Budget requests rise twenty five percent for 1937 39
Nebraska state agencies have filed requests totaling 15.2 million dollars for tax funds for the 1937-39 biennium an increase of about 25 percent over two years ago. The governor will prepare his budget for the unicameral legislature due to convene January 5.
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Lincoln
R. L. Cochran
State Assistance Committee
Board of Control
State University
Normal School Board of Education
Nebraska safety council aims 50 mph on state highways
A Nebraska legislative committee proposes a 50 mile per hour limit on state highways with a three tier zone system using colors signs lights and pavement strips. A L Stuart director says zoning by signs reduces fatalities and will be presented to the legislature in January.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Safety Council
A. L. Stuart
Stuart
Governor Cochran Appeals for WPA Jobs for Nebraska Drought
Nebraska Governor R L Cochran sought more WPA work relief to ease winter distress from drought poverty. He spoke by phone with Aubrey Williams, WPA assistant administrator, who said no funds are available unless Congress provides new appropriations in January. Cochran urged funds for 19 000 immediate jobs and 20 000 to 25 000 more through winter, noting Nebraska’s agricultural economy lacks industrial buffers.
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Lincoln
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Cochran
Williams
Congress
Hospitals Back Bill to Help Pay Accident Victims
Omaha hospital leaders consider a bill to divert part of auto license fees to reimburse hospitals for care of highway crash victims. Dr Francis J Bean of University Hospital says about two thirds of Nebraska hospitals favor the plan as they endure a 90 percent loss on such cases.
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Omaha—Nebraska
Francis J. Bean
University Hospital
Omaha Hospital Association
Nebraska
Mountain lion(s) linked to cattle deaths near North Platte
Crowds visited the Kavan da farm southeast of North Platte to view the site where a 300 pound beef was killed by an animal. Tracks resembled a small horse and observers suspect a mountain lion. Two calves died in a week with only small portions eaten. Monument work near Oakland marks the old town site with a bronze plaque and a list of early Oakland businesses. Base rock comes from the old Nebraska state capitol.
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Victor Kawanda
North Platte
Kavanda
Oakland
Nebraska State Capitol
Fremont man to lead Nebraska young men's conference
Paul Miles of Fremont will head the Nebraska young men's conference for the coming year. Henry Loring of Omaha is first vice president, John Bishop of Lincoln secretary treasurer, and Roy Hansen of Columbus a board member. Elected at the close of a two day Omaha convention, the group of 10 Beatrice men won a silver trophy for miles traveled, totaling 1 000 miles with Lincoln runner up at 720.
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Paul Miles
Fremont
Nebraska Young Men
Henry Loring
Omaha
John Bishop
Lincoln
Roy Hansen
Columbus
Beatrice
Miles
Water Flows Begin Seasoning Canal System at Loup River Project
Engineers report the Loup river power project canal system has started the seasoning phase with about 50 second feet of water. Water enters the desilting basin at Genoa headworks and will spill into the canal, not yet reaching Monroe power house for about a week, with most work due to finish by next spring.
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Loup River
Genoa
Monroe
Union Pacific and Southern Railroads Plan Major Car Purchases
Carl R. Gray announced a joint program by Union Pacific and Southern railroads to invest over 10.5 million dollars in 2,000 new refrigerator cars and to recondition 1,750 more. Five hundred cars will be built by each of four manufacturers in Chicago and Renton and the reconditioning will occur in Roseville and Los Angeles shops at an estimated 2.715 million dollars.
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Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Southern Railroads
General American Car Co
Chicago
American Car and Foundry Co
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Pacific Car and Foundry Co
Renton
Wash
WPA grant funds Niobrara game refuge improvements
C H Bennett project director of the U S Biological Survey's WPA program announced a $10 000 WPA grant from Washington for Niobrara big game refuge improvements. The plan includes soil and water conservation dams an ice breaker dam trails and land clearing using 100 jobless workers from the Norfolk WPA district. Workers will stay in abandoned CCC camp cabins on the refuge as two additional camps at Valentine refuge and Crescent Lake operate to improve federally owned game refuges in Nebraska.
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C. H. Bennett
U. S. Biological Survey
Saturady
Washington
Niobrara Big Game
Norfolk
Bennett
Niobrara
Statewide auto safety tests may be enacted
Ed Boyd assistant superintendent of the Omaha board of safety automobile testing station says Nebraska safety council plans a bill to require statewide automobile tests. If passed it would establish municipal testing stations in towns over 5,000 and state stations in smaller towns to test brakes lights horns rear mirrors and wipers as in Omaha.
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Ed. Boyd
Omaha Board of Safety
State Safety Council
Safety Council
Omaha
Nebraska
Boyd
State Council
Papers of Omaha site claim first white visitor found
The Nebraska Historical Society received papers from Miss Mabel Hill of Wellesley Massachusetts showing Paul Hill Nebraska pioneer crossed the Missouri from Council Bluffs in 1887. Thirty two years later Hill returned to Nebraska as construction engineer for the Burlington & Mis.
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Omaha
Nebraska Historical Society
A. E. Sheldon
Mabel Hill
Wellesley
Mass
Paul Hill
Nebraska
Hill
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Burlington & Mis
Why Christmas Comes A lesson on Gods love and Christmas
The Christmas lesson from I John 4 explains love as Gods essence and its manifestation in sending Jesus. It urges keeping Christ in Christmas, reading Luke 2, and living in Fellowship with God through Christ, with boldness in the Lord and love for one another ending in a Joyous Christmas.
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Immanuel
God
Bethlehem
Apostle of
Love
Christ
Senator Lewis Foresees No Constitutional Amendment This Session
The piece notes Senator James Hamilton Lewis predicts no constitutional amendment will be proposed this session and that federal expenditures will be cut to balance the budget. It discusses NRA revival, Supreme Court implications, and political maneuvers within the Republican and labor spheres alongside hours-work reforms in industry.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
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Senate
Illinois
Supreme Court
Chicago
Lake Michigan
NRA
High Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Benjamin N. Cardozo
George L. Berry
Hugh S. Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
William Green
John L. Lewis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pope Pius Health News Headlines Across the World
The column notes Pope Pius XII's health as a major global concern, praising his peace efforts and temperate life. It discusses London fires, Hoover in New York, and a bold American defense pillar of air and submarine strength. It highlights Argentine welcome to the US president and hints at royal marriage chatter.
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Hoover
United States
Cleveland
Pope Pius
The Promise of Secrecy and Trust
A meditation on secrets and duties, noting that promising secrecy can create conflicts with other obligations. It argues that money can be returned, but entrusted information cannot, urging caution in accepting secrets and equal care as with financial trust. It stresses sacred duties may exist but must not be sought lightly.
Foreign Phrases and Their Quick Life Lessons
A compact glossary of phrases with origins in French German and Latin. Each entry provides an English gloss such as on horseback that goes without saying propitious or look to the end. Cultural context and notable usages are implied through the phrases.
Empress Famed Tea Secret Linked to Jasmine Blossoms
The late Chinese empress restricted tea to court guests and guarded a prized blend. After her death the secret leaked, revealing a brew flavored with dried honeysuckle and jasmine, drawn from first harvest imperial plantings and described as finest.
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China
Chicago Tribune
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