Haugen Farm Subsidy Bill Deemed Doomed In House Vote
A Washington canvass shows the Haugen measure offering 350 million for farmers is dead in the House. President Coolidge backs the Tincher farm relief bill, and southern Democrat defections, plus urban Republican opposition, sink Haugen. Senate action on a cooperative marketing bill remains uncertain as conference talks unfold.
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Washington
House
Coolidge
Vestal
Indiana
White House
Jardine
J. N. Tincher
Kansas
North Central States
Republicans of
East
North Central
Edward W. Poll
North Carolina
Senate
Navy officers to take aviation course at Pensacola
Thirty two officers already listed or by the Navy department to take course in aviation at the Pensacola school. A senate committee heard witnesses condemn vivisection of dogs as cruel in the District of Columbia. On the green near the capitol, where the Volstead law was written, dandelion pickers have worked for days.
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Navy Department
Pensacola
Senate
District of Columbia
Capitol
Senate Grants Six Month Pause in Judge English Impeachment
Amid protests from Senators Borah Johnson Norris Wheeler the United States Senate granted Judge George Washington English of the eastern district of Illinois a six months respite in the trial of his impeachment for misbehavior and misdemeanors in office.
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Borah
Johnson
Norris
Wheeler
United States Senate
George Washington English
Illinois
Silk Mills to Close Across Region Affects 4000 Jobs
Susquehanna Silk Mills announced closing all plants by May 15 due to poor silk trade. Four thousand workers in Sunbury Northumberland Lewistown Milton Jersey Shore Lock Haven Pa and Marion Ohio will be affected.
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Sunbury
Susquehanna Silk Mills Corporation
Northumberland
Lewistown
Milton
Jersey Shore
Lockhaven
Marion
Ohio
Die by Lethal Gas Denied Writ in Reno Case
Stanko Jukich senior, sentenced to die by lethal gas in Reno Nevada, had his request for a federal habeas corpus writ rejected in U S District Court. The ruling delays the May 16 execution window and maintains the capital punishment plan.
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Reno, Nev
Stanko Jukich
Britain offers help to curb rum smuggling to the United States
Washington reports Britain will aid in stopping illicit rum trade. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews departs May 22 for talks in England to strengthen the rum treaty. Britain offers coast guard access to the Bahamas, can remove ships from British registry with proof of American ownership, and will urge registrars to prevent flag transfers. All cooperation lasts one year.
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Washington
England
United States
State Department
Department
Great Britain
Lincoln C. Andrews
General Andrews
United States Coast Guard
Bahamas
America
West Indies
Indictment Links Daugherty in Metal Case Plot
A federal grand jury indicted former attorney general Harry M. Daugherty, ex custodian of alien property Thomas W. Miller, and ex Republican committeeman John T. King on conspiracy charges in the American Metal company case. They allegedly shared 391000 in Liberty bonds and a 50000 payoff to influence asset handling, with a long running scheme from 1921 to 1922.
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Daugherty
New York
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
American Metal Company
Thomas W. Miller
John T. King
Republican National
Metal Corporation
Federal
Jesse W. Smith
King
Smith
Miller
Dougherty
Penny Postcard Rate Restored After Congressional Accord
The joint postal committee has reached an agreement to restore the one cent rate on postcards, returning postal charges to the prewar level. The decision impacts mailers and the U.S. Post Office, signaling a new pricing structure for postcard postage.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Postal Committee
Nebraska State News Roundup Highlights Society and Local Events
The State Medical association meets in Omaha May 11 12. Falls City builds a 75000 theatre. Ornithological society meets in Omaha May 14 15 16. Nelson church marks 50th anniversary. Dunbar county celebrates 70th birthday. April building activity sets a new high. Lincoln wins third Nebraska state music contest. Arapahoe organizes United States Rural Light and Power with 50000 capital. Bridgeport plans a 60 room hotel. Loup City lineman electrocuted on a pole. B G Brenneman dies from blood poisoning after hammer injury. Savings and loan convention in Omaha May 18 19. Falls City widow dies after plowing accident. Alliance water shortage worsens. Dues supreme president elected in Lincoln. Civil War vets decline from 30000 to under 1000. J K Brown grocery robbery nets 600. Missouri River navigation could save 10 million annually. Palmyra S H Home commander elected at Hastings. Tuberculosis work petitions filed in Pawnee Richardson Nemaha. Ralph Carl Berg 19 killed near Omaha tracks. South Omaha hog weights hit 260 pounds April record. Western rain ends drought in early May. A Rumbaugh trucks 50 miles with eight Duroc hogs. G A R stays in Lincoln after Moore elected. Driest April ends with million dollar rain in east central Nebraska. Glen Dooley dies in truck accident. Cowles Oil warehouse fire destroys assets.
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State Medical Association
Omaha
Falls City
Nebraska Ornithological Society
First Presbyterian Church
Nelson
Dunbar
Otoe County
Lincoln High School
Nebraska
United States Rural Light and Power Company
Arapahoe
Bridgeport
O. L. Looby
Nebraska Electric Power Company
Loup City
B. G. Brenneman
Nebraska League of Savings and Loan (Building and Loan) Associations
Albert Hecht
Alliance
W. E. Bolin
Benevolent, Patriotic Order of Dues
Grand Lodge
Lincoln
J. K. Brown
Hastings
Pawnee
Richardson
Nemaha
Ralph Carlberg
South Omaha
C. A. Rumbaugh
Gracie
Loup County
Glen Dooley
Ceresco
Cowles Oil Company
Navigation Drive Aims to Make Missouri River Navigable
Nebraska news notes a looming congressional decision on enabling Missouri River navigation from Kansas City northward. Despite broad support from farm groups colleges and business leaders a favorable outcome is uncertain. A. J. Weaver of the Missouri River Navigation Association calls a regional media and civic mobilization to show full Midwest backing.
