Nebraska aid fund nears 3.5 million for 1936 37
Lincoln reports about 3.5 million dollars in funds for Nebraskas assistance program for 1936 37 including nearly 3.0 million state money and matched federal funds. State director Irl D. Tolen says gasoline and head taxes will provide most of the revenue for the year ending June 1937. The balance of 2,186,881 as of June 30 stems from an initial 1,083,000 state appropriation and federal and tax receipts.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Assistance Administration
Irl D. Tolen
Tolen
State Assistance Committee
Nebraska
State General Fund
Washington, D. C
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
H. J. Murray
Murray
Conservation Plan Updated For Nebraska Crops And Livestock
Nebraska plans to modify the agricultural conservation program to allow conserving livestock feed as crops face threats from drought and grasshoppers. State Chairman Fred Wallace said the exact plan will be worked out early next week with college agronomy staff and the state committee, with wide distribution to counties. Prof Gramlich urged farmers to save damaged crops, while rain later could ease the grasshopper menace and boost alfalfa and clover feed.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Fred Wallace
H. J. Gramlich
College of Agriculture
Wallace
State Committee
Cattle Purchasing Program Contracts Approved in Nebraska
Omaha public works director Latenser announces contracts for York High School wiring worth 1930 dollars and Hebron Lincoln street improvements costing 17428 dollars. Loup River Public Power District in Columbus funds Burlington railroad bridge over canal for 18395 dollars by Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.
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Omaha
John Latenser, Jr
State Public Works Administration
York
Neb
Interstate Construction Co
Lincoln
Hebron
Roberts Construction Co
Loup River
Farmers and Investors Buy Record Farms From Federal Land Bank
In June the Federal Land Bank of Omaha sold 74 bank owned farms across Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming for 452000 the highest monthly total in bank history. Iowa led with 48 farms sold while six months 1936 sales reached 242 farms and ranches for about 1.5 million. Seventy five percent of buyers this year were farmers or tenants. The Loup River Power district accepted a 232934 bid from Morrison Knudsen Co of Boise Idaho for a canal intake after previous bids were rejected.
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Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Land Bank
Loup River
Morrison & Knudsen Co
Boise
Idaho
Harza
McNeny Backs Industrial Arts Shift for Kearney Teachers
Bernard McNeny of Red Cloud says the state normal system should convert Kearney State Teachers College into a school of industrial arts. He notes many graduates struggle to find teaching jobs, suggesting training as plumbers, auto mechanics, or tractor mechanics to improve employment prospects. He spoke in Lincoln before a board meeting in Wayne.
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Bernard McNeny
Red Cloud
State Normal Board
Kearney
NYA Budget Rise and Age Increase for Projects
Miss Gladys J. Shamp announces the NYA program for 1936-37 will mirror last year with a national budget about 21.5 million dollars higher. A key change raises the minimum worker age to 18 for projects outside the student aid program and wage rates will align with the WPA scale.
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National Youth Administration
Gladys J. Shamp
NYA
State PWA funds sought for Normal school in Omaha
Secretary Ludlam announced at the Lincoln board of education meeting that a formal application for PWA funds to build a new Normal school in Omaha seeks a 45 percent federal grant. The estimated cost is $60,000 and a decision is expected in three to four weeks.
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PWA
Omaha
Ludlam
Board of Education
Lincoln
Pattern 5560 for a medallion crochet bedspread
Readable text describes pattern 5560 from The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept for crochet bedspread and scarf sets. Provides instructions and materials, encourages sending name and address with payment to obtain the pattern. Mentions pattern includes illustration and stitches required.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Hobson's Choice Origin Tells of Hobson Horse Select
The phrase Hobson's choice arose from Tobi Hobson an English stable owner who always forced renters to take the horse beside the stable door. The owner’s eccentric practice made the so called choice illusory as the other option was fixed by the seller.
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Hobson
Tobias Hobson
Read the Dizzy Dean Winners Ad for Free Prizes
A newspaper column invites readers to study the Grape Nuts advertisement in another page to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program and win valuable free prizes. The prompt frames this as an advertising feature within the paper.
Worth Trying Anyway Seeks Courage to Speak to Friends
A man contemplates telling several acquaintances how fond he is of them but fears their lack of reaction. He weighs the risk of emotional risk against the value of honest expression.
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NCE
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Roxbury
Mass
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Sandusky
Faro
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Bell Syndicate
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Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Joan Crawford
Bing Crosby
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Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Ruby Keeler
Myrna Loy Jeanette MacDonald
Fred Macmurray
Robert Montgomery
Pat O'Brien
Dick Powell
William Powell
Norma Shearer
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P.O. Box
Chicago, Ill
Hobson's Choice
Charlie
Helen
Postum
Tao
Soa
General Foods
Battle Creek
Afich
Canada
General Foods, Ltd
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