Hoover signs 1.12 billion tax bill amid criticism
President Hoover signed the 1.1185 billion tax measure hours after Senate passage by 46 to 3, ending most taxes on July 1 1934 with income taxes lasting until new legislation. Critics warned conferees bowed to power interests while Hoover praised the tax plan as stabilizing the economy and currency. He backed a 1.5 billion expansion of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and public works bonds to support unemployment relief, housing, and construction, urging restraint on government expenditures within tax revenue.
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Washington
I’reient
Senate
Power Trust
Hoover
The
Reconstruction . Finance Corporation
Rapidan Camp
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve District
Owen D. Young
New York
House
Mexico Quake Causes Heavy Losses Across Regions
A powerful earthquake in Mexico leaves hundreds dead or injured. Reports indicate substantial fatalities near Guadalajara and widespread destruction in Colima and surrounding areas. Officials organize relief commissions, close schools and public venues, and restrict indoor gatherings as rescue efforts continue.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Coliman
Sweden to Send 50 to 1932 Los Angeles Games
Sweden will be represented at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles by a team of 50, decided by the Swedish Olympic Committee. Wrestlers lead with 11, followed by track and field 10, boxing 2, modern pentathlon unspecified, equestrian 6, yachting 7, swimming 3, shooting 3, and cycling 4.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Los Angeles
Lindbergh Ransom Bills Surface in New Castle Pa
Police report several bank notes from the 50 000 ransom paid for the Lindbergh baby have appeared in New Castle Pennsylvania. Tracing the passers of the money has failed and authorities continue to investigate the case.
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Lindbergh
Bob
New Castle, Pa
New Castile
John F. Condon
New Castle
Lewis confronts hecklers as bonus marchers confront him
Illinois Senator James Hamilton Lewis recounts being berated by a group of bonus marchers in the Capitol corridor. He says they pressed him to back veterans legislation and warned he would block it, while he denounced them as trouble-makers not veterans.
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Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Capitol
Lewis
Senate
Mistakes Man for Deer Kills Him in Wisconsin Farm Incident
Frank Johnson admitted shooting and killing Frank Gervais, forty, near Odanah, mistaking him for a deer while waiting at a Raymond Gervais farm clearing. He said fog and movement behind a barn led him to fire. Gervais, seated with relatives, died from the bullet.
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Ashland
Wis
Frank Gervais
Frank Johnson
Odanah
Louis Sollie
Elmer Sanders
Raymond’ Gervais
Gervais
Raymond
John Pitella
Would-Be Assassin Arrested Outside Mussolini’s Office
Rome reports another failed attempt on Premier Benito Mussolini’s life. Angelo Sbardalletto, 25, Italian from Belluno, was captured in Piazzio Venezia near Mussolini’s entrance while carrying two high explosive bombs and a revolver.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Angelo Sbardalletto
Piazzio Venezia
Mussolini
Sburdolletto
Belluno
Venice
Conf Kilis Father to Marry Potsdam Slaying Motive Rumor
Lt R Witherill was shot by his son in Potsdam after the father opposed a marriage to Mary Zikesky of New York. The son admitted killing the elder man while he slept, then took $100 and keys, and fled to New York.
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Potsdam
N. Y
R. Witherill
Mary Zikesky
New York
Witherill
Nebraska 4H enrollment grows with safety drive planned
Nebraska 4H enrollment reaches 14 383 with Lincoln plans for a safety education campaign under the Lincoln Automobile Club. Dr H Arnold chairing the safety committee says a vigilance group of 110 Lincoln businessmen and over 1 000 statewide will monitor violators and report license numbers to police.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Lincoln Automobile Club
H. Arnold
Athe Safety Committee
Dr. Arnold
Freiburg Passion Play to Open in Omaha June 21
World premiere English version of the Freiburg Passion Play will be staged at Ak-Sar-Ben Field in Omaha June 21 to 26. Adolf Fassnacht says the 900 foot long set will create the largest stage outside Germany with a cast of 1000 and a 500 member chorus plus Omaha Symphony players. Reduced rail fares and special weekend rates, 50 acres of free parking, and family-friendly prices are offered as clergy endorse the production.
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Freiburg
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Adolf Fassnacht
Germany
Fassnacht
Christus
Gertan
Omaha Symphony
Ak-SarBen
Lincoln Nebraska 4 H enrollments rise across counties
4 H club work shows 14 398 members reported to the state office up 794 from last year. Lancaster leads with 1 041 enrollments, Scotts Bluff up to 745, and growth noted in Frontier Perkins and Franklin counties. Clothing clubs total 3 710 enrollments and cooking clubs 1 721 as programs expand across counties with and without agents.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Lancaster County
Scotts Bluff County
Frontier
Perkins
Franklin
Tier County
Peru
Plattemount Plant Produces Pork and Beans With New Staff
Plattemount Active began production of pork and beans at the Norfolk Packing Co. new plant. Several thousand cans were produced and many experienced machine operators moved to Plattemount from Norfolk to staff the operation.
