Trees mean dollars McCullough urges Nebraska forestry plan
Omaha Chamber of Commerce speaker T W McCullough says trees can bring state revenue similar to other regions. He cites 2 674 369 000 bushels of corn produced this year, 15 000 acres of pines in Halsey, 607 000 acres of sandhill land, and 80 percent seedling survival, urging farmers to shift focus to forestry for long term gains.
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Omaha
Nebraska
T. W. “McCullough
Chamber of Commerce Tribe of
Yessir
Halsey
McCullough
United States
New York State
Lincoln Western Nebraska Harvest Nears Completion
State and federal agricultural statistician A. E. Anderson reported from panhandle counties that potato harvests are nearly finished and beet harvests are well advanced. Prices for beans and potatoes are very low while beet yields exceed expectations. Western wheat acreages are shrinking and most potatoes are stored after a favorable digging season.
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Lincoln
Western Nebraska
Federal Agricultural Agricultural Statistician
A. E. Anderson
Panhandle
Anderson
Nebraska
Washington Corn Yield Update Shows Large Drop From Last Year
The department of agriculture places this year’s corn production at 2,674,369,000 bushels, down from a prior estimate of 3,702,752,600 bushels and below last year’s 2,761,000,000. Remaining on farms is 92,837,000 bushels, about 4.4 percent of the 1930 crop. The 10 year average is 96,951,000. Quality stands at 85.0 percent, above last year. Other crops totals include sugar beets 7,630,000 tons. sweet potatoes 73,500,000 bushels. potatoes and grapes 1,610,000 tons. apples 220,000,000 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Thousand Families In Need Report Arising Lincoln
Lincoln State Tax Commissioner W. W. H. Smith heads a relief drive for thousands of families in need amid Governor led efforts. The program coordinates aid and tax relief to support struggling residents.
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Lincoln
W.W. H. Smith
Farm Sales Highlight Nebraska Land Transfers
The 80 acre John Parr farm near West Point sold to Frank Badat for 137.50 an acre. A B Orr divested a 180 acre Gage county farm to Fred O Forsyth for 22000 with substantial improvements. Diphtheria cases in Nebraska rose by 48 in October per the morbidity report by state health officer Dr P H Bartholomew.
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John Parr
West Point
Frank Badat
A. B. Orr
Gage County
Fred O. Forsyth
Nebraska
P. H. Bartholomew
Birth of Eighth and a Half Pound Son in Royal Area
Ernest and Mrs. Ziegenbein welcomed an eight and a half pound son near Royal marking their tenth son and thirteenth child. The newborn becomes the 69th grandchild of H. C. and Mrs. Ziegenbein, who have ten children.
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Ernest Ziegenbein
Royal
H. C. Ziegenbein
State Treasurer reports November balance and surplus funds
Financial statement by State Treasurer T. W. Bass shows a November 1 balance of 4,969,138 dollars, slightly above the prior year. The report notes 1,207,662 dollars in surplus funds invested in government bonds.
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T. W. Bass
McCook approves junior college by landslide vote
In a recent special election McCook voters backed the measure 936 to 149 to legalize the junior college. The decision ensures permanence funded by taxation and tuition as the institution enters its seventh year, the oldest of its kind in the state, with enrollment rising from 44 to 94 students.
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McCook
Nebraska licenses issued reach six hundred thousand mark
The Nebraska Department of Public Works states that 593 434 motorists have been issued drivers licenses since the license law began two years ago. It reports 420 653 sets of automobile license plates distributed through October 1.
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State Department of Public Works
Nebraska
Black Brothers mills ship flour to New York
Beatrice mills announced a sale of 25 000 barrels of flour to New York. The shipment will consist of five trainloads. Fifteen thousand bushels of wheat will be used and the flour will produce seven and a half million loaves of bread. The order totals 110 000 dollars after months of quiet business.
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Black, Brothers Mills
Beatrice
New York
Capitol to Use Granite for North Entrance Walks
The state capitol commission announced granite will replace cement for approaches and walks at the north entrance. Construction starts soon with cement used on the other three sides. Estimated savings total about $22,000. Bids for new furniture for constitutional offices, excluding general work rooms, will be received December 16.
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State Capitol Commission
Capitol
Constitutional
Nebraska senior livestock judging team announced
Prof R R Thalman of the University of Nebraska named Jesse Bilyeu Albion Benjamin Franklin Julesburg Colo John McLean Fremont Henry Sexton Eagle Lorenz Kay Wayne and Gerald Schick Curtis as members. The team will compete at the American Royal contest and the collegiate contest in Chicago tied to the international livestock exposition.
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R. R. Thalman
University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Jesse Bilyeu
Albion
Benjamin Franklin
Julesburg
Colo
John McLean
Fremont
Henry Sexton
Eagle
Lorenz Kay
Wayne
Gerald Schick
Curtis
Chicago
Custer County Agricultural Association Reelects Directors
Emerson R. Purcell and Walter E. Cole of Broken Bow along with Charlies O. Williams of Anselmo were re elected as directors at the annual stockholders meeting. Voters also voted to end free passes for next year and to have the president and superintendents of the 1932 fair work without compensation.
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Custer County Agricultural Association
Emerson R. Purcell
Walter E. Cole
Broken Bow
Charlies O. Willams
Anselmo
Wayne college to construct girls dormitory at cost $129009.10
Wayne Teachers' College awarded a dormitory contract totaling 129 009.10 dollars. The general contract goes to C. E. Atwater Company of Grand Island for 106 390 dollars while plumbing is by B. L. Rodwell of Omaha for 17 960 dollars and electrical work by H. E. Malmquist of Omaha for 4 659.10 dollars.
