Nebraska reports severe crop damage and feed shortage
A. E. Anderson and colleagues survey northeastern Nebraska counties, reporting extreme drought effects. Corn and hay are scarce. cattle and hog herds face distress as banks, feed, and pasture fail. Silo storage is urged, with talk of cottonseed cake as supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Tate
Anderson
W. W. Burr
College of ‘Agriculture
H. J. Gramlick
W. H. Brokaw
Saunders
Douglas
Washington
Burt
Thurston
Dakota
Dixon
Cedar
Knox
Boyd
Keya Paha
Rock, Loup
Valley
Sherman
Howard
Hall
Hamilton
York
Oil Drilling Efforts in Nebraska Fail to Find Production
A forthcoming book by William J. Kemnitzer and Dr. Ralph Arnold estimates 1.8 million dollars spent on Nebraska oil wells with no oil or gas found. It notes no petroleum septs in Nebraska and cites limited showings in Harlan Franklin Red Willow Furnas counties. Roughly sixty wells were drilled for oil in Nebraska before 1929 but lacked thorough testing or proper location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
William J. Kemnitzer
Ralph Arnold
Harlan
Franklin
Red Willow
Furnas
Birds Thrive On Niobrara Island Park Reserve
Niobrara Island Park hosts over a thousand birds with 800 acres on the island and 300 acres of adjacent game reserve. Custodian Robert Cash notes grain planted for winter feed and reveals 70 wild turkeys released last year along with 150 Hungarian partridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niobrara Park
Bloomfield
Niobrara Island
Robert Cash
Cash
Elm Tree Dedication in Neligh Preserves Oldest Nebraska Landmark
State news notes the dedication of the Legion Elm in Neligh, a Nebraska landmark believed to be the oldest living elm. The tree, over 170 years old, is expected to survive for at least another century per tree surgeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Nebraska
Neligh
Fremont Canning Co resumes after brief corn shortage
The Fremont Canning Co with 130 employees restarts operations and signals no further stoppages for the rest of the season. Norfolk park commission reports the park system has earned over 2500 dollars in the past year from tourist park and athletic fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Canning Co
The
Norfolk . Park Commission
Norfolk
Nebraska Biennial Expenditure Report Ends
Nebraska state agencies operated for a fiscal biennium ending June 30 to cover all government functions, property upkeep, institutional care, highway construction, and capitol building costs totaling 47 813 881 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Geneva Council Considers New City Building
At Geneva city council meeting Mayor Bertram was authorized to study the cost of a new municipal building. If built it would replace the old pump house site at a projected cost around ten to eleven thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City “Council of
Geneva
Bertram
Ak-Sar-Ben show boosts premiums to 75000 dollars
Premiums at the Ak-Sar-Ben live stock and horse show from October 31 to November 6 total 75000 dollars, up 25000 from last year. Two thousand head of pure bred live stock will be exhibited alongside 500 calves groomed by 4-H club members. A rodeo will feature the exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebraska Ducks See No Year End Season Cut Says Lytle
Deputy state game warden W H Lytle says President Hoover’s proclamation granting only one month for duck hunting won’t trim Nebraska’s season by two months. He notes Nebraska duck population decline is smaller than in other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Lytle
Hoover
Nebraska
Nebraska Budget Details Sought by Nanking Officials
A letter to Nebraska Tax Commission and Budget Director W. H. Smith from a Chinese finance committee chairman requests detailed information on the state budget and financial structure, signaling interest in Nebraska's fiscal practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
Fire damages three buildings at Table Rock hotel area
A hotel, grocery and theater at Table Rock were damaged by a blaze that smoked and partially burned the structures. Firefighters from Pawnee City aided local crews as investigators estimate damage at sixteen thousand dollars with restoration planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Table Rock
Lincoln Hotel
Hanna Grocery
Pawnee City
Norfolk Council Approves Special Election for Gas Franchise
The Norfolk city council passed an ordinance calling a special election to authorize a natural gas franchise for the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company. The firm recently acquired the gas plant from Midwest Power, with little opposition and plans to lay pipelines soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Iowa,Nebraska
National Grain Corp completes 600000 bu shelf addition at Fremont
The 600000 bushel storage expansion for Elevator B at the National Grain Corp was announced in Fremont. It is to be finished by late August but cannot hold grain for ten days due to delayed machinery arrival. Farmers are not yet using the new capacity as they hold their grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grain Corporation
Fremont
Well Driller Probes Gold on Maurer Farm Near Madison
Dr. T. A. Leach a dentist, leases the K. J. F. Maurer farm near Madison and hires a well driller to prospect for gold. Associates include attorney John Dyck and Martin A. Elmore with Hugh Cohner of Hutchinson. Leach recalls testing rock from a well on the land years ago yielding 21 dollars in gold per ton. He now seeks to map the formation further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. J. F. Maurer
Madison
T. A. Leach
John Dyck
Attoreny
Martin A. Elmore
Hugh Cohner
Hutchinson, Kas
Leach
Father Flanagan's Home Faces Immediate Closure
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home 11 miles west of Omaha warns it will close within weeks unless it raises 87500 to cover debts mortgage interest and maintenance. The nonsectarian facility relies on gifts and is appealing to the public for funds. Founder Father B J Flanagan is in Denver with ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Flanagan
Omaha
P. A. Flanagan
B. J. Flanagan
Denver
Britain forms coalition government under MacDonald regime
