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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1936

Page

2

North Platte Valley Harvest Boosts Nebraska Farmers

A. E. Anderson reports North Platte valley irrigated lands yield three cash crops potato sugar beet and bean totaling 9.3 million dollars while corn and alfalfa add 3.2 million this year. Farmers are paying debts and have funds for next year as drought blights other areas with 180 bushels per acre potato average across 20 000 acres.

Lincoln Nebraska North Platte Valley A. E. Anderson Anderson North Patte Valley

Lincoln-A survey shows better jobs for Nebraska grads

Nebraska agricultural college reports improved employment for university graduates. Thirteen students who completed a two year four month short course are now farming in Nebraska. Many farmers have taken college work in specialized lines to aid farming success. Nine graduates from the vocational education department have all secured teaching positions in Nebraska counties.

Lincoln Nebraska Agricultural College Nebraska Vocational Educational Education Department Dana College Leland K. Johanngen Leges Nebra Mos Johannsen Dai Conce Colleg Rufus A. Lyman University of Nebraska American Youth Commission The American Council On Education

Debt Reduction for Nebraska Farmers Surges to 2 Million

The Resettlement Administration reports Nebraska farm debt reductions surpassed 2 million dollars after October cuts of 198 thousand. Over 13 months, 1,640 farm debts totaling 7.01 million were adjusted by debtor creditor meetings, with 69 cents on the dollar paid to settle 4.84 million in collectible debts, saving both sides from larger losses.

Lincoln Nebraska Resettlement Administration Ralph Hutchison Cai Ward Hutchison

Burlington to Spend 3 Million on 1250 Rail Cars at Havelock

Flynn of Chicago announces a $3,000,000 program to build 1,250 railroad cars at Havelock shops next year. The plan covers 1,000 box cars and 250 automobile cars. Construction will start as materials arrive and take over a year to complete, with expected boosts in local employment amid the Burlington rebuilding and new building program.

Lincoln—E. Flynn Chicago The Burlington Havelock Shops Flynn England Samuel Hoare Admiralty

Nebraska Mules Headed to India Under British Contract

In Omaha a shipment of 256 made to order mules sails toward India with seven non college chaperones. Frank Simpson, under contract with the British army since 1931, oversees the trip his 17th. He previously used college boys on similar journeys and says they were not suitable.

Nebraska India Omaha Frank Simpson

Beets Help Western Nebraska Farmers as 1936 Payment Planned

Western Nebraska sugar beet growers will receive 3,249,530 dollars from Great Western Sugar for 1936 beets, averaging 5.01 per ton. Omaha’s Levi Carter park gains 83,030 dollars in new federal funds for September through January projects. National park service regions allot funds to Plattsmouth refuge and Chadron State park.

Nebraska Wyoming Great Western Sugar Company Levi Carter Park Omaha Washington National Park Service Plattsmouth Game Refuge Chadron State Park

Pauls Shortest Letter a Gospel of Brotherhood

Lesson text Philemon 4 20 centers on Onesimus a fugitive slave returned by Paul to Philemon emphasizing four themes: appreciation consideration brotherhood and partnership within the Christian household. The study links social relations to spiritual transformation highlighting imputation and grace through Christ.

Philemon Christ Jesus Paul Colosse Onesimus Rome God Christ

Love of Nature Sign of Goodness and Moral Perception

Ruskin asserts that love of nature indicates a good heart and just moral sense even if not always practiced. absence reveals hardness and degradation. The quote frames aesthetics as a measure of character and virtue.

Ruskin

Humble Deeds Highlight Genuine Motive Over Showy Acts

A devotional line emphasizes that humble acts done with pure motives please God more than grand deeds done for display. The quote by Gunn contrasts sincere selflessness with self aggrandizing efforts, urging integrity in everyday actions.

Gunn

Learning Only Good The Wish Falls Upon My Heart

A reflective note on learning to bear fruit for heaven and avoid worldly harms. The speaker, Paul Richter, contemplates education as a path to spiritual outcomes beyond this world. The passage presents moral aspiration and the desire to carry learning into the afterlife.

Paul Richter

End of the Versailles Treaty and Prospects for Reform

The piece surveys Hitler’s dismantling of Versailles symbols and debates on reparations, Midway base plans, and imperial diplomacy. It notes Tugwell’s farm aid proposal, Bay Bridge opening, labor clashes between Green and Lewis, wage hikes, and England’s isolationist stance under Hoare.

Era of good feeling lifts Roosevelt recovery talk

Speech from the Western Newspaper Union argues the era of good feeling is boosting business and political support for Roosevelt, while noting credit for recovery lies with multiple factors and the economy’s momentum rather than a single actor. It discusses wage increases, dividends, and the role of labor in sustaining growth.

Metropolitan da New Deal Roosevelt Landon Kansas Eugene Black Federal Reserve Board Western Newspaper Union

The Wilful Transgressor and Other Wit in Gossip

A compact collection of maxims and aphorisms on honesty popularity and personal conduct. It discusses perception profit from advice solitude and the moral choices of youth with pointed witticisms and moral observations.

Translation by Wire at League of Nations in Geneva

Report describes Geneva League of Nations meetings using a speech translator and wired microphones. Expert interpreters translate spoken language into a second language and speak into telephones connected to delegates earphones, adjusting a knob to hear understood language.

League of Nations Geneva

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