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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1935
Page
2
Chief Aces Blue Eagle of the Pawnee and Creek tribes of Oklahoma sails for England amid discussions about Native American issues and prospects of telling Oxford about Indigenous peoples.
The Tenth Federal Reserve district report says Nebraska and the farm belt have improved since last year with larger acreages and higher yields in oats hay spring wheat beans and fruits. Commerce data show June retail sales up 42 percent over 1934 in midwest rural towns as hog prices reach 11 at Omaha and rental and federal payments outlook improves. Dun & Bradstreet notes continued brisk business and early expansion.
Washington WPA officials received Nebraska requests totaling 147,836 for 23 projects including water mains storm sewers road work and park improvements. Nine Lincoln projects appear in the new list along with two Omaha bids and one from Douglas County. President Roosevelt must approve the recommendations before details are released.
Ernest F. Witte announces Nebraska will receive a second $300,000 federal grant for August relief bringing the total to $650,000 against the $650,000 request. Earlier $41,500 was approved for transient care. A state allotment of $516,738 facilitates the plan, with cash relief to begin in some counties within weeks and a $32 monthly average wage for common labor under a new security wage policy in the Republican river valley.
State share of the 1936 federal shelter belt allotment totals 345 848. J D Jones, assistant to shelterbelt director Paul H Roberts, announced the fund will double last year and allow 1 400 miles of trees across six states. Nebraska may plant about 200 miles in the coming season.
The Dennen Hay and Grain company of St. Joseph has erected a new grain elevator at Stella. W. T. Chism, a farmer south of here, delivered the first new grain to the new elevator. Voters in Maple Grove school district near Nebraska City rejected a levy increase to fund a new schoolhouse, 32 to 29.
A 40000 bond issue was approved in Superior for partial funding of the proposed 70000 municipal building and auditorium. The ballot totaled 392 votes for and 63 against while the city council has applied to the PWA for a 45 percent grant.
State old age pension commissioner B F Perry announced a list of 93 Boone county applicants for pensions and predicted about 30 thousand total applicants. He noted there are no funds remaining to pay the pensions.
More applications come in for Hastings College this fall than on the corresponding date in 1931, dean F. E. Weyer reports. Applications are up 25 percent from last year, with opening enrollment gains of 6 percent over the prior year and a 10 percent rise over 1938.
A study in the bureau of agricultural economics shows real estate tax delinquency increasing from 27 percent in 1928 to 45 percent in 1932 across 18 Nebraska counties. Counties named include Banner Box Butte Boyd Cass Cheyenne Cuming Custer Dawes Keya Paha Kimball Knox Scotts Bluff and Seward.
University of Nebraska entomologist M. H. Swens reports red spider infestation causing falling leaves and plant deaths in Nebraska trees and plants. Extension horticulturist E. H. Hoppert notes raspberry plants already damaged badly and that most affected trees will likely recover.
Earl G. Maxwell, extension forester, reports Nebraska’s largest known American elm on A. C. Morrill farm by Prairie Creek near Stromsburg. The tree measures 162 inches in circumference at four feet above ground and remains in good preservation, likely to live many more years.
A transient near Gothenburg abandoned three hours of work on the Fleisher brothers’ farm after killing nine rattlesnakes found under wheat shocks. He refused to provide his name and left the employment.
Mrs Helen Coffman used a bushel basket and strong sun to hatch eggs from a setting hen. After initially only two chicks emerged, she covered the nest with a basket and returned two days later to find 14 healthy chicks, noting heat and basket cover created an improvised incubator.
President Roosevelt declares that 90 to 95 percent of relief employables will have jobs by November and says Comptroller General J R McCarl will speed up work relief funds. He hopes private employment gains will ease government burden and notes a fortnight delay laid at McCarl's door without criticism.
The U S agriculture department may issue a duplicate of check No 15 757 drawn for the Nebraska state treasury trust fund January 17 1934 lost in the mails The item relates to federal aid for a Nebraska road building program and awaits House approval after Senate passage.
Arthur Brisbane discusses Berlin bitterness and Mussolini’s Abyssinia raid, noting Mussolini could use air power or poison gas rather than marching troops. He cites Italy’s large armed forces and fascist militias and speculates on potential wider conflicts with Japan and expanded air warfare.
Berlin reports rising bitterness in the anti Catholic campaign as eight foot red posters accuse Catholics of graft and Bolshevism. Officials say the messages signal sharper attacks on Catholic organizations and their influence in Germany.
A notice recalls Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft era postmaster general and Tucson Daily Citizen publisher, as an able American who first valued air mail for distribution. He flew mail 24 years ago with Jim, promoting early use of planes to bypass impassable country.
In Thomasville North Carolina Rev Campbell Holmes known as a Holy Roller preacher allowed a rattlesnake to bite him during a sermon to prove God would care for him. The next day his arm swelled and he fell violently ill yet he refused medical help.
A veteran wartime bond drive left 185 million dollars in overdue government bonds unaccounted for. The notes may be hidden in trunks desks safe-deposit boxes or among the belongings of those who have died. The government seeks to locate and repay these bonds.
A columnist argues that one in three married couples in the United States are childless and asserts that unnatural laws restricting immigration deprive potential parents of opportunities to have children. The piece links demographic trends to calls for policy change and condemns restrictive laws as detrimental to family life.
A fortune teller on a New Jersey beach tells a 200 pound client of impending trouble, sparking a confrontation as the man knocks her to the floor. The piece notes Japanese cotton buyers retreating from Texas, signaling reduced export activity.
The text quotes Nathan Straus contrasting German sympathy for losses with greed over profits. It critiques German trade and industry for remaining hostile to those who promote business and prosperity in nations that treat Jews fairly.
Patchwork quilt making remains popular with many old designs in demand. Patterns include Log Cabin Rare Old Tulip Poinsettia Pineapple Butterfly Pussy in the Corner Pin Wheel Sunbonnet Babies. A book offers 87 designs with instructions. send 15 cents to Home Craft Company Department D, St. Louis, for a copy.
Official statistics reveal more than six million Poles remain illiterate and a nationwide drive calls every literate citizen to mentor a learner. The effort seeks rapid literacy improvements through one to one teaching across the country.
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