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald resigns his cabinet as Labour refuses to back a 10 percent dole cut. A national coalition is formed with Stanley Baldwin as Lord President and Sir Samuel Hoare as Foreign Secretary. The new cabinet vows drastic budget cuts to restore credit amid a looming parliamentary battle. MacDonald delivers a radio appeal urging public support for the budget drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor
J. Ramsay MacDonald
King George
MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Conservative
Philip Snowden
Home Affairs
Herbert Samuel
Liberal
Lord Sankey
Marquess of Reading
India
Samuel Hoare
Dominion
J. H. Thomas
Neville Chamberlain
Board of Trade
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Iby
Harvey Proposes to Abolish All Interest Coin
Harvey in Monte Ne Arkansas outlines a remedy for global ills through a government monetary system without interest with currency redeemable only in service. He, a veteran free silver advocate, delivers the keynote at his third party convention while Barney denounces the current monetary system as a monster. He supports government issued paper money increased by referendum and calls for outlawing interest as the root evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte “Ne
Ark
W. H
Harvey
Barney
Plane Explodes After Takeoff Killing Young Aviator
Fond du Lac Wisconsin Orville Kirchstein, twenty four, died when the biplane he had just taken off developed motor trouble at about one hundred feet and fell. Witnesses reported the craft exploded and burst into flames as it struck the earth. Kirchstein, an aviation mechanic with noted flying experience, flew a biplane owned by Elmer Becker president of the Wisconsin Traffic Officers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Orville Kirchstein
Kirchstein
Elmer Becker
Wisconsin Traffic Officers’ Association
Farn' Loan Advisory Group Ends Its Work
Washington reports that the national advisory loan committee appointed by Secretary Hyde to supervise federal lending to agricultural credit companies and livestock firms has disbanded. In total $1,327,440 was lent to 48 credit companies across 21 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Advisory Loan Committee
Hyde
Lindberghs Inspire Huge Tokyo Reception
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive by train from Kasumi gaura Naval Base to a dense Tokyo crowd. Police restrain stampede as they pass Ueno station and travel to limousines. Admiral Abe and Ambassador Forbes greet them. Lindbergh praises hospitality and looks forward to meeting more of the Japanese people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kasumigaura Naval Base
New York
Ueno
Lindberghs
Ambassador Forbes
Kasumigaura
Nemuro
Abe
W. Cameron .Forbes
Admiral Abe
Lindbergh
Pacific
Japan
United States
Editors Gather at Jeffersons Home
Editors and publishers from across the country will meet October 20 at Monticello Thomas Jeffersons Virginia home. The gathering marks a nationwide effort to reawaken patriotism and includes the dedication of a freedom of the press room. The plan also envisions a hall of famous ideals to honor the republics foundations and motivate higher citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Monticello
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Stuart G. Gibboney
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Freedom of the Press
Jefferson
America
Republic
Luke Lea and Davis Sentenced for Fraud
Luke Lea publisher and former U S senator Luke Lea and Wallace B Davis former bank president were sentenced in Asheville N C to prison for conspiracy to defraud the Central Bank and Trust of 1 136 000 Lea senior six to ten years and Davis four to six years Luke Lea Jr was fined 25 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Luke’. Lea
Swashville
Tenn
United States
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Lea
Luke, Jr
Davis
Gifford Plans Big Drive for Relief
Walter S. Gifford led a conference with welfare representatives to map a relief drive from October 19 to November 25. The plan coordinates Red Cross, community chests, and local relief committees to fund winter unemployment relief, with private and local government aid preferred over direct federal payments. The effort aligns with a national advisory lineup including Owen D. Young and others. Memphis Mississippi Valley conference urges rapid public works and a tax-based fund for jobless aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter S. Gifford
Red Cross
Association of Community Chests
Hoover
Gifford
Owen D.’ Young
New York
General Electric Company
Mr. Young
James F. Bell
Minneapolis
Conrad Mann
Kansas City
P.’'G. Spillsbury
Phoenix
Ariz
S.‘ P. Bush
Columbus
Ohio
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Reid
Clippis
W. A. Murray
Oklahoma
The
Valley
Murray
Interstate’ Board
Congress
New Jersey Convicts Strike for Higher Pay
About 816 convicts at the New Jersey State Reformatory began a strike demanding higher wages. Authorities summoned 75 strike-breakers to work on the prison farm and harvest. Prisoners, confined to cells, challenged the workers while pointing to wage disparities with the state prison in Trenton and the license-tag shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raiway
N. J
New Jersey States Reformatory
Middlesex County
Trenton
Heiress and Harvard student Elope to Waukegan Courthouse
Milwaukee report of Miss Mary Sue McCullough heiress to a $51,000,000 estate and Whipple Van Ness Jones Harvard student marrying in the Waukegan courthouse after leaving Oconomowoc summer homes. Both residents listed as St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary Sue McCullough
Whipple van Ness Jones
Harvard
Waukegan
St. Louis
Man averts train wreck by waving sweaters in Berlin
James Clark, a Worcester county farmer, stopped a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train at the edge of a 300 foot washout by waving two red sweaters fastened to a pole. There were 81 passengers bound for Ocean City aboard the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
James Clark
Worcester County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ocean City
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National Ministry For Great Britain
Flyer
Farn’ Loan Advisory Group
Senator Couzens
James Couzens
Michigan
Detroit
Ann End
Luke Lea
New Jersey
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