Nebraska Unemployed Near Fifty Thousand Mark
Nebraska faced about 50 000 unemployed with more than 90 000 still seeking work as of month start. Re employment director F W Cornell outlined a county by county job survey showing 17 400 potential federal PWA highway and river work roles, Douglas and Lincoln counties leading with 1 692 and 1 676 slots respectively.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
PWA
F. W. Cornell
Cornell
Big Columbus
Sutherland
William Cotter
Douglas
Lincoln Counties
Lincoln County
Nebraska farmer predicts record apple crop in 1934
J F Shubert of Shu bert Fruit Growers Association forecasts Nebraska Raising record apple crop in 1934 for City Richardson county if weather and set fruit cooperate. Expected yield 200000 to 260000 bushels, up from 125000 to 125000 in 1933. Ten thousand new trees in bearing, Winesap blossoms heavy. Pruning mid June, ten spraying machines used. late frosts hurt peaches though some fruit likely. pears and grapes also prospet.
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Nebraska
Falls City
Richardson County
J. F. Shubert
Shubert Fruit Growers Association
Shubert
Nebraska tests safety glass for vehicles and school buses
Safety glass to win state approval must pass a 16 foot drop of a half pound steel ball, extreme temperature and moisture tests, and six months of weather exposure. Prof. C M Duff directs the University of Nebraska lab tests for the highway department to determine eligible manufacturers and glass types for Nebraska vehicles after 193. The ball drop test is dramatic as the ball shatters neither fully nor badly and is caught after a rebound.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
C. M. Duff
University of Nebraska Materials Testing Laboratories
Highway Department
Nebraska Distribues One Million Bullheads and Catfish to Fishermen
State Game Warden Frank B. OConnell announces the largest spring distribution in state history, moving one million bullheads from sandhill lakes and 100000 catfish from hatcheries and streams to Nebraska anglers. A Commerce survey shows 150 airplanes and six gliders in operation with 64 unlicensed and 86 licensed pilots, totaling 177 pilots including 93 transport fliers and 2 amateur pilots, plus one glider pilot.
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Nebraska
Frank B. O'Connell
State Game Commission
Department of Commerce
Department
Monument Dedicated at Red Cloud CCC Camp Grounds
A dedication ceremony was held at the Red Cloud CCC camp where 218 men gathered to unveil a native limestone monument with a Roosevelt profile plaque. Dale Scott of Hebron built the structure in appreciation of the camp personnel and their treatment.
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Red Cloud
CCC
Roosevelt
Dale Scott
Hebron
Nebraska Irrigation and Power Projects Stressed as Feasible
Major C. R. Olberg and B. F. Thomas of the Public Works Administration completed an inspection of Nebraska power and irrigation districts. Olberg praised the state as having great irrigable tracts and said projects appeared feasible though detailed findings await the Interior Secretary's report.
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C. R. Olberg
PWA
Nebraska
B.F. Thomas
Olberg
Public Works Administration
Osberg
Secretary of the Interior
Nebraska Potato Shipments May Set New All Time High
Crop statisticians report Nebraska 1933 potato shipments reaching 8811 cars to date, the second highest on record and more than double last year. If heavy shipments continue, the season may set a new peak. strong western Nebraska yields and favorable prices drive the surge.
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Nebraska
Texas Sandstorms Return From Nebraska, Angering Texans
A year after a Nebraska geologist unsignedly valued Texas dust at 25 million to flood Nebraska farms, storms have shifted back to Texas causing discontent among Texans. The weather maps show Nebraska-origin sandstorms returning to Texas, complicating regional tensions and prompting complaints about the earlier agreement.
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Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
E. E. Schramm
University of Nebraska Geological Department
Texas Plains
Kona
Lubbock
Nebraska counties urged to fund relief before federal aid
State auditors begin a survey of county finances to ensure counties can provide relief funds from their own resources before federal support. After completion, monthly reports will track funds on hand, indebtedness, relief expenditures, and reserves ahead of August levies. Counties must sign pledges to levy adequate relief funds or be removed from the state relief list.
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Nebraska
State Relief Administration
Roosevelt Aides Promoted In Brain Trust Reshuffle
President elevates Rexford Tugwell to undersecretary of agriculture with salary rise to 10000, while Thomas Jefferson Coolidge becomes under secretary of the treasury. The moves aim to steady staffing after Wirt episode and future congressional scrutiny. Machado extradition sought. officials pursue charges of murders tied to Cuba's upheaval.
