New Progressive Miners of America Spawns Split Union
In Springfield Illinois the Peabody Coal Company announces its stance amid the formation of the Progressive Miners of America. The new union, formed from locals allied with the United Mine Workers, drafts a constitution and wage protest against reduced pay. Officers seek wage scale retention of six dollars ten cents daily. Claude Percy leads the executive committee.
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Springfeld, UL
Peabody Coa
Ees Eave
Cami Beene
Stuyvesant
Peabody
Chicago
Claude Percy
United Mine Workers
Steuben Society Urges Prohibition Repeal And Five Day Week
The Steuben Society of America passed resolutions urging repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act, with a plan for a liberal federal interpretation pending repeal. The group also endorsed universal adoption of a five day work week and deferred to individual enactment on certain provisions. A North Dakota Federation resolution similarly favored repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
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Steuben Society
St. Louia
Steuben Society of America
North Dakota Federation of
Wood Wins As British Boat Breaks Down
Harms and Miss England III fail when engines quit in the seventh talift attempt. Gar Wood defends the bronze plaque in the 35 mile race by coasting to an uncontested victory after Kaye Don cannot finish within 18 miles. American X serves mainly as a workout for Wood.
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Wood
Detroit
Alothere
Miss Enxiand III
Kaye Don
Gar Wood
Nice
Den
Portola Sightseeing Plane Crash Kills Two
A sightseeing plane crashed at take off from Portola airport killing Helen James seventeen and Virginia James. Pilot A N Hall forty was seriously injured with both legs broken and possible internal injuries and was taken to Portola hospital.
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Portola
Helen James
Virginia James
Oscee Pa‘railroad
Graeagie
Calif
A. N. Hall
Fatal Crash Involving Train Strikes Woman Passenger
A woman riding with Hurley family members died when their automobile was struck by a freight train on the Mali noise Central tracks. The incident also involved Mr Hurley’s daughter and son-in-law, with authorities investigating the collision.
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Facturer
Paul Bern Death Shocks Jean Harlow in Beverly Hills
Paul Bern, husband of the film star Jean Harlow, shot himself at their Beverly Hills home. A diary note to Harlow references humiliation and a line about last night being only a comedy. Harlow, at her mother's house, reacted with hysteria and refused to discuss the incident.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Bern
Jean Harlow
Paul
Miss Harlow
Mia Maripo
Belle
Beverly Hills
Joan Lowell Afloat Rescue With Baltimore Banker
A dramatic sea rescue in Atlantic City as banker Albert D. Graham of Baltimore and novelist Joan Lowell were swept out by undertow. Lifeguards shouted for help and saved Graham, while Lowell, swimming nearby, received a life preserver from the guards.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Albert D. Graham
First National Bank of Baltimore
Joan Lowell
Cleveland Woman Murdered Near Zermatt Mountain
Jerane Ibershoff of Cleveland was beaten to death at the foot of Zermatt Mountain last week, investigators say. Authorities released few details while fruitless searches continue for suspects.
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Jerane Ibershoff
Cleveland
Ohio
Zermatt’ Mountain
State funds dip sharply from year ago in August report
Lincoln state treasurer T. W. Bass released a September statement showing August 31 cash in state funds at 3,777,123 down from 6,494,227 a year earlier. Gasoline tax, road funds, motor vehicle fund, and federal aid road funds all fell, with total current revenue dropping from 5,798,152 to 3,219,822 and trust funds shrinking accordingly.
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Lincoln
T. W. Bass
Fish and Game
Federal Aid
Open pheasant season set in 76 Nebraska counties
Lincoln A 10 day pheasant hunting season fixed by the state game parks and forestry commission runs October 22 through October 31 in 76 Nebraska counties. Several counties remain closed in two groups southeastern and northwestern. Muskrat trapping dates not announced. budget for the past two years was 370000 dollars. Lincoln county resident Jacob Bauer urged state take over of Rock Creek recreation resort funded by the Lions club. officials debated public versus private use and how much state funds to commit for a dam and maintenance.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Game Parks and Forestation Commission
Washington
Saunders
Douglas
Sarpy
Cass
Lancaster
Otoe
Gage
Joohnson
Pawnee
Nemaha
Richardson
Sioux
Dawes
Box Butte
Sheridan
Cherry
Jacob Bauer
Benkleman
Rock Creek
Lions Club
McCook
J. B. Douglas
Tecumseh
W. D. Darneil
J. C. Marshall
Willow Creek
Lincoln highway projects bid list for fall season
State Engineer Cochran will receive bids on September 29 for a fall season construction program. The package includes twenty miles of concrete pavement and nineteen miles of bituminous gravel, with total costs outlined in the plan.
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Lincolna
Cochran
Seed distribution and wheat crop notes from Alliance and western Nebraska
Free Hollyhock seed is being distributed in Alliance to beautify alleys. Seeding of the 1933 winter wheat crop has begun in western Nebraska with acreage likely down about 3 percent. Unseasonal success of summer followed wheat has gained popularity. Horse drawn implements remain common, with tractors used less.
