Nebraska association bets on eight year plan 1932 40
The Nebraska Association led by Col. Frank D. Eager announces an eight year plan to improve Nebraska agriculture commerce and industry from 1932 to 1940. It aims to sell Nebraska to Nebraskans first and later to the country with plans for education and a permanent advertising program. Free monthly bulletins go to mailing lists from Lincoln headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Association
Frank D. Eager
Nebraska Bulletin
Eagernes
Association
Liberty Theater Building
Nebraska Apple Harvest Reaches Far and Wide
The Nebraska apple harvest finished as the state’s largest crop on record despite the Depression. Strangers bought whole orchards, and trucks from South Dakota and across western and northern Nebraska hauled apples to distant markets. Cider and homemade vinegar appeared along with cabbage and potatoes brought by these routes. A fleet of trucks traveled the highways for weeks carrying apples west and north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri River
Scottsbluff
Sugar Beet Harvest Nears Completion in Western Nebraska
Harvest of 0.55 thousand acres of beets in western Nebraska is about 90 percent done with completion expected by November 15. Yields average 13 to 14 tons per acre, sugar content around 16 percent, among the highest in the company’s North Platte Valley history. Beets delivered in October yield payments around 3.6 million dollars on November 15 with December 16 payments for up to December 1 deliveries. Approximately 1.8 million bags of sugar expected from six valley mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska
Great Western ‘Sugar Company
North Platte Valley
The
Val
Nebraska City Basket Factory Fuels Local Industry
Nebraska City gains a basket factory using willow and cottonwood as raw materials. Orchardists project shipping over 125000 bushels of apples from Nebraska this fall. Robert W. Furnas, founder of the State Agricultural Society and former governor, sent the first commercial orchard and vineyard to Nebraska. Between 1921 and 1930 Nebraska’s crime rate rose eight percent while its penal population grew over fifty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Robert W. Furnas
The
State Agricultural Society
Democrats Capture Control of House and Rise in 1932 Outlook
The Democrats win a House majority for the first time in 18 years with 217 seats to 225 for Republicans and 1 Farmer-Labor. House Speaker likely John Garter. Key wins include Michigan’s Eighth district, Brooklyn’s Seventh, and Cleveland’s Twentieth. New Jersey voters oust Gov. David Baird Jr. in favor of A Harry Moore. Roosevelt gains in New York amid the forestalling two party split. Tammany wins Atlanta. Major cities see mayoral shifts. Mississippi elects a Republican governor and Detroit’s mayor is re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Party
House
Farmer-Labor
John Garter
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Michigan
Saginaw
Michael J. Hart
New York
Brooklyn
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Longworth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey
A. Harry ‘Moore
David Baird, I Jr
Frank D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Tammany
New ‘York City
Manhattan
Board of Aldermen
Martin 8
Conner
Mississippi
Hampton’ Moore
Frank Murpy
Detroit
Hunter kils hawk. eight foot wingspan found
Alfred Rasmussen Wisner shot a large hawk while hunting west of town. He retrieved the bird and measured its wingspan at eight feet from tip to tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rasmussen
Wisner
Statehouse grounds project bid results announced
Peter Kiewit Sons of Omaha offered the low bid for steps walls and surfacing of drives at the statehouse grounds. Four firms had proposals opened by the state capitol commission. The commission announced it had not decided whether granite or cement would be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kiewit
Sons of
Omaha
Statehouse
State Capitol Commission
Gasoline tax receipts fall vs last year then rise in September
State Treasurer Bass reports October gasoline tax collections dropped by more than 99 000 compared with the same month in 1930 while September gains 121 000 over the prior year. For ten months in 1931 receipts exceed the 1930 period by 225 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass
Albion Awards Contracts for City Water Mains Upgrade
Albion lets contracts to Howard McCray for relaying over three miles of city water mains at a cost of more than $16 000. The project will employ 50 to 600 local workers with the aim of improved fire protection and new fire hydrants in the business section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Howard McCray
Fire damages Morrill light plant engine and interior
A Morrill municipal light plant suffered fire damage to its engine and interior estimated at four thousand dollars. The blaze origin was undetermined. The standby plant serves briefly with city power supplied by the Guernsey dam. Service was interrupted only a few minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrill
Guernsey
Moffet Creek ranch changes hands near Elba
A. W. Riness 700 acre Mof fet Creek ranch near Elba sold to H. B. Hansen for 37.50 dollars per acre. Riness also received Mr. Hansen town property valued at 8,700 dollars. The Riness Amusement Park on the ranch has grown popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Riness
Moffet Creek
Elba
H.B. Hansen
Riziess
Norfolk Press sale to new owners announced in week
