Thousand Acres In New U S Tree Setup
Box Butte county farmers may plant 1000 acres of trees under an Alliance demonstration project as part of the Canada to Texas shelterbelt program. The plan shifts the belt about 100 miles east, with Scottsbluff hosting two packing plants and Platte Valley Co. Construction. Previous tree claims by homesteaders failed due to droughts fires and cattle.
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Alliance
Box Butte County
Texas
Box Butte
Nebraska
Crop and Feed Loan Plan Opens for 1937 Relief
The Farm Credit Administration announces the $50 million Congress provided for emergency crop and feed loans is immediately available. Loans target farmers with no other credit and will cover amounts needed to grow crops or maintain livestock until forage returns. Maximum loan is $400 at 4 percent interest, issued by field representatives with county committees under regional offices in Springfield Baltimore Columbia Memphis St. Louis St. Paul Omaha Wichita Dallas Salt Lake City and Spokane.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Congress
Col. P. G. Murphy
Springfield
Mass
Baltimore
Scottsbluff Planners Outline New Packing Plant and Canning Factory
Platte Valley Packing president John B. Cook says work will start soon on a 175000 dollar packing plant with W L Yocum Construction of Dubuque building it for 72000. Chamber of Commerce president Otto W Fuerst notes Oliver Stevenson of Otoe Food Products will arrange details for a Scottsbluff canning factory with local businessmen pledging over 25000 in stock. The building will be at least 80 by 200 feet.
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Scottsbluff
John B. Cook
Platte Valley Packing Company
W. L. Yocum Construction Company
Dubuque
Otto W. Fuerst
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce
Oliver Stevenson
Otoe Food Products Company
Nebraska City
Canning Company
Turbo Generator Dedication At Nebraska Power Co.
Omaha editors and Nebraska leaders joined Monday February 22 for the dedication of a new turbo generator at the Power Co. facility. Governor Cochran and neighboring city mayors attended after inspecting the giant boiler and attending a luncheon of corned beef and cabbage.
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Omaha
Nebraska Power Co
Cochran
Nebraska
Iowa
Nehawka Auction Sets National Hog Price Record
Harry Knabe of Nehawka sold Nebraska hog Nehawka Pansy Beauty for 1000 dollars, a new high for the season in the United States. The blue blood Hampshire went to C. E. Griffith of Big Cabin Oklahoma, an oil man, who also bought Pro moter Queen for 905 dollars.
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Nebraska
Pansy Beauty
Harry Knabe
Nehawka
Knabe
Hampshire
United States
C. E. Griffith
Big Cabin
Okla
Oil Man
Griffith
Queen
Nebraska Men Find Jobs Increase In Omaha Employment
Omaha and Nebraska show steady job gains says G W Casler field supervisor of Nebraska State Employment Service and manager of the Omaha office. Public works programs have drawn many unskilled workers from the unemployment lists.
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Nebraska
Omaha
G. W. Casler
Nebraska State Employment Service
State Tax Report Shows Spending Over Two Million
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reports January state government disbursements by war warrants at 2,428,827 dollars, compared with 2,428,352 dollars in December. Since July 1, 1935, biennial year spending totals 40,865,090 dollars with an unexpended balance of 10,656,729 dollars plus cash funds.
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W. H. Smith
Joys and Tribulations of a Trailer in Arkansas
In Fayetteville Arkansas Charles Finger famed for frontier travel writings hosts a visit of friends including Luana Stephen Gypsy and a Scotty dog at Gayeta Lodge His son Stephen notes plans for a brief stay before the group departs The Finger household prepares a rustic banquet featuring a turkey with cranberries and hard cider from nearby apple trees.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Ozarks
Gayeta Lodge
Charles J. Finger
South America
Africa
Gold Coast
Luana
Stephen
Gypsy
Arkansas
Charles Finger
Finger
Gayeta
Lord Kitchener
Squire Finger
WNU
Stymied by a Truck in a Modern Highway Rant
Frank Condon ventriloquizes a trucker criticism essay praising truckers as citizens while lampooning oil tankers and two car caravans. He recounts encounters with two pilots and a discussable law on distancing trucks, ending with an anecdote of truckers helping a stalled car in zero weather.
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California
Roosevelt plan to enlarge the Supreme Court debates Texas angle
Washington notes focus on Texas figures and reactions to President Roosevelt's proposal. Maverick and Sumners clash over timing while Ashurst and Connally lead Senate debate. The piece compares to Wilson era battles, cites Noris Morgan and Rankin on TVA style reform, and ponders private versus public utility rates and value.
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Washington
Texas
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Garner
Cactus Jack Garner
Morris Sheppard
Senate
Austin
Tom Connally
United States
High Court
Congress
Thomas Watt Gregory
E. M. House
Woodrow Wilson
James Clark McReynolds
League
Japan
Italy
Britain
France
League of Nations
Wilson
Roosevelt Supreme Court
New Way to Initial Linens with Crochet Motifs
An article promotes crochet insets for towels pillows and linens to create a showy effect. It features patterns for alphabet transfer motifs and two sizes with guidance on stitches and usage. Readers can obtain Pattern 5749 by sending 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. NYC.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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Rogues’ Gallery
Frank Condon
Toledo
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William E. Borah
Hiram W. Johnson
George W. Norris
Arthur E. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
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