Nebraska GH Men Ready for Battle Against Grasshoppers
Nebraska GH men, part of the Agricultural Department, prepare to cooperate with federal agencies in fighting grasshoppers. Professor Myron H. Swenk reports Nebraska's organization is complete and hatchings have begun in several counties though some reports lack specimens. O. S. Bare tours northeastern counties to classify specimens and report back. Roosevelt signs a bill authorizing funds to combat grasshoppers and farm pests.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Myron H. Swenk
Department of Entymology
Nebraska University
Roosevelt
Swenk
O. S. Bare
Entymology
Knox
Dakota
Budget Highlights Lincoln Nebraska tax and funds shift
Senate committee recommends a total budget of 54.1 million from property taxes 41.9 million from fees licenses and federal funds and 112.2 to 646 thousand overall. Governor Cochran proposal totals 49.7 million with 11.8 million from tax funds 37.9 million from fees licenses and federal funds. The committee’s total would be the state’s largest ever though property tax growth is modest. It notes unexpended balances reappropriated and warns of rising cash expenditures and hidden taxes. The Nebraska University budget rises 325 thousand, not restoring salary cuts or new construction. An emergency building program for Hastings Norfolk and possibly Lincoln is funded. Statewide aid program expected to cost 13.17 million over two years with no county relief.
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Lincoln
Senate Committee
Cochran
University of Nebraska
Board of Control
Hastings
Norfolk
Senate
Farm Values In 3 States Drop. Nebraska Health Improves
The agricultural department reports farm real estate values fell in North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska for the year ending March 1 1946 while most other states rose for the fourth straight year North Dakota peaked in 1921 at 145 percent and fell to 67 last year South Dakota dropped from 181 in 1920 to 5 last year Nebraska fell from 17 in 1920 to 72 last year Health data show Nebraskans healthier with fewer communicable diseases except chickenpox which rose to 248 cases in April from 161 a year prior Dr P H Bartholomew notes cyclical disease waves influence the trend
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Man Who Wouldn't Quarrel in Biblical Peace Lesson
Lesson text on Genesis 26 12 25 and Matthew 5 9 urges meekness over right fighting. Isaac’s peace amid Philistine envy shows that true peace comes from God and faithful living. The note invites readers to request a free year long Bible reading calendar.
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God
Isaac
Niagara
Lord Jesus Christ
James
Jesus Christ
Canaan
Nebraska Legislature Passes Budget Bill and Wide Tax Debate
The legislature advanced a $54,112,701 budget for the next two years, with the appropriation committee recommending higher tax fund spending than Governor Cochran. The session saw a flood of bills to the governor’s desk, a social security reform victory for Cochran, and debates over world’s fair spending and a trades school veto for Broken Bow.
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Cochran
Broken Bow
English and American Views on Fox Hunting and Censorship
Irvin S. Cobb reflects on humane fox hunting abroad and in the U.S. down south, jokes about etiquette and road risks for foxes, and compares British recruiting and censorship debates. He notes Republicans' waning celebration in 1936 and argues censorship shifts from stage to radio and film.
Items of Interest to the Housewife
Cooking and home tips cover soaking salt fish with vinegar for salt removal, linen hemstitching prep by soap lather, boosting fish flavor with parsley and onion, hanging pictures to avoid damp walls, starch in window washing, butter layer cake jam method, lettuce leaves vitamin A value, mustard stain removal, tomato lima bean casserole, and making beef juice by chilling and pressing. WNWU Service.
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WNWU
Ancient Coin Found Near Antioch From Ancient Era
A tiny silver coin was found near Antioch tucked in a purse ten feet underground. Experts say it may have circulated about 500 years before Christ, implying remarkable age and historical value.
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Antioch
Christ
Nature and Mind by Thomas Traherne
The excerpt expresses a mystical view where the mind perceives all things as present in the observer. The speaker locates every entity from distant stars to the sun within the inner eye, celebrating wonder, sacred mystery, and the image of the Deity as a substantial light.
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Thomas Traherne
Foreign Words and Phrases A Pocket Guide
A list of foreign terms with brief English equivalents and brief notes. Includes phrases such as Proupiou Rus in urbe sub judice storm and drang villegiatura vetturino belles lettres cause celebre creme de la creme and dies infaustus Filius nullius pro forma. Each entry links the Latin or foreign term to its common meaning in plain language.
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Proupiou
Tommy Atkins
Urbe
Villegiatura
Vetturino
The Crowing Gets Us Aphorisms and Observations
A collection of concise maxims on human nature and social life. Statements cover ego, honesty, manners, gender relationships, doubt, and work ethic with pointed, wry observations. The tone reflects a mid century newspaper style of aphoristic quotes.
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G. C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Wes
Harold L Lundquist
The
Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago
Tern Newspaper Union
Social Security
Board of Educational Lands and
State Board of Control
San Francisco
New York
Secretary of State
Washington
Nebraska Fair Board
Humane Fox Hunting
Anta Monica
Calif
England
Hill and Dale
Bret Fox
Irvin.s. Cobb
Literary Digest
Irvin 8. Cobb
WNU
Gi Clarence
Postum
General Foods
Battle Creek
Michigan
King Features Syndicate
G. F. Corp
Canada
General Foods, Ltd
Cobourg
Ont
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