Mussolini Declares War on Anti-Fascism in Italy
Rome reports Premier Mussolini moves to crush anti-Fascism with arrests of Catholic Action leaders including Corsanego. Vatican sources claim a dozen leaders jailed or exiled and plans to fold Catholic youth groups into fascist structures. Pope Pius XI denounces dissolution of Catholic youth clubs as a violation of church rights and natural law.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Vatican
Catholic Action Society
Corsanego
College of Chaplains of Immigrants
Ossérvatore -Romano
Pius XI
National Fascist Party
Polish Catholics Back Papal Residence Move to Cracow
A Polish Catholic special committee asks the government to invite the Vatican to move the papal residence to Wawal castle in Cracow. The Move reportedly has support from millions of Polish Catholics.
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Warsaw
Vatican
Waval Castle
Cracow
Wheat at Its Lowest in Thirty Five Years in Chicago
Wheat futures and cash prices dropped sharply after the stabilization corporation ended market support for June and cash wheat. Farm Board officials cited early movement of Texas new crop and policy not to stabilize the new crop, keeping Texas growers from favored treatment. July futures closed below 57 cents, the lowest in Chicago since 1896, with declines of 10 to 13 cents.
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Chicago
Stabilization’ Corporation
Farm Board
Texas
Jefferson Davis Statue Unveiled in Washington D C
A bronze Jefferson Davis statue was dedicated in Statuary Hall on June 1 with Adele Hayes Davis, Davis’s great granddaughter, unveiling the figure. Mississippi chose James Z. George, a Confederate officer and later Mississippi chief justice and U S senator, whose statue was unveiled by his granddaughter Katy Bond George.
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Jefferson Davis
Washington
Statuary Hall
Mississippi
Supreme Court
United States
Augustus’ ‘Lukeman
Davis
Adele Hayes
Senator George
Katy Bond George
Baltimore & Ohio Lays Off 2000 Shop Workers Indefinitely
About 2,000 shop workers of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are laid off indefinitely. The mass layoff follows a conference with shop employees and affects the entire B and O system across 6,000 miles of lines.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Spanish Republic Bans All Titles of Nobility
Madrid. The provisional government decreed abolition of noble titles as a governmental honor revoking those held. About 2,600 aristocrats may keep titles in private life but may not use family names on official papers.
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Madrid
Provisional Republic of Spain
Court Denies Plea in Fall Bribery Case
Washington report states the Supreme Court refused Fall's plea for review. The former secretary of the interior, convicted of taking a bribe, must serve his sentence unless clemency is granted by the president.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Canada First Budget Backs Tariff Hikes on US Trade
Ottawa unveils an aggressive tariff package raising duties on autos to 80 percent for certain price bands and imposing 40 percent on pricier models. The plan also raises duties on coal steel leather fruits vegetables and meats, aiming at US imports. Authorities estimate a near 100 million annual drop in US shipments. The government will subsidize wheat exports by five cents per bushel.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Richard B. Bennett
America
Bennett
Miners Strike Spreads in Pittsburgh District
In southwestern Pennsylvania 14 mines halted operation and over 4,000 miners quit. The United Mine Workers district president Patrick T. Fagan said operators pay 80 cents a ton with weighmen deductions, leaving workers about 15 cents a ton. The strike extends into northern West Virginia with more than 20 mines affected.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Patrick T. Fagan
United Mine Workers
Presbyterians Rebuke Church Council Over Birth Control Report
The Presbyterian general assembly rebuked the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America for a birth control report. It instructed the council to stay silent on morality questions until discussed with its constituents. Participation in the federal council will continue, but the vote was not unanimous.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
Federal Council
Presbyterian Assembly Opposes Organic Union Effort
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States southern branch votes 135 to 105 to reject further negotiations with four church groups pursuing organic union with other Presbyterian and Reformed bodies in the United States.
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Presbyterian
Montreal
N. C
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Nebraska Negro Population By County Revealed In Census
Census bulletin shows Nebraska has few African Americans with 13 752 total in 1980, 11 123 in Omaha and concentrations in Dodge Fremont and Lincoln. Many counties report zero or one African American resident, with detailed figures by county and city.
