Nebraska Real Estate and Personal Property Assessments Drop
State Tax Commissioner forecasts a total assessment around 2 050 000 000 down from 2 073 288 260 last year. Railroad valuations fall by 16 000 000 and utility franchise assessments by about 1 500 000, with Lancaster and Douglas counties each below prior totals. Three counties remain out, and tax rate cuts may be limited by the board of equalization despite some reductions.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Smith
Lancaster County
Douglas
Lancaster
Devel
Dodge
Garden
State Board of Equalization
Lincoln Nebraska unemployment placements exceed one hundred thousand
Francis V. Cornell reports to date 115 311 placements since last August through the federal re employment service with 67 020 on June 30 registered unemployed. Of 132 148 registrations in eleven months 116 429 were men and 15 719 women. Cadres include 14 343 veterans with 11 496 placed. PWA jobs accounted for 38 251 of placements. private industry 27 060.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Federal
Francis V. Cornell
PWA
Cornell
More Nebraska Counties Get Primary Drouth Rating
Thayer Box Butte Sheridan Johnson Pawnee Harlan Nucholls Fillmore and other Nebraska counties received primary drouth classifications aiding federal cattle buying. Conference attendees from 14 southeastern and south central counties noted extreme heat hurting corn yields, with tasseling starting in some fields while funds from Washington supported early payments to Sherman county farmers.
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Drouth
Aves
Fairbury
Nebraska
Southeastern
South Central
H. J. Gramlich
University of Ne
Sherman County
Washington
Thayer
Box Butte
Sheridan
Johnson
Pawnee
Harlan
Nucholls
Fillmore
Nebraska City forest preserved for a city park
City commissioners sign a contract with M. W. Neibart to buy 30 acres of native river forest north of Nebraska City for a city park. Relief grants totaling 36.3 million dollars were announced with Nebraska receiving 1.203 million including funds for relief programs and rural rehabilitation.
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Nebraska City
M. W. Neibart
Aubrey Williams
Nebraska
Nebraska Corn and Wheat Conditions and Grasshopper Bait Aid
Nebraska corn condition July 1 stood at 67 percent of normal with 8,553,000 acres and 179,613,000 bushels produced. Winter wheat was 30 percent good with 16,024,000 bushels. Twenty carloads of poison grasshopper bait to 18 counties will be shipped, part of a federal effort to protect forage crops and reduce relief loads this winter. Total grasshopper bait shipments reach 118 carloads, 2,480 tons valued at 27 per ton.
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Nebraska
Federal Agricultural Statistics Department
Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Waterway advocates welcome 15 million allotment for Missouri river work
Advocates had urged 20 to 25 million dollars for channel and upper Missouri river improvements but accept the 15 million dollar allotment authorized in Washington. With 25 million dollars already set aside for Fort Peck project site, Co. E. Childe of Omaha said combining totals will accelerate progress toward the Omaha goal and keep the objective in sight.
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Upper
Missouri River
Washington
Fort Peck
Co. E. Childe
Omaha
State buys $200000 more bonds to total $600000
State Treasurer Hall purchased another $200000 of United States bonds at 14 price to complete $600000 of state trust funds investment in the 414 percent issue. The total outlay is about $691000 including accrued interest, yielding a net rate near 3.7 percent.
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United States
Hall
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Government Mattress Plant To Open In Omaha For Relief
H. C. Cusack, FERA work director, said by August 1 a government mattress factory in Omaha will run two units employing about 175 people mainly women in groups of 50. A Lincoln unit is planned. No machinery will be used as it is all hand work. output will be distributed free to relief families and will use government surplus cotton.
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Omaha
H. C. Cusack
Cusack
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Johnson
United States
Department of Justice
Western Newspaper Union
32 Day Waterfowl Season Proposed After Drought
State Game Warden Frank B. OConnell returns from Washington where he attended the advisory committee meeting. He says a 32 day season between October 1 and December 31 may be set, with three options for length: 30 consecutive days, six five day weeks, or ten three day weeks. The final decision and federal stamp details are expected in about 30 days.
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Frank B. O'Connell
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Canada
Dakotas
Montana
O'Connell
O’connell
Here's smart way to slenderize pattern 1853
It describes a slimming fashion gown with a surplice and rabots creating slim lines. Pattern 1853 offers sizes 34 to 46 with yardage and contrasting fabric details. Instructions are provided and pattern number 1853 is offered by the Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York.
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Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Political campaign value in dissenting voice quote
A dialogue contrasts a universally kind man with political usefulness. Senator Sorghum argues such gentleness is wasted in campaigns, highlighting the tension between personal virtue and public strategy.
Answers from London Quip Reflects Frayed Global Ties
A witty London exchange hints at widespread strain since last contact. The remark “everything's gone” underscores a sense of disruption and turbulence affecting daily life. No specific events named.
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London
Supposition How Are You Mrs Browne Dialog
A brief exchange shows Mrs Browne replying she has nothing to grumble at while Mr Browne is away, suggesting a social scene from a diary-like or domestic vignette. The lines capture light humor or polite restraint in conversation.
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