Three Men Charged In Box Car Theft Ring Crackdown
Special Agent W. S. Short and local officers detained a gang of box car thieves in Alliance after a week of raids. Suspects Lynn Myers Lyman Collins and others face federal charges for breaking into freight cars. Vallas and others await state charges for stolen property. An onslaught of arrests aims to curb recent box car thefts in the area.
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W. S. Short
Burlington
J. W. Miller
Miskimen
C. W. Jeffers
Eugene Stilwell
Miller
Alliance
Joe Myers
Ernest Jayman
St. Louis
Kansasity
Chief Jeffers
Lower
Box Butte Avenue
Christ Wallas
Short, Stilwell
Jeffers
Lester Smith
James Johnson
Johnson
Aaron Collins
Alliance Hotel
Ed Lynn
Lynn
Lakeside
Myers
Lyman
United States
L. A. Berry
Vallas
James Silane
Volunteer Firemen Move Club Rooms to City Hall
The Alliance volunteer fire department will relocate their club rooms to the first floor of City Hall. The space was rented to the school board, freeing the upper story shared with the police judge and council. The new quarters will be smaller but more convenient, housing about forty to fifty members.
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City Hall
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
Kemmish
Alliance Weather Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Generally fair conditions for Alliance and nearby areas. Tonight slightly warmer in the southeast portion. cooler on Wednesday in the west and north. Miss Maude Nason returns from Denver after a two week visit. her sister Miss Carol joins for a few weeks.
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Alliance and Vicinity
Maude Nason
Denver
Carol
Squidge Urges Worry Absorption Among Rotarians
In a Bessemer Alabama Rotary Club note an official called the Squidge is described as absorbing and forgetting members worries to consign them to oblivion. The piece cites an octogenarian remark about troubles many of which never happened and compares worries to ghosts.
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Rotary Club
Bessemer
Alabama
Baseball Players Hold Benefit Dance for Alliance Team
Alliance baseball players staged a successful benefit dance at the Roof Garden Monday attracting about 150 attendees. The event, organized by players rather than the local association, supported two prior benefit games, with two more games against Sidney next week and a Valentine game at the fairgrounds park.
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Alliance Baseball
Roof Garden
Baseball Association
Alliance
Sidney
Valentine
Fairgrounds
Hereford Breeders Hold Saturday Meeting in Alliance
Twenty five Hereford breeders and boosters arrived in Alliance Saturday noon and stayed until Sunday morning. Governor McKelvie spoke at Scottsbluff tomorrow as part of a twelve day Nebraska tour to promote pure bred Herefords and western cattle production.
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Alliance
Scottsbluff
McKelvie
Nebraska
Hastings
Grand Island
Valentine
Rushville
Oxford
Chadron
Kimball
Sidney
Holyoke
Colo
Boosters
Robert Graham
Nebraska Livestock Rowers’ Association
Box Butte
Country Club
District Court Room
War Risk Men in Alliance to Visit Nebraska Towns
A flying squadron from the Bureau of War Risk Insurance will tour Nebraska August 12 for a month in a cleanup campaign. Hearings will be held in Alliance September 5 6 and 7 to assist ex soldiers in filing claims for disability benefits and to arrange medical care. The eight district plan includes Hastings Grand Island Lincoln Fremont Norfolk Ainsworth Alliance North Platte with hearings on listed dates.
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War Risk Bureau
Washington
Nebraska
Lincoln Red Cross
Alliance
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Lincolns
Hastings
Grand Island
Lincoln
Fremont
Norfolk
Ainsworth
North Platte
Red Cross
Bayard Lions Demand Rematch With Alliance Cubs
The Bayard Lions beat the Alliance cubs 24 to 1 in a recent game and challenge them to another match. Alliance Lions may consider a return visit at the next Alliance meeting, depending on whether Bayard truly means it or merely teases. Mrs. RLEF. Knight and two children left for Denver for a few weeks.
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Bayard Lions
Alliance Cubs
Reyes Lions
Alliance
Alliance Tribe
Bayard
Alliance Lions
Rlef. Knight
Denver
Potatoes shipments expected from Nebraska starting Sept
Potatoes from western Nebraska are slated to begin shipments around September 15. A federal state market news station will operate in Alliance until December 1, issuing daily reports free to growers. The Kearney district crop shows yields nearer 100 bushels per acre with higher prices at Chicago. grading changes and drought affected early yields. Mr and Mrs A J Cole returned from a Black Hills vacation.
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Nebraska
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Nebraska Bureau Ofarkets and Marketing
Alliance
Jin D. Miller
Federal Bureau of Markets
Kearney
Virginia
New Jersey
Kaw Valley
Kansas
Caldwell
Idaho
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Ilinois
Indiana
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri
Bureau of Markets
Bureau
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
City Manager’s Corner outlines water work progress
City Manager N A Kem mish reports water main extension prep and possible delays awaiting valves from Pittsburgh. Number two well will be back tonight and Well No 1 work may start once Kelly’s outfit arrives. Police enforce laws while health official R Niteed reviews septic farm and notes better conditions than expected.
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Pittsburgh
Kelly
R. Niteed
Bureau of Health
State Sanitary Engineer Inspects Alliance Septic Tank
R N Tracy of Lincoln, sanitary engineer for the state board of health, conducted a two to three day sanitary survey in Alliance. He reviewed the septic tank with City Manager Emmish and noted the odor cannot be fully eliminated, while ditches planned to drain water should improve conditions over several months.
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R. N. Tracy
Lincoln
State Board of Health
Emmish
Tracy
Denis Ryan Suffers Badly Infected Finger
Denis Ryan has been laid up with a badly infected finger since Friday causing illness and limited activity. Medical steps or treatment details are not provided in the brief item.
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Denis Ryan
Oil Prospects Near Lakeside Draw Investor Action
The Garden County News reports a Lakeside syndicate has bought oil and mineral leases on eight school lands sections and plans early test wells. J. F. Blummer representing Lakeside parents’ interests aims to push oil and gas development as potash interests back the venture, with tests set to reveal commercial potential. L. Hedges of Lincoln and a son of Sheriff Hyers visited Alliance on their westward trip.
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Lakeside
Garden County News
J. F. Brummer
Blummer
Wyomi
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Alliance Trims Bayard in Benefit Doubleheader
A large crowd attended a Sunday benefit baseball doubleheader at the fairgrounds. The T. P. A. beat Alliance Creamery 10 to 7 in the preliminary game, then Alliance defeated Bayard 12 to 2 in the regular contest. Ray Butler collected three extra base hits for Alliance, while Baldwin left the Bayard mound after an early injury.
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Fairgrounds
Alliance Creamery Nine
Creamery Boys
Lloyd Johnson
Billy Hamilton
Bob Morgan
Harris
Johnson
Bayard
Alliance
Bayard Boys
Baldwin
McNulty
Alliance Bay
Ray Butler
Brew
Creamery
Salisbury
Wright
Morgan
Tron
Davidson
Spencer Rf
Joder
Po Schaffer
Burlington
Kerr
Leach
Kiempke
Benson
Abegg
Ooo Sader
McKinney
Butner
Jones
G Klempke
Beach
Soo
Baldwin L
Harling
Births at J E Bessey family August birth
Mr and Mrs J E Bessey announce the arrival of a baby boy born on Friday August 6.
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J. E. Bessey
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Hereford
Nebraska Spuds
A. J. Cole
Black Hills
Mystic
Sylvan Lake
N. A. Kemmish
L. Hedges
Hyers
Allance
Alliance Trims Bayard
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