Europe Looks For US Idea On Debt Issue
Washington reports show European observers seeking signs that the Hoover administration will aid a new effort to address reparations and war debts. They cite links between German tax policy, reparations talks, and a possible international pact backed by Kellogg Briand to curb armaments.
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Washington
America
Britain
Europe
Hoover
International Chamber of Commerce
League of Nations
Collor
Washington Ap
Congress
Paroled U.S. Prisoners Surge 100 Percent
Washington reports a 100 percent rise in federal prisoners on parole or probation over the past year. At end May 1931 the federal sentence total reached 89,998, with 29,689 in prison, 2,451 on parole, and 10,853 on probation, up sharply from a year prior.
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Washington
Department, of Justice
Tennessee House Rejects Impeachment Proposals
The Tennessee house voting 58 to 45 rejected seven impeachment proposals against Governor Henry Horton amid financial debates. Adoption votes failed 40 to 56 after earlier defeats of the first of eight proposed counts.
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Nashville
Tent
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
General Assembly
Levels of Three Great Lakes Fall 29 Inches in Year
The hydrographic service of the Dominion department of marine reports Heron Erie and Ontario levels about 29 inches lower than a year ago due to reduced rainfall. Autumn precipitation over the drainage areas and related factors contribute to the drop, with implications for navigation and water use.
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Great Lakes
Ottawa
Move to depose dictator in Brazil sparks business fears
In Belem and Para several formerly indifferent citizens unite with pro provisional president Getulio Vargas backers to demand constitutional government. They argue such a shift will revive business and avert a possible breakup of the federal union.
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Belem
Para
Brazil
Getulio
Vargas
Farm Groups Plan Unity Conference in Chicago
National farm organizations will send representatives to a second unity conference in Chicago on June 29. The American Farm Bureau federation sponsored the origins meeting on May 18. The organizing committee includes E A O Neal L J Baker C E Huff C A Ewing C G Henry and Ralph Snyder. The conference seeks to build a national program for organized agriculture and emphasizes cooperative principles and pooling resources.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Agricultural Conference
E. “A. ‘O’neal
L. J. Baker
National Orange
C. E. Huff
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Two Mexican Youths Slain by Okla Sheriffs
Oklahoma Governor Murray informs the State Department that efforts are underway to uncover facts in the Ardmore shooting of two Mexican students Manuel Gomez and Emilio Cortes Rubio. Deputies are arrested and charged with murder following a U.S. demand for a prompt investigation.
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Washington
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
State Department
Ardmore
Manuel Gomez
Emilio ‘Cortes
Rubio
Mexico
Murray
Canadian Shoots Horses Leaves Farm After Drought
Regina report says John Thomas, a Saskatchewan farmer, shot his 12 horses due to water shortages from a drought. He traveled to Regina to request road maps from the board of trade, citing paying 75 cents per water tank and inability to supply the animals.
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Regina
Sask
John Thomas
Saskatchewan
Regitta
Board of Trade
Pennsy Rail Road Plans $22 Million Locomotive Orders
New York report states the Pennsylvania Railroad will place orders for mechanical equipment for 150 electric locomotives. Electrical apparatus cost about $16,000,000 and mechanical gear likely over $6,000,000, exceeding a total of $22,000,000.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Scientists To Hunt Fossils In Nebraska Elephant Graveyard
Paleontologists from Chicago Field Museum and Morrill Hall prepare summer digs in northwest Nebraska and Niobrara river country. The Lincoln Nebraska site, famed as the region's largest elephant graveyard, will host teams seeking Miocene era fossils over 10 million years old. Nebraskans join in fieldwork as finds from winter are dated this summer by Dr. E H Barbour.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Niobrara River
Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago Museum
Nebraska Plains
Morrill Hall
State Museum
E. H. Barbour
Skeleton remains linked to 1847 Fremont killings
Bones found west of Fremont near a sand pit are thought to be from a Pawnee messenger slain by Omaha Indians in 1847 and buried by Mormons. Clarence Beckmeyer informed officials. The site ties to the Liberty Pole camp on the Platte during early Mormon migrations with coroner’s jury findings and notes from Indian agent Major John Miller and Judge Alexander McMroy.
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Fremont
Sonnd
Clarence Beckmeyer
Liberty Pole
Platte River
Orson Spencer
John Miller
St ‘Bellevue
Miller
Alexander McMroy
Pawnee Farms
James Stockfield
Turkey buzzard sighting near Columbus documented
A rare turkey buzzard, the first seen in this area in fifty years, was shot on Sam Eschier's farm six and a half miles southwest of Columbus. It was donated to the Kuensil museum south of Duncan where it will be mounted. The bird has nearly five foot wingspan and red wrinkled head skin.
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Columbus
Sam Eschier
Kuensit
Duncan
Bachier
Joe Wilcynski
Hachier
Wilcynski
Kuensil
Central
South American
United States
Nebraska 1931 graduates at state university commencement
The 1931 class at the University of Nebraska awarded 876 diplomas and degrees at the annual commencement. The class size surpassed last year by 58, with gains in agriculture, business administration, and engineering. Declines occurred in the graduate college arts and sciences and the law college.
