Hoover Proposes Drastic World Armament Cuts at Geneva
President Hoover asks Gordon Gibson to push a five point plan at the Geneva talks to reduce land, air and naval forces by about one third. The plan calls for abolishing tanks chemical war weapons large mobile guns bombing planes and limits on capital ships aircraft carriers cruisers destroyers and submarines with strict tonnage caps.
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Washington
Hoover
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
United States
Gisson
Italy
Germany
Con
Southern Pine Is O. K. for Making Paper Pulp
Georgia researchers announce a breakthrough enabling white paper and newsprint from southern pines. At a Rome meeting of the Georgia Forestry association the Georgia experimental paper mill showcased pine pulp from loblolly and slash pines. Dr Charlies H Herty, director of research, described the discovery backed by state funds and forestry division support.
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O. K
Savannah
South
Georgia Forestry Association
Rome
Georgia
Georgia Department of Forestry and Geological Development
Charlies H. Herty
New York
American Chemical Society
Ex Chief of Police Held in Extortion Plot
Former Wilmington Police Chief John J. Furlong Sr is under $5,000 bond after six suspects claimed a package with 25400 was to be paid by Mrs. Jesse Kenan Wise. The extortion notes referenced the Lindbergh kidnapping as the motive. Authorities pursue a possible link to the Lindbergh case as the six suspects were involved.
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Wilmington
N. C
Jesse
Kenan Wise
Northampton
Mass
John J. Furlong
Detroit Chiefs End Cruises Rum Seizure Case
Customs officers seized seventy two quarts of whisky from about 35 to 40 Detroit board of commerce members returning from a lake cruise. They boarded the boat at the Detroit river but no one was held. A $5 per quart penalty was noted.
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Detroit
Detroit Board of Commerce
Detroit River
Two Rich Sisters Murdered in Iowa
In Knoxville Iowa the bodies of Misses Letitia and Jennie Keefer elderly sisters reputed to be wealthy were found in their farm house after a fire. Four empty rifle shells near the remains suggest they were shot before the blaze. Robbery is the suspected motive with two unnamed Black men seen near the Rock Island railroad as possible suspects.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Letitia
Jennie Keefer
Inveengatora
Emmet Hollingshead
Bodh
Ira Ward
Hollingshead
Keefer
Four Charged in Pontiac Whipping Extortion Case
Three men and a woman confess to whipping Ray S. Myers in a Pontiac home after luring him with payoffs. Daniel Marsh his wife Edna and brothers Dell and Lloyd Monroe admitted the assault and extortion scheme. Myers named the suspects and said the woman and three men took turns with the whip, leaving severe back injuries.
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Pontiac
Mich
Ray
S. Myers
Keego
Harbor
Daniel Marsh
Edna
Dell
Lloyd Monroe
Myers
Autoist Drowns in Flood Near Trenton Neb
A cloudburst flood in Trenton Nebraska causes thousands in damage to merchandise crops and livestock. Frank Wyss aged 35 drowned while attempting to swim from his marooned car to a nearby farmhouse. The other car occupants climbed onto the car roof and waited for the flood to subside.
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Trenton
Neb
Frank Wyss
Wyss
Cadet Vessel Freed Over 12 Mile Boundary Claim
The British registered Cadet of Weymouth Nova Scotia was freed by a federal court after the coast guard seized it last January at St Pierre with 1100 sacks of liquor. The court ruled the seizure did not occur within the 12 mile limit.
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New
London
Conn
Cadet
Weymouth
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
St. Pierre
Nebraska Fossil Digs Attract 25 Scientific Groups
In western Nebraska at least 25 geologists and museum staff are excavating for fossils of rhino ceros giant hogs and prehistoric elephants. The University of Nebraska leads with six expeditions under Dr E H Barbour while eastern museums also pursue sites since spring.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
E H. Barbour
East
Middle West
Field’ Museum
Chicago
Earl H. Bell
Broadwater
William Duncan Strong
Smithsonian, Institute
Scottsbluff
Nebraska ‘Historical Society’ Museum
Williams
Thayer County
Blackman
Nebraska Builds Hit By Wagner Public Works Plan
Washington reports a Wagner public works bill would authorize immediate construction of about 365 000 in Nebraska federal buildings and extend funding for highways river improvements and other projects. The measure also allocates 100 million for post offices with projects pre approved by the interdepartmental committee. Nebraska sites listed include Lexington Superior Wayne and Seward post offices and Omaha district court house extension with costs ranging from 10 000 to 360 000. The Grand Island federal building cap is revised to 95 000 under the Garner proposal.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Senate Public Works
Robert F. Wagner
New York
House
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Treasury
Lexington
Superior
Wayne
Seward
Omaha Court House
Kearney
Grand Island Federal
Seanaes
Monument for American Bison planned near North Platte
A bison statue will be erected near North Platte by the American Bison society. Historian H. R. Driggs of New York is in North Platte selecting a site for the monument.
