Nebraska relief efforts mobilize as drought hits seven counties
Governor Charles W. Bryan oversees a relief committee with 612 families and 2,988 people in seven North Nebraska drought and grasshopper affected counties. A house to house survey by American Legion posts gauges needs while county reports come in incomplete. A distribution and collection system is being set up to enable a statewide funds and supplies appeal, with Red Cross and other agencies pledging cooperation to avoid overlap.
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Lincoln
Charles W. Bryan
North Nebraska Drouth
American Legion
Red Cross
State Relief Committee
Sheep Shipments In State Increase Amid Lincoln Movement
Sheep shipments to Nebraska rose sharply from July through September with E V Jones noting feeder sheep movement up about 90 percent from last year. Movement into feedlots began earlier than in 1930, while Scottsbluff feeders declined and corn belt regions expanded. Nationwide corn belt shipments rose about 20 percent and cornbelt area markets posted a three month total over 25 percent above the five year average, driven by heavy in state and Kansas movement. Western lambs into eastern North Dakota surged with in ship ments to October 1 near last year’s six month total.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
E. V. Jones
Mississippi
Kansas
North Dakota
Corn Crop Far Below Normal in Lincoln Nebraska
A 1931 corn crop yields estimate shows less than half of the average, with 17 bushels per acre vs 15.3 for the worst years since 1900. Acreage tops 10 million, up 29 percent from the average for poor years, with nationwide production around 171.6 million bushels and only eleven counties expected to exceed 25 bushels.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Burt
Cuming
Cass
Lancaster
Sarpy
Seward
Fillmore
Gage
Jefferson
Richardson
Saline
Nebraska Air Tour Showlights Omaha Fort Flight Event
The Third All Nebraska Air Tour featured demonstration flights by L G Larson of Wichita Kansas piloting Pete Hill's auto giro and Alfred E Hastings two time National Glider Champion. Hastings staged two glider exhibitions one from an auto tow and one from an aircraft tow start, showcasing a fleet of miscellaneous planes on the event.
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Nebraska
Omaha
L. G. Larson
Wichitta
Kansas
Pete Hill
Autogiro
Alfred. E. Hastings
Spud Boom Amid Bank Collapse Sparks Barter Revival
Following Heming ford's bank failure, barter returns as staple exchange. M G Wilson near Scottsbluff logged a 14 acre plot yielding 470 bushels per acre, two separate 2 acre harvests totaling 1 005 bushels. Red Triumph spuds mark the crop. Potatoes fetch low prices, as cheap as 15 cents a bushel, per Prof Loeffel of the state college.
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M. G. Wilson
Fairview
Scottsbluff
Triumph
Nebraska
William J. Loeffel
The
Agricultural College
Man Kills 70 Rattlesnakes in Hemingford Den
Phillip Myers reports he killed 70 rattlesnakes in a den seven miles northeast of Hemingford. The den had been dynamited two years earlier in a failed attempt to exterminate the venomous reptiles.
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Phillip Myers
Myers
Hemingford
Fish Planting Adds Thousands of Bass and Perch in Gage County
More than 4 000 black bass and yellow perch and 16 000 ringed perch have been planted in the Blue River near Beatrice and other points in Gage county by state and federal hatcheries. Local anglers taking part included Dr. R. C. Noble Dr. E. W. Fellers Cecil Hess Conrad Arnold J. P. Wenz William Becks and Heinle Schlachter.
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Blue River
Beatrice
Gage County
R. C. Noble
E. W.fellers
Cecil Hess
Conrad Arnold
J. P. Wenz
Willian Becks
Heinle Schlachter
Nebraska State University Team Wins National Dairy Judging
The Nebraska State University cattle judging team won the students national contest at the St. Louis dairy exposition among 23 agricultural colleges. Illinois placed second and Iowa third, with D. E. Bush of Nebraska taking first honors in individual judging of all breeds.
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Nebraska’ State University
St. Louis
Illinois
Iowa
D. E. Bush
Nebraska
Plattsmouth Platte River Bridge bid adds Condon work
George W. Condon company of Omaha proposed expansion and contraction facilities for the Platte river bridge at Plattsmouth at a cost of 3133 dollars. The Platte river bridge on the D S D at Ashland should finish by December 1 as paving nears completion linking Nebraska's two largest cities while other bridge and overpass work continues near Gretna and Salt Creek.
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George W. Condon Company of
Omaha
Platte River
Plattsmouth
A. B. Anderson
Roy L. Cochran
Ashland Bids For Water From Platte River Pipeline
Lincoln considers Ashland as a potential customer for the Platte river system once the pipeline is completed. Ashland bids for pumping equipment and wells, seeking inclusion on the customer list if surplus supply exists. Estimated Ashland use is 200000 gallons daily as construction of the first pipeline section begins and the pipe arrives in Ashland.
