Sinking of Vestris Prompt US Investigation and Survivors Charges
New York reports a final death toll list for the Vestris tragedy with 111 dead among 826 aboard. Attorney Charlies Tuttle opens an inquiry while survivors accuse leaky lifeboats, failing davits, and Captain Carey of negligence. inspectors in New York Norfolk begin testimony. The British board orders an inquiry into the sinking off Virginia capes.
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New York
Vestris
Lamport & Holt
United States
Charlies Tuttle
Francis A. O’neill
William Carey
Washington
Steamboat Inspection Service
Norfolk
D. N. Hoover
London
British Board of Trade
Virginia Capes
South America
Carey
Anoicer
Jardine Tells Of Wheat Conditions
Washington reports Secretary Jardine says world wheat supply this year will rise at most five percent, met mainly by higher demand. Canada revises down its crop, Russia may import, European corn short. low prices spur feeding, reducing available supplies. Dockage frost may offset Canadian production gains and Great Lakes closure may shift exports to spring. European buyers may turn to the United States during the closed lake season.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Canada
Russia
Mr. Jardine
Great Lakes
United States
Army Engineers' Corps Short of Colonels Despite Gains
Washington reports the army engineers' corps is 22 short of its 260 authorized strength despite adding 28 officers 24 from West Point. Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin notes shortages in colonels and lieutenant colonels as duties fall to majors while reserve officers total 7742. Corps work includes mapping US and foreign regions seacoast fortifications and Mississippi flood control.
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Washington
West Point
Army Engineers’ Corps
Edgar Jadwin
Davis
United States
Chinese Red Cross to Move Shanghai
The head office of the Chinese Red Cross society, long based in Peking, will relocate to Nanking under Nationalist government direction.
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Chinese Red Cross
Shanghai
The
Chinese Red Cross Society
Peking
Nanking
Savings in salaries cut proposed by state officials
State officials report a saving of 199000 in salaries with the Omaha school payroll at 2116506. Other items note the Humboldt brick plant sale, a 70th wedding anniversary for Pickrell residents, and a Rushville corn show with strong exhibits and premiums.
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J. H. Beveridge
Omaha
Bushboom Brothers
Fairbury
Humboldt Brick and Tile
Klose and
Butterfield
Lucky Montgomery
Pickrell
Montgomery
Sheridan County
Rushville
States
Philippine Islands
Midland College
Nebraska
Kantwo
Colorado
South Dakota
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Howard Hill
Earnham
Iowa
H. A. Hansen
Union Pacific System
Armendia F. Eakin
Margareta A. Harrs
Fremont
Eakin
Harms
Beets provide large payout for Nebraska district growers
Great Western Sugar plans to payout about 3 731 500 to Nebraska beet growers for tonnage delivered to six western facilities. Deliveries total 533 00 tons with per ton minimum at 7 dollars. The district expects a strong finish with sugar content around 16 percent and a crop record due to large acreage. Armistice Day speaker Roland Scott addressed McCook junior college after serving in St Louis and Manila with his wife on a world cruise. Adj Gen Thomas J Smith of McCook followe...
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Company
Bayard
Gering
Mitchell
Minatare
Lyman
West
Roland Scott
McCook
St. Louis
American Legion
Mr. Scott
P. W. Scott
McCook Ani Ig
Chris Hansen
United States
Manila
Battle Grounds
Adj
Thomas J. Smith
Scott
75 Years of Nebraska City News Paper History
The Nebraska City Daily News Press marks its 75th year tracing origins to the Palladium in Belleville on November 14, 1954. It moved to Nebraska City after Bellevue lost capital hopes in 1855 and merged with the Press in 1925 under J. H. Sweet who has led since 1909.
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Nebraska City
J. H. Sweet
Press
Consolidated Paper
Malled Ballots From Every State In Omaha Vote
Absent voters in Omaha counted ballots from all states and foreign countries. Mrs Amos Thomas, assistant in the election office, noted two ballots from France, one from England and one from Canada. The mail vote total approached 2000.
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Omaha
Union
Amos Thomas
Election Commissioners
France
England
Canada
Turnip weighing seven pounds on display in Bridgeport
A seven pound turnip weighing fourteen inches in circumference is shown on display at a Bridgeport real estate office. Walter Moe grew the giant on his farm seven miles from town. The specimen is described as solid and unusually large for the crop.
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Nebraska
Bridgeport
Walter Moe
Tecumseh Graveling District Bonds Cut to 901.16
Tecumseh completed the second graveling district with cash payments for street intersections and alleys. Because many property owners paid cash, the bonds issued to cover the improvement total only 901.16 dollars.
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Tecumseh
Olson wins U.S. corn husking title at Fowler Indiana
Walter Olson of Illinois husked 26.62 bushels in 1 hour 20 minutes to take the United States championship at Fowler Indiana. Elmer Williams of Minnesota finished second with 25.31 bushels, Otto Sorefison of Nebraska was fourth with 24.24 bushels, and Joe Sudick of Nebraska placed sixth.
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Nebraska
Fowler
Ind
Walter Olson
Illinois
United States
Olson
Elmer Williams
Otto Sorefison
Joe Sudick
Hoover Seeks Peace and Good Will Latin Tour
President-Elect Hoover receives hundreds of cables from Latin American leaders hailing his mission as a peace and goodwill tour not a trade expedition. The trip aims to improve relations, reduce armament outlays, and dispel dollar diplomacy fears, with support from officials including Representative Hull on inland waterway development.
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Palo ‘Alto
Calif
Hoover
South American
United States
Latin America
North
South America
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
William E. Hull
Illinois
Hull
Hoover visit to South America may boost US trade
Charles M. Schwab, leader in structural steel, says Herbert Hoover's South American tour will raise mutual respect and expand trade between the continents, as he attends the Institute of Steel Construction convention in Edgewater Gulf Miss.
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Edgewater
Gulf
Miss
Herbert Hoover
South America
United States
Charles M. Schwab
Structural Steel
Institute of Steel Construction
Seventeen Lifeguards Die Aiding Distressed Vessel
In a Sussex tragedy the Rye lifeboat crew perished while attempting to aid the Latvian steamer Alice off Rye harbor. Fourteen regular crewmen and three volunteers lost their lives as giant seas swamped the boat in gale force winds, leaving families on the shore in mourning.
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London
Great Britain
Vestris
Rye Harbor
Sussex
Rye
Rye Life
Alice
Noted Scientist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin Dies at 85
World figure in geology and early University of Chicago faculty member Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin died at 85 in Albert Billings Memorial Hospital on the university campus from bronchial pneumonia and heart disease.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Thomas
Chrowder Chamberlin
Albert Billings Memorial Hospital
Theniversity
Communists Reported Killed in Two-Day Battle Near Canton
Report from Shertung, 12 miles east of Canton, says Nationalists killed about 100 Communists and captured more than 200 in a two day fight. Advices detail the losses and prisoners in the clash.
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Hongkong
Shertung
Canton
$3 Million Milwaukee Hotel Plan By John Freuler
Plans for a 500 room 12 story Milwaukee hotel costing 3 million dollars are announced by John R. Freuler a prominent figure in the motion picture business.
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Milwaukee
John R. Freuler
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North Platte Chamber of Commerce
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A. B
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Joseph Dolesal
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