1. The South Sioux City school district seeks 59 481 dollars in loan and grant for buildings. The Blue Creek plan includes a 30 percent federal grant with the rest as a loan and would supply irrigation water, build a storage dam northwest of Lewellen covering 750 acres and holding 15 000 acre feet, plus a 500 horsepower hydroelectric plant. Two Keith county precincts, three in Garden and one in Morrill are included. James E. Lawrence, spokesman, said protests will be heard on McCook’s proposal as the city’s utility may protest.
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West Nebraska
Fremont
Nebraska
Public -Works Advisory Board
Blue Creek
McCook Municipal Light
Garden County
Aresever Nest Land Drainage
South Sioux City
Lewellen
Keith County
Garden
Morrill
James E. Lawrence
Pathfinder Hotel
McCook
Water rights decision awards 3200 second feet to Columbus district
State Engineer Cochran ruled in the Loup river water rights hearing that the Columbus power district will receive 3200 second feet of water. The Columbus project engineer then left for Washington to seek final approval for public works. Cochran notes Nebraska ranked sixth in federal highway funds under contract for 1933 with about 67 percent, after a recent million dollar setting the share should rise to about 80 percent.
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Cochran
Loup River
Columbus
Nebraska
New York
Farm Housing Survey Under Civil Works Aims Public Works Plan
Under the Civil Works administration a survey of farm housing is conducted across counties. Workers complete questionnaires on living conditions and improvements desired by farmers to gauge demand and potential costs for a public works program.
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Civil Works Administration
Bellevue College Foreclosure Transfer to Hastings College
The Bellevue board treasurer Ellery R. Hume says a foreclosure sale held in Sarpy County by the National Presbyterian College Board will transfer the former Bellevue site to Hastings College once legal steps are completed. He describes the suit as friendly and aimed at resolving Bellevue college affairs.
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Bellevue College
National Presbyterian College Board
Sarpy County
Hastings College
Ellery R. Hume
Bellevue Board
National Board
Hume
State land figures and farm program notes
Reports indicate northern Dakota county lands recorded as disappearing into the Missouri river may still exist and be farmed. State land officials doubt funding for investigations, while estimates suggest several hundred acres remain in the river. Washington statistics show wheat corn and hog programs promise large farmer payments in 1934 and beyond.
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Dakota
Missouri
State Land Commissioner's Office
Washington
Nebraska History Sites Our of Reach? Sheldon Seeks 100 Worth Studying
A. E. Sheldon of the Nebraska State Historical Society estimates about 100 buildings in Nebraska merit study under a CWA survey fund. He cites Bryan homes in Lincoln, Butler and Furnas residences, and sites in Brownville and Bellevue as historically significant. Two Omaha banks paid large dividends in 1932 causing a drop in 1933 liquidations.
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Nebraska’ State Historical Society
Nebraska
CWA
Sheldon
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
David Butler
Pawnee City
Brownville
Robert
W.furnas
Presbyterian Church
State Banking Department
State Bank of Omaha
South Omaha State Bank
GOP Committee Fears Inflation and Excess Spending
The Republican National Committee warns that President Roosevelt’s program would drive uncontrolled inflation through vast public expenditures. It argues such spending creates pork barrel corruption, threatens credit, and hinders industrial recovery. It calls for stricter scrutiny of appropriations and a return to Coolidge economy.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Iit
Russian Ambassador Receives President in Washington
Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky, Russia’s fully accredited ambassador, presented credentials to President Roosevelt in Washington. Roosevelt praised Troyanovsky as a distinguished Russian citizen and friend of America, noting improved relations and a shared hope for world peace through Russian recognition.
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Washington
Russia
Alexander Antonovich- Troyanovsky
Roosevelt
Troyanovsky
America
Miss Edith M. Thomas Indicted for Gold Hoarding
A federal grand jury in Denver files the first gold hoarding indictment. Edith M. Thomas, 45, daughter of former Senator Charles S. Thomas, faces two counts for possessing $3,000 in gold on September 18 and for failing to report holdings to the Internal Revenue Collector in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Edith M. Thomas
United States
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
Miss Thomas
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue Collector
University of Michigan Student Hangs Himself
William P. E. Hallenslepen a German native and German graduate student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor hanged himself. Police and university officials reported the death occurred in his room on campus. He was thirty two years old and a resident of Ann Arbor.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich
William P. E. Hallenslepen
Germany
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Walker “D. Hines
United States Railway
Turkey
Rosenwald
State News
G. O. P. Committee
Coolidge
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