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Omaha
State Foreign Melting Pot Reflected in 1930 Census
Lincoln Nebraska reflects a melting pot as 35 percent of the population is foreign born or of mixed parentage. The 1930 census lists 479,853 Nebraskans with 115,346 foreign born, down 84,306 from 1920. Germans are most numerous at 168,329, followed by Czechoslovakians at 52,038 with 14,313 born overseas.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Germany
Overseis
14 Towns Form Sidney Chamber of Commerce Group
Sidney hosts civic clubs meeting forming a chamber of commerce group that will include 14 towns from the Wyoming state line to North Platte in the Lodgepole valley. Directors from each town to be named at Chappell on June 15. Initial push for pavement on the Lincoln highway west of North Platte.
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C. of C
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming State Line
North Platte
Lodgepole Valley
Chappell
Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Nebraska Issues 483 200 in Bonds in May
State bond examiner Ralph C Lawrence in the office of Auditor George W Marsh reports Lincoln and Nebraska municipal and school districts issued bonds totaling 483 200 during May. Refundings of 187 000 in municipalities do not increase indebtedness and 74 667 bonds were absorbed.
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Lincoln—Nebraska
Ralph C. Lawrence
George W. Marsh
Red Cloud Airport Dedication Draws 3 000 Nearby
Amid a roar of 86 aircraft and about 3000 attendees the Red Cloud airport five miles northwest of town was dedicated. Nebraska highway markers will cost 37 cents each under a 1785 sign contract to an Indiana firm. The future plant will be at the reformatory. Lincoln leads US cities by per capita telephones with over 27000 in use. The state averages 22 phones per 100 people, totaling more than 300000 statewide.
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Red Cloud
Nebraska
Indiana
Reformatory
Lincoln
United States
Grand Island Plans Million Dollar Central Nebraska Pipeline
Plans near Grand Island for a million dollar pipeline loop from Grand Island through St Paul Ord Sargent Broken Bow with a possible link to the old line near Kearney or Grand Island.
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Grand Island
Nebraska
St. Paul
Ord
Sargent
Broken Bow
Kearney
Col. Bates Dies at Plattsmouth Ahead of 89th Birthday
Col M A Bates veteran Nebraska newspaperman died at Plattsmouth just one day before turning 89. He had planned to stop writing editorial copy for his son's Plattsmouth newspaper on his birthday. Midland college geology class will tour South Dakota badlands this summer led by Prof Gilbert Lueninghoener.
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Col. M. A. Bates
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
White River Badlands
South Dakota
Midland College
Gilbert Lueninghoener
College
Badlands
Morrill Light awards rural line extension contract
Nelson Electric company of Seward wins the contract to extend 30 miles of rural lines for Morrill Light. The work includes 12 miles of rebuilt Dutch Flats lines and 18 miles of new lines north and west of Morrill, with completion by September 1.
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Morrill Light Company
Nelson Electric Company
Seward
Dutch Flats Electric Light Company
Morrill Municipal Company
Morrill
Auditor compares pig purchase to museum elephant mounts
Deputy State Auditor Parsons calculated that 1,817 young pigs would cover the cost of one mounted elephant at the University of Nebraska museum, based on a $115 purchase of 24 pigs and a $138,150 bill for two elephant hides. The rhinoceros mount at $2,722 would require 544 pigs.
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Board of Control
Eve
Parsons
University of Nebraska Museum
Nebraska gasoline tax shares sliced to 93 counties
One fourth of May net receipts from the gasoline tax collected by State Treasurer Bass, totaling 178 652 dollars, is allocated among Nebraska counties based on 1930 motor vehicle registrations. Lancaster receives 13024 dollars, Douglas 23260, Gage 4010, Scotts Bluff 3864, Dodge 3795, Hall 3662, Custer 3479, Madison 3446, Buffalo 3293, Adams 3096, Saunders 3095 and Lincoln 3300. Other counties are under 3000 with Hooker at 162 dollars the smallest payment.
