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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1942
Page
8
Washington officials advise young men and women to learn Spanish to improve job prospects in Central and South American postings and in exchange programs. The United States Office of Education handles scholarship applications.
A brief historical note on Nebraska involvement in wars, noting pioneers from Nebraska Territory who fought in the Mexican War and suggesting Nebraskans have participated in five wars, though many Mexican War soldiers were recruited from the southern states and the war drew northern opposition over slave expansion.
The First Nebraska Infantry formed from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan volunteers. It fought at Fort Donelson earning a brigadier general rank for Thayer, later served to guard settlers, and arrived in the Philippines under Colonel Stotsenberg where he was killed in action during the Filipino insurrection.
The Second Nebraska under Colonel Charles Bills camped at Chicamaugua and saw no major action. The Third Nebraska, led by Colonel William J. Bryan, stayed in camp until war’s end, with Bryan resigning and Lt. Col. Victor Visquain taking command. Part of the Third served in Cuba during the Cuban rebellion.
Markets note live star prices at South Omaha with cattle receipts of 9 500 head. Prices span from good to prime corned steers 13 25 to 14 00 and cows to 8 75, with feeders and yearlings priced across the range. Also a historical line explains the Nebraska militia becoming the National Guard under federal orders.
Dr Samuel Silbert of Mt Sinai with Mae Friedlander and William Bierman tested drugs on skin and muscle temperatures in arteriosclerosis patients. They found alcohol raised muscle temperature most, while aspirin raised skin temp and tobacco lowered both. Silbert urged patients to drink whisky to boost leg muscle heat.
During World War I the First, Second and Third Nebraska regiments rushed to camp and the Fourth and Fifth were recruited. They were absorbed into brigades and divisions, with units trained at Camp Funston Camp Cody and Fort Robinson. The Fourth became the 110th Engineers and served in France. Nebraskan soldiers fought in major drives after the AEF arrived, and Brigadier General George Harries led the first contingent of the Army of Occupation into Germany with many Nebraskans.
The nation declares War No 4 and Nebraska joins the effort with the National Guard mobilized and brought to full strength as colors fly and citizens rally behind the cause.
Receipts totaled 13,500 hogs in Omaha with brisk trade and a rise of 15 to 25 cents from Friday. Best butcher weights brought about 11.89 to 12.00, and lighter grades sold largely between 11.00 and 11.25.
Receipts of sheep and lambs reach 4000 head in Omaha with a bearish undertone. Prices show a general decline of 10 to 15 cents from last week as feeder lambs and aged sheep weaken. fat lambs bring 11.50 to 11.75 for good to choice fed weights.
The Black Hills region of South Dakota is identified as the largest gold producing area in the United States, highlighting its historical mining prominence and output leadership.
A Pittsburgh physician with lung cancer sought help from Evarts Ambrose Graham in St Louis. Graham performed the pioneering one stage lung amputation, saving the patient. Years later the man showed remarkable fitness and expansion of the remaining lung.
The piece surveys origins of April 1 jokes from India to calendar reform and New Year shifts. It notes French and French Canadian terms like pois son d Avril and Scotland’s gowk meaning cuckoo. It frames the day as a folk memory carried by soldiers and travelers.
A survey from 1934 to 1937 shows nutrition improving nationwide due to home canning truck farming and government distribution of vitamin rich foods. Yet southern rural districts still rely on hog and corn with only 23 percent having good diets 51 fair and 26 poor.
Scientists tested a blindfolded bat in a room crisscrossed with piano wires. The bat, relying on air pressure and sound signals from its wings and ears, darted at top speed for over an hour without contacting any wire.
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