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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
2
A Washington correspondent reports the federal inquiry into American Telephone and Telegraph has stalled as investigators pore over data from the company costing over a million dollars. Questions linger about lobbying dangers, rate reductions, and the role of AAA benefits in politics and farm aid.
Nebraska liquor revenue climbs sharply in early 1936 led by prepayable beer taxes at breweries. McEachen notes 183 340 for first three months 1936 vs 53 095 a year earlier. March receipts hit 94 292 under the new system, with total liquor revenue 165 303 for March and 229 166 net to the general fund over all prior periods.
Washington input reports 88 Nebraska state banks seek exemption from income taxes on interest paid to the RFC for preferred stock. Nebraska Bankers Association secretary W. W. Hughes argues that borrowed money rules should deduct interest as an expense, aligning Nebraska banks with other banks nationwide.
M B Jenkins of the University of Nebraska urges a 50 million tree annual program for 50 years with forestry and agriculture in schools. He warns Nebraskas future hinges on vast tree barriers against erosion. Sugar beet growers expect 6.00 to 6.25 a ton for 1936 crop from Great Western Sugar, per S K Warrick. About 51 000 of 66 800 acres allotted have been planted in western Nebraska.
Falls City-County commissioners plan to seek WPA funds to build a new home at the county poor farm after a recent fire. They say insurance will cover much of the cost, leaving only a small cash outlay for the project. The blaze left twenty six residents homeless.
North Platte Platte valley district officials say 48 000 acre feet of water are stored with plans to add 90 000 more in April. Farm Credit Administration notes 163 178 000 in Nebraska mortgages in 2 1/2 years with only 7 percent new loans. FCA cites 66 percent refinancing via Federal Land Bank Omaha and land bank commissioner. individuals 19 percent and insurers eight percent. District totals across Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming reach 531 130 000, the highest among 12 districts.
Harry D. Elmore announces county quotas for Nebraska CCC enrollment in April. Adams 19, Buffalo 16, Douglas 96, Gage 15, Hall 28, Lancaster 64, Lincoln 15, Madison 17.
Elton Lux, extension editor at the college of agriculture, said the new farm plan will probably bring a maximum of 24 million dollars to Nebraska. Officials racing to finalize details before spring seeding operations said the soil plan dovetails with the state's land needs.
Richard L Metcalfe state director National Emergency Council reports 13 193 loans totaling 27 193 346 in Nebraska by the Home Owners Loan Corporation over the past two years Delinquent taxes paid through these loans amount to 1 616 000 in the state says Metcalfe
Columbus Izaak Walton league officials announced a plan to introduce Hungarian partridges as game birds. They propose buying twelve pair of birds and releasing them on farms where owners will protect them until populations rise to a viable level.
E. F. Witte, NERA administrator, announced an enrollment quota of 882 junior enrollees for April 1 to 15. The new total will bring Nebraska’s CCC count to 3,400 juniors and local experienced men, with applicants investigated by NERA and then referred to local relief committees for approval.
The Nebraska assistance committee ordered early payments of $25,191 to the parents or guardians of needy children in 48 counties. The allotments, the first under the aid to dependent children program, will supplement county mothers' pensions. Two thirds of the funds come from the state and one third from federal sources.
State Purchasing Agent J. R. Farris awarded contracts for 14 automobiles and five motor trucks. O'Shea-Rogers Co. of Lincoln gets 13 coupes for 5912 plus seven old cars traded in. Fred S. Sidles Motor Co. of Lincoln gets five light trucks for 2925. SampleHart Motor Co. of Omaha gets one coupe for 420 plus trade-in.
John Latenser Jr. of the Nebraska Public Works Administration approves contracts on various projects amounting to 76583.85. Key awards include West Point street lighting and sewers to Charles Robeck Co. for 32911, Murdock waterworks to George L. Viasnik for 14778, Alvo waterworks to Interstate Machinery for 2300.85, Omaha Steel Works water tank and tower for 4200, S. C. Mook and Son tubular well for 845, and Boelus and Supply turbine pump for 599.
Prof. J. C. Jensen of Nebraska Wesleyan University urged building small dams along eastern Rocky Mountain streams and reseeding rangeland in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota and Colorado to raise sub-surface water and increase rainfall. He presented moisture study results from Minnesota last summer at an open forum in the physics building.
Addis Ababa endures heavy air raids by Italian planes from high altitude while natives shoot from long range. Reporters hear pilots on radio as Haile Selassie travels south and a late war end seems hoped for. In another note, Dr. Alice E Johnson lists six marriage failure causes including inlaws and infidelity.
Marilyn Miller, age thirty eight, of Findlay Ohio, passed away. The town may erect a monument to her memory for her contributions to human cheerfulness and happiness. Her death is noted as dulling public gaiety and harmless pleasure.
A woman signing as B. A. G. muses on the vast armies and the population of hell, hinting at a future answer. An elderly colored man tells his pastor he does not believe in hell, doubting any constitution could endure it.
A woman voices concern that many men fear poverty on earth more than hell while Miss B A G asserts hell is real, offering comfort to those eager for wicked punished.
Winthrop W. Aldrich head of Chase National Bank warns that unleashing money could fuel a speculative stock boom. He recalls 1929 and cautions inflation would be gravely dangerous under certain conditions.
Amy Johnson Mollison sets out alone in a streamlined monoplane to beat the world flight record to Cape Town and back. The article recalls Joan of Arc Mary Walker and Nellie Bly as examples while noting skeptics said women lacked courage.
A speculative view argues for a formal alliance between Japan and Germany mirroring France Russia. The author suggests nations desiring peace align while others fight until exhaustion, urging the United States to adopt that plan. The piece reflects wartime strategic thinking and calls for decisive action.
Russia has shifted from warning to border clashes with Japan on the Manchukuo frontier. Planes tanks and heavy artillery cross into Mongolia as Moscow gauges the region gains and the broader strategic value of Russia as a bulwark against Asia.
The Canadian Press notes Canada’s wealth has fallen by nearly six billion dollars since 1929. Officials expect the decline to be temporary and reversible with time and economic adjustment.
England presses for a league oil embargo in protest of Italy's gas attacks on Ethiopians. The note recalls Mussolini's harsher actions in the Lake Tana region and related incursions, citing outrage at aggression and coercive tactics.
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