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Plattemount
Norfolk Packing Co
Plattemouth
Norfolk
1932 4k Sar Benden Show Opens in Omaha Season
Scate announces the first performance of the 1932 4k Sar Benden show held recently with more than a dozen acts planned for Omaha this summer. Lincoln county reports a $2,190 bounty for 1,085 coyote scalps in April and May, a new county record for a 60 day period, with funds exhausted and scalps receipts continuing only after the August levy.
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Omaha
Lincoln County
Two Boys Save Peer From River Drowning
Kenneth Frazier and Lloyd Kirk both won medals for saving Ralph Stryson who nearly drowned in the river near North Platte. The incident occurred when the boys pulled him to safety after he slipped into the water.
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Kenneth Frazier
Lloyd Kirk
North Platte
Ralph Stryson
Platte
City plans new post office and federal building
Notice to clear the site for Sidney's new $80,000 post office and federal building signals construction to start late this summer. Property owner Grace McIntosh was given sixty days to vacate and clear the premises.
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Sidney
Grace McIntosh
Fremont Power Plant Rate Cut Estimated to Save Consumers
A proposed decrease in Fremont municipal light and power rates could save residents about 24 000 to 25 000 dollars annually. The new structure charges five cents per kWh for the first 50 kWh, three cents for the next 50 kWh, and one and a half cents for consumption beyond that.
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Fremont Municipal
Gold in Nebraska Sand Said To Yield Four Dollars Per Ton
Dr. Vernon J. Lance head of Red Willow Laboratories reports that a test in western Nebraska shows gold quantities of about one million tons in sand. He has conducted experiments at the laboratories using samples from several McCook area sand pits to estimate potential value.
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Nebraska
Vernon J. Lance
Red Willow Laboratories
Lance
McCook
Platte River Recedes as Sand Bars Reappear and Water Drops
The Platte river again shows desert-like conditions with sand bars broken by small channels and limited water holes. By last June 10 the river was completely dry and in late May was nearly dry, though recent rains in the western state briefly raised water to near bank high level.
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Platte
2500 bullheads planted in Dana Creek for permanent residency
Two thousand five hundred bullheads of legal size were released into Dana Creek near Ord to remain there until a fisherman nets one. A state fish truck from Grand Island delivered the yellow belly stock, traveling in a fish car from a western Nebraska sandhill lake.
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Dana Creek
Ord
Grand Island
Nebraska
Barbara Luff Finishes Fifth in National Spelling Bee
Barbara Luff of Central City placed fifth among nineteen contestants in the eighth national spelling bee in Washington D C. After thirty nine rounds eight finalists remained. Luff had won Nebraska’s state title in Omaha after defeating sixty three competitors.
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Barbara Luff
Central City
Washington, D. C
Miss Luff
Omaha
Nebraska
Sillasen Ranch in Nebraska to be divided after owner's death
One of Nebraska's largest cattle holdings, the 28 000 acre Sillasen ranch near Keystone, may be broken up after owner Jens Sillasen dies from automobile accident injuries. Administrator George McGinley controls the property with 6 800 cattle on 45 sections, 3 000 acres of alfalfa, and 60 000 dollars in improvements.
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Nebraska
Sillasen
Gray Back Wolf Shot After Fierce Encounter Near Brule
Erwin Eiker a rancher south of Brule shot and killed the huge gray wolf known as Gray Back after the animal charged him twice while he repaired a fence. Eiker retreated to a neighbor’s home for a gun. three shots stopped the wolf as it charged again. Neighborhood dogs indicated the wolf’s presence by badly lacerated injuries. Local farmers united to hunt the animal, believed to be a rare intruder from Jackson Hole.
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Erwin Eiker
Brule
Nebraska
Biker
Eiker
Riker
Jackson Hole
Setiening
Rockefeller Jr Quits Dry Camp Urges Repeal of Prohibition
New York report says John D Rockefeller Jr who has long abstained from alcohol now calls for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He notes increased drinking and crime, cites speaker of the Anti-Saloon League and says major parties should adopt repeal planks. Dry leaders react with disappointment but acknowledge his right to opinions.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Anti-Saloon League
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia’ University
Rockefeller
Hayvé
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Rockefellers
Indiana Republicans Adopt a Repeal Plank
Indiana Republicans adopt a repeal plank at the state convention as wets beat drys to back submission of the Eighteenth Amendment repeal and Wright bone dry law repeal. Raymond Springer of Connersville named governor candidate over six rivals. Joseph Kyle Gary nominated for lieutenant governor and Bert Morgan Indianapolis for secretary of state. Senator James E. Watson renominated by acclamation.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Congress
Raymond
Springer
Connersville
Joseph Kyle
Gary
Bert C. Morgan
James E. Watson
Brookhart Falls in Iowa Republican Primary Shakeup
Senator Brookhart was decisively defeated in the Iowa Republican primary with Henry Field of Shenandoah to replace him. Governor Turner was renominated. In Democratic races Louis Murphy led Daniel Steck about 2 to 1 for the senate nomination. In Charlotte Morrison trailed Reynolds and both move to a July 2 runoff.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Dan Turner
Repubicans
Louis Murphy
Daniel Steck
Charlotte
N. C
Cameron Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Dawes Resigns as Head of Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawes resigns as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to return to Chicago and his bank. He submitted the resignation to President Hoover, accepted with regrets and praise for his service amid the budget-balancing tax bill.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Hoover
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