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Wayne Teachers’ ‘College Dormitory Corporation
College At
Wayne
C. E. Atwater Company
Grand Island
Plumbing
B. L. Rodwell
Omaha
H. EB. Malmquist
Prospectors Find Four Gold Nuggets in Old Well Pit Near Madison
Drillers near Madison report a vein of gold from an old well pit. Four pea sized nuggets were recovered from a 200 foot rock formation. Dr. E. A. Leach of Hutchinson leads the prospecting while C H Chevalier of Campbell handles drilling. Nugget value is undetermined and drilling will continue.
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Madison
E. A. Leach
Hutchinson, Kas
C. H. Chevalier
Campbell
Japan readies new Manchuria attack on Gen Mah
Harbin reports a planned Japanese assault on Chinese forces under Gen Mah Chan-shan between the Nonni river bridge and Anganchi. Tokyo and Geneva dispatches describe ultimatums, calls for international troops, and proposed Manchuria government reforms as tensions rise over South Manchurian railway security and disarmament talks.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Mah Chan-shan
Nonni River
Anganchi
Mah
London
Daily Telegraph
Mah Chanshan
Tsitsibar
Chang Tai Peng
Daily Express
China
League of Nations
Tokyo
Eugene Chen
Japan
Geneva
Tahsing
War Office
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Manchurian
League
Southern lynching study flags innocence in 1980 cases
The Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching reports that two of 21 lynching victims in 1980 were certainly innocent and eleven might be, faulting rapid trials and legal lynchings. It notes lynching remains predominantly a Southern issue with 97 percent of recent cases in the region.
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Atlanta
Southern Commission On the
South
Secretaries Long Service Granted Large Bequest
Elizabeth A. Billings, secretary and housekeeper to Jamaica lawyer Henry A. Montfort, cared for him 25 years until his 1930 death at eighty three. In his will Montfort left her 1 460 775 dollars as a bequest.
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New York
Elizabeth A. Billings
Henry A. Montfort
Jamaica
L. L
Miss Billings
Mr. Montfort
Ruth Judd held for trial as slayer in two deaths
Phoenix authorities bound Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd over for Superior court trial without bail after a preliminary hearing. Witnesses described the trunk slayings of Agnes Le Roi and Hedvig Samuelson and testimony contradicted the defendant's account of a self-inflicted wound.
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Phoenix,Ariz
Winnie’ Ruth Judd
Trunk
Agnes Anne le Roi
Hedvig Samuelson
Clarence E. Ice
Phoenix
Richard Swartz
Miss Samuelson
le Rok
J. B. Maudlin
Justice Ice
Maricopa County
Minute Men to Aid the Democratic Fund
Chairman Raskob forms a national Minute Men to aid policy and fund efforts. A council of 8,000 nominees will select members, led by the last three presidential nominees. Each Minute Man pledges to raise or secure $2,000 for the $1.5 million victory fund for pre convention needs and the presidential campaign.
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Washington
Raskob
National Committee
Congress
Cotton Crop Is Estimated to Be 16,903,000 Bales
Washington reports the 1931 cotton crop indicator rose with a forecast adding 619,000 bales to the harvest. The Agriculture department estimates a total of 16,903,000 bales, near the 1926 peak, due to ideal weather and high field yields despite existing oversupply concerns.
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Washington
Southland
Agriculture Department
Prince Nicholas Defies King Carol Elopes in Romania
Budapest reports a morganatic marriage between Prince Nicholas of Romania and Mme Jana Lucia Deleti. Despite King Carol's strong disapproval, Nicholas raced to Tohan to marry with the mayor performing the ceremony. Carol ordered records destroyed and a denial issued, but civil union appeared binding.
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Budapest
Prince Nicholas
Rumania
Mme
Jana Lucia Deleti
Carol
Nicholas
Tohan
Romania
Mme. Magda -Lupescu
Mme. Delets
Bukharest
Buzeu
Mme. Deleti
Mme. Lupescu
Bank Group Favors Rail Wage Cuts at Convention
The Investment Bankers' Association of America urged wage reductions for railway workers and narrowing powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The report calls for wages aligned with the cost of living, freer railroad rate changes, and a national fund to help railroads finance maturing obligations during industry recovery.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Vya
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association
Isaac N. Lewis Dies at Hoboken Station Inventor of Machine Gun
Col Isaac Newton Lew forty three or seventy three? No clash here died of heart disease at Hoboken Lackawanna station while awaiting a Montclair train. He invented the first portable air cooled machine gun and later earned royalties from British sales after his 1912 offer to Washington was rejected. Born October 12 1858 in New Salem Pa he graduated West Point in 1884.
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New York
Isaac Newton Lewis
Lackawanna
Hoboken
N. J
Montclair
Ordnance Bureau
Washington
Colonel Lewis
New Salem
United States Military Academy
West Point
Caraway's Widow May Serve Out His Term
In Jonesboro Arkansas the widow of Thaddeus H Caraway appears the likely choice to fill the unexpired senate term. Mayor H J Bosler announced she would accept the nomination if offered. She has followed politics closely and shares her husband's wit and bearing, and nomination by the state Democratic central committee would likely mean election, with service through March 1983.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Thaddeus H. Caraway
United States Senate
H. J. Bosler
Congress
State
Democratic Central” Committee
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Gen. Mah
David S. Ingalls
David 8. Ingalls
Ohio
Ruth Judd
Minute Men
Prince
King Carol
Nicholas of
Bank Group
Isaac N. Lewis
Caraway
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