Roosevelt backs nine foot Missouri channel to Sioux City
President Roosevelt promised rapid development of a nine foot Missouri River channel from Kansas City to Sioux City. He assured Harry Woodring that the upper Missouri will be navigable under the public works bond issue of three billion dollars. Two reservoirs costing about 120 million dollars will flood flood waters for irrigation power and erosion control, with Fort Peck Montana and Kaw river north of Topeka as sites.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Sioux City
Roosevelt
Harry H. Woodring
Missouri
St. Louis
Army Engineers
Woodring
Arthur J. Weaver
Nebraska
George J. Miller
Missouri River Valley Navigation Association
Fort Peck
Mont
Topeka
Kansas
Kaw River
Weaver
Miller
Mississippi
Ilinois
Ohio
Norfolk Officers to Seek Re-Election at 42nd Annual Meeting
The Nebraska League of Building and Loan Association plans to renominate officers for ten years of service at the forty-second annual meeting in Norfolk. Current officers include T. L. Matthews, Frank B. Sidles, F. C. Robinson, James A. Lyons, and Leslie E. Martin. No opposition expected. The 1934 meeting place undecided with possible choice by the executive board. Auditing and resolutions reports to be presented and delegates chosen for the U S League convention. About eighty men attended the session in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Nebraska, League of Building and Loan Association
Charles A. Durland
T. L. Mathews
Fremont
Frank B. Sidles
Lincoln
F. C. Robinson
Hartington
James A. Lyons
Omaha
Leslie. E. Martin
United States League
State General Fund Grows on Real Estate Taxes May Payments
Nebraska counties rush in April real estate tax receipts boosting the General Fund by about 408000 in early May. Douglas county leads with 64000, Cass 20000, Gage 16700, and others contributing, lifting cash from 442000 to over 560000 while only 287000 has been spent this May. More funds expected as Lancaster and 400 other counties finalize remittances.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Bryan
Douglas County
General Fund
Cass
Gage
Thayer
Otoe
Hamilton
Hall
Pierce
Madison
Adams
Custer
Lancaster
Extortion plot ends as extortionist killed in trap
Milwaukee police trapped a crime scheme aimed at Lloyd R. Smith, a Milwaukee plastics maker. Extortionist Frank J. Jess was shot in the back as he moved to seize marked $25,000 left in a can near Sunnyside Road. Oscar Miller, 27, allegedly confessed involvement with Jess.
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Milwaukee
Frank J. Jess
Lioyd R. Smith
General Hospital
Oscar Miller
Jess
Miller
Wauwatosa
Smith
Mr. Smith
Sunnyside
Bluemont
John Riley
Riley
Federal bill drafted to overhaul foods and drugs laws
The draft comprehensive federal food drugs and cosmetic bill prepared by the Agriculture Department with Roosevelt approval has been completed and submitted to the attorney general for his opinion on its regulatory features. It aims to greatly protect consumers while inviting cooperation from the food drug and cosmetic industries to enforce stricter standards.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Food, Drugs and Cosmetic Industries
23 Farmers Sentenced for Disturbance in Iowa
In Denison Iowa Judge Homer A Fuller closed the state's case against 23 defendants charged with contempt of court and resisting service of process. Each pleaded guilty and received a £50 fine one day in jail and a suspended one year sentence in the state penitentiary. The riot occurred at the J F Shields farm near Denison on April 28 prompting National Guardsmen to restore order.
New Auburn Fire Ravages City Four Blocks by Two Miles
Fire in the New Auburn section of Auburn Maine destroyed at least 200 homes and businesses leaving more than 700 homeless. A public school house a synagogue and a parochial school were destroyed while a Catholic church in the burn area withstood the flames.
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Auburn
Maine
Du Pont Appointed Delaware Liquor Commissioner
Gov Buck signed the state liquor control bill and named Pierre S Du Pont as Delaware’s sole liquor commissioner for a five year term. He will control manufacture, transportation and sale of liquor beer and wine if the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed.
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Wilmington
Del
C. Douglass Buck
Pierres. du Pont
Delaware
DuPont
Steel Cargo Leaves Chicago for Texas
A 500 ton steel cargo left the Chicago river mouth bound for Houston via the Illinois waterway the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The shipment sailed on a 200 foot barge pushed by the stern wheeler Patricia Lou Watson with two fishing tugs assisting through the Chicago river to the sanitary canal. The Colombian line announced a new fast freight service between Chicago and New York to begin in June with the Baracoa sailing from New York and the Bolivar to follow, cutting the voyage to ten days and linking West Indies cargoes to the Midwest.
