Drought and Heat Wreck Illinois and Central States Crops
The 1933 crop season in Illinois suffered a severe June drought and heat wave. A J Surratt notes late spring planting worsened corn prospects while oats and spring wheat decline. Chinch bugs add damage. southern winter wheat withstands heat but some yield loss expected. Central states report heavy grain losses and critical Wisconsin outlook without rain. Kansas City reports potential aid for acreage reduction. western Canada faces grasshopper devastation threatening fall crops.
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Springfield
Mllnois
A. J. Surratt
Surratt
St. Paul
Minn
Towa
Wisconsin
Kansas
City
Kan
M. L. Wilson
Winnipeg
Canada
Lindberghs to Scout Arctic Air Route This Summer
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh plans to join Col Lindbergh on a Pan American Airways feasibility flight to Greenland and possibly Iceland and Denmark. The purpose is to determine landing sites and aircraft type for a potential regular trans Ocean passenger and mail route. The voyage begins in July with a base ship leaving Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Greenland
Iceland
Denmark
Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Europe
Lindburgh
Philadelphia
Greenlands
Japan
China
Nebraska’s 70 Million From Public Works Act Explored
Nebraska’s share of a 3 000 000 000 public works act totals 70 million dollars with nearly eight million more from federal road grants. Projects include irrigation and power districts, reservoirs at Elmwood and Smithfield, Sutherland, North Platte works, and Loup River hydroelectric plans. Highway paving and bridge work across Omaha, Lincoln, and counties feature prominently alongside hospital additions, school upgrades, and city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Central Nebraska
Plum Creek
Elmwood
Smithfield
Sutherland
North Platte
North’ Platte
Loup
Columbus
North Loop
Middle Loop
Kearney
U.S. No.6
Seward
Waco
U.S. No. 6
Dorchester
Nebraska No
Fremont
Norfolk
Nebraska No. 2
Ansley
Broken Bow
Alliance
U. S. No. 20
U. S. No
Blair
Herman
U.S. No
Kansas Line
U.S. No. 26
North Platte Valley
South Omaha
Missouri
Farnam Street
Douglas County
Douglas County Hospital
University of Nebraska Hospital
Superior
R. F
University of Nebraska
State Normal Schools
State Board of Control
Gering
Nazi seizure targets Catholic leaders across Germany
Nazi storm troopers and police raided political opponents of Hitler. In Bavaria the government announced arrests of Reichstag and state diet members, mayors and leaders of Catholic defense groups. Among those seized were Johann Leicht, Karl von Wrede, Hirsch von Planegg, Ritter von Lez, and Fritz Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Reichstag
Diet
Bavaria
People's Party
Bamberg
Johann Leicht
Prince Karl von Wrede
Baron Hirsch von ‘Planegg
Ritter’ von’ Lez
Bavarian Guards
Catholicism
Fritz Schaeffer
Bavarian People’s Party
Retail Dry Goods Men Adopt a Recovery Code
The National Retail Dry Goods association, under the industrial recovery act, issues a code of fair competition with a 48 hour maximum workweek. It sets minimum wages from 9 to 18 dollars for various labor classes and guarantees employees the right to unionize and bargain collectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Retail Dry
Wallace Pencil Company Raises Wages Ten Percent
Wallace Pencil Company in Clayton Missouri boosted wages by 10 percent and established a maximum forty hour week and eight hour day. All members of the lead pencil institute are reportedly cooperating to draft a new trade code except one unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton, Mo
Wallace Pencil Company
Lead Pencil Institute
Banks Closed in Plot Against Ford Revealed
Herbert R. Wilkin, guardian union leader and Detroit banker, testified at the grand jury inquiry that Detroit’s two major banks were closed in a Wall Street plot to pressure Henry Ford. He said Ford Motor Co held about 65 million in Detroit deposits, with about 30 million blocked, aimed at forcing Ford to yield to Wall Street.
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Detroit
Wall Street
Henry Ford
Grand Jury
Herbert R. Wilkin
Guardian Detroit’ Union Group
Wilkin
Union Guardian Trust Company
Ford Motor Company
Wall ‘Street
Keidan
Ford
Ten Farmers Acquitted in Injuries to Strike Victim
In Buffalo Minnesota a jury dismissed ten of twenty two farmers as defendants in a $25 000 suit by Archie L King of Grove City claiming injuries from a farm strike at Howard Lake in October King suffered a fractured skull and the defense argued the farmers had no part in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo,Minn
Archie L. King
Grove City
Howard Lake
King
West Virginia and California Move to Repeal Prohibition
West Virginia and California voted to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment as decisive majorities. The result raises ratifications to sixteen and leaves twenty states needed to make the amendment effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
California
Washington
Texas elects Clark W. Thompson as Seventh District representative
Clark W. Thompson, 36, longtime Marine veteran who came to Texas in 1917, wins the Seventh district race to replace the late Representative Clay Stone Briggs. He led a field of nine candidates in the contest held in Galveston Texas.
