Butter and beef purchases outlined by relief officials
Washington officials announced plans to buy two million pounds of butter weekly and an undetermined amount of beef for relief distribution to the unemployed. The program, costing about 15 million dollars, aligns with corn and hog production restrictions and farmer payouts to raise prices and purchasing power. In North Dakota, an embargo on wheat shipments was ordered to push prices higher, with National Guardsmen ready to act if needed.
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Washington
Surplus Relief Corporation
Harry L. Hopkins
Wallace
Farm Administration
Relief Administration
Peek
Robert M. Littlejohn
Hopkins
American National Live Stock Association
Midwestern
Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
William Lancer
Langer
Adjt Jen
Earl Lakes
Prison and Fines for NRA Cheats
Roosevelt issues executive orders imposing fines and six months in jail for violations of the re employment agreement and for displaying the blue eagle after orders to surrender the symbol. Johnson issues rules requiring surrender of the blue eagle when a party fails to comply with temporary agreements or permanent codes. Hollywood factions protest proposed motion picture code provisions resisting inclusion of antiraid and salary controls in the code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Johnson
Hollywood
Calif
Warner’Bros
Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Screen Writers’ Guilds
Screen Actor's Guild
Huey Long urges tax program in Louisiana speech
Huey P. Long addressed a long-armed audience in New York about a seven point tax plan and urged Gov. O K Allen to convene a November session. He criticized the NIG program and taunted hecklers inviting a one on one confrontation. Alternate cheers and laughter accompanied his remarks about a New Yorker’s eye injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Huey
Donaldsonville
Huey P. Long
Falls Dead Viewing Bandit After Holdup
Henry Harmon a restaurant cashier died of a heart attack half an hour after a holdup. He identified suspect William Duff in a police line up and collapsed. Police say had the heart attack occurred during the holdup Duff would have faced first degree murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Harmon
Harmon
William Duff
Duff
Tennessee men die leaping from burning plane near Clarksville
Two Tennesseans were killed when their flaming plane burned near Clarksville. Pilot William T. Murray of Nashville and former Clarksville pharmacist Harry P. Lyle leaped from the aircraft as it burned en route from Clarksville airport to Murfreesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
William T. Murray
Nashville
Transport Air
Harry P. Lyle
Here
Murfreesbooro
Chicago World’s Fair Extended to November 12
Major Lenox R. Lohr, general manager, announces the Century of Progress exposition will run until midnight November 12, extending beyond the original closing date. The decision came after civic and business leaders urged a longer run. Armistice Day celebrations on November 1 will be highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Lohr
Jeast
Tne
Lohr
Girl 17 Takes Life After Taunts of Fatty Labels
New York report states Jane Dane, seventeen and 200 pounds, killed herself after being called fatty by other girls. Her body was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatty
New York
Jane Dane
Nebraska Tax Bill Seen Seven Million Lower This Year
Early county returns indicate Nebraska's total tax bill could fall to about 42.7 million dollars from 49.6 million last year and 56.4 million in 1931. The decrease hinges on reductions in 12 reporting counties with possible offsets in larger counties like Douglas and Lancaster. Net saving among the 12 counties amounts to 345 thousand dollars compared with 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Douglas
Lancaster
Federal Pork For Nebraska Relief Agencies
Randall Biart state relief administrator announced that federal pork from the government program to eliminate surplus pigs will be ready for Nebraska relief agencies soon. Distribution depends on county allotments and transportation arrangements, with local units likely supplying trucks and covering transport costs. The pork must be used quickly unless refrigerated and is intended for unemployed families in need of aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Randall Biart
Biart
State corn crop narrows with Neb Lincoln output decline
October crop report shows Lincoln Nebraska state corn production at 229,905,000 bushels this season, about 40,000,000 less than last year and below the five year average. Oats, spring wheat and barley were poor but as expected. Western Nebraska potatoes improved and sugar beets and forage crops are excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Banker Plan Prompts Banking Revival
Francis P. Matthews, Omaha Democratic leader, reports progress toward a Nebraska plan to let state banks share Roosevelt era banking benefits. The proposal envisions capital notes by state banks and aligns with federal banking administration plans, while addressing Nebraska law’s double indemnity rule.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Francis P. Matthews
Washington
Matthews
Capitol
Roosevelt ‘Banking Administration
Gasoline tax revenues rise with September totals
State finance reports show gasoline tax receipts of over 750000 in September, compared to 724631 in August and 708781 in September 1932. A November 2 special election will decide a 200000 Fremont school bond with a 30 percent federal grant possible. About 500 workers are on the Shelton Kearney highway project, with limited shifts due to season. Home Owners Loan Corp approved loans totaling 262064 for Nebraskans in the week ending October 6, with 138 loans, including reductions, and 61 foreclosures avoided valued at 144671.
