Johnson Leads National Buying Drive Under Blue Eagle
John S. Johnson heads a new NRA campaign to spur nationwide buying starting around September 20. He urges 100 percent employer and worker cooperation to enforce codes, curb prices, and boost wages, with emphasis on public buying and compliance under the Blue Eagle. Ford remarks are noted as an informal reaction to code adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Blue Eagle
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Cam-Paigo
Henry Ford
Ford
Captain West hailed as hero after Coldwater collision near Cape Lookout
Surviving crew of the Coldwater recount a dramatic coastwise collision with the President Wilson off Cape Lookout. Captain R. Lee West guided lifeboats and saved 20 sailors and the two daughters of a passenger, with all aboard Coldwater escaping before it sank in 50 minutes. The President Wilson docked for repairs after the crash in a heavy squall.
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Newport _ News
Coldwater
President Wilson
Dollar Line
Cape ‘Lookout
Carolina
Wilson
R. Lee West
Daniél McPherson
Savannah
West
Makepeace Ridley
Harvey Bailey Breaks Jail and Is Recaptured in Oklahoma
Harvey Bailey, charged with kidnapping Charles F. Urschel and linked to the Kansas City union station slaying, escaped Dallas jail after forcing a way out with a revolver. He was recaptured in Ardmore by three policemen and brought to Oklahoma County Jail under heavy guard.
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Harvey Bailey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles F. Urschel
Kansas City Union Station
Oklahoma County
Dallas
Bailey
Ardmore
Nick
Italian flyer Faniowis dies in burning plane crash
Brooklyn report says Gen. Francisco de Pinedo a famed Italian aviator perished when his giant red green and purple aircraft carrying 1 027 gallons of gasoline veered off a Floyd Bennett field runway during takeoff for Bagdad Irak. The burning plane and wreckage were destroyed in seconds.
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Faniowis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Francisco de Pinedo
Italy
Bagdaq
Irak
Floyd Bennett Airport
Tragic Love Ends in Double Death at Wilmington Store
In Wilmington Delaware a rejected suitor, William Pelham, shot Nellie Yeager, carried her to a storeroom and killed himself. After four years of courtship, Pelham wrote a suicide note on waste paper beside the dying woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
William Pelham
Nellie Yeager
Pelham
Kansas State Treasurer Freed From Jail on Bond
Topeka Kans Tom Boyd state treasurer charged with using fire mails to defraud and conspiracy in connection with the state bond forgery scandal was released from the county jail on a 25000 bond. The bond signed by friends of the treasurer was approved by Judge George T McDermott of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Topeka
Kan
Tom ‘Boyd
George T. McDermott
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Aviator and Miner Seek Ancient Gold Mine in Venezuela
Aviator Jimmy Angel and former South African mine operator D. H. Curry plan to fly to Venezuela to search for a gold mine reportedly operated by Peruvians before the Spanish conquest. The expedition follows previous exploration in lands linked to historic gold findings.
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Hunt
Ancient Gold Mine
Muskogee
Okla
Jimmy Angel
D. H. Curry
Venezuela
Omaha River Work Starts in 30 Days
Captain Theodore Wyman reports eight mile Missouri river development at Omaha will begin within 30 days with 1000 men required for full Florence Omaha project. Specs for bridge posted in Kansas City and additional Omaha contracts planned. Work aims to relocate and stabilize the river channel from Florence to the Council Bluffs narrows.
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Omaha
Theodore Wyman
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Waterways Committee
Wyman
Kansas City
Plattsmouth
Nebraska City
Rule
Brownsville
St. Joseph
Florence
Florence-Omaha
Council Bluffs
New Grasshopper Outbreak Reported in Washington and Plains States
Dr. W. H. Larrimer reports a new non migratory grasshopper species in Washington D C A resembling a descendant of the Rocky Mountain locust. It swarms northern plains states causing more damage than the three known species. Deep plowing and scattering poison after eggs hatch are advised with emphasis on early state wide eradication campaigns to prevent further losses next year.
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Washington, D
Plains States
W. H. Larrimer
Department of Agriculture
Larrimer
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Conditions for Cattle Feeders Poor in Lincoln Report
E V Jones, assistant state and federal agricultural statistician, says Nebraska cattle feeders face poor conditions with overstocked ranges and hay short. He expects higher state marketings of cattle and calves this fall, though August to December will be about 13 percent above last year and still near the 1927-31 average, the smallest in 12 years outside a single year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
E. V. Jones
Federal
Missouri River
Jones
Nebraska land offices history compiled for state society
Secretary A E Sheldon reports receipt from the U S Interior Department of data on Nebraska land offices. The record covers Omaha 1855, West Point 1869, Brownville 1857 later Beatrice, and Alliance last office open January 31 1933. The history will be distributed to libraries and the public.
