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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
6
Pretty Katherine Rawls of Miami Florida swam and dove in the National Women's A A U event. The image shows her entering the water as she performs the routine.
Lieut. Col. L. J. Hunt of the Marine Corps takes command of the New Deal colonization effort in the Matanuska Valley. He leads government plans to settle settlers and develop the Alaska project.
Washington notes survey potential paths to defeating Roosevelt next year. Fusion tickets and unofficial belts of party leaders loom while La Follette style third party effects are explored. AAA tax debates and court challenges spark constitutional questions and investor pressure in Congress.
A $10,774,330 rural resettlement allotment is set for Nebraska and neighboring states. L. A. White cites ample funds for operations during transition, with loans or grants to farmers for livestock, supplies, equipment, and more. The plan envisions farmsteads and new regional headquarters to house the four-state program.
M H Swenk of the University of Nebraska entomology department estimates about 75 million birds across 464 species in Nebraska in the last day. He notes a daily diet of 15 625 bushels of insects and that roughly 228 varieties nest in Nebraska, ranking third in the nation for species variety.
About 200000 bushels of Duchess apples are being picked by 75 workers in Shubert with 25 more packing for shipment. Expected yield 7000 bushels in Duchess and market promising at the packing plant. Future harvests of Wealthy, Wolf River and Maiden’s Brush follow. Grimes Golden and Jonathans due early September.
Ernest F. Witte of NERA announced that 26 Nebraska counties will end all federal relief August 9. Direct and work relief will be stopped in those counties as funds are drastically curtailed. He warned the federal grant to Nebraska may be cut even further than first expected.
Albion residents vote 346 to 205 to take over the American Legion hall with a 15,855 bond. The building will serve as a community center and house city offices. Seventy six Nebraska counties plan 78 county fairs from July 31 to October 4, with Nemaha at Auburn and Pawnee at Pawnee City. Arapahoe residents reenact pioneer days as about 250 act as prairie fighters after a fire sparked by locomotive sparks.
The Platte River again is almost dry though weeks earlier it was bank full and threatened to inundate nearby lowlands near Columbus. Water remains in only deep holes and fishing with hay forks has become popular. Large catfish were drawn from the Missouri during the high water and a 46 pound fish was found near Columbus after the receding waters.
W. B. Banning, director of the state agriculture department, said losses from dead crippled and bruised animals in the marketing process total over 25 million dollars annually in Nebraska. He arrived at the figure after talks with cattle hog and sheep buyers at the South Omaha terminal markets and other Nebraska markets. He added that much of this loss could be eliminated.
Nebraska reports twelve PWA construction projects in progress with an estimated cost of 21,133,000 and fifty projects completed at 2,767,000. John Latenser Jr. notes most under the 45 percent grant program. 59 applications totaling 7,601,422 are in the Omaha state office. He urges municipalities to file new applications promptly.
Directors of the eastern Nebraska Public Power district in Lincoln propose a 12 000 mile transmission grid to supply cheap electricity to 48 000 farmers in nine eastern Nebraska counties if a 2 500 000 project gains federal approval. Secretary George W. Kline said a formal request for a 20 year Rural Electrification Administration loan will be filed soon. The Nebraska delegation backs the plan and Kline expects approval under Morris L. Cooke head of REA.
More than 3000 people crowded the lake banks and park as the Pierce dam, the largest FERA project in the state, was dedicated. Albert S. Madanz of Sioux City gave the dedication address. A 5000 bullhead fishing contest and a motor event highlighted the program. Miss Brite Cox of Pierce won the older girls bathing beauty contest.
A state report shows a two year period ending June 30 with expenditures totaling 39 836 and 2 854 in cashing, detailing appropriations and payments. State Tax Commissioner W H Smith released the compilation for October, noting bills and payments within the biennium.
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