North Platte Valley Harvest Brings Rich Cash Crops
A. E. Anderson reports North Platte valley yields potato sugar beet and bean crops totaling about 9.3 million dollars, with corn and alfalfa adding 3.2 million. High potato yields reach 180 bushels per acre on roughly 20,000 acres, with some fields 300 to 500 bushels. Farmers are financially stronger, paying debts and financing next year.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
North Patte
Nebraska Agr College Survey Finds Strong Postgrad Farming Trend
Lincoln-A survey by the Nebraska agricultural college shows improved employment for graduates. Eighteen students who finished the four month per year two year short course are now farming in Nebraska. Many farmers pursue college work, and teaching and county agent roles prove popular. Nine graduates from the vocational educational department all secured teaching positions in Nebraska counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Agricultural College
Nebraska
Vocational Educational Education Department
Debt Reduction for Nebraska Farmers Drops to Over Two Million
The Resettlement Administration reports Nebraska farm debt relief surpassed 2 million dollars after October cut of 198,249. Original debt of 695,577 liquidized to 497,328 with 12,303 in taxes paid. Over 13 months, 1,640 farm debts totaling 7,013,643 were voluntarily adjusted by debtor creditor meetings, reducing to 2,175,579 while liquid debts stood at 4,838,064. Debts could not be paid at par but at 69 cents on the dollar, saving both sides from greater losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Resettlement Administration
Ralph Hutchison
Cal Ward
Hutchison
Burlington to Spend 3 Million on Rail Cars at Havelock
C B Q to spend about 3 million dollars to build 1250 railroad cars at Havelock shops next year. The program includes 1000 box cars and 250 automobile cars and will take over a year to complete. The project, approved along with current rebuilding, should boost local employment.
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Lincoln—E. Flynn
Chicago
The
Burlington
Havelock Shops
Flynn
Havelock
Nebraska Mules Set for India Voyage
A shipment of 256 made to order mules sails for India under a contract with the British Army in India. Frank Simpson, veteran organizer since 1931, leads seven non college chaperones on his 17th journey. he notes college boys were unreliable on prior trips.
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Nebraska
India
Omaha
Frank Simpson
Sugar beet farmers to receive 1936 first payment
Western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming growers will get a $3 249 530 check from Great Western Sugar Co for 1936 beets at about 5 01 per ton. A federal grant of 88 030 funds Levi Carter park Omaha for work Sept 3 to Jan 1. Plattsmouth game refuge and Chadron State park each receive 43 485 under national park service allocations.
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Great Western Sugar Company
Levi Carter Park
Omaha
Washington
National Park Service
Plattsmouth Game Refuge
Chadron State Park
Pauls Shortest Letter From Philemon to Onesimus
A study of Paul and Philemon focusing on four ideas Appreciation Consideration Brotherhood and Partnership. The lesson notes how Onesimus a runaway slave becomes a brother in the Lord through grace and Christian conduct. It links imputed righteousness to the Onesimus case with a sermonic tone.
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Philemon
Christ Jesus
Paul
Colosse
Onesimus
Rome
God
Christ
End of the Treaty and Farm Aid Proposals
The piece notes Hitler’s demolition of Versailles remnants as European powers protest. It highlights Mr. Tugwell proposing a five hundred million dollar farm aid plan to relocate poverty‑stricken farmers, fund barns and outbuildings, and vacate worthless acres over ten years. England’s government is praised for turning poor soil into pasture. the piece suggests U.S. study of this method.
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Hitler
Germany
Rhine
Elbe
Oder
Danube
France
Tugwell
Egg prices seen rising due to fewer laying hens
Delegates at a district Nebraska Poultry Improvement meeting in Grand Island say supply shortages of laying hens will push egg prices higher this winter. The association members warn tighter markets and elevated costs for consumers as hens remain scarce.
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Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association
Grand Island
Nebraska total resources reach 72 million in latest audit
State Auditor Fred Ayres reported in the biennial report that Nebraska total resources on June 30 amounted to 72,287,713.83 dollars, up 2,933,594.26 dollars from two years earlier. The figure covers cash on hand and due from county treasurers, accounts receivable, equipment, bonds, trust funds, and delinquent taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Fred Ayres
Nebraska official cites Iowa-Nebraska rate revision
Floyd L. Bollen acting chairman of the Nebraska railway commission stated the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company revised its rural power rate to remove discrimination and evasion of the anti service change law. The new uniform rural rate starts at 4.50 dollars monthly for 50 kilowatts, then 4 cents per kilowatt for the next 50, 3 cents for the next 100, and 2 cents for over 200 kilowatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd L. Bollen
Nebraska Railway Commission
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company
Engineers ready to bid on 66 miles of North Loop canal
Plans for the North Loop power and irrigation project are complete and contracts will be let after right of way is optioned. Litwiller Construction Co. is building the first 10 miles between Ord and North Loup, with a breakdown delaying work briefly. General Manager E H Dunmire reports significant optioning progress in Valley, Garfield, and Loup counties.
