Balkans in turmoil as Alexander deaths spark wider tension
The world reacts to the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia with warnings of possible revolution and shifts toward a Franco German security pact. Mussolini pressures Italy while Barthou’s peace plan drives French diplomacy. Spain’s civil war worsens as Catalonia proclaims independence and fights government forces. MacArthur outlines a Gulf War ready air fleet and broader air power expansion.
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Marseilles
Sarajevo
Alexander
France
Barthou
Italy
Rome
Jugoslavia
Mussolini
Duce
Peter
England
Germany
Réich
Balkans
Europe
Reich
Petrus Kalemen
Fontainebleau
Douglas MacArthur
G. H. Q. Combat Air Force
G. H. Q. Air Force
Middle West
Army Corps
Pinchot backs Reed in Pennsylvania race amid union moves
Gifford Pinchot abandons Roosevelt policies to support Senator Reed in the Pennsylvania contest. Postmaster General Farley criticizes Pinchot, while Pennsylvania Democrats seek a presidential intervention. Separately, the American Federation of Labor endorses a six hour day five day week and union consolidation across industries.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
David “A. Reed
Pinchot
Wilkes Barre
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Senator Reed
Andrew W. Mellon
San Francisco
William Green
A. F
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Iron and Steel
Farm program payments near one billion in reach
The Akgatieagte crop benefit checks for more than 352 million have been paid to farmers in the production adjustment program. An additional 575 thousand is scheduled, with nearly 60 percent before year end, lifting the farmers’ stake in AAA to about one billion. The 1934 cash farm income is estimated around eight billion, up from five billion last year.
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AAA
Bureau of Rural Economics
Roosevelt vows ongoing Civilian Conservation Corps effort
President Roosevelt confirms continuation of the Civilian Conservation Corps after a positive report on camps nationwide. He writes to director Robert Fechner stressing the work’s justification and benefits to the participants, and the program’s continued cost justification to the nation.
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Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Corps
Madison State Politics and University Dean Sparks
The Madison Capital Times notes Doctor Frank says the Republican party needs a liberal candidate but not a dangerous one and believes he can qualify. He declines to comment on the newspaper story and says his push for Garrison to resume duties as law dean serves the university. Island Republicans renominate Felix Hebert for governor while Gen. Luke H. Gallan is named at the state convention.
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National Labor Relations Board
Madison Capital Times
Doctor Frank
Republican Party
Garrison
Island
Felix Hebert
Luke H. Gallan
National Crime Conference Planned for December in Washington
Jack GenerAL Cummings announces a national conference on crime to open December 8 in Washington and run for three days. President Roosevelt will address the first session at Constitution Hall. The conference will consider causes and prevention of crime investigation detection and apprehension criminal courts prosecution and parole probation and pardon.
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Jacks
Cummings
Washington
Roosevelt
Constitution Hall
Lindbergh Kidnapping Grand Jury Indicts Hauptmann
Col. Charles A Lindbergh testified before a New Jersey grand jury that Hauptmann’s voice matched the ransom drop call heard in the cemetery. The jury indicted Hauptmann for murder, noting the suspect’s voice as clinching evidence while declining a kidnapping charge. Murderers face the electric chair.
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Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Doctor
Lindbergh
John F. Condon
Pilgrims Gather for 32nd International Eucharistic Congress
Ignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church from many lands gathered in Buenos Aires for the thirty second International Eucharistic congress. Pilgrims arrived by ship from Europe Africa and the Americas while the city opened homes for accommodation. Open air rites took place in Palermo park and services were held in the cathedral.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Europe
Africa
Americas
Palermo Park
Nebraska counties share in state gasoline tax distribution
Nebraska will distribute 296,119 dollars from net gasoline tax proceeds for September across 93 counties, totaling 3 eight within state shares. State funds exceeded dealer refunds by 786,984 dollars. A E Anderson, corn hog board chair, calls the payments a God send to farmers, averaging 361 dollars per farm and 7.14 dollars per contracted acre, about double the 1932 value and above 1933 levels.
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society Meets for Postgraduate Study
A thousand midwestern physicians gather in Omaha from October 28 to November 2 for a second annual assembly. The event features a post graduate study under 12 distinguished medical men with headquarters at the Hotel Paxton. Leading lecturers include Dr. Walter L. Bierring of Des Moines and others from New York Boston and Chicago.
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Omaha
Omaha Mid- West
Boston
Harvard Medical School
Lahey Clinic
Benjamin H. Orndoff
Chicago
International Congress of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Home Loan Corp hits ten thousand loans in under a year
The Home Loan Corporation of Nebraska reports closing its ten thousandth loan in under a year led by manager Charles Smrha. Since the first loan on October 17, 1933, total loans amount to 19,515,274 with bonds paid to holders and funds allocated to counties, cities, and repairs. Smrha notes about five thousand applications are in process and closures average as details finish. Ernest N. Smith of the AAA criticizes Nebraska roads as dusty and highway politics.
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Home Loan Corporation of Nebraska
Charles Smrha
Bend
Smrha
Nebraska
Grand Island
Ernest N. Smith
Washington
Omaha Automobile Association
Lincoln Highway
Mr. Smith
E State
Nebraska Relief Rolls See High Work Relief Employment
Federal relief head Rowland Haynes cites J R Carnahan data showing nearly 75 percent of able bodied Nebraska relief recipients are employed on work relief projects. Of 18 773 called to work, 18 201 are employed, from a total relief list of 34 202. The drought relief group fared worse with 5 484 of 9 574 employed, due to farmers being widely scattered and hard to arrange work.
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Nebraska
Rowland Haynes
Haynes
J.R. Carnahan
FERA
Carnahan
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Azana
Gov. Pinchot
State News
Phillips
Sauive
Magnesia
Miss. Cayenne
Freddie
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