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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
7
The state committee announced 62 percent of Nebraska cropland is enrolled in the 1937 Agricultural Conservation program, down from 71 percent last year. Fred Wallace noted the figure reflects farmers shifting to soil conserving practices, with favorable spring conditions boosting legume and grass planting.
Washington DC March policy expands CCC school program for 300000 youths. Officials state no plan to shorten the 40 hour camp week as education priorities rise. Howard W. Oxley reports high participation with 89 percent studying, 50000 literates, 300000 improved grades, 200000 high school subjects, 15000 college courses, and 1700000 youths in camps since 1934.
The Lincoln The Resettlement administration completed loans totaling 488 290 tied to the end of the fiscal year June 30 highlighting the office’s procedures. Administrators noted the disbursement marked the termination of the Resettlement administrator’s existence. Relief caseload rose to 7 197 statewide as WPA layoffs pushed unemployed family heads higher.
Nebraska WPA spending to date totals over 30 million dollars with most funds federal. Completed projects exceed a thousand with nearly all in operation and an employment level near 19 thousand. July appropriations fall one third from last year while state aims to cut staff to 19 thousand in July and potentially halve operations.
William Bruck reflects on the 1930s Boy Scouts National Jamboree, praising the peaceful youth movement and warning against government overreach such as the National Youth Administration. He contrasts democratic courts with Stalinist show trials and urges commitment to liberty, peace, and independent justice.
A syndicated column heckles third term talk and ballooning politics. It humorously contrasts booster ballooning with steady leadership while recalling Montana prairie schooner days and the shift to mobile life. It muses on aging politicians and military officers adapting to peacetime roles.
A sermon tracing Exodus 12 21 to 28 to the Passover and Christ as our Passover. It contrasts Pharaohs power with God and stresses the Lamb of God and the blood as the only path to redemption. It links I Cor 5 7 and 1 Pet 1 19 to salvation through Jesus and calls readers to personal application of the blood.
Practical tips for home tasks from Browning biscuits to cleaning a piano and cooking cabbage. Advice covers browning tops with milk, piano dusting, preserving brown sugar, turnips au gratin, meat pinwheels, heating the oven, neutralizing paint odors, and easing swollen drawers with black lead. Includes quick, plain instructions and time-saving hints.
A collection of quotes praising rational decision making in politics and home life. Notable voices include Dr. Dennis H. Kelly Richard Washburn Child C. C. Williams and Mrs. Carl Raymond Gray. The excerpts stress mothers discipline, truth in history, freedom of action, and steadfast home values.
A witty exchange turns to marriage as a lighthearted confession about reputation and sincerity. The man presses for vows while the woman resists, noting just how sensible appearances can mislead.
A correspondent notes ongoing interest in money after it leaves a person. He thanks for a hug and says the pressure was his. The piece laments that many people focus on others money before they receive their own.
A former office-boy confronts his old employer twenty years after a message delivery, demanding to know where the answer to his past request stands. The employer acknowledges, prompting a tense exchange about forgotten duties and unresolved outcomes.
A dated quotation urges daily duties and renewed powers devoted to a faithful purpose. The message focuses on waking with resolve to serve Him and not let fleeting opportunities pass. The writing offers moral guidance in a concise, exhortative tone.
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