Farmers urged to unite for relief loans under new board
Washington reports the federal farm board urged farmers to organize to access loans under the farm relief law. Chairman Legge said loans would go only to farmer owned cooperatives organized under state law. The board cited 2,000,000 farmers in cooperatives out of 6,500,000, and that no loans would be issued from the 156 million dollar fund until policy is set.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Legge
Bord
Lands in West Released for Homes and Cattle
Interior department announces designation of 2000 acres in Idaho for homestead entry and 190000 acres in Arizona and Montana for stock raising homestead entry. Additional classifications include 400+ acres in Colorado and Montana for power, 150 acres in California withdrawn, nearly 2,000,000 acres in New Mexico in potash class withdrawal, 90000+ acres in Arizona returned to entry from petroleum withdrawal, and 5000+ acres in Montana and Wyoming added to coal reserves.
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Washington
Idaho
Arizona
Montana
Interior Department
Colorado
California
New Mexico
Wyoming
United States
Harriman Company Wins Polish Electrification Concession
Warsaw reports officials announce that W. A. Harriman interests secured a sixty year electrification concession covering a quarter of Poland's area and about one third of its population. Semiofficial sources say $25 million will be spent on power plant equipment in ten years and expenditures could top $100 million over the concession's life.
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Warsaw
W. A. Harriman
Poland
Harriman
Coste Not Likely to Attempt Atlantic Flight
In a signed Excelsior article Captain Coste said his Paris to New York flight depended on exceptional weather. Friends doubt government approval will allow another transatlantic attempt this year, expecting a next year.
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Coste
Paris
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
Excelsior
New York
Secretary Denies Naval Parity Note Rumor
Secretary Stimson denies reports that the United States has sent a note to Great Britain on naval parity. He says the department will not release public information on disarmament talks in London between Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Great Britain
Department
Tondon
Dawes
MacDonald
Florida Banks to Get All the Money Needed
Five million dollars in cash was sent from the Atlanta federal reserve and a promise of all the money needed to meet the situation. Florida bankers and business leaders, seeking to restore public confidence, noted that 23 banks had closed in two weeks and 15 in this section.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Florida
Prohibition Chief Bans Armed Volunteers in Raids
James M. Doran secretary announces instructions to all administrators forbidding armed volunteers for dry raiders. The move follows killings adding eight to the death toll in six weeks, four of which occurred during mixed federal and civilian raiding parties.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Manila Governor General Davis Message to Legislature
Davis arrived in the Philippines for a 100 day term and sent a general message to the legislature. The note was noncommittal with no specific recommendations as he acquaints himself with local details.
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Manila
Dwight F. Davis
Philippines
Nine Die When Bridge Collapses In Colorado Flood
Denver reports nine killed as a trestle on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line collapses over a flood swollen arroyo near Stratton Colorado. All victims were in a steel Pullman car from St Louis. several passengers survived after being awakened by a siding clearance prior to the disaster. Names include Mrs Mary McDonald and others from Florida Tennessee New York with two unidentified porters among the dead.
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Denver
Colo
Stratton
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Mary. McDonald
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ben Lewis
Memphis
Tenn
Harry Lewis
G. S
Carlie
New York
G. S. Carlie
12 908 Aliens Deported in the Last Fiscal Year
Washington reports that 12 908 persons were deported from the United States in the 1929 fiscal year. Immigration Commissioner Hull cites crime, overstaying, or becoming public charges as the main reasons, noting deportations rose from 1928 and 1927 figures.
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Washington
United States
Hull
Cremation of Theosophist Leader Katharine Tingley
The body of Katharine Tingley, noted Theosophist leader, was cremated in Gothenburg. Prof Esk from Point Loma spoke as two urns held the ashes one to remain at Visinge Sweden and the other at Point Loma.
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Stockholm
Katherine Tingley
Gothenburg
Esk
Point. Loma
Carlf
Visingee
Sweden
Point Loma
Walther League Keeps President in Office
Fort Wayne delegates re elect E J Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne as president at the thirty seventh annual convention of young Lutherans. Prof FE Englebrecht of River Forest Ill was reelected field secretary.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
E. J. Gallmeyer
Walther League
League
FE. H. Englebrecht
River Forest
Ill
British King Undergoes Third Chest Operation
King George underwent a third chest operation due to an abscess in the right chest cavity. Portions of two ribs were removed and doctors announced the procedure was successful.
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London
King George
Radio Station Permit Sought by Spencer at Worth Platte
Herbert Logan Spencer of Worth Platte seeks a federal radio commission permit to construct a broadcasting station on 1100 kilocycles at 600 watts with unlimited night operation. The item appears among state news briefs detailing permissions and regional updates.