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North Platte
American Bison Society
H. R. Driggs
New York
Six businessmen head for gold claim near La Grange Wyoming
Andy Borjeson Ed Davis Ernest Reed A M Heath Arthur Warnock and Richard Smith, all tied to Kimball, depart to the hill near La Grange Wyoming where Smith holds a gold claim. They will spend a month camping fishing and prospecting on the claim.
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Kimball
Andy Borjeson
Ed Davis
Ernest Reed
A. M. Heath
Arthur Warnock
Richard Smith
la Grange
Wyo
Smith
Ravenna Opens Summer Wood Pile Program for Unemployed
Ravenna launches a mid summer wood pile project where unemployed men work in woodlots and receive meals fifty cents in groceries and one dollar fuel credit for next winter. The Ravenna welfare board handles program details.
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Ravenna
Ravenna Welfare Board
Sweet clover acreage in Nebraska tops one million acres
Nebraska farmers now cultivate over 1,000,000 acres of sweet clover in ten years. The crop approaches alfalfa in prominence, with some counties reporting more than 30,000 acres annually. The biennial variety, yellow and white blossoms, makes up about 98 percent of the total acreage.
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Nebraska
Rivers and harbors projects gain approval in Rainey bill
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee tentatively approved a $26,750,000 Missouri River project above Kansas City a $69,700,000 Tennessee River project and a $116,500,000 Upper Mississippi River project. The three large projects plus nine smaller ones were voted en bloc after extensive hearings.
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Rainey
House
Missouri River
Kansas City
Tennessee River
Mississippi River
Hig
State gravel maintenance contracts near half-year total
Roy L Cochran state engineer says over 60 percent of the maintenance gravel work contracted for by the state department of public works this year is finished. The completed portion exceeds 350000 dollars, with total contracts awarded thus far around 593465 dollars, roughly double the entire 1931 maintenance cost.
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Roy L. Cochran
State Department of Pubiic
State fair stalls open as 1932 exposition grows
Secretary George E. Jackson says the state fair mail shows exhibits will be as large or larger than last year with foreign states showing interest. California reserved 400 dollars of space while North Nebraska drought counties reserve 150 running feet for their displays. Livestock and dairy breeders are especially active, predicting a record number of entries.
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George E. Jackson
Jackson
California
Nebraska
Nebraska 1932 farm outlook shows record corn acreage
The Nebraska economic monthly report from the College of Agriculture notes 1932 corn acreage likely the largest on record. It also cites May hog prices at 40 percent of prewar levels, poor winter wheat, and low dairy and egg production with subdued demand.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Economic Monthly
College of Agriculture
Chicago
Borah Says He Will Not Support Hoover in 1932
Senator William E Borah Idaho dry repudiates the Republican platform and declares he will not back President Hoover for reelection He will campaign for progressive senators and may support Thomas of Idaho Blaine of Wisconsin and possibly Norris of Nebraska. Norris also denounces Hoover and warns of a possible third party.
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W. E. Borah
Idaho
Senate
President Hoover
Washington
William E. Borah
Lewis
Illinois
Hoover
Borah
Thomas
Blaine
Wisconsin
George Norris
Nebraska
Owen D. Young
Newton’ D. Baker
Alert Ritchie
Maryland
Norris
Prohibition
Sharkey Crowned World Heavyweight Champion at MSG
Jack Sharkey was declared the world heavyweight champion before 70 000 at Madison Square Garden after a dull 15 round bout with Max Schmeling. Sharkey suffered swelling and a shut left eye, fighting in retreat as Schmeling pressed. Judges Kelly and Smith supported Sharkey. Mathison backed Schmeling. Sharkey congratulated Schmeling as Humphries announced the result, with many reporters calling the decision unfair.
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New York
Jack Sharkey
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Long Island City
Sharkey
Schmeling
George Kelly
Gunboat
Metcalf Leads Socialist Ticket in Wisconsin Governor Race
Milwaukee county supervisor Metcalf was nominated as the Socialist candidate for governor, a repeat bid following his 1930 run. Emil Zidel is named for U S senator on the ticket with William Coleman as lieutenant governor candidate. The platform calls for public ownership of electric power, home exemption, and a state owned bank.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank
Metcalf
Emil Zidel
Miwaukee
United States
William Coleman
Democratic Leaders in Fatal Railway Accident Pittsburgh
Democratic party leaders narrowly escaped injury on the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago when the locomotive boiler exploded near Pittsburgh. Two engineers were killed instantly, C. P. Smith of Lodi and H. E. Scott of Akron, amid $75,000 in damage.
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Pittsburgh
Capitol Limited
Chicago
Caterpillar Army Delays Train Near Toltec
A train near Toltec Colorado was halted for about an hour as crushed caterpillars spread across the track. The caterpillar swarms were so large that the wheels slipped, prompting calls for help from forestry service specialists in Denver.
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Toltec
Colo
Denver
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Sisters
Idaho Solon
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