The Norfolk Press weekly newspaper, published at Norfolk for many years, announces a change of ownership. Vernon J. Tomkins of Mankato Minnesota and N. Tomkins become new owners, taking possession in November after Mrs. Marie Weekes operated the paper for four years since W. H. Weekes’ death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Press
Norfolk
Tol. N. Tomkins
Vernon “J. Tomkins
Mankato
Minn
Press
Marie Weekes
W.H. Weekes
Poe
Artificial lake near North Platte in final stages
Frank B. O Connell announced Wellfleet recreation grounds south of North Platte near completion. The acre lake will be partially stocked with fish this fall and be the largest artificial body of water in the state system. Three other artificial lakes are under construction near Alexandria in Jefferson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. O’connell
Wellfleet Recreation Grounds
Platte
Acre
Alexendria
Jefferson County
Wells show water level gains despite dry spell
Tests on 18 irrigation wells between Kearney and Shelton indicate groundwater is not overtaxed. Despite a previous dry period with only six inches of rain in spring and early summer, levels did not fall and now rise more quickly than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Shelton
Nebraska editor Lou W. Frazier longest-serving local publisher
Lou W. Frazier of the Fillmore Chronicle at Fairmont is celebrated as the owner and publisher who has served the longest in Nebraska. He began as an apprentice with the Fairmont Bulletin, later becoming owner and publisher in 1885 and renaming the paper the Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lou W. Frazier
Fillmore Chronicle
Fairmont
Iowa
Live Stock Exchange
Frasier
Fairmont Bulletin
Chronicle
Business skies brighten across all regions as upturn takes hold
New England reports show early signs of recovery with stronger boot and shoe and hat industries. The South Atlantic notes stimulation in tobacco and cotton areas. Florida hotel operators anticipate a good season with expansion, and the Middle South shows similar optimism. Automotive buying and steel demand edge upward in the Midwest and West as banks reopen and industry steadies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New England
South Atlantic
Florida
Middle South
Middle States
Steel
States
Indian Confession in Girl Scientist Slaying
The Justice Department says Golney Seymour an Apache youth on the White River reservation in Arizona confessed to killing Miss Henrietta Schmelier a Columbus University research worker last July. He is held on the reservation and will face federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Golney Seymour
Henrietta Schmelier
White River
Arizona
Bureau of Investigation
Seymour
Young Columbus University
Ritchie Announces Bid for Democratic Governor Nomination
Omaha attorney William Ritchie Jr. declared his candidacy to oppose Gov. Charles Bryan for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska. The move signals a challenge to the party leadership in the state capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Ritchie
Omaha
William Ritchie
Charles Bryan
Girl Says She Lured Wife to Death Trap
In a fourth confession Clara Fish, nineteen, told how Walter Maddux asked her help to kill his wife in Kirkwood. She lured Mrs Maddux to the woods where ether was used and the wife was killed. Maddux later admitted he killed her with a razor. Both suspects are in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Clara’ Fish
Walter
Maddux
Miss Fish
Miss. Fish
Kirkwood
St. Louis County
Fish
Prison Doors Opening for Capone and His Pals
The article notes Capone and his principal aides face Leavenworth as Capone’s bid to escape a ten year tax evasion sentence loses support after the Supreme Court rejects Ralph Capone’s review plea. Ralph begins a three year term, potentially positioning Al Capone to enter federal custody immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
Chicago
Gates of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
AT Capone
United States Supreme Court
Ralph
Ralph Capone
Leavenworth
al Capone
71 Year Old Man Convicted of Murder Faces 14 Year Term
Chicago. Dennis Kelly, seventy one, was found guilty of murder by a jury in Judge George Fred Rush's courtroom. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment after fatally stabbing Louis Di Cicco, thirty three, on July 18 19 during a quarrel over forged checks Di Cicco refused to cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dennis Kelly
George Fred Rush
Kelly
Louis di Cicco
di Cicco
California Fig Syrup Mythic Tonic Ad Claims Quick Child Health
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle vegetable laxative for children. It praises its recovery claims for a girl who supposedly improved after using the syrup, insisting physicians endorse it and noting a large yearly sales figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
California
Rough May Jack Shines In Uneven Display
In a lively exchange May and Jean discuss a rough night where roughness and humor mix. Jean notes May needed a shave, highlighting a playful, casual tone from the segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jean
May
Kruschen Salts Claim Cuts Weight By Four Weeks
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri reports dropping from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts stating she has more energy and never feels hungry. The ad promises half teaspoonful daily before breakfast with an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae West
St. Louis
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nebraska City
Garner
Indian
Ernest L. Jahncke
Ernest L.jahncke
Secretary of the Navy
Hoover
Navy
W. B. CaLowell
Doctors
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!