Germany to rearm 480000 under Versailles breach
Hitler led a cabinet decision to impose compulsory military training and build an army of 480000 in 12 corps. France objects while Britain hopes for a Europe safe by peaceful means. The U S debates intervention as Mussolini backs France and the League weighs economic sanctions. London and Washington watch the crisis unfold amid shifting alliances and political charges.
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Reich
Hitler
France
Chamber of Deputies
Flandin
Germany
Berlin
Berchtesgaden
League of Nations
Britain
John Simon
Italy
Simon
Mussolini
Kent Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Ohio Senator Demands Full Probe Into Relief Scandal
Ohio state senate hears a demand for a thorough investigation into alleged corruption in Ohio relief programs. Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins accuses officials of soliciting campaign funds from relief materials firms while Hopkins threatens to testify, with DOJ attorneys ready to defend Hopkins in Washington.
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Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Harry L. Hopkins
State Senate
Hopkins
Relief Administration
C. C. Stillman
FERA
Department of Justice
Washington
Darrow Attacks NRA Critics Before Senate Finance Panel
Cyanae Darrow denounced the National Recovery Act and administration economic theories before the Senate Finance Committee. The famed lawyer said NRA harmed the little man by favoring big business and worsening distribution, while noting panic would end child labor regardless. He claimed small business suffered under NRA and wealth concentration would have risen anyway, resisting optimism.
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Cyanea Darrow
NRA
Senate Finance Committee
Darrow
NRAA
Farm wheat planting rules shift over drought fears
Secretary Wallace cancels spring wheat planting until drought impact is assessed. The 1935 crop report cites 17.8 million planned spring wheat acres, down from 18.5 million last year. Government aims to shield consumers from a wheat shortage, with producers offered full payments for contract acreage if they agree to reduced output in 1936.
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Fe Peerichons
Wallace
Pew
NRA Board Shakeup Expands Blue Eagle Group in Drive
President appoints Donald R. Richberg to lead a reorganized NRA board replacing the resigned S. Clay Williams. The White House increases the governing group from five to seven to speed NRA extension through Congress.
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Onald R. Richberg
NRA
S. Clay Williams
Blue Eagle Agency
White House
Congress
House Divides on Bonus Payment and Sound Money Plan
The House voted 202 to 191 to substitute the Patman currency expansion bill for immediate soldiers' bonus payments, aligning with Rep Vinson's sound money plan. The boisterous body defied President Roosevelt’s veto warning on advancing adjusted compensation certificates.
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Representative Vinson
Roosevelt
Roosevelt aims for broad 1936 objective
The White House seeks a short harmonious session to clear controversial administration legislation before the 1936 campaign. Roosevelt favors passing the relief bill social security utility holding company regulation continued NRA two years and other measures to avoid party squabbles and boost reelection plans.
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Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
White House
Mussolini Defers Interstate Abyssinia Talks With Direct Negotiations Sought
Mussolini postpones approval of a proposal for an international commission and suggests direct talks between Italy and Abyssinia. He wants the Italian premier and Ethiopian foreign minister to meet in personal conferences, review all data, and seek settlement without League mediation. France and Britain reportedly back direct negotiations.
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Mussolini
International
II Duce
Abyssinia
League of Nations
Dust Storm Grips West As Death Toll Mounts
Pring arrives with a sweeping dust storm from eastern New Mexico to the Great Lakes. Dust suffocation and traffic accidents cause about a dozen deaths. Freight and passenger trains slow, schools close, wheat prices surge as Kansas appeals to President Roosevelt for aid.
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Pring
New Mexico
Great Lakes
Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Morgenthau Signals U S Willingness to Sell Gold Abroad
Secretary Morgenthau says the United States is ready to sell gold to foreign nations offering attractive deals. He cites recent sales to Mexico and Guatemala as paving the way for similar negotiations, while stressing no other transactions are planned and no conditions were attached to past deals. Mexico has received nearly all silver sales via this arrangement.
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Morgenthau
Bank of Mexico
Guatemala
Mexico
Senate defeats McCarran wage amendment on work relief bill
Compromise prevails as Senator Russell proposes a substitute allowing security wages of about 50 dollars monthly if private wage scales are not harmed and prevailing wage applies to all permanent federal building projects. The measure passes 83 to 2 after McCarran amendment fails 50 to 38. President Roosevelt would veto if McCarran had won, Glass notes credit concerns.