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Omaha
Congress
Washington
Missouri River
Kan &§ City
Agricultural Colleges
Chambers of Commerce
Middle West
Missouri Valley
Eye Injury From A Baby Chick In Poultry Brooder
Mrs Jerry Haahr prominent poultry raiser who won prizes at local shows nearly lost sight of her left eye. A baby chick hopped up and pecked her as she stooped to regulate the heater in the brooder, inflicting a wound in the center of the eyeball.
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Chick Hartington
Jerry Haahr
Students to Beautify Grounds at State Home for Dependent Children
The Nebraska State Home for Dependent Children will be turned over to the horticultural department of the Nebraska College of Agriculture for repairs and landscaping. The students will overhaul planting and grounds under state board supervision.
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Lincoln
Nebraska State Home For
State Board
Horticultural Department
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Dog Sacrifices Life to Save Child from Car
A five year old girl Anna Luxford lies in an Omaha hospital with both legs fractured after a car struck her and her dog stepped between them. The dog, knocked clear, died minutes later, saving the child from worse injuries.
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Anna Luxford
Omaha
Anna
Drainage Ditch Dug To Relieve Richardson Flooding
A new drainage ditch is being dug in Richardson county to carry flood waters away. It will alter Muddy creek’s course and connect with the Nemaha drainage ditch built years ago, reducing past flood problems.
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Preston
Richardson County
Muddy Creek
Nemaha
Birds counted in Jefferson County Fairbury study club
The Nature Study Department of the Fairbury Women’s Club lists 103 birds since January. Among rare sightings are Townsend Solitaire American Crossbill Willet and four black and white Warblers.
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Jefferson County
Fairbury
Lincoln Students Start 5000 Mile Geology Tour
University of Nebraska geology students led by Prof. E F Schram depart Lincoln on a 5000 mile geology tour extending to the Rocky Mountains mining districts aboard a chartered bus.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
E. F. Schram
University
Rocky Mountains
Irrigation Plant Installed at Fairbury Nurseries
C. M. Hurlburt of Fairbury nurseries has installed a small irrigation system here to water thirty acres of strawberries vegetables and other plants. Three pumps operate the system ensuring better care and growth.
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Fairbury
C. M. Hurlburt
Fairbury Nurseries
Cloudburst Floods Farm Home and Road Near Loup City
Heavy rain Saturday night southwest of town caused a cloudburst feel with Christ Oltgenbrum’s farm home flooded by several inches of water and nearby roadway inundated delaying travel.
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Loup City
Here
Christ Oltgenbrum
Beatrice to Norman Legion backs compulsory drill
The American Legion posts from Beatrice Bitting Norman condemn moves to abolish military training and urge continuation of compulsory drill at the state university in lengthy resolutions passed locally.
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Beatrice — Bitting- Norman _ post
American Legion
State University
Alfalfa Winter Kill Hits Platte Valley Acreage
P. H. Stewart of the extension department reports that forty to fifty percent of alfalfa in the Platte valley was winter killed, marking significant crop loss for local growers.
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Kearney
Platte Valley
P. H. Stewart
Extension Department
Stock Burned in Barn Fire at Rudolph Settie Farm
A fire of unknown origin destroyed a large barn and corn crib on the Rudolph Settie farm half a mile east and four miles north of Creston. Five hogs a valuable stallion and nine work horses were burned.
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Rudolph Settie
Beard Fire Awakens Sleeper Alliance Rescues Family
A fire in Beard awakens sleeper alliance member E. P. Woods, farmer, who wakes in time to rescue his wife and daughter from their burning home, likely saving his own life.
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Sleeper Alliance
E. P. Woods
British Strikes Garner Global Labor Support
British unions gain global sympathy as 2 000 000 more workers threaten to strike and dockers quit in Antwerp while funds flow from Denmark and Mexico to aid strikers. London warns of military aid and radio broadcasts mobilize up to five million workers in a broad campaign.
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London
Trades Union Congress
East India Docks
Thames
Belgium
Miners’ International Federation
Scotland
United States
Wales
Copenhagen
Great Britain
Denmark
British Trades Union Congress
France
General Labor Federation
England
Antwerp
Canadian Pacific
Melita
British Seamen’s Union
Mexico City
Mexican
Canada
Ottawa
House Approves 75 Million For New U S War Planes
Washington reports approval of a five year army air corps plan. The $75 million appropriates aircraft, two dirigibles of 6 million cubic feet, and training balloons. It aims to field 1,728 airplanes for active regular units and 371 for National Guard and reserve flying units.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Philippines labor congress calls for neutrality in U S war
The Philippines labor congress passed a resolution urging that labor remain neutral if the United States enters a war with any Pacific power.
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U. S
Philippines
Labor Congress
United States
Robbers Miss $10000 Try For Small Heist In Wis
Thorp police reported that two burglars attempting to break into the People's State Bank vault succeeded in taking only ten dollars before fleeing at the sound of the alarm. They left behind a potential hundred times that amount unsecured. No arrests had been made by late Thursday.
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Thorp
Wis
People’s State Bank
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