Congress Overturns Hoover Veto on Bonus Loan Bill
Congress defeats President Hoover's veto on the veterans bonus loan bill, expanding max loans on bonus certificates from 22 to 50 percent of face value. The measure, previously delayed to 1945, faces opposition over fiscal impact and federal treasury use, with final House vote 828 to 79. Notable supporters include several central-state Republicans.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
House Republicans
Central States
Morton D. Hull
E. W. Sproul
Carl Lindblom
Richard N. Elliott
A. H. Vestal
Will R. Wood
Grant M. Hudson
Mich
F. D. Letts
Cyrenus Cole
W. Rameeyer
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
230 Natives Dead After Fiji Islands Hurricane
Suva Fiji two hundred thirty persons killed in the worst hurricane in the Fiji islands. Most victims were Fijians and East Indians with one European electrocuted. Heavy floods hit Signatoka Ba and Lautoka cutting communications. Deaths totaled 100 in Signatoka 80 in Ba and 530 in Lautoka.
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Suva
Fijii
Fiji Islands
Signatoka
Lautoka
Cyclone Toll Rises Across Southern Italy
Cyclonic storms that battered southern Italy for almost a week subsided leaving about 27 people drowned and millions of dollars in damage. The worst impact hit small vessels seaports and coastal districts with lives lost in Trapani Messina Foggia and Naples as reports arrived from outlying towns the death toll rose.
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Naples
Italy
Trapani
Sicily
Messina
Foggia
Peru's Sanchez Cerro withdraws from presidency race
Provisional President Luis M. Sanchez Cerro announced he will not seek the presidency. He said the move proves the sincerity of his convictions that led his August revolt as government troops were dispatched to southern Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Cerro
Supreme Court affirms constitutional validity of the Eighteenth Amendment
The Supreme Court reverses Judge Clark of Newark and sustains the validity of the Eighteenth Amendment. The decision states amendments touching citizens rights, including the Thirteenth to Nineteenth, were adopted by lawful proposal and ratification. Justice Roberts writes the opinion with unanimous support. Chief Justice Hughes did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
William Clark
Newark
N. J
Supreme Court
Appellees
Owen D. Roberts
Charlies Evans Hughes
Russians Offer Trade Deal For Canadian Machinery
Russian Soviet representatives proposed paying with coal and gold for Canadian agricultural machinery. They offered to attend a conference with Canadian officials to curb wheat dumping. Canadian authorities were said to be considering the bid.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
Bennett
Vast Verdun Hoard Reveals 10 000 French War Dead
Mummified poilus discovered in unpianoed coffins amid Verdun ruins. Crude boxes piled in warehouses at Pouamont. Estimations place fifty thousand more soldiers buried just beneath the surface in surrounding battlefields.
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Paris
France
Verdun
Pouamont
Nebraska Treasurers Report Strong Finances in 1929
State Treasurer T. W. Bass told Omaha county treasurers the state’s finances were excellent with high cash on hand and solid tax receipts. He noted banks declining county deposits and said legislation may authorize service charges up to one percent for handling county funds. He urged treasurers to stay within the law.
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Omaha
Nebraska
T. W. Bass
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Bass
Omaha Grows as Packing Center in 1930 Slaughter
Federal figures show Omaha-Omaha ranks second in total livestock slaughter behind Chicago with 5 252 242 head in 1930. New York City leads sheep and calves, while New York and Kansas City trail Omaha in total receipts. Order buyers ship hogs and cattle to eastern buyers, boosting Omaha’s role.
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Omaha
Federal Department
New York City
New York
Kansas City
Chicago
Valley County Popcorn and Hay Stack Legend of Nebraska
Valley county, famed as the world's popcorn center, produced 700000 pounds from 7046 acres of Nebraska 1929 popcorn. Farmers earned 1761600 dollars, while North Loup hosts annual festival with free popcorn. The county also boasted the central district lead in grains and a giant hay stack of about 800 tons and a quarter mile long.
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Valley County
North Loup
Nebraska
North Long
Beatrice Hears 89 Coyotes Killed in County Aid
The wolf has helped Beatrice by killing coyotes, with 89 animals slain in Gage county. Pelts yielded $200 that went to Beatrice charity groups and to the Red Cross. A senate committee reported favorably a bill to spend $55,000 on land and a building for a radio station near Grand Island.
