Prices higher for land in Nebraska
Lincoln Cal Ward regional head for the resettlement administration says 98 percent of options for 1 971 685 acres in Nebraska North and South Dakota have been accepted. The RA will buy 180 281 acres in Nebraska for 1 277 000 and 836 659 acres in South Dakota for 3 620 000. Adaptation includes grazing to prevent erosion and timber and fire prevention work in Pine Ridge Cheyenne River and Fort Sully projects.
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Lincoln
Cal A. Ward
Regional Resettlement Administration
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Pine Ridge
Cheyenne River
North Dakota
Fort Sully Project
Demand for Midwest farmland rises at Federal Land Bank Omaha
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha reports a 50 percent rise in farm and ranch sales across Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming in the first ten months of 1936 compared with 1935. Prices are 15 to 20 percent higher than two years ago with more than 2.4 million dollars paid for 416 properties. Nebraska led with a 150 percent gain followed by Iowa 50 South Dakota 22 and Wyoming 4. Young farmers show strongest interest despite rainfall and drought fears.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Charles McCumsey
McCumsey
McCamsey
Lincoln Nebr to plant 50 million trees yearly for 50 years
Lincoln forestry chief urges Nebraska to plant at least 50 million trees each year for five decades to offset drought losses. He notes 1936 drought killed about 20 percent of state trees and three dry years harmed ornamental plantings. care and older roots complicate recovery.
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Lincoln
M. B. Jenkins
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Jenkins
Power Start Planned by Platte Valley District
R H Willis Nebraska irrigation chief said Platte Valley public power and irrigation district in North Platte will start generating power December 1. D D Price, project manager, advised the date. The district will be Nebraska’s first large PWA financed hydro electric district to begin operations with grants and loans totaling over 10 million dollars. North Platte will be the first customer on the line.
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R. H. Willis
Nebraska Irrigation Bureau
Platte Valley
Potato Shipments Lag As Fall Harvest Shrinks
Lincoln area potato updates show shipments this fall at 79 percent of last year while the crop totals 5,350,000 bushels. Through the period 1,436 cars have been shipped to date versus 1,809 a year ago, with much of the harvest from commercial irrigated regions.
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Lincoln
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Farm Income Rises. Nebraska Farmers Lead Septembers
Nebraska farmers earned 22.986 million dollars in cash income from principal farm products and benefits in September, up 205 thousand from a year ago. Dr. T H Gooding, director at the agricultural college, notes four states will send farm boys to the university’s four month operator’s short course. He received 35 applications from first time enrollees.
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Agriculture Department
Nebraska
T. H. Gooding
Nebraska Agricultural College
Gooding
Nebraska highway department 1935 receipts and outlays
The Bureau of Public Roads reports Nebraska spent 10,379,000 on highways in 1935, with receipts totaling 9,975,000. Nebraska ranks low in both income and expenditure for the year, while Pennsylvania tops income at 63,465,000 and outlay at 45,972,200. New York shows 57,187,000 received and 54,770,000 spent.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Nebraska Highway Department
Pennsylvania
New York
State Planning Board to Map Six Year Public Works Plan
State Engineer A C Tilley announced a statewide survey by the state planning board to catalog desirable public works for a six year program. Officials will report projects for construction, the survey feeding a national resources board report. A 1935 inventory valued at $81,000,000 guided WPA and PWA projects then underway or completed.
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A. C. Tilley
State Planning Board
National Resources Board
WPA
PWA
Nebraska to Receive PWA Funds for 34 Projects
Since August 1 the Public Works Administration has allotted 2,667,425 in grants and 1,7227,500 in loans for 34 Nebraska projects. Six projects require loans led by 916,000 for North Loup irrigation ditches and rural electrification, and 765,000 for Middle Loup works. Top grants include 749,000 to North Loup, 625,000 to Middle Loup, 414,000 to Omaha Municipal University, 180,000 for a Nebraska University student activities building, and 101,300 for a McCook transmission line. Other projects receive under 100,000.