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Nebraska
Dalton State Bank to Reopen After State Takeover
The Dalton State bank will reopen ten months after being taken over by the state banking department. Officers say it will have 75 cents in cash for every dollar on deposit and that depositors will lose only a small percentage of their accounts. New officers include J. A. Walford as president A. W. Friede as vice president R. F. Buchanan as cashier F. J. Jennett as assistant cashier. Stockholders adopt a five member loan committee to review proposals.
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Dalton State Bank
State Banking Department
J. A. Walford
A. W. Friede
R. F. Buchanan
F. J. Jennett
Rattlesnake dish draws Omaha guests to hotel tasting
At the New Paxton hotel in Omaha a select guest list tried rattlesnake a la king, ordered at 1.50 per portion. Mr Hudkins brought the Florida trend to town and all tasters, including one fat reporter, became life members of the Ancient Epicurean Order of Rattling Reptile Revelers. The meat is pearl pink when cooked and reportedly tastes like chicken.
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New Paxton
Omaha
Hudkins
Florida
Nebraska State Teachers Association District Convention Scheduled
The Nebraska State Teachers Association sets its annual district convention for October 26 to 29 with sessions in Lincoln Omaha Norfolk Kearney McCook and Alliance. Featured speakers include John G Neihardt H H Goddard Morris Fishbein Hazel Ott W S Ford Howard T Hill and George W Frasier.
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Nebraska ‘State Teachers’ Association
Lincoln
Omaha
Norfolk
Kearney
McCook
Alliance
John G. Neihardt
Nebraska
H. H. Goddard
Ohio State University
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hazel Ott
South Dakota
W.s.ford
University of Southern California
Howard T. Hill
Kansas State College
Manhattan
George W. Frasier
Colorado State Teachers’ ‘College
Greeley
Nebraska towns report winter relief efforts amid unemployment
A state welfare survey of 83 Nebraska towns shows 5 839 unemployed men and 3 750 families aided last winter. total relief spending reached 24 933 dollars with 31 towns operating welfare boards. funding varied with county payable rent and community chests emerging in three towns. plans for more efficient use of funds and better investigations are under way. Hastings and other cities are noted for improvement.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Clara Clayton
Clayton
Hastings
Trucks Wrecked and Farmers Injured in Farm Holiday Clash
Sioux City Iowa reports a convoy of 14 trucks from northern Iowa attacked by picketers on a highway north of Sioux City. More than 200 attackers damaged windshields and sides, injuring four farmers Marvin Eyler and James Brummer among the injured. Deputies escorted trucks back toward the Woodbury county line as authorities sought protection.
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Sioux City
Iowa
James
James Brummer
Sioux Center
Marvin Eyler
Craig
Carl Johnson
Ireton
John Davenport
Woodbury
Rippey
Des Moines
Ilona
Toledo
Ohio
Allen
E_ Levi
Wood County
Detroit Welfare Reform Requires Work for Relief
Detroit operates a new welfare plan mandating all 21,000 families on relief rolls to perform community service. About 9,000 men already work three days weekly, soon rising to 16,000. Jobs split between public works and parks and boulevards departments.
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Detroit
Department of Public Works
Sheriff Foils Dixie Mob After Jail Search
In Lebanon Tennessee a mob of several hundred gathered around the jail yard seeking three black men arrested after two officers were killed while pursuing a black suspect accused of striking a white youth. Sheriff Hd Climer had secretly moved the prisoners to an undisclosed jail, prompting continued milling around after a jail search found the men absent.
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Dixie
Lebanon
Tenn
Hd Climer
Bandit Slain in Filling Station Holdup
An unidentified man was killed and two companions wounded in an alleged robbery at Oscar Sewards filling station on Mayo trail near Pikeville Kentucky. The wounded were Woodson Parks forty eight of Charleston West Virginia and Charlies Foster of Charlotte North Carolina. Neither was seriously wounded.
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Pals
Pikeville
Oscar Sewards
Mayo Trail
Woodson Parks
Charleston
W. Va
Charlies Foster
Charlotte
N. C
Rio Grande Flood Leaves Brownsville Homeless
Hundreds displaced as Rio Grande flood crest moves toward Gulf of Mexico. Lowlands along the river inundated and property damage along the upper stretches unclear as to fatalities.
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Rio Grande
Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Four Die in Port Hope Picnic Truck Wreck Near Harbor Beach
Wreck of a truck carrying twenty eight people returning from a Port Hope picnic near Harbor Beach Michigan left four dead and four injured. The deceased include Wrving Hand, Mrs George Hand, Mrs Leona Gearing, and Mrs Robert Raets, all residents of Port Huron.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Port Hope
Wrvting Hand
George Hand
Leona Gearing
Robert Raets
Port Huron
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NEW Union
Maj
James H. Doolittle
Uniontown
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