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Lincoln
A. E. Sheldon
State Historical Society
Nebraska
U. S. Department of the Interior
Omaha
West Point
Brownville
Beatrice
Alliance
Canning Factory Tests Tomatoes as Corn Off Direction
Grand Island canning plant runs a tomato test in a year with no corn production. Neligh News publishers B. S. Scofield and K. A. Scofield plan a daily edition during Antelope county fair in town this month, four days. Nebraska State Teachers Association schedules district conventions October 25-28 with C. A. Bowers announcing Lincoln Omaha Norfolk Grand Island Holdrege Scottsbluff as convention cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
R. W. Updike
B. S
K. A. Scofield
Neligh News
Antelope County Fair
Nebraska State Teachers Assocation
C. A. Bowers
Association
Lincoln
Omaha
Norfolk
Holdrege
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Plans Oil Surfacing For District
Scottsbluff aims to oil 90 blocks in a residential district at a cost near 180,000 dollars. The city seeks a thirty percent federal grant. Curb and gutter work will start soon, employing about sixty men, with oil surfacing delayed until next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Construction delay pushes pavement work to mid month
A shipment delay of pipe for pumps halts pumping sand fill for the new pavement between the Loop and Patter risers near Combs. William Gerhold, contractor in charge, says work will resume mid month.
Grand Island to Issue Bicycle Licenses Citywide
Police begin issuing bicycle licenses in Grand Island as about 1 000 registration certificates are expected to be issued. The move marks early steps to enforce the new law on all bicycles within the city.
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Grand Island
Lexington Voters Approve Water System Bond Issue
Lexington voters backed an $18 000 water system improvement bond by eight to one in a recent special election. Applicants will seek federal aid immediately, with backers saying local labor would be used and the project would cut unemployment next winter.
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Lexington
Grand Island to Host 1934 Nebraska Legion Convention
Commander Fritz Bernstein of the Grand Island post advised the 1934 Nebraska American Legion convention will be held in Grand Island. Legionnaires say they are honored by the selection and that Grand Island was chosen on the recommendation of Legion men from other cities. They told delegates at the Kearney convention, “We want to go to Grand Island.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Department of the American Legion
Grand Island
Fritz Bernstein
Kearney
Beatrice Official Relinquishes 3 2 Vehicle Plate
City Commissioner J A Barnard of Beatrice gives up his 3 2 automobile license plate not from antipathy but while transitioning from county treasurer to city treasurer. Deputy treasurer Earl Mudge takes over the unique 3 2 plate, the only one of its kind in Nebraska.
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J. A. Barnard
Béatrice
Earl Mudge
Nebraska
Scribner approves bonds for water works upgrade
Scribner residents vote 318 to 58 for an 11000 bond to secure a loan for improving the water works system. The state public works advisory board grants Scribner a loan plus a 4665 grant at a Lincoln meeting. Work will begin soon and employ about 77 men for several months. Bonds mature in 20 years.
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Scribner
State Public Works Advisory “Bdard
Scribner's
Lincoln
Dividends Paid in Three Failed Banks Totaling About 24000
Depositors received payments from the German bank of Millard 8 percent plus a half percent earlier totaling 11225. Bank of South Sioux City depositors got four tenths of a percent or 1604, after a prior 13 percent. Dwight State bank depositors received 7 percent or 11068 in addition to 52 percent previously.
State rail board to disburse 120 thousand dollar refund
Nebraska live stock shippers await a 120000 dollar refund plan prepared in the state railway commission offices. Railroads will compensate shippers for switching charges at South Omaha market under a 47 cent per carload refund rule previously established by the commission. Each commission house will receive checks for cars handled and distribute cash to individual shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
South Omaha
Girl racer dies to save throng at air meet
Miss Klingensmith, the only woman in the Frank Phillips trophy race, died after guiding her plane away from spectators at the Cur tiss-Wright Reynolds airport Glenview. Witnesses say she sacrificed her life to prevent injury to others as her plane veered and crashed. James Wedell won the race with top speeds.
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Chicago
Florence Eee
Fargo
N. C
Klingensmith
Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds
Glenview
St.Francis Hospital
Evanston
Miss Klingensmith
Pounonoapat
Miss. Klingensmith
James ‘R. Wedell
Wedell
Maj
James Hi. Dedlittie
Wedell-Williams
Barner
Roy
T. Liggett
Omaha
Neb
Greenfield
Iowa
Burnham
American Legion Air
Minneapolis Cruiser Launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard
The Minneapolis, a 10 000 ton cruiser, was launched at the Philadelphia navy yard under the London treaty. Miss Laura Newton of Minneapolis christened the vessel, herd father Walter H Newton having laid the keel in June 1981. The ship measures 578 feet with a 61 foot beam and will carry nine 8 inch guns eight anti aircraft guns a catapult and related machinery. Commissioning is expected by next April.
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Philadelphia
United States
Minneapolis
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laura Newton
Walter ‘H. Newton
Newton
Hoover
Navy’ Yard
Navy Yard
Date Set for Trial of Senator James J. Davis
The trial of United States Senator James J. Davis will begin September 18 in a New York federal court. Judge Johnston Hayes of South Carolina will travel to New York to preside over the case involving alleged violations of lottery laws linked to charity balls of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Johnston Hayes
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Loyal Order ‘of Moose
Japan to Demand Arms Equality at Naval Parley
Foreign Minister Uchida says Japan will press for armament equality at the 1935 naval conference but will refrain from actions to abrogate the Washington and London treaties. A foreign office commission will prepare for the talks.
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Japan
Naval
Tokyo
Uchida
Washington
London
Foreign Office
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