Future relief needs reviewed in Nebraska counties
A Nebraska Conference of Social Work committee reports a $338,668 monthly deficit to care for dependents in the 30 most needy counties. It notes 80 percent of relief loads are in these counties and warns they have no clear source once state and federal funds run out.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Citizens Planning Committee
The
Nebraska Conference of Social Work
Mr. Hopkins
Congress
Roosevelt
Public Works
Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Long Island City
Old Age Pensions Surpass Expectations in Nebraska
Nebraska's first comprehensive survey shows 20 688 applicants to county boards for pensions up to April 1 1920. Of these 584 were rejected 13091 received county and state approval and others pending. Forty approved died during the period and total payments amounted to 92540 averaging 10 98 per person. The largest payment went to 1382 Douglas county residents averaging 20 71. Seven of 93 counties did not start March payments Boyd Clay Grant Keya Paha Lancaster Nance and Rock.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Assistance Office
Douglas County
Boyd, Clay
Grant
Keya Paha
Lancaster
Nance
Rock
Four Hundred Enter Contest Lincolna
More than 400 eastern Nebraska farmers have entered the 1936 Nebraska pasture improvement contest. Elvin F. Frolik, assistant extension agronomist at the Nebraska Agricultural College, announced recently. A total of 500 entries is expected as farmers push to improve old pastures and establish temporary rotation systems, aided by the federal soil conservation program.
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Lincolna
Nebraska
Elvin F. Frolik
Nebraska Agricultural College
Frolik
Seed firms buoyed by new soil program says Omaha dealer
A wholesale seed house representative says the federal soil conservation program boosts demand for grass and alfalfa seed. He notes past decade neglect, but now daily Omaha shipments reach about $3,000 with a week’s total of $1,494 in two and a half bushel alfalfa bags shipped to midwestern points.
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Lincoln
Omaha
Midwest
Hastings Meeting Proposes Regional Volunteer Highway Patrol
Rural Nebraska leaders from the tenth district met in Hastings to draft a plan for a volunteer highway patrol. The outline proposes 50 to 100 volunteers per county to aid local police and sheriffs in traffic enforcement across south central Nebraska.
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Highway Patrol
Hastings
Nebraska
Hastings of Representatives
Tenth District
Edison scholarships aid 40 thousand dollars each
James E. Davidson announced that 100 Edison scholarships are valued at 40 000 dollars each under the living memorial drive across five midwestern states. Revenue funds training for scholars with one award per state and 62 more distributed annually. Nebraska hosts one scholarship, with broader details on programs at Bellevue college site near Omaha.
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James E. Davidson
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation
Owen D. Young
Nebraska
Nebraska School for the Blind Receives Talking Book Records
Superintendent N. C. Abbott of the Nebraska School for the Blind announces receipt of 55 talking book machines funded by a federal appropriation of 255000 dollars. The large phonograph records contain far more words than the average reader and will be distributed to adult blind residents across Nebraska.
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N. C. Abbott
Nebraska School For the Blind
Nebraska City
Abbott
Nebraska
Mowry museum of curios to move from Geneva to Hastings
The Mowry museum of curios long a Geneva public attraction for 40 years will relocate to Hastings to join the Hastings museum. The collection features mounted birds and animals weapons Indian artifacts pipes shells and hundreds of relics seen by thousands of visitors in Geneva.
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Geneva
Hastings
Hastings Museum
Fire at Platte Valley Packing plant destroys bacon and damages facility
A blaze at the Platte Valley Packing plant in Scottsbluff destroyed 1,500 pounds of bacon and damaged the plant after an overheated smoking room ignition. John B. Cook, once of Beatrice, owned the plant which previously suffered a December explosion injuring Cook and several workers. Colorado authorities say Nebraska beet sugar workers cannot seek Colorado employment, per Don Renner, assistant state land commissioner, citing an importation ban. Beet sugar acreage rose from 43 000 to 65 000 acres in the state, with a current shortage of certain workers in western Nebraska amid a surplus of others.
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Platte Valley Packing Company
Scottsbluff
John B. Cook
Beatrice
Cook
Colorado
Nebraska
Don Renner
Renner
State Labor Department
Ed. C. Johnson
Gibbon Begins Park Project Sponsored by Local Club
Work has started on a new park in Gibbon funded by the Gibbon Woman's club with three village lots and an appropriation of 222 dollars for seed trees and shrubbery. Buffalo county supplies labor while Mr. Hutchinson of Kearney oversees tree planting and residents provide perennials. A central pool and a band or speaker's stand are planned.
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Gibbon
Gibbon Woman's Club
Buffalo County
Hutchinson
Kearney
Movie Stars Juggle Roles and Plans Across Studios
Industry gossip from the Hollywood scene notes executives debating travel choices and preferred transit, while stars like Joan Bennett and Carole Lombard reshape their looks for serious roles. Marion Talley debuts blonde for film, Major Bowes acts tour hints and Frank Parker pivots to film. Gary Cooper shines in Desire, John Boles and Fredric March seek freelance paths, and color Beaux Geste looms with Gary Cooper in the lead.
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John Boles
Free Lance
Fredric March
Katherine Hepburn
Paramount
Gary Cooper
Garcia
Jane Withers
Julia
Shirley Temple
Charles Boyer
Warner Baxter
Mary
Bill
Styles In Hair Tints and Public Mirth Across Cities
A column lampoons aging Hollywood trends from red hair to henna, notes fashion shifts in LA and Atlanta obituaries, and critiques political satire in Washington. It jokes about governors and parolees, calling out parole system flaws and the ease of releasing criminals nationwide.
Relief Problem and Hopkins Leadership Under Fire
Analysis of Hopkins testimony on March first 1934 showing 3.85 million heads of families on federal relief and nearly 20 percent of Americans dependents, with criticism of New Deal methods, concerns over Waste and shifts from NRA PWA CWA to WPA and state aid, and tensions between Hopkins and Ickes amid relief policy debate.
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Washington
Harry A. Hopkins
Works Progress
House Committee of Appropriations
Hoplins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Congress
Executive Branch
Mr. Hopkins
NRA
PVA
AAA
PWA
CWA
Civil Works Administration
FERA
Treasury
Nes
Ferry's Seeds Back Home in Any Climate
Ferry Morse Seed Co asserts seeds' quality determines garden success more than climate. The firm notes 80 years of breeding work and annual germination and purity tests at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California to ensure reliable growth nationwide. Copy invites readers to visit local stores and request a free Home Garden Catalog.
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Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
Rochester
Mich
Salinas
Cal
Ferry
Detroit
San Francisco
America
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Western Newspaper Union
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Calif
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Atlanta
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William Brackart
National Press
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