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Public Works Administration
Nebraska
North Loup
Middle Loup
Omaha Municipal University
University of Nebraska
McCook
Nebraska WPA Orders Major Layoffs Across State
WPA officials from every region of Nebraska were told by D F Felton state WPA administrator to cut job rolls from 30 000 to 15 000 by December 15 due to dwindling federal funds. About 10 000 farmers on drought relief and 5 000 on regular WPA rolls will be removed, with needy farmers directed to the resettlement administration for aid.
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WPA
Nebraska
D. F. Felton
Resettlement Administration
Six More Surveyors Join Burwell Substation Project
The North Loop power and irrigation district adds six surveyors and opens a Burwell substation. GM Dimmire targets three to four local workers under R H Armstrong for river soundings and gauging at Taylor Ord North Loup Scotia. Land-rights for Ord-North Loop canal nearly settled. one owner refuses options, others proceeding. Construction to start soon.
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Burwell
North Loop
E. H. Dimmire
R. H. Armstrong
Armstrong
Taylor
Ord
North Loup
Scotia
Dinmire
Public Works Administration
Burwell-Sumter
VFW District backs $100,000 forestry station aid
Ninth district officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars endorsed a proposed $100,000 appropriation by Congress for a Nebraska City experimental forestry station. They voted to aid the Forestry Department in securing the federal funds for purchase and maintenance of the station sponsored by the Nebraska VFW department.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ninth District
Federal Forestry Department
Nebraska City
Nebraska V. F. W. Department
Fight the Good Fight in the Forest for Christ
The passage speaks of fighting for faith against storms of fear and cruelty. It asks what religion means to the called who learn and battle to conquer the world for Christ. It describes launching into the deep and entering strongholds of the adversary to win entry for the Master.
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Apostle Paul
Paul
Timothy
Satan
Jesus Christ
Christ
Prince of Peace
A Mother's Love Inspires Quiet Strength and Fidelity
A reflective quotation extols a mother's love as powerful and steadfast. It speaks of courage, resilience, and the radiance of fidelity that remains undeviated through hardship, portraying motherhood as a guiding star.
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Heaven
E. H. Chapin
One Big Catch War Comes Closer And More Houses Needed
President Roosevelt fishes from a whale boat off Port of Spain catching a small gain but noting election day results. Europe Asia edge toward conflict while Stalin rejects Japan’s treaty allowing fishing in Siberian waters. Langdon Post says housing shortage in New York and nationwide threatens builders and landlords.
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Roosevelt
Port-of-Spain
Europe
Asia
Germany
Japan
Stalin
Siberia
Langdon Post
New York
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Mr. Post
Churchill urges united democracy among Allies
Churchill promotes a united democratic bloc among Great Britain France and the United States calling for joint support of democracy. He hails the United States as a child of blood and ideals while noting nations evolve from diverse roots. Greater New York is described as a vast Italian and Jewish population center. Colombia drafts a new constitution allowing government seizure of private property without compensation, drawing criticism as communistic.
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Winston Churchill
Great Britain
France
United States
New York
Rome
Milan
Palestine
Colombia
Big firms award higher pay and Christmas bonuses
Sixty five thousand workers in textile and shoe industries will receive Christmas bonuses and higher wages. Two young women, Fanny Hurst and Agnes Repplier, debate the ease of writing. Repplier calls it perilously easy while Hurst argues it is hard. Publishers say outcomes depend on book type and the writer's mind.
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Schumann - Ecink
Mme
Schumann - Heink
Fanny Hurst
Agnes Repplier
King Features Syndicate
Ing
WNT
Roosevelt seeks farm tenant relief through new long term program
In Washington observers note a shift in Roosevelt's approach with more cautious analysis of advisers' plans. He names a committee led by Secretary Wallace to craft a long term solution for farm tenants and absentee landowners, signaling possible federal restructuring and budgetary relief if pursued seriously.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Landon
Kansas
New Deal Administration
Congress
Western Newspaper Union
Simple Crochet Can Be Family Heirloom
A bedspread pattern 5658 offers two crochet motifs a basket and a floral. Instructions include square pattern illustration stitches and materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 West Fourteenth St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
West Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Foreign Phrases Reflected in 19th Century Glossary
A compact roll of Latin and French expressions with English translations and brief definitions. The items include Ab uno disce omnes loss without injury and envents perdus a forlorn hope, locum tenens deputy, and quot homines tot sententiae.
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Blague
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