Change in sentiment favors Bonner North Star road
Alliance citizens report a shift in Morrill county’s stance toward routing the North Star highway from Bonner north to Alliance. The proposed track route via Angora and the Burlington line faced doubt, with officials signaling a temporary Bonner path and plans for a future track cut-off, while booster groups push for clearer commitment.
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Alliance
J. 8. Rhein
W. E. Spencer
Charles Brittan
Morrill County
Bridgeport
North Star Highway
Bridert and
Burington
Devault
Bayard
Osborne
Garvey
Mroril County
Broadwater
North Star
Alliance Road
Ge. Breer
Porewater Road
Angora
Angara
Burlington
Bonner
Sandhills
Box Butte County
Hemingford
Gaddis
R. E. Knight
Alliance Observes Music Week with Community Involvement
The National Musician's convention endorses Make America Musical and designates November 20 to 27 as Music Week in Alliance. Mrs Inice Dunning leads city efforts with cooperation from teachers choirs clubs theaters and citizens. The daily program features songs such as Onward Christian Soldiers Old Folks at Home Pack Up Your Troubles Long Long Trail Thanksgiving America When You and I Were Young Maggie Home Sweet Home America the Beautiful and more with local organist support and private studios backing the plan.
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America
Nebraska
Inice Dunning
Leo Dindig
Maggie
Stephen C. Foster
Weather Outlook and Regional Road Debate
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Saturday with a cold wave tonight. Local men disagree on Gaddis report and federal decision on road routes. Sheridan county officials flip on the Potash highway as federal plans influence Bridgeport Alliance road aims. The outcome hinges on federal approval and local stance changes.
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Nebra K
Gaddis
Sheridan County
Bridgeport Alliance
Bridgeport
Alliance Faces Broken Bow In Hopeful Turkey Day Game
Alliance High fights Broken Bow Huskies on home turf in a potential final season clash. Fans expect an easy win but a few surprises loom as planners seek a Thanksgiving opponent. Domestic science girls sell candy at the game to fund a team banquet. DeMolay hosts high schoolers and Broken Bow at the gym this evening.
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Alliance
Huskies
Broken Bow
Domestic Science
Alliance DeMolay
Prospects at Lakeside Look Brighter In Nebraska Oil Field
Western Nebraska oil activity shows cautious optimism as Lakeside Development and Rushville reports suggest a potential discovery. Gas pockets and partial oil shows at the Rushville and Lakeside wells raise expectation while cautions about drilling depth and uncertain yields persist.
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Nebraska
Big Chief
Rushville
South Dakota Line
Rushville Syndicate
Alliance
Lakeside
Lakeside Development Company
Pierce
Wyoming
Herald
Keside
St Agnes Academy Plans $50000 Addition in Alliance
St Agnes Academy of Alliance plans a $50000 addition to its plant for spring construction. The academy now houses about one hundred boarding students from four states and roughly two hundred day students. A bazaar raised 2500 to 3000, with a fundraising campaign likely when building begins.
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St. Agnes Academy
Alliance
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Alliance Attorneys Seek Postponement of December District Court
The Alliance legal team petitions District Judge Westover to postpone the December term until after year’s start due to pending federal appeals decisions. The bar notes anticipated guidance from the federal judge, expected to approve the request.
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Alliance
District Jud Westover
Alliance Bar
Federal Court of Appeals
B Yr
Bar
Statewide inquiry to probe high living costs in Nebraska
Governor McKelvie orders a broad probe into prices of commodities rents wages freight rates and other cost of living items. The board will hear witnesses under oath in Lincoln and Omaha with open sessions to inform the public on causes and remedies for persistent economic pressure on farmers and workers.
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McKelvie
Davis
J. E. LeRossignol
College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska
J. E. Hart
Labor
F. A. Kennedy
LeRossignol
Code Law
Grand Jury
Lancaster County
Lincoln
House
Senate
Capitol
Omaha
Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, and Labor
Department of Business Administration
The
State University
Alliance Prepares for Three Day Buyers Carnival
Vendors in Alliance slice prices and offer free prizes to attract shoppers next Monday to Wednesday. Free theater performances at the Imperial promise entertainments for families, with drawings and chances on purchases.
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Ayeen
Imperial
Alliance
Parole Granted to John Dill by State Pardons Board
John A. Dill, transferred from Fox Butte County, after multiple appeals, was granted parole by the State Board of Pardons. Dill was convicted in a $20 check forging case tied to a cashing at Alliance National Bank. he spent only part of the proceeds before arrest and had prior sailor service. County attorney approved the parole request.
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State
John A. Dill
Centey
Fox Butte County
Dill
M. ?Solan
Alliance National Bank
Alliance
Midnight Belles to Play Alliance Next Friday Eve
The Midnight Belles of Gering with sixty cast members will perform a two act musical comedy in Alliance next Friday evening at the area theater under the Alliance Volunteer fire department. The show, trained by Frisco Harry Hart, was staged in Gering this week and arranged in Alliance by Mayor A D Baker, J C Pedersen, and Otto J Prohs.
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Gering
Alliance
Aera Theater
Alliance Volunteer Fire Deo
Frisco
Harry Hart
A. D. Baker
J. C. Pedersen
Otto J. Prohs
Taxpayers Besiege County Board Over High Taxes
Box Butte county commissioners face a flood of taxpayer complaints during Tuesday to today sessions. Taxpayers from Alliance banks protested levies while officials blamed new valuation methods and city growth for higher totals. A sole bright note came from road plans linking Morrill and Box Butte counties, though dissent over further road resolutions persisted.
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Box Butte
Alliance Banks
Board of Equalization
Carrell
H Ford
Morrill County
Box Butte County
Burlington
Duncan
Hemingford
Tus
Funeral Services Held for Mrs John Lawrence
Mrs John Lawrence of Fairview died suddenly on her seventy sixth birthday. Funeral services were conducted at the Fairview church with Rev Stephen J Epler in charge. Born Mary Ann Davis November 15 1845 in Tredegar Wales she emigrated to America in 1863. She and John Lawrence lived in various states before homesteading in Box county Nebraska and later moving to the Lawrence property where their son Tom resided. Four daughters and five sons were born to the couple three sons survive: John R Tom J and Dan R. The family joined the Fairview Methodist church in 1907.
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John Lawrence
Fairview
Stephen J. Epler
Alliance Christian Church
Mary Ann Davis
Tredegar
Wales
Alliance
America
Maseilon
Johnstown
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WEA
John Dill
State Board of Pardons
Midnight Belles
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