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North Loop
Litwiller Construction Co
Ord
North Loup
E. H. Dunmire
Love of Nature as a Moral Indicator
Ruskin notes that a genuine love of nature signals a good heart and fair moral judgment, though it does not guarantee right action. He argues that lacking this love leaves a person hardened and worldly, even degraded in moral practice.
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Ruskin
College health study to survey student physicals
Dr. Rufus A. Lyman said Nebraska will join a cooperative study of college student health. The survey will examine individual physical examination records to appraise current college health work, sponsored by the American Youth Commission of the American Council on Education.
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Rufus A. Lyman
University of Nebraska
American Youth Commission
The
American Council On Education
Humble Deeds and Pure Motive Highlight Moral Lesson
An editorial reflects on humble deeds driven by unselfish motive as larger in God’s view than visible grand acts aimed at public glory. Quotation from Gunn anchors the moral emphasis on sincerity over show.
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Gunn
Learning Only Good
Quote reflections on learning and deeds. The speaker urges learning only what endures beyond life and performing actions that yield heavenly fruit. Credited to Jean Paul Richter.
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Jean Paul Richter
Air base at Midway urged by General Markham
General Markham proposes locating an air base in Midway Island harbor. The War Department frames it as a possible commercial development with defense value and denies treaty blocks. The piece notes alleged German spying gear and police stance toward Nazi perfection claims.
Bay Bridge Opens Linking San Francisco and Oakland
The Bay bridge opening connects San Francisco and Oakland and ends bay ferries, seen as a landmark of engineering and public spirit. Labor tensions loom as Mr. Green's AFL battles Mr. Lewis' CIO over unionizing 30 million unrepresented workers, with a nationwide fight anticipated. Wage hikes from 23 firms lift pay for 28,000 workers, averaging $130 yearly, boosting consumer spending and projected prosperity.
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Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Oakland
California
United Cities
Green
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mr. Green
England vows to defend itself and avoid continental commitments
England plans to devote energy to self defense and not be drawn into troop commitments if war erupts. Sir Samuel Hoare says there are no obligations like those of 1914 and suggests Britain will stay at home tackling enemies, possibly aiding allies financially instead.
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England
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
Abolishing the Electoral College and Civil War Fears
A historical reflection argues that ending the electoral college could spark sectional unrest, noting 1876 and 1916 examples. It asserts dangers of perceived fraud when a large state or Chicago like politics sway national outcomes and warns of mob-like reactions without federal troop withdrawals.
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Washington
Marie Henry Watterson
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
South
Hayes
Chicago
Kansas City
Philadelphia
G. O. P. Minus Leaders In 1930s party reflection
The piece argues the Republican Party lacks credible leadership after a large vote total. It notes former figures like Hilles and Pomeroy, contrasts campaign strategy with London’s effort, and suggests the party may not recover without new leadership and a shift in tariff policy toward reciprocal treaties. It cites Taft and Landon comparisons and hints at voter reactions in the Midwest to imported farm products.
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Alf M. Landon
Old Guard
J. Henry Roraback
Charles Dewey Hilles
D. E. Pomeroy
New Jersey
Pomeroy
Republican Party
Democratic Party
William H. Taft
Progressive Party
Taft
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Mid-West
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Landon
Farmers for Roosevelt and the tariff policy debate
The piece notes farmers voted heavily for Franklin D. Roosevelt and questions whether this reflected support for his tariff policy due to AAA checks. It doubts any major party would campaign on that premise and suggests policy may endure for years. It highlights Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as a standout Republican figure and contemplates a new party to counter the dominant one.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
Landon
Hamilton
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Silence and Transgression Marks in Everyday Wisdom
A fragmentary meditation on behavior and intellect contrasts gossip with candor and restraint. It notes age shifts in boys, the lure of profit from advice, and the paradoxes of solitude and social performance. The piece midpoints reflections on lawfulness and personal growth through terse maxims.
League uses translators and wired booths in Geneva meeting hall
Wires connect a microphone to expert interpreters who translate speeches into a second language. Interpreters speak into telephones linked to delegates earphones and adjust volume to hear the language they understand.
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League of Nations
Geneva
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