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White House
McCarran
Senate
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Georgia
Metcalfe
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Glass
Roosevelt
Huey Long
Louisiana
Appropriations Committee
United States
Tiley Post's Stratosphere Flight Ends In Cleveland
Tiley Post’s second attempt to fly from Los Angeles to New York through the stratosphere ended in Cleveland when his oxygen supply ran low. He said he would have descended to breathable air if he had more air.
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Tiley Post
Los Angeles
New York
Cleveland
Bids for Loup River power project to open April 8
State news reports eight work bids for the Loup river power district will be opened in Columbus on April 8 after bids were rejected as far above engineers estimates. A five percent dividend of 5704 is declared for Farmers and Merchants State Bank at Elgin bringing total payments since receivership to 80 percent or 9125,275. A mass meeting of Nebraska towns on Highway 83 to discuss a Canada to Gulf of Mexico highway will be held at Holdrege on April 11 with invites to Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas towns along the route.
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Loup River
Columbus
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Elgin
Ben Saunders
State Banking Department
Nebraska
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
Holdrege
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska marriages and divorces rise in 1934 report
The 1934 Nebraska vital statistics report shows increases in marriages and divorces. Marriages totaled 12 611, up 1 145 from 1933, while divorces reached 2 269, up from 1 944 in 1933.
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Nebraska
Dam Contract Awarded For Nemaha River Project
The Monarch Engineering Company of Falls City wins the contract to build a dam across the Nemaha river to prevent future water shortages in Falls City. The project totals $4,348 and will back up river water for several miles to ensure a steady supply.
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Nemaha River
Falls City
Monarch Engineering Company
Lincoln firms win bids for Roca school project contracts
John Lateser Jr state PWA engineer announced contracts for a Roca Nebraska school. Lincoln Construction won the general contract at 17188 dollars, Acme Plumbing and Heating won the plumbing bid at 2398 dollars, and ABC Electric won the electrical wiring bid at 561 dollars.
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Lincoln
Roca
Nebr
John Lateaser, Jr
PWA
Lincoln Construction Company
Acme Plumbing and Heating Company
ABC Electric Company
Bids Sought for New Talmage School Project
The board of education approved advertising for bids on a $45,000 Talmage school after final PWA approval. Bids are due April 5 with completion before fall opening. Financing includes a $12,400 PWA grant, a $23,000 bond issue sold to First Trust Co Lincoln, and a $10,000 sinking fund balance.
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Talmage
Board of Education
PWA
First Trust Company of
Lincoln
Falls City truckers push plan on crossstate truck licenses
Falls City motor truckers circulate a petition calling Governor Cochran to press Nebraska Kansas and Missouri to reach a truck license agreement. Campaigns to require foreign trucks entering Nebraska to buy Nebraska tags raise fears of retaliation by Missouri authorities against entering trucks.
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Falls City
Cochran
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska Farmers Boost Purchases of Farm Implements
Oma ha dealers report a surge in farm implement sales led by tractors as farmers shift from horses after losses in the drought. John Clapper notes higher purchases for seed ing while H. G. Keeney says costs for work horses have nearly doubled, squeezing many farmers who could still buy what they need.
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Nebraska
Omaha
John Clapper
H. G. Keeney
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
Keeney
Insurance measures push to strengthen state councils
Conn W. Moose Nebraska insurance director told the Nebraska Institute of Insurance in Lincoln that pending legislation should strengthen insurance councils rather than be purely regulatory. He said some companies form hazardously and cited a bill requiring minimum capital stock and that mutuals may not operate unless 500 risk policies and life firms hold 600 policies totaling one million dollars in value.
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Conn W. Moose
Nebraska Institute of Insurance
Lincoln
Moose
Love of a Dress frock pattern invites fashion buyers
French looking afternoon dress pattern 2170 offers a slick yoke trim skirt gathered bodice and flowing sleeves with soft silk crepe or triple sheer material. Sizes 12 to 42 available. size 16 uses 3 3 4 yards of 88 inch fabric. Include 15 cents and address to Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Fortune teller joke on cash and taxes
Miss Cayenne replies to a fortune telling question with humor about inheriting a fortune large enough to upset a tax collector. The exchange highlights wit over wealth and tax concerns.
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Miss Cayenne
Postum Free Week's Supply Offer in Paper Ad
Readers are invited to request a full week’s supply of health giving Postum at no cost. The Postum Company will mail the sample to anyone who writes for it, as advertised in this newspaper.
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Postum Company
Of Course Dub In Courtship Banter
A humorous exchange about marrying a girl who can take a joke. Kay reassures that only such a girl is likely, reflecting lighthearted social banter.
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Dub
Kay
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Western Newspaper Union
Relief Committee
Davey
Francis W. Poulson
Poulson
Democratic Party
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