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Herbert Logan Spencer
Worth Platte
Federal Radio Commission
O. Root
Spearfish
South Dakota State Normal School
Hastings College
Ak Stock Show to Be Held in Omaha and State Fair Plans
Omaha hosts the annual stock and horse show October at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum with W H Schellberg stating preparations exceed prior years. The event coincides with a Nebraska 75th anniversary celebration and premiums are promised for exhibitors. McCook Daily Gazette plans daily air distribution across thirteen counties starting September 14, a first for U S papers.
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Omaha
W.H. Schellberg
Ak- SarBen Board of Governors
Schellberg
Nebraska
McCook
H. D. Strunk
McCook Daily Gazette
The
Gazette
Kansas
United States
Band At State Fair In Three Classes Lincoln
Nebraska state fair will feature 14 high school bands in three classes A B and C with prize money for top finishers and a championship cup. Additionally about six professional groups will perform, enhancing the fair’s harmony program.
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Fairgrounds
George Jackson
Fair Board
Seward
Pawnee City
Blair
Ord
Havelock
Stromsburg
Fairfield
Clay Center
Osmond
Deshler
Hardy
Table Rock
Silver Creek
Bancroft
Tctors
Lightning Kills Four Horses in Adams Farm Barn
A bolt struck the Davison farm near Adams killing four horses lying at opposite ends of the barn. The horses in between were unharmed and the barn escaped damage. The incident occurred during a thunderstorm with no injuries to people reported.
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Adams
Nels Davison
Wight
Alliance Plans New Modern Airport Near City
The Alliance Chamber of Commerce purchased a quarter section of level land three miles south of Alliance for a new large airport. The former north airport was rejected as too rolling. A large hangar is being dismantled and rebuilt on the new site, ready for use soon.
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New Alliance
Wickersham Would Split Dry Burden At Conference
George Wickersham, newly named head of Hoover’s law enforcement commission, advocates federal focus on banning importation manufacture and interstate trade in intoxicants. He proposes state action to curb local sales and speak easies, with better state federal cooperation. No action was taken as governors left the plan unaddressed.
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New London
Conn
George Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Roosevelt
Naw. Nork
S Taft
Commission On Law Enforcement
Washington demands Wickersham resignation over enforcement plan
Senator T H Caraway of Arkansas called for the resignation of George W Wickersham head of the President's Law Enforcement Commission. He labeled Wickersham's proposal to split Volstead enforcement between states and federal government as the worst blow to prohibition and said the commission's usefulness is already destroyed if he remains.
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Washington
Demmands
George W. Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
T. H. Caraway
Arkansas
Oil Royalties Enrich University of Texas
Discovery of oil on lands owned by the University of Texas has made it one of the country’s wealthiest schools. About $12,000,000 in royalties already has been collected from producing wells in western Texas and the sum is expected to reach $20,000,000. New buildings on the Austin campus will be paid for by royalty income.
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Seward
Dawson County
Lexington
Lincoln
Royal
Missouri River
Blair
Iowa
Nebraska
Women’s Missionary Society
Evangelical Lathern Synod of
Fremont
Midland College
United State Labor Division
Omaha
Sidney and
Chappell
A. M. Gooding
Norfolk
Elkhorn
Greeley
Electric High Lines
Western Power Company of
Boston
van Ackeren Company
Cedar Rapids
Cuming County
Beemer State Bank
Beemer
Paul Wupper
Wupper
J. M. Bell
Bryan Memorial Hospital
York High School
Richardson County Commissioners
Nemaha
Woodmen of
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Free State Abandons Permanent Jury Secrecy Measure
The Free State government will not make secret jury panels a permanent law. The emergency measure, set to end after 1981, aims to protect jurors in criminal cases while hoping intimidation conspiracies fade by then.
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Dubhlin
Free State
Class I Railroads Pay Highest Taxes Recorded
Taxes paid by Class I railroads in 1928 reached a record $389,432,403, up $509,647 from the previous high, according to figures from the Bureau of Railway Economics of the American Railway Association.
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Washington
Bureau of Railway Economics
American Railway Association
Committee Ends Work on House Tariff Bill
Washington. The senate finance committee closed the public hearings that began June 10 on the house tariff bill. Chairman Smoot and Senator Watson of Indiana expect the measure to be ready for the senate when it reconvenes August 19.
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Washington
Senate’ Finance Committee
Smoot
Watson
Indiana
Senate
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Harriman Company
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Arroyo
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