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Lincoln
Omaha Real Estate Mortgages Rise in August
Omaha was among seven cities showing higher mortgage volumes in August despite an overall 16 percent dip from a year earlier. Omaha climbed 206000 dollars to 1004200, while July’s total stood at 2167423. Minneapolis led gains, with over 300000 dollars more than August of last year, followed by New Haven St Paul Greenwich and White Plains.
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Omaha
Nelson, Hunt & Co
Middle West
Minneapolis
New Haven
Conn
St. Paul
Minn
Greenwich
Manchurian Crisis Eases as Japan Signals Talks
Tokyo lays out five negotiation points with China, including recognition of obligations and rail rights. Debuchi informs Stimson of Japan’s troop withdrawal near the South Manchurian railroad, easing tension. Briand proposes a council plan, and the Mukden to Hailung railroad resumption signals a shift toward normalcy.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Washington
State Department
League of Nations
League Council
Prentiss Gilbert
Katsuji Debuchi
Stimson
Debuchi
Geneva
Aristide “Briand
Council of the
League of Nations Council
United States
Manchuria
Mukden
Hailung
Shanghai
I C C Denies 15 Percent Freight Rate Increase
The interstate commerce commission denied a blanket 15 percent freight rate rise as contrary to the best interests of carriers and unjustified by the economy. It proposed a temporary increase on many commodities through March 31, 1933, with pooled revenue to meet bond obligations, estimating 100 to 125 million dollars versus the hoped 500 million.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S. Urges Paraguay and Bolivia to settle Chaco dispute
Washington reports Pan American public opinion has urged Paraguay and Bolivia to avoid war over the Chaco. Under U S leadership telegrams were sent by all American nations asking both governments to resolve the dispute peacefully.
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Washington
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco
United States
College Enrollment Lowers Jobless Ranks
Washington reports that rising college enrollments have kept many students from joining the unemployed, a statement from Miss Olga A. Jones, head of the back-to-school movement launched by the President's unemployment relief organization.
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Washington
Olga A. Jones
President's Organization On
Business improving declares A F L in monthly summary
The American Federation of Labor sees gradual improvement in underlying business factors with rising replacement demand and increasing production. It cites four persistent malfunctions such as international finance, banking, railroad earnings, and unemployment, but notes steps are being taken and cites Hoover Laval talks as key to easing the crisis. It supports a 500 million dollar credit plan to unfreeze bank credits and defends wage cuts by US Steel and Bethlehem Steel as deficit remedies from dividend payments not earned.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Laval
France
Hoover
Francheé
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Mrs Alice Pike Barney Dies at 70 in Hollywood
Alice Pike Barney a Washington theatre salon figure and widow of Albert Clifford Barney and later Christian Hemmick died of heart disease at a Hollywood concert. Born in Cincinnati she married at seventeen and left an estate valued at five million dollars after Albert Barney’s 1914 death.
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Alice Pike Barney
Hollywood
Calif
Washington, D.C
Albert Clifford Barney
Washington
Christian Hemmick
New Mountain Road Named for Mary Garden
A new route over Iron Mountain to Mount Rushmore National Memorial was named the Mary Garden way Miss Garden learned of the christening at a banquet hosted by sculptor Gutzon Borglum Tears filled her eyes as she turned to Senator Peter Norbeck and kissed him The singer Miss Garden had come to town to perform at a benefit for funds to support the memorial project.
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New Mountain
Mary
New Style Blacksmithing Becomes Mobile in Wisconsin
Louis Wanasek, a Wisconsin blacksmith, reports his village smithy now travels to farms to shoe horses. He notes the motorized era reduced on-site work and says telephoned orders drive his mobile service. There are still horses, but farmers avoid bringing them to the shop.
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Louis Wanasek
Wisconsin
Wanasek
Correcting Excess Stomach Acids With a Simple Alkali
An old advisory claims indigestion after meals is due to excess stomach acid and can be neutralized by a spoonful of a solution in water. It promises rapid relief within five minutes and promotes a long history of physician use. It also touts Phillips' Dental Magnesia toothpaste as ideal for teeth and gums.
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Baan
Phillips
Coward Lawyer Faces Divorce Suit in Cruel Treatment Claim
A lawyer boasts he can obtain a divorce for cruelty. A woman retorts that her husband will not fight, noting he avoids any room where she is. Pathfinder.
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Pathfinder
Little Elsie Chooses Not To Have a Baby
In a family exchange Aunt Anna shows a newborn and Uncle Ned asks Elsie if she wants one. She sighs and says no, insisting the baby would be different.
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Elsie
Anna
Ned
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Allan Hoover
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