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Ee Roosevelt
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Wirt
Brain Trust
Wallace
Tugwell
Congress
Senate
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
Boston
the Treasury
Raymond Moley
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
UBA
Gerardo Machado
Republic
Washington
United States
New York
Julio Fernandez
Machado
Alberto Herrera
Bahamas
Canada
Cuba
Senate Victory as Conference Accepts Most Tax Increases
The Senate high tax bloc wins in conference with House conferees accepting virtually all Senate increases in estate and gift taxes capital stock and excess profits taxes and liberal compromises on income tax publicity and consolidated returns. The Couzens amendment adding 10 percent to next year’s individual tax returns remains to be voted on by the House and possibly overridden by the Senate. Public hearings begin on the administration’s reciprocal tariff bill now that the revenue measure is settled.
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Senate
House
Couzens
Senate Finance Committee
Senators urge remonetization of silver meet with Roosevelt
Silver senators pressed for mandatory silver legislation after a conference with President Roosevelt who offered no encouragement. He signaled possible silver purchases but emphasized need for international currency stabilization agreements including a 30 percent silver base, with 70 percent gold, contingent on signatory nations’ reserves.
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Roosevelt
Key Pittman
National milk control program withdrawn by Farm Adjustment head
Hester C. Davis announced the national milk control program to aid dairy farmers is withdrawn due to lack of farmer support. If sentiment changes it may be revived later, but for now only minor features remain including relief purchases and diseased cattle reductions. The plan proposed benefit payments of 165 to 300 million dollars in return for a 10 percent cut in milk output from peak 1932-88 levels.
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Hester C. Davis
4.Farm Adjustment Administration
Rail wage dispute settled as railroads restore pay gradually
President Roosevelt praises an accord between railroad executives and union chiefs ending a potential strike. The 100 percent wage cut will be unwound over a year with 2.5 percent restored July 1, 2 percent on January 1, and 5 percent on April 1 1935. The agreement honors mutual restraint and avoids government interference.
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Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
Senate set to hear Huey Long removal petitions May 2
The senate committee on privileges and elections will begin hearings May 2 on petitions to remove Huey P. Long, Louisiana senator. Walter P. George of Georgia noted charges must be substantial and not previously reviewed by the special campaign expenditures committee. Notices went to Mrs Hilda Phelps Hammond Mrs Ruffin G Pleasant and former Louisiana Governor John M Parker.
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Gor
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Walter P. George
Georgia
Special Campaign Expenditures Committee
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Ruffin G. Pleasant
John M. Parker
Dillinger Gang Raids Wisconsin Camp Fails in Escape
Dillinger and several gang members fought federal agents ten miles east of Manitowish Wisconsin. Three gun battles left three dead and eight wounded as the bandits fled into the woods. Two women with the gang were arrested and two suspected to have warned Dillinger. A later sighting near St Paul led to a running gun fight and a suspect wounded before the trio escaped in a stolen car headed for the Mississippi bridge. Federal and local officers hunted the gang across the region with orders to shoot on sight.
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Ee Dillinger
Manitowish
Wisconsin
Dillinger
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Mississippi River
Labor Drive Targets Telephone Workers Nationwide
The American Federation of Labor seeks to unionize US telephone workers alleging NRA code violations by American Telephone and Telegraph through company unions. It accuses financiers of buying midwest firms at high prices and pushing stock to employees. They urge banning stock sales to employees and halting dial system expansion until employment conditions improve.
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Merican” Federation of Labor
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
NRA
Middle West
Chicagoland
A. F.of L
L. H. Peeples
Wheat carryover eyed for 1935 export markets
Officials estimate a 340 million bushel carryover into 1935 and study possible outlets after Rome conference work completes. July 1 carryover around 265 million bushels plus an expected 75 million from this year’s crop. Wallace suggests raising processing taxes on wheat to fund exports, potentially 4 or 5 cents.
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Department of Agriculture
Rome
Wallace
United States
Panama canal passage of 111-ship fleet ends in long voyage
The American fleet of 111 vessels completed transit from Pacific to Atlantic via the Panama Canal. The operation took nearly twice as long as the hoped 24 hours, prompting the Tokyo press to label the move a failure.
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Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Tokyo
Roosevelt Defends Subistence Homesteads Policy
Excerpt quotes President Roosevelt at an exhibition addressing federal subsistence homestead projects. He frames the New Deal as evolution not revolution, denies plans for regimentation, and credits homesteads with aiding low mood families and lowering overall relief costs.
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Roosevelt
Unios
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R. G. Tugwell
Scar DE Priest
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North Carolina
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Kingfish
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Long
Harry D. Wilson
Jared ¥. Sanders
John Dillinger
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