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Washington
Nebraska
Census Bureau
Washington, D. C
Cuming County
Clay County
Omaha
Arthur
Banner
Cedar
Chase
Cuming
Devel
Dundy
Franklin
Garfield
Gosper
Hayes
Hooker
Johnson
Kearney
Loup
McPherson
Nance
Pawnee
Perkins
Pierce
Polk
Rock
Saline
Sioux
Thayer
Valley
Webster
Wheeler
Antelope
Blaine
Boone
Brown
Burt
Clay
Dixon
Furnas
Garden
Howard
Keya Paya
Kimball
Shenman
Thomas
Dodge County
Fremont
Lincolln
Hastings
Beatrice
Grand Island
North Platte
Norfolk
Adams
Box Butte
Buffalo
Cass
Cherry
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Douglas
Gage
Hall
Harlan
Jefferson
Lancaster
Lincoln
May
Merrick
Nemaha
Otoe
Platte
Red Willow
Richardson
Sarpy
Saunders
Scottsbluf
Seward
York
Bass
Lancaster County
Scotts Bluff
Dodge
Madison
State Board Reports Big Reductions in Food Purchases
The state board of control says bids for the quarterly food purchase for 17 institutions yielded exceptionally favorable prices. Nellie Benson notes staples like gelatine dropping from 5 cents to 1 cent per package and baking powder down to 10 cents per pound for 1 pound packages and 8 cents for 5 pound cartons.
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State Board of Control
Nellie Benson
Freedom For Press In Court Decision
United States Supreme Court rules Minnesota press suppression law unconstitutional by 6 to 4, overturning prior restraint on publication. Chief Justice Hughes writes for the majority, with Justices Holmes Roberts Brandeis and Stone concurring. Dissent by Butler Van Devanter McReynolds and Sutherland. Case stems from 1927 Saturday Press injunction against J M Near of Minneapolis for attacking public officials.
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Washington
Minnesota
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Holmes
Roberts
Brandeis
Stone
Butler
Butler van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Minneapolis
J. M. Near
Minnesota State Supreme Court
Near
Bishop Cannon Sues Tinkham for 500000 Damages
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South sues Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts for 500000 alleging libel. The suit targets a signed statement issued June 19 claiming Cannon committed illegal acts, said to be uttered on the House floor without immunity. Cannon asserts he has always followed the law.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Tinkham
Republican
Massachusetts
Cannon
Poison murder charges against Chicago woman
Chicago woman Margaret Summers, a rooming house proprietor, faces murder charges linked to the deaths of 19 lodgers and relatives. The victims named include her husband Thomas Myers aged seventeen, nephew Thomas Lanagan aged forty six, and roomers William Keenan aged seventy two. She held insurance policies exceeding 6 500 dollars on the four.
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Chicago
Margaret Summers
Rockefeller property opposes wage cuts in Colorado coal fields
Arthur Roeder president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company a Rockefeller property says the firm opposes any general wage reductions in a letter to the Colorado industrial commission. The letter responds to a survey after coal companies moved to cut miners basic wages from 6 25 to 5 dollars per day.
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Rockefeller
Denver
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Arthur Roeder
Colorado Industrial Commission
Roeder
Australia Moves to Cut Government Expenditures 20 Percent
Melbourne premiers conference votes a 20 percent reduction in all government spending. A legal subcommittee is tasked to draft legislation for a conversion loan that would lower internal loan interest to 4 percent, a move seen by critics as repudiation.
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Australia
Melbourne
Cardinal Rouleau Dies at 65 In Quebec Archdiocese
Cardinal Felix Raymond Marie Rouleau, archbishop of Quebec, died at age sixty five from injuries from a car accident last summer. He was Canada’s third cardinal, created in November 1927. his predecessors Cardinal Begin and Cardinal Taschereau also served as archbishops of Quebec.
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Quebec
Felix Raymond Marie Rouleau
Canada
Cardinal Begin
Cardinal Taschereau
Quebéc
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Spanish Republic
Albert B. Fall
U. S
Church Council
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Freedom For Press
Supreme
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Cardinal Rouleau
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