Plans for Plains Park in West Nebraska
A committee of six National Research Council grassland experts meets in Scottsbluff to study a plains park site north of the city. Led by Dr. W. E. Shelford, the group surveys the area and holds a biennial meeting to compare two years of work while noting drought and overgrazing recovery. If recommended, Nebraska would acquire land and transfer it to the parks service to stock antelope, bison, and other wildlife.
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Scottsbluff
National Research Council
National Parks Service
W. E. Shelford
University of
Parks Service
Nebraska Old Age and Dependent Children Aid In May
May statistics show 26,840 Nebraskans on old age assistance totaling 487,779 with an average grant of 18.17. Aid to dependent children rose to 9,786 cases costing 109,884 an average 11.23 per child. Six hundred forty six blind pensions totaled 10,717 averaging 19.63.
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Lincoln
Neil C. Vandermeer
Omaha Tax Office Sees 100 Percent Jump in Nebraska Income Collections
Omaha collector of internal revenue O Malley reports Nebraska federal income tax receipts rose over 100 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, to about 1 120 000. The gain reflects higher incomes, more taxpayers, and a tax dodger crackdown with 2316 filers found in April and May and a projected 3 000 by June. Deputies are auditing 4 800 names of suspected nonfilers or underreported incomes.
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Omaha
Internal Revenue
O’malley
Nebraska
Thousands of Nebraska Farmers Relocate Farms Amid Harvest Delays
A Reuters-style summary notes 5 119 Nebraska farmers left their land a year ago with 2 622 moving to other counties or states including the Pacific Northwest. Yet all farm sites remain occupied. An SSA supervisor tallies 5 660 farm sales from Oct 1 1936 to Apr 1 1937 but forecasts only 1 037 idle farms this crop season.
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Kearney
Nebraska
Resettlement Administration
Pacific Northwest
Farmers Plan Shelterbelt Cooperation With Farmers
Lincoln Nebraska E P Tinker predicts U S forest service will extend mass tree planting of the great plains shelterbelt on a new basis of farmer cooperation continuing the program with broader involvement and support.
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Farmers Aid
Lincoln
E. W. Tinker
U. S. Forest Service
Great Plains
State Auditor Reports May Expenditures Hit 3.14 Million
W H Price reports May state outlays total 3 138 241 including trust and revolving funds. A 550 000 payment to the U S treasurer returns part of a 2 300 000 trust fund provided to the state to aid road contractors under the national industrial recovery act.
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Lincoln
W. H. Price
United States
Heroes of Faith in Hebrews Eleven
Study on Hebrews eleven presents faith as core virtue from Creation to future hope. The lesson outlines understanding worship fellowship assurance salvation obedience vision resurrection and hope as the witnesses of faith, with Abraham Noah Abel Enoch Isaac Jacob Joseph and others as examples.
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Joseph
God
Abel
Fellowship
Enoch
Noah
Christ
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Emerson on beauty truth and goodness enduring in man
The passage asserts beauty truth and goodness are eternal in humanity, inherent in Massachusetts as in Tuscany or the Isles of Greece. It claims the Eternal Spirit shapes human nature to remind it of the infinite and fair.
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Massachusetts
Tuscany
Isles
Greece
R. W. Emerson
Godly Training Teaches Enduring Wealth of Love
A devotional exhortation notes that earthly wealth and comfort are small in light of God’s training for eternal joy. It urges keeping life’s ultimate aim before one’s eyes to view present troubles as brief journey hardships. The tone emphasizes spiritual focus over material gains.
Theodore Dreiser's rise from Chicago clerk to celebrated author
A compressed portrait traces Theodore Dreiser born 1871 in Terre Haute to working youth in Warsaw and Chicago. He held jobs as hardware clerk real estate office bill collector and reporter before becoming editor in chief at Butterick Publications. His fame grew with Sister Carrie and American Tragedy, which sparked controversy and global translations.
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Chicago
Theodore Dreiser
Terre Haute
Ind
Warsaw
Chicago Daily Globe
Butterick
Delineator
Carrie
Jennie Gerhardt
America
Germany
Lowell Thomas Life Story Highlights Adventurous Rise
The early years of Lowell Thomas show a man who juggled janitor work, teaching, and odd jobs while pursuing education. His wartime front line reporting and Arabia assignment propelled him to international fame, leading to a prolific career in newspapers, film, and radio for millions of fans.
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Lowell Thomas
Woodington
Ohio
Cripple Creek
Colo
Lowell
Valparaiso University
Indiana
University of Denver
Chicago
Kent College of Law
Princeton
D. H. Lawrence
Arabia
The Rogues Gallery on Art and What It Means
Nina Wilcox Putnam unloads a humorous primer on art, culture, and taste. She lampoons pretension while tracing art’s reach from painting and sculpture to architecture and urban slang, ending with a wink at the public’s fickle judgments.
Filet Crocheted Squares Pattern 5815
Pattern 5815 offers filet crochet instructions for 10 inch companion squares and a single square option. Includes charts, material requirements, and illustrations. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. at 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY for the pattern.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Supporting Royalty and Crown Lands Revenue
Collier's Weekly notes that England's royal funds come from Crown Lands since 1760 not taxpayers. Less than half funds the king's civil list. more than $3,000,000 is added to national income.
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England
Collier’s Weekly
Pleasure and Happiness by Somerville
The excerpt contrasts illusion and truth in happiness. It suggests pleasure relies on illusion while true happiness comes from doing good, a moral reflection by Somerville.
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Somerville
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Ruben
Mother
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