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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
2
Workmen rush to reinforce the dike protecting Kansas City as the Missouri and Kaw rivers flood. Flooded areas see boats pressed into service, hundreds displaced, and property damage running into millions. A raft carries a householder’s belongings near Turner Kansas.
Lieut. Col. Ross E. Rowell is named the new chief of all Marine Corps aviation units.
Vincent Astor's Hotel Mussolini figure named Waley, a kidnapper once jailed repeatedly since age eighteen, matched with a wife to swap ransom bills. He was released often, building a criminal record and planning a Tacoma kidnapping of the Weyerhaeuser child, challenging justice.
Western state patrol officers perform admirably and work alongside federal agents. The force is described as real policemen active in law enforcement across the region.
Mr Vincent Astor of New York will operate the St Regis hotel on Fifth Avenue after repurchasing it for 5 090000. The piece recalls the Astor House and other historic hotels as symbols of aristocratic status among prosperous Americans.
The article notes Mussolini bluntly confronting Britain over past empire building and hints at possible Ethiopian gains, while highlighting a medical breakthrough called the brain bath. Doctors described a Salt and water solution injected into a vein and withdrawn via spinal needle to wash out brain poisons.
Newsdom reports it questioned editors and publishers and found them overwhelmingly certain that radical movements pose no serious trend. The finding comforts many but cautions persist about underestimating what may appear insignificant radicalism.
The piece notes China yields under pressure from Japan as 400 million Chinese evade war while 60 million Japanese prepare for conflict. It warns of further Chinese territorial losses and hints that the young Chinese emperor may be moved to Manchukuo’s old palace.
A dangerous strike in Toledo is postponed as workers pause to discuss the action, avoiding potential disruption that could put tens of thousands out of work. The decision comes amid warnings from leaders that a premature stoppage would hurt the city’s economy and families.
Platte Valley Power and Irrigation District payroll for May totaled 91232. Officials stated district personnel earned 23659.92 and contractors 67572.24. The week ending May 25 employed 991 workers, of whom 135 were district staff.
The Nebraska State Historical Society received keepsakes from William Jennings Bryan campaigns after the old Lincoln press building wreck endangered them. Mayor Charles W. Bryan presented items including a plaster bust of the Great Commoner and bound files of The Commoner, the Bryan brothers magazine, once housed in that press building.
Government relief operations focus on moving livestock to growth areas and distributing crop seeds after spring rains. The federal live stock feed agency ends activity and the cattle transfer unit halts. The AAA reports spring rain eases most of the 1934 drouth, but 131 counties across eastern Colorado western Kansas southwestern Nebraska northeastern New Mexico and west Texas remain in the 1935 drouth area.
The Northeast Nebraska Association of County Commissioners Supervisors and Clerks passed a resolution urging change in CCC camp recruitment to include border line families beyond relief rolls. Edwin R. Kinnear, soil erosion chief engineer at Albion, spoke on erosion. J Frank Relf noted Richardson county has run a soil erosion program since 1917.
State and federal agricultural statistician A. E. Anderson reported after a field trip that Nebraska’s wheat crop shows splendid prospects while other grains hay and pastures look good. He noted only about 50 percent of corn planted with erosion damage and late plantings for small grains but strong growth overall.
Samuel L. Cooper president of the Associated Retailers of Omaha says retail sales rose close to 15 percent in smaller Nebraska Iowa and northern Missouri towns. He notes May was strong with crop prospects good and reports of best months in years from Kearney Fairbury Seward Hooper.
State Engineer A C Tilley learned that federal highway allocations for the flood zone must be matched by Nebraska funds. Federal aid requires a dollar for dollar state match, risking at least 305000 dollars to pair with federal advances. Tilley already faces road financing strains and doubts quick funds.
G B Robertson manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Omaha says new 1.25 billion fund applications are coming in slower than expected. Filing date for new applications expires June 28. He notes a rising real estate market and forecasts 450 to 500 loans totaling about 1 million from the Omaha office share.
A Washington analysis argues Herbert Hoover could shape a GOP response to Roosevelt’s New Deal. It notes Hoover’s perceived strength as a rival candidate, the mood of rugged individualism versus government control, and the risk of a bitter convention fight if Hoover runs. It also surveys prospects for other Republicans and possible constitutional changes to enforce New Deal policies.
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