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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1936
Page
6
Four Rhodes scholars were named by a district committee after interviewing 12 candidates from Iowa Minnesota Kansas South Dakota and Nebraska. Recipients include E Lemoine Skinner Carlyle Beyer Lester Epstein and Horton M Laude, all in their early twenties and pursuing college or medical studies in Saint Louis and elsewhere. The scholars will receive 2000 dollars annually for two years or more to study at Oxford University in England.
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds city authority to ban barmaids citing potential for hilarity and disturbance. The ruling reinforces local ordinances aimed at barroom tranquility in New Orleans and similar municipalities.
Governor R L Cochran telegraphed federal relief chief Marty Hopkins and Senator Edward R Burke asking to raise Nebraska Works Progress Administration quota to 25 000 for the next three months The quota had been cut to 15 000 and later extended to 19 000 Cochran urged continuation of WPA sewing projects to aid needy women through the winter months.
Washington reports New York tops state lists with 3,423,631 applications for the old age annuity program, part of a total 22,129,617 across states. Pennsylvania is second with 2,165,478 and Illinois third with 1,680,059 as Nebraska shows 273,399 in the tally.
The shoe program reports $100 from Community Building club funds insufficient to outfit all children. Public is invited to donate serviceable outgrown shoes, with 80 requests pending and plans to distribute by January 4 under school nurse supervision.
The text notes John G. Winant resumes the chairmanship of the social security board, praised for practical leadership during the setup of the federal old age pension system. It highlights Roosevelt’s appointment, Winant’s realistic approach, and the major scope of the program as a crucial national task. It also discusses November developments in cattle feeding, with declines in the western corn belt and increases in the eastern belt, and forecasts of feeding trends across states.
Pittsburgh fans feel confident Pitt will topple Washington in the Rose Bowl as coach Jock Sutherland’s squad relies on a hard driving ground game led by Marshall Goldberg and a rugged line. The Huskies counter with Elmer Logg Jimmy Cain Byron Haines and Ed Nowogroski but Pitt is favored to win by two touchdowns.
Cattle feeding in the Scottsbluff area and across Nebraska is expected to remain about the same as last season, offsetting a decrease in lamb feeding.
Senator Gilson of Vermont proposed a Senate inquiry into highway accidents and prevention methods. He urged Congress to appropriate 310,000 for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to study causes and solutions to the appalling highway slaughter.
A moving van collected furniture a large portrait of Edward VIII and silverware bearing royal arms from 16 Cumberland Terrace and departed for Windsor Castle. The event recalls the abdication talks and raises speculation about items Edward lent Mrs Simpson.
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