Insull Freed by Greek Court on Extradition Charge
Samuel Insull, exiled utilities czar, won release from extradition to Chicago after a Greek appeals court ruled the indictments insufficient. The ten page ruling praised his contributions to the electrical industry and found acts not fraudulent but due to general financial collapse. Federal efforts to extradite ended as authorities noted this as the final stand.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
America
Chicago
Greek Court of Appeals
Nsull
Insull
Utilities
United States
Dwight D. Green
Mali
Green
Greece
Flood Control Dam in Kansas Faces Strong Opposition
Spirited opposition emerged before the Mississippi valley committee to the 65 million dollar flood control dam proposed for Kaw River. Kansas lawmakers and regional residents argued the plan would inundate 116000 acres, abandon two railroads, destroy a transcontinental highway, and bury nine towns including Wamego and St Marys.
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Kansas
Washington
Mississippi Valley Committee
Public Works Administration
Kiro
Kaw
Hc Works Administration
PD. Cc. JH
Pottawatomie County
Kan
Wamego
St. Marys
Union Pacific
Large Addition Bought for Monongahela Forest
The national forest reservation commission approved the purchase of 151,144 acres as an addition to the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company property spans Pocahontas Webster and Nicholas counties within the 1,000,000 acre expansion area. Representative Randolph said 160 men would be employed immediately in surveying work.
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Washington
National Forest Reservation Commission
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
Cherry River
Sothern Dies at 73 After Lobar Pneumonia
New York Edward Hugh Sothern noted actor famed for Romeo and Shakespearean roles died in his hotel suite at 73 from lobar pneumonia. His wife Julia Marione, described as the Juliet of his greatest triumph, was at his bedside.
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New York
Edward Hugh Sothern
Romeo
Julia Marione
Couple die trying to rescue pet dog at Lake Wawasee golf course
At Lake Wawasee Indiana a man and wife Christian Payne forty and Elizabeth Payne thirty eight were electrocuted after touching a high voltage wire while aiding their German police dog and an opossum on shore. The couple from Terre Haute were vacationing with their cottage nearby.
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Lake Wawasee
Ind
Christian Payne
Elizabeth
Payne
Terre Haute
Paul Landis
Wealthy Michigan Manufacturer Kidnapped and Robbed
Louis E K Brooks, a wealthy Michigan manufacturer and social leader, was kidnapped on a highway by two men and a woman. They beat him, forced him to open a safe at his Marshall office farm home, and escaped with about 45000 in cash bonds and jewelry. Prosecutor W J Kearney called the abductors pros and said they had watched him for a long time.
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Marshall, Mich
Louis EK
Brooks
W. J. Kearney
Italy Arms Young Fascisti with Machine Guns in Rome
In Rome young Fascists from 92 provinces, aged 18 to 21, formally received machine guns as part of their armament. The ceremonies were presided over by the Duke of Pistoia and the Duke of Bergamo. Afterwards the youths paraded before the Venezia palace paying tribute to Premier Mussolini.
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Rome
Pistoia
Bergamo
Vensia
Mussolini
Rice Institute cancels Uncle Tom's Cabin play
The Rice Institute dramatic club will not stage Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Trauston Little Theater on November 27 and 28. The decision followed protests by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Houston
Texas
Dramatic Club of
Rice Institute
Trauston
Little
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Capital Punishment Act for Kansas Is Indorsed
Topeka Kansas legislators endorse capital punishment in principal as the council works on a general measure for a special session. The council, made up of lawmakers, asked Rep. D. B. Reber to draft the proposal.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Legislative Council
D. BE. Reber
Interest On Corn Loans At Four Percent Farmers Eligible For Hog-Corn Program
Public Works Administration approves a corn loan plan set at four percent interest matching cotton loans. Loans are based on 50 cents per bushel of number two December corn at Chicago with farm warehouse receipts as collateral. Eligibility requires participation in the hog-corn production program and does not place a lien on upcoming benefit payments.
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Washington, D. C
George N. Peek
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
Credit Corporation
Peek
Relief Needs Reduced in Nebraska During Past Month
State Relief Statistician Floyd Atkins reports fewer relief requests as a statewide effort with road and river projects, corn husking, and local initiative create work. He notes 65 of 93 counties have received relief, with many needing less or none in November as taxpayers cooperate.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Floyd Atkins
State Emergency Relief Committee
Atkins
Gets Cash For Sewage Plant
The public works administration allotted 1,055,237 for 23 non federal projects, expected to create 7,040 man months of work. Ten grants cover 30 percent of labor and material with the rest as loans at four percent. thirteen are outright grants with 30 percent local funding. Brainard Nebraska receives a 22,000 loan and grant for a sewage system to be secured by general obligation bonds, with work starting in a few weeks for about 36 workers over three months.
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Washington,d. C
Public Works Administration
Brainard
Nebraska
Schoolboy Hero Receives Carnegie Medal for Drowning Rescue
Madison Nebraska sixteen year old Madison student Madison Harry Jensen earned a bronze Carnegie Hero Fund medal for saving Eugene H. Mathews a thirty six year old garage proprietor from drowning in Union creek. Jensen entered the water fully clothed swam to the man dived to free him and fought off Mathews as they struggled to reach shallow water.
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Madison
Harry A. Jensen
Nebraska
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Union Creek
Eugene H. Mathews
Mathews
Jensen
Lincoln State Awards Contracts for Road Projects
State Engineer Roy Coch announced highway bids totaling $54,375 with awards mainly for state work. One notable award pays $14,331 for .3 of a mile in Jackson in Dakota County on a federal job.
