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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
4
The G and M Stokermatic offers automatic heat at low cost for greater comfort. Mr. Strock, a sales rep, installs at WB Whitacre Glen Will and Oscar Strand homes. A free survey is offered by a Stokermatic engineer. See us today. Strand Lumber Co Distributors Phone 68 W2.
England loosens marriage crime rules allowing a son in law to wed his mother’s brother widow and a man to wed his late wife’s aunt. London Stationery Office faces suit over new wedding ceremony authorization rules. Bagpipes spark dispute as London makers blamed. tartan plaid and windbag parts claimed to be from outside Britain. Forest fire follows, sparked by 20000 gallons of brandy after a crash, destroying surrounding woods.
The Irish Free State plans to spend 5,000,000 pounds to harness the Liffey river for electricity and water supply to Dublin. The project aims to secure reliable urban resources and support growth in the capital.
Ak-Sar-Ben announces a two-score Royal Canadian Mounted Police performers will headline the 1936 show week October 25 to 31. New features include an Indian village exhibit, world class dog acts, a Shetland hitch, and a four state 4-H demonstration contest alongside the expanded horse and livestock programs with $15,000 in horse show cash prizes. Admission remains 50 cents with free car entry and low rail rates.
Government figures show the United States lags in returning the jobless to work despite 10 billion dollars in relief. In three years Japan, Britain, Belgium, Sweden, and Canada cut unemployment by 18 to 42 percent, while U.S. unemployment fell 16 percent amid costly public works and record national debt.
The Household Occupations Training center in Ilavis trains 600 girls at a cost of $10,000 to become servants. The first class of 19, led by Miss Elizabeth Barker, learns bed making and other tasks such as cleaning, dish washing, and graceful serving.
Washington DC reports the potato centreact, once halted, is back due to strong collector demand. The Treasury resumes sales of tax paid stamps, limited to one sheet of 50 stamps per denomination per person, available through the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington.
The United States remains bound by treaty to pay Panama $250,000 annually for canal rent. Panama rejects the Roosevelt dollar as compensation, insisting on payment in their own currency, halboas, leaving the U S to fulfill the obligation on Panama’s terms.
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood will be pleased as WPA funds 12106 dollars to demolish the old Clovis stables and construct new housing for the New Mexico National Guard horses, with the federal government covering costs.
A collection of aphoristic lines on equality anger luck and behavior. It argues restraint anger spoils looks and a good driver trusts others sparingly while a picture falling warns misfortune and umbrellas indoors invite bad luck. It notes humanity’s flaws and hints at self reliance and judgment.
At Union Stock Yards Omaha on Oct 11 1936 receipts tallied 18 500 cattle and 20 000 sheep and lambs. Demand favored light handy weight steers and yearlings with steady to higher values. cows and heavy cattle sold slowly. Fat lambs ranged from 7 50 to 9 50 with feeders and range cattle showing varied prices.
Analysis by Raymond Pitcairn argues that federal revenue shifted from one third indirect in 1929 to two thirds indirect by 1935. Hidden taxes affect clothing food shelter and other essentials, costing the average family more through multiple passes from producer to retailer to consumer. The piece urges cutting government waste to reduce the hidden tax burden and holds citizens accountable to press politicians to end such waste.
Public notice shows Polk Village plans to issue fourteen thousand dollar refunding bonds at three and three fourths percent to refinance existing thirty one thousand dollar bonds issued December 1 1930. Taxpayers may file objections with Village Clerk R J Allison by October 26 1936 during business hours.
Polk County Nebraska announces a delinquent tax sale of lands and town lots with amounts due for taxes and assessments. The County Treasurer will sell at 9:00 A M on November 2 1936 in Osceola to satisfy taxes costs and interest, continuing daily until all parcels are offered.
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