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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
2
Arthur Brisbane notes European powers seek more treaties amid rising tensions. Edward VIII visits Glasgow slums and questions global inequality. A Cairo Koran manuscript surfaces with dubious authorship claims. Pest control via riveting machines eyed for orchards. Monetary issues and Easter living toys spark caution. Switzerland braces for potential conflict and flood control efforts.
Washington A famous capital correspondent reports that to avoid an extra relief appropriation, 500000 more private sector workers are needed, reducing relief outlays by about 400 million dollars. The article notes shifts in tax policy, NRA codes, and bills affecting corporations, rates, and labor hours, with implications for businesses and unions.
Nebraska saw 340 accidents in the week ending March 7 with 19 fatalities and 304 injuries. Automobile crashes totaled 68, including 11 with pedestrians. home and industrial incidents and agricultural mishaps are noted, along with unusual injuries and specific causes.
A. E. Anderson reports the March planting intentions survey shows Nebraska farmers expect to harvest 14 663 000 acres this year about 1 4 percent below the 1928 32 average. Corn up 15 percent from 1935 while oats and potatoes fall short of last year.
Lincoln D F Felton state WPA administrator reports total cost of Nebraska WPA projects at end of February 7 727 955 with 297 highway projects 3 278 891 in roads 90 public buildings 552 713 one housing project 980 000 45 parks and playgrounds 597 083 44 flood control 551 010 122 water and sewer 928 353 10 electric utilities 59 292 3 airports 65 934 130 white collar 550 528 65 sewing and other goods 862 421 38 miscellaneous 240 046 sponsors paying 24 3 percent of total.
Earl G. Maxwell Nebraska extension forester announced seedling shipments totaling 1.5 million Clarke McNary stock. Evergreens will ship from the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey and broad leaf varieties from Fremont storage. About 60,000 trees will be sent to 300 farmers daily starting March 31 if weather permits.
Henry C. Richmond of Omaha, assistant director of the WPA writers' project, says 85 WPA workers and volunteers will produce about 250000 words about Nebraska for an American Guide being written under WPA sponsorship.
The state fire marshal's office issued 14 167 orders to remove fire hazards last year. Three inspectors visited 329 towns, up from five inspectors visiting 235 towns the prior year. A 1936 objective aimed to inspect many abandoned buildings during the downturn.
The federal resettlement administration and the biological survey are buying 211 237 acres in Nebraska Kansas and the Dakotas for migratory waterfowl refuges. In Nebraska Crescent lake Garden county 4152 acres near Niobrara 2382 acres and Valentine lakes Cherry county 65554 acres are planned. Garland F Smith will outline the RA conservation role at the state wildlife conference.
The state assistance office notes Nebraska pensions in counties excluding Douglas averaged 17.63 dollars per month. By February end 194 pensions averaged 19.33 dollars. In the first 13 days of March 1,686 more pensions were granted averaging 16.86 dollars, totaling 1,880 at 17.63 dollars. Douglas county counts are kept separately in Omaha. about 1,200 pensions certified there with amounts not yet available.
Army engineers say 14 million dollars recommended by the Senate appropriations committee for the Missouri river navigation program would mostly fund work between Omaha and Sioux City with 2 to 3 million needed to finish the dike and revetment for the 6 foot channel to Omaha. Remainder would cover work further toward Sioux City. House action provided 7 million above Kansas City with a total estimated 37 million needed to reach Sioux City.
State expenditures in February totaled 1 539 798 versus 1 585 697 in January per State Tax Commission W H Smith. Warrants show 471 447 spent by the State Highway Department in January and February mainly on road maintenance and snow drift removal.
Six people died in Nebraska traffic accidents during the week ending midnight March 14, raising the unofficial 1936 toll to 40.
Nebraska shows 1015 WPA funded projects with red white and blue signs. Administrator D. F. Felton says signs explain benefits and are not for political purposes. Signs read U. S. A. Work Program WPA.
Nebraska congressmen were informed that six ecc camps will be abandoned between April 1 and 15, reducing the total to 19 camps for the next period. Five soil conservation camps at Fullerton Spalding Pawnee City Ravenna and Nelson will close, and a Wild Cat Hills State Park camp near Gering also will discontinue. Unfinished work will resume at a later date where programs had not been completed.
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