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Chicago
Chicago River
Houston
Texas
New Illinois Waterway
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Colombian ‘Steamship Line
New York
Patricia Lou Watson
Ottawa
Sanitary Canal
Baracoa
Buracoa
Bolivar
St. Lawrence River
Great ‘Lakes
West Indies
Middle West
United States Shipping Board
U S League Formed to Boycott Reich Goods
A new national league to boycott German products was formed at a New York meeting led by the American League for the Defense of Jewish Rights. About 300 organizations were represented, with delegates from across groups and subcommittees forming a coordinated effort. Isaac Allen presided as Grand Master of the Sons of Zion, and speakers included James W. Gerard Henry T. Hunt F S La Guardia and Samuel Untermyer.
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New York
American League For the Defense of Jewish Rights
Ebubcil
Isaac Allen
The
Sons of Zion
James W. Gerard
Name of Hoover Dam Is Changed to Boulder Dam
Washington record notes that the Hoover dam will be renamed Boulder dam by the Interior Department. The move reverses a previous Hoover tribute name and aligns with the project’s original designation during its planning phase.
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Hoover Dam
Boulder Dam
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Hoover
Interior
Wilbur
Roosevelt to Fly to Los Angeles in June
Washington. Mrs. Roosevelt plans a June trip to Los Angeles to visit her son Elliot who has just been named manager of an airline in the Southwest.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Elliot
Southwest
Roosevelt Urges World Peace and Armament Curbs
President Roosevelt called for global disarmament and a peace program aiming to end offensive weapons and back a Geneva arms conference. He appealed to 54 nations to abandon petty aims, uphold armament limits, and pursue a consultative security pact alongside economic recovery efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Germany
Adolf Hitler
United States
France
China
London
Geneva
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Reichstag
Poland
League of Nation
Japan
Manchuria
MacDonald
Great Britain
Rockefeller Office to Move After Half Century
The Rockefeller headquarters at 26 Broadway will relocate in early July to the sixty sixth floor of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. and their staff will leave the famed address, ending half a century at the old site.
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Rockefeller
New York
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
RCA
Rockefeller Center
Rockefellers
Lincoln Telephone company takes third in national accident contest
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph firm earned third place in the national accident contest by the National Safety Council aimed at reducing accidents among commercial vehicle fleets in the United States. State Fire Marshal L. J. Butcher noted a notable drop in fires over the past two weeks, attributing it to improving business conditions.
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Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Safety Council
United States
L. J. Butcher
Butcher
Nebraska Labor and Materials Placed on Federal List
Congressmen Burke was informed by Washington officials that Nebraska labor and materials are on the federal construction preferred list after a conference with capitol architect David Lyon. Omaha groups protested that out of state labor and materials were imported despite local availability.
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Nebraska
E. R. Burke
Washington
Burke
David Lyon
Capitol
Omaha
Blair Canning Co to resume operations in 1933
After a year’s suspension due to economic conditions the Blair Canning Co plans to restart with about 1.5 million cans of sweet corn and 1,200 acres under contract as farmers plant three varieties. Can- ning will begin around August 20 and the plant employs about 150 workers with payrolls over $20,000. Weather notes show delayed corn planting and mixed conditions for wheat.
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Blair Canning Co
C. O. Dawson
A. E. Anderson
Nebraska state fair to run six days in Lincoln
A six day Nebraska state fair will run in Lincoln from Sunday September 3 to Friday September 8. Perry Reed, fair board secretary, said funding was tighter but purchasing power of the dollar should allow good entertainment and a strong exposition. Proceeds from the 1933 fair will mainly cover 1933 debts rather than the current deficit. The board notes the legislature appropriated 46000 dollars for about half the deficit and expects lawmakers to cover the rest.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Perry Reed
Fair Board
Omaha Air Show Heads and Forest Service Drafts
The Omaha junior chamber will sponsor a three day air show at the municipal airport June 16 to 18 with M. M. Meyers in charge. Benjamin F. Wyatt of the American Air Race association assists in obtaining pilots for Chicago races. Separately, 223 men from Nebraska counties are ordered to Fort Robinson for federal forest conservation service work, with 250 to 270 World War veterans to be enrolled later for forestry duties.
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Omaha
Chicago
Fort Robinson
Chadron
South Dakota
Wyoming
Smith
Washington
Nebraska
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Iowa
Public Works Program
P. S. du Pont
Delaware Rum Board
James M. Cox
Steel Cargo
Illinois
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