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Galveston
Texas
Clark W. Thompson
Marine Corps
Congress
Clay Stone Briggs
Crop Prospects Slump Amid June Drought Nebraska
The mid month report by E. V. Jones notes Nebraska farm prices rising while crop prospects slump due to drought and high temperatures. Bankers report small grains, especially oats, largely unsalvageable outside the Panhandle, with much to be cut for hay and wheat yields expected to be well below earlier forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
E. V. Jones
Nebraska
Jones
Panhandle
Nebraska Cotton Hope From Backyard Grower
William Cartwright of Wolbach plants two rows of cotton in his yard for a third year to test acclimation to Nebraska. Lincoln schools adopt a $1,500,000 budget the lowest since annexations. 15 mills levy renewed. Taxable property in the district tops $83.3 million, down from about $120 million in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cartwright
Wolbach
Nebraska
Cartwright
Lincoln
Board of Education
Counties plan toll bridge purchase and free bridge goal
Cass and Sarpy counties submitted plans to the Public Works department and the state railway commission to evaluate the Platte river bridge at Louisville for potential purchase and conversion to a free crossing. The move aims to turn the toll bridge into a free crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Sarpy
Platte River
Louisville
Department of ‘Public Works
State Railway Commission
Army trucks move 160 recruits from Fort Crook to forest projects
Army trucks transported 160 civilian conservation torps recruits from Fort Crook to work on state land near Fremont. A similar movement recently sent to Louisville. Both parties are fully equipped to begin work. Only one forestry company remains at Fort Crook and may be sent to another state project before 275 Nebraska war veterans arrive.
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Fort Crook
Fremont
Louisville
Genoa Indian School Plans Admission Range Change
Officials of the Indian Bureau report Genoa Indian School will enroll between 0 and 100 students next year instead of suspension. This year the student body was 400. The shift stems from a revised economy program, and Congressman Edgar Howard of Columbus says apportionment may be liberalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Indian Bureau
Edgar Howard
Columbus
City Council Endorses South Omaha Bridge Loan Plan
The Omaha city council unanimously backs financing a South Omaha bridge via a federal loan under the public works program. Bridge committee chairman Mark Lorig said the loan application will be presented in Washington at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha City Council
South Omaha Bridge Association
South Omaha
Public Works
Mark Lorig
South Omaha Merchants" Association
Washington
Editorial winners named in Union Stock Yards contest
The ten top editorials from small dailies and weeklies in the state were announced. Nebraska Signal Geneva Madison Star-Mail Wayne Herald York Republican Waterloo Gazette Neligh News Alliance News Harvard Courier Cortland News Louisville Courier judged on relative merits of the South Omaha stock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards, Company
South Omaha
Nebraska Signal
Geneva
Madison’ Star-Mail
Wayne Herald
York - Republican
Waterloo Gazette
Neligh News
Allance News
Harvard Courier
Cortland News
Louisville Courier
Army plans 135 million for barracks and repairs at posts
The War Department proposed a 135 million plan as part of the 3.3 billion public works program for barracks officer quarters and repairs at army posts. The proposal, totaling 1.322 million for Kansas sites Fort Leavenworth Fort Poley and Marshall Field. Missouri sites Jefferson Barracks areas. Nebraska Fort Crook Fort Robinson and McPherson cemetery, was sent to a cabinet sub committee for study before final approval.
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War Department
Special Cabinet Board
Cabinet
Army
Kansas
Fort Leavenworth
Marshall Field
Fort Poley
Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis Medical Depot
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Springfield National Cemetery
Nebraska
Fort ‘Crook
Fort Robinson
Fort ‘McPherson National Cemetery
National Guard Camp at Ashland Receives Funding
Expenditure of about 8000 from state funds approved for improvements at the Ashland camp. Adjutant General H. J. Paul oversees the work done by contract to make the site rainproof. Earth and gravel walkways, riprap along the Platte river, and drainage enhancements protect Memorial Hall and drill grounds during heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Paul
National Guard
Ashland
Platte River
Broad scope urged by Moley at world economic conference
London reports Under Secretary of State Raymond Moley pushed for a bold expansion of the conference program to revive world trade talks. He denied powers to discuss war debts, while observers note a deflation bloc forming among several nations. The tariff dispute continues as the Hull resolution and Pittman gold coverage proposals shape currency reform considerations.
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London
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
United States
Moley
France
Italy
Holland
Switzerland
Belgium
Britain
S. D. MacReynolds
Congress
Key Pittman
Nevada
Pittman
Spaniard Held for Bombing of St Peters Portico
Demetrio Solamon, a man with a Spanish passport, was arrested in connection with the St Peter's portico bombing. Police say the device was manufactured in Spain and brought to Vatican City amid strained Vatican Spain relations after the June encyclical and the excommunications of Spanish officials. Four pilgrims were injured. minimal property damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Spain
Demetrio Solamon
Solamon
Vatican
Peru Hands Over Leticia to League of Nations Control
An official report said Peruvian authorities have handed over the Leticia territory to a commission from the League of Nations. The flags of the League and Colombia were hoisted in Leticia village, and thereafter 200 Colombian soldiers occupied the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Leticia
League of Nations
Bogota
Colombia
Mounties Get Their Man
Dallas police arrest Joseph L. Dugas within thirty minutes of a Toronto request. Canadian authorities say Dugas is wanted for absconding with $16,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto
Joseph L. Dugas
Dugas
Johns Elected Kiwanis International President
Joshua L. Johns of Appleton Wisconsin now serves as Kiwanis International president after a unanimous election. He previously resided in Algoma Wisconsin and is a practicing lawyer.
Earthquake Kills 67 in Batavia Vicinity
A strong quake south of Benkoelen Sumatra killed 67 people and was felt in Batavia. The disaster is reported with details unclear but confirms significant loss of life.
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Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Benkoelen
Sumatra
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Cevator Borah
Senator Borah
Idaho
Lindberghs
Arctic
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St. Peters
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