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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1921
Page
4
The Alliance Herald of Alliance Nebraska lists Burr Printing Co as owners and publishers. It notes the paper is the official newspaper of Alliance and Box Butte County and prints on Tuesdays and Fridays.
An emphatic critic accuses Mr Good of cherry picking statistics to defend a hospital cut scheme for wounded Yanks. He notes the press hype over a Congressional resolution to provide millions for hospital repairs, despite funds already allotted and used, urging caution about claims of doing "everything" for the disabled.
The essay discusses the Harding administration as an experimental government, urging readiness to act on a clear program while Congress is favorable. It argues public servants succeed when jobs demand effort, warns of risks if the effort falters, and notes wartime legacies await decisive leadership.
A call to action urges citizens to back the American Legion and the national disabled soldiers league. It argues Congress delays justice for wounded veterans and champions immediate support, hospital care, and financial relief. Letters alone won’t suffice. public pressure is needed now.
Congressman Good of Iowa sparred over public hospital bed counts with the American Legion blasting his 4000 vacancy estimate as far from accurate. Director Cholmeley of the War Risk Bureau offered a milder critique amid the exchange.
Edgar Howard notes a Japanese newspaper claim that anti exclusion laws will be swept away. He cites George Shima the potato king who at a San Francisco hearing urged intermarriage with American women as beneficial for the nation. He asks Nebraskans if any white man will challenge this stance.
Nebraska City press notes a committee recommended indefinite post to a bill banning drivers of school conveyances from swearing in the presence of children. Critics say existing statutes suffice and new laws clutter the books. Prosecution is lax due to overregulation and weak public enforcement.
The piece muses on wasted sympathy as a Lincoln electrocution widow remarries within months. It notes how crowds join sob stories only to abandon them quickly, recalling a past event where pity shifted to a remarriage, illustrating fickle public sentiment.
A miscellany of jokes and wry comments from a historic newspaper page includes quips about a job seeking president of a society, a golfer, a mountain traveler, and a woman being as old as she looks. It also recalls jokes about a secretary, a politician under investigation, and editors who drink or brew at home. The tone is light and column-like with local flavor and satire.
A Pelicanaire group connected with the American Legion of Louisiana discusses actions toward the men involved in an attempted confrontation. Officials outline steps to address the matter and determine appropriate discipline.
A satirical look at local culture and politics around two Nebraska towns and a bumper crop of quirky quotes. The piece recalls a soap box orator mocking aspiration and warns readers about wine, fate, and the meanest man in the world on gulf links. It notes a Daily Nebraskan submission and ends with a wary portrait of the average country editor.
A tall fireman in only a raincoat battled a morning blaze and suffered an accident when his coat tore. He remained at his post, the street near the fire grew deserted, while a lone waitress who saw the event vanished after a glance. Carl Rockey proposes a department name change at the next meeting. A business women group formed, drafting by laws at Chamber of Commerce with a March 1 meeting.
Labor that will not produce when it can may find that it cannot produce when it will. Hard coal is falling, but nobody is being hurt by its descent.
The senate refused to grant rural mail carriers license exemptions for driving autos. The house kept existing county agent laws. A fresh bid to save the supreme court commission is underway by rewriting a bill. A senate bill redirects Nebraskans from insane asylums to state hospitals, naming the institutions accordingly.
County treasurers face stagnant salaries as every attempt to pass a bill for increases has failed so far. Officials warn continued low pay could affect competent administration and service.
Constitutional lawyers in the legislature clash over whether the body may change salaries of officers now in office. Some interpret the constitution one way, others another.
Sarpy county residents near a path to the state house to push for annexation to Douglas county while others oppose the move. The bill to create a child welfare department is likely to be abandoned as sentiment grows against new state boards and large appropriations.
The bill would raise precinct split limits to 900 voters in mid sized cities and 450 in other areas, increasing election boards workload. A double election board could process more ballots than under existing law. Separately doctors disagreed on medical school study plans amid a public hearing by a joint medical committee.
The article notes Cedar county chose Representatives Lynn and O Gara for the legislature. It mentions Theodore Osterman, brother of Tom, as a lively figure. The house ruled teachers need not take an oath of allegiance before starting duty and the bill covered teachers from the university chancellor downward.
Senate must approve salary increases for appointive state officers and board of control, with house support. The increases are smaller than earlier bills. A senate committee favors exempting building and loan stock from taxation, but remains gridlocked. The house judiciary committee is also handling the bill. A farmer group representative is involved.
A speaker contends farmers face double taxation and building and loan concerns share the burden. The critic warns removing stock tax shifts the burden elsewhere, while supporters say the bill stops a tax on thrift and spurs building.
The house approved Measure No 14 to assess real estate this year next year and every two years thereafter. The plan aims to keep assessed valuation aligned with changing real estate values.
House roll 273 requires officers of insurance companies to show they are qualified for that line of business before engaging in it. The measure mirrors a provision in the new banking bill and adds limits on promotion expenses for organizing companies.
Vigorous opposition formed against house roll 894, seeking state department of public welfare control and sanitary supervision over water ice and sewer systems in all towns and cities of the state except Maha. The bill was finally ordered to third reading.
Introducers consent to less drastic amendments while keeping essential features intact. The bill now covers all classes of shows and entertainments as well as movies.
Additional house measures include one by Snow to let the mayor hold the city manager post, another by Jeary to permit second class cities to hire special engineers, a Dy Sart act making accomplices equally guilty, and Bowman to empower university regents to sell or loan textbooks.
The measure shows a total deficiency of 333104.81 dollars with the board of centre listing 258000 dollars. Miscellaneous items total 12069.05 dollars while department deficiencies amount to 20462.76 and vocation training 42573.00. The board of control item is always estimate to some extent.
The measure to fix salaries for county judges passed and moved to the senate after extensive debate. It reduces the original figures and requires judges to handle their own clerical duties if office fees do not cover the salary, forbidding them from practicing law.
A notice requests the owner of a Hudson Six Touring car kept in a garage at 704 Toluca to call and remove it at once. The article also describes a muskrat found at the Alliance hotel, given a home, and hoped to become a pet, with readers urged to read The Herald's adv columns.
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