Five State Forestry Camps To Start Soon
Nebraska plans five forestry camps to employ about 1000 conservation corps workers on state lands. Projects cover 500 acres in Sarpy County near Louisville, 200 acres in Dundy County Benkelman Rock Creek, and 80 thousand acres across Dawes County near Crawford. Watkins and State officials expect army officials to visit to set up camps and coordination with corps leaders.
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Watkins
Sarpy County
Louwisville
South Bend Fisheries Area
Dundy County
Benkelman
Rock Creek
Dawes County
Crawford
Forestera
Conservation Corps
Frank B. O'Connell
Army
Value Improve On Farm In City Lincolm
A report to Banking Director Laikart from C. J. Aldrich shows a rise in farm and city property turnover and prices. In the last three months 28 farms sold for 170 743 and 15 town properties for 31 413, up from 20 farms at 72 975 and 16 towns at 26 565 in the prior quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolm
Laikart
C. J. Aldrich
State Banking Receivership Department
Luikart
States lag in emergency loans from Reconstruction Finance Corp
Washington reports six states have not received RF C emergency relief loans as of May 22. Nebraska led the 48 states and two territories in regional loan sums up to March 31 with 10 389 loans totaling 14 885 920 dollars, while South Dakota received 8 844 464 dollars in 8 930 loans. The program targets farmers and stockmen for agricultural loans. processors and cooperatives are ineligible. One main office per district governs 21 branch offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Reconstruction Finnance Corporation
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
South Dakota
Jowana
Federal Land- Bank
Abandoned Wynot Depot Sold At Auction
The Wynot sale auctioned the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad branch property for 725 dollars. The bid included the depot engine house tool shop stock yards brick platform pump house plank platform section residence and an outhouse. Legislative attempts to stop abandonment failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynot
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company
Fatal Auto Crash and Murder at Milwaukee College
Leonard Nelson employee of Milwaukee Downer college killed Gustave Peterson during a disturbed episode after a fatal car crash. Nelson then shot himself as police closed in. Injured were Jeanette Roszak and Erna Neilsen. Nelson and Peterson were dead. Neilsen siblings escaped serious harm. Deputy reports suggest motive centered on self destruction rather than harming Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Leonard Nelson
Waukesha
Neilsen
Nelsom
Waukesha County
Nelson
Frank Prohaska
Peterson
Nine Burned to Death in Two Oil Explosions
Nine people died in two blasts at the Meader absorption plant of Richfield Oil near Long Beach California. The first blast occurred in a compressor area and ignited gas that rose 30 feet into the air. A second explosion followed within minutes, leveling nearby homes and shaking the city for miles. Firefighters contained the fire after about four hours. damage was estimated at $350000.
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Long Beach
Calif
Meader
Richfield Oil Company
Signal Hill
Here
D'Angel Oil Company
Workin Y
Mary G. Ewing Elected Head of Science Church
Mary G. Ewing of Brookline was chosen president of the First Church of Christ Scientist at its annual meeting. Ezra W. Palmer and Edward L. Ripley, both of Brookline, were elected clerk and treasurer. Miss Ewing succeeds Ralph O. Brewster, former governor of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mies
Mary G. Ewing
Brookline
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Ezra W. Palmer
Edward L. Ripley
Miss Ewing
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Col Arthur Brown Assigned as Leticia Arbiter
Col Arthur Brown is designated to serve as Leticia Arbiter, attached to the adjutant general's office in Washington. The assignment places Brown as a key decision maker in military justice procedures and adjudication within the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Arthur Brown
Leticia
Wagner bill creates U.S. employment Service under new act
President Roosevelt signs the Wagner bill establishing the United States employment Service to aid the unemployed. Senator Wagner, Secretary Perkins, and Rep Peyser witness as the act allocates 1.5 million for next year and 4 million annually thereafter, with federal and state cooperation and civil service staff.
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Washington
Wagner
United States Employment Service
Roosevelt
Measure Offee
Congress
Perkins
Peyser
New York
Department of Labor
Spanish ruler excommunicated by pope over new laws
Pope Piux excommunicates President Zamora of Spain and key government figures after Madrid passes religious laws described as a grave attack on the church. Papal secretary of state announced the excommunication following the pope's scorched encyclical addressed to the republican regime.
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Spain
Vatican City
Zamora
Piuts
Madrid
Educators Schedule National Convention in Chicago
The National Education Association will hold its annual convention in Chicago despite protests. The event was initially set for July 1 to 7 in Illinois but was moved after reconsideration.
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Washington
National Education Association
Chicago
Illinois
Chk
Fred C. Yohn Magazine Illustrator Dies at 58
Noted illustrator Fred C. Yohn aged 58 died in Norwalk after a long career shaping magazine art. He produced covers and interiors for major publications and influenced midcentury visual storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Yohn
Illinois and Indiana Repeal Wins Shift Prohibition Landscape
Incomplete returns show Illinois joins Chicago in voting to ratify the federal repeal amendment. Illinois counties mostly dry counties shifted, with a 4 to 1 statewide repeal margin and heavy urban support. Indiana also moved toward ratification while rural areas flipped, delivering a strong national momentum for the Twenty first Amendment.
