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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
2
Statewide assessments show motor vehicles up from 329 577 to 381 623 and value increases in watercraft from 42 170 to 98 445. Personal tangible property reaches 479 560 686, lands at 1 581 278 483, with a grand total over 2 billion for 1936.
Lincoln A Ward, regional Resettlement Administration director, said loans grants and emergency advances totaling 17 297 525 were issued to farmers in Nebraska Kansas and the Dakotas by July end. Emergency drought advances reached 41 891 across four states with North Dakota receiving 24 584 for 1 614 families.
Red Cloud Nebraska completes an 83 000 bridge across the Republican river the first of its type in the state. The 640 foot long 24 foot wide structure replaces a five span flood damaged bridge and straightens the approach improving highway from Red Cloud to the Kansas line. Extensive river work including rip rapping current retards and bank reshaping were done to prevent floods and shorten the grade.
The college will run a student operated farm supplying dairy cattle hogs cattle and chickens for the dining hall. It aims to employ nearly every male student to help defray expenses during the nine month term despite sharply reduced corn yields. President Nelson announced the plan.
Nebraska state board of control tightens budgets due to drought and hail. Behrens notes 600000 extra maintenance funds exist but more is needed for feed and livestock at institutions. Policy favors maintaining herds, replenishing stock later, and costly fodder buys due to crop failure. Also notes upcoming constitutional amendment on state bank double liability and alignment with federal laws.
The federal bureau of internal revenue lists 8 056 Nebraskans in special tax occupations paying levies. It details 50 payments of 100 by wholesale liquor dealers, 1 592 of 25 by retail liquor dealers, 69 of 25 by retailers of medicinal liquor, six breweries at 100, 163 wholesalers at 50, 2 133 retailers at 25, plus 19 retailers at 200 for narcotics. It notes narcotics payments: 2 manufacturers at 224, 13 wholesalers at 12, 699 retailers at 3, 1 758 practitioners at 1, and 72 dealers at 1.
The Nebraska state employment service was established at Omaha replacing the national reemployment service that operated for three years. Manager G. W. Casler, ex state statistician of the resettlement administration, rural rehabilitation division, at Lincoln, leads the new setup with Rudolph Vogeler as state employment director. They say the national office was created mainly to assign jobs under the federal emergency program, while the permanent agency will stress placement in private industry.
Agriculture department forecasts a 294.537 million bushel potato harvest, seven percent below 1935 and the smallest crop on record. Drought in five central surplus states plus Iowa Nebraska and Wyoming reduced July losses by an estimated 22 million bushels.
Secretary Ickes received a geological survey report showing a prolonged water shortage as far east as New York. Nebraska summaries note wells below last year but above 1934, except in the northeast where 1934 lows stood. Sandhill levels likely below 1934 while Platte River Valley remained higher.
State Fire Marshal Horace M. Davis reported farm fires caused 55 percent loss of property value in the first half of 1936, while urban fires lost 3.4 percent. Farm fires totaled 244 with $302,840 lost from $550,004 value. urban fires 1,069 with $615,177 lost from $17,961,446 value. Insured farm properties stood at 59 percent.
A Pacific coast view traces how Roosevelt's stance on corporations unsettles voters, with Hearst's prodding noted as a key force. The piece recalls Hiram Johnson's anti-corporation stance, California's political evolution, and the volatile liquor issue from Portland to Canada.
In Brisbane this week a Canadian designed war monument unveiled by the king honors Canadian soldiers fallen at Vimy Ridge. The piece notes high Allied casualty rates among Canadians and mentions American observers praising colonial troops. The piece contrasts grim war tales from Spain with Russia's aid to Madrid and fears of Soviet influence across Europe.
Reading notes reveal how 1840s hotel registers blended guest details with publicity. Guests listed names addresses business loyalties and opinions on presidents while hotels recorded remarks like fat but pretty and forgot to settle, reflecting era attitudes and guest behavior.
Report says Hitler considers siding with the Spanish insurgents against Madrid's government after Nazi officers faced savage attacks in Spain. A woman running the Hitler office was threatened with death if she did not reveal her principal's whereabouts and dragged into the streets with her dress soaked in gasoline before an interruption stopped the arson attempt.
A chic youthful frock pattern for sizes 12 to 20 offers a simple seven-piece make in any fabric. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1933 B includes size guidance, yardage, and 15 cent pattern requests, with a fall pattern book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
A light note explains how a friendly visitor who breezes in with praise creates a welcoming atmosphere. It urges adopting a courteous tone and genuine greetings to set a positive mood for guests.
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