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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
2
The Nebraska Conference of Social Work reports a monthly relief shortfall of 338,668 dollars for the 30 most needy counties. It notes 80 percent of relief is concentrated there and warns counties have limited funds as state and federal aid depletes.
A state survey shows 20688 people applied for old age pensions by April 1. Of these 584 were rejected while 13091 received county and state approval. 40 pensioners died, total payments $92540 averaging $10.98. Douglas county saw 1382 recipients averaging $20.71, while seven of 93 counties did not begin payments in March.
More than 400 eastern Nebraska farmers have entered the 1936 Nebraska pasture improvement contest. Elvin F. Frolik announces at Nebraska Agricultural College that about 500 entries are expected. Growers seek better pastures and rotation plans, with interest rising due to the federal soil conservation program.
Federal soil conservation policy brings new demand for grass and alfalfa seed says a wholesale seed house representative. After years of neglect, the program revived interest, boosting Omaha shipments to about $3,000 daily and $1,494 weekly in alfalfa seed to midwest points.
A Hastings gathering of tenth district Nebraska American Legion officials discussed creating a volunteer highway patrol to enforce traffic laws. The plan envisions 50 to 100 men per county working with local police and sheriffs to improve road safety across south central Nebraska.
James FE Davidson, regional chairman of the living memorial drive for the Edison Foundation, learned from National Chairman Owen D Young that 100 scholarships are worth 40 000 each. Nebraska and 47 states receive one scholarship, with 52 more available annually.
At the Bellevue college site near Omaha ten students attend the last remaining WPA vocational school in the nation. A regional director praised the program as the best seen and vowed continuation. Fourteen students secured jobs in the past month. Boiler firing under D H Poe proves highly successful with several youths gaining river contracts. Journalism classes under Francis S Chase Jr publish The Indian with daily and weekly editions and artists and columnists. The canteen run by Joe Cansone is the campus hub, netting $120 in profits over the first 12 days of the month.
The February receipts from principal farm product sales in Nebraska reached 19.55 million dollars, up from 13.86 million in February 1935, 16.27 million in February 1934, and 10.39 million in February 1933. January and February combined totaled 41.69 million, about 15 million higher than the same two months in 1935.
Nebraska agricultural officials report that wilt and cold resistant alfalfa plants from California will be transported to Nebraska for trans planting to improve local forage crops.
N. C. Abbott, superintendent at Nebraska City, announced receipt of 55 talking book machines funded by a federal appropriation of 255000 dollars. The large phonograph records carry about ten times as many words as the average reader and will be distributed to adult blind residents of Nebraska.
The Mowry museum of curios in Geneva, a public attraction for 40 years, will be relocated to Hastings to join the Hastings museum. The collection features mounted birds and animals guns pistols Indian aircraft pipes seashells and hundreds of relics as thousands have viewed the curios in Geneva.
A fire at Platte Valley Packing in Scottsbluff destroyed 1500 pounds of bacon and involved firefighting chemicals after an overheated smoking room ignited. The plant owned by John B. Cook, once of Beatrice, had earlier been damaged by a December explosion injuring Cook and several workers.
Colorado officials will not permit Nebraska beet sugar laborers to seek work in Colorado. Don Renner said letters were sent to beet sugar states asking attitudes on importing Nebraska labor. Gov. Johnson’s edict against cheap labor is seen as not affecting Nebraska employment. Nebraska beet sugar acreage rose from 43 000 to 65 000 acres this year amid worker shortages in western Nebraska and surplus of undesired labor.
Work has begun on Gibbon's park, funded by the Gibbon Woman's Club. The village provides three lots and an appropriation of 222 dollars for seed trees and shrubbery with Buffalo county labor. A pool and a band or speaker's stand are planned. Mr. Hutchinson of Kearney oversees planting. residents donate perennials.
Star Dust notes a Metro executive group forced to travel by train from New York to Hollywood to avoid being seen as unimportant. Howard Dietz jokes he will win a thousand dollars at bridge on the journey. The column then comments on changing female stars from blonde to brunette with Carole Lombard Alice Faye and Joan Bennett following Jean Harlow, while Anne Harding remains successful as a blonde.
The former opera star and farmer now in films has slimmed down noticeably, and observers who recall her older look will be surprised. She sings exceptionally well and her photos suggest a striking transformation.
Major Bowes style acts expand as Bob Ripley plans a New England tour for late April. Featured acts include Little Jeanie the 30 pound midget, Grace Murphy's quintuplets, large ballet dancers, an elbow pianist, a talking bird duo, and leaf music maker. Frank Parker pursues movie work, Marlene Dietrich returns with active performance, Gary Cooper shines as a comedian in a Paramount film Desire.
John Boles plans to freelance after leaving one firm. Fredric March seeks fewer costume pictures and signs with a new project. Gary Cooper stars in Beau Geste in color, with others like Katherine Hepburn and Myrna Loy in upcoming roles.
The column derides fashion fads and notes redheaded trends, moonlight musings on Hollywood, and humorous asides about public figures. It reflects a breezy newspaper tone with satirical jabs at politics and crime parole.
Washington reports focus on the Commerce Department’s pending trade balance figures amid debate over whether the United States is a debtor nation. Analysts note 1935 exports rose 7 percent while imports climbed 25 percent, with farm policy and cotton exports hitting the economy, and discuss potential tax and tariff changes under Roosevelt.
Ferry-Morse Seed Co promotes seeds that grow in any climate citing 80 years of work and 52 000 germination tests and 9000 purity trials at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California. The notice invites readers to visit local displays and request a free Home Garden Catalog from Ferry-Morse Seed Co Detroit and San Francisco.
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