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Fremont
Public Works Administration
Shelton-Kearney
George King
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Nebraska towns seek statewide water system inspections
At the League of Nebraska Municipalities convention a committee was appointed to study how other states inspect municipal water supplies. The resolution calls for investigation and aims to pursue a Nebraska law mandating regular inspections of water systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nebraska Municipalities
Nebraska
Nevada
Nebraska cattle on feed down 10 percent on Oct 1
A. E. Anderson, federal statistician, reports 10 percent fewer cattle on feed in Nebraska as of October 1 compared with last year. He cites price uncertainty, credit conditions, and recent losses as factors while noting locally produced cattle on feed are near normal and feeder movement from range areas remains small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Conak
Anderson
Sthall
Corn Husking Journey Plans Rally At West Point Farm
Cuming county committee gears up for the national corn husking event at Ben Stalp farm near West Point on November 9. About 40 000 visitors are expected and 10 000 to 15 000 cars will need parking space with local farmers offering pastures as lots. An entertainment feature includes a Thurston Indian war dance during judging and weighing of the corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuming
Ben Stalp Farm
West Point
Stalp Farm
Thurston
Central Nebraska Power and Irrigation project plan review tour
State advisory committee on public works schedules a two day inspection tour of the Tri-county Power and Irrigation project in central Nebraska. Proponents and opponents will present views at hearings in Minden and Grand Island. Board members Dan Stephens John Latenser Jr and J E Lawrence will be joined by engineers to assess technical aspects of the $32 000 000 plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Advisory Committee On Public Works
Tri-county
Nebraska
Minden
Grand Island
Dan Stephens
Fremont
John Latenser, Jr
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska opens finance office to aid failed banks
A new Construction Finance Corporation office in Lincoln with H O Nordness in charge coordinates state and federal actions to loosen funds and reopen banks on restricted basis. The plan seeks R F C support to advance money for depositors and ease liquidation, including buying debenture bonds to strengthen bank capital for normal reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Construction Finance Corporation
Nebraska Capitol
H.O. Nordness
Nordness
Germany withdraws from Nations League and disarmament talks
Berlin reports that the Nazi government pulls Germany from the League of Nations and the disarmament conference while dissolving the Reichstag and announcing elections for November 12. Hitler pledges equality with France and appeals for peace. In Geneva, the United States states it will not aid European political actions but will continue disarmament talks if Europe proceeds.
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Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Germany
Fonr
Berlin
National Socialist
Reich
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Hitler
France
Geneva
United States
Norman H. Davis
Europe
America
Davis
General Commission of the Disarmament
Wiggin Reveals Huge Bank Payments Under Scrutiny
Senate investigators outlined Albert H. Wiggin’s earnings from Chase National Bank including nearly $1,000,000 in salary and bonuses from 1929 to now. Wiggin, retired on a $100,000 annuity, earned a peak $218,750 salary and a $75,000 bonus in 1930. Winthrop W. Aldrich, Rockefeller kin, joined Chase in 1930 with $87,500, rising to $150,000 in 1931 then $139,556 the following year, and he will receive $87,?54 as Wiggin’s successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase‘ National Bank
Winthrop W. Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Chase Bank
Wiggins
Polish Balloon Victors Cheered at Warsaw
Capt. Frank Hycek and Lieut. Zbigniew Burzynski won the Gordon Bennett cup balloon race in the United States this summer and were welcomed at Warsaw aviation field. Government authorities and cheering crowds gathered despite rain after they arrived by plane from Gdynia where they were received in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Frank Hycek
Burzynski
Zbigniew
Gordon Bennett
United States
Gdynia
Siamese Navy Joins Rebel Forces Reported
Passengers arriving from Bangkok Siam said the Siamese navy joined rebels in an attack on the government and seized the national arsenal. They also reported the important station of Petchaburi captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penang
Federated Malay States
Bangkok
Siam
Petchaburi
Two Men Slain at Kentucky Pie Fete
A quarrel at a pie social at the Tulga school near here left Floyd Gilbert and Ben Potter dead. Officers report Potter stabbed Gilbert and was then fatally shot by Oliver Gilbert, whom Potter named in a dying statement.
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NRA
Blue Eagle
Bandit
State News
Wiggin
Kentucky
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