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State University
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
University
College of Agriculture
Business Administration
Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Law
Nebraska Railroads to Resume Livestock Shipments to Omaha Market
Miller of the railway office announced that Nebraska railroads will again offer transportation service for livestock shippers consigning stock to the Omaha market. Opponents won a 66 vote margin in a Nebraska City pool bond election with 486 to 421 for a $25 000 pool construction. Nebraska records show seven marriages for every one divorce in 1930 with 10 248 marriages and 1 635 divorces statewide.
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BE. Miller
The
Railway Common
Nebraska Railroads
Omaha
Nebraska City
Nebraska
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Hastings Museum Attracts Thousands From 250 Towns In March
About 6 000 visitors from 250 towns in Nebraska and Kansas toured the Hastings museum in March. Records show the institution hosts classes from many schools and offers lectures by A M Brooking curator to visiting student bodies.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Hastings Museum
A.M. Brooking
Fire damages Yost Lumber coal yard at Hastings
A Hastings coal yard operated by Yost Lumber was damaged by fire with an estimated loss of 8000 dollars, fully covered by insurance. Fire crews cited spontaneous combustion as the likely cause. Several freight cars on a nearby track were also damaged, but the lumber stock was not burned.
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Yost Lumber Company
Hastings
Yost
Omaha May grain receipts rise sharply in chamber report
Omaha business indicators show May grain receipts up 111.8 percent from May 1980, totaling 5,708,200 bushels versus 2,694,200. Shipments fell 12.2 percent from last May but rose 28.8 percent over the five year average.
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Omaha
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Grasshopper Plague Prompts Nebraska Aid Talks
Farmers in western Nebraska report severe grasshopper damage as swarms take over fields. Lt M Gates of the University of Nebraska launches a campaign to control the pests and farmers say government aid may be requested if the outbreak worsens.
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Nebrasks
M. Gates
University
Nebraska College
Agriculure
Nebraska harness dealers open annual convention in Omaha
F. Heirs, Bloomfield president, addressed the opening session noting the return of the horse to Nebraska fields. He said horses will improve hay and oat prices, reduce operating costs, and help farmers rise toward prosperity. Seventy five members attended the convention.
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Nebraska
Omaha
F. Heirs
Bloomfield
Dodge County to Grade Road to Platte River Bridge Without Machinery
Commissioner Swan Anderson advocates using men with shovels and wheelbarrows to grade the road to the new Platte river bridge south of Fremont. The project, estimated at $2,000, would employ several scores of men and be about the same cost as using machinery. Anderson argues machinery contributes to the current business slowdown.
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Dodge County
New Platte River Bridge
Fremont
Swan Anderson
Aan Willle
Anderson
Iowa Missouri motor clubs seek paving of highway 75 route
Iowa and Missouri motor clubs plan action to secure paving of highway 75 after a Mound City meeting. A committee will confer with the US Bureau of Roads to urge completion of a continuous river road from Sioux City to Kansas City, noting Nebraska’s lack of paved progress versus the eastern bank’s improvements.
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Iowa
Td Nebraska
Missouri
Mound City
US & Bureau of Roads
Missouri River
Sioux City
Kansas City
Nebraska
Tax Receipts Show Mixed April May Gasoline Decline
Gasoline tax receipts for April and May show a decline while five month totals indicate the state is $62,000 ahead of 1980. The legislature authorized the state treasurer to investigate the matter.
Nation Faces Short Spring Wheat Crop Across North America
North America faces a near spring wheat crop failure with the lowest conditions on record in both the United States and Canada. Estimates suggest a total North American wheat harvest around 275 million bushels, far below last year's 398 million, with drought and cold reducing yields across multiple states and regions.
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Chicago
North America
United States
American Northwest
Argentina
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Middle West
Indiana
Colorado
Women’s World Rights Discussed at Toronto Conference
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union debated equal nationality rights for women, drafting a report to be presented in Geneva for League of Nations adoption. The motion seeks to extend existing gains in Belgium Finland France Norway Sweden and the United States to all countries, while noting ongoing independent citizenship issues.
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Toronto
Women’s: Christian ‘Tetperance Union
The
Union
Geneva
League of Nations
Belgium
Finland
France
Norway
Sweden
United States
Anna de Yo
Wox
Twot
Evanston
Wisconsin Assembly OKs Chain Store Tax Bill
The Wisconsin Assembly approved the chain store tax bill following Gov Philip La Follette's message. The measure mirrors Indiana's law recently upheld as constitutional by the state high court.
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Wisconsin Assembly O. K
Madison
Wis
Philip la Follette
State Assembly
Wber
Indiana
High Court
Farmer-Labor Mayor Wins Minneapolis Election Victory
William A. Anderson an attorney secured a decisive municipal election victory over former mayor George E Leach in Minneapolis Minnesota. The contest featured a labor endorsed candidate aligning with Farmer Labor dynamics in the city’s political landscape.
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Farmer-Labor
Isa Ehaetes Ke
Minnaipelic Minn
Minneapolis
Wahedie Exe Chen
William A. Anderson
George E Leach
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