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Lincoln
Roy Cochran
Jackson
Dakota County
Nebraska Agricultural and Tax Updates
Agricultural statistics show cattle on feed in Nebraska on October 1 down nearly 10 percent from last year while sheep on feed fall 16 to 20 percent. Beer tax revenue for September was 17,600, 2,305 less than August 10 to 31. Wholesale beer tax is 3 cents per barrel. Tax reductions totaling 279,546 across Seward Buffalo and Sarpy counties were reported to the State Tax Commissioner. Towns and villages in Seward and Sarpy show small increases. other agencies show reductions, with schools and townships largest.
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Nebraska
Seward, Buffalo
Sarpy
Smith
Seward
Benkelman firm plans gold dredging on Republican River sands
Genkelman Gold Dredging company, arriving mining gear at Benkelman, prepares to dredge along the Republican river. The corporation holds leases on about 3000 acres and claims tests show the sands contain sufficient gold to assure profitability.
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Benkelman
Genkelman Gold Dredging Company
Republican River
Republican
Peek Says Corn Belt Aches as Nation’s Economic Sore Spot
George N. Peek, administrator of the farm adj ustment act, described the corn belt as the nation’s economic sore spot. He attributed long standing discontent to grain and livestock prices being lower in spirits in the past twelve years than those of any other major commodities.
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George N.peek
Judge Orders 35 Percent Dividend For Farmers State Depositors
Judge B O Hostetler in Kearney ordered payment of a 35 percent dividend to Farmers State bank depositors. The order was sent to Lincoln to state banking officials and payout is expected soon, totaling a net $144,912.
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Farmers State Bank
Kearney
B. O. Hostetler
Hostetler
Lincoln
Omaha Land Bank Leads One Third of Nation Loans
The federal land bank in Omaha accounts for one third of all land bank loans from January 1 to August 1 this year. Twelve banks reported a total of 27 million dollars in loans, with Omaha producing 9 million of that amount.
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Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Omaha Bank
Scottsbluff Council Delays Project Amid Harvest Campaigns
The Scottsbluff city council postpones until spring an oil paying project tied to the annual sugar beet harvest and factory campaigns. Expenditures exceed 70 000 dollars with a large loan from the public works department of the federal government.
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Scottsbluff
Public Works Department
Federal Government
Federal hog marketing program details aid farmers nationwide
The Hog Marketing program paid about 310 million dollars to farmers who sold hogs. The Farm Adjustment Administration reports over 6 million pigs and 220000 sows were purchased and slaughtered. About 100 million pounds of pork were allocated to the Federal relief administration for needy distributions.
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Farm Adjustment Administration
Federal Relief Administration
Nebraska Pork Relief Delays Hold Up Distribution
Washington has not sent an official order for eight carloads of government pork to Nebraska relief. Governor Bryan expects the order to arrive and the meat to start moving to needy Nebraskans once received.
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Nebraska
Washington
State Relief Office
Bryan
State Budget Shows September Expenses Drop
Commissioner Smith reports September total state government spending at 1 049 892 dollars, down 228 605 from August. Highway work 439 700, penal and charitable 160 000, university and normal schools 238 000, judiciary 68 000, executive 29 000, civil codes 54 000, miscellaneous 59 000. Salaries total 376 600, not including highway engineers paid from the gasoline fund.
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Smith
Steel Firms Agree to Roosevelt Rail Deal and Mines Pact
Washington reports Roosevelt secured a mine settlement after weeks of steel industry resistance. The agreement includes price concessions on rails and a government loan plan to buy 800000 tons of rails and 100000 tons of spikes for railroads, creating thousands of jobs through winter and spring. Four major firms United States Steel Bethlehem Inland Steel Colorado Iron and Fuel are to share the order, with production to begin at full capacity in months.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NHRA
Pennsylvania
Public Works Administration
Transportation Co
Eastman
White House
United States Steel
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Birmingham
Ala
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
N. Y
Sparrows Point
Steelton
Johnson
NRA
Richberg
United Mine Workers
Eleven States Qualify for Farm Corn Loans
The farm administration said six states Colorado Mississippi Nebraska Montana North Dakota and Oregon have qualified for corn loans from the Commodity Credit Corporation. They meet storage and warehouse laws to allow eligibility while initial loans were expected mainly for Iowa Minnesota Minnesota South Dakota and Kansas. Loans based on 50 cents a bushel for No 1 corn Chicago base.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Colorado
Mississippi
Nebraska
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Commodity Credit Corporation
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kansas
Chicago
Son of Pancho Villa Held for Sanity Hearing
Pancho Augustin Villa, 21, son of the late Mexican general, remains in the General Hospital psychopathic ward on court order for a sanity hearing. Guardian Henry Seldner says Villa has shown strange behavior since signing a film contract weeks ago.
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Los Angeles
Pancho Augustin Villa
General Hospital
Villa
Henry Seldner
Hunter Kills Woman and Wounds Baby
Lynchburg Virginia report: a mother, Mrs. A. H. Sampley of Oklahoma, was shot dead in Amherst county woods while traveling with her husband. Her seven‑month‑old son Wil Mam was wounded and treated at Lynchburg hospital. A male suspect described as a negro, fled the scene.
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Lynchburg
Amherst County
A. H. Sampley
Oklahoma
Wil
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