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Beatrice
Gage County
Red Cross
Senate Commerce Committee
Dill
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Grand Island
Alliance Council Considers Submachine Gun Purchase
Alliance city councilmen weigh buying a sub-machine gun for police use after a citizens petition asking for a machine gun as a safeguard against bandits. Police Chief Louis Horton endorses the petition.
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Alliance City
Louis Horton
Union Pacific Buys Beatrice Bell Street Properties
The Union Pacific has purchased Foster Brown properties on Bell street at Beatrice along its right of way for 5200 dollars. It previously bought several properties nearby and plans to enlarge Beatrice yards in the near future.
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Union Pacific
Foster Brown
Bell Street
Beatrice
Danbury Farmers Equity to Erect $10,000 Elevator
The Farmers Equity society of Danbury will begin erecting a $10,000 elevator on March 10. The old elevator will become a hog house after the new structure is finished. Fifty-two carloads of snapped corn have been sent from Danbury this season to a major buyer who praises the quality as among the finest.
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Farmers Equity Society of
Danbury
Plans Approved for South Omaha Bridge Project
Plans submitted by Charles B Morarty for a bridge at South Omaha have been approved by the War Department. Engineers Ash Howard Needles and Tammen of Kansas City are named as city bridge commission engineers, with Mayor Metcalfe noting possible minor changes but confirming the project remains the same.
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Charles B. Moriarty
South Omaha
War Department
Ash, Howard, Needles and Tamen
Kansas City
City Bridge Commission
Metcalfe
City Commission
County Road Crew Wage Reductions Considered
Richardson county commissioners plan a general wage cut for road and bridge workers. Road men currently earn 90 to 185 dollars monthly while nearby farm laborers get 30 to 40 dollars, down from 50 to 60 dollars a month last year. The exact county cut was not disclosed.
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Richardson County
Wise Memorial Hospital Sold To Lutheran Association
Wise Memorial hospital of Omaha is sold to the Lutheran Hospital association. The purchase price is undisclosed and possession will transfer on March 15. The existing Lutheran hospital will become a home for aged persons and Omaha Maternity Hospital will merge with the new facility.
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Wise Memorial Hospital
Omaha
Lutheran Hospital Association
Luthern Association
Lutheran
Fremont Plans New 130000 Bushel Grain Elevator
Fremont will start construction of a new elevator with six concrete tanks at 100 feet each, totaling 200000 bushels capacity. The Fremont mills expand at an estimated cost of 35000 dollars, enlarging from a 70000 bushel current elevator while handling over 60000 bushels of wheat monthly at full capacity.
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Fremont
Fremont Mills
Hayden proposes $50,000 sack factory in western Nebraska
Henry L. Hayden, prominent depot merchant, plans a $50,000 cloth sack factory in Scottsbluff or Alliance. The plant aims to serve panhandle potato growers and North Platte valley sugar factories, with plans drawn by an architect and strong certainty of erection.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Henry L. Hayden
Panhandle
Hayden
North Platte Valley
Pool Opening Aids Fort Crook Citizen Training Camps
A public pool at Fort Crook Nebraska will be used to support citizen's military training camps. Officials emphasize community access and safety measures for recruits and residents.
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Ming
Fort Crook
Nebr
U S Plans Export Sale of 35 Million Bushels Wheat
The Grain Stabilization Corp under the Farm Board will export up to 35 million bushels of choice milling wheat stored at Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Northwest points. Milner says the move clears port facilities for the 1931 crop and won’t lower domestic policy. Liverpool prices suggest export parity despite Chicago board losses.
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Chicago
Federal Farm Board
George S. Milner
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Farm Board
Milner
Chicago Board of Trade
American Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Pacific Northwest
Alexander Legge
United States
Liverpool
Board of Trade
Improvement Reported in Sales of Farm Land
A survey by the National Association of Real Estate Boards shows an improved farm land market in 1990 across 30 of 50 communities. Estates settlements lead sales, six farmers sold to buy larger properties, buyers aged 41 to 45 predominate, and native born buyers outnumber foreign born four to one.
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Chicago
Farm Land and Country Estates Division
National Association of Real Estate Boards
St Louis Livestock Men Suspended 90 Days
Washington report says about forty St Louis livestock commission men and order buyers were suspended for 90 days by Secretary Hyde for boycotting or other misconduct. The action affected key figures in the local meat trade and could impact market operations during the suspension period.
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St. Louis
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Russia
Nellie Melba
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