Nebraska Armistice Day Storm of 1940 Ended Local Festival Football
The 1940 Armistice Day storm devastated eastern Nebraska with wind rain and snow, crippling fruit orchards and ending traditional Armistice Day high school football games. The event marked a lasting shift as Veterans Day replaced Armistice Day in practice and economic focus moved away from fruit growing.
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Nebraska
North Platte
Kearney
Missouri River
Tax clash over enforcement spurs Nebraska politics
Gov. Ralph G. Brooks and Sen. Terry Carpenter clash over who should enforce tax laws and how values are set. Brooks threatens to remove assessors who refuse to enforce provisions while Carpenter argues enforcement is a governor’s duty. Also notes early 1960 gubernatorial filings and highway funding outlook.
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Brooks
Carpenter
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ralph G. Brooks
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
U. S. Senate
Fred Herrington
Frank Marsh
Frank Morrison
del Lienemann
Wayland Social Roundup From Mrs LaVina Kooke’s Notes
Friday afternoon visitors included Mr Ernest Wiswell of Hot Springs and Mr Chas Wiswell. Local gatherings featured dinners and social calls at several homes with many relatives and friends visiting in York Shelby Stromsburg and Lincoln areas. Next Ladies Aid meeting set for November 11 with Mrs Spalding and Mrs Lott hosting.
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Ernest Wiswell
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Chas. Wiswell
George Bond
Tommy Gonnerman
Darold Hoffman
Polk
Vickey Cockle
York
Byrd Shrum
Archie Steffen
Ralph Allison
Wendell Spalding
Raymond Dobson
Harley Eklund
Osceola
Ladies Aid
Max Lott
Grace Gonnerman
Shelby
Ted Gonnerman
Peter Kopke
Emma Carter
Connie Stream
Arnold Gill
Lincoln
Craven Stream
Shirley Holm
Holly Eklund
Dwane Keyes
Stromsburg
Raymond Bond
Paul Bond
Lyle Cockle
Orus Shrum
Peoria
Ronald Eklund
Reg Eklund
Norman Schafer
George Funk
Arbieter Memorial Home
Gilbert Springer
Earnest Lott
Edmund Hoffman
Rogene
Merlyn Hoffman
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Thomas Jefferson
Nebraska Division
United States Brewers Foundation
Nat'l Bank
Dale Lewis Service
Sinclad
Gooch
Prema
Goochs
Farmers Co-op Grain Company
Osceola, Nebr
Lester H. Anderson
Aurora
Dwight Burney of
Hartington
Program
State Highway Department
Roy Cochran
Cochran
Omaha
State Penitentiary
Maurice Sigler
State Tax Commissioner
Wayland
LaVina Kooke
Sing City
Roscoe Crumbliss
Melvin Dey
Faye Sack
Kathie Stephenson Miller
Calmer Stephenson
Raymond Beebe
Elroy Hoffman
Bruce Hoffer
Carl Richter
Robert Richter
Holdrege
Don Richter
Art Richter
Gresham
Harley McKeag
Phoebe Morgan
Horace McKaeg
Grand Island, Nebr
the Nations
Stacey Garner
Lincoln's
Sun
Harry Czarneck
Bobby Mills
al Grebnick
Bill Delzell
Mickey Bull
Osceola Feed Mill & Elevator
Osceola, Nebraska
M. D’s
T.d’s
Chevrolet
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