Bremen Flyers Return Home to Celebrations Across Nation
Washington reports greet the Bremen pilots Baron von Hoenefeld Capt Hermann Koehl and Maj James Fitzmaurice on their U S visit as crowds cheer. Floyd Bennett lies in Arlington after dying aiding a rescue in Labrador with offices and dignitaries paying final respects in a rain drenched ceremony.
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Atlantic
Bremen
United States
Floyd Bennett
Labrador
Irish Free State Legation
E K. Rochester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baron Gunther von Hoenefeld
Hermann Koehl
James C. Fitzmaurice
Herta Junkers
Germany
Europe
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Koehl
Peary
North Pole
Arlington National Cemetery
Ecores
Union Station
Bennett
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Osman Latrobe
Cooliige
William A. Moffatt
Naval Bureau of Pronautics
Richard E. Byrd
Arctic
Bennet
Arnisigton
Navy
The
Christian Church of
Norfolk
Mr. Byrd
Roy Bennett
Benjamin Patrick
Irish Fund Formed To Aid Farmers In Free State
Dublin reports a 2,500,000 capital fund created to aid Irish agriculturists. A special company is formed by act of parliament with state support to extend long credits to farmers. Irish banks subscribe two fifths of the capital. government backing noted.
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Dublin
Madden Dies in Office at Capitol Shocking Capitol Hill
Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois died suddenly in his office at the Capitol while speaking with Rep. Elliott Sproul. The congressman, longtime chairman of the Appropriations Committee, was a key Coolidge economy figure and opposed the McNary-Haugen plan’s equalization fee. Burial was in Hinsdale after the body lay in state in the House.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannop
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Chicago
Hinsdale
Madden
Capitol Hill
White House
Elliott W. Sproul
Mr. Madden
Coolidge
Appropriations Committee
Capital Hill
William R. Wood
Indiana
Newberry & Co. Bankruptcy Tops One Million Losses
The Chicago brokerage firm Newberry & Co. declares bankruptcy with liabilities projected over 1 million while assets run only a few thousand. Attorney Mort D. Goldberg, creditor representative, says over 1000 creditors mostly farmers face loss from bucket-shop trades during stock surges in RCA and General Motors. Arthur Newberry allegedly used customer funds to cover price increases prompting the collapse. The firm operated on Jackson Boulevard for four years before its brokerage license was revoked by Secretary Louis.
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Chicago
Newberry & Co
Mort D. Goldberg
Radio Corporation of America
General Motors
Goldberg
Arthur Newberry
Jackson Boulevard
Louis
Hastings Freight Depot Planned at One Hundred Thousand
A new freight depot costing about 100000 dollars is forecast for Hastings. Development of regional irrigation from artesian wells proceeds in southwestern Nebraska and northern Colorado. The Izaak Walton league lauded in Omaha, and Cedar Bluffs bank reopens with original management after state action.
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Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Wheeler
Missouri River
Colorado
Cedar
Beatrice Delegates Push Grain Growers Highway Plan
Delegates from Beatrice Bruning Plymouth and Daykin met with the local chamber to back the Grain Growers highway project. They seek state or federal recognition and surfacing of 17 miles along Blue Valley Drive from Beatrice toward Daykin with future extension toward St Joseph Missouri Yellowstone Park. The Beatrice chamber pledges strong support for the program.
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Beatrice
Bruning
Plymouth
Daykin
Chamber of Commerce
Beatrice Chamber of Commerce
Blue Valley Drive
Beatrice Chamber
St. Joseph
Upland
Yellowstone Park
Nebraska Banks On Sound Basis At Northeast Bankers Meet
At Norfolk the thirty first annual Northeast Bankers association convention drew 350 bankers from 37 towns. Mr Stone said Nebraska banks now focus on depositor safety over profit and hold reserves plus secondary reserves like Liberty bonds. Clarence Bliss of Lincoln affirmed banks in Nebraska have been sound for years and will remain so.
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Norfolk
Northeast Bankers’ Association
Stone
Nebraska
Clarence Bliss
Lincoln
Department of Trade and Commerce
Country Schools Planting Trees in Buffalo County
One thousand elm trees and as many pines were set out on Buffalo County rural school grounds. Twenty six districts averaged fifty trees each. The Arbor Day campaign, led by County Superintendent Byron Walker with help from the Izaak Walton Leagues, aims to beautify all rural school campuses.
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Kearney
Buffalo County
Halsey
Byron Walker
Izaak Waltonians
Cattle Rally Shifts Into New Range Country Motion
Southern cattle from Texas and Arizona pour into the range country east of here for fattening. A train of 51 cars recently passed through destined for Hecla with five cars to Hyannis and 19 to Seneca. Ranchers near Hecla have ordered 50 more cars as over 5,000 cattle move toward market prep, a process expected to take about a year and a half.
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Alliance
Texas
Arizona
Hecla
Hyannis
Seneca
Mexian
Forty Acres Reclaimed for Barley by Wells at Hastings
John W. Kipp of Hastings reports reclaiming forty acres never cultivated before. Two deep wells, 90 feet deep, reach 12 feet below the water line and supply the water for cultivation. The work uses ad gumbo and clay as expected.
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John W. Kipp
Hastings
County to Exhibit Project at State Fair
McCook Red Willow county chosen to exhibit project work at Nebraska state fair this fall. Douglas county is the other selected county.
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McCook
Red Willow
Nebraska
Douglas County
Buffalo County Hears Fort Kearney Park Purchase Talk
At a county meeting Buffalo citizens discussed buying the old Fort Kearney site to preserve it as a park. The sale was postponed to allow the Fort Kearney Memorial association time to arrange a bid. A. E. Sheldon of the Nebraska State Historical Society spoke on fort history. J. B. Canady of Minden is club president.
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Kearney
Buffalo County
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