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Indianapolis
Anti-Salaom League
Indiana
Chicago
Illinois
Downstate
Cirys
Cook County
Wabash River
Ilinois
Mississippi
Horner
Arthur M. Earnhardt
Dutnois
State Approves Middle Loop and Columbus Area Projects
State engineer announces approval for the Middle Loop power and irrigation project and a second project near Columbus. Citizens may form groups under the new enabling act. State institutions begin quarterly bid openings with prices expected about 20 percent higher. Deep Rock Oil Company wins yearlong gasoline and oils contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Loop
Columbus
State Board of Control
Nellie G. Benson
Deep Rock Oil Company
Nebraska Archaeology Expedition Heads to St Helena Region
Dr Earl H Bell of the University of Nebraska leads a two month expedition from Lincoln to explore an Omaha Indian village site near St Helena Nebraska. The camp location is a historically documented site abandoned by Indians around 1650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl H. Bell
Department of Sociology
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
St. Helena
Nebraska
Bell
Veterans to fill 3100 jobs in federal forestation corps
Captain J R D Cleland says 3100 World War I veterans in the seventh corps area centered at Omaha will receive jobs in the federal forestation corps. That equals 10 percent of the 31000 area jobs. Nebraska’s veteran allotment totals 2750 of 27500 civilian army positions. The Nebraska State Fair board met at the Capitol to plan the 1833 exhibition and will stay in session to finalize fair plans. It has decided against a Circus as grand stand receipts fund bonds. auto races undecided. Two Grand Island youths Tracy Odell and Bill Sheeley began a 1000 mile water route to Chicago in a 12 foot mahogany boat, expecting six days on the Missouri Mississippi voyage. They will sleep aboard and endure wind and rain while journeying to the world’s fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Federal
J. R. D. Cleland
Nebraska
State Fair Board
Capitol
Perry Reed
Grand Island
Tracy Odell
Bill Sheeley
Chicago
Missouri River
Mississippi
Miinois
Demands Death Penalty for Kidnappers of Miss McElroy
Kansas City Missouri district attorney T A J Mastin says the only punishment satisfactory for the men who abducted Mary McElroy daughter of the city manager Moe is the death penalty. Two men Walter H McGee and Clarence Click are arrested and confessed. George McGee and Clarence Stevens were still being sought.
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Kansas City
T. A. J. Mastin
Mary McElroy
Kansas Side
Moe
Walter H. McGee
Clarence Click
George McGee
Walter
Clarence Stevens
Princeton Student Fatally Shoots Himself in Dormitory
Charles Smith Maddock Jr. of Trenton, a freshman in Princeton University's engineering school, shot himself in his Campbell Hall room. He was the son of Charles Smith Maddock Jr., an engineer and bank director, and Mrs. Maddock heads a women’s club.
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Princeton, N. J
Charles. Smith Maddock
Trentos
N. J
Princeton University
Campbell Hall
Charles Smith Maddock
Maddock
Seven men electrocuted in Swiss incident at Leven
In Chiggiogna Switzerland seven men died when an electrical accident struck Leven village. Investigators are reviewing power lines and safety procedures as local authorities report no further casualties.
Bank Raid Ends With $2000 Heist Near Bokchito
A robbery at First State Bank of Bokchito 16 miles east of the town saw gunmen armed with a submachine gun seize $2000 and flee in a small coupe. Police pursued but details of arrests or outcomes were not released.
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Capk
Bokchito
Thene
Nebraska May general fund revenue falls short of 1932
Tax collections and other general fund revenue for Nebraska in May fell about half a million dollars short of the previous year and the May 31 cash balance was over a million below the year-ago figure. Total May receipts, mainly from last year’s real estate taxes, totaled 794,294 versus 1,284,265 in May 1932.
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General Fund
Nebraska
Hall
Nebraskans over age 100 surface in health records
Dr. P. H. Bartholomew releases records showing eight Nebraskans aged 100 or more last year. The list names centenarians including Elijah Conklin of Lincoln at 103, Mary Berger Burkett 100, Carmel Buse 102, Willian Johnson 100, Jacob Whistier 101, Mary Fenton 100, Emily Fontinell 100, and Mary Wolfe 161 from Winnebago.
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Nebraska
P. H. Bartholomew
Elijah Conklin
Lincoln
Mary Berger
Burkett
Carmel Buse
Lowell
Willian Johnson
Omaha
Jacob Whistier
Sidney
Mary Fenton
Emily Fontinell
Winces
Mary Wolfe
Winnebago
Bankruptcy filings fall in Lincoln Federal court
Court records show a sharp drop in Lincoln bankruptcy filings over the past two months. Deputy clerk J B Nickerson reports four new cases in the latest month, down from twelve in May 1932, after a yearlong pattern of higher numbers.
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Lincoln
J. B. Nickerson
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President Roosevelt
Seventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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Wisconsin
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Upder Civil Service
Norwalk
Cgonm